The Sword and The Pen
-Card Captor Sakura-
Esodane
A/N - I'm so sorry I broke the promise! Thevacation was totally relaxing, like a spa session for 1 week so I really was delayed on writing. Is this a mortal sin?
Okay, sorry, I'm tempted to hurry this chapter since I am totally exhausted mainly because of my vacation at Boracay and Iloilo… well, after my trip abroad… and you know, we even planned to go there by RoRo, you know, car-barge transportation… Dammit, that experience was horrendous in every way…
Totally violent waves, that make you dizzy and stuff, that leads to barfing…
The heat! Ahhhh! There was this ship that had a broken air-conditioning system, and shit, it was hot, and the overwhelming heat certainly overwhelmed all of us…
The crowd! The ships were overloaded whenever there is a ship… and it adds up to the dizziness that makes you vomit…
Fucking comfort rooms… they're dirty, they're gross, and they're totally stinking!
Tickets, and pay! They're so many of them you just want to strangle those who give you the so many tickets you have to sign, to pay, and to give…
Oriental Mindoro, which was a spooky island at night since there were no lights and road signage where to go for the next ship… damn, and you know, a lot of people say there were many NPA bandits hanging around there, and we were sweating in the car because of anxiety and nervousness..
But even so, the vacation paid off, but then, coming back home, it all repeated, but thank god I'm already at Manila, seating comfortably at my lofty lounge, typing this fanfic….
Well, anyways, nothing's going to happen much Oh yeah, the end part of chapter 10 is only the first stage to the plot. My god, there's going to be a complicated twist something later, and don't worry, Sakura won't get in love with Eriol, but something really peculiar… talk about inspiration, huh? Believe it or not, I had another violent brainstorming after I watched a Mandy Moore movie, as well as a Matt Damon movie at our woody, and cozy summer house at Estancia, which was a great place to find inspiration and think about things without having stress, since it was beside the sea shore, and there were a lot of warm-hearted people, especially the fishermen and natives of the location… I also want to thank Tita Love, and Tita Kate for hanging around with us at Estancia! Your presence certainly was a boom!
-Poor Guy-
"Ughhhh…" Sakura mumbled to herself, as she spun herself on her chair, and got out of it… She walked to her window, gazing her eyes to the bright, orange sunset… "Hey, I'm going out now," she faced the man seating on the opposite corner of the window, "Could you do me a favor to finish these papers? I'm so sorry I gave you extra work at your first day here, I still have an errand to do," she said sighing…
They finally finished refurnishing the whole office, and a whole day was required of it… with a whole lot of questions. Eriol wasn't totally in agony because of Sakura's second rejection of him… but even so, he was sad to hear about her decision… He thought the first time they had a bond, he thought they were totally it… now… it was all gone again… Eriol loved her, Sakura loved him, but there was still a man Sakura loved other than Eriol…
Eriol faced her with an obeying smile, and with a matching laugh, "Sure, but first, what favor?" he asked, leaning forward, a gesture of interest,
Sakura sighed, "A Syaoran issue again, Eriol, he wants to find work here instead of me giving him money…" she said, getting her gleaming, white trench coat and wearing it. It was astonishing how could Sakura keep it so clean,
Eriol stood up, and helped her with her bag, and patting her shoulder like a close friend, "You should know that by now… It is so obvious Syaoran's got a lot of pride and honor. And it's so easy to give him a job you know… why won't you let him work at Cloe?"
"Yes, I know, actually I want him to be my private secretary, but then you also got to the stage, and the opportunity blew away… I can't fire you," Sakura paused, and smiled, "nobody could fire you, well, except your ex-boss that is,"
The blue-haired guy smiled at her… an extraordinary smile, giving a sort of happy gleam around him, it was more than satisfaction, it was soft and touched and passionate…
"Well then, I'll go now, thanks really for doing them for me, you don't have to finish them you know, just read them, sign them, organize them, and put them on my table, thank you, bye-bye," she said, and waved to him,
"Okay, okay, now quit that, and go to where you're supposed to meet with him," he said, urging her and pushing her lightly to the door, "Bye, my lady," he said as a joke
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"There you are!" Sakura ran towards Syaoran, "I said Cloe lobby, not Cloe washroom," she said with an annoyed voice,
Syaoran looked at her indignantly, "Well, I'm so sorry, Miss Kinomoto," he sighed, and then he made a peace sign with his right hand, "now, where are you going to lead me? Are you sure you can find me a job at night? Or maybe you just want to waste time with me?" Syaoran asked with a hearty laugh, which was rather unusual in Sakura's point of view…
"Idiot!" Sakura pouted, her cheeks fumbling and getting bigger, pursed… "I'm supposed to be resourceful you know, after all, I'm a president isn't it?"
