Disclaimer: I do not own CCS.

Note: Hello readers! I hope you enjoyed chapter one~ I have decided to collect all my short stories and put it together in here for you to enjoy! This will be randomly updated. Each one shots is a different scenario but will always have the pairing E&T :) I hope you enjoy this chapter and see you in the next update~

A Letter From the Heart

Eriol Hiiragizawa saw the group of girls giggling in the corner of his eyes as he took his textbooks from inside his locker. He knew why they had gathered around him. They were waiting to see his reaction to the love letters they left inside. They were piled neatly on top of his shoes, but Eriol had no intention on opening them. He did pick the letters up just so that the group of girls had a confirmation that he had noticed it before they giggled and walked away shyly from their post. Once they were gone, Eriol slowly put them inside his bag where he would just leave it inside without opening them.

Eriol swung his bag over his shoulder before closing his locker. He headed towards his classroom and found himself smiling when he opened the door and was greeted by the only girl he wished to love. She smiled brightly at him as she welcomed him to class that morning.

"You look happy today Eriol." Tomoyo Daidouji commented as she saw his smile widen.

"Do I?" Eriol asked with a chuckle, surprised that he was wearing his feelings on his face.

Tomoyo smiled back. "I think you look better with a smile. Lately you have been smiling often."

Eriol shrugged. "I have been resting well." He replied while wondering how much he had changed just because of her. When did he start smiling so much?

"Oh by the way Eriol, these are for you." Tomoyo spoke as she handed him a letter.

His heart skipped a beat as he carefully observed her. He took the letter from her hand and realized that it wasn't her handwriting. He sighed in disappointment, not for the fact that it was another love letter, but because the sender wasn't her.

"What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked seeing his smile fall. "Tired of being showered daily with love letters?"

Eriol chuckled. "I am just waiting for the right letter to arrive." He confessed.

Tomoyo gave him a reassuring smile. "Just be patient. Maybe someday it will come."

Eriol smiled back and wished she could read his mind at that moment. He glanced down at the pink letter before placing it inside his bag with the other pile of letters he had collected since the beginning of the semester. There was a time where he used to read the letters and properly answer them back, but it got troublesome and tiring. He knew what it was like to love someone without being loved back, but he also knew the difference between a crush and a love.

"That letter was by our senior." Spoke Tomoyo as she watched Eriol zip his bag close. "She was very shy and couldn't bring herself to hand it to you face to face. I happened to bump into her in the way in and she asked me for a favor."

Eriol nodded his head in understanding. "I will read it."

Tomoyo knew otherwise as she observed his azure eyes soften in regret. She knew that he was a gentleman but he had his limits too. He didn't want to hurt all those girls. He was nice enough to keep those letters, giving them a glimpse of hope. That was a reason why his popularity kept peaking, adding to the fact that he was maturing into a very handsome man.

Tomoyo watched as Eriol opened his notebook while the teacher started his lecture. She observed his hand grip the pencil as he wrote across the blank paper. He would occasionally glance up towards the front before looking back down. Tomoyo wondered when she had made it a habit to watch him secretly. She carefully took the letter inside her desk she had written and addressed to him. Tomoyo wondered if her letter would go inside that bag like the one she had handed him earlier. There was too many competition and Tomoyo had just recently realized her feelings for Eriol.

They started out as good friends but because of his attention towards her and his helpful hand she came to realize how much she cared for him. It just dawned to her that she liked him more than just a friend, but she had no idea how to convey her love to him other than the usual typical way, and that was through a love letter.

"How would you react?" Tomoyo whispered curiously as she was oblivious to how he felt towards her.

Eriol took a quick glance back at Tomoyo and saw her sigh in frustration before she put something back inside her desk. Her amethyst eyes glanced outside the window and he smiled to see her expression soften into a peaceful mood. Her silky black hair swiftly moved with the wind and he could tell that she was daydreaming about something pleasant as her lips curved into a smile.

His attention was caught when the bell rang indicating the end of the lesson. He looked down at his notebook and realized that he had been composing a song with her in mind. He chuckled and was surprised that she had made him a lovesick boy. He shook his head at himself before closing his notebook and standing up.

"Um, excuse me Eriol." Spoke a girl very nervously in front of him. His gaze fell upon her and he realized it was another unknown face. "Please accept this."

She stretched her hands and presented him with another letter. He smiled politely as he took the letter from her shaking hands. She looked up hopefully and smiled brightly before shyly running away from him. He slumped back into his seat and looked at the unknown name written on the paper. He wondered how they could claim to love him when they knew nothing about him.

