I changed the sushi with beverages because I thought that eating sushi after a heavy pasta meal will just make them eat too much. Ha-ha! Also, I combined chapters 3 and 4 since chapter 4 is very short, I'll just try to fit it in here. XD

Chapter Three

"Beautiful Amber Eyes"

Both Sakura and Tomoyo were having fun talking to Eriol. It was just like it had been before; they used to spend a lot of time with each other back in the old days.

They continued their conversation regarding the personal apology of Syaoran. "It's really okay, Eriol-kun. Maybe he was just in a bad mood or something."

"Still, even if he was he shouldn't have let it out on you," Eriol replied in a calm voice and then finished his cappuccino.

"But…" Tomoyo tried to reason out but was cut short by a girl who came up to them.

"Eriol-kun," Alicia started in a tone which sounded like a girlfriend finding out her boyfriend is cheating on her, "What's this?"

This made the two girls look behind them, a girl with long jet black hair which attended the same school they did was standing right behind them. Although they weren't friendly with her, she is, with complete certainty, one of the most popular girls in school.

"Alicia? Why are you here?" Eriol asked.

People started to look at their direction; they were quite making a scene after all.

She walked up to Eriol and placed her arms on her waist, "I asked the question first Eriol Hiiragizawa!" she was acting as if she was Eriol's girlfriend. Behind her, Kogure and Fuji arrived and stood watching with an amused look on their faces.

"What's wrong Alicia?" Fuji asked.

Tomoyo who was evidently angry at being disturbed like that retorted, "Hey Alicia, or who ever you are, that was a bit rude you know! And who are you anyway, are you his girlfriend or something?" Sakura was quite shocked. She has never seen Tomoyo look this angry before.

"Excuse me miss, I wasn't talking to you, clearly I was talking to him!" replied Alicia while glaring at Tomoyo.

Eriol knew that those two girls were making a scene and it was his entire fault. "Tomoyo-chan please calm down," he whispered to her, grabbed Alicia by the wrist and dragged her outside. As they arrived outside, out of Tomoyo and Sakura's earshot, Eriol faced Alicia. "Really Alicia, you just had to make a scene!" he said, his voice becoming louder.

Realizing that she was at fault, Alicia apologized. "I'm sorry Eriol-kun, I just don't want you seeing other girls besides me. And especially if it's those girls," putting emphasis on the word 'those'.

"What's wrong with those girls?" he asked mocking Alicia.

Alicia started thinking of several excuses then replied, "They are… good-for-nothing, insecure and obnoxious girls! Particularly that Kinomoto girl, do you know what she does in school?"

"Have you ever met them?! And aren't you the one being insecure Alicia?" Eriol's voice kept on becoming louder.

Embarrassed at how the events turned out, "I… I… just… I…" Alicia couldn't mutter any proper words. She was surprised that Eriol chose to stand by Sakura and Tomoyo's side. Tears began to sting her eyes. "I just…" then finally covering her face with her hands, she started to sob.

"That was really harsh," Eriol heard a voice behind him. Fuji came to Alicia's side and tried to comfort her.

Kogure suddenly appeared as well and proceeded to comfort Alicia, while glaring at Eriol. "You didn't have to go that far! You know how she can be when it comes to you!" He gave her a tight hug and she buried herself in his arms. "Come on Alicia, he didn't mean that…" he whispered softly trying to comfort his tearful friend.

Eriol knew that he had been harsh with Alicia, but he really felt like he needed to say it. He had a feeling that Sakura never really did any of the rumors circulating around campus, and knowing this, he couldn't help but try and stand-up for her no matter how harsh he would have to be towards Alicia.

The others were still busy comforting Alicia when he walked back towards the café. "Sorry about that," he started, "and sorry I need to leave you for now. My friends arrived and I got in a little fight with them, so I need to sort things out," he finished having an unreadable expression on his face. Sakura and Tomoyo nodded.

As disappointed as they both were, they really couldn't do anything about it. "Well thanks for the drink then," Sakura said gratefully

"The pleasure's all mine. I enjoyed our time together," Eriol replied while bidding them goodbye. "See you tomorrow then!" to their surprise, he kissed Tomoyo's hand and smiled warmly at her.