"Yeah, whatever," he said,
Sakura looked behind, "and where's Mirror I haven't heard her?"
Syaoran chuckled, and pointed at his back, and revealed an emotionless blue wisp, "How many times do you have to remind me of her? Don't worry; she won't even get away from me… She's always tight around me…" he said…
"Well, come on! I'll show you somewhere you can work a job," Sakura strangely giggled, that led to Syaoran's suspicion,
"Where?"
"You'll have to find out for yourself," she said, clutching Syaoran's hand quickly he hadn't got any chance evading it… "Just trust me, kay?"
"Sakura?"
They stopped running, and both of them just felt they got into the realistic reality again. It was early evening, probably a time of seven o' clock. Yet, the city felt late evening. The city fog covering the ground, the silence, serene and mysterious… and the peculiar soulless atmosphere, only they existed, it seems…
"I'm sorry," he said, but what he spoke was only a quiet, invisible whisper, impossible for it to get heard, even in the thinnest distance to an ear…
"Say what?" Sakura asked,
Syaoran stepped back, unable to conceive what the hell did he said, "Never mind. Come on, I thought you were going to show me something? And please don't grab my arms, I can follow you, you know…"
Sakura got into giggles, "Whatever… but you're getting followed,"
'I am who I am? What does Sakura mean?'
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"Don't tell me-" Syaoran asked surprised and astonished. Sakura and Syaoran were standing in front of a well lighted, building that really looked like a cute, magical gingerbread house. The house stood out easily noticed even far away, and it smelled like of fresh bread. "What is this place?" he looked furiously at his beside, at Sakura…
Though she got scared with Syaoran's unusual face, she looked back at him quizzically and with a smirk to top it all, "Well, that's why they have signboards above them, you know,"
Syaoran looked above, and there it was, a simple wooden plank, with very bright light bulbs on its edges… "Confetti Cakes: Patisserie and Cafe" he read out slowly,
"That's right, and you'll be working here," she cheerfully said, but Syaoran still didn't go yehay, typical of him,
"Isn't this the restaurant owned by Chiharu and Takashi?" Syaoran said surprised, and then he sighed, "Well, it's better than nothing, and I just want to see the two of them," he then looked at Sakura, and gave her an asking look, "What job do I have to do here anyway?"
Sakura shook her head, and them made a very big, assuring smile again, hoping Syaoran would be a lot more positive on this, "I don't know. Let Chiharu and Takashi decide on that, but as for now, I just have to present their new employee,"
"But wait! You did tell them I came back here, and all those things that happened to me, right?" he asked panicking. He didn't want any more screaming oh-my-gods or hysterical what-the-fuck-is-happenings or stupid am-I-dreamings.
Sakura glanced with her mean look, and said, "Well, it's a lot better to have a surprise, don't you agree?"
"No!"
Sakura forced him by pushing him lightly besidde the door, "Yes! Both of them likes surprises, you just stay there until I give the signal,"
"I don't want to!" Syaoran scowled, and his eyes glistened with embering orange, almost he seemed to be a little kid having a tantrum over a piece of candy,
Sakura giggled rudely, "Syaoran, I'm not actually talkin to you, I'm talking to Mirror Card," she said, giving him an okay sign and half opening the wooden door just for her voice to come in clearly, and her right and to slip, and gave the restaurant a happy, and sounding wave. Beforew she came in, she gave first however Syaoran a waning look, and faced again on the interior.
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"Oh my goodness, Sakura!" Chiharu greeted the hazel-haired woman in a pink office suit. Jumping around, not minding her too-loud voice making a lot of people on the tables turn around to see the manager shouting like a crazy barbarian. "I hadn't had a chance to see you in your party. Tomoyo said you were sort of busy since a lot of people were around you back then,"
"Yes, yes, there's even this wild person who wanted my autograph desperately, he tugged my hair, and messed up with it..." she lied. The truth was she didn't want to reveal was that she was stopped only because she emt up with Eriol.
