: Pain :
In the warm morning light, Sakura laid in bed, with the sunlight hitting her in the face. She buried her head into her pillow. She was covered in her baby blue blankets and on top of her was her best companion, Kero. Kero was a yellow small bear with small white wings and he had a long skinny tail. He met Sakura when she opened up the Book of Clow. She had broken the seal and released Kero where he lied dormant, guarding the Clow cards which Sakura used. Things in the beginning became unusual but eventually became normal for the two. Whenever Sakura had fought against the cards, trying to capture them, Kero was always there to help by giving her advice and Sakura would then simply repay him by giving him sweets. It was the best relationship for them.
"Chaa…." He groaned. "What's wrong Sakura? Why have you been so down for the last two days?"
Sakura didn't respond so Kero grabbed her pillow and tried to lift it off her head. Didn't work out too well for him. He kept on trying and Sakura was getting annoyed by it. She didn't want to be bothered.
"Kero! Stop!" yelled Sakura. "Fine I'll tell you."
Kero was happy hearing this and stopped. "So what's wrong?" he asked.
"I saw Tomoyo and Syaoran hugging each other. I think that they're together. Tomoyo never mentioned anything about him. I don't even know why she would like him." Said Sakura.
"Sakura…are you jealous?" said Kero. "Do you like Syaoran?"
Sakura paused about the question and then replied, "I…don't know." She sighed and then said "I'm hungry. I'll go look for something to eat."
She got out of bed and went down the stairs to the kitchen. She opened up the fridge and saw nothing looked edible. So she then looked in the cabinets and the same thing happened. "Noooooo….!" She yelled out. "No food!"
She then went to the table and decided to wait for her dad to come home from work and make dinner. She looked at the clock wondering how long he was going to be home. Tick tock it went. The seconds hand seemed to be moving at a very slow pace. She couldn't wait that long. She got up and decided to go out and eat at someplace. She went back up the stairs and changed out of her pajamas and into a pink sweater and jeans. She got some money out of her secret hiding spot which was behind her bookcase and stuffed the money in her pocket. She told Kero that she would get him some candy when she got back and left the house.
She walked down the sidewalk to the intersection of where she saw Tomoyo and Syaoran. She stopped for awhile and then walked on to the Red District. As she walked in the district, she saw a candy store and went in. she got out of the store and in her hand was a bag of candy. She stuffed it in her sweater pocket and walked on to look for food. As she walked, she saw Tomoyo and Syaoran together. Tomoyo was holding a sweater in front of her and Syaoran was shaking his head. Sakura wondered if they were going out together and then decided to follow them. She was determined to find out. She followed them into and out of stores, and walked that seemed to be hours and hours. As she followed them to another store, she tripped and made a loud squealing noise. Sakura quickly got up and ran inside the nearest store. Syaoran looked behind and saw Sakura, but he wasn't sure if it was her or not.
"What's wrong Syaoran?" asked Tomoyo.
"Uh…I think I saw Sakura. I think she's following us. I could've sworn that she's been into most of the stores that we've been to."
Tomoyo looked surprised. "Do you think she knows?"
"She couldn't have known, we never told anyone, but if it is her, I'd wanna know why she's following us. Come on, let's go to another store and see if that person or Sakura goes in." Said Syaoran.
So the two walked and Sakura came out of hiding and followed them. They walked to another store and Sakura went in too like before. As usual, Sakura kept her distance and looked at them behind a magazine. Syaoran and Tomoyo were looking at things and then Syaoran saw Sakura's reflection on a polished metal ball. They continued to look at things and then left the store. As they got out, they ran to an alley by the store and waited for Sakura to come out. Sakura came out and was wondering where they went. She lost them. She went to the stores by the store she got out of and nothing. Instead of Sakura following them, it was their turn.
"Come on, let's go talk to her." Said Syaoran. "Let's find out what she's doing."
They then got out of the alley and walked over to Sakura. "Hey Sakura!" yelled out Syaoran.
Sakura saw and became embarrassed and walked the other way but stopped because Tomoyo was walking that way too. "What are you doing?" asked Syaoran.
Sakura was quiet and then said, "What about you two? Are you together?"
Syaoran and Tomoyo were shocked and at the same time, both said "What!"
"I saw you guys hugging each other the other day and now I see you shopping in stores that couples go to." Said Sakura.
"Look, we're not together. We noticed that you looked well, kinda looked down for the last couple of days and well we wanted to cheer you up." Said Tomoyo. "And what's wrong with two friends hugging each other? We do it all the time."
Sakura became embarrassed and said, "I'm so sorry you guys. I should've known better than to think that you were together."
"It's ok. And hey we all make mistakes." Tomoyo said.
"Thanks for trying to cheering me up. I feel happy that I have friends like you guys." Said Sakura.
"Hey, why were you feeling down anyway?" asked Syaoran.
Sakura thought about it and said, "It was just worried about something that's all. I don't feel down anymore, but I do feel hungry."
"Yeah me too." Said Tomoyo. "Oh I know! Let's go to that café place that's like right by the gym."
"What! Hell no! You know how far that place is?" said Syaoran.
"Come on you. If you wanna cheer me up you can treat me and Tomoyo to food. Please?" Sakura said.
Syaoran looked at Sakura and all of a sudden, started blushing. "Fine, whatever. I'm paying for you though, not for Tomoyo." He said, as he quickly walked away to hide his face.
The girls ran to him to catch up and the two talked about things while Syaoran became quiet. They walked for an hour or so and the girls continued on talking. Syaoran still remained quiet. They walked past many shops and very expensive restaurants. They saw and walked by many more shops and restaurants and tall business buildings and one that Sakura's dad worked at. It was a tall building that was 75 stories high and had a large golden plaque that had the company's name, Yomoto Enterprises above the entrance to the building
"Hey. Didn't that one guy get fired from doing that one thing? What was it….forging documents?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yup, but I think it was bank fraud. They're having a meeting to introduce the new boss." Said Sakura.
The three eventually made it to the café and ate and of course Syaoran paid for Sakura. They spent the time sitting at a table, enjoying the scenery of the café with its painted pictures of trees in open meadows and fields and the smell of coffee and fresh bread baking across the street. The girls talked while Syaoran was quiet.
'How am I going to tell her' Syaoran thought. 'She has to know.'
As the bright and shinny day was coming to an end, they decided to leave and go home. They walked on back and left the district. By the time they got to the end, it had become night. Syaoran said good bye to the girls and the girls did the same. Tomoyo walked Sakura home.
"Hey. Thanks again for cheering me up. I feel really happy now." Said Sakura.
"You shouldn't get all the credit, thank Syaoran. It was his idea in the first place." Said Tomoyo.
Meanwhile, in the middle of the Red District of the Yomoto Enterprises, on the rooftop was a man standing in the freezing dark of night. The shadowy figured chuckled softly to himself. "Soon…" he said.
