Heaven by your Side
By brokenshadow23
Summary:
Eriol Hiiragizawa was the protector Tomoyo could ask for. Despite the number of times she pushed him away, he remained on her side and held her tight. But what if an inevitable thing comes their way? How can he protect her fragile heart?
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to Clamp.
Author's Notes:
Yay! Thank you so much for the reviews. I was glad to know that you haven't forgotten this one yet. I have received reviews like on the first chapter so here it is, the fourth chapter. All of the things I want to say is at the end of this chapter so please read it ok?
Read, enjoy, and review! ^-^
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"If you seek love, don't expect it to be simple; don't expect it to be easy. If one thing is certain, that would be neither."
-Honoria Cynster from the book All About Love
by Stephanie Laurens
Last Chapter:
'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 as he stood up from the couch. He looked at her in worry, but at the same time there was guilt on it.
A nod was her answer. "I'll be leaving tonight." Then she followed.
Eriol sighed. "No, you can'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 told her. 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. Take a rest now. I'll be seeing you on school."
Chapter Four:
Pieces of the puzzle
"Good evening, Eriol-kun." Kaho greeted as she entered the library. It was almost on the middle of the night, but Nakuru knocked on her door and had asked her if she could talk to Eriol for a few minutes.
From the window, his gaze shifted to her light brown eyes. He nodded in recognition of her presence and rose from his seat. "Is Yumi asleep?" he asked, trying to be sure that no one could disturb them that moment.
"Yes, I had tucked her to sleep an hour after you left." She answered then saw the seriousness on his sapphire eyes. She could tell that something wrong had happened. "How was your visit to Tomoyo-chan?"
Eriol's eyebrows rose, amazed that she was the one who had started that topic. He was having a hard time organizing his thoughts since there were many questions running on his mind that moment. "Not the normal get together," he answered in a calm voice. "We were just definitely surprised when we saw each other at the door."
He took a deep breath and didn't let Kaho speak. "How come you haven't told me that she was here all along?"
"I wanted to surprise you since you were thinking of Japan so much this past few weeks." Kaho answered. "Also, I thought that seeing you might cheer her up."
"So have noticed it too." Eriol said in a low voice. "When did you see her? And how come she didn't saw you?"
"When Cedric told me that there was a new occupant, I went to pay a visit and surprised to see my former student," she answered him. "Then, when I was about to knock, I saw her breakdown from the window so I decided to leave her alone."
"And you decided to hand her to me, right?"
Kaho nodded.
Eriol sighed. "Sadly, things aren't like what they used to be. Tomoyo-chan had been impulsive, detached. Her eyes were filled with loneliness unlike before. The one she is now is far from the sweet girl I have known."
"How come you have said that?"
"We first saw each other in school," he said, recalling the scenarios weeks ago. "It seems that she didn't want to be found. Unfortunately, she and I were in the same class so it wasn't hard for me to discover her masquerade."
"She might have been badly hurt." Kaho muttered and folded her arms on her chest. As her former teacher, she knew that Daidouji Tomoyo wasn't the type of person that would do something reckless like getting far away from her home.
Glancing at Eriol, she caught the deep concern on his eyes. It was something she hadn't seen before—not even when she nor the Card Mistress was placed in trouble.
The blue haired guy averted his eyes from her by turning to face the window. "And what is worse is I couldn't do anything but to watch."
"For now." She said, correcting him. She smiled and continued, "I know very well that you wouldn't simply watch. Tomoyo-chan is one of your most treasured friends. There's no way for you to leave her alone—not at times when you know she needed you the most."
Eriol knew she was right. Lifting up his head, he gazed at the stars and said, "Well, let's see what fate would do."
Xoxoxoxox
-Eriol's POV-
Once again, I was deep in thought.
Last night, after my conversation with Kaho, I thought I would able to calm myself. But then when I slept, my dreams began to hunt me with Tomoyo's face filled with painful expression—it was like the one I have seen when she had suddenly stopped from talking and ran into the comfort room.
