Bridge of Lakes
Sakura and Tomoyo reached their loft and quickly got ready for a long night of cramming. Their final college exams were coming up the next day and their knowledge on some of the subjects was all but perfect. Sakura needed help in Calculus and Tomoyo needed help in well nothing really she just decided it would give Sakura some moral support if she had a little trouble in at least on subject.
¨Is Eriol coming up? Getting him to help me would be better you know.¨ Sakura said taking a seat on her sofa. The loft was pretty big considering the little money they made working. The money actually came from Tomoyo´s mother's toy company.
¨I'm hurt, are you saying I am no help at all? ¨ Tomoyo said clutching her heart and collapsing on the sofa.
¨That is exactly what I'm saying.¨ Sakura giggled and went through her bag; just to realize it wasn't her bag but Tomoyo´s. She snatched it away when she took out a journal, private, guessed Sakura. The door bell rang and Tomoyo rushed to answer it her journal in hand. When she came back Eriol was holding her by the waist.
Hiragizawa Eriol, Tomoyo´s long term boyfriend was a sight for most women. His hair was of course short and arranged neatly on his head, he still had his glasses and his eyes were a brighter blue. He wore a t-shirt and some old faded jeans, but under the shirt was a body to die for as Tomoyo had put it. Of course he had not changed his calm and collected personality, not much had changed about him except his appearance and well his girlfriend.
¨Sakura-san you called me rather late last night. I would have thought Tomoyo would have been of more help to you.¨ He said his voice was a bit deeper than before but it should be after all he was twenty four years old.
¨Hey!!! Am I that bad at math? ¨ Eriol chuckled and kissed the top of her head.
¨You are wonderful in math, love but explaining it is not your strong point.¨ Tomoyo rolled her eyes and pouted, Eriol had to resist the urge of claiming her lips while Sakura was still there so he just smiled.
Eriol sat down beside Sakura and they got to work on what seemed to Sakura the most grueling hours of her teenage to adulthood life. They worked well into the night and still Sakura did not understand too much of it. So to make it easier for themselves he explained in magical terms after all they both had magical powers. Almost instantly Sakura was able to understand what was going on in the world of math. It was almost three and Eriol declared she had mastered math all she had to do was remember her magic. Sakura went to her room and closed her eyes to get a few hours sleep while Tomoyo and Eriol got cozy in the other room.
¨You could have gone home, it's not an obligation to sleep over here.¨ Tomoyo said slipping beside him in her king sized bed. He grinned and wrapped her in his arms making sure she couldn't escape even if she wanted to.
¨My obligation, as you call it, is to make you happy my dear and I am going to do just that. Don't tell me you actually wanted me to go home.¨ Tomoyo shook her head and smiled against his neck.
¨No, but I know who you are. You're a man not a saint Eriol.¨ She trailed kisses from his collar bone to the side of his lip. ¨I'm making it harder for you not to do it so why do you tempt yourself like this? ¨ He rubbed her thigh gently careful not to go to deep.
¨I love being with you and you know it, I can take a few more years don't worry.¨ Then he captured her lips into a passionate kiss he had been waiting to take from her all night.
As morning came Sakura was up and about getting ready for her final. She cooked breakfast, ate, took a shower and went out for a morning jog. Before leaving she grabbed her Ipod and went to her favorites, which was everything to do with instrumental music concerning any and every anime. She stretched a little then began to jog over to Penguin Park.
She passed Tomeda Elementary school and Seijyo High memories of her younger days flooding her brain. Things she could never forget like the first fight she had with a certain boy over a certain deck of magical cards. All that was history and still fresh in her mind as if it only happened yesterday, she ran to the bridge and refused to stop. Then she went to the place she said good-bye to him when he was going back to Hong Kong promising her that he would come back once he finished his formalities, holding the stuffed bear she had made close to his heart. Sakura just had to stop there; she stood and closed her eyes then went back to the bridge. She sat on the ledge of the bridge and looked into the blue water.
¨Where are you now? ¨She asked herself imagining him standing beside her. ¨Please, please come back Syaoran, I miss you so much. Please, if you still love me like you said you did, come back….please.¨ her heart began to ach as his face filled her eyes and tears ran down her cheeks. They landed on the water and ripples came out of the small drop of salty water.
¨Such a beautiful women should not shed tears over a lake, especially not a one such as this.¨ Sakura looked up and there stood a man around Eriol's age smiling down at her. ¨May I help you? ¨ He asked kindly, she lifted her head and jumped back onto solid ground.
¨Who are you? ¨ Sakura asked wiping away her tears. The man bowed and smiled gently at her.
¨My name is Aniue, Omukashino Aniue. May I ask yours? ¨ Sakura sniffled and tired to give him a smile but failed miserably.
¨I'm Kinomoto Sakura.¨ Aniue nodded.
¨You have a beautiful name Kinomoto-san, Sakura means cherry blossoms right? ¨
¨Yes.¨ The man leaned over the ledge of the bridge and looked out into the lake.
¨You have such a beautiful name, Kinomoto Sakura, and a beautiful face, is there such a thing as sadness in such beauty? ¨ Sakura smiled sadly and looked into the lake.
¨Yes, yes there is.¨
¨I see.¨ They remained in silence for a few minutes when he began saying something that sounded oddly like poetry. ¨ Spring has finally come to a town so small; beauty is the essence and love the perfume. Why should a goddess of unparallel beauty be saddened when a season of pure happiness has finally come? The answer will never be simple, only the goddess will ever know the answer, the real question is, will she ever recover.¨
¨That is what the goddess herself wonders.¨ The man shook his head.
¨No, not the goddess, but the daughter of the goddess, the princess, Ohime-sama.¨ The Tomeda Elementary tower clock began to chime and Sakura looked lazily at it. She sighed sadly and gave Aniue an apologetic stare.
¨I understand you must leave.¨ He turned to her and smiled. ¨Meet me here tomorrow and we will speak a bit more if you like, if that is your desire, Ohime-sama.¨
¨Alright, tomorrow then.¨
¨One more thing, may I ask.¨
¨Yes? ¨
¨Be careful when you come here, this lake is not ordinary.¨ Sakura looked at him curiously but nodded then went running back home to shower again and get to the college. She was late, and for the love of Homer again!!!
