Chapter 1: Windy Card.
(T/N: Tomoyo's abit OOC but it will be explained in the later chapters)
[Insert soft humming]
[The sounds of birds chirping and trees' leaves dancing with the soft breezes]
A cheery light auburn haired girl hummed as she slowly watering the flower that seemed to bloom beautifully underneath the afternoon sunlight. She wore a spaghetti strap, flowing, white lacy dress that ends just above her knees, her hair tied into a high ponytail while two tiny loose locks framed her face and simple flip flops adorned her feet.
She lifts the watering can, and used her free hand to feel the soft petals of the flower, she smiled satisfactorily.
"They seemed watered enough." Kero barked in approval. The girl giggled, "I wonder when Tomoyo will be finished with her sudden meeting with the other designers. It feels like its kind of past 3 o'clock...? or was it around 4 o'clock. What do you think Kero?"
Kero barked in reply. Sakura nodded, "Well, I finished the changing the flowers, watered the garden, washed the laundry... what am I forgetting? Hmm..." as she wondered out aloud her thoughts, she approached the garden table and placed the watering can on top of it.
[A loud panicked shrill far away]
Sakura jumped at the voice and looked at the mansion in worry and fright. "Tomoyo!?" She and Kero immediately ran through the maze, turning left and right as if on auto pilot, and as soon as she reached for the stairs, the garden doors that connects the mansion to the back garden burst opened. She stopped, and a familiar voice,but is now in the soprano level.
"What do think you are doing Sakura!?"
"Huh? I... um... Watering the Garden?" In additional, Sakura waved the watering can that was in her hand, fogotten, up.
"Sakura. I was looking for you for the past 30 mins! Have you forgotten what day is it today!?"
"...What day is it today?" Sakura looked at Kero, who whined in protest.
"SAKURA! Its the day when we met up with Erio Hirigazawa and his friend!" Tomoyo faced palm. Her headache seemed to be growing even stronger.
"Oh! Was it today?" She looked at Kero, who layed on the ground and covering his face with his paws.
"Dammit, Sakura! Come! We got to hurry!"
"Ah- Tomoyo!?"
Tomoyo grabbed a bewildered Sakura as they disppeared inside the mansion. Kero released a sigh (more like a snort) then followed his two mistresses.
[Café noises; sound of coffee grinders, and shouts from the café crew]
[Loud whispers from the crowd]
"They are late." A certain blazing amber eyes boy angrily muttered. He was with Eriol in the Black Cat Cafe and with his bad karma, they were placed on a table in the center where everyone, and every eye in that Cafe was piercing through is skull, including a certain body part of his.
"A hour late. Can I kill you?" He glared at a boy who was calming sipping his tea in the midst of a pissed off deadly assassin and probably hundred curious glances in his way. He smiled at his companion, this caused the chatters around to increase.
"Nope. You made a deal with me that I will allow you to kill me when Tomoyo's friend flirts and throws herself literally at you and the possibility of dragging you to the nearest love hotel-"
"Let me change the terms-"
"No can do"
"...trk" The chocolate messy hair (can be mistaken as bedhead) sat up straight. The raven blue haired still continued as if his life wasn't a bargaining chip. The nosy crowd slowly started to simmer down to a few whispers.
"Language, my dear cousin. Please do watch-"
"F*ck you"
"No thanks, I don't swing that way."
[Combination of clattering of plates and silverware.]
[Tea being sipped]
[A hand slamming down on a table, angrily]
[Increase of whispers around them]
The gentleman still continued drinking his tea. Ignoring the blood lust emitted from his companion. "This is a good blend. I should have discovered this place earlier. Would you like scones, dear cousin? I heard its their bestseller!"
"...Are you even listening to-"
[A chime ringing]
[Increase of loud whispers]
Tge two girls entered the café causing a fuss, earning the attention of two certain people. The elegant girl with the similar color, but of pure black and an auburn haired girl. Nothing special about the two, but was striking about the elegant girl was her hourglass body that was obvious to purple maxi dress she was wearing. Her shoes were a lilac colored wedge as her hair was tied into a bun, with two short curls framing her face, accompanied by a native weaved large bag.
