Hi! Second part of 5th chapter is up! It's Eriol's second day at work and Tomoyo is there just to see him. But wait! What about Syaoran and Sakura? How will they meet? You will find it out in this chapter.

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Chapter 5 - Getting to know him (Part 2)

This day is Eriol's second day in class.

8:40 AM. It was a very hot morning in Tokyo. Kouichi went to the office 30 minutes before the class. As he enters the building, he saw a familiar face standing by the waiting area. It was Eriol.

Much to his surprise, Kouichi learned that Eriol was way earlier than him. He looked at the logbook and saw what time did he logged in - 7:28 AM. Almost two hours before the actual class starts.

Kouichi approached Eriol. Eriol greets him. "Ohayou." he says.

"Same to you" says Kouichi. "I saw that you were here at around 7:30. Assembly time is at 8:45 and the class is at Nine. You're too early."

Eriol replied. "But sir...It's better to be too early than too late...Right?"

"Hmmmmm...You have a point there." Then, Kouichi asked Eriol on why he's standing by the waiting area. "By the way, why are you here? You should have entered the classroom to see your co-trainees."

"The classroom is open, sir. But it seems that... I got here first because... I still don't see any of them." Eriol says. "Besides... They usually gather here for Assembly, right?".

Kouichi hits his forehead with his palm. "Ah, yeah! You're correct, I forgot. I'm sorry. I'm just getting old, you know?"

They were in the middle of their conversation when Tomoyo and Syaoran came to the scene. Tomoyo greets the two. "Ohayou!" she says. Kouichi replies back. Eriol bowed at her. She hasn't seen any of the trainees aside from Eriol. Then, she asked Kouichi. "It's 8:42. The assembly time is at 8:45. Where are the others?"

Kouichi answers her question. "I don't know. Maybe they're stuck in traffic like their usual excuse when they're late."

Tomoyo smirked, as she shook her head a bit. "Unacceptable." she said. "I'll talk to them once their here."

Then two of the trainees were rushing in and approached them. "Oh!" says Tomoyo. "We have two other trainees. How are you?"

The woman responded. "I'm so sorry, mam! Supposedly, we'll be here on time." Then she stared at her companion. "If not because of this idiot!"

"Well, I told you to go and not to wait outside our house!" the man said.

"You should be thankful that I've waited for you!" the woman said. "Because if not, you might still be sleeping like a log!"

Tomoyo just smiled at them, as she tried to stop the couple from their arguments. "That's enough. At least, both of you were early for the assembly time." Then, she invited them to enter the classroom. "Come on, guys. Let's start our day as we enter our classroom, okay?"

All of them followed Tomoyo, Kouichi and Syaoran. As they enter the room, Syaoran locked the doors of the classroom. One of their policy states that those who'll be late shall not be allowed to enter the classroom until it ends. There will also be an automatic deduction of 5 points from their potential scores for tests and evaluations. Worst, they'll be cleaning all the mess after class.

Back at Eriol's house, Sakura is getting ready to go to work as a part-time cashier in a 'konbini'. She had earlier prepared a meal for Touru. "It's your lunch." she said. "Just reheat it if you want to eat. Also, my brother's gonna be her if you need something."

"Thank you." Touru replied. Then, he notice and unopened bento at the table. "Is that your bento?" he asked.

"No, it's not mine." she answered. But she remembered something. "No way!"

Touro got curious. "Why?"

"I think Eriol forgot to bring his bento." She grabbed the bento before she leaves. "I'll take this give it to him. The store in which I work is just about 3 block from them."

"It's a good thing we've noticed it. He'll get hungry during lunch!" Touru said.

"You bet, oji-san" Sakura replied. "Anyhow, I'll go now. See you tonight." And she left the house to go for work.

The classroom is a replica of a real restaurant kitchen that is perfect for hands-on training. The three trainees, including Eriol, were all seated. The class hasn't started yet, meaning they still have time for chit-chat. Eriol is just staring around the entire room when the lady called his attention. "Hey!" she said. "How are you?"

"Ah...Fine!" said Eriol.

