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1 Dear Sakura
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2 by Amazoness Duo and G.P.
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3 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
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4 pearsong1954@yahoo.com
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5
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6 Dear Sakura-chan,
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7 How are you? I didn’t want to wait for our phone call this week so
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8 I tried to get back to you as quickly as I could. Though I’ll
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9 probably hear from you on the phone before I can get a reply anyway.
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10 But that’s all right because I’m just happy to write you. I like
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11 knowing that as soon as I send this off it will be on its way to
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12 Sakura-chan’s door, that the letter I wrote will end up in her hands
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13 before too long. So I always have plenty of motivation to write you
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14 back. I’m writing this in my office at work while I’m waiting for a
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15 phone call. I hope I can finish it all in one sitting. I have a
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16 picture of you in my office. You’re only eleven or twelve in the
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17 picture, but you have the cutest smile on your face. So I see you
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18 smiling with me at work while I try to finish Hanako-chan. Meishi-
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19 chan, a coworker, joked that you were my girlfriend because she has a
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20 picture of her fiancee on
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21 her desk and because of how much I talk about you. We laughed for a
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22 bit about that. She’s getting married next month so we want to finish
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23 the project in time for her honeymoon. Hanako-chan still has a bit to
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24 go before she’s finished, so that means she’ll need extra hard work
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25 for the next few weeks. But I’m really happy with how she’s coming
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26 along. I finally decided on long violet hair for the doll so that
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27 little girls can style it however they want. I hope she gets the love
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28 of many young girls. I want them to have lots of fun with her, just
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29 like I had lots of fun dressing and videotaping Sakura-chan. If I can
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30 get even a portion of that fun into the doll, then I know it will be
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31 perfect.
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32 Oh, Sakura-chan, I’m sorry things have been so hectic for you
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33 lately. I know how that can be what with all of the deadlines we’ve
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34 been having lately. It almost reminds me of when we were studying for
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35 the high school entrance exams. But I really enjoyed spending all
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36 that time studying with you. My camera tripod got a lot of use that
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37 year when we’d sit in your room and go over everything. I was so
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38 proud of you when it was all over. So sometimes hectic can be a very
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39 happy thing. I hope that your hectic life is like that or that thing
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40 slow down for you soon. Don’t work yourself too hard or poor Sakura-
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41 chan
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42 won’t be able to show off all of the wonderful energy she has
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43 inside. It really does sound like you’ve been busy lately, so don’t
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44 worry about getting back to me or calling if you need the rest. So
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45 make sure that you get plenty of rest. That way you can still be the
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46 pretty, genki woman that I last saw.
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47 I’m so sorry for your mathematics teacher friend. That sounds so
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48 awful. To lose touch with your special someone like that after all
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49 that time has to be heart wrenching. I feel so sorry for her. I can
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50 see why she’s still hurt about it. When love grips onto your heart,
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51 it’s impossible to ever completely get rid of it’s tugging. Mother
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52 still thinks about Nadeshiko-san every day, so I guess she went
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53 through something similar to your friend. I wish that people didn’t
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54 have to go through things that painful, especially such sweet people
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55 as mother and your friend. I was really worried that we would drift
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56 after you married Li-kun as well. I thought that now that you have a
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57 new family and a loving husband and a life of your own that I
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58 wouldn’t be as necessary anymore. Now that Sakura-chan’s in Hong
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59 Kong, I’m not as much a part of her life anymore. Even with all of my
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60 videotapes and pictures of you, it wouldn’t be enough for me if we
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61 lost touch. The only thing that makes it enough to bear is the
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62 thought that you’re happy out there. So I know you’ll be all right
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63 with or without me. And I know everything will work out. So even if
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64 you’re so far away, I’m happy.
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65 Sakura-chan, I promise I will always be here for you as long as you
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66 need me. And I will always remember you. Nothing could ever take the
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67 beautiful memories of you from my heart. I promise. So please don’t
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68 feel sad. It makes me feel awful to know that Sakura-chan is sad. I
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69 promise that I’ll stay as long as you need me. I’ll always think of
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70 you as my very best friend. I can’t get Sakura-chan out of my mind
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71 for even a minute, so I don’t think I could ever forget my sweet
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72 Cardmistress.
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73 You must make a wonderful P.E. teacher. I’ll need to watch you some
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74 day when you’re teaching one of your classes. You should teach them
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75 all a little something about cheerleading someday, too. They could
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76 use a few lessons from the best cheerleader in Tomoeda. And it would
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77 be so kawaii with Sakura-chan giving lessons these days. But I’m sure
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78 that all of those girls are very lucky to have you as their teacher.
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79 Some must feel the same way about you that Rika-chan felt towards
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80 Terrada-sensei. It would be easy to enjoy learning from Sakura-
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81 sensei! I’m sure you make them all very eager for class. I would have
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82 loved to have you as my P.E. teacher when I was younger. And with
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83 your loving heart, you’ll be able to reach out to the girls and draw
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84 the best out of them.