A pair of blue eyes watched her in curiosity, on the other hand….
What caught the deadly assassin's eye was the girl behind the elegant girl. She looked like a modest gypsy. Wearing a pale pink summer chiffon dress with a V neckline inlaid with white lace, her long sleeves were see-through revealing slender arms and the dress lands a few inches above her knees. Accented with white lolita doll and has a lot of straps. Her auburn hair was tied into a high ponytail slowly curling at the ends, matched with a small white shoulder bag.
In fact, she looked like she didn't even know what she was dolled up for. The raven hair beauty, looked around until she found the face she was looking for. She smiled and pulled her friend along who was definitely confused at her surroundings. As soon as they approached the table, the elegant girl said,
"Hi! I'm so sorry for being so late! I still hope that we were about to catch you guys even the large possibility of you both are gone by the time we arrive…."
The raven blue haired boy stood up , "Please don't be. I'm sure that you have a good reason, you don't look like the type to be late on purpose." A gentle smile appeared on his face. "And, yes, It's finally a pleasure to meet the famous Tomoyo Daidouji."
There was a slight flush appeared on the creamy white skin of hers.
"Oh my, Oh my. I should say so myself. It's a pleasure to finally meet the famous photographer, Eriol Hirigazawa!" She softly giggled. "As promised I brought my one and only model as well as the cutest, best friend, Sakura Kinomoto." Tomoyo tugged on Sakura's hand to let her know that she should step a bit closer.
"Um…." On a closer look, the both boys noticed that she had her eyes closed, as well a small silver rod attached to her other hand.
'….Blind?' The word appeared in both boy's thoughts. Unconsciously, a pair of amber eyes went up and down on the figure of Sakura, who was obviously nervous.
'She reminds me of a fluffy ball hamster my sister had before….' he thought as he watched Sakura, who is utter nervous between two foxes of similar breeds.
"Sakura, the gentleman's voice on your left is Eriol Hirigazawa. The one I told you about, remember?" Tomoyo softly said, as Sakura pondered it for awhile until she smiled.
"I remember now! The one you were so fussy about his photographs, and self-proclaimed his #1 fan-"
"Hohoho~ What are you saying, Sakura?"
"Nothing, Tomoyo. So please stop squeezing my hand!"
"Really, now?" Eriol laughed. "I'm glad to hear that. Well, the one sitting on the same table, across me… is my beloved adorably cute-"
"…. I'll kill you." An angry retort, slightly scarring Tomoyo and earning a curious attention from Sakura.
"Hoe?"
"-cussing, irritated, grumpy and always got his brief in a knot-"
A peanut was flicked in Eriol's head. Tomoyo assumed it was their way of friendship, which relieved her. Sakura on the other hand, was confused.
"Ignoring my dear cousin's whines, let me introduce you to Syaoran Li." Tomoyo let a small gasp and looked at Syaoran who raised an eyebrow.
"Are you…. ?"
"…." This earned her a glare from the chocolate hair boy. Tomoyo laughed nervously, as she waved the idea of him being part of the main family.
"I mean, other than Sakura. I'm not blind to the fact that there a lot of Li's out there and among the Li's there wasn't any coming from the main family."
"….." Syaoran lost interest.
"Well, let's not start talking about the latest news, please sit down. I'm sure it must be tiring to be standing around. Sakura…?"
"Hoe!?" Eriol took of her hand, which surprised her at the sudden different hand that was grasping hers.
"If I may?" Sakura couldn't be even more confused than she was before. Tomoyo giggled and whispered to Sakura,
"He's offering a hand, to help you to a chair."
Sakura couldn't do anything but nodded dumbly. She felt her hand tug towards left after 1-2 steps she was stopped. 'Oh! He must be guiding me to a chair!' she thought as she felt that she was between a chair and table. She blushed in appreciation. Then another hand replaced Eriol's hand, her hand twitched at the electricity as someone held it. It was slightly rougher than Eriol's, not to mention it was also slighter bigger.
The feeling felt like time stop yet it gave her a sense of safety and a strong sense of connection.. 'why….? That wasn't a simple static connection was it…?' Her blush grew stronger.