"Well, anyways, you should have called me earlier so that i coul have arranged so feast or something, to announce someone like you ate in our humble cafe tonight," she said, inviting her friend and visitor to a table near the manager's table so that they could chat easier.
"Pleazz, honey, you have one of the famous names in the cafe business. Don't act like an owner of some anonymous eatery. Where's Takashi?" she complimented with a laugh... Taking a seat, and Chiharu rushing to get a menu on the other side, and rushing back again quickly. She didn't even mind the people looking at her, looks that make you uneasy and queezy were no match for Chiharu.
"There you go. He's in the kitchen helping th others out. He's really working hard this day since one of the chefs is in a day-out." Chiharu handed her the menu, but Sakura didn't exactly read it immediately, "Are you alone? Or are you in a date with Eriol?" She surprisingly said that made Sakura stumble back on her chair...
'Easy there... please don't blush...' Sakura calmed herself up, stopping herself from making any embarrasing gestures she didn't want her friend to find out. "What the-- How... how did you know about that?" Sakura said shocked,
Chiharu laughed, "C'mon, how could you forget you're a celebrity these days here at Tomoeda. Of course we already know, your former boss is your new official publicist now at the streets," she said, patting Sakura's shoulder, proud and honored...
"Yeah, Eriol's my Private Secretary, but it doesn't mean he's like my love partner or something!" Sakura said, shouting and embarassed. Chiharu laughed more, and the people inside rather got more peculiared by Chiharu's weird ways...
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"Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Syaoran groaned impatiently, "What's even taking her so long? She's just going to let me go inside and say he wants to work here, and stuff. Why does it take more than five minutes?" he said angrilly, and impatient. Obviously, Syaoran showed well he wasn't good at waiting. We can't imagine how angry and impatient Syaoran would be at Hong Kong.
"Li, just shhhh up, and be quiet. We know Sakura very well, don't we? She always flips into too long discussions and not noticing it. Just wait..." Mirror said,
"Well, don't act like you know everything about her!" he nastily said,
Mirror flew nearest to his face. And it was a thing Syaoran didn't like, "I do know everything about her, stupid. Just wait, she won't forget you know," she whispered to him, and then she smiled, which annoyed Syaoran even more...
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"Yeah, right, whatever," Chiharu said, not believing her. And if Chiharu did know about Sakura and Eriol's legal affair, it was technically right for here to say that. Sakura looked at her, her eyes already pleading not to say another word about that. And then Chiharu laughed again, "Okay, okay, you have enough, I get your point." she said, "So anyways, what brings you here? I know you didn't come here only just for our food. Or... is it?" Chiharu spoke, and Sakura giggled again, and then sighed... and then giggled half-heartedly, almost like a forced giggle...
"Well, it's like this," Sakura breathed, "you may know about the Eriol thing, but I guess you have no clue about what I'm about to say to you..." she said, "you see, I really need you to do a favor,"
"What? And who's this Mystery person," Chiharu said, leaning forward, nearer to her, just in case Sakura would whisper it, or even sputter it out of breath.
"Its... its... its Syaoran," Sakura did whisper, but surpisingly, Chiharu didn't get so surprised,
"...oh..." Chiharu just said, "But I thought he was in Hong Kong with his family?" she said, getting confused,
"It's a long story, just let me explain later when he gets a job here," Sakura said off-guarded,
"Ohhhhh, so that's what the favor is about..." Chiharu said, smiling again at her, "where's he?" Automatically, Sakura ran rushing to the door, and pulled inward Syaoran to the bread house, and pulled him to Chiharu, "Oh my god! It is you!" she said, and Sakura gave her an 'uhuh' look, "Takashi should see you! Right now! C'mon, you have to come inside," she invited the two people to the door that was only supposed to be open by authorized personnel, but hey, Sakura and Syaoran are close friends of the owners, right?
"Well, don't rush," 'please don't rush' Sakura thought, referring to the maniacal Chiharu, and sweat dropped, and she faced Syaoran, "Never mind her, just let us follow and wait, we'll get into business later," she calmly said to Syaoran, sighing and groaning. And all did she receive in return was a nod from him, contrast, so typical of him.
