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Accidental

Chapter Eight (Part B)

Moon Kitty 2005

February 6th, 2006

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Tomoyo glanced at Sakura nervously and raised her hand to her lip, biting on the nail and maintaining a bewildered expression. "What?"

Sakura crossed her arms and walked back over to the couch, throwing her weight on it before looking Tomoyo straight in the eye. "Why did you lie to me?"

"Um... lie to you about what?"

She scoffed and rolled her eyes, pulling her knees to rest against her chest. "You know damn well what I'm talking about? Why the hell did you lie to both me and this Eriol person for so long?"

Tomoyo sighed and placed the phone on the coffee table before settling herself next to the ranting Sakura. "I... I honestly don't know. At first... it was just because you got an IM while you were gone at work, and I didn't want the person to be neglected. But... but as I started talking to him, I found that we had more and more in common, and I found myself looking forward to talking to him everyday.

"So when he asked to call, I was more than happy to. We've actually been talking every day for this whole month," she finished lamely.

"Every day?" Sakura asked incredulously, eyes wide. "Tomoyo, you either must be a really good liar or I must be really dense. I never saw you talking to him on the phone..."

The other girl stared at her lap, trying desperately to avoid her roommate's eyes. "We talked to each other after you went to bed or while you were at work."

Sakura bit her lip and stared at her. "Tomoyo... do you love him?"

She looked up at her bewilderedly for a moment before a thoughtful look covered her face. There was silence for a few minutes before Tomoyo placed her head in her hands and uttered dejectedly, "My God, I do..."

Sakura reached over and grabbed the phone, then placed it in Tomoyo's lap. "You better call him, then. He's waiting."

To say that Tomoyo was shocked was an understatement. The look on her face was absolutely priceless as her lip trembled. "Sakura... you're not angry at me?"

"Well, I can't say that I'm not, because I'm disappointed in you for lying to me. But if you truly love him like you say, then I'm not gonna stop you from talking to him. Besides, why would I talk to a guy I don't even know?" she explained, smiling warily.

Tomoyo launched herself into Sakura's lap, sobbing hysterically. "I-I promise I'll n-never lie to you again, and I-I'm so sorry! Thank y-you!"

Sakura patted her head tenderly and smiled softly. "Anything for my best friend."

After a few moments of choked silence, Sakura rose and put her hand on the doorknob. "I'm going to go take up Syaoran's offer for tea. Make your call, but hurry up. I can only stand being in that jerk's presence for so long."

As the door shut behind Sakura, Tomoyo giggled into her hand. A great weight had been lifted off her shoulders. She relaxed on the couch and stared at the ceiling for a moment before she brought the phone up to eye level and punched in the familiar numbers.

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Syaoran paused the movie on his DVD player as a faint knock sounded on the door. Shutting off the TV, he opened the door, pleasantly surprised to find Sakura on the other side. "Hey, you. What are you doin' here?"

She smiled and crossed her arms. "Don't want me here or somethin'?"

He smiled back. "I never said that. Come on in."

As she stepped into his apartment and slid her shoes off, she explained, "I came over here to take you up on that tea offer."

"Oh. I'll go start some, then. Go ahead and sit down."

She settled herself on the couch and slumped against the back, raising a hand to her forehead and sighing. She jumped as he walked back in the room, a small smile on his face. "It'll be ready in a sec. I already had some water going."

"Oh."

He sat down next to her and slung his arm over the back, staring at her intently. "Is there anything wrong, Sakura? You look stressed out."

She tried to smile, but failed miserably. "I just don't think that I can go to Chiharu and Yamazaki's wedding next week. There's a lot of things going on."

"Well, I'm sorry."

She sighed. "You don't need to apologize. You're the one who's helping me through this. You're not being an asshole like usual." As soon as this escaped from her lips, she covered them and blushed, staring at him.

He smiled wryly and stood, shaking his head. "Maybe it's because I grew up and realized some things." That comment left hanging in the air, he went to the kitchen, beckoning her to follow him.

She sat at the small table and folded her hands in his lap, watching as he poured the tea.

He passed a cup to her and sat next to her at the table, staring into the contents of his cup intently. They sat in silence for a few minutes, silently drinking their tea until Syaoran got up to take their cups. As he leaned over her to retrieve it, he stared at the top of her head intently until Sakura felt the tenseness in the air and lifted her head upward to stare into his eyes.

"Syaoran, wha-"

Her words were cut off as Syaoran swooped down and pressed his lips to hers tenderly. It wasn't rough, it wasn't chaste; it was long, sweet, and incredibly gentle. She could almost feel the longing in him as he pulled away, his eyes shining with an identifiable emotion.

"Sakura, you have to come to the wedding next week...

... because I was going to ask you to be my date."

Authoress Notes

Ooh! And finally he asks her out on a date! And Sakura forgave Tomoyo, awwz! Finally, she figured out. Whoo! It's... 5:24 AM right now... and I'm not even tired! OMFG! Anywayz, I hope you all like this chapter and even I can't wait to write the next one. See y'allz laterz! Mwahz!