Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura or any of the characters within. If I did, I wouldn't be working full time at a shoe store…

Notes: Okay, so I'm not really big on the whole magic thing. I love CCS, however, I just can't write about stuff like that, it comes off weird. So none of the cards happened, or if they did, then they all disappeared… Whichever way is easiest for you imagine it. Touya and Yukito still have thing, and Tomoyo is married to Eriol. Syaoran did come to Japan when they were in elementary school, but he left and never came back. So that's that. In case some of you might be confused…

Summary Recap: Sakura is a weekly columnist in Tokyo where her best friend, Tomoyo is her editor. Her life seems kind of normal until Tomoyo breaks the news that her next assignment for the newspaper is to travel to Hong Kong to see the annual Arts Festival. Tomoyo thinks it will be good for Sakura to get away from all the memories. What exactly happened to Sakura that has her so depressed? Who is this boyfriend, Yukio?

Learn to Love Again by Aymiahfayth

Chapter 2

The week had gone by far too fast for Sakura's liking. After writing next week's column on the "Mysteries of an Editor", a witty and satirical piece on her friend, Tomoyo and her interesting antics. Tomoyo was not at all surprised to see the article about her conniving editor and laughed her way to tears while reading it.

Her father on the other hand was doing better then one might think. His impending illness has let up and he was able to go home to Touya and Yukito, who now take care of the retired archeologist. Touya however, practically threatened Sakura to try and keep her from going. Yukito just smiled and told Sakura to take many pictures for when she returns.

Her own mixed feelings probably matched those of her older brother. She felt excited to be going somewhere new, seeing new sights and just getting away. Yet, she was nervous to leave her father. However, getting away seemed probably like the best thing that she could do, Yukio had been nothing but terrible to her and she needed to forget him and his new girlfriend, or probably girlfriends.

She had two suitcases out on her bed, trying to decide what to bring on this glamorous trip. Tomoyo had already picked out dozens of outfits that Sakura just "had" to wear. However, Sakura had her own style to preserve as well as Tomoyo's wellbeing. Her many styles of shoes, makeup and accessories would be stored in the smaller suitcase. (Her family often made fun of her addiction to shoes and purses.) Other then that, Sakura really abhorred packing and couldn't decide what to put on bottom, what to put on top, what exactly to bring. Knowing Tomoyo, it would probably be a glamorous trip, meaning lots of dresses and shawls. Probably some nice jeans and a couple of shorts.

"I hate packing…" Sakura sighed heavily to herself, continuing to slave away at packing her entire world in two suitcases, hardly possible at all.

Finally though, the packing had been finished and before she knew it, they had arrived in the thriving country of Hong Kong. It was busy and very festive, it seemed that the vendors were already preparing for the festival and all the tourists coming to visit.

Everything was in bloom and it couldn't have been more picturesque. Pulling out her camera from her purse, Sakura already looked the tourist, taking dozens of pictures of random buildings.

Grabbing Sakura's hand, Tomoyo dragged her towards the awaiting limo that Eriol had of coursed arranged ahead of time. "C'mon, lets get to the hotel before we go sight seeing!" Shoving Sakura and the annoying flash into the dark limo, they sped off into the wonderful country of Hong Kong.

With her face still pressed to the window, Sakura continued with wide eyes, to look at all the beautiful colors and new scenery. "Sakura, look, we're here!" Tomoyo pulled Sakura towards the other side of the limo to glance at the high-end hotel which could have passed for a resort of some kind.

"Oh My God!" Tomoyo giggled as they each filed out of the car into the grand entrance of the hotel.

Before Sakura and Tomoyo could run off giggling in different directions, Eriol hemmed them in. "Hey, let go! I want to go see!" Sakura yelled at Eriol.

"Hush you. Okay, so you have your own room which is next door to ours and connected by a door. Here is your key, DON'T LOSE IT! I will hang on to one just in case. Tomoyo and I will go upstairs and rest for a little bit if you don't mind." At this, Eriol put is arm around Tomoyo to keep her from running off.

