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1 Disclaimer: I don't own CCS. ^^ Or any copyrighted stuff.
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3 NEVER AGAIN
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4 By ~.^ ~~Forever3330~~ ^.~
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5 kawaiimotoko@hotmail.com
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6
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7 "Megumi-chan, you have got to be spinning me a tale. And I won't fall for
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8 it!" The blonde huffed, flipping her braid over her right shoulder.
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9 "I'm not lying Suzuni-chan!" The brunette insisted, pushing her glasses up
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10 her nose absently with one finger. "There's a beautiful girl who comes here
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11 everyday, and just sits at the gate where the only flight from Hong Kong to
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12 Tomeda is. Every single day she sits and watches all the people get off the
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13 plane, and watches the new people get on. Then she comes over here and
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14 orders a scoop of strawberry ice-cream with one cherry." Megumi was a worker
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15 at the small ice cream shop across front of the gate.
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16 Megumi's girlfriend raised an eyebrow, calming down. "Look, I came here to
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17 watch you work, not here tales."
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18 "Just wait!" Megumi scolded. "The only flight that arrives here comes in at
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19 exactly noon. She'll be here in about ten minutes, with half an hour till
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20 noon. She'll leave when the only flight that departs leaves at exactly one."
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21 Suzuni sighed. "Daijoubu, daijoubu.we'll wait and see. How about you give
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22 me a chocolate Sunday while we wait?"
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23 "You and chocolate." Megumi rolled her eyes.
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24 "Be nice!" Suzuni bopped her girlfriend lightly on the head, then started
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25 eating her ice cream.
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26 After serving Suzuni Megumi leaned against the counter, sighing as if she
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27 were in dreamland. "She's not just a beautiful girl, either. She's gorgeous!
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28 And so graceful.she has a melodious voice, it's so pretty. She kind of
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29 reminds me of an angel."
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30 "Watch how you talk about her or I'll get mad!" Suzuni said with a warning
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31 glare.
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32 "What, jealous?" Megumi teased.
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33 "What do you think, you baka?" Suzuni replied.
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34 "There she is!" Megumi exclaimed softly, nodding down the hall leading up
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35 to the gate.
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36 Suzuni turned and gaped, for once ignoring her ice-cream and letting it
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37 slowly melt.
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38 The girl looked like she was around the age of twenty, with violet-black
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39 curls falling in waves to her waist. Her skin was so pale Suzuni thought
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40 that she could be a ghost. Pale lips were curved up slightly, in an almost
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41 hopeful manner. Stormy blue eyes looked out calmly, scanning the people
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42 around her to find a seat near the gate.
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43 "She IS beautiful." Suzuni managed.
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44 "Look more closely at the eyes." Megumi instructed.
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45 Suzuni obeyed, and was surprised to see the well of emotions that could be
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46 seen behind them, if you ignored the mask the girl's eyes seemed to have.
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47 There was the tiniest bit of hope, and there was despair. Calmness,
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48 patience, and most of all.sadness. Loneliness.
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49 Megumi examined Suzuni's face closely. "As I've always told you before.the
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50 eyes are the windows to the soul."
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51 Suzuni sighed and turned back to Megumi, leaving the graceful figure
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52 clothed in a sleeveless white sundress with a sunflower pinned to the left
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53 strap behind to sit down. "You're right.I wonder what could make someone
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54 that sad?"
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55 Megumi sighed, smiling a sad sort of smile. "I don't know.I always feel
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56 that I should be.I don't know, respectful or something. I can never make
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57 myself ask when I look into those eyes. It's almost as if she's been through
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58 a million battles. And the sad thing is, she probably has."
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59 "At her age? She's been at war?" Suzuni looked confused.
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60 Megumi sweatdropped. "Not THAT kind of fighting! I mean it looks as if she'
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61 s had a hard life."
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62 "Oh. I knew that!" Suzuni tried.
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63 "Yeah right." Megumi rolled her eyes. "If you're so curious you try and ask
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64 her. I need to go and sweep the floor."
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65 "Maybe I will!" Suzuni said, standing and walking off before Megumi could
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66 stop her.
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67 "She didn't even finish her ice-cream.?" Megumi shrugged and started to
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68 clean up.
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69 ~
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70 Tomoyo sat down gracefully in the middle of an empty row right by the gate.