Tomoyo gave out a little wave of her hand while Sakura looked at her flushed best friend. Happy to see her best friend having Eriol looking out for her made her day, not to mention her successful revenge.

When she looked at the group of teenagers walking away, all she saw were their backs. Since they were still within her eyesight, she tried to distinguish who the people Eriol hung out with were, but as she stares someone unexpectedly looked back. This person caught her eyes; amber met emerald. She was so busy concentrating on familiarizing herself with the group that she couldn't recognize whose eyes they were. Despite the owner finally breaking their eye-contacting and looking ahead of him, Sakura's mind couldn't stop thinking about his amber eyes. She stared into space as she wondered who could possibly own those eyes. How beautiful his eyes are, she thought to herself.

"Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo called her name out trying to catch her attention but Sakura continued to space-out still thinking about those eyes. She tried again, "Sakura-chan… Sakura-chan!"

Tomoyo's shouts remained unheard by Sakura. She couldn't help but feel like she has seen those eyes before. It felt so familiar and so close to her heart but she just couldn't remember whose they were. A nudge on her shoulder finally made her snap out of her thoughts. "Sakura-chan!"

Sakura struggled to remove him from her mind, "Huh?"

"Is anything wrong? You seemed to be in deep thought, what were you thinking about?" asked Tomoyo slightly concerned for her friend.

"Nothing," she lied still resisting those beautiful amber eyes which was now proving to be quite a difficult thing to do. "Just remembered something."

It was 4:50 when they got back to Penguin Park. They stayed there for a bit, seated on the swings. "Tomoyo-chan, I think I've seen Alicia somewhere before but I just don't recall where," Sakura started. She couldn't remember where she's seen Alicia before although she was quite sure that they have met before, "Somewhere…" and then started kicking hard moving back and forth.

"Hmm…" Tomoyo replied also trying to recall where she has seen her before. "Now I remember!" she said in an excited tone. "She's the same as us; she's a junior high school student at our school only in a different class. We're in class 3 and I think she is on class 1!" smiling widely to her best friend feeling triumphant over remembering first.

Now Sakura remembered. How could she forget?! Alicia once dropped her lunch tray straight on Sakura's head. The pasta on the tray even left stains on her school uniform, making it impossible to wear again, unless you would want to have others staring at you pitifully. "Oh! I'm sorry…" Alicia's voice echoed inside her head. She even remembered the look on her face, she was smiling and it seemed like she enjoyed it, and so did the crowd. 'Memories, what beautiful memories,' she thought in sadness to herself.

Silence fell upon them.

While recalling how she's been treated in school for the past two years, someone finally broke the silence. "You ready to lose?" she heard her own voice followed by a giggle that came from Tomoyo.

"You sure are kawaii!" Tomoyo complimented Sakura while watching the video.

She smiled, "I really got those dogs didn't I?"

"You sure did," as Tomoyo smiled back at her.

"Thanks." She knew that Tomoyo noticed her awful silence since maybe she remembered what Alicia did to her so she tried cheering her up with the video. "Thanks a lot, Tomoyo-chan."

"Thanks for today, Tomoyo-chan, I had fun!" Sakura said while waving goodbye to her friend.

Waving back to her best friend Tomoyo replied, "So did I, wait for your next costume! I'll make one out of this cloth as soon as I can and don't forget about tomorrow!"

"Yeah, I won't. See you tomorrow!"

It took a while before Sakura got home. It was almost dark on her way home; the sun was no longer visible and the street lights started to light up. Seeing that the street lights were open she felt a bit safer being in the light than in darkness. She is afraid of the darkness after all.

Finally, after a few minutes of struggling to conquer her fear, she arrived at the Kinomoto Residence. It was an average house, it had a small garden, and the house itself, they weren't rich, they were living an average life.

Arriving on the front door made her sigh in relief, "Home at last," and then knocked on the door. "Coming!" she heard a voice on the opposite side of the door.

