Are there any words to express my extreme sorrow to you all for not updating in 3 months? No. All that I can say is that my life has been crazy and I've been through annoying emotional crap lately so sorry if I haven't been very timely. I hope you can forgive me and read this just the same.
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Chapter 4: Rebellion and Relief
Sakura was sitting on the swings for a little while after Moriiyama had left.
She was thinking about how he had practically tricked her into going on a date with him. "I have to plainly explain that I don't like him. That I can't like him. I won't like him. I can't can I?" she exhaled exhaustedly. "Oh Syaoran…why do we always have to be torn apart?" her head fell into her hands as she began to cry again.
Her cell started to ring, "Oh my gosh!!" she almost fell out of the swing backwards. She dug into her pocket and looked at the number, "Oh no…" she sighed as she accepted; however, she held the phone at least a foot away from her ear.
"SAKURA WHERE THE H&LL ARE YOU??? TOMOYO CAME BACK BY HERSELF AND IT'S 10:30!!" Touya raged into the phone.
"What?" Sakura stood up suddenly. "Touya, I'm sorry," she sniffed as she wiped away the tears from her eyes, "I guess I lost track of time." She tried to laugh, but it almost sounded like a sob.
"Sakura are you okay? You're not hurt are you? DID SOMEONE HURT YOU??" he shouted, fearing for her safety.
"Touya calm down!! I'm fine! No one has touched me!" she said starting to walk back through the park back to her house.
"Where are you? I'm coming to get you!!" he said as he grabbed his coat and ran out the door.
"I'm in the park Touya…by the King Penguin Slide." She sighed as she sat down on it.
"Don't move, I'm coming to get you!!" he said as he got into his father's car and turned the key. "Stay on the phone with me until I'm with you, okay?" he said in a calmer tone.
"WAIT!!" Tomoyo's shrill voice called. Touya stopped the car and she almost literally hopped in.
Sakura heard her brother's rage against her and Tomoyo over the phone. "How could you leave Sakura by herself in the park?? I thought you were smarter than this Daidouji!" Touya barked at her.
"Touya!! Don't yell at her!! It was my fault! I told her to go home!" Sakura screamed at him.
"WHAT?? SAKURA WHAT THE HE-" he started.
"TOUYA SHUT UP!! I'M 18!! YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO ANYMORE!!" she screamed at him.
He stopped talking for a few minutes. Tomoyo started talking to her, "Sakura? I'm sorry I left; I should have stayed with you. What was I thinking to leave you alone?" she started to cry.
"Tomoyo please don't cry!! I'm going to kill Touya when you get here! No one is going to make my Tomoyo cry like this!!" Sakura said, enraged at him.
"Sakura?" a familiar voice called from behind her.
She spun around; Moriyama was standing about 30 feet away from her with a worried and confused look on her face.
"Sakura? Who's there with you?" Touya's voice came back onto the phone, still with the outraged tone in his voice.
"Someone who doesn't put me down all the time. You know what Touya? Don't even bother picking me up, I'm coming home when I feel like it!" she said turning off her phone.
"I'm sorry, I came at a bad time." He said walking up to her.
"Why are you back here?" she said, wiping tears away from her eyes.
"I couldn't sleep. I came back to the park to walk around." He said shuffling his feet.
Sakura saw some headlights go speeding by and then a car screech to a halt as the red lights in the back flashed bright red. "Dang it!" she stamped her foot.
"Moriyama, do you think I could go somewhere with you for a while? Maybe we can talk?" she said urgently.
"Yeah, I know this coffee house-" he started, but was interrupted by Sakura pulling him into a run.
"Good, let's go now." She said, grabbing his hand taking off.
"Sakura!!" she heard her brother and Tomoyo yelling after her, looking for her.
"Hey, they're looking for you! Don't you want to go see-" he asked turning his head to look back at whoever was calling her.
"No!" she commanded. "I don't want to see them until they calm down as well as I do." She said choking on the words as a lump formed in her throat.
"Hey, my car is over here." Moriiyama said pulling her over to a parking lot. "Get in," he said opening the door for her.
"Thank you Moriyama." She cried as they took off. She looked back to see if Touya or Tomoyo had seen her. Obviously they had noticed the lights of the car as they were now running back to the car.
"Don't worry, they won't catch us." He laughed as he sped off. "Seat belts please." He said as he buckled his own and turned the radio on.
She put her seat belt on and settled down. Her heart was racing so fast she thought it would suddenly stop at any moment.
She started to let the tears fall down her face, but she didn't sob. "Here," he handed her a tissue. "Thank you." She said wiping the tears away.
"You know, a girl like you really ought not to cry. It doesn't suit you." His voice was deep and caring. It reminded her so much of Syaoran, which made her cry even more.
"Hey, we're here." He said turning off the car. "You missed a few spots." He said taking the tissue from her and dabbing away the wetness from her eyes and cheeks.
"Moriyama, why are you doing this for me? I'm next to a stranger to you!" she said looking at him with thanks in her eyes.
"I just have a weakness for seeing girls in pain. I feel like I have to do something about it." He said leaning back in his seat.
"Did I look like I was in pain when you first saw me?" she asked confused.
