Heaven by your Side

By brokenshadow23


Summary:

All she wanted to do was to run, to hide and to forget. Everything that was happening was too much for her until he came in once again into her life. He gave back everything that she had lost. But then in one swift moment, she let him go.

Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to Clamp.

Author's Notes:

Guess updating really late have affected reviews ne? It makes me sad. T_T But anyway, here is the third chapter. Hope that you'll enjoy this one. Hehe… it's our semestral break so if there will be many who will review, I'll update fast.

Enjoy guys! ^-^

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"Acceptance is all love asks, the only demand it makes, but it is an absolute one. You can either admit it to your heart or refuse it, but there's no other option."
-Stephanie Laurens


Last Chapter:

She maintained on her position for the next few seconds. She cherished the moment since she was feeling a visible freedom and hope in her heart. Everything was turning out right for her. But then, when she slowly opened her eyes she saw one figure that made her jerk.

Tomoyo pushed herself off the tree and stood straight. She felt her breathing become uneven as she caught his sapphire gaze. The cool wind was filled with tension as she saw his eyes widen with mixed confusion.

'Please let it only be amazement…' She prayed on her mind repeatedly. Her hands travelled to her chest, controlling herself. She watched her until his lips parted to say a word.

"Tomoyo…"


Chapter Three:

Leave Me Alone

And that was the end of her masquerade. Tomoyo stood still as her breathing slowed. She looked at the blue haired lad straight in the eyes, and tried to organize her wits to come up with an excuse. 'Kami, why does this have to happen?'

Eriol stepped forward. He was glad to see her again, but never had he imagined that it would be this way. He moved carefully, not wanting to make her uncomfortable more. If she didn't want him to discover her real identity in the first place, then something must be wrong.

"Tomoyo-chan," he called out her name very softly and comforting, "w…what are you doing here? England is so far from your home."

The girl kept a plain expression on her face. She was determined not to ruin her plans so she cleared her throat and answered, "You have mistaken. I am not Tomoyo."

"Denial? Surely you can do better than that?" Eriol questioned in a calm voice. In that moment, he understood why felt a sudden impulse between them when he first laid his eyes on her. He now knew why he had familiarized himself easily with her voice.

"Well," Tomoyo answered, "is there something I need to deny? If I am correct, denial is for people who are hiding something."

Her words flowed easily. Eriol was amazed on how she had come up with that idea. But her so called escape wouldn't throw him off. By staring at her amethyst eyes, he had found the truth. "But aren't you one of those people? You know that there's no need to fool me. Your voice gave way."

'My voice?' She retorted on her mind. Flashbacks went to her then she realized that he might have heard her. Even though she only sang on a small volume, the difference of her voice to the girl singing in the music room could be easily identified. "There are many great singers in the world. Some can even mimic other's style."

The blue haired guy smirked. "It might be true. But you and I are musically inclined so it's easy to tell. Besides, I have heard you sang a lot when we were young."

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"Honto ni?" He glanced at her dark hair then met her eyes once more. When he knew she was trapped on his stare, he walked until he was only few inches away from her. "Then how would you explain this?"

Tomoyo gasped, realizing that it was too late for her to move. She saw his hand lifted to touch her hair. Slowly, she felt him pull the white ribbon to let the soft mass of raven hair flow down.

"Well?" He asked, waiting. His hand raked on the strands of her locks then made its way on her jaw.

She shivered. Lifting her face from his grasp, she took a step back. "I…"

"Why are you here in England?"

Silence. Tomoyo averted her eyes from him, not wanting the sadness that slowly coming over her face. She wasn't prepared for this. She wasn't prepared to be questioned again and to share the pain she had been escaping.

"Tomoyo, tell me." He whispered, holding her hand to comfort her. "I am your friend, remember?"

Biting her lip, Tomoyo took a deep breath and took her hand away. "I'm going." She mumbled and turned around. She grabbed her things from the bench, but caught Eriol's gaze fixed on her. "What?"

"This might be yours." He told her, showing a light green organizer on his hand.

