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(warning: The pace of the story could be a bit slow but that"s my writing style_pls bear with me and I shall make sure you"d never regret it)

After having slept poorly in the night he woke up on Sunday morning, earlier than the rest of the household and went to kitchen to prepare breakfast for himself. He knew he was looking forward to the 'date' if he could call it that at least with himself and his excitement only grew by the hour. It was only 7.30 AM, too early to do anything. It was cruel that time had to move too darn slow that morning. He decided that he can take a shower. After a steamy bath, he put on some cologne wondering if Tomoyo would like it. He went wide-eyed at his trail of thoughts and sighed in helplessness. It wasn't like this was an official date, nor was she officially his girlfriend and the most important fact is that she was but a mere child! A teenager at school! What would she think of him if she got to know how dirty his thoughts have started to breed around her? She'd probably freak out and run away from him.

Having successfully disconcerted his mind, he went and opened his cupboard. Was it just him or was it really that he had very limited casual clothes…? How long has it been for him since he went for shopping for casual attire…? Two years may be…? Yes… Ever since he started working and gotten busy with his work which demanded his labour almost all days and several nights even, there were no need to get casual clothes for he never had a chance to breath. Plus he never dated. He made a mental note to go for shopping the ensuing weekend. May be his dad could accompany him.

Unlike the normal days where he simply picked up clothes on a random basis spending 0.5 second for doing so, this time it took him several minutes to choose the most decent piece of set, which was a white T shirt, over which he'd wear a dark blue, checked, full-sleeved shirt. He pressed the shirts hot in order to make them presentable and then wore them. He put on a pair of mild blue jeans.

Then he went and sat on his bed and checked his mobile for notifications. Apart from few annoying work-related mails, he checked for messages, realizing too late that he never shared his mobile number with Tomoyo. He checked the time and it was 8.30 AM. She'd surely be awake or was probably on her way. He debated with himself why he should call her at all and even if he did what he should say. After a few minutes of debating and having formed no conclusion with all the internal confusion he clicked the dial button. Before he could cut the call, it already got connected and it was only up to Tomoyo to attend it.

Cursing himself, he raked up his mind for something to say to her that made sense.

She picked the call…. Touya gulped and held the device against his ear.

"Hello?" came a sweet, soft voice confirming him that it was indeed Tomoyo.

"Um-Hi, Daidouji"

There was a two-seconded pause which felt like forever to Touya while cursing himself for not mentioning his name.

"Touya…?" she asked tentatively.

"Heh. You found me"

"Of course I would! Just that you caught me by surprise!"

Her strong affirmative pleased him to the end of the world and he did not know why. She made it sound as if it was very natural for her to recognize his voice although they never talked over phone before, except may be a very few times, that too several years ago.

"Um. Sakura said that the brat might join us for dinner so I was wondering if you made enough cake for him as well" He congratulated himself for coming up with this at the right time. He reminded himself that he was a pretty intelligent creature, "Because I wouldn't want to sacrifice my share for the brat. That would solely be Sakura's problem. We might as well buy some on our way back"

He heard her amused giggle before she said, "Sakura told me last night. So, I've made enough so that you could even take two serving"

"Wow….Thanks…" Touya raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Um….*CHUCKLE* You caught me by surprise, really! I don't remember giving you my number"

That caught Touya by surprise in return as he mustered a reply, "I got it from Sakura". Which was true, in a way, because, he simply nabbed her mobile phone and got the number from the contact list when forgot her mobile behind in the living room before going to her room. He could only pray that Tomoyo wouldn't ask his sister about it. Yes. that was low. Very low. Where did all his ideals go? He began to wonder how low he was going to dig himself into in trying to get close to Tomoyo.

"Touya…?"

Tomoyo's voice broke the line of thoughts and grabbed his complete attention.

"Mm?"

"I-um…I'm on my way. Shou-should I hang up….?" Tomoyo stammered.

"Uh yup. Bye"

"Bye"

Touya sighed. A short chat on phone. That felt good.

It was after several minutes after which he heard the door bell ring. Pulling up his folded sleeves keeping them at elbow length, he almost sped to the door to beat Sakura to it who was having breakfast in the kitchen.

