Enigma Personified

By: Krizzie

I don't own CCS.

A/N: I updated!! Haha! Cliché warning though. I'm not in my SUPERINSPIREDMODE :D Review!! Oh yeah, thanks for those who gave me random words. Haha! I'll use one for the next chapter. -smilesmile-

Pale fingers danced through white keys with natural grace, melody dancing around the roving hands as they emerged from agile, powerful taps by his elegant hands.

Tomoyo Daidouji fell immediately in love.

His eyes looked up, and that entrancing smile was playing along his thin lips again, like a ghost haunting her. Tomoyo nearly laughed. A ghost. In summer. When the sun is at its peak. What an absurd metaphor.

He wasn't anywhere near a ghost, something equally mysterious, maybe, but not a ghost. He's a tangible piece of lovely, lovely flesh that's standing right in front of her, making music that made her deaf to everything else, and smiling at her like she was the only woman who deserved to be in his presence.

I'm getting delirious.

She walked closer, and abruptly, the music stopped, and those hands are now resting lightly on the edge of the piano, before one came up and engulfed her hand. "What gives me the pleasure?" he asked.

Tomoyo's face flushed, and she was for once devoid of anything to say. He laughed.

"Relax, Daidouji-san. I don't bite."

"Right, of course, I knew that." His smile was telling her that that wasn't a very appropriate answer, but she decided to brush that away. "You play exceptionally well, Hiirigizawa-kun."

His smile turned serene, and he dropped her hand gently in favor of giving the instrument a light stroke. "I've been told countless times, but thank you."

Well, at least Tomoyo knew of one flaw. He wasn't exactly very modest. That's alright. Tomoyo had Sakura-chan for that. Modesty didn't suit him anyway.

She decided to be bold and took a step closer, leaning gracefully against instrument while giving him her full attention. "Well, I suppose you've been asked for encore performances countless time as well, but would you mind playing again for me?"

He said no, of course not, and settled in for another piece.

A thought occurred to Tomoyo, that Sakura had said she'd be meeting Yukito by the pond today, and she thought how valuable Sakura's captured smile would be, but his music surrounded her, and for some insane reason, she couldn't bring herself to move, even just to fix that lock of her that had fallen on her face. It wasn't entirely unpleasant, and she felt relaxed… but she decided to ask anyway.

"Hiirigizawa-kun?"

He looked up. "Yes?"

"Is it a bad thing to be deeply affected by one person's music?"

His smile was telling her she said something unnecessary again, but Tomoyo found she hardly cared. "Well… I guess it depends, Daidouji-san."

She frowned. "I hate vague answers. I don't understand why people can't give you something concrete and help you live with it."

"But Daidouji-san, what is life without its little mysteries?"

"A sure, stable path." She answered confidently.

"But that kind of life isn't worth living. It's the little mishaps that make the small fortunes precious."

"…I guess." Tomoyo finally relented. His music continued, but he didn't tear his gaze away from her. "What's the matter?"

He smiled again, seemingly satisfied with her question. "I have a question for you, Daidouji-san."

She blinked, and he took this as a sign to continue

"Is it wrong to feel inexplicably relaxed with someone you've never for once in your life, showed any intimacy to?"

She blinked again. "Of course not."

"But what if that person would eventually cause you pain?"

She steadied her footing and looked at his eyes. "Feeling relaxed doesn't mean you have to throw all caution to the wind. But… when there's nothing you can do and worst comes to worst then…" she faltered a bit at the solemn look that crossed his face, but pretended she didn't see it. "Then you deal with it."

"And you are sure about that?"

She swallowed. "Yes."

The piece had ended, and his hands relaxed again. He smiled. "Then I guess this is alright then."

"Hiirigizawa-kun…?"

His lips didn't move, but his smile seemed brighter somehow. Was it because he was looking at her…? "It's alright to be with you, Tomoyo. We'll just deal with everything else later." He stood up and left. She must've looked stupid, she decided, gazing at him open-mouthed, but maybe the embarrassment was worth it.

She looked back to his smile and conceded, yes, definitely worth it.

A/N: Gah… lame ending. Sorry, I had to write this in one sitting to at least brush up on my writing. I missed FFnet… Review…?