Tomoyo glanced at his hand, recognizing the familiar organizer. She remembered handing it to him earlier since he insisted with his gentlemanly ways. Grabbing it from him, she said, "Umm… Arigatou."

xoxoxoxox

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Come in," said a firm female tone behind the door.

Hearing the voice, Tomoyo went in. She smiled at the school secretary first and greeted, "good morning ma'am."

"Good morning too, Miss Taylor. It's nice to see you here." The woman on her thirties stood up and smiled back at her. "Please have a seat."

Tomoyo did as she was told. She looked at her, trying to calm herself as she talked to the administrator of the university.

"So what brings you here?"

"Umm…" the girl started, nervousness coming to her. She actually didn't want to do this, but after the incident yesterday she didn't know if she could still pretend to be alright. "I am just here to ask if you are allowing your students to transfer to another class."

The secretary raised a brow, confusion printed on her face. "Yes. But may I ask if there is something or someone bothering you to think of doing that?"

"Errr… no." She lied. Even though how much she wanted to request that matter, her reason would be too personal. If one knew that she was acting differently because of Eriol's presence, the blue haired guy might be called to ask for an explanation. "Thank you for the information anyway. Have a pleasant day."

With that, she stood up and went out. She closed her eyes, giving a deep sigh.

Suddenly, a male voice entered her ears. "You are really planning to avoid me, aren't you?"

Tomoyo shot her eyes open. She shifted her head on her right, seeing the same guy whom she didn't want to see that moment.

Eriol leaned comfortable against the wall with his arms on the pocket of his denim. His sapphire eyes were fixed on her, searching.

"Are you stalking me or what?" she questioned, not expecting him to go to school that early.

"Iie," he smiled at her then walked again towards her, "let's just say that fate is giving me time to discover the things I should know."

"But remember, fate can change depending on the person who holds it."

xoxoxoxox

"Tomoyo-chan…" Eriol whispered her name as he leaned back on his red chair. Like any other weekend he was spending time on his library, reading novels. But that afternoon, he realized that his concentration wasn't on the book on his hand. It was with the young lady who had suddenly appeared on his life once again, yet tried her best to avoid him.

He sighed, not happy with that he was witnessing. After their encounter on her second day, Eriol had been observing Tomoyo and noticed that she had been more passive, more lonesome. What was worse was he couldn't do anything for her, but to watch from a distance.

'She isn't the same sweet and charming Tomoyo-chan I met before.' He told himself as he looked at the scenery on the window. The leaves of the trees were falling on the ground as the soft breeze blew.

Tightening his grasp on the book on his hands, he closed it. His expression hardened. 'I shouldn't wait like this.' He told himself and pondered. After awhile, he rose and went out.

From his study, he headed downstairs. Then to his luck, he found Nakuru's address book just beside the telephone. He reached it and searched for the contact number of a person who just popped out on his mind—Li Syaoran. When he located his number, he took the phone and waited for the other line to be picked up.

"Hello?" It was a voice of an old man. "This is Li residence, how may I help you?"

"Good day to you Wei-san," Eriol returned greeting, "Is your master around?"

"Yes. But may I know who is speaking first?"

"Eriol Hiiragizawa." He told him. "I am an old friend of Li-kun."

"I see." The butler said politely. "Just a moment sir. I'll call him."

Eriol muttered thanks then heard silence on the line. He sighed, then when he heard some sounds on the other line he moved on his seat, making himself comfortable.

"Hiiragizawa." Syaoran called out in a low and calm voice. With that Eriol began to think. If Tomoyo had grown up pretty well, he wondered about this guy and Sakura.

Glad to hear his voice, the blue haired guy smiled. "Hello, my wolfy descendant. How are things going there in Japan?"

He felt him scowl as he answered, "Well four eyes, school started two weeks ago. But my first class would be tomorrow since I have been back here in Tomoeda just four hours ago."

"Oh, so you haven't heard anything from Sakura yet."

"Yes, but may I ask what's with this sudden call?"

Eriol wasn't surprised that the Chinese guy noticed. After the call with Sakura few years back when they needed help for capturing the Void, he hadn't exchanged words with them. And that was the first reason why he was missing Japan. "Umm… There is just a thing I wanted to ask."