The door opened and there stood Sakura's older brother, Touya. He was quite tall for his age, and had black hair. "Where have you been?" Touya asked her.

"At the mall with Tomoyo-chan," she answered as took off her shoes and went inside. Touya closed the door behind her.

Sakura was about to go upstairs when Touya called out to her. "You hungry?" while preparing dinner, "Dad's going to be late, he called me a few minutes ago."

"I'll just rest for a bit before eating," she replied as she went to her room.

Upon arriving at her room, she placed the shopping bags on the couch not far from her bed. Then she washed her face and took out something more comfortable to wear.

After changing she laid down on her comfy bed; it was soft and wide for one person so she spread her arms and legs in different directions, took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Feeling lazy after a tiring day at the mall, she didn't want to go downstairs to eat, and she just wanted to sleep. However she found it wasn't easy; her head was still full of the events that day and not to mention the amber eyes of a certain someone which took up most of her thoughts. Amber eyes, amber, amber eyes, where have I seen you before? I should have asked Tomoyo-chan if she knew who has amber eyes. Maybe she knows someone.

She couldn't help thinking about him. All she thought of was that boy. She wasn't able to recognize him or even notice the color of his hair because all her attention had been on his amber eyes. I've seen his amber eyes before, but where? She kept asking herself over and over. Many questions started to fill her head but her memory proved once more that it isn't fairly good, since she easily forgets things. Things that felt so familiar and so close to her, too close in fact, to even forget, she couldn't shake the feeling that it wasn't the first time amber met emerald. It was one of a thousand times before.

"Kaiju! Dinner's ready!" she heard someone knocking on the door. This sudden rather loud knock on the door surprised her but her mind was still preoccupied.

With a soft moan she stood up, "I'll be downstairs!"

Lazy as she was, it took quite some time before she finally came downstairs. Touya was waiting for her while seated on his usual seat, "I see that Kaiju's tired, maybe a little hibernation will do the job?" he teased her.

She took her seat opposite him and tried to stomp hard on his foot, "I'm not a Kaiju!" but missed.

"Nice try, Kaiju," and finally started to eat dinner. Sakura did the same.

Minutes passed by and the phone rang, "I'll get it." It was Sakura who stood up and picked the phone up, "Hello, Kinomoto residence."

"Sakura-chan!" said from the other end of the line.

"Tomoyo-chan?"

A soft giggle came before answering, "Yes, so Eriol-kun called me and asked me if we could meet up tomorrow at 11:00, Penguin Park."

"Hmm…" thinking if she has anything planned that day, "Yeah, okay."

"So I'll see you tomorrow then," she said in an enthusiastic voice. "Good night, Sakura-chan."

"See you tomorrow. Good night, Tomoyo-chan!" as she heard Tomoyo hung up.

The sound of the alarm clock woke Sakura up, her face still buried under her pillow as she tried finding the clock. After a few failed attempts, she moaned and then finally was able to find her hard round alarm clock besides the bed. She pressed the button on top of it making the noise to stop.

Finally mustering enough strength she removed the pillow on top of her head. Opened her eyes and looked at the alarm clock; it was 8:09 in the morning. The room was the same as she left it last night; her shopping bags still on the couch, and the clothes she wore yesterday on the laundry bag next to her closet. Her room is kept clean and organized, her books placed on her study table, school bag on the sofa, and everything else is in order.

She stood up while stretching her arms. "Ahh…" her drowsiness made her yawn. When she looked at the alarm clock it was now 8:13, Sunday.

While looking for something to wear she heard somebody knock, "Are you awake, Sakura-chan?"

The voice was familiar to her, it was her father. "Yes, I'll be downstairs," knowing that he'd invite her for breakfast.

"Good morning, Otou-san," Sakura greeted her father upon arriving downstairs. He greeted her back with a smile on his face.

Touya was seated on his usual chair, waiting for them. They took their seats; one chair was always empty. "Good morning Okaa-san," Sakura greeted her mother's photo just nearby their dinner table. And then they started eating.