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71 She had once promised herself she would wait for Sakura to return to her
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72 every day until the end of her time. It had been perhaps two years since her
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73 light had left her, taking away most of Tomoyo's happiness. There was still
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74 the small joy she could get from watching her Sakura tapes and designing new
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75 outfits that the other girl would probably never try on.
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76 Okaa-san worried greatly about her nowadays, but Tomoyo kept going about
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77 her normal schedule. Or what had become normal after she had pulled herself
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78 together after Sakura's departure. Tomoyo still hadn't managed to watch the
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79 tape of Sakura's wedding.she somehow couldn't force herself to. She simply
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80 designed things for Okaa-san's company, and designed even more things for
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81 Sakura, which she kept locked away in her bedroom.
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82 Tomoyo looked up, shaken out of her Sakura-reverie as someone cleared his
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83 or her throat.
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84 A tall blonde girl, probably sixteen or so, though she was taller then
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85 Tomoyo since the heiress had always been rather petite, stood before her.
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86 She had her hair cut short, almost in a way that reminded Tomoyo of Sakura,
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87 and had hazel eyes that were full of curiosity. The girl was clothed in
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88 jeans and a shirt, and tilted her head gently to the side. "Ohayo! I'm
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89 Kajiya Suzuni!" Suzuni bowed politely. "Well.I will be. Oh, just call me
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90 Suzuni!"
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91 Tomoyo smiled slightly at the girl's enthusiasm. So much like Sakura's when
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92 she was young! "I'm Daidouji-san." Tomoyo offered, nodding her head gravely
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93 since she didn't feel like standing while waiting for the plane as she
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94 always did, and also not giving out her first name.
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95 "Pardon me for intruding upon you," Suzuni blushed, ducking her head and
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96 then lifting it. "But Megumi-chan, a girl who works at the ice-cream shop
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97 across from here, told me about you a while ago. She said you come here
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98 every single day to watch the people who get on and off of this exact
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99 flight." Suzuni looked more curious then embarrassed now. "And I wondered
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100 why? And also why you look so sad."
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101 "You think I'm sad?" Tomoyo was mildly surprised. Very rarely could people
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102 see through the masks that she wore to hide her feelings.
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103 "I didn't at first, but my girlfriend Megumi is always picking up on things
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104 like that. She's so perceptive!" Tomoyo had to let out a small giggle as she
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105 saw the hearts in Suzuni's eyes.
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106 "Well, if you sit down I can tell you." Tomoyo offered, the words barely
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107 out of her mouth before Suzuni eagerly sat down. Tomoyo smiled serenely,
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108 clasping her hands in her lap. "Once upon a time, around twelve years ago,
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109 there was a young girl who moved here, to Tomeda. She was so scared when she
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110 walked into her new classroom, and thought she wouldn't make any friends.
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111 She wasn't very good at making friends back then. But by a chance of fate
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112 she got seated next to a kawaii, genki, energetic young girl who was always
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113 smiling and happy." Tomoyo sighed her 'hanyaa' sigh. "When the genki young
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114 girl saw the new girl had no eraser, she cheerfully handed over a bunny
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115 eraser, telling the new girl her name as she did. That kawaii little girl
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116 had the most beautiful name: Sakura. So Sakura-chan became friends with the
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117 formerly lonely Tomoyo-chan. They grew up together, Tomoyo-chan always
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118 following Sakura around with a camcorder or camera, capturing every moment
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119 she could of Sakura's kawaii and magical life."
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120 "I wish I could do that with Suzuni." Both Tomoyo and Suzuni jumped,
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121 noticing for the first time Megumi, who immediately blushed and sat on the
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122 other side of Tomoyo. "Gomen. I'm Kajiya Megumi. Please go on! Onegai?"
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123 Tomoyo smiled, noting that this girl must be Suzuni's girlfriend.
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124 "Daijoubu. Every moment of Tomoyo-chan's life after she received that eraser
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125 was a big 'I love you Sakura-chan!'. But Sakura-chan was a little oblivious
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126 to matters of the heart and other things, and didn't notice, no matter how
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127 many times Tomoyo-chan said it." Tomoyo's smile turned a little sad.
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128 "Eventually Tomoyo-chan came to the conclusion that she wasn't Sakura-chan's
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129 True Love, though Sakura-chan was her True Love. And so she searched for
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130 someone she could entrust Sakura-chan to, without any regrets.
