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Warning: Tomoyo may be OOC in here. Sorry.
Last chapter: Tomoyo Daidouji was a spoilt lady. Everything she wanted, with a word from her mouth and – tring – it's in front of her eyes! But, one day, her parents engaged her with the only son of Hiiragizawa Company, Eriol Hiiragizawa. She didn't like him until one day she noticed that the boy had some good sides. But, was it too late to notice it? Coz, at the same day, she also noticed Eriol had had a girl friend before!
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My Spoilt Fiance, chapter 2
by green-mermaid
Sun crawled slowly to the sky, giving its heat to the world and into Kinomoto's residence. Feeling something warm over her, Tomoyo decided to wake up. She sat on the futon next to Sakura's bed. Sighing, 'Why did I cry over a guy I hate the most? That's really awful.' She looked at herself through Sakura's standing mirror. 'Ah... my face is a mess. I cried all night. And now my eyes are red. What am I? A vampire?'
Sakura rubbed her eyes with her fist. "Hmm? What time is it now?"
Tomoyo looked at her, smiling. "Good morning. It is perhaps around 7 a.m. Did I wake you up?"
"Not really." Sakura sat on her bed, yawning. "Let's eat breakfast. We have school today, don't we?" She swayed away her blanket and walked steadily.
"Yes... but I don't bring any of my school stuff to your house." Tomoyo reminded her.
"It's okay. We can go to your mansion first and then go to school together." Sakura exclaimed happily, gaining her usual spirit.
"Aren't we going to be late that way?" Tomoyo raised her eyebrow.
"Don't worry. We can use your limo. That way is faster than we usually walk to school. Here! Call the driver to take us to your house first and then go to school." Sakura handed her the telephone.
Tomoyo smiled. "Thanks!"
"Oy... kaijuu... you have woken up? Ahh... because of there's Tomoyo, is it not?" Touya teased her.
Sakura glared at him and put her foot on his brother's. Her brother complained but Sakura ignored him. Instead she walked to the dining table. "Wahhh... it's pancake today!"
"Yes... come on. Let's get seated. You too, Tomoyo." Fujitaka took his seat. Tomoyo smiled and joined them.
A black expensive car parked in front of huge mansion of Daidouji. Girls inside the the limo stopped their chat and Tomoyo readied to open the car's door.
"Tomoyo, I'll wait you in the limo." Sakura exclaimed.
"Okay! I'll be in 5 minutes!" Tomoyo smiled and hopped to the short stairs to her house front door. Then she noticed something. Or more precisely, someone. "Hiiragizawa-kun?"
"Tomoyo! We need a talk!" the navy haired boy grabbed her wrist.
"I thought I've told you that I will break this engagement!" Tomoyo tried to lose herself from Eriol.
"If it because of Kaho..."
"IT'S NOT ABOUT HER!" Tomoyo yelled, losing her temper. "I...I am just being tired with you. I've told you about this, haven't I? I have told you that you're very annoying, blunt, weird, and boring guy! Now, if you excuse me..." Tomoyo released her wrist from Eriol's grab and stepped inside the mansion.
"Tomoyo..." Eriol pursued her.
Tomoyo stopped and looked back, staring at him. "You must stop calling my name, isn't it Hiiragizawa-kun? After all, I will tell everything to mom today. And this is our last day of this unwilling engagement. We don't like each other. Instead, we hate each other. How could we become a fiancé?"
Eriol sighed. He put his contented and calm face again. "So, today is the end, isn't it, Daidouji-san? May you could find the guy you love. Have a good day!" Eriol bowed to her. Tomoyo looked away.
Eriol looked up to the lady once more, opened his mouth, and the bid farewell to her. Tomoyo looked back to him but stopped at once. 'What for? We walk in the different path!'
"Why don't you attend school today?" an auburn-haired boy gave a notebook to Eriol. He raised his eyebrow to him.
"Hello, Syaoran. Good to see you." Eriol smiled. He sat on his bed, sighed. "How is school?"
"School is just fine. Teachers had a sudden meeting so they 'shooed' us earlier. Hey... what happened, mate? It doesn't suit you to sigh heavily like that!" Syaoran exclaimed.
"I just don't feel like I want to attend school today." He paused. "Syaoran..."
"What?" Syaoran looked at Eriol's book collection.
"Am I that boring, weird, blunt and annoying guy?" He asked, looking at the ceiling.