"Don't feel so down." Spoke a voice as he realized that the class had emptied except for them.

"I would like to know who they are at least before getting a letter. Is that too much to ask Tomoyo?" He stated, already identifying his company as he sat up straight and faced her.

Eriol found a can of cold coffee on top of his desk. He smiled softly. She knew what he liked. "Thanks."

"There is a part of her inside that letter." Tomoyo spoke. "When you open your heart you will also let a part of yourself exposed to everyone to see."

Eriol watched as Tomoyo opened her can of green tea and took a sip. She then took from inside her bag her lunchbox and settled it onto his desk. Eriol took from inside his desk his pair of chopsticks as Tomoyo pulled a chair to sit before him in the other end of the desk. It had become a habit for them to share her lunch since the day she found out that Eriol did not know how to cook and that he spent money in buying his lunch from the cafeteria.

Eriol smiled as he saw inside his favorite food neatly prepared. He quickly cut a piece into two halves and pushed it forward towards Tomoyo, indicating that they should share that one piece that he had cut. She smiled back as she gladly took her half and ate it.

"I wonder how we got this comfortable with each other." Tomoyo questioned out loud as she leaned her head on her upright hand.

"I don't know, but it feels good." He replied back as his azure eyes observed her lips curve into a genuine smile, making his heart beat faster.

"Yes. It feels really nice to be with you." Tomoyo admitted before she cut in half another piece of food to share it with Eriol. "Eat up."

They sat there comfortably enjoying each others company and the conversations that flowed easily between them. School soon came to an end as Eriol walked into his bedroom and dropped his bag onto the floor. He stared at his bag for a while as what Tomoyo had mentioned earlier at lunch time crossed his head.

A piece of you will be inside a letter if you open up your heart.

Eriol leaned forward and took his bag once again. He unzipped the front and saw inside all the ignored letters he had collected. Carefully he took them all out and laid it on his bed. He wanted all of the senders to know him for what he truly was and not for what they only saw at school. He wanted to know what the sender's faces looked like, what their voices sounded like, what their names were. All of that was important to him. Eriol wished that they would develop through the stages of classmates to friends. It was these stages that brought his feelings to what it was for Tomoyo. He loved the memory lane he had created with her. He could write her a very long letter explaining and confessing why he loved her, and not instead in one sheet of paper like those he saw on his bed.

Eriol grabbed the pink letter on the bed and decided to open, what he read was a very simple and direct confession. "Handsome, cute, good grades, good at sports. Tell me something I don't know." Eriol spoke to no one in particular as he closed the letter and deposited it back on his bed.

Eriol then went ahead and opened the other letters and wondered if there was any truth in what Tomoyo had mentioned.

"You were wrong." Spoke Eriol as he settled his bag in front of Tomoyo's desk the next day.

Tomoyo looked up curiously and observed how tired he looked. His azure eyes also reflected frustration. "Are you alright?"

"I am fine, just a bit disappointed." Eriol spoke as he took a seat before her.

Tomoyo looked inside his bag and was surprised to see the stack of letters opened. "What was I wrong about?"

"They never opened up their true self to me. It was all about their crushes. No open hearts. I still don't know any single one of them." Eriol explained.

"Well then they never meant to reach you." Tomoyo answered back as she grabbed from inside her desk something. "These are for you."

Eriol sighed as he reached and grabbed the letters that she held. "They are from this morning." Tomoyo spoke.

He didn't bother to scan the names as he dropped them inside his bag with the other stack of letters. "Thank you."

"Aren't you going to take a look at them?" Tomoyo questioned.

Eriol shook his head, "I don't need to." He then stood up and grabbed his bag to head to his seat. The classroom slowly began to fill up with arriving students from their break time.

Tomoyo watched as Eriol settled his bag on the floor beside him before he took his pencil and notebook from inside his desk. He opened to a blank page in his notebook and stared at it for a while before he started to write. Curiously Tomoyo gazed at his concentrating face and wondered what he was doing. When the bell rang Tomoyo saw another girl approach Eriol's desk shyly. She saw another letter being held out towards him and once again he accepted it, but before the girl left Eriol ripped the piece of paper he had been writing on and handed to the girl. She looked surprised but took the paper before leaving shyly. Eriol dropped her letter inside with the other letters inside his bag.

Tomoyo waited until the classroom emptied before she joined him at his desk with her lunchbox. "Can I ask you what you wrote?"

Eriol gazed at her. "You saw that? It was a reply back to her letter. Hopefully I got my message across."

"A reply? You didn't even read what she wrote."