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131 Unfortunately, Tomoyo-chan made a mistake. The boy she entrusted her True
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132 Love to, Syaoran-kun, took Sakura-chan away from Tomoyo-chan. Now
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133 Tomoyo-chan couldn't even be Sakura-chan's best friend. Syaoran-kun made it
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134 very clear when Tomoyo-chan tried to contact Sakura-chan that he could take
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135 care of Sakura-chan without Tomoyo-chan. He made sure they never talked
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136 again."
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137 Megumi looked over at Suzuni, knowing how she would feel if she was cut off
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138 from Suzuni. Poor Tomoyo!
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139 "So Tomoyo-chan talked to the stars, even though all the light was gone
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140 from her life. Her only joys came from watching videos of Sakura-chan, and
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141 looking at pictures of Sakura-chan, and wishing Sakura-chan was happy.
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142 Iie.she wished Sakura-chan would return to her. So over all the distance
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143 between them she looked up at the stars and wished Sakura-chan could hear
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144 her saying 'I will wait for you for all eternity, until you return to me. To
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145 this day Sakura-chan has not returned to the one person who would give her
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146 life to just here Sakura one more time, to see her, to spend one last day
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147 with her beloved."
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148 Suzuni frowned. "That's a sad story, but what does it have to do with you?"
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149 Tomoyo and Megumi sweatdropped. Megumi replied, "Your ice-cream is melting.
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150 You had better go and eat it."
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151 Suzuni was away in a flash, and Megumi stood up, then bowed respectfully to
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152 Tomoyo. "You've gone through a lot of pain. I don't know how I could stand
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153 it if that had happened to Suzuni and I. She finally realized how I felt
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154 only because her brother told her. She thought for a long time, for once.
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155 Then she told me exactly how she felt about the situation, and asked me out
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156 on a date. You're strong Tomoyo-chan."
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157 Tomoyo smiled. "She reminds me of Sakura-chan in a few ways. Suzuni-san
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158 said something about you being the one who found out I was sad. How.?"
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159 Megumi blushed. "Oh, I work at the shop across from here. And.hasn't anyone
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160 ever told you the eyes are the windows to the soul? I hope she returns to
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161 you someday. I'll give you your ice cream free today."
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162 Tomoyo started to protest, but Megumi stopped her. "In exchange for the
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163 wonderful story. Suzuni-chan and I will be getting married next month. We're
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164 both eighteen." Tomoyo looked surprised. "I'm short for my age, and Suzuni
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165 just acts younger. We'd be pleased if you came. Here.bring Sakura-chan along
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166 when she returns to you. If she does in time, I mean." Megumi handed Tomoyo
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167 a napkin with the detail scribbled on a napkin. "I hope to see you both
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168 there."
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169 ~
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170 Tomoyo sighed, tucking the napkin into her pocket. She would definitely be
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171 at the wedding, though it was doubtful Sakura would return. She would be
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172 able to give her camcorder a workout after all these years. And Okaa-san
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173 would surely want to come along. Then they could both be happy that two
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174 girls reminding them of other people found True Love together.
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175 Tomoyo glanced down as her watch beeped sweetly. Sweetly because Okaa-san
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176 hated normal watch beeping, and had insisted on a pretty sound. "The plane
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177 should arrive right."
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178 "Attention, attention, the plane from Hong Kong to Tomeda has arrived! I
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179 repeat, the plane from Hong Kong to Tomeda has arrived!" The usual bored
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180 voice of the flight attendant announced.
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181 Tomoyo smiled, glancing back one last time at the two girls, who were now
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182 involved in a conversation, from what it looked like they were discussing
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183 ice cream flavors. "."
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184 Tomoyo giggled then shook her head and looked back as the door opened and
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185 passengers started filing in. Just as she always did, Tomoyo searched for
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186 Sakura in the line of people who got off, and as always, she saw no Sakura
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187 chan.
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188 Her watch rang again, and Tomoyo got up, heading for the ice cream shop.
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189 Just as she reached the middle of the hallway between the gate and the
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190 ice-cream shop as something hit her head hard, and she stumbled sideways,
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191 whatever it was hanging on to her head. "Kyaa!"
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192 Tomoyo fell to the ground, unable to regain hr balance. She finally managed
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193 to get whatever-it-was off, noting before she got it off that it was making
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194 noises, like it was talking.
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195 Finally able to see the thing her eyes widened. "No.way."
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196 "Hiya Tomoyo-chan! Got any chocolate on ya?" The small yellow creature
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197 asked.