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85 Thank you very much for the book, Sakura-chan. It’s very pretty and
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86 I’ve already gone through it twice. Its must be gorgeous to see it
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87 all up close in Hong Kong. The photography was really nice throughout
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88 the whole book. The Engrish can be a little tricky at times, but it’s
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89 still nice to go through. Flower has wonderful choices in gifts.
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90 Thank you
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91 again for sending it. I think I like videotaping people dancing a
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92 little more than dancing myself because I love how cute Sakura-chan
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93 looks while she’s dancing. The look on her face is just adorable and
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94 the way she moves is very dreamlike. Dancing can be fun, too, but I’d
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95 much rather videotape it. The prom was fun, but I spent most of it
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96 videotaping Sakura-chan and Li-kun dancing.
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97 The tea set you bought sounds very pretty. And with you working on
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98 your tea making, I’m certain that it will be wonderful to have tea
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99 with Sakura-chan. I’m glad that it reminds you of me. But you really
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100 shouldn’t leave it just for me. I’m sure Li-kun and Ieran-sama and
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101 the others would enjoy it very much if you used it for them. But I
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102 would
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103 love to have tea with you and the tea set when I come to visit.
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104 After I finish Hanako-chan should be perfect. I’ll have to ask mother
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105 about it, but I don’t see why not. Mother should know of some good
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106 hotels in Hong Kong because of all of her business trips, so I’ll
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107 need to start looking for information so I can come out and visit
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108 Sakura-chan. Maybe I could bring my camcorder with us while we went
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109 shopping and I could make sure to get lots of souvenirs of my trip to
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110 visit you. And here I thought that I would have to wait for Sakura-
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111 chan to have a baby to have an excuse to come see her.
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112 I’m very glad that you like the videotapes. I’ll make sure that I
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113 keep making more. If you ever have any requests, please just ask. We
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114 have a very well trained chef and she says that she would be more
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115 than happy to help me learn how to make whatever dishes I need to for
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116 my videos. I finished the cake with strawberries tape last night so
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117 I’ll be sure to add that to the package I send. I can even make
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118 copies of some of my old tapes if you would ever like to see your
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119 adventures for the past eight years. I’m so very glad that you think
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120 I look pretty in the cooking tapes. Thank you very much for saying
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121 so. That means
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122 so much to me coming from you. And I’m glad you think I’m a lot like
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123 your mother. With all that my mother has said about Nadeshiko-san, I
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124 take that as one of the highest compliments I could receive. Mother
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125 said that you and I must have been switched at birth because I seem
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126 to take more after Nadeshiko-san than her. I’ll send a photo along
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127 with the letter, but it will probably be about a year old or so. I
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128 haven’t had many pictures taken recently. But I’ll be happy to know
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129 that I’ll be by Sakura-chan’s bedside, watching over her.
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130 Oh, I need to get going. It looks like I have to get back to work
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131 now that I know when the meeting is. And I can’t finish this right
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132 after work because I’m giving my mother’s secretary’s daughter
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133 singing lessons. But that shouldn’t be more than an hour or two, so
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134 I’ll finish this tonight and send everything to you as soon as I can.
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135
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136 Hello again, Sakura-chan! I’m writing this in the limousine, so I
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137 apologize if my writing looks messy. Megumi-chan has a very beautiful
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138 voice. I’m very glad that she decided to take singing lessons. I
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139 think the only thing she’s lacking is someone or something to sing
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140 for. Once she finds that, she’ll be alluring to listen to. She’s only
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141 a little
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142 older than I was when I started singing, so it’s interesting
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143 watching her as she works on her singing. Megumi-chan is very earnest
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144 about learning to sing. I wonder if there’s a special someone out
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145 there that she’s learning for. We have lessons on Mondays,
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146 Wednesdays, and Fridays, and every other Saturday.
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147 I’m glad that your dream is slowly starting to reveal itself to
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148 you. I knew with time it would begin to unfold. It sounds like it’s
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149 still too vague for you to understand now, but I think that soon
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150 enough it will begin to make sense. I hope it means you'll be coming
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151 back to Japan sometime soon. And the person on the Tokyo Tower could
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152 be Sakura-chan’s daughter. I could be wrong, not being a magical girl
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153 and all, but I think that would all be a very nice way for the dream
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154 to turn out.
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155 I was pretty sure that it was Sakura-chan dressed in cute boy’s
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156 clothes. You’ve been so worried about me with not having a koibito
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157 and you’ve heard me talking about my special someone for a very long
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158 time. So you already saw yourself close to the situation. And what
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159 better way to see things end happily for your best friend than as
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160 Sakura-chan the boy? Then you get a perfect glimpse of things because
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161 you’re right in the middle of it all. So I thought that it was you.