Outside, Eriol gave a communicative glance at Syaoran who was looking at the girl with incredible curiosity. 'Hold her hand, dear cousin'
Syaoran replied with a glare 'why should I?'
' I got to push the chair beside she might be nervous when my hand would let go of hers.' Eriol had to fight the grin, it was difficult to keep up the poker face of his, when Syaoran sighed and moved to hold her hand. True to his word, Eriol pushed the chair, startling Sakura and unconsciously squeezing Syaoran's hand.
"Thank you…." Sakura smiled at the person who was holding her hand.
Syaoran didn't realize he was staring at Sakura when Eriol cleared his throat. He let go of her hand immediately, but as soon as he does, there was a twinge of pain in his chest.
"Would you like to order anything? Food or perhaps some tea...? It will be on me."
"Heaven's no. I should pay the bill! I was late for an hour, it would be a bad for me if you pay for the bill."
'...Damn right-!?' Syaoran thought then flinched when Eriol kicked his shin from underneath the table.
"...hoe?"
"True, but my principles would not allow it. Please, I insist." Tomoyo looked around the table for some backup but the dangerous man looked bored, while her bestfriend looked confused. Sakura felt the desperate glance on her and randomly spoke the first thing that came out from her mind,
"...Split the bill?"
The group ordered the food and while waiting the two famous people proceeded to their original intention. The other two remaining simply poked at their food or took a nap, which Syaoran did exactly. Sakura being easily bored, poked at Syaoran.
"Hey... Are you bored?" Sakura asked.
"..." Syaoran woke up and stared at the blind girl, debating whether he should reply or not. He figured it wouldn't hurt, might as well pass time. "... You could tell?"
"Hehe, will it was quite obvious from the mood around you, even I can tell. Doesn't that prove something?" He could the the laughter in her words, and he smirked.
" That bad huh?"
"Yup! So, wanna go somewhere?" She thread her fingers together on her lap, in a hopeful gesture. An eyebrow is raised in response.
"With you...?" Sakura frowned, and pouted which cause him to become uncomfortable for some reason. "Well-"
"Honestly, even though I'm like this that doesn't stop me from being bored. I'm quite bored, I don't understand the realm of their world-" She pointed to the pair who was having a deep discussion with each other.
"and you're awfully bored, so why not kill two birds with one stone?" Deep inside, a silent laughter erupted within him which sounded like a snicker, surprised Sakura. "What? Was I wrong? Did I say something funny?"
Syaoran waved his hand and stood up, causing the two busy bodies to turn their attention to him before he whispered into the auburn girl's ear.
Sakura blushed at the contact but later, she stifled a giggled. She coughed and straighten her sitting position, immediately placing a poker face.
"... Are you going out?" Eriol asked.
"...Toilet." The chocolate haired man walked towards the bathroom. As soon as he turned around the corner, the two shrugged and continued on with their discussion. 10 minutes has passed, Sakura smiled and called out to a waitress passing by,
"Excuse me, could you please guide me to the bathroom? As you can I'm in a bind..." she waved her silver stick to the waitress. The waitress understood the meaning, and nodded.
"Understood, This way miss." She offered a hand towards Sakura, who in turn accepted it gratefully. Tomoyo looked at Sakura, surprised.
"Sakura, are you going to the bathroom?" Tomoyo's curious voice startled her.
Sakura waved it off, and giggled. "Please continue with your discussion, I don't want to bother you both."
"How many times do I have to tell you, you're not a bother."
Eriol spoke up, "If Tomoyo can't, maybe I can." Sakura shook her head softly,
"Nope. Thanks for the thought Eriol, but as you can see Tomoyo has been waiting for this day to finally speak with her idol. I wouldn't want to interrupt her moment of happi-"
"SAKURA-! YOU-!"
Sakura laughed as she nodded to the waitress to move. The waitress smiled and guided the blind Sakura away from the table. As soon as Sakura reached the bathroom door, she squeezed the waitress' hand and whispered,
"Oh better yet, can you please guide me to the door?"
"Eh?" said the confused waitress.