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198 "Kero-chan.?" Tomoyo asked in disbelief. Was she dreaming?
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199 "The one and only!" Kero said.
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200 "Should you really be zooming around in an airport?" Tomoyo asked.
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201 "Uh.probably not." Kero sweatdropped. "Gomen. I forgot about that.I was so
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202 happy to see you! You can cook so well! Oh well. They'll just think I'm a
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203 weird toy." A few children were heard saying they wanted a toy like that.
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204 "Kero-chan." Tomoyo started.
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205 "Want some help up Tomoyo-chan?" The one voice she had been sure she would
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206 never hear again asked, taking one of Tomoyo's hands in hers and pulling the
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207 pale heiress to her feet.
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208 "Sakura-chan?! What are you doing in Tomeda? Where's Syaoran-kun?" Tomoyo
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209 was now sure that she was dreaming. She had to be.
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210 Sakura's eyes darkened, then brightened. "He's back in Hong Kong. A few
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211 months ago I started getting these weird dreams, and I started to think he'd
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212 made you stop talking to me and writing to me. It turned out he had had the
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213 phone company block your number and he had all of the letters you sent
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214 stuffed in the family safe. I only found out after finding one in the mail
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215 by accident and by forcing him to tell me everything. The only reason I didn
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216 't come home sooner was because we had to get the divorce settled. I don't
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217 want to marry someone who would block me off from my very best friend."
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218 Sakura hugged Tomoyo again, looking the only slightly shorter girl in the
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219 eyes. "I missed you, Tomoyo-chan. So did Kero-chan and the cards."
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220 "But.Sakura-chan's happiness." Tomoyo was now utterly confused, and yet
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221 understanding everything at the same time.
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222 "I wasn't happy living with someone who would do that Tomoyo-chan. Besides,
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223 I finally figured out my heart. And what everyone else, like Onii-chan,
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224 Yukito-san, and even Meiling-chan had been hinting at. Not to mention
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225 Chiharu-chan, Naoko-chan, and Rika-chan. Even Yamazaki-chan tried to tell me
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226 a few times." Sakura sweatdropped. "And my Sakura cards.And Kero-chan."
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227 "Kid, you'd better stop or we'll be here forever. Face it: you're oblivious
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228 to some things. REALLY oblivious." Kero said, rolling his eyes. "NOW I WANT
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229 CAKE!"
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230 Sakura glared at Kero. "Hey! Be nice or.um.NO DESERT FOR A MONTH!"
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231 Kero immediately went silent.
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232 "What are you trying to say Sakura-chan.?" Tomoyo prompted eagerly.
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233 Sakura blushed bright red. "Um.er.uh.that is.I.Tomoyo-chan,
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234 I.uh.I.A-Aishiteru Tomoyo-chan." Sakura finally got out.
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235 Tomoyo started to cry as she heard the words she had waited her entire life
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236 to hear.
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237 Sakura looked at Tomoyo in concern and slight confusion. "Tomoyo-chan! Don'
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238 t cry.are you alright?" She gently wiped Tomoyo's eyes.
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239 "I'm fine Sakura-chan. It's just that I always knew you would save me, my
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240 beautiful emerald light." Tomoyo smiled gently.
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241 Sakura smiled nervously. "Um, Tomoyo-chan?"
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242 "Yes Sakura-chan?"
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243 Sakura put her hand behind her head, smiling. "I was wondering if you would
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244 like.to.um."
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245 Tomoyo giggled, and decided to help Sakura out. "Would you like to go out
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246 some time Sakura? We could go get some ice cream before we get your luggage,
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247 and then maybe we can go out to dinner. It's a little backwards, but they
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248 have the best ice cream there."
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249 "Hai!" Sakura stopped, and looked at Tomoyo. "Tomoyo, how did you know I
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250 would come home today?"
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251 Tomoyo smiled. "I didn't Sakura. I always come here every day. Then I get
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252 ice cream."
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253 Sakura frowned. "But what would you have done if I never came?"
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254 Tomoyo thought, then smiled again. "I would have waited for you every day,
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255 until I was no longer in this world. For my Sakura-chan, I can bear
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256 anything."
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257 "Tomoyo."
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258 Tomoyo smiled brightly, all the sadness wiped away from her eyes. "I love
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259 you Sakura. I always have, and always will. Oh.I have a ton of costumes for
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260 you, but it looks like I might have to re-measure you and make a few changes
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261 to them."