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162 I’m sure you looked remarkably handsome. Hai, proposing must be a
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163 very difficult thing to do. It took Li-kun three weeks after buying
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164 your wedding ring to finally ask you to marry him and that was after
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165 quite a bit of convincing, so it must be very tough. I think the most
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166 frightening part of it all must be the thought of rejection. Whenever
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167 you bare your feelings to the world, you have a chance of getting
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168 hurt and rejected. Holding out your love to your special someone is a
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169 very dangerous thing. What if they don’t feel the same way about you
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170 or if it hurts them to hear it or if it changes things? So I can
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171 understand why he was so worried and why cute boy Sakura-chan must
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172 have been worried in the dream. But if my one True Love proposed to
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173 me, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second. And if I had to sacrifice
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174 myself for my love, as you said it, Sakura-chan, I would gladly do
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175 that, too. Sometimes it’s just safer to keep your love close to your
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176 heart, protecting it from the pain that rejection or the hurt could
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177 cause. So it’s very brave for Li-kun and you in the dream to propose.
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178 You really are a wonderful best friend, Sakura-chan, and you have
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179 never failed me. You’ve always saved me when I needed it with the
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180 Cards and have been so sweet to me over the years. I’ll always keep
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181 my love close to my heart, where I know it will be safe. I’ll always
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182 love my special someone. And please don’t worry. I don’t mind if my
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183 true love is with me or not. It would make me happy, but that’s not
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184 half as important to me as whether or not they are happy. And they
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185 seem to be, so I’m perfectly content.
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186 You have such a warm, loving heart that it’s always so sad for me
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187 to read about you in pain. I’m so sorry about the fight and that you
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188 almost got into another. I can see you sitting up sweetly, waiting
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189 for your love to come through the door. I don’t see how anyone could
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190 leave you waiting. You and Li-kun have been dating for years, but
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191 life as a
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192 married couple is different. It must be the difficulties you’re both
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193 experiencing as you’re adjusting to it that’s causing the trouble.
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194 I’m sure that Li-kun knows that you care about him and love him very
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195 much. He just has a lot of trouble expressing his emotions sometimes,
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196 Sakura-chan. I’m glad you had Touya-san to talk to about it. He’s
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197 right, those
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198 types of jobs often require a lot of socialization like that. If you
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199 ever need to talk like that again, you can call me at any time. I’m
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200 always here for you, Sakura-chan. It sounds like Li-kun is very
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201 protective of you. That’s a wonderful quality for your husband to
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202 have
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203 because I know he’ll keep you safe. I know that he’ll protect you,
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204 no matter what happens.
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205 Sakura-chan, I’m very glad that you’re concerned about me, but I
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206 don’t ever want you to be sad for me. That just makes me sadder. I
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207 want to know that my Sakura-chan is happy. I’m sorry that I can’t
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208 tell you who my special person is. I want to. I would love to. But I
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209 can’t. I think you should probably stop looking, Sakura-chan. I think
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210 it could only make things more difficult if you found out and I would
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211 hate myself for ever causing you anything to worry about. Please,
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212 Sakura-chan... You’re my best friend. I don’t think you should look
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213 any closer. Just know that I’m happy as long as my special person is
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214 happy.
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215 I’m sorry for my writing getting worse. We’re going over some tough
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216 road. But please, Sakura-chan, don’t worry about it. It really
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217 doesn’t matter who I love anymore. I don’t think I’m ever going to
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218 tell them now. It’s just not worth causing the trouble it would take
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219 to tell them. I'm happy with the way things are. I really am. It
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220 doesn't matter who they are because my love won’t change. But I think
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221 that it would be a bad idea to pursue it, Sakura-chan. You don’t want
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222 to know who it is. Please...
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223 It’s not Touya-san. He’s a wonderful person and he really does look
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224 out for you. I think he and Yukito-san are a wonderful couple. They
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225 look so happy together. I think he knows who I love. We’ve talked
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226 several times and it sounds like he does. But even for all of his
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227 great qualities, they only serve to remind me of my beloved. And I
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228 always blushed when I watched him at soccer practice because he
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229 reminded me of you, Sakura-chan. You both have the same ears. It's
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230 very cute. Hai, it’s much better if I keep my love silent. Close to
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231 my heart, it can do no harm. It doesn’t matter if I have a wedding.
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232 They’re beautiful events, but I’m content being Daidouji Tomoyo as
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233 long as my love is out there with the one they truly love. Even if I
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234 have to keep my love locked away for all eternity, it will always be
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235 all right. You can’t force someone to love you. All you can do is
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236 love them. So doesn’t it make sense to let them love who they shall,
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237 always holding on to that warm feeling the thought of them causes in
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238 your heart? You’re right, I’ll be all right. I always have been. I’ll
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239 be just fine, Sakura-chan. Trust me.
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240 I’m sorry to end this so abruptly, but I really must go. Mother
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241 needs me to help with something. Sakura-chan, I’ll always treasure
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242 the time I got to spend with you. You were the best friend I could
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243 possibly have. Thank you for that. I hope everything is well in China
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244 and that this letter gets to you safely.