"I don't need to. If I am not wrong it is another copy of the letters inside my bag." Eriol explained.

"All your letters?" Tomoyo questioned. "There must be a letter in there that is different."

"I read all of them Tomoyo." He replied.

"Just take a look once again when you have the time." She spoke as her amethyst eyes urged him to listen to what she requested. "Please."

He was about to reason back when he saw how her eyes hopefully gazed at him. He wondered why she looked so determined. Eriol sighed in defeat, he couldn't say no to her, especially when her gaze was so intense. "Alright." He agreed. "Why are you so persistent in your case?"

Tomoyo slowly shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly, trying hard to disguise her nervousness as she replied. "I was just hoping that you could believe that not every girl is chasing you because of your good looks and grades."

Eriol sighed as he leaned forward resting his head on his arms on top of the desk. "It doesn't matter anymore. I am just worried that the letter I am waiting for never reaches me and if it does I am scared what it will say inside."

Tomoyo unconsciously brushed his hair carefully away from his face. "Whose letter are you waiting for?" She found herself absently whispering under her breath. Her fingers lingered for a while before she realized what she was doing and quickly pulled away.

Eriol could feel his face warm up before her fingers left its trace on his skin. He slowly gazed up to see Tomoyo stare at him longingly. Surprised Eriol sat up and before he could confirm what he really saw, those emotions were gone from her eyes. She smiled back brightly at him. Confused he watched as Tomoyo gazed away towards the lunchbox in front of them.

"Let us have our lunch." Tomoyo spoke with a smile as she lift the lid and presented her delicious food.

During their last period of class Eriol found himself gazing back at Tomoyo and observed how nervous she looked somehow. Tomoyo was deep in thoughts while her eyes gazed outside the window, staring at nothing in particular. He noticed her eyebrows furrow occasionally as she shook her head before looking down at her hands. Her behavior was odd today and he knew that something was worrying her deeply. He then remembered what she had requested and how persistent she seemed.

Eriol carefully picked the unopened letters he had received today from inside his bag. There were seven unknown letters, he sighed as he went through them one by one in disappointment. They were no different from the other letters he had read last night. He finally reached the last one and his heart skipped a beat. It was her handwriting neatly spelling his name. Eriol could immediately tell who the sender was. He had finally received the letter he had waited for so long. Carefully Eriol opened the letter and slowly read the content.

It spoke more than just his good grades or the fact that he was good in sports or that he was handsome. These were not important factors for her. There was a list of qualities he had never noticed on himself being spoken out and a number of memories he could recall and reminiscence. She spoke about their bond and how much they grew together to what they have become. They shared the same common grounds he could smile about. Eriol knew that those words were a piece of her, a piece of her opened heart.

He softly chuckled to himself surprised on how her letter could touch him inside. "No wonder you were so odd today." He whispered in understanding.

Tomoyo shook her head for the fifth time trying to get rid of the possibilities that her friendship might be ruined if Eriol rejected her. Although scared Tomoyo hoped that the letter she had secretly handed him that morning would not go unnoticed. She knew the risk she was taking in writing him a love letter, but she was ready for the consequences. Tomoyo wished that tonight he might have found and read her letter and possibly understand her heart.

Tomoyo then gazed at Eriol as the last bell rang. She found him standing up and heading towards her way. He then took a seat in front of her and waited for the class to empty leaving them alone in the silence. Tomoyo could feel her nervousness peak every minute as she watched Eriol finally make a move. He slowly revealed from inside his bag the letter she knew was written from her.

"Have you read it?" Tomoyo asked as her heart started to race in anticipation to his answer.

"Yes." He simply replied before a genuine smile brightened his face. "It was this single letter I have been wishing for all this time."

Her eyes widen in surprise to hear those words as she felt her face heat up. Eriol then stretched out his hand and presented her with a letter. Tomoyo looked at him in surprise, wondering what it meant.

"Is this for me?" Tomoyo asked confused.

Eriol chuckled. "Yes. I guess if it's the trend I might as well follow it."

Tomoyo laughed as she took the letter from his hand and felt herself blushing and feeling uneasily nervous.

She unfolded the letter and read the one sentence inside. "I love you." She whispered the words.

Tomoyo looked up and saw his azure eyes adoringly look back at her. She couldn't stop herself from smiling cheek to cheek as she flung herself across her desk to circle her arms around Eriol's neck. He laughed at her sudden move but he welcomed her into his warm embrace.

"What kind of letter is this?" She asked happily.

Eriol brought her closer to him as he whispered into her ear. "A simple letter but its from the heart."

The End