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"How do you manage to make this place petite when even your kitchen is large?" Sakura exaggeratingly asked Chiharu, and a very handsome Takashi in an apron, and a chef hat, that was already too silly to look at. The four of them sat on a table, and Sakura was amazed on her 'magical' experience with the couple's dining place. If Sakura had to have a titanic building just to make her whole company run, Chiharu and Takashi had the same, only thing, theirs was tiny as a single body cell would be. And what was more amazing was that people were actually needed to pay for the tour, meanwhile Sakura and Syaoran had a free one…
Chiharu sighed, "Ask him!" she said proudly, and pointed her proud finger to her significant other,
Takashi smirked, as he too laughed, "It's the Yamazaki secret," The lady (Chiharu) nodded,
"Even I don't know, but still I'm so proud of him," Chiharu was about to throw herself to her husband, Syaoran really wasn't in the mood to watch lovebirds do love, and Sakura knew what'll happen the moment she will hug him…
"Well, anyways," Sakura interrupted, and every head on that room,
Takashi suddenly coughed obviously made-up and fake, and then he smiled again, his eyes squinting, "I see... Sakura? You said you want Syaoran to work here?" Sakura and Syaoran nodded in unison,
"Yes, yes, he's really out of money," Sakura said, kind of letting her voice give pity and sympathy to the guy beside her.
"Wait. Out of money?" Chiharu said surprised, "Sakura, Syaoran has a company, equally successful as yours," a pause, nobody spoke, "…right?" she ended nervously,
Continued silence, and that moment was thinking time for Sakura and Syaoran. What do they have to say now?
"You want to me to tell them?" Sakura asked gently to him, but he shook his head, "No, I'll tell them," she decided. What was her question for? She was tired at repeating his whole story a dozen times now, but at least she was helping somebody isn't it… especially a somebody she was in love before, and she didn't even know what she even felt for that person, "Let's just picture Syaoran's family, as well as the family treasures were burnt down by some assassinators who planned to annihilate the whole Li bloodline. Syaoran was the only survivor, you know, and he spent a lot of time working just to earn money, and come back here at Japan, and meet up with his butler, but it came out, he was too late, even his loyal butler, Wei, was killed… After all that, he planned o have suicide instead, and you know, at that time too, I was walking at the park, and I saw him…" she ended in the whisper, and her speech could've have beaten Lincoln's and Roosevelt's and Bush's altogether… (A/N – Haha. Well, sorry if ever I am wrong about that! Just want to portray my exaggerations)
At that point, Syaoran looked down ashamed of himself,
There was another uncomfortable silence, and the only thing that was heard strangely, was the ticking of a clock and nothing else. When speaking of a normal restaurant, it should be noisy, the clatter of utensils always present, and you know wild people chattering like crazy, and stuff, but it was damned silent on that room they were in… Sakura thought Takashi must've have used a noise proof thingy, or probably the silent card has gone wild, and is quietly haunting the room that moment, but then again, that was simply impossible,
"Well, anyways," Takashi broke the silence, "I accept him,"
"You accept him? We accept him," Chiharu butted in like an asshole, and Syaoran instantly glowed as both said their affirmations,
"Well, what job will he do anyways?" Sakura happily and curiously asked, but then Takashi smirked again,
"You don't have the right to know, sister," he said, and smirked. Sakura sighed, but she was happy Syaoran were in safe hands now.
'Why does he have to work? He totally knows I just can give him money, and support his life as long as he wants, well, at least I'm agreeing to that kind of commitment, but why does he have to work for his money and be independent? Boys…' she thought, and visually thinking she must be scratching her head already,
"Sakura? Sakura?" Syaoran sputtered in her ear,
"Huh?" she obviously sounded detached from reality,
"I'm going to work tomorrow already, and you know, can I get a little freedom here?" he whispered, thankfully, the couple didn't notice the two mumbling,
"What do you mean?"
Syaoran looked at her, he can't believe she wan't getting this, "I mean that can you make Mirror leave from me?" Syaoran calmly said, but she had the feeling he was really pleading,
"Why?"
"Duh, every human in the world needs privacy you know, and—" 'Do I really need to say, no, I don't think I should,' he thought. He was too nice; he didn't want to tell her about Mirror's secrets, well, even if Mirror was evil, he was just too nice to be as evil as her, (A/N- See… Syaoran is a martyr, I hope everyone will follow his good examples!)