"That's good." she said. "Some of our co-trainees think you're weird. But I hope you won't mind them because they are just mean people!" Then she reached her right hand to Eriol. "I'm Chiharu Mihara. Nice to meet you, and hope we'll be in good terms!" Then, she pointed out her companion. "That man? That's Takashi Yamazaki! He's a total idiot. But he's my friend."

"Excuse me?" says Yamazaki. "Correction - BOYfriend. not just a friend. And stop calling me an idiot" Then, Yamazaki approaches Eriol. "Don't listen to her. She bullies me because she just can't get over what happened this morning!"

"I'm bullying you because you're a real jerk!" said Chiharu. Then, Eriol asked her. "I just don't know... If you treat him as a friend... then why would you call him an idiot"

Chiharu mummed, while Yamazaki continues teasing her. "See? He got you there!" Chiharu got impatient and tried to chase Yamazaki inside the room. Tomoyo noticed it and tried to stop them. "Okay, kids! Enough already. It's 9:00 and let's get started."

Tomoyo the called Kouichi to facilitate. The three trainees were sitting in front while Syaoran and Tomoyo were at the back. He wrote down on the board all the things they will discuss for that day. He started with the basics - The do's and the don'ts when you're in the kitchen, using kitchen tools properly, etc. Kouichi sometimes crack in jokes while discussing, which makes the class livelier. There's no surprise that Kouichi knows his job well.

It was 9:40 AM. While in the middle of the discussion, Tomoyo noticed the other trainees who were outside. One of them knocked at the door, expecting that they will be allowed to enter. But Tomoyo stooped Kouichi from his lecture, and opened the door slightly. "Hi! Thank you for being so punctual! And because of that, I have a good news for you - you'll be staying there outside until our class ends!" She again locked the door and went back to her seat beside Syaoran.

"I'm not surprised why you didn't became a teacher." said Syaoran. "You'll be a terror one."

But Tomoyo responded "Duhhh! Sometimes, I should be! I'm the boss here." and the class goes on.

It's been an hour and a half since the class started. Then, Syaoran told Tomoyo that he'll buy something to drink. "The items on the 7-Eleven konbini that's three blocks away from our building were on sale. I'll go outside to buy juice because I'm quite thirsty. Want me to buy you something?"

"Just a can of coffee." she ordered. "But perhaps you don't have to go outside to buy. There's a convenience store in the 3rd floor."

"Been there yesterday, and it was under renovation."

"Eh? Seriously..." Then, she got her wallet inside her bag and gave Syaoran some bills worth 30,000 yen. "Buy your juice and my coffee with this. Don't forget to buy them goodies, too!" referring to Koiuchi and the three trainees. "And of course, give me the change."

"I won't keep it!" said Syaoran, and he went outside.

It was almost 11 AM. Syaoran rushed in to the nearest grocery store to buy some stuff. At the same time, Everyone is in a hurry on the busy street, including Sakura. With her is a box of bento that Eriol had forgot to bring. As she crosses the pedestrian crossing Light signal turned green, A vehicle was coming after her. Sakura, who doesn't know what to do, was not able to move because the vehicle was fast approaching her and she doesn't have a time to avoid it.

Syaoran saw it. Then, he ran fast, trying to save Sakura from being hit by the vehicle. All of a sudden, the vehicle stopped in from of Sakura. She almost stumbled on the ground. The vehicle was so close at her, luckily, she wasn't got hit.

People rushed in to the scene, including Syaoran. Then he approached the driver who's still inside the vehicle. He wanted the driver to go outside and confront him. "You freak!" He shouted, while kicking one of the vehicle's doors! "Just what the heck are you doing?!" Bystanbders tried to stop him. Then, traffic officers tried to control the commotion.

When the officers already had a hold of the driver, Syaoran turned his focus on Sakura, who's still sitting on the ground. "Are you okay, mis?" She asked.

"Yeah' I'm good." says Sakura. Then, she turned her head towards Syaoran. Both of them were surprised. They stared at each other for awhile, like they've known each other already.

Syaoran asked the lady. "Are you...Sakura?"

"Yes..." she replied, as she recalls her memory of her first love "Don't tell me...Syaoran?"

They stared at each other for a long time. As if time freezes and they were the only ones who were on that street.

And that ends the 2nd part. Tune in again for the 3rd part!

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