Chapter 8
confessions
The ride moved. They both got surprised and moved towards opposite ends.
What were you thinking? Syaoran said to himself. His heart was pounding so fast and he could feel his cheeks burning.
After a few minutes the ride ended and they got down silently. They found Tomoyo and Eriol on the bench in front of the ride.
"Man that was scary!" Eriol proclaimed as Sakura and Syaoran approached them.
Sakura nodded. Her face was ashen as if all the blood had had been drained out of her. Tomoyo looked at her the stood up.
"Take a seat Sakura." She said as she stood up.
"Thanks." Sakura replied as sat down on the bench. The ride didn't scare her at all but what happened a while ago made her feel a bit uncomfortable.
Tomoyo looked at Sakura then to Syaoran. She sensed the tension so she grabbed Syaoran's arm then said.
"I need some fresh air, Syaoran will you walk with me for a while?"
Syaoran nodded as Tomoyo led the way.
Sakura felt a twinge of jealousy. She was convinced that she didn't have any feelings for Syaoran but still she couldn't help herself. Then she turned to her left to see what Eriol's reaction would be. He rolled his eyes with irritation, unaware that Sakura was watching him.
"What?" He said as he noticed a sly grin spreading on Sakura's face.
"Oh, it's nothing." Sakura said to him using a sarcastic tone, a tone that was underlying more meaning. She smiled for a while and tried to irritate Eriol more.
Eriol kept his mouth shut. His temper was boiling even though he didn't know what's causing it. It couldn't be Daidouji's closeness to that boy, Syaoran. No way, it couldn't be, but maybe it could be.
"Tell me, what happened a while a ago during the ride" Tomoyo asked Syaoran after they walked a good distance away from Eriol and Sakura. She was really curious why they were both silent after riding.
"I almost kissed her." Syaoran whispered nervously to Tomoyo. His face was beet red already and he was almost out of breath
"What? You almost kissed her!" Tomoyo shrieked loudly. She was really surprised by Syaoran's confession.
People started to look at them oddly so Syaoran panicked and grabbed Tomoyo to the opposite direction. They ran a good distance away then slumped to a bench near the carousel. Tomoyo was laughing so hard at Syaoran's reaction. At first Syaoran got was a mad but then Tomoyo's laugh got the better of him and he started laughing too.
"You should've seen you face!" Tomoyo said after laughing. She was a bit out of air already.
"I think we should go back now. We've been gone for quite sometime already." Syaoran suggested.
"Yeah, I guess we really should. Let's go." She said as she stood up.
They walked back to the Ferris wheel and were still smiling a bit when they got back. Both Sakura and Eriol on the other hand were bored to death.
"Oh, great you remembered to go back! You took such a long time we could've died here!" Eriol remarked sarcastically. He was really furious that they took such a long time to go back but how he said it was not really the way he wanted to. He shouldn't really care about what they did while they were gone but he couldn't help himself.
"Sorry." Tomoyo said apologetically. She knew that they were really at fault here so instead of dishing out a sarcastic comment to irritate Eriol, she just opted to say apologize for what they did and to keep her mouth shut.
"Fine, let's go home. I'm tired." Eriol said to them as he walked away.
Tomoyo looked at Syaoran and Sakura as if trying to ask what the problem was. Both of them shrugged and so Tomoyo ran to follow him.
"Hey! Wait up Eriol!" She called after him. They were far from the amusement park already and were running fast on the seashore. It was hard running on sand but finally she caught up with him. "Hey, I'm really sorry about what happened."
Eriol pretended as if he didn't hear anything. He was in no mood to argue right now.
"Hey, I'm talking to you!" Tomoyo muttered as she grabbed him so they were face to face. "What's your problem?"
"What's my problem? What's my problem! You want to know what it is! Well, my problem is you had me worried sick! You were gone for an hour, for crying out loud! What do you want me to think! What if something happened to you! What if you suffered a concussion because of what happened earlier today!" Eriol said to Tomoyo fiercely. He was really mad and his eyes that were usually relaxed were burning with rage.
