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Finding Love
Chapter 2
Reader's P.O.V.
"Hurry up Jake! I want to know what happened next! We have to go upstairs right NOW!" yelled an extremely frustrated Reisha, in an attempt to get her brother to follow her brother upstairs.
Jake grumbled back, and ignored her. This was probably a bad idea, since Reisha burst into his room, and started giggling hysterically upon seeing him in his boxers. Then the doorbell rang, and Jake muttered a thankful 'saved by the bell' under his breath, then quickly put his trousers on after Reisha left to go and see who came.
"Oh My God, Mei Lin, and … RYU! HI! What are you doing here?!"
Soon after hearing 'Mei Lin', Jake was already on the landing, and blushed slightly when she looked up at him.
"Jake invited us to come and hear the next part of the story!"
"Oh, awesome idea!"
"Umm … Reisha … can you let us come in?"
"Oh, SORRY! I'm so sorry, I forgot …"
Mei Lin and Ryu just laughed, and then greeted Tomoyo and Eriol as they came into the room. The Hiiragizawa couple invited them up to their study, and they followed them, talking all the way.
Making themselves as comfortable as possible, the kids settled down to listen to the next part of the story, and so it began:
2 Months Later
An extremely tense Sakura waited at home, trying her best not to fidget. Tomoyo was just on a date with a guy called Eriol Hiiragizawa, and Sakura was telling herself not to lose control - "Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out".
It seemed like an eternity later, but was, in fact, only half an hour, when a car pulled up outside the house. Chiharu, who Sakura had all but ignored, put a restraining hand on her shoulder. "Let them say goodbye", she warned.
As soon as Sakura heard the car drive off, she ran screaming into the hallway, yelling, "TELL ME EVERYTHING!" at the top of her voice. Unfortunately for her, she didn't seem to notice the man standing beside her best friend, and Tomoyo had to put a hand over her mouth to prevent further embarrassment. Regardless, Sakura turned bright red when she realized, and mumbled a quick apology before running into the kitchen and hiding beneath the counter.
Sakura emerged when Tomoyo came and coaxed her out, reassuring her that Eriol was in the other room, and didn't think her 'weird' or 'crazy' or even completely 'psycho'. Feeling a little bit better, Sakura helped Tomoyo make tea and prepare a plate of biscuits, but couldn't help blushing scarlet as she served the snacks.
An hour later, when he left, Sakura was completely convinced that they were perfect for each other. They were so similar, and Eriol had the calm and grace to keep up with her best friend. Since Tomoyo completely trusted Eriol, Sakura did too, and therefore she had instantly agreed to go to a party with them. Tomoyo was obviously overjoyed, thinking of ways of dressing the human-sized doll up.
Immediately after Sakura left, Tomoyo called up Eriol, and their scheming began. How perfectly it had worked out, especially since both their best friends agreed to come. This could be interesting…
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That night, Sakura dreamed, again, of a golden-eyed boy with chestnut hair. But this time, she told no-one till much, much later. What chance was there of her dream coming true, and her getting married to him? She didn't even know him, for heavens sake! She quickly abolished the idea when she woke up, and went on with her normal routine.
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He sighed deeply, thinking of the bright emerald eyes. The wind blew his hair around, and he leaned back; hopefully, it would take his mind off everything and clear his head, so that he could actually go back to his house and concentrate on the big speech he had to give tomorrow. But no, she stayed in his mind, and he growled with frustration. How could a single person change his life so drastically, change his every single habit to something more … poetic, even? It was just plain annoying.
"Syaoran, you're not asleep yet?" his best friend said as he stumbled out onto the balcony. Rubbing his tired eyes, he mumbled something incoherent and sat down heavily on the chair besides him.
"No."
"Right, I'm fed up of your monosyllable answers. Seriously now, are you thinking of her again?"
"Why do you assume it's a girl?"
"Ha! You know I know all and see all, like Yoda!"
"You are weird, Eriol."
"Thanks," Eriol grinned, "now go to sleep. You have to make your speech at the party tomorrow, and more importantly, meet my girlfriend and approve of her. If you do that well enough, I have a surprise for you."
"NO MORE SURPRISES!" Syaoran yelled, resulting in someone shouting 'shut up and go to sleep!' at him.
Eriol just grinned at him, and tripped gracefully back to his bedroom. After sighing again, this time in agitation and nervousness, Syaoran went to his room and fell into a nightmare; it involved a past experience of surprises, tutus and a very hungry Chihuahua.
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"What did you do, dad, that involved a tutu and a hungry Chihuahua?" asked Jake, eyeing his father - foster-father - suspiciously.
"It's a completely different story, maybe I'll tell you some other time… now should I continue with this story?" Eriol said, and smiled sadly at the past memories.
"YES!" yelled the completely obsessed Mei Lin and Reisha.
"Okay then…"
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"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! THERE IS NO WAY I AM GOING TO WEAR THAT TOMOYO, SO YOU BETTER FORGET IT BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO WEAR THAT!!! AAAAAHHHHH!!!" screamed, well, yes … Sakura.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! THERE IS NO WAY THE MONSTER IS WEARING THAT TOMOYO, SO YOU BETTER FORGET IT BECAUSE SHE IS NOT GOING TO WEAR THAT!!! AAAAAAHHHH!!!" screamed Sakura's equally agitated brother, Touya.
"OH YES YOU ARE!!! OH YES SHE IS!!!" Tomoyo yelled at both of them, and resumed running after her best friend.