"Good morning!
I stopped my tracks as I heard a cheerful, familiar voice. I wasn't sure if the greeting was for me so I looked around and saw a group of teens on a nearby bench. I smiled, totally covering the worry on my face.
"Good morning too, Julict," I greeted the girl beside Alexander, who was playing the small puzzle Mitch might have handed him again. "And what are you guys doing here?"
"Waiting for the bell to ring." Louie simply answered. "It's quite noisy in the classroom since someone got some rumors again."
Mitch glanced at me and added, "It's also too early. Being in a silent place is relaxing and can give us energy that we may need later."
"Yes." I agreed. "But Alexander shouldn't be here if that's the case. It would be hard for us to handle his hyperactivity."
"Hey!" Alexander had tried to protest, but his rants on me were covered with laughter.
I was about to say something when my blue eyes caught the figure I wanted to see. Looking at my friends, I took a step back and asked for permission, "Please excuse me for a moment."
All of them nodded. As I walked away, I felt their gazed on me and probably saw to whom I was heading to. It didn't matter now. I really have to talk to the girl who was again sitting alone on the bench, enjoying herself with a novel on her lap.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Tomoyo-chan."
With that, she looked up. Our gazes locked, making my heart beat a little faster.
"Ohayo." She greeted back in a small voice.
Smiling inwardly, I was glad that this time she was calm while talking to me. Though, I saw that she was still uncomfortable, it was a big change since the last time we have seen each other. This time, she has no plans of moving away.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"I'm fine." She simply answered.
I sighed in relief. After seeing the terror came up to her face, I was so worried on what had happened to her. "I'm glad."
In a second, Tomoyo moved. She took her bag and opened it. Pulling out a big envelop, she held it out to me and said, "I'll be staying."
Staring at her hand, I took the envelope from her. I smiled at her, knowing that she had thought of agreeing to what I told her.
"Well," She said as she stood up. "I'll be going now. Bye."
Xoxoxoxox
"When did you have the guts to talk to Madison?" Alexander asked as he looked at Eriol. What he saw that morning surprised him. When they had given them a push, it didn't work out and now they are talking? It was indeed a question.
Eriol chuckled at his friend's words. "First of, I haven't lost guts on talking to someone. I am just being careful with what I do."
"And so?"
The blue haired guy threw Alexander a questioning look. "Why are you so furious anyway? It's just a little talk."
"Anything little now may develop, Eriol." Louie reminded, smirking. He then looked on the window, seeing many students on the field. He tried to spot Mitch and Julict, but to no luck.
Alexander just scowled.
Eriol just laughed, seeing his friend's reaction. But he knew Louie was right. 'Fate has its own way.'
On the other hand, the two girls were starting to get bored with waiting for the others. They were at their usual place, seat on the middle of different trees.
"Where are they?" Julict asked.
"Maybe, they are still doing favors for our professor in Literature." Mitch answered, relaxing herself with the scenery before her.
Then silence fell once again. It was comfortable, but then Julict suddenly stood up.
The other girl stared at her. "What's the matter?"
Emerald eyes set on something, Julict answered, "Isn't she tired of being alone?"
Mitch followed her gaze, seeing Madison took a seat near them. She saw her do her routine of sitting down and reading. "I don't know," she said then saw Julict move forward. "Where are you going?"
"I'll try to talk to her. Come with me?"
She hesitated at first, but stood up reluctantly. Ever since, she was interested to her but she let Eriol try to shake her up. "Sure."
"Hi!"
Hearing the voice, Tomoyo looked up and saw two familiar girls smiling at her. "Hello." She muttered, "Do you need anything?"
Both shook their heads.
"We just wanted to talk. Well, if it's alright for you that is." Julict said straight to the point.