"Who said that to you?" Syaoran snapped him.
"My ex-fiance did." Eriol rolled to his side.
"What do you mean ex- fiancé? Do you mean that Tomoyo?" Syaoran sat on the sofa near Eriol's bed.
"Well... who has ever been my fiancé except her?" Eriol sighed.
"Dunno. Anyway... who break the engagement?" Syaoran asked, interested.
"She did. She will tell everything to her mother today and today is the end." Eriol sat on his bed.
"Hey... why does she suddenly break it?" Syaoran asked.
"Kaho. We met Kaho yesterday." Eriol shrugged off. Syaoran gasped.
"You met that old-hag!" He raised his tone.
"You don't need to call her that, do you?" Eriol frowned.
"Well... isn't Tomoyo annoying, you said? It's ok then." Syaoran shrugged.
"Yeah... but somehow... I don't want to lose her..." Eriol lowered his voice.
"What do you say?" Syaoran asked back.
"Nothing…"
"Tomoyo, think it again!" Sakura followed the raven-haired girl whenever she went.
Tomoyo sighed. "Sakura... cut this out already."
The short and auburn haired girl opened her mouth, protested. "Tomoyo,... you have been engaged with him for 3 years!"
"That's it! That is quite a long time unwilling relationship, isn't it?" Tomoyo walked away. Sakura jogged a little to have the same pace as Tomoyo's.
"But..."
"Sakura... one more word about it and I will leave you here." Tomoyo sighed. She paused and then smiled. "Hey... how about we're going to the book store today?"
Sakura looked at her best friend and sighed. She replied with a smile, nodding. "Hai!"
"Eriol Hiiragizawa! Are you insane or what!" Syaoran raised his eyebrow to his mate.
"What? I told you that I have a promise with Kaho today." Eriol slapped slightly his cloth, cleansing a little dust on the cloth.
"Eriol! I can't imagine you agree to her premonition!" Syaoran sighed, looked away.
"What in my mind that time was I must catch Tomoyo up. So, to make it quick I said yes to her. After all, it's just the last time." Eriol looked up to Syaoran.
"What if Tomoyo got you two together? You are going to stores around her school, are you not?"
"Yes. But, she doesn't care about me, anyway..." Eriol said bluntly.
"Maybe, that's what Tomoyo said that you're too blunt." Syaoran sighed.
The Tomoeda High School bell rang; signing that the study time was over. The clock struck 3.30 p.m. Tomoyo called her best friend.
"Sakura... let's go!"
"OK... wait for a minute." Sakura quickly inserted her books to her bag.
Tomoyo smiled to her. She walked slowly to the auburn-haired girl. "Sakura… I'll be thinking about the engagement again."
Sakura looked at her. "Really?" She hugged her happily.
Tomoyo nodded. 'Eriol must have an excuse for this. I haven't given him a time to explain everything to me.' Tomoyo smiled.
"Then… we're going to the bookstore next!" Sakura exclaimed.
Tomoyo followed her. She didn't say anything but follow her, planning how to explain everything to her mom, to Eriol, to Eriol's parents…
"Tomoyo… look! Isn't that guy cool?" Sakura tugged Tomoyo's sleeve, whispering to her.
"Huh? Where?" Tomoyo looked up.
"There!" Sakura pointed to the navy-haired boy. The boy looked up, moving his smile to his companion to Sakura's way.
"Hiiragizawa-kun? So, you're here with Kaho…" Tomoyo gave her fake smile, acting as if nothing had happened between them.
"Erm… well… yes… this…" Eriol moved his gaze to Kaho, from Kaho to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo stepped forward and took a book from a shelf. She read the book calmly and didn't look at the boy anymore. Sakura, felt uneasy about the situation yet thought that Tomoyo needed a chance, smiled. "Tomoyo, I just remembered that I have an appointment with my internet friend. See ya!" Sakura waved her hand.
Kaho sighed. "I have to go too. See you, Eriol." With that she kissed him on the cheek, making the younger boy blushed. Tomoyo stole a glance and felt jealousy won over her heart. Luckily, she managed not to show it.
Eriol scratched his hair, didn't comfortable about the air. "Daidouji-san, how about having a cup of tea?"
Tomoyo looked up from the book she just read, hesitated. She put back the book to its shelf and pouted. "Fine, then."
Tomoyo had a tea spoon of her warm fudge with ice cream. Eriol watched her.