Sakura paused, and she shook her head, sorry, and apologizing, "No, not yet, Syaoran, you're not going to be safe, I mean some group's hunting you around, right?" she said, and Syaoran has to nod, and he did,
"Yeah, I know, but hey, I'm a fighter right?" he said, trying to convince her, but it didn't work. Sakura may be soft, but she can be thick too,
"Hey, I promise you won't get harassed by her…" Sakura said, hoping Syaoran would cheer up a little itsy bit, but then it didn't, "Here," she said, and smiled thinly at him. She reached for her bag, and then shuffled it too long, trying to find a small thing in it. Syaoran just looked at her quizzically. After a few minutes, she finally had the thing, and it was a cell phone, a small cell phone that is… "It contains all the numbers you need here, feel free to call anyone, any time, any way." She said, and then she looked at the couple not minding her talk to Syaoran in a silent, conspicuous way. "I'm leaving already, I have many things to do tomorrow, well then, good luck Syaoran," she privately mumbled to him, "Goodbye Chiharu, Takashi, I still have work tomorrow, and my pet's probably dying from hunger right now," She stood up, and smiled at the three, still seating together. Chiharu and Takashi still smiling, and Syaoran, looking upset and happy at the same time. Sakura wished Syaoran could really be a bit much more happier. Sakura was sincerely happy to him, at least he had a job, and that he had the perseverance she admired from him. Yes, sometimes he's so standoffish, but that was the way Syaoran was, and nobody could do anything about it. She liked the way he is… Truly, she said to herself, he couldn't be Eriol in any way. She walked to the corridors of the insides of Confetti Cakes, and the feelings were so strange, she felt like she was in a secret underground hideout… it was totally amazing how Takashi and Chiharu could make something like this…
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"Actually, to tell you the truth, It seemed it really wasn't hard to decide who should I love… it's because Eriol is Eriol, and Syaoran is Syaoran… nobody could change that, that's the way it is…"
"Now I think it really was a mistake to get hooked up with you… I'm a hypocrite, a dead straight hypocrite… All the time I kept talking to myself that I wasn't replacing you with Syaoran, but then, have I talked about this to anyone else? I was imagining your face to be his, your actions to be his…but all in all, I was just imagining in my own dreamy world… it wasn't true… you weren't true, it wasn't true I really loved you… I just pretended to love you…"
"Oh Sakura…" An Eriol mumbled as he got in the door of his large house. He didn't even think of getting his keys, because his entire home was in all of its glory. How strange his future wife was already at home, early at night… and how even more strange why all the lights were shining, when she was the only one inside…
"Where have you been," Lyn said, as Eriol entered the vicinity of the living room, flashy white, their house was grandly gorgeous in every way… Eriol looked at her, and she was luxuriantly dressed, comfortable lying in an expensive-looking couch. Eriol stared at him, kind of reminding about a queen in a castle…
Eriol joined her at seating on the comfy sofa, and touched her face, but then she blocked it with her hand, he groaned, it was always like this, he can't even believe Lyn was his fiancé, when she doesn't even allow her fiancé to touch her or something… "At work," he said, bored and upset,
"At work, honey, it's nine o' clock," she suspiciously said, rather pointing out what she wants to give out to her fiancé,
Eriol stood up suddenly, that caused Lyn to bounce, "I had extra work, I'm a private secretary, isn't it?" he said, with the same apathetic manner. If Lyn just did allow him just to show he loved her, he should be more enthusiastic and energetic instead,
"Well, anyways, I didn't even ask who's your boss," Lyn casually said, but then he joined on with Eriol and tried to purge all his honesty on him,
Eriol thought for a second, "Uh… she's an old friend of mine, college friends actually, Lyn," he said, yes, it was another talent of his, mixing truths and lies, how useful and convenient…
"Oh really? What's her name?" she said, "Oh by the way, if you're hungry there's food in the ref," she said, she was sure he was hungry though, and so he joined him to their dining table, which was a lot more gorgeous than their living room,
"Kinomoto, Sakura Kinomoto,"
-Flashback-
(Relax, not about EriolxSakura, it's LynxEriol)
Eriol POV
Sigh… this is so exhausting… I don't know why I even bother to go here at England again, now I know, it was much more better to stay at Tomoeda, where I could be with Sakura. Id I didn't think about getting abroad, I probably would be saying love again to her… I miss her so much, as much as that I would like to come back there… But then, I don't know… Ican't come back their… I promise I would staying here… staying here with my annoying home, staying with my annoying loneliness… staying here with my annoying boss…
I sat here on a bench, at night, and not a single soul probably surrounded the garden-like park. Strangely, there were no stars, it was like they didn't want to show their light to me… Have I done something wrong? Obviously yes. I did something wrong… Something wrong to myself, something wrong to my friends, something wrong to Sakura… I watched the dark sky, the lampposts around me only lit just enough not to make the whole place haunted…It couldn't get any worse, right? I still didn't want to go home, going home meant I'm going to sleep,another day of terrible early waking up moments, and much more another day of work… a day of lonely work…
"Hey?" A voice sputtered at my behind… somehow, I thought it was only a statement, but I soon realized it was actually a question, waiting to be answered, "are you okay?" the voice continued… I still didn't budge, but I was already analyzing her voice? Her? So it was a woman. I faced my back… and indeed, it was a woman… a beautiful woman.