After what seemed like eternity, Tomoyo caught up to Sakura and dragged the cajoling girl into the changing room, locking the door behind her so that Touya couldn't enter.
Sakura seemed to calm down once she heard a few threats, pleas and 'Do It For A Friend' 's. That was probably the only reason for her co-operation, and why the end result was so good that when Sakura came out, Touya's mouth fell to the floor.
"You are not wearing that…" came out Touya's half-hearted scolding, which trailed off as soon as Sakura smiled sweetly at him.
"You don't want me to? Then I really am wearing this" Sakura giggled, and ran back into the changing rooms to help Tomoyo with her clothes and make-up.
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At the party, it was pretty obvious who the stars of the night were. Syaoran and Eriol were being chased around the room by squealing star-struck ladies, and they were exhausted after the first half and hour. Finally, Eriol reached his limit, turned around, and said, "I have a girlfriend." which immediately sent the unperturbed girls that were following him after Syaoran.
Eriol sat down and laughed at his friend, but decided to take pity on him after a while. Walking up to him, he smiled at the women and told them that Syaoran's 'date had arrived'. Syaoran knew better than to protest, so he smiled at the hyper-ventilating ladies and followed his escape route out to the garden.
"So, Syaoran, ready to meet your date?" said Eriol, obviously enjoying himself.
"You mean … I actually have a date? You weren't lying to them?"
"Nope, I don't lie to ladies. Now come on, lets meet your surprise."
Syaoran followed Eriol, his nervousness returning. Tomoyo was the first to enter, and Syaoran was immediately sure that she was perfect for Eriol, even without talking to her. Somehow, he knew that with her calm face and graceful manner, she would be able to keep up with his friends immature acts. But more importantly, she had the same glint in her eye…
Tomoyo was beautiful too. She was wearing a dark purple dress which contrasted nicely with her pale skin, and her dark locks just added to this effect. Her eyes were dark too, and she was wearing contacts - a purple that was too angelic to be human. A little bit of eyeliner made these eyes stand out, and lip gloss was the only other makeup she wore.
Syaoran had barely registered this when his eyes wandered over to her companion - and stayed there. She was the same angel that haunted his dreams; his dreams had not done her justice though, she was far more perfect than even he could imagine.
Sakura Kinomoto wore a light green dress that came down to just below her knees, and which made her gorgeous emerald eyes look even brighter. Besides lip gloss, she wore no makeup, and her auburn coloured bangs framed her face in the messy out-of-bed look that takes hours to perfect, but no one could do it like she had. She seemed to glance over at him at exactly the same time, and the blush that graced her features made her look better, if that was possible.
Yes, definitely perfect.
Eriol and Tomoyo were somewhere in the middle, out of the way of the two gob-smacked lovers. Both Sakura and Syaoran realised this at exactly the same time, and hurried to join them.
"No, it's okay, you two can stare at each other some more, I think we'll go dance." giggled Tomoyo, and the duo left before the blushing two could even say something.
"Hey…you know me … Sakura Kinomoto…"
"Yeah … I'm Syaoran Li …"
"SYAORAN LI! I MADE A JOKE ABOUT A DEAD PUPPY TO LI SYAORAN!?" yelled Sakura, and nearly died when everyone turned around to stare at her. Syaoran just laughed, and said, "Come on, I'll take you somewhere people won't give you weird looks."
Sakura smiled gratefully, then hid her face in embarrassment as she took his hand. She'd been dreaming of him for the past two months, and now she was actually talking to him!
Syaoran was thinking similar thoughts, and the two walked off to the other side of the gardens, till later when he would have to give his speech. He grinned, because he had completely gone off his past speech, and had a new one forming in his head. This night should be interesting…
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Sakura turned scarlet as she thought back to the previous night, and made a mental note of either killing Tomoyo or making something to thank her, depending on how the date would go today. She giggled, remembering how red Syaoran had been when he asked her, and sighed contentedly at how romantic, despite embarrassing, it had been …
Flashback
Syaoran took the mike, and started his speech…
"Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. As you all know, or if you didn't, you do now, I'm supposed to give a speech tonight that introduces our new company. I will be taking over it as president, with Eriol Hiiragizawa as vice-president, and we will be launching the completely new idea of 'love stuff'."
"The basics: how many times have you searched blindly through store after store, or browsed on the internet, looking for a present for the one you love, but not really knowing WHAT to get them. Well, our company provides recommendations, advice AND presents. But the best part is, its for everyone; there are presents for parents, siblings and friends too."
"Yeah, I know some of you are not exactly jumping for joy. When I first heard about it, I was set against the idea; it was possibly the stupidest thing I had ever heard. I thought that until exactly 2 months ago…"
"I met someone, and I thought, if we were together, what would I buy her? Crazy, but I suppose I'm suffering from crazy fever. Surprisingly, I had no idea. Well, I suppose its not really surprising; I'm not that great with presents. So, I'm guessing it would be a great relief to have something like that to help out poor, lost people like me. So, everyone, I'd like to end this speech slash advertisement by asking this person; Sakura, will you go out on a date with me and help my company by making me buy presents for you?"
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The children just stared.
"Your dad was soooooo romantic! Are you like that too, Jakey?" yelled Mei Lin, breaking the others out of their trance, and starting their jabbering. Eriol and Tomoyo just watched them, smiling, remembering the past …
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Wow, I actually finished a chapter. Longest chapter I've ever written, I think. Review please!
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