"You haven't broken the engagement yet?" Eriol started a conversation.
"What are you doing with Kaho?" Tomoyo asked back. Tomoyo waited for Eriol's answer and got nothing. She continued her questions. "What is your relationship with Kaho?"
"She was…" Eriol paused.
"I don't like her. She doesn't like me, either. But, that's not my fault that I don't like her! She begins it!" Tomoyo put one of her hands on her chin.
"Kaho isn't as bad as you think." Eriol sighed.
Tomoyo pouted. "Well… of course you think that Kaho is oh-my-god-she-is-a-goddess. After all she is you girlfriend."
"She was." Eriol corrected.
"She was and she is! Just answer my question directly so that I have alibi to tell mom and ask for another guy to be my fiancé!"
"I won't allow that!" Eriol shouted.
"Why not! I just don't understand you, Eriol! We hate each other! Yet, every date was arranged by our parents. Not to forget, we always quarrel every time we met."
"You ask why not? Because, until now, you are still my fiancé! And stop speaking as if you're the victim here!" Eriol stood up from his chair.
"Isn't it true! I am the victim here! And, you were my fiancé. You said it before, right? I'm free to find the guy I love!"
Eriol's patience over Tomoyo was over. He splashed his own drink to Tomoyo. "The one who hate me is just you, Tomoyo." He reached out his wallet and paid for the bill and then went outside the café.
Tomoyo didn't move a single bit. She sobbed. "It's cold…"
"You are really a klutz!" Syaoran scowled.
"I know. So stop talking about it." Eriol snapped his best friend.
"It's not her who breaks the engagement, but it's you who break the engagement." Syaoran sighed, watching his best friend hanged up the phone to his father.
Eriol put the phone to its place. He faced Syaoran and walked away. "What can I do? I can't just let a dove in its cage forever, can I?"
"You do love her, don't you, Eriol?" Syaoran pursued him.
Eriol paused for a while and glanced at his mate. "Yes, I love her. Very much."
"And why don't you tell her so?"
Eriol blushed. "I can't. I can't say everything honestly to the girl I love." He looked away.
Syaoran watched him, chuckling. "Hey… this is a new discovery for me. The-most-handsome-and-talented-guy-in-CLAMP high school-whom-every-girl-loves, Eriol Hiiragizawa, had his weak side."
"Cut it out! You shouldn't laugh at your sad best friend!" Eriol grumbled. He paused and gazing away. "I wonder if she's okay. I think she's about to sob. And why don't I give her my jacket before I go? She can catch cold. She sometimes looks like as if she saw something interesting that made her stared for a long time, but when I saw her eyes there was nothing."
Syaoran snorted. "Hey… is this the time the 'untouchable' Eriol to be touched by an angel? How about Kaho? Are you going to make up with her again?" Syaoran asked.
"Kaho was my girlfriend and we will never make up again." Eriol paused. "This engagement… isn't because of our parents' fault completely."
"What do you mean?"
"I watched Tomoyo at a party and interested in her. But, that's only that. Interested. But, my parents wrong presumed it as I love her at first sight or somewhat like that." Eriol shrugged.
"And you do fall in love in her then." Syaoran added.
"This is how karma worked, isn't it?" Eriol sighed.
Sakura logged in into the internet and saw that Syaoran was online. She thought a bit. She raised her eyebrow and returned to normal again. She decided to send her internet best friend an instant message.
CherryBlossom : Hello, Syaoran.
LittleWolf : Well… hello. How is your day?
CherryBlossom : Great. Tomoyo told me about Eriol broke their engagement. We did meet Eriol and another girl at bookstore though. Who is she?
LittleWolf : erm.. yeah. She is Kaho Mizuki, Eriol's ex.
CherryBlossom : Tomoyo is very curious about her relationship with Eriol. Eriol said that Kaho was his ex but why did he walk with her today?
LittleWolf : It's very long story. (sighing) I'll tell everything from the beginning okay? Well… you see… When Eriol was with her in relationship, she had another boyfriend beside Eriol. Eriol felt being tricked by her and broke up with her. After that he saw Tomoyo at a party and interested in her. And so he talked about Tomoyo to his father. And they are engaged. Remember about the day at the restaurant? Did Tomoyo talk to you about this?
CherryBlossom : Yeah… she said everything to me.