"Hehe, I just wanted to leave them alone. I'm pretty sure you noticed that other guy and me were quite bored while they talked away as if it was only the two of them." Sakura smiled and put a finger on her lips, "it's a secret" motion.
"Oh! I see. I understand miss, I'll guide you to the entrance without them noticing, hehe!" For some reason, the waitress started to feel kinda sneaky.
"Thank you!"
Without the two chatter boxes noticing, she and the waitress managed to arrive at the entrance. Sakura release her grip from her guide, and nodded her head in direction, when a familiar person took hold of her hand. Syaoran.
"Thanks." he said to the waitress who just stood there blushing. It was the same feeling when one sees a famous actor or model. Sakura smiled softly at the feeling of her fingers that was tightly weaved with his strong yet gentle fingers.
'It is as if...' she thought as she cheeks reddened.
Syaoran tugged at the hand that he never seemed to noticed how tight his hold was on hers, and placed it in his coat pocket. It just seeemed so natural to him. "So where do you want to go, princess?" which cause Sakura's blush to deepen further.
Sakura pouted, "I'm not a princess, but I do want to go to the park!"
"...why'd ya want to go to the park?"
"Well... cause the breeze is nice. Besides I don't want to go home right away. It has been awhile since I walked on my own and its not like I can go window shopping in my condition, right? "
"..." Syaoran silent agreed, and Sakura giggled as if she just heard a reply.
"To the park!"
It was night by the time, they have finished walking around the park, the hot yet dangerous man was smirking while a tired angel like woman held to his arm like how couples do. Surprisingly, Syaoran doesn't mind her holding on to his arm like that.
"That was fun despite you having this grumpy aura!" A snort came from Syaoran who thought everything was just troublesome. Sakura blew a rasperberry at him, "Admit it, Li-"
"Syaoran."
"Huh?"
"Call me Syaoran."
"Oh...! Syaoran huh..." Sakura whispered his name softly over and over again, somehow very happy that it just rolls off her tongue. On the other hand, Syaoran loved the way she pronounced his name. "You'll be Syao, from now on. Your name just fits the image I have of you. You can also call me Sakura."
"...huh!? Image-" That caught him off guard. Sakura laughed.
"Admit it, Syao. You enjoyed this day as much as I did!" Sakura teased.
"..." Normally, he'd be killing off Sakura for such actions against him, but deep down inside he didn't mind her constant teasing. "... Right. You constantly tripping and I would constantly catch you-" A sentences filled with sarcasm.
'I never been a chatter box even to my family, yet I'm chatting with her just like a normal person' he paused in thought.
Sakura blushed bright red, "Wha-! How rude. It's not like I was born this way! Even a millimeter change in what I used to know can be critical for a blind like me."
"..." he shook his head in amusement.
"No I wasn't" Emerald eyes glared at amused amber eyes.
"...Was"
"Wasn't!"
"...Was"
"Wasn't!"
"...Was"
".Wasn't!"
"Wasn't."
"Was-AH! You tricked me!"
'Are we going to go through that bicker again?' An eyebrow was raised.
"You're impossible."
"Thank you."
"That wasn't a compliment. I feel like I'm arguing to a child."
"That child must be you, then"
"URGH SYAORAN!" Sakura huffed and released her hold his arms and crossed it across her chest, puffing up her cheeks.
He snickered as he saw Sakura as a bird with its feathers all ruffled.
'Ah...she's angry. Hmm how should I settle this...' He grinned the he hugged her body against his, and nuzzled his nose on her hair, smelling cherry blossoms. Sakura stiffened but at the sudden affectionate but later relaxed. Hating for the fact, her annoyance to Syaoran just simply disappeared with a simple gesture from him.
"How did you...?" She rarely calm down when she was mad yet he managed it for a few seconds.
"..." Words doesn't need to be said, as Sakura somehow understood Syaoran clear as a day.
Syaoran felt slightly proud that he was able to tame such a feisty girl into this cute submissive form of hers. They stayed in that position for a while, feeling quite comfortable with him constantly stroking her silky hair.