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262 "But I've got all the cards." Sakura pointed out.
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263 "Well, I have a theory." Kero said thoughtfully. "Your magic didn't work
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264 when you left Tomeda, and therefore no evil was attracted, nor was any
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265 magic. I think your magic is powered by your love of Tomoyo-chan, because
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266 ever since we got here I've felt stronger. Ever since you divorced the brat
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267 you've even been able to invoke the cards. So, now that your magic is
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268 working you will have plenty of adventures. Believe me! Now let's get that
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269 ice cream."
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270 ~
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271 A few weeks later.
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272 "Time to throw the bouquets!" Suzuni called out cheerfully.
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273 Sonomi ran over, determined to get one for herself. Suzuni threw hers, and
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274 Sonomi managed to get it by growling at the other women trying to get it.
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275 "Okaa-san." Tomoyo sweatdropped, then smiled.
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276 "C'mon! Throw yours Megumi!" Suzuni ordered.
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277 Megumi looked at her newlywed wife and smiled slightly. "Daijoubu." Megumi
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278 smiled brightly as she saw Tomoyo. "Tomoyo-chan! Catch!" Tomoyo threw up her
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279 hands to shield her face from the flying bouquet, catching it in the
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280 process.
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281 "Tomoyo-chan?" Suzuni asked her wife. "You mean she's the girl from the
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282 story?"
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283 Megumi sweatdropped. "Ah.let's go get in the car and go start on the way to
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284 the airport so we can leave for our honeymoon, okay?"
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285 Suzuni agreed cheerfully, and they were gone in an instant, as were most of
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286 the guests. Tomoyo continued to stare at the bouquet of cherry blossoms. Of
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287 course, Megumi was the type to do that on purpose. Over the past few weeks
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288 Sakura and Tomoyo had gotten to know the couple very well along with Sonomi.
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289 Sakura tapped Tomoyo on the shoulder, smiling. "You know, I think that's
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290 Megumi-chan giving us a hint, hmm?"
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291 Tomoyo raised an eyebrow. "You picked up on that?"
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292 Sakura blushed. "Megumi-chan explained to me all about the 'whoever catches
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293 the bouquet is the next to be married' thing." Sakura admitted. "She has
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294 also taken me to fifty jewelry stores in the past week."
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295 Tomoyo giggled. "She really wants us to be 'happily ever after'."
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296 "I already am." Sakura said, blushing. "Hoe."
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297 "What is it Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.
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298 "Um.Tomoyowouldyouconsidermarryingme?" Sakura asked in one breath.
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299 Tomoyo smiled. "Of course. I'd even say hai."
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300 Sakura smiled giddily. "Oh, Tomoyo, you won't be sorry! I'll.um.be the very
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301 best wife it's possible to be! I love you Tomoyo."
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302 "I love you too Sakura." Tomoyo took off a ring she had been wearing and
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303 slipped it on Sakura's ring finger. "This can be your engagement ring. It
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304 was the ring my mother gave me. Your mother gave it to my mother when they
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305 were little, as a fake wedding ring. You know how little kids have pretend
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306 weddings. Okaa-san has had it ever since." Tomoyo explained.
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307 "It's beautiful." Sakura managed. The ring was a silver band inlayed with
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308 pearls in a swirling pattern.
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309 "And an heirloom." Tomoyo said cheerfully.
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310 Sakura handed Tomoyo a ring and slipped it on Tomoyo's ring finger, which
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311 was a silver band with a small blue sapphire in the center, and Japanese
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312 writing around it, which read 'Aishiteru'. "Otou-san and Onii-chan helped me
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313 pick it out. Do you like it Tomoyo?" Sakura asked anxiously.
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314 "Of course!" Tomoyo replied. "Anything Sakura-chan gives me is precious
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315 beyond any treasure but Sakura-chan herself." Tomoyo handed Sakura the
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316 bouquet. "Here. Since you asked me before I did you, you deserve this." She
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317 smiled brightly. "Aishiteru, Sakura."
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318 "Aishiteru Tomoyo. Gomen it took me so long to figure that out." Sakura
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319 replied.
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320 "That's okay Sakura. I would have always loved you no matter what, and I
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321 do. I always will." Tomoyo leaned her head on Sakura's shoulder.
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322 "And I you." Sakura said softly, leaning down to kiss her one True Love.
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