"Hello," I said… Why is she even talking to me? But then, she's pretty right? "What are you still doing late at night?" I asked off-guarded, by my tongue,
She laughed, like what I said was a joke… maybe it was, maybe my voice was a joke, "Why do you ask? Then let me ask you the same question… What are you still doing late at night?" she grinned, but I can tell she was looking for an answer again,
"Me? Just looking at the sky, you know, the normal cliché stuff you do at night," I said, kind of letting my tongue rule over me…and then she laughed again… Was what I said a joke again? This is so weird…
"That's silly, there's not even one single star at night, and it's so cold here you know, so dark, when looking at this kind of place, I feel like I'm abandoned or lonely…" she said,
"Then why do you still go here at night? I thought there's not even one single star at night, and it's so cold here, and dark, and lonely…" I said, totally looking at her in the eye,
She thought for a millisecond, almost like she thought for something too quickly to realize it for herself, "I just don't know why? Maybe it was only because of you?" She smiled, and then I blushed… why? Strangely because it kind of reminded me of Sakura… For her answer, it was strange… Because of me?
"Because of me?" I asked disbelievingly, "What the hell does that mean?" I asked with a hearty laugh… though I was tired, I could laugh strangely, energy to socialize suddenly filled me in, how strange…
She shook her head, and then she smiled again, her eyes flashed… Green? Just like of Sakura… I didn't notice first her eyes… maybe it was too dark, but now, at this moment, it was shining, "I don't know, sorry, I think I just got disconnected with reality, you know those kind of stuff?" she said, with a sigh,
"Yeah, I too sometimes do that," I said, with a friendly chuckle, and then I remembered, "I'm sorry, I'm Eriol, Eriol Hiirigizawa, also the trusty private secretary Mr. Glydus, Glydus corp. An English- Japanese guy actually," I said
"I'm Sophia Jacquelyn Tonette Lebrask IV, a model, a Russian gal," she said, with a smile again, and we were about to laugh together, and shake hands, but it was about to rain…
End of Flashback
Eriol ate a piece of beef, he heated by microwave, and he was facing his fiancé, at the opposite side, looking back at him blankly, without warmth… "Can I ask you something, Lyn," he said, almost like a normal statement,
Her gaze at him became sharper, "What kind of question,"
"No, not a question, Lyn, but more of a favor," Eriol said, casually eating again, successfully hiding his nervousness, "You see, I just want you to meet my boss tomorrow night, by terms of dinner here, so can you abide?" Eriol said straightly.
Lyn stood up, and got nearer him, which was rather suspense, at Eriol's point of view, "Do whatever you want," she sighed, and then she patted his shoulder, and then she opened her mouth, "I'll sleep, I have a pictorial early morning,"
"Goodnight, Lyn," Eriol said full-mouthed, he was happy she didn't care, at least she didn't care, but then what if she knew she was his former lover and girlfriend… 'Relax, she won't know until Sakura or I would say that…' he thought, trying to convince himself everything will run smoothly…
No reply… no kiss, no anything…
Eriol sighed…. So much for a fiancé
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A/N – Okay, I'm sorry if I really was delayed so long, you must've have thought I quit writing huh? Hehe, the truth was I was so carried away by my very relaxing vacation… Well , sadly, I think chap 12 will be as much more harder to write, since it's a dinner of three rather confused characters, which is a bad thing, but anyways, I think this'll be exiting for all of you, again, I hope I'll write faster, bless me…