Sakura looked saddened at the thought of being left alone for the night but realized that she could just do some shopping before all the outrageous prices came out. "I'll have the bag boy take your bags up to your room, so it'll all be there for you when you decide that you want to go into your room." Smiling, Sakura thanked Eriol before slowly walking off to explore the grounds a little bit.

"Hey Sakura!" Sakura turned to see Tomoyo running after her. "We'll do stuff tomorrow. No worries. Its just that, well….. Eriol doesn't travel well and although he doesn't like to admit it, he just needs….time. I'm sorry. We can make fun of him later for it! Okay!" Sakura couldn't believe what she heard. Eriol doesn't like flying, he's ill! She will definitely have to tease him later about it. Right now, however, the task of exploring the grounds was on her mind.

Sakura glanced around at the lavish expenses spent to make this building what it was. It was all marble stone with large chandeliers and grand staircases. Right in the middle of it all, there was a grand piano with a nice sitting room, peaceful and calm. The piano was currently being played by a young man with dark brown hair and striking features. His piano was like listening to the calm of the ocean, playing softly in the background, his hands graceful upon the ivory keys.

Taking a seat by the piano, Sakura sat and listened to the piano intently. Somehow, it felt uplifting, to realize that she could just sit here and listen and not feel weird about it. It was beautiful.

Then the song ended with a silent climb up the keys, and suddenly, it was over. The pianist got up and accepted a class of water from one of the attendents standing by. "Did you enjoy the music?" The young man suddenly asked. Looking around, Sakura realized that he was staring at her.

"Uh, yeah. It was absolutely gorgeous. You are a wonderful pianist." Sakura gushed and then pulled herself back. 'I sound like moron. Calm down Sakura. Its not a big a deal.' Sakura consoled herself. "It was beautiful." She ended with a soft tone.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it. Are you here for the festival?"

"Yeah," and then not wanting to sound like a tourist, Sakura stated, "I'm a columnist for a Japanese newspaper and I'm covering the festival."

Smiling, the young man took Sakura's hand and gently held it for a moment. "Well I wish you luck on your story." Before she could say anything else, the man had left, his eyes striking a hard glance at her before snapping his fingers at the attendees. They all followed at his heels, asking if he needed anything.

'Strange, what was that about?' Sakura grabbed her purse and headed towards the elevator to find her room. Contemplating the man's kind attitude and mean glance. "Well, I'll probably never see him again. Who cares?!" Sakura noted out loud before realizing that everyone in the elevator was looking at her.

"Hey, can't one have a conversation with themselves in peace!" Sakura stared them all down before they all just looked down at the floor. 'Yeah, life is great!'

Authors Notes: Okay, so not that much happened, but I promise more exciting stuff next time, especially in the Syaoran and Sakura moments category. Also, more of Tomoyo and Eriol and their lovey moments and antics! I wanted to continue this chapter on more but I figured that it was getting a bit long and I didn't want to be too long… So sorry about that. I guess I just don't know how to write short stories! Lol.

On another note, you can definitely tell my fascination with music and especially the piano. I am pianist myself and it's definitely my passion. So I find it INCREDIBLY attractive when a man can play the piano well. Hence the piano playing hottie! Lol, also, you can tell that I'm an accessories girl. I have far too many shoes to count and I have changed into a different purse every two weeks so far this year and I still have many purses left. We'll see how long I can go before I run out of purses! Lol

So I've determined that I'm going to update this story every Friday because if I keep a date in my mind, it keeps me motivated. It's just kind of the way I work. So I will try to keep that up as much as possible.

Now I better get some comments or I'm coming after you all with my dozens of stilettos. And those are some mean heels! Oh, and no flames please. If you don't like my story, then don't read it! Its common sense people, have some brains!