I Think I'm In Love with My Bestfriend's Boyfriend
Author's Notes: What? What's this? A continuation to I Think I'm In Love with My Bestfriend's Boyfriend? Surprise, surprise!
Welcome to the second saga of I Think. My gratitude again to my best friend for giving me the basic plot of this portion of the story. Still SS.
Take a full look at Sakura's diary for a recap of events, but just skip to the part after the journal.
By the way, kindly check out My Happiness, My Heartbreak. After reading this chapter (it's not too long, it's like a prologue in a way) just access my profile and you'll see it on my stories list.
Disclaimer: All characters and places are property of the manga-ka CLAMP and companies related to it. Only the plot and story is my intellectual product.
Chapter Eleven: Darlings and Doubts ( Prologue to Second Saga )
January 28 (Saturday)
Dear Diary,
Today was the most unbelievable day of my life. I thought it would be significant enough, what with my going to Syaoran's house…but what happened was explosive.
Sakura and Syaoran forever!
It's hard to explain everything, so I'll just summarize it all. Tomoyo and I went to Syaoran's house, and he was showing us his room but then the alarm for the oven erupted! He went downstairs, and then Tomoyo followed, wanting to get some shots of the garden (which was really great).
Syaoran wasn't done with cleaning up his room, so I decided to help him by picking up strewn pieces of paper and putting them on his desk, but one had my name on it! A love letter from high school days!
Then a wind blew from one window to the other, sweeping that letter and a couple of others into the air. They drifted outside, and I hoped they wouldn't be seen, but as luck had it Syaoran saw them.
I said I loved him…he was shocked and so was Tomoyo! Then Eriol came back from Britain! Apparently he saw my diary entry about Syaoran's house…
It turns out that Eriol and Tomoyo are long-lost, and they met the year that they studied at Tokyo (The same year I met Syaoran)! So I didn't feel too sorry for Tomoyo-chan anymore…
But me and Syaoran were still fumbling, when he said that he loved me. I thought he was a total jerk! Just another heartless man, who thought that such a word was so casual…and all he did was apologize and run off into the street.
I ran home then, confused and angry at the same time, but after an hour or so I just couldn't take it anymore. I went to Tomoyo's house - my guess was right, as Eriol had been there as well: he gave me advice to look around in trees.
So I went off in some random forest near Syaoran's house, and I felt raindrops suddenly - but they weren't raindrops! Syaoran was crying!
In the end everything turned out fine, even if Tomoyo and Eriol were spying on us all along. He turned out to be confused as well, so he really wasn't the jerk I thought he was.
Such a happy ending!
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It was past midnight already. With all the excitement that Sakura Kinomoto had gone through in the past week, and most of all today, she just couldn't bring herself to lay down on her bed.
Sleep wasn't coming to her, even if it was nearly pitch black outside and much beyond her 'bedtime'. The lamplight on her table was the only illumination in the darkened room, and even this was turned off after she concluded her diary entry.
Writing those pages made her reminisce and appreciate even more what had happened to her: Eriol and Tomoyo found each other, she and Syaoran were finally together - tomorrow held a wonderful promise of a walk in the park.
As she decided to take a rest on her bed, her mind raced. The world seemed perfect now, the faintest stars in the night sky looked brighter, and the shadows sprawled on her bedroom were artistic for once. It was her happily ever after…Sakura felt very fortunate.
Beginning to wonder what was in store for her tomorrow, she wished all her friends a good night's sleep and a fantastic tomorrow. Thanking creation for everyone's happiness, she soon drifted asleep, the third of the four friends to fall into slumber.
The fourth?
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Pondering and not wondering was on the mind of a certain person. Were the choices that were made correct? Did every situation go correctly today? Was everyone satisfied?
And if there were doubts, was there another chance?
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"Good morning, Sakura-chan!"
Sakura felt very much energized to the sound of her dear friend's voice. Seeing Eriol behind her, she looked over her own shoulder to check if he was still alright.
Syaoran Li was still in slight surprise (albeit a happy one) from the events of yesterday. When everything had seemed so bleak and helpless, there was a change, coincidence - whatever one would call it - that showed him the meaning of life.
"Morning, Tomoyo-chan! Eriol-kun!" Said Sakura enthusiastically, followed by Syaoran, though he wasn't as colorful.
Seeing this, Tomoyo Daidouji stepped forward after setting her picnic basket down. "Syaoran-kun, is something the matter? You don't sound too good."
Lifting his eyes, he tried to brighten up his face a little bit. The emotional stress of the previous day had almost been too much to go through, and he was sure that his effort to wash away the tear-streaks was in vain.
"No, not at all. I'm very much quite fine." He replied, smiling warmly.
"Shall we then?" Spoke Eriol Hiiragizawa, grinning back at everyone. They all nodded, and Tomoyo and Syaoran retrieved their baskets of food (and video camera) to start the search for a picnic spot.
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The view from the hill was exquisite. It overlooked the sea, a vast sea of lush grass and island-like trees.
"I'm happy you've had your chance Sakura." Eriol commented, looking extremely sincere. Sakura laughed slightly, remembering that lonely day that so contrasted with this one.
Reaching for another muffin, she answered, "Of course. We all had our chance, didn't we? And now we're all happy."
As they all nodded, one of them didn't feel too honest about doing so.
Am I happy?
This doubt from any of the four would be enough to create chaos for the second time.