Somewhere, Somehow
Author's Notes: Thanks for the reviews! I hope you liked chapter one. If you're wondering where I got the title "Somewhere, Somehow", it's a line from Yellowcard's song, "Ocean Avenue". Just wanted to tell you that; the song doesn't really have anything to do with the story, but to be honest, the song kinda goes with the story. Anyway, enjoy chapter two.
I remember the look in your eyes
When I told you that this was goodbye
You were begging me not tonight
Not here, not now
We're looking up at the same night sky
And keep pretending the sun will not rise
Be together for one more night
Somewhere, somehow
--Ocean Avenue by Yellowcard
Chapter Two – Eriol And His Plan
"HOEEE!" Sakura yelled frantically, yelling the same expression she has been using since she was a kid, "I can't find my shoes! Where the hell is it!?" Sakura yelled again as she ran around her messy room, barefooted. "Tomoyo's going to here in less than 15 minutes and I'm still not ready!"
Sakura lived with her older brother, Touya; his wife, Kaho and two of their children. Even though Sakura told Touya numerous times that she's already an adult and could live by herself, Touya still insisted that she should live with them.
"If you will live in an apartment, you don't know when something dangerous might happen to you while inside or sleeping. And I won't let you live alone" he always told her, "And besides, you're still my little sister and I should look after you"
"TOUYA! Have you seen my beige sandals!?"
"No. Maybe it's on top of your closet, inside a shoebox!" Touya yelled from downstairs
Sakura looked up on top of her closet and Touya was right! There was a shoebox on top of it. Sakura grabbed a stool, climbed on top of it and reached for the shoebox. She got it, jumped off the stool and opened it. Lo and behold, the sandals she was looking for was inside!
"Thank you!"
"Sakura! Tomoyo's here!" Touya called for Sakura as he held the door open
"I'll be down in a minute!"
Sakura took one last look at her room; it was clean. It seems like she had time to clean her room and put everything back in place before Tomoyo arrived. She exited her room and locked it with her key. Touya was waiting outside her room to help her with her luggage. The both of them went down the stairs.
"Tomoyo! I'm so sorry I took so long!" Sakura apologized
"It's alright, Sakura" Tomoyo replied with a smile on her face, "Wow! You look kawaii in that outfit!"
Sakura was wearing a white blouse, a beige horizontally striped slacks and of course, her beige sandals which she found.
"Thanks!"
"Ready to go?" Tomoyo asked
"Yeah! Let me go say goodbye to my onii-chan first"
Tomoyo nodded, "Okay" and waited by the car
Sakura turned around and saw Touya behind her.
"I'm gonna go now"
"Take care of yourself in Hong Kong" Touya said, hugging Sakura
Sakura hugged him back, "Yeah, I will. You take care too!"
"Oh, Sakura, you're leaving already?" Kaho asked, appearing beside Touya. Sakura nodded, "Well, take care of yourself"
"You too. Bye!"
Sakura waved goodbye at them and ran towards Tomoyo, who was waiting for Sakura outside the car. She got inside the car with Tomoyo. Both of them were finally on their way to the airport and will be flying soon to Hong Kong.
It was another day in the life of businessman, Li Syaoran. Syaoran leaned back on his reclining seat as he looked over some papers while sipping coffee. No one bothered him today, even Eriol, surprisingly; it was a quiet afternoon of work for him. He sighed when suddenly; a knock came upon his door.
"Come in," he said, placing his coffee mug down on his table. The door opened and his assistant, Maya came inside, "What is it now? I'm busy signing papers"
"I'm sorry for the inconvenience, sir, but a woman from Stature, international fashion magazine is requesting to see you"
"A woman from a fashion magazine? Why would someone from a fashion magazine see me? I'm not interested in that kind of stuff."
Maya shrugged.
"Well, book her in for a meeting. Say, tomorrow"
"Well sir, she insists on seeing you now. She's outside, waiting"
"Fine, fine. Bring her in"
Maya stepped outside and held the door open as a tall woman with long black hair and purple eyes entered the room, wearing a red suit.
"Can I help you?" Syaoran asked
"Before anything else, I would like to introduce myself," she cleared her throat, "I am Megumi Minamoto from Stature magazine" she said, flashing a smile
"Syaoran Li"
"Of course, of course, who wouldn't know THE Syaoran Li, the owner of one of Asia's biggest companies, Li Corporation" she stated, shaking Syaoran's hand while still smiling, "Anyway, let's discuss my business with you"
Syaoran nodded, "Have a seat" he said, gesturing to the lounge chair in front of his table.
"Thank you. Anyway, you must be wondering why I have come here on such short notice"
"Yes, I have been wondering that"
"Well, sorry for that but I was in a rush"
"In a rush for what?"