LittleWolf : That day, Eriol met Kaho again and about to ran after Tomoyo cause he thought that she was angry to Kaho. But, Kaho held him and ask him to go out with her for the last time. To make it quick, Eriol just said yes to her. After all, what he thought in his 'super but stupid' mind (Sakura chuckled at this) is just to run after Tomoyo.
CherryBlossom : I see….
LittleWolf : but hello… we're talking about Eriol Hiiragizawa here. He always remembers all the appointment even he just agrees it with a glance. So, the bookstore incident is happened. How is Tomoyo when she heard about the broken engagement?
CherryBlossom : She phoned me just to say 'he broke it' and then hung up the phone. I quickly went to her house and looked at her. She just gazed to emptiness. Does that mean that Eriol doesn't love Tomoyo?
LittleWolf : wrong… definitely wrong… he just can't express his true self in front of the girl he loves most. He thought that Tomoyo didn't love her back so he broke the engagement before she hates him more and more.
CherryBlossom : So… this is just about misunderstanding… isn't it?
LittleWolf : I presume, yes. Anyway… Tomoyo isn't mistaken that he's too blunt.
CherryBlossom : Hoe?
Seasons changed from spring to summer. Both Sakura and Syaoran never talked about the day they discussed about Eriol and Tomoyo in the net. "Eriol should say it to Tomoyo by himself." Syaoran suggested to Sakura. Sakura nodded, understanding Syaoran's words.
Sakura went out to date with Syaoran. Tomoyo and Eriol's engagement was over. And they lost communication to each other, though sometimes Sakura and Syaoran discussed about their best friend. And after that Syaoran would tell everything about Tomoyo to Eriol the up-to-date information. Eriol sighed and sometimes shook his head, murmuring under his breath, "I'm the one who lost this engagement. But why is it Syaoran who troubled with this discontinue engagement?"
Sakura decided to spend her summer holiday half with Syaoran and other with Tomoyo. When they had had fun watching the movie, Tomoyo brought Sakura over to the café which she and Eriol used to meet.
Sakura watched her best friend intensely. "Tomoyo… what happened to you?"
Tomoyo looked up to her best friend from her parfait ice cream. "What do you mean 'what happened'?"
Sakura raised her eyebrow "It's not like you to eat all of the parfait ice cream."
Tomoyo paused. She held the tea spoon with her mouth. "Yeah… I also don't remember since when I stopped wasting my food."
Sakura continued her question. "And it's not like you to handle your anger when somebody bumped into you and doesn't say sorry."
Tomoyo raised her eyebrow. "... erm… yeah… I'm confused too."
"And you're not angry when you should wait for your driver for 30 minutes cause of traffic jam. Also… you're less pouting now. Also… you manage you money better now. And you also don't change your mind as quick as you were." Sakura burst out.
"Were I that bad?" Tomoyo gawked at her.
"No… it just I think that Eriol did manage to change your bad habits." Sakura chuckled.
"Why Eriol?"
"Coz the one who dare to say everything about your bad habits is just Eriol. Don't you remember when he forced you to eat your parfait? You told me all about it, didn't you?" Sakura smiled.
Tomoyo paused. "Well… yeah… I guess he did manage changing my bad habits." Tomoyo smiled.
"It's been 4 months, isn't it?" Sakura looked out the glass-window.
"What do you mean? Do you mean 4 months about your relationship with Syaoran or 4 months about my broken engagement with Eriol?" Tomoyo took another tea spoon of her parfait.
"Both of them. How about you talked to him again, Tomoyo?" Sakura put her own hands to her chin.
"What should I talk to him?"
"You haven't talked properly to him. Both you and he burned with each of your emotion that time. Talk slowly this time." Sakura tilted her head.
Tomoyo smiled weakly. "He has Kaho by his side now. There's nothing to talk about now."
"Syaoran-kun said that he doesn't. Just give it a shot!" Sakura reached for Tomoyo cell phone and gave it to her best friend. "Call him."
Tomoyo gazed at her cell phone and then to Sakura, hesitating. Sakura smiled and put the cell phone on Tomoyo's hand. Tomoyo smiled. "Thanks, Sakura."
TBC
Ha ha hah a cliffhanger! A cliffhanger! It's just interesting to make a cliffhanger. (Somebody hits me from the back). (Still dizzy and walked as a drunk) Anyway, if you want to sue me coz I make a cliffhanger, you can sue me on the review not in my mail. :D Anyway… the next chapter will be the last chapter. See ya! Don't forget to review or else I'll stop this story:P