Chapter 3 sleepless in Tomoda
It was one in the morning and Syaoran was has woken up. It took him a while to realize what was going on after he was startled by having Sakura asleep with her head on his chest. Rather than wake her up he just laid there in silence, his chest moving up and down as he breathed. After an hour Sakura moaned and opened her eyes. She looked up at him.
"Hey", she said softly.
"Hey", he smiled at her.
"Go back to sleep", he added.
"I'm not sleepy", she said.
"Are you hungry? You want to eat something?"
She shook her head.
"No. all I need now is your company…" she said and he softened and looked at her with sympathy.
"I'm yours", he smiled. She sighed and rested her head on his lap and looked up at him as he caressed her hair.
"Syaoran, what happens to people's souls when they die?"
Syaoran thought for a moment in silence.
"I don't know",
After a short while he added.
"What do you think?"
Sakura bit her lip before she answered.
"I think that when people go to heaven their souls are in a place of infinite peace and tranquility. The best kind of peacefulness. Almost unearthly like… you know?" she said and he nodded.
"Yeah. That sounds about right…"
"Do you think my father and Onnii Chan are there?"
He thought for a moment.
"I think they are",
"Even big brother?"
"Even big brother", he assured her. She smiled.
"I'm glad. I don't want them to be anywhere else", she said with a sad look on her face.
"I promise you they're not",
"Yeah…" she said; her eyelids becoming heavy again.
"You think I'll ever meet them again?" she asked sleepily with her eyes closed.
"Yes. But only in a long time as an old lady who lived a full and happy life…"
She chuckled.
"It's funny… thinking of me as an old lady…"
"Yeah but now you're not. Right now you're a beautiful young girl",
She smiled.
"Thanks Syaoran…"
"Of course Sakura, of course",
After giving another soft smile she readjusted herself to lie on his chest again and fell asleep right away. He played his fingers around gently through her hair as she snored softly, feeling lucky that he had her as a girlfriend. But he knew she felt luckier that she had him a boyfriend. And he was glad he able to make her happy. Before long he too fell asleep with her head on his chest and her shoulder in his embrace…
To be continued…
After suffering a great lose, some people have trouble sleeping. At times like this, all it takes is a little kindness and a little bit of comfort to make it all go away… that's what love is all about…
Peace out everyone…