Tomoyo simply smiled in agreement. She moved a little, giving them space to seat in. Yes, she was aware that they were Eriol's friends, but talking would not cause any harm at all. Besides, her problem with him has nothing to do with them.
Mitch then took her offered seat. "Umm… Do we still need introductions?"
"Maybe not." Tomoyo answered in her calm voice. "You are Mitch right? Then Julict." She said, giving a glance at the person who knew who have that name.
Julict stared at the notebook Tomoyo was holding. "Dress designing?"
Nodding, Tomoyo entertained her thoughts. "It's one of the hobbies I have. I plot designs then make it and let my best friend wear it."
"That's really nice. I rarely knew someone doing that." Mitch commented. "Can I look at your other designs?"
Tomoyo handed her the blue notebook. She turned to Julict who had posted another question.
"Well, actually, I wanted to ask you if you are still not comfortable in the university. It's been long since you have arrived and we saw that you have no company."
"No," Tomoyo told her. "It's not that."
Closing the notebook on her hands, Mitch followed Julicts lead. She also had that question in mind, but of course she also knew some kind of privacy. "I see," she said. "But whatever is bothering you, you shouldn't isolate yourself."
The raven haired girl then remembered why she had done that. She didn't want to explain herself on what happened on the past so she didn't mind being alone. Even though her chest wanted to spill everything that was hurting her, it's better to restrict it than to see people pity her. But now, here she was with two friendly faces. In their eyes were simply determinations of her not being alone.
"That's true," She uttered and forced herself to put up a smile. "But I think it's too late to make friends now. People had already bad impressions on me."
"Well, not us." Julict told her, assuring. "Right Mitch?"
The haired teen on Tomoyo's right smiled when Tomoyo looked her way. "We don't easily judge a book by its cover. Besides, if we already have a bad impression of you, why would we still be talking to you now?"
With the cheerfulness Mitch displayed, Tomoyo couldn't help imagining her like Sakura. Though Julict was like more active, the tone and words that Mitch had given were like the auburn haired girl's.
Standing up, Mitch went to Julict's side then held out a hand. "So friends?"
Tomoyo smiled once again. With the look, the two girls had given her, she knew that she couldn't resist. After all, she didn't have a reason to stay away from them either. "Friends."
Xoxoxoxox
Unlike in England, things weren't going well in Japan. The cheerfulness on the familiar group in Tomoeda High had decreased, or rather forgotten since Tomoyo had left.
Since it was their break, they found themselves on the garden like what they were doing in their old times. But instead of laughter that was encircling them, it was uncomfortable silence.
"Where are Rika-chan and Naoko-chan?" Chiharu asked as she saw only three people on the grass. She walked towards them and sat beside Sakura.
"Both of them are at the library." Syaoran answered since he knew that Sakura wasn't again in her proper self to answer and Meiling didn't know the answer.
Sakura sighed deeply, putting down her chopsticks. She couldn't eat because she was starting to be filled with longing again for her best friend.
Gazing at the auburn haired girl, Syaoran stood up and decided to seat next to her. He took one hand on his, squeezing it for comfort.
"What's the matter, Sakura-chan?" Chiharu asked, and then threw a worried look at her. Meiling, who was on her side, did the same.
Sakura shook her head and smiled sadly, "Don't mind me. I am just thinking of something or perhaps, someone."
"We know what you feel, Sakura-chan." Chiharu said in a low voice. "All of us here are missing Tomoyo-chan's presence. But then we shouldn't let everything harder for us."
"That's true!" Meiling exclaimed, trying her best to light up the mood. She wasn't used of being silent especially not in the company of Kinimoto Sakura. "Many are still here! We can do stuffs together like old days."
"But it's still not the same without Tomoyo-chan's company." Sakura answered, recalling the days when she was having a hard time stopping the raven haired girl from making her costumes and filming her every move.
With that, silence fell upon them. They didn't argue anymore, knowing that there was no use.