The damsel made his jaws drop, yet again, with her pure white crew neck, long and puff-sleeved, chiffon top and dark blue shorts. The top revealed as much as her pale collar bones on either side. Her shorts, although was of decent length, much to his worry, revealed the long, smooth curve of her fair legs. She was wearing matching blue wedges which made her look taller. Her long cascade of dark hair was tied up in a pony tail with a red ribbon. How did she know the colour of the clothes he was wearing? Don't tell me the kid has fixed some kinda hidden camera in my room….! They very thought made him blush for a split second. Anyone seeing them both together for the first time would assume that they were a couple, especially due to the matching colours of outfits. As for Tomoyo, she was stunned too, probably because of the colours of Touya's dress matching hers.

It took a couple of seconds for Touya to notice that she had worn a little bit of make up on her face, eyes and lips, accentuating the look of a grown-up on her. And a thin chain around her neck with a sparkling blue pendent. If only they were officially dating, he would have mustered up some courage to throw subtle compliments on her beauty and costume.

"Tomoyo!"

Sakura's voice from behind broke the duo from the trance.

"Hey, Sakura" said Tomoyo as she entered the house. The girls were chatting as they kept the cake in the fridge.

Touya's eyes invariably followed the long-haired lass. Due to the daze he was in, he forgot to speak to her and welcome her. He sighed as he realized that he must have looked stupid in front of her.

"Aw! I've wanted to go to the carnival too! But, you guys are going without me!" Sakura complained.

"Cancel your date with that brat and you're more than welcome to join us" teased Touya. Although he had planned this as a 'date' and wouldn't encourage a third wheel, he knew as a fact of his life that his little sister would never miss a date with Syaoran for something like this.

"No way!" said Sakura.

Tomoyo smiled her gentle smile and said, "Then bring Syaoran along with you and let's make this a double date!"

Touya went wide-eyed yet again. Did Tomoyo just say that! He did not expect her to call this a 'date' in the least. So she considers this as a date just as he does?! Boy! Was he glad to hear that! He stole a glance at the beauty. That's right…. She's not a child anymore…. She's old enough to date and for her age, she probably knows pretty much everything about dating and relationships….

"No! Syaoran wanted to go to this movie very badly. I can't simply ask him to cancel it, at the last hour!"

"Then we could all go again together, some other time" pacified Tomoyo.

"Yeah…." Said Sakura and checked the clock, "WHOOPS! It's already 9.10 AM! I better start getting ready!"

"Aw! I can't videotape you today!" complained Tomoyo with a cute pout on her pink lips, which earned a smile from her date.

"Ah-heh-heh", Sakura sweated anime style in embarrassment and got inside her room.

"Have you brought your camera today?" said he.

Tomoyo turned her attention to the speaker and nodded.

"Give it to me"

She did.

Touya switched on the device and the beep sound from the clicks he made told her that he was checking few things.

"For a change", said he as he brought the videocam in front his face, pressing his one eye against the lens, "Let it be you who gets taped". The most furtive, sinister part of him wanted to use this as a chance to capture the damsel's form as a permanent record, not to mention the perks of being able to ogle at her through the camera all he wanted. Yes. It was dirty. But Touya would never admit it even to himself.

Tomoyo's jaws dropped and face went red, pulling his lips into a teasing smirk.

"Touya! NO! Please!" panicked Tomoyo and closed the camera's lens with her hand.

"Why not?"

"It's so embarrassing!" said the girl whose face was beet red. Touya was amused to no limits to find the bold, calm and composed princess, in such a panicky, embarrassed state out of her wits, not to mention her fierce blushing.

"Remind yourself of the tortures you have subjected my little sister to over these years by recording her all the time. Now it's your turn" he was persistent in teasing.

"Ah…! But…That's different!"

"I don't understand. How is it any different?"

Because it is YOU, who's taping me….. is what Tomoyo wanted to say but bit her tongue from letting it slip. She only looked up and met his gaze.

"Just lemme do this…. You won't regret it"

If he put it that way, there was no way she could deny him. She finally conceded.

Just stay calm. Be a professional. Be causal. Be yourself. Tomoyo was telling herself so that she could be as candid as possible. She didn't want to disappoint Touya by screwing it up.

"Go stand by the door" He said before taping the toe to head vision of the lass. Before leaving, he grabbed a small bag to keep her camcorder and his own camera. He decided that he had to capture as many memories of their first date as he can.

As I said the pace is a bit slow_hope you enjoyed it

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