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245
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246
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247 All my love,
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248 Daidouji Tomoyo
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249
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250
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251
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252
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253 Dear Tomoyo-chan,
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254
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255 I was so excited to read in your letter that you will be able to
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256 come to Hong Kong soon to visit. Did you ask your Mother yet? When do
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257 you think Haneko-chan will be done? She sounds very lovely, by the
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258 way. I am planning on taking her to school, so that my students can
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259 see the beautiful work my best friend does in far away Japan. When I
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260 read that you were looking for a hotel, I went to Ieran-sama, to beg
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261 her to let you stay here. The house is quite large, and there are
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262 several guest rooms. I was afraid she would say no, but when I told
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263 her she actually smiled and said it would be an honor to have you
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264 stay. I asked her if I could prepare your room, and she said yes.
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265 It's a beautiful room overlooking the garden, and I am already fixing
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266 it up special just for Tomoyo-chan. There is a lovely red and gold
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267 brocade Chinese rug in the room, which Ieran-sama says is very
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268 ancient. I have been dusting and cleaning, thinking about you while I
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269 work. After reading that you might come soon, I can barely sleep at
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270 night. Waiting for you makes every day seem so long.
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271
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272 I am so very happy that you have a picture of me on your desk at
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273 work. One reason I was always smiling was that you were so close to
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274 me. I always felt good when you were around, sort of peaceful and
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275 content. Everything just seemed so right when we were together.
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276 Please tell Meishi-san that your girlfriend in the picture sends
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277 congratulations on the upcoming wedding. I hope and pray she will be
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278 very happy. I hope Haneko-chan is finished in time. So Meishi-san is
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279 another reason for the doll to be finished quickly, and then you can
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280 come to visit. Oh, but I do not mean to rush you or anything like
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281 that. I am sure you are under great pressure as it is, so I hope
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282 everything goes well. Designing a doll sounds like a lot of work, but
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283 I'm sure it will be delightful when it is finished. I think you made
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284 a good choice with the hair, and am certain little girls will have a
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285 wonderful time playing with it. I know that I loved brushing and
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286 braiding your beautiful lavender hair when we were young. It's kind
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287 of funny, but I dreamt of this not too long ago. We were back in the
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288 5th grade, and you were sleeping over at my house. We were both in
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289 our nightclothes in my room, and I was brushing your hair with long,
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290 careful strokes. Only the little nightlight was on, but your hair
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291 glistened in the soft, pale glow of the moon. You were silent, and
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292 sitting away from me, so I couldn't see your face. The only sound was
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293 the soft swish of the brush. Then I made two long braids, and tied
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294 them together with pink ribbons. When I finished, you started to turn
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295 around, and my heart beat faster. I felt such an intense love for you
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296 that it woke me up. And sitting in bed, with Sayoran-chan asleep next
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297 to me, I missed you so much. My heart ached for you to be with me so
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298 I could hold my Tomoyo-chan close again.
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299
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300 I talked with my sensei friend yesterday and told her about
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301 missing you so much. She smiled, and said she looked forward to
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302 meeting you. She said no matter what we do or where we are, our
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303 special person follows us like a gentle little ghost haunting our
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304 hearts. She quoted from a poem in English, and translated it for me.
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305 It was:
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306
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307 "Parting is all we know of Heaven,
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308 And all we need of Hell."
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309
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310 She said that is how she always feels about her special person being
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311 gone. She said that person is still with her, and that there is no
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312 pain greater or sweeter. I feel very sad for her, and for your
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313 Mother, and for my Father. I guess it's something you can never get
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314 over.
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315
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316 I'm glad you liked the book on local flowers. We can go and see some
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317 of the gardens and wildflowers on the islands when you come. I told
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318 Flower you liked the book, and she was very pleased. When I said her
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319 you were coming to visit, she said she wanted to dance with you. I
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320 think that would be a very sweet to see. Oh, and the tea set is for
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321 you, a "Welcome Back to Hong Kong" present, I guess. Sorry it's not a
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322 surprise, but I was so excited I couldn't keep it secret. It is in
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323 the room now on a little mahogany table, waiting for you. And thank
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324 you for the videotapes. The strawberry cake was a bit of a problem.
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325 It was so good there was none left over for Kero-chan, and he was
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326 quite put out about that. I had to promise to make one just for him.
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327 Tomoyo-chan, you looked so beautiful in that video. I loved the
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328 costume you wore, and the apron with little strawberry designs was so
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329 kawaii. And thank you also for the lovely picture. I bought a little
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330 silver frame so now I can see your smile every night. It really makes
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331 me feel so much better to have you there, and to know that maybe you
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332 are thinking sweet thoughts about me from far away.
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333
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334 I liked your ideas about cheerleading at the school. Cheerleading is
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335 not as popular in Hong Kong as back home, though it is catching on.
