The Happy Ending We Are All Searching For

Chapter 2: The First Letter

"I better start writing!"

Tomoyo energetically stood up, took a small notebook and pen, and started pacing around the room. She needed to arrange her thoughts before writing the letter. This would be a big risk to take so she had to be careful.

"I need to keep in mind that there are rules of communication" she muttered before sitting on her bed. She hastily opened the notebook to write whatever was on her mind.

In her notebook, she wrote:

Rules of communication:

I shouldn't show up in their one year duration in England

Wait… Spinnel did say that they would only stay there for one year. But Nakuru looked sure when she said that they will never come back. What's wrong with those two? Didn't they talk about that?

Shaking her head to erase any other thoughts for now, she continued to write.

Use a pen name while writing

Don't ever mention anything about what had happened or about anything related to the cards.

Not going there would be easy, she thought. She wasn't the kind of person to actually lose control during these times. She can stop herself from doing a lot of stupid things.

The other two rules could be troublesome though. Before she could write, she needed a pen name…

Admiring Gentleman was a good pen name for him. It suited him well. What would suit her?

And how would she be able to get his attention with her letter? He wasn't the kind of person who would take note of anonymous letter and write back. He was a loner, right? He was a gentleman and all but he wasn't that kind.

Her heart always gets touched by his letter. How can she do the same?

To get an answer, she stood up and took the letters Admiring Gentleman had given her.

Tomoyo; my fair lady,

Every time I see you, euphoria takes over my senses. Not only does your face brighten my day, your golden heart also gives light even to my nights. I surely am not sugar coating this. I believe that every gentleman should be honest. I am only saying what is true. Thank you for your dear existence.

-Admiring gentleman-

P.S

I cannot say this to you because my tongue ties every time I try to.

And the other….

Tomoyo,

I tried to stop thinking about you but when I'm close to doing so, your ethereal face pops on my mind and then I would realize that it is a foolish thing to do because your face is already imprinted on my mind and trying to erase such would make me crazy.

Please, continue to smile…

-Admiring gentleman-

And some other notes he had snuck in her locker.

What made this letters so special?

… she smiled as the answers came to her.

Write from the heart.

Hiiragizawa Eriol-kun,

Greetings to you and your house mates!

Oh wait… that was too formal. Ahmm… What should I say? Hello? Good afternoon? Or perhaps, good morning?

Well, enough of that. Sorry for saying such non-sense. I'm just a little nervous as to what I should say because I don't really know how to start.

I don't make much sense, do I? Okay, I'll try to be more sensible now.

Hi! I know you're not expecting any letter, especially from Tomoeda. But I really wanted to ask a favor…

I know you're smiling amusedly by now with your eyebrow arched. But do listen to me, please. This is really important for me. So hear me out, okay?

Can I be your secret friend? You know… a person who would write without saying their real name, leaving only mystifying words and clues. It would be terribly exciting! You find it an interesting idea too, right? I know you're somewhat smiling by now!

But you're a little freaked out too, aren't you? Yeah, I'm kinda weird. And what I'm asking is weird too, in every way you look at it. But please think about it. I know for a fact that you would need someone and that it would be better if you would be able to say this worries and problems to a friend. As they say, saying your problems to a friend makes you feel emotionally lighter.

Also, I can be your Tomoeda Newsletter! Ask anything you want to ask about Tomoeda's latest and I'll surely answer!

So what do you say?

Now, you may want to ask who I am. But since I want to be a 'secret' friend, I can't possibly tell you my name. All I can say is that I'm a teenage girl from Tomoeda. Yeah, just that.

Write back if you agree.

Sincerely yours,

Your fair flower

P.S. Please trust me. Pretty, pretty please? With cherries on the top?

She laughed as she reread the letter. She felt that everything written there were just right. It was what she wanted to say.

And the letter was cute, right?

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Feeling a lot happier because of her success in writing a letter, she took out her notebook and wrote this:

Who I will be:

Your fair flower

A secret Friend

A confidante

Tomoeda Newsletter

She turned a page. She was feeling quite poetic now.

When I look upon the skies,

With my sad eyes

I remember our old times…

I tried to forget you but it's a

Futile attempt you

Just like how I…

She stopped there. Somehow, she didn't know what to write next, or rather, she didn't like the next idea that came to her mind.

What was the idea?

Well, she'll tell you when she's ready!

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Two weeks after sending the letter

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A cute couple walked side by side to the university's library. Both of them were wearing casual clothes that suited them quite well. The girl playfully took hold of the boy's arm and smiled at him brightly, like the sun rising early in the morning.

The boy's usually-cold face also blossomed to a smile, like a glacier being melted by the sunrise.

"Sakura, I really think you should stop doing that cute little thing you are doing right now." The boy said with a gentle yet flushed expression.

"Eh? Why, Syaoran-kun?" she asked with a pout. "I like holding your arm. It's soft and warm"

Upon hearing this, he blushed more. "I can see quite a lot of girls with an evil look in their eyes. We don't want girls plotting murder with you as victim, right?" he reasoned out uneasily.

"Oh…" She let go of his arm but took hold of his hand. "You'll still be there to protect me if they try to harm me, right?" she asked cutely then added determinedly, "And they won't be able to harm the great Card Captor Sakura, can they?"

Syaoran chuckled at her antics. "Let's go!"

They walked hand in hand to the library's front door.

When they were finally seated, with books taken from those big shelves, Sakura opened a topic she wanted to talk about for the past few days.

"Anou… Eriol-kun hasn't written to Tomoyo, right?" she asked a little uncertainly.

"Yeah. I called Daidouji yesterday and asked her how she was doing. That Hiiragizawa hasn't written but Daidouji still sounds happy and better than before"

Sakura sighed in relief. She was busy yesterday so she wasn't able to talk to her best friend or even Syaoran.

"I wonder why he hasn't written. Even if he forgot everything, he should be at least a gentleman to write back and refuse. I have always seen him as the polite type"

"I agree with you… but I have never seen that Hiiragizawa as a polite person. He was… irritating"

Every time Syaoran said 'Hiiragizawa', it always sounds like he would murder someone!

"Come now, Syaoran-kun! He wasn't that bad!"

As the couple continues to talk and smile at each other sweetly, let's go to the place where the person they were talking about lives.

Nakuru, Eriol's ever so energetic guardian, was showing yet another sad face to the world. Her frown continued to deepen as she swept around her room.

In her desk was a letter.

A letter with Eriol's name printed on the envelope.

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Yatsuiko-chan: The secret friend's letters starts here! This chapter is but the start of a wonderful journey to happiness and love. I expect that there would be at most five chapters for this epilogue. A little long, right?

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