Chapter 4: Coffee and Secrets

So he's here aswell wonder why he's come all this way, knowing him it may be cause of me, might have to stay away from him for now, or I could play some games with him and his little group.

Plan set in place, her eyes snap open shining a bright stormy blue.

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It was nearing the end of the day, with Sakura and Tomoyo making plans to go hang out at this new café that had opened up during the summer holidays, and with Syaoran being who he was, decided to come along to spend more time with his girlfriend, so of course that meant that Eriol had to come as well, he could not miss a perfect opportunity to tease everyone's favourite couple.

So the girls took the lead with the boys following behind. After a few minutes of walking they made their way inside the café called 'Gabe's Cafe' and up to the counter to order. Sakura decided she will like an ice chocolate with a slice of strawberry shortcake, Tomoyo got small mochachino and a blueberry muffin. Both boys settled on a chocolate fudge slice with Syaoran having a simple green tea and Eriol with a Caramel latte.

The girls then made their way to a corner booth to wait for their drinks. As the boys were sitting down, Sakura wanted to ask Eriol's some questions that have been on her mind, starting with the most basic of them.

"Say Eriol-kun, don't get me wrong here, I'm glad to see you again but is there a reason your here, you usually don't just turn up out of the blue." She didn't want to seem rude.

"Oh well, yeah I've been meaning to get a moment to talk to you all quietly, but until I've figured it out, I can't say. Gomen" It's only so long until she starts making trouble. Eriol thought

"Does it have anything to do with the new guy" Tomoyo asked

Eriol took a moment to think about it before replying. "No, but there is something about him. I can't sense him, it's like he's hidden from me."

"How can that be?" Syaoran questioned

"Either he has magical powers and is using them to hide himself or he doesn't know and someone else is protecting him" Eriol came up with possible answers.

"So moving back on to the reason why you are here, is there anything that you can give us." Sakura really wanted her question answered, she wants to know if she has to prepare for something bad or not.

"Hai, I suppose I could spare this little piece of information. A few weeks ago I had a vision come to me in my dreams, about 'someone' coming and causing problems here. It wasnt really clear, so I came here to see if it will come to pass." Eriol concluded. The only thing that was really clear was the girl, but he doesn't want to tell them he knows her.

"So that's it, you sense a disturbance in the force, and decided to come investigate" Syaoran sneered.

"Something like that." Eriol not at all bothered by Syaoran's tone.

~ * ~ Flashback ~ * ~

Eriol's dream

Starts with a quick zoom over the town of Tomoeda, highlighting all the key features of the town and ending with a familiar young girl, who was dress in the Seijou High School uniform and was standing on top of the clock tower at the elementary school, looking down at what appears to be a group of people whose whole beings were a blur, along with all of the scenery the was surrounding them.

Then all of a sudden the girl gave a wave of her hand towards the group making them all fly in different directions. While everyone was trying to get up, the girl jumped down and appeared in front of the one who appeared to be the leader of the group, the words she was saying appeared to get lost as soon as she spoke them.

As she turned to leave she spoke a few more words, however these ones came across as clear as a bell. You cannot keep him from me, I will find him. With that she ran off.

~ * ~ End of Flashback ~ * ~

Eriol had just snapped out of his thoughts as the waitress finally brought their drinks over. Everyone looked at each other at Eriol's staring out before shrugging and then moved the conversation on to something more easier with the girls discussing what to do for Tomoyo birthday. "Tomoyo-chan, I think we should have a party for you on Saturday, I don't want you to miss out, plus you're the first one out of us that's turning sixteen." Sakura pleaded, she really wanted to do something nice for Tomoyo for once, instead of the other way round.

"You aren't going to take no for answer, are you?" Tomoyo asked.

"Nope" Sakura replied with a grin.

The two girls had a silent stare down that lasted for a few minutes, Tomoyo could tell that she wasn't going to win, so she gave up and looked away, causing Sakura to clap in glee.

"All right, lets start planning."

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Outside Gabe's Cafe - An Hour Later

The weather had got a bit cooler by the time they left the café.

"It sure did get cold quickly, we should probley all head home now." Sakura says, while looking up at the sky. The other all agreed before everyone going their separate ways.

Tomoyo, not wanting to go home just yet, went towards her favourite fabric store to buy a new fabric design that she had spotted the other day but she didn't have her wallet on her that day, she thought why not now.

As she was leaving with her new purchase, she noticed someone standing alittle way off reading a map, or so she gathered by the way they kept looking up and round before looking back down. Just as they turned their head towards her, she recognized Noel.

"Hey, Noel?" Tomoyo says as she walks up to him.

"Oh hello, Daidouji-san right?" Noel greets back, folding up this map.

"Hai, that's right, how are you Noel?"

"I'm good, arigatoo. Just trying to know my way around."

They both started walking towards the park, making small talk, mostly Noel asking about the area. They made their way to the swings while Tomoyo told him about what kind of activities that there are, when Noel said somthing that shocked Tomoyo.

"Sumimasen for asking this out of turn, but why are you so lonely when from what I've gathered you have many great friends."

Tomoyo was speechless, trying to figure out what he was saying, was she lonely like he claimed her to be. Sure she was a little lonely, most of her friends have boyfriends and parents that are always home. But she didn't think that was anything.

Noel noticing how quiet she had become felt bad for saying anything in the first place, he didn't even know why he said that.

"Forget I said anything, don't know why I did" Quickly getting up Noel turned to leave before turning to Tomoyo one last time, "Sayoonara Daidouji-san, Mata ashita."

Tomoyo looked up just before he left and said a quiet 'see you tomorrow'.

A/N: Sorry for the late update I got a bit suck with the ending of this chapter, so I started with the next one where an idea hit me for the ending of this one and bam! done lol