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336 Some of the girls I talked with were very enthusiastic and want to
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337 start a club. I told them I would be happy to be their advisor. A
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338 father of one of the girls is a tailor, and offered to make the
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339 uniforms for a good price, but said we need some sort of design. I
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340 told the girls about the outfits you designed for me, and they got
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341 very excited. I know you are busy with Haneko-chan, but would it be
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342 possible when you are finished with the project to design an outfit
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343 for the club? We would not need the design until late summer. Of
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344 course, I know you are very busy with work, and do not want to impose
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345 on you, so please tell me if it would at all be a bother. Of course,
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346 we would pay you whatever you thought a fair price for the work. The
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347 girls are already planning ways to raise money. They really are very
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348 cute.
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349
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350 One of the girls reminds me of you, Tomoyo-chan. She is very quiet
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351 and sweet, and one of the best students in the 4th grade. She has
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352 long hair that curls at the end, and is as pretty as can be. She is
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353 not particularly athletic, so I have worked with her extra so she can
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354 pass all of her tests. Sometimes she comes after school for practice,
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355 so I stay and take a later bus. In return, she insists on helping me
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356 with my Chinese, which is just like her. I noticed that she is always
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357 looking very dreamily at one of the other 4th grade girls, but that
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358 the other girl does not seem to notice. It is so kawaii to see her
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359 all -hanyaan-
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360
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361 Tomoyo-chan, please don't ever think that you are not an important
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362 part of my life anymore, or not necessary, or that I would be all
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363 right without you. It's really the very opposite, because I need you
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364 more than ever. Or, maybe, I just never realized before how much my
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365 best friend meant to me. I love Sayoran-chan so very much. But, I
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366 can't really talk with him about many things. He is very busy, and
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367 even when he is home he is such a private person. We are not together
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368 as much as I would like, but then, I guess we never could be, since
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369 there are not enough hours in the day. But for the first time since I
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370 met you, I feel lonely.
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371
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372 When it started, I thought I was just homesick, and missed
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373 everybody. And I do miss everyone, in a way. But not the way I miss
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374 you. Not being with you hurts me. I don't want to make you sad, so
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375 please don't worry. But Tomoyo-chan, not having you to talk with, to
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376 see, and to hold is so much more painful than I ever thought. It's
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377 like breathing. You don't think about the air until it's gone, and
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378 then you are desperate. When I was with you, I felt that everything
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379 was all right. I -knew- it was. Tomoyo-chan, I don't think I feel
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380 that way anymore. I feel so apart from you, and sometimes I miss you
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381 so much I just start to cry. I don't understand this at all. I am
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382 with the man I love in a beautiful new place on my life's adventure.
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383 But I feel so sad. I feel just like sensei, like my special person is
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384 far away. And I don't want to tell you this, because it makes me so
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385 ashamed, but when you told me that Oniichan was not your special
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386 person, part of me was happy. I hate myself for feeling that way, and
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387 am so, so sorry. But I had to tell you, because I do not want to keep
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388 any secrets. Part of me was happy that you are not with your special
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389 person. I -hate- that part of me. I do so want you to be happy, and
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390 would do anything I could for you. So why do I feel this way? I
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391 should be happy if you could be with your special someone. It's so
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392 sad you are not, and that your love must be kept deep within your
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393 heart. But if you were with someone else, I would feel farther away
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394 from you than ever. It's almost as if you -were- my special person,
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395 which of course must be ridiculous. But it's just how I feel, no
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396 matter how many times I tell myself I don't. Gomenesai, Tomoyo-chan.
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397
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398 Last night something strange happened. It was the dream again, the
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399 one in Tokyo. It was so windy that I could barely stand. I was
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400 straining to see the figure on Tokyo Tower. The figure on the tower
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401 was still vague, and I do not know who it was. The wind howled, and
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402 almost knocked me off the roof of the building we were on. In fact,
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403 just then a real wind woke me up, and I was surprised to find I was
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404 not in my bed at all. I had wandered in my sleep, and awoke on the
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405 edge of a steep cliff overlooking the ocean. I was facing east,
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406 toward Japan, and the moon was setting over the water. I was scared,
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407 and then very embarrassed, being in my nightgown outdoors.
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408 Fortunately nobody was around so I was able to sneak back home. On
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409 the way back I ran into Kero-chan, who noticed I was gone and came to
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410 look for me. I told him about the dream, and he seemed quite
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411 concerned. He said I should tie a string around my finger when I
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412 sleep and attach it to a little bell or something so I don’t wander
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413 in my sleep anymore. But that seemed silly, and I would probably just
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414 get all tangled up. Fortunately, Sayoran-chan slept through the whole
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415 thing.
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416
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417 I have been visiting with the Cards a lot lately. I had a long
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418 conversation with Light-sama and Dark-sama Sunday night. Tomoyo-chan,
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419 they are so sweet together. I never knew. They are a beautiful
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420 couple, and even though they are so different, they are very much in
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421 love. Dark-sama is more quiet and shy, but very tender and gentle.
