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Accidental
Chapter Seventeen
Moon Kitty 2005
July 15th, 2006
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- One week later -
Things around the four people had been tense lately.
Syaoran and Sakura refused to even look at each other, and every time Eriol tried to take her out to lunch, she would politely refuse. Poor Eriol didn't know what was going on, but little did everyone know, he had witnessed everything that had happened at the wedding.
Nonetheless, he was still confused as to what was going on.
He had announced to everyone that he would be leaving a week early. He said that since he hadn't been doing much of anything during the night, he had managed to get most of his work done.
When he had told them, he could've sworn he saw Tomoyo looking extremely nervous and a little sad. He wondered why that was. In all the time that he had been down here, they had barely talked to each other.
So he was extremely surprised when Tomoyo had stepped forward that day when he came to see if Sakura would like to go to lunch.
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"Is Sakura here?" he asked.
Tomoyo nodded, an apologetic look in her eyes. "She told me that if you came to tell you that she wasn't feeling well enough to go to lunch today."
"Oh..."
She looked around for a moment. "Um... would it be all right if we went to lunch today? I have something... important t-to tell you."
He blinked, then smiled. "That's fine."
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In the back of his mind, he couldn't help but wonder what a girl he had barely even talked to wanted to tell him that was so important. However, he had to admit that she wasn't a bad person. In fact, he couldn't stop thinking about her since he had danced with her at the wedding.
So here he was, standing in the bathroom, running a comb through his hair anxiously, vaguely wondering why he was so nervous to go meet her at the restaurant.
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Tomoyo sat at the restaurant, glancing at her wristwatch and nibbling on her lower lip. I have to do this... not just for me, but for Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol. I have to do this. I have to tell the truth. I have to do-
"Tomoyo?"
She gasped a little, shaken from her thoughts by Eriol's voice. "O-oh, hi. Um... please, sit."
He nodded, sitting across from her, and there was an awkward silence before he said, "What did you need to tell me that was so important?"
She took a deep breath and looked down at her purse in her lap, her hands trembling. "I-I don't even kn-know where to start..."
Eriol raised an eyebrow, observing her. What was wrong? What if something was wrong with Sakura? She has been sick a lot lately. What if she has some kind of disease? "Please, tell me."
She nodded, her eyes filling with tears as she watched Eriol's expression turn from curious to worried. She tried to say the words, but found her throat had closed on her. This is just so hard... "I-If I tell you, you're going to hate me..." The tears began falling from her eyes.
He left his chair and kneeled in front of her, grabbing her hands with his. "I won't hate you, Tomoyo. You're a great person. I could never hate you. Don't cry."
"When you hear what I have to say... you won't think I'm such a good person anymore."
He narrowed his eyes, caressing the back of her hand absent-mindedly with his thumb. "Tomoyo... just tell me."
She began sobbing, and he panicked as they drew the stares of people in the restaurant. "T-Tomoyo, please, get a hold of yourse-"
"I'm Sakura!" she cried, burying her face in her hands. "When we f-first met, I p-posed as Sakura!"
The world seemed to stop and Eriol no longer cared that people were staring at them. He felt his heart beating painfully in his chest and he stared at the weeping girl in astonishment before rising to his feet slowly, a frown on his face, and turned away, stalking from the restaurant angrily.
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Authoress Notes
Kitty: (dabs tears) She finally told him.
Moon: (rolls eyes and hands her another Kleenex) Is there any reason why you're crying? You wrote it.
Kitty: BITE ME!
Moon: (blinks) I think it's that time of the month...