"Oh no, that was just you being as beautiful as anything I've ever seen. However," he said turning to her, "A few minutes ago, I saw and heard a girl who sounded like her world was being torn apart." He said looking at her with sorrow in his eyes.
"Moriyama, don't feel sorry for me. Please don't." she said looking away from him.
"I won't if you don't ever let happen what just did again." He said as if making a deal with her. "You heard everything I said right? I might have invited you to dinner!" he laughed.
"You mean person!!" she laughed as she punched him playfully in the arm.
"Come on; let me get you some coffee or something. You look like you could use something to cheer you up." He smiled as he started to get out of the car.
"I think I'd like some hot chocolate." she smiled innocently.
"Whatever your heart desires my lady." He said getting out and going over to her side of the car.
"You are very polite. Where did you learn to be so kind?" she asked as she accepted his hand to help her out of the car.
"Oh…around, when I saw some people doing these same things, I thought to myself, 'Every girl deserves to be treated like that.'"
He got a table for them in one of the back corner's, where hardly anyone was sitting, but it was better lit. "Here you go Sakura." He put her mug of hot chocolate on the table.
She found it odd that he wasn't using any honorifics. She thought back to the past few hours she had known him; he had never used any honorific at all.
"Moriyama, why is it that you don't use honorifics with me?" she asked randomly to him.
He looked at her like she had made him realize a big mess up. "I'm sorry! Have I not been?" he asked nervously.
"Well, no, but I was just wondering." She held the warm mug in her hand.
"I'm sorry, would you like me to?" he apologized sincerely, but his voice sounded so sad.
"Moriyama don't feel badly about it! You don't have to use honorifics with me if you don't want to! I was just wondering why you didn't!" she smiled warmly.
"I'm just more of a Western Easterner." He laughed. "I just don't like honorifics, well, with people I feel that I am close to." He said taking a drink of his coffee.
They both sat there for a few minutes letting the warmth settle in them before they started talking again.
"Sakura," he sounded hesitant to use the honorifics, but he didn't, "If you don't want to, I'll understand, but can you tell me more about what happened between you and this guy?"
She set down her mug and looked at her hands. "I…Where do you want me to start?" she asked focusing on her hands.
"Well, you've told me that this guy stopped writing to you a year after he left…I was just wondering how you felt."
She looked at him curiously.
"I'm sorry, I'm just really very curious about how someone would feel in that position. Also, I'm studying journalism at my school…I think it would really help me to get the feel of something like this. I love writing about these kinds of things." He said trying to be as polite as possible.
"Moriyama…" she said closing her eyes painfully, "That is a story I have never shared with anyone. That story might be told for another time when I am over it." She said drifting off.
"That's okay. I understand. We are basically friendly strangers. I don't know why I asked that." He said sliding his arms forward on the table; however, he went a little too far and he knocked her mug into her lap.
"NO!" she cried as he immediately got some napkins. "Tomoyo is going to kill me!" she started to cry for some reason.
"Don't worry; I think I know a way to get that out. We might have to go back to my place though. Would you be okay with that?" he asked handing her some napkins as he picked up the cup from the chair.
She looked at him questioningly, but it soon faded, "Anything that will make this stain disappear so she won't find out." She laughed.
"Sakura, a guy you've known for a couple of hours, whom you hardly know just asked you to go to his house and you just say yes?" he asked sounding somewhat punishing and hurt.
"Moriyama, I trust you. And besides, if you did try anything, I could kick your butt!" she punched her fist outward.
"Well who's to say I didn't put something in your drink and later I will be able to overpower you, but you won't remember a thing?" he asked sounding sarcastic.
"No one, but as I said, I trust you." She smiled a small smile and looked at him sweetly.
"Well, we have to go now, or that stain will set in and it will be very hard to get out." He laughed as he left the money on they table and he ushered her out.
She soon found out that Moriiyama had life very well for him. When she had gone out of the door she realized the reason they had gotten away so fast. He had a black, 2006 viper with black leather interior.
When they reached his house, she knew it had to have cost 4 times as much as their house.
He led her up to his room where he gave her one of his sweatshirts to wear while he washed her kosode.
"Make yourself at home." He said as he went downstairs to wash the hot chocolate out.
She sat on the bed and looked around his room. It reminded her of Syaoran's room for some reason, "You silly girl, the first guy you make as a friend, and everything reminds you of Syaoran." She laughed at herself, but thinking of Syaoran made her sad again.
She forced the thought away as the tears started to come back. She soon fell asleep with her hands clenched to the soft sheets under her.
Moriiyama came up about 15 minutes later with her spotless kosode, "Here you are-" He saw her asleep and smiled. "I can't imagine what you've gone through Sakura, but I'm here if you ever need me." He whispered as he picked her up. He pulled the sheets back and put her back down. He pulled the sheets over her and turned the light off. "Sweet dreams." He said as he closed the door and walked down the hall to a guest room.
Gah I haven't looked at this chapter in so long. I barely remember what I have written for the next whoknowshowmany chapters.. haha.
I hope you guys liked it, and again, sorry for the update. I'd appreciate reviews all the same. : )
ShiningStarr