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422 Light-sama is funny sometimes, though she is always very dignified. I
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423 talked with them about many things, and felt so much better
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424 afterwards. I told them you are coming to visit, and they both looked
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425 very pleased and wish to meet you. Tomoyo-chan, I also asked them
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426 about you, and your special someone. Dark-sama almost seemed to
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427 blush, and Light-sama laughed in her Lady-like way. They said I
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428 should trust more in my special power, and then everything will be
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429 all right.
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430
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431 Gomenesai, Tomoyo-chan. I will stop asking about who your special
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432 person is. I had no right to try and find out. I would never, ever
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433 want to hurt you. Even though a part of me would miss you so very
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434 much, I do wish you could be with your beloved. I know you are happy
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435 for him, and I do hope that makes you happy, too. I have never known
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436 anybody quite like you, Tomoyo-chan. You are kind, gentle, loving,
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437 and caring. You were always the smartest person I ever knew. Even
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438 though Naoko-chan read more books, you were smart about -everything-,
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439 like sewing and people and tea. And you are so beautiful. Seeing you
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440 in those videos sometimes takes my breath away. I read in a magazine
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441 once that angels are celestial visitors who come to Earth. They bring
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442 love and peace to all the fortunate people they touch. It's funny,
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443 because when I read this, I thought of you. I thought, maybe Tomoyo-
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444 chan is an angel, because she is not like anyone else. She is so
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445 special. So, I believe that someday, somehow, you will be with your
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446 special person. Everything -cannot- be all right if you are alone. If
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447 I could have one wish, it would be that you and your love would be
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448 together, forever.
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449
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450
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451 Love,
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452
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453
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454 Sakura
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455
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456
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457 PS- Kero chan says thank you for the strawberry cake recipe, but
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458 please make the recipes bigger next time. He made me write this.
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459
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460 PPS- Syaoran-chan says hello.
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461
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462 PPSS- I have enclosed some more pictures for you. One is of the
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463 school from the front, and one is of the gym where I teach. Fanren
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464 took the picture of me baking the strawberry cake. It looks a bit
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465 messy, but the cake really did turn out well.
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466
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467
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468
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469 Dear Sakura-chan,
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470 I’m sorry that it’s taken me so long to reply to your
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471 wonderful letter. I always love hearing from you and writing to you
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472 makes me very happy. But the past week and a half have been very
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473 hectic. Hanako-chan is just about finished. It took a lot of work,
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474 but I’m very happy with her. I think she’s a doll that young girls
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475 will be able to love dearly. It’s my gift to all of the poor little
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476 girls out there who don’t have their own Sakura-chan to dress in cute
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477 costumes and play with. We had a lot of meetings lately so that we
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478 could solve all of the problems with Hanako-chan so that she would
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479 come out smoothly. I have one of the prototypes for her on my
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480 desk right now. I’m going to send her to you along with this letter.
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481 I really hope that you like her. I know that she’ll be happy to be
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482 with Sakura-chan.
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483 Meishi-san had her wedding early, so I went to that several
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484 days ago. It was a beautiful ceremony. She and her husband are
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485 very much in love. I’m very happy for them to be spending the rest
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486 of their lives together. They had an enormous cake that Kero-chan
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487 would have loved to see. I would get the recipe, but it looked too
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488 big for me to bake. The wedding reminded me of Sakura-chan’s, so
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489 I thought of you throughout the ceremony. I think Meishi-san and
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490 her husband are already planning on children. She’ll make an
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491 excellent mother. The smile on her face looked so joyous. It was
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492 the same as yours at your wedding. It must be such a wonderful
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493 feeling to know that you will forever be with your true love. I’m
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494 very happy for the both of you. Meishi-san asked me when I was
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495 going to ask my girlfriend in the photo to marry me. She’s always
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496 joking about those sorts of things. I told her I would as soon as I
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497 knew she would say yes. We laughed a bit and went back to the
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498 party. Meishi-san left for her honeymoon that night, so she’s still
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499 gone right now. After all of the hard work on Hanako-chan, she
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500 deserves the rest with her beloved.
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501 I’ve been practicing longer with Megumi-chan after work.
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502 She really has a lovely voice. And she certainly has the
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503 determination to be a very good singer. All she needs is a little
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504 patience and it will come perfectly to her. I brought up her singing
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505 in a competition a short time ago, but she seemed a little nervous.
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506 She asked me about the awards I’d won, but I told her that that was
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507 never what mattered to me when singing. Singing lets you express
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508 the feelings in your soul. It lets you serenade your one, true love,
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509 even if they can’t hear you. Singing is a way to say what you cannot
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510 with simple words. Megumi-chan seemed a little surprised by that,
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511 so I asked her why she wanted me to teach her to sing. She
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512 couldn’t answer right away so I told her to think about the answer
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513 until our next lesson. When our next lesson finally arrived, she came
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514 out to meet me in front of her house. She smiled a very sweet smile
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515 and told me that she wanted to sing because she always loved to
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516 and that she wanted to sing like an angel for her special someone.