"I'm sorry I worried you. I'm sorry." She said softly. Her eyes were already filling up with tears so she buried her face in her hands "I, I just didn't think you'd care. I thought it would be okay. I'm really sorry for what happened"
Eriol's face started to relax a bit. He wasn't used to this kind of arguments. The worse thing was that he made Tomoyo cry. This was the first time that happened. Even before they usually despised each other and said cruel things, but there was never a time that either one of them succeeded. It was Eriol's goal before to make Tomoyo cry. He thought that he would be happy to see that one day, but now that he did it, he was nowhere in that zone of happiness. He felt really awful.
"That's alright. I'm sorry too for blowing up on you." He said as he tried to pat Tomoyo's back but then Tomoyo flung her arms on Eriol and cried. Eriol got surprised by what she did but then again he hugged her back. They stood like that for a few minutes, unaware that they were being watched. Apparently they were too caught up by the moment that they didn't see Sakura and Syaoran were only a few meters away from them.
Sakura watched them in disbelief. She never thought that she'd live to see this day, to see Tomoyo and Eriol, her two close friends, hugging each other? Now, this was what Sakura could call a miracle.
"I think we should leave those two alone for a while." Sakura whispered to Syaoran who was standing right beside her. The tension between them had lowered down a bit and she was comfortable to be with him again.
"Yeah, maybe you're right." Syaoran replied as he turned around.
"Where will we go?" Sakura asked as she too turned around. It was dark already and she had no idea on where to hang out.
"There's this café near here. We could go there for a while, to eat or drink coffee or something." Syaoran suggested. He was suggesting the same café in which he and Tomoyo hung out.
"Well, okay." Sakura affirmed as they walked to the direction of the café. The moon was really pretty that night and they couldn't help but look. They were walking side by side and their hands were brushing at each other gently but they were trying to ignore what they were feeling. After a few minutes they reached the café but tough luck, it was closed.
"What'll we do now? It's closed." Sakura asked. She was getting hungry but there was no way she would go back home.
Syaoran turned around trying to look. Finally he spotted a little store a few blocks away. He pointed to it and Sakura nodded. They were both hungry so they opted to just buy some food there. Syaoran also bought a flash light just in case it got really dark.
"Where will we eat?" Syaoran asked. After a few minutes they figured out where.
"I know where! The secret place!" They both exclaimed. They looked at each other then laughed for a while. They really are quite similar in some things.
They went inside the cave and climbed out of the hole that led to their secret place. The view there was really phenomenal. The sea reflected the light from the moon.
They sat there in silence admiring the view. After a few minutes Syaoran took out his mp3. He gave the other earphone to Sakura, and started to play soft music. After an hour or so they decided to go back already. On their way back Sakura felt a rain drop fall on her head. Then it started raining really hard.
"Here take my jacket." Syaoran said as he took off his jacket and handed it to Sakura.
"No, let's share." She said as she grabbed Syaoran and handed him the other end of the jacket.
They ran as fast as they could and reached the house soaking wet. When they entered the living room Eriol and Tomoyo were already there.
"Where have you two been? We were looking for you?" Eriol said to them.
Sakura and Syaoran just looked at each other.
"You left us in the amusement park, remember?" Sakura said as a certain twinkle appeared in her eye. She was sure that if she told them that she saw, they will freak out.
"Oh." Tomoyo said as she handed Sakura and Syaoran towels. "You should take a bath, or you two will get sick."
Sakura turned to the direction of her room. She gave Syaoran a last glance then walked into her room followed by Tomoyo.
Tomoyo also looked at Syaoran and smiled. She was sure that something nice happened while they were gone.
With that both Syaoran and Eriol went to their respective rooms.
After Tomoyo had closed the door she turned to see Sakura looking coyly at her.
"What?" She asked Sakura pretending to be innocent.
"Tell me what you think of Eriol?" Sakura asked her. She looked at her intently trying to say something.
"I think he's..." Tomoyo started to say but then her cell phone rang.
And surprise, surprise, the caller was none other than...
End of chapter eight
TSS: I hope you liked it. Again, please review... Thanks a bunch to those who do.. Till the next chapter:D