"I was in a rush to give you this," Megumi handed him a white envelope, "inside that envelope contains a ticket that will enable you to attend the fashion show my magazine, Stature, will be having tomorrow night"
Syaoran stared at her and blinked at her a few times.
"Why? I'm not interested in fashion, so here, I'm not going" Syaoran said, handing the envelope back
"I'm not taking no for an answer, Mr. Li" Megumi said
Syaoran sighed and discreetly grumbled something about fashion crap.
"Fine. I'm going. How much is the ticket?"
"You don't have to pay, Mr. Li. It has already been paid for" Megumi smiled
"Who paid?"
"I was sworn to secrecy," Megumi chuckled, "but you'll be able to find out. I bid you goodbye now, Mr. Li. See you tomorrow night"
Megumi stood up from her seat and left the room, closing the door behind her. As soon as she left, Syaoran stared at the envelope in his hands. Suddenly, the telephone rang and he answered it.
"Hello?"
"Did you get the ticket?" the person from the other line asked
"What the—who's thi—Eriol!?"
"The one and only. So did you get it?"
"You're the one who bought me a ticket to some crappy fashion show that I don't plan on going at all!? Why!?"
"Well, you see. I was planning on going alone, but then, I thought of you."
"Well, it was nice of you that you remembered me, but I'm not interested in this!"
"Besides, Sakura might be there" Eriol said, smiling at the other end of the line
Silence fell between the two of them. Eriol was chuckling; he knew his plan had worked; he wasn't even sure if Sakura was going to be there or not. He just had the feeling she will be.
"So? Are you going?" Eriol asked again, breaking the silence
Syaoran sighed, "Yeah. I will."
"I knew you would," Eriol chuckled, "all for Sakura"
"Eriol…"
"Yeah? What?"
"Go to hell"
"Sugoi! Hong Kong is so amazing!" Sakura gushed
"Yeah it is. I heard there are a lot of shopping locations here" Tomoyo said
A lot of people noticed them and recognized them as designer Tomoyo Daidouji and model Sakura Kinomoto. After getting their luggage, they took a bus that will take them to their hotel. They arrived at the hotel, checked in and rode the elevator to their room. After seeing their room and dropping off their luggage, Tomoyo suddenly remembered something.
"Sakura! We have to go somewhere quickly!"
"Where? And how will we get there?"
"I rented a limo to take us to Stature! C'mon!"
Both women hurriedly rode the elevator down to the lobby and rode the limousine Tomoyo rented. The chauffer took them to a glass building that had the sign Stature posted along with other signs. When they went inside, the woman behind the information counter immediately recognized Tomoyo.
"Excuse me, which floor is Stature magazine?"
"Ninth floor" the woman replied
"Thank you"
They again rode the elevator to the ninth floor and went inside the glass doors that led them to the office of Stature. A woman again recognized them.
"Yes, can I help you?"
"Yeah, we're here to sign up for the fashion show Stature is having"
"Here" the woman said, handing them a clipboard with a sign-up sheet
"Have other designers signed up yet?" Sakura asked
"Yes they have. Sign-up closes in a few minutes so you're lucky to be just on time before it closes"
Sakura nodded
"Here you go" Tomoyo said, giving the clipboard back to the woman.
"Thank you. By the way, you have to see Ms. Minamoto, the owner of the magazine"
"Alright"
"I'll take you there"
The woman led them to a door, knocked and went inside.
"Ms. Minamoto? Ms. Daidouji is here to see you" the woman stepped aside and let Tomoyo and Sakura enter.
"Ah, Ms. Daidouji!" Megumi said, standing up walking towards them, "And Ms. Kinomoto! A pleasure to be seeing you here! Please, have a seat"
Tomoyo and Sakura sat down on the lounge chairs in front of Megumi's table.
"I believe you have already signed up to be in the fashion show"
Tomoyo nodded, "We're really excited"
"That's good to hear. Well, I'm just here to give you some information. Tomorrow night is already the fashion show"
Sakura's eyes widened, "Tomorrow night?"
"Yes, tomorrow night. You have to be at the Plaza maybe 2 or 1 hour before show time which will start at 6:45pm. An after-party is followed after that and I guess…that's it. Oh, here," Megumi handed them passes, "wear these around your neck before entering backstage. The security guards won't let anybody in backstage unless they have a pass; even if they're famous, they won't let anybody in."
Tomoyo nodded, "We understand, Ms. Minamoto. We really should be going now. Sakura here needs her beauty sleep"
Sakura let out a nervous laugh.
"Of course, see you tomorrow night then"
Author's Notes: 5 pages! I'm sorry if this chapter seemed boring and sorry for having Sakura and Tomoyo go up the elevator a lot of times. Gomen! I promise the next chapter will be full of surprises! Thanks for the reviews! Oh and by the way, I hope all of you don't mind with Kaho being the wife of Touya.
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