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517 I’m very proud of her. I think before long, her angelic voice will
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518 reach out to whoever it is she’s singing for.
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519 I’ve spoken with my mother and I have my flight information ready.
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520 I should be leaving for Hong Kong late next week. Please tell me if
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521 that’s a bother at all. I can always book a different flight. Now
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522 that Hanako-chan is done with her design phase, mother said it would
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523 be perfectly all right for me to take a break and go visit Sakura-
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524 chan. She tried to convince me to go with her on a trip to the
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525 mountains instead, but I had to refuse. I know she has the best of
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526 intentions, but I would like to see Sakura-chan again in her new
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527 married life. Mother sends her love, even if she can’t deliver it
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528 herself. Are you sure that it’s all right if I stay at the Li house?
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529 There are several hotels around there that I could check into. Though
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530 if Sakura-chan has gone through all the trouble, I would most
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531 graciously accept your hospitality. Thank you for going through so
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532 much trouble just for me, Sakura-chan. The room sounds lovely and it
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533 will be very nice to look out on the same garden that Sakura-chan
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534 wanders through. I’m sorry that your days seem longer because of
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535 this. I’ll have to come out there very soon so that you won’t have to
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536 worry anymore. And I would absolutely
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537 love to have tea with you and the wonderful tea set while I’m there.
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538 Please tell Flower that if she would love to dance, I would be most
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539 pleased to. It has been a very long time since I’ve last danced.
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540 Sakura-chan sure has been dreaming a lot lately. I’m always
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541 very happy to hear about your dreams. There’s always a very sweet
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542 quality about them. Maybe it’s the air in Hong Kong that’s giving
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543 you so many of them. Or your new life. But they seem very nice. I
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544 remember you braiding my hair like that. I was very happy to have
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545 you doing that for me. It’s completely different having Sakura-chan
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546 do your hair. Not at all like fixing my hair myself. Your hands were
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547 so gentle and warm. You were so careful with your brush strokes. I
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548 wish I had caught that on videotape, but I’m pleased to hold the
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549 memory in my heart for as long as I can. I’m really glad that
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550 Sakura-chan remembered it. You were so sweet that night. We
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551 stayed up late talking about all kinds of things. And I was so happy
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552 when you agreed to fix my hair. Thank you so much for that,
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553 Sakura-chan. You don’t have to worry about missing me anymore.
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554 I’ll be in Hong Kong soon enough and we can spend some time
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555 together like we used to. Of course, I don’t want to interfere with
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556 your new life, so I’ll be very careful about that. But
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557 there’s no reason to be lonely, Sakura-chan. You have many people
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558 who love you very much. And you don’t have to miss me. You’re
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559 always in my thoughts and you always have my love. I’m very sorry
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560 that you’ve been feeling so lonely lately. I’ll be happy to try and
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561 cheer Sakura-chan up while I visit. I’m very happy that you always
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562 felt good when I was around. I always wanted Sakura-chan to be
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563 happy, so it was a spectacular award to see you smile. I wanted to
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564 make you as happy as I could, so that Sakura-chan wouldn’t have
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565 to worry. But now that’s Li-kun’s job, so I should be glad that it’s
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566 in good hands.
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567 It is so horrible that people like your sensei friend and my
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568 mother and your father all have to go through so much pain. It must
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569 hurt unbearably to lose your special someone. But your sensei
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570 friend is right. Even if you are far apart or separated, they will
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571 forever dwell in your heart, the impressions of their soul always
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572 bringing back the sweetest of memories and the deepest of regrets.
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573 But I think as long as you know you have that sliver of their soul,
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574 and that your love can encompass it with a warm glow, then you
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575 have nothing to fear. No matter how much it hurts, you will always
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576 carry slivers of their soul.
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577 Your students sound eager and determined just like their
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578 sensei. It just seems like fate that Sakura-chan would help them get
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579 into cheerleading. I’m sure they will all be adorable. And with you
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580 helping them, it will turn out wonderfully. I stayed up a little
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581 late a
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582 few nights this week and worked on the designs for the uniform. I’ll
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583 send it along with this letter. I hope that it works well enough. I
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584 think Sakura-chan’s students would look very kawaii in it. Please
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585 don’t worry about paying me. As long as Sakura-chan takes some
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586 pictures of her students practicing in the uniforms, I’ll be very
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587 pleased. Seeing some of your old costumes gave me inspiration for
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588 the design. I wanted to make sure that everyone who sees them will
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589 know that they’re Sakura-chan’s super cute cheerleaders! I think
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590 it’s fitting that the last costume I made for you was your wedding
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591 dress, but I’m very glad to be able to help with this. I’m very
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592 excited about their efforts.