[RING RING] [RING RING]
Sakura pulled away slightly and turned around her back facing from Syaoran who wanted to throw the phone to the nearest fountain, yet he doesn't let go Sakura from his arms.
"This ringtone...Hello? Oh, Tomoyo! What's up-"
"AND YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO SAY THAT TO ME!?" Sakura flinched at the volume of Tomoyo's shrill. Syaoran rolled his eyes. Unconciously, Sakura leaned into Syaoran who went back into holding her tight as before.
"Tomoyo, right what's up?"
"Is Li with you?"
Sakura smiled, "hmm... Maybe? Why?"
"URGH! Give him the phone."
Sakura pondered, "I wonder if he's going to talk to you..." she mumbled. Noting that they were numerous of people claiming to be in the entertainment industry tried recruiting him and girls picking him up in the afternoon, he just brushed them off and continued to tug her along.
"And why is he not going to talk to me? It's late, I need to pick you up and you are not helping." An irritated voice.
Sakura moved her head up and handed her phone to Syaoran. He growled, 'and I was in a nice position.' he thought.
"...what ?" A grumpy reply.
" where are you-"
[Phone snapped close]
Sakura's ears perked up, 'I knew it.' as she felt her phone in her hand again. "Syao. I don't think she'll like tha-"
"...do you think I care?" A snort.
"..." Sakura sighed. Normally, she'd be freaking out the way Syaoran gave out some possessiveness and the way he hugs her so tightly, not to mention this is her first meeting this man. Yet, it she isn't it, in fact it makes her happy that someone likes her to that extent. "She's going to call again you know? ...and how will I get home?"
"We'll manage."
"Manage you say..." Sakura sighed. 'Talking to him is impossible.'
A familiar ringtone interrupted the moment. It was Tomoyo's.
"Told you, Syao." Sakura tapped his arm as a sign to let go, and he reluctantly lets go as he stepped back to buy some drinks. Sakura picked her phone up, "Hell-"
"Li. Now." Sakura jumped at the deadly voice. She wondered where Syaoran went as she tried searching his presence. Silence. She was worried for a few seconds until she heard a faint clunking of cans in a vendo machine somewhere near. Relief washed over her.
"Sorry, he's kinda busy buying a drink in a vending-oh!" Hot steel meets her slightly cold right cheek. She took the offending steel with her right hand and offered her phone in the left hand. "Please, be kind to her. She's just worried."
"...hmpf." Syaoran took the pink flip phone and gently placed it near his ear (just like how L from Death Note would hold phones except he held it at the middle not at the top) "what." He opened his black coffee can with one hand, then took a sip.
"You better not put this phone down, Li or I'm suing you for the fines in my phone bill." Tomoyo serious tone, made him snicker. "So. Where are you?"
"By a lake"
"Dammit Li!" If he listened closely, he can hear a hand slamming down on the table, and his annoying cousin's voice faintly. There were still in the cafe, he sighed tiredly. That caused another fit from Tomoyo.
"...By a park, couple blocks down." He snapped the phone shut and handed back to Sakura. Sakura laughed softly,
"You know Syao, you could have at least TRIED to be nice."
"...as if." Another sip from his coffee. Silence between them, yet it was not the awkward silence but it was a silence that both of them were simply enjoying their presences.
She stood there her pale pink gypsy like dress now dyed into a silvery color due to the moonlight shining down her. I stood behind her, watching the soft breeze dance around her as if comforting her in her unknown sorrow with her hands holding the drink I bought her. She stepped 3-4 steps forward, twirling in between, humming a song that mysteriously match the scenery, enjoying the cool night breeze. My heart suddenly increased in tempo… when it does, I knew somewhere in me alarms were ringing off the hook.
A gust of wind caught has both off guard, I closed my eyes for second, only to see her hair long hair fan around her like wings, ribbon that tied her half ponytail came loose. I held my breath as she stopped, trying to hold down her hair with one of her small yet soft hands. She moved her head toward me and gave a nervous smile but that wasn't the reason I held my breath and I definitely felt my cheek rise in temperature. She slowly opened her eyes, honestly not be cliché but….
My eyes met a never ending green starry space.