"What?"

Heaving another sigh, he replied. "Is there something you know that is going on with Tomoyo-chan?" The question was straight-forward. Unlike with other people, he was confident that Syaoran wouldn't say anything after that conversation.

Eriol felt Syaoran's brow twitched up. Even though everyone knew that he was a caring guy, Tomoyo Daidouji was like in the end of his list. Because like the amber eyed guy, his attention was always on a certain auburn haired girl with emerald eyes. "None. I am sorry."

"Isn't Sakura-chan telling you anything that concerns her?"

"Well, as of now, there is none." Syaoran told him in a calm tone. "I was in China the whole summer and as I have told you I only came back hours ago."

"All right. Thanks for the time anyway." Eriol was about to say goodbye when Syaoran raised a question.

"Why did you ask something about her anyway?"

His mind moved easily. In just a few seconds, he came up with an excuse. "I dreamt something about her last night. I was worried so I asked."

"I see… Do you want me to ask the others?"

"Umm… No. It's alright. Thank you for the offer." With that, he told the other guy goodbye and put down the phone. Leaning on his seat, he closed his eyes and drifted his mind to her once again. In the middle of his thinking, a little girl slumped on his lap. He opened his eyes and greeted the bright eyes of a small child.

Eriol smiled at her. "Hello Yumi. When did you come back?"

Setting herself on Eriol's lap, Kaho's daughter answered. "Just now. You were thinking so—"

"I am sorry." The older apologized. He lifted up his hand to touch her dark brown locks. He lit up a small smile for he was pleased to know that she was becoming a good observer. "So how was your day?"

That was when Kaho decided to enter the conversation. There was a smile playing on her face, but Eriol couldn't figure out what was it for. "Same old story." She told him. "Nakuru asked her to stay away from the flowers, but Yumi wasn't listening."

Eriol only chuckled and talked to Yumi. As always, he made up stories to prevent her from doing something wrong especially at their flower shop. Then when the girl left him, he found Kaho's gaze towards him.

"Umm…" Kaho began. "Cedric told me just last night that one of your apartments has a new occupant. It had been three weeks now."

"So you mean that there was no contract signing yet?"

She shook her head. "Everyone is occupied. I am helping Nakuru with the bookshop then along with that I need to look over Yumi. On the other hand, Cedric is engrossed in the university."

"All right. I'll be the one to do the job for now. I'll go when I am free."

xoxoxoxoxox

It was a silent and peaceful night for Tomoyo. Her day actually went well since there was no school. After dealing with her school works that morning, she decided to sort out some newspapers. And now, she found herself sitting on the living room. On her hand was her video camera, playing some clips she had captured before.

'You don't know how I am missing you and the others so much.' She muttered to herself as sadness went along. Her gaze caught the image of Sakura on the camera and her ears caught her soft voice.

Closing her eyes for a few seconds, Tomoyo recalled the sweet and happy moments she had shared with her best friend and their other friends. Flashbacks rang in her mind and were only cut off when the doorbell went on.

She opened her eyes and stood up. With each step she took, she was wondering who was on her door. "Coming!" she said as she walked towards the entrance. She wasn't expecting anyone since she still didn't have friends because she herself was detaching.

But all inquires on her mind dropped the moment her amethyst eyes fell on sapphire orbs. Like her, surprise was also evident.

"Good evening Tomoyo-chan." Eriol greeted as he managed to get himself back. If this was the reason of Kaho's smile earlier, she indeed knew how to let him be dumbstruck.

Tomoyo kept a straight face. "Leave me alone." Then she shut the door, but he knocked again.

"Hiiragizawa, please…" she said softly, planning to shut the door again.

But before she had done so, Eriol put his hand on the door stopping the movement. "Tomoyo-chan, please listen to me first. It's not what you think. I didn't plan this alright? I don't even have a clue that it was you."

Not believing at first, she stared at him. His expression was calm, not showing any inch of lies on it. "What do you mean you didn't know?"

"Kaho," he explained, smiling a bit. "She asked me to come here to give something."

"And what is it?"