Not noticing how time quickly passed her by, it was already 9:57 when she took a bath. Finishing all the things she had to do by 10:30, she left for Penguin Park at 10:40 after a few minutes of rest.

Sakura was walking on the side walk, wearing a dress that brought out her white flawless skin and complimented her slender figure. Some of the guys who happen to pass by were taken aback causing them to stare at her with awe. Since she was never noticed in school no matter what she wore, these kinds of things always took her by surprise. However beautiful her dress was, all they see are the horrible things she supposedly did and because of this, all she ever undergoes is mistreatment.

As she arrived at her destination she noticed that Tomoyo still wasn't there. It was 10:54 in her wristwatch, she is 6 minutes early so she took a seat on a near bench and relaxed a bit.

A few minutes passed and her violet-haired friend arrived carrying a video camera pointing at her. "Sakura-chan is super kawaii whatever part of the day it is!" Tomoyo said gleefully while walking towards her. "Say hello to the camera, Sakura-chan!"

"Good morning, Tomoyo-chan," she replied in a somewhat bored tone of voice.

"You look tired," Tomoyo said noticing the laziness on the face of her best friend, "not tired, rather… sleepy." Tomoyo added

Sakura yawned a bit, "I couldn't sleep," she replied flatly.

"What kept you up?" Tomoyo asked with the video camera still focusing on her.

Thinking twice whether she'd tell the truth or keep silent, 'him' she thought. "Well?" she heard Tomoyo ask beside her.

"Just… things," Sakura finally replied. Tomoyo smiled to herself.

Not long after, they heard somebody speak, "Good morning Sakura-chan and Tomoyo-chan," said a voice from behind them. Both looked behind and saw a smiling Eriol followed by, to their surprise, Alicia and Syaoran.

"Good morning Eriol-kun," Tomoyo answered back in a polite tone of voice. She kept on ignoring the two since she was still quite ticked at Alicia for acting that way yesterday, and for that embarrassing moment with Syaoran.

Sakura greeted Eriol back, "Morning Eriol-kun, Alicia and Syaor… Li."

"Morning!" Alicia replied in a somewhat sweet tone of voice which surprised the two seated on the bench. Whilst Syaoran kept silent; eyes covered by sunglasses.

"Could we go someplace else?" it was Eriol who spoke.

The whole time, Sakura was preoccupied with trying to busy herself so as not to have to stare at Syaoran's eyes; she had a hard time too because she couldn't see if Syaoran was looking at because of his sunglasses.

"Yeah, it's quite hot here," they both agreed. The hotness of the midday made them uncomfortable.

The two stood up and followed Eriol who was walking towards the coffee shop near the park, and then went inside. It was cooler inside because of the air-conditioner; also there were only a few people which made it more comfortable for them to have a conversation.

Alicia sat beside Eriol, Sakura and Tomoyo on the other side while Syaoran sat on one end of the table alone. The waiter came up to them and asked for their orders as they arrived. All of them ordered a cold drink and a slice of cake.

Eriol started the conversation, "Sakura-chan and Tomoyo-chan, first of all I would like to, once again, apologize for how these two acted yesterday," he looked at Syaoran and Alicia.

"I'm sorry for the way I acted yesterday, Tomoyo-chan," Alicia said after Eriol finished while she bowed her head.

Taken aback from the sincerity Alicia showed Tomoyo apologized as well. "I'm sorry too, Alicia-chan. I was quite alarmed when you came in and I couldn't control my anger," she replied while bowing her head as well. Eriol and Sakura smiled as the two make up.

Syaoran who was having a very hard time apologizing, removed his sunglasses and continuously knocked it softly on the table. This made Sakura stare at him straight in the eyes.

'He has amber eyes?' Sakura's eyes widened in surprise, 'the beautiful amber eyes I saw at the mall? Was it him all along? How could I forget?' She thought miserably to herself.

'I loved how Syaoran's eyes stared at me?'

Okay, so it was a little, no, not little, fairly dull. Sorry! Wait for the next ones. By the way, is my writing getting better? Or worse? Tell me, please.