Meiling stared at the sky, seeing its blueness turning to gray. "What a gloomy day…" She murmured.
Just then, another person came up behind Chiharu. "Speaking of gloomy days—" Yamazaki started, hoping that he would get someone shriek then later on someone would laugh at him.
Chiharu looked at him. "Yamazaki-kun, not now."
After that, everyone ate in silence. They busied themselves on reading a book or scanning their notes for the next subject. Only Sakura remained still, looking on space.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Finally, the long break was done. All of them stood up and started to walk to the classroom before the next period starts. Chiharu and Yamazaki were the first ones to go, followed by Meiling.
Syaoran stared at the girl beside him. "I believe that you have something to say."
"I'm just missing her badly." Sakura told him in a very soft voice.
The guy remained silent, letting her release every thought on her mind.
Heaving another sigh, Sakura stood up and let the Li heir saw the real sadness on her emerald eyes. "Tomoyo-chan and I haven't been separated like this before. If we are going somewhere, we inform each other about our plans and all."
"You aren't going to give up on worrying, are you?" Syaoran asked in his low voice. His amber eyes searched Sakura.
She shook her head. "Not unless I know where she had gone to."
He knew he shouldn't jump into conclusions. One might call him selfish that moment, but he couldn't take her being sad all the time. His fists tightened for a moment then loosened it with a sigh. "I think I know were Tomoyo-chan is."
Staring at him, Sakura gave him a confused look. "What?"
"Weeks ago, I got a call from Eriol-kun." Syaoran explained, "He asked me if there was something wrong with Tomoyo-chan. I mean, he hasn't contact me for years. Besides, he knew very well that I am not that attached to her so why did he ask me?"
"So there is a possibility that Tomoyo-chan is in England?" Sakura asked, having hope in her voice.
Syaoran nodded. "And if she really is, Eriol-kun will take care of her so we really don't have to worry."
With that assuring voice, Sakura gave a small smile. Syaoran led the way towards the building, glad that in a way he made his girlfriend feel at ease.
But little did he know that saying Tomoyo's possible location was a wrong move. When they were already far away from the garden, one guy, who hold's black hair and grey eyes appeared from one of the trees and watched them walked away.
'So Daidouji-san might be in England ne?' he thought. His lips curved and formed an evil smile. 'Well then, I should tell this to master as soon as possible.'
Keywords:
Ohayo gozaimasu- good morning
Ohayo-morning
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Finally, I have finished this chapter. I had a hard time working on it since it wasn't the original plan. Also, I have been disturbed because I was reading another book and was very absorbed in it. Hahaha.. :D But I hope that you still liked this chapter.
Oh, may I ask is there anyone of you who would be willing to help me with this story? I have many problems with this especially with grammar and characterizations. Please. Please. Tell me if you are interested. I would be happy to work with you. ^-^
Review replies for the previous chapter:
** Tomoyo-amethyst- haha… :D maybe, maybe not. But you shouldn't be that alarmed about the disease. There are still many important things that you should be concerned with.
**Annonymous Amethyst- Really? That's good news then. I'll try my best to make up for your expectations. ^-^
**cheng- haha… :D I'm glad you liked it. I thought I would get few reviews again because the descriptions weren't that good.
**tina- Really? I thought I have messed up while writing that part. Hmm… What can I say? I think this story would be different from the other stories wherein one of the main characters has sickness. Just wait and see. :D
**XxThe-Crest-Of-AnubisxX- Honestly, I was surprised when I wrote this story too. The original plan was it is an SxS story, but when I have plotted the story per chapter, I realized that it would be much better in ExT pairing. Her past would be revealed one by one. It's just that Eriol have to work for it.
**Wafflesz- well, I tried to avoid the OC for Tomoyo but it was really hard to do that because the plot will be messed up. But don't worry; Tomoyo will soon be back on her old self. She was just having a hard time so she had been acting like that. Thank you for liking my story. ^-^
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