Eriol smirked. "Can I ask for a small favor first?"

Raising a brow, Tomoyo silenced and let him talk.

"Can we go in? There isn't so much light in here. You'll have a hard time reading the papers I had brought if I'll give it to you on your doorstep."

Then for a second, she stepped aside. "Come in," she said and gestured him to follow in the living room.

Eriol smiled to himself. He was thankful that she hadn't changed that much. Until now, he could tell that her soft heart were still present. "Umm... Do I need to remove my shoes?"

With a sigh, she told him, "Do whatever you want." Turning back, she strolled back to the living room.

Reaching the place where the girl was in, he looked at the small place. And on the table he noticed that her video camera was on, playing clips of Sakura Kinomoto. "It's lonely without them ne?"

Tomoyo easily realized that he meant. She bent down to turn the small television off and frowned. "What do I need to discuss with you?"

The guy simply handed her an envelope. He watched her as she took it from his hands and scanned the paper for less than a minute. Then suddenly, her expression changed from a calm to an annoyed one.

The girl shoved the papers back in the envelope and handed it back to him. "I am leaving."

She was about to turn her back, but Eriol held her on the elbow. "Tomoyo-chan, stop acting like a child. I came here for business. I tell you Kaho didn't tell me that it was you."

"Still, I am leaving."

"Then explain to me why."

Tomoyo looked back and gave him an angry look. She took her hand back from him, she answered him. "Why do you always try to get yourself on every decision I make?! Can't you—" Then all of a sudden she felt her chest tightened. She stopped, clutching a hand on her chest. Then in the next second, she started to cough continuously. Her other hand rose to cover her lips.

Seeing her in pain, Eriol moved near her. "Tomoyo, what's wrong?" he asked as he held her. He was supporting her, trying his best to move her into the couch.

The girl still fought him. She stepped back, closed her eyes as the pain on her chest and throat increased. When her coughing continued, she rushed on the bathroom. She leaned on the door. Coughing a few times more, she finally stopped. Breathing heavily, she slowly removed her hand and felt a thick liquid on her palm. It was blood.

'It's getting worse.' Tomoyo winced in pain as she looked at it more. She washed it after and stepped out to face Eriol again. A worried look greeted her, but she hadn't forgotten what their business was about.

"Are you alright?" Eriol asked immediately when the comfort room's door swung open. He looked at her in worry, but at the same time guilt was also there. If he hadn't insisted, she wouldn't have experienced that.

A nod was her answer. "I'll be leaving tonight." She declared in a tired, husky voice.

Eriol sighed. "No, you can't. And you won't." He said, not pleading but commanding. "Why do you still insist anyway? If paying for the rent of this apartment is hard for you, what more if you'll be living at another?"

Tomoyo stiffened, realizing that he was right. The main reason why she went out that morning was because she was trying to find a job that would sustain her needs. It was true that she still has money, but with all the expenses since she got on England, she knew that it wouldn't be enough to support her for next month.

"Come on." Eriol mumbled. He had just discovered her small problem when he saw the newspaper on the table with classified ads. "Don't make things hard for you. You should take a rest now. I'll be seeing you on school."

Done! Like it? Sorry if there are like awkward moments in here. I haven't edited this chapter that much since I am really sleepy now. I want to post it tonight so I tried my best to finish it. Besides I want to write the next few chapters to avoid updating late. hope you understand.

I have used 3,000+ words. I also need some words from you so REVIEW please!!!!

Review replies:

** XxThe-Crest-Of-AnubisxX- ehehe… there you are. You have already read Tomoyo's reply and saw how she had acted. What do you think will go next? ^-^

** Tomoyo-amethyst- Hmm… sorry about that. But well, he remembered now. I only did that to make things more exciting I hope.

** cheng- easy girl. Hehe… There are many more revelations to come.

**To all, heya! If you have any suggestion, don't be afraid to tell me. I would be happy to know if you have great things in mind for this story. Also, I would like to know what you are expecting to happen in this story. Hehe… In my story dreaming of you, it had gotten exciting when someone suggested so you can do the same too. I'll be waiting then.

Ja ne!

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