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593 Thank you very much for helping out the girl that reminds
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594 you of me. I would have been so thrilled to have Sakura-sensei’s
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595 help back in P.E. so I’m certain that she is in good hands. She’s
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596 very lucky to have a teacher like you. It sounds like the girl who
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597 manages to capture her attention reminds me of someone else.
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598 That’s so sweet to hear. I hope that she can improve with Sakura-
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599 sensei’s help and that hopefully the other girl will notice the way
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600 she looks at her.
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601 Sakura-chan, please know that I’ll always be here for as
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602 long as you need me. If you ever need someone to talk to or if Li-
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603 kun’s just not around or for any reason, you can always talk to me.
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604 I don’t want you to ever have to feel lonely. I’m sure that as time
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605 goes by, Sakura-chan won’t feel so lonely anymore as she gets new
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606 friends and grows closer to her new family. Please don’t cry over
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607 me. It makes me sad knowing that my best friend is sad across the
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608 sea. Sakura-chan, I always wanted to comfort you as best I could,
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609 to make sure that you knew that everything would be all right. But
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610 that was never my doing. Things are all right because I believe in
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611 you. And they’ll continue to be. Just believe in yourself. I’ll
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612 always
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613 be your friend, but you don’t need me to know that things will
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614 work out. Everything will always work out for you. I know it will.
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615 Please don’t be sad. We’ve been best friends for a very long time.
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616 And you’ll always remain my best friend. You shouldn’t feel like
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617 sensei when your special person is right next to you. Maybe you
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618 need to spend some more time with Li-kun to get your mind off of
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619 your worries. Someone needs to cheer you up and if I can’t, then
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620 someone else will have to. Sakura-chan, please don’t feel bad about
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621 being happy that Touya-san isn’t my special person. If you’re glad
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622 for that, then I think that’s a good thing. If it worries you about
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623 me
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624 being more distant if I did get with my special person, then there’s
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625 nothing to concern yourself with. I’m happy as long as they are, so
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626 I’m quite content on my own. With Sakura-chan’s friendship and
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627 okaa-sama’s support, I know I won’t be alone. You’re the most
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628 important person in my life, Sakura-chan, so you don’t have to
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629 worry about me putting anyone above you. If I were your special
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630 person, then I would want very much for you to smile and laugh
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631 again. I would be a very lucky person if I were your special
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632 someone. Just like Li-kun.
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633 I never knew that Sakura-chan was a sleep walker. It must
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634 have been very cute to see you walking around with your eyes
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635 closed out there. I’m sure Li-kin would worry if he found out, but I
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636 don’t think you would be any danger from that. It’s probably part
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637 of your dream. I’m definitely starting to think that it’s pointing to
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638 Japan, but I don’t understand why. Maybe there still is some
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639 unfinished business with the Cards. My camcorder would be so
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640 happy to go back to videotaping Sakura-chan’s adventures! Even if
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641 it was only for a short time. But the dream is slowly unfolding to
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642 you. I’m sure soon enough it will be clear.
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643 I really wish I could tell you who my special someone is, but
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644 I think that it would be much better if I didn’t say their name. But
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645 I’m very lucky to warrant Sakura-chan’s concern. That’s extremely
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646 sweet of you to worry about me like that, Sakura-chan. You make
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647 such a perfect best friend. But don’t let it worry you, because that
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648 will only make me sad. I need to know that you’re smiling for me.
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649 And you don’t ever have to feel lonely over my special someone.
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650 Nothing could take you from my thoughts. You’ve burned your
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651 cute image into my mind forever. Thank you so much for all of the
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652 kind words, Sakura-chan. Hearing you say all that was very
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653 flattering. I’m makes me very happy to know that you think about
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654 me that way. And it does make me happy when my special someone
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655 is happy, so you don’t have to worry about me. If I were an angel, I
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656 would want to be Sakura-chan’s guardian angel, to watch over her
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657 forever and to take care of her. I heard a sad story some time ago
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658 about how angels cannot fall in love with humans because their love
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659 could never be. But what a beautiful love it is. As long as the angel
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660 can feel that love for the human they gave their heart to, does it
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661 really matter that they can’t be together? Even if the red string of
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662 fate isn’t wrapped around your finger, it doesn’t mean that you
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663 can’t love with all your heart. You may not get their love in return,
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664 but you get back so much just being able to have experienced them
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665 in your life. So I have no regrets. I wouldn’t take away a single day
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666 that I got to spend in the presence of my beloved. And my love will
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667 flourish in memories and dreams. Everything can still be all right if
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668 I’m alone. Because I am blessed to have been able to touch my
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669 special person’s life in some small way. Thank you so much for
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670 everything, Sakura-chan. I love you very much. You are my sweet,
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671 genki best friend.
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672
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673 I’ll see you soon,
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674 Daidouji Tomoyo |
