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1 Disclaimer: I've been writing a lot recently, I know, and I AM sorry about
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2 it. I just keep thinking about new ideas, so I have to get them down before
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3 they fly away. Or rather, I forget them. I like how I worded it first,
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4 though I always have the knowledge, the tiny white butterfly, somewhere deep
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5 within my mind, my soul. Anyways, this is a small fluffy fanfiction I wrote
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6 after I thought it up playing minesweeper. I almost always lose minesweeper,
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7 but oh well. ^^; I'm sorry! I know I should be working on 'Miss Witch', but
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8 I'm stuck on that one scene! Ugh. -_- So sad.anyways, warning: this
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9 fanfiction contains yuri and (I always add this in case it happens. My
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10 stories take their own form.) yaoi. If this offends you, please don't read.
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11 Also, I don't own any copyrighted stuff. Thanks! ~.^ ~~Forever3330~~ ^.~
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12
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13 A Walk In The Rain~~A Cardcaptor Sakura fanfiction
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14 By Forever3330
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15 kawaiimotoko@hotmail.com
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16
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17 A young brunette, maybe fourteen or so, walked slowly home from school,
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18 looking up at the gray sky as she walked. Soon she would reach the park. A
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19 small smile formed on her lips, and she stopped, waiting, listening.
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20 Soon enough she heard soft, quick footsteps behind her, and looked at the
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21 girl who stood next to her, breathing in short, quick, gasps.
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22 "Tomoyo-chan.wasn't your piano lesson going to run late today?"
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23 The second, slightly shorter girl stood up straighter, lavender hair
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24 rippling in small waves as she did so. She smiled warmly, the calm, gentle
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25 smile Sakura loved best. "Hai. But my sensei was sick. I hope she gets well
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26 soon." Tomoyo's eyes looked worried, but they brightened. "But now we can
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27 walk home together, Sakura-chan. Perhaps we could have a sleepover at your
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28 house. It's Friday, after all."
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29 Sakura beamed at her friend, barely noticing the tiny raindrops beginning
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30 to sprinkle down on them. "Of course. Father won't mind; he says you're like
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31 family, the way you're over at our house so often. Onii-chan says you are
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32 family."
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33 Tomoyo slipped her slender hand into Sakura's. "It honors me greatly that
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34 Kinomoto-san would think of me as such."
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35 Sakura giggled as they began to walk, perfectly in step. "Tomoyo-chan, you'
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36 re so polite!"
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37 Tomoyo smiled. "And you have a quality better then that Sakura-chan; you're
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38 special to many people, and you're the sunshine in my darkness."
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39 Sakura looked thoughtful for a few moments, then blushed. "Tomoyo-chan.oh,
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40 it's raining! I should have brought an umbrella like Father told me to!"
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41 Tomoyo looked up. "I love the rain.each little raindrop is like a tiny
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42 world, a tiny soul. Each so different and so the same.all born from the same
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43 Mother."
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44 Sakura smiled softly and squeezed her best friend's hand softly. "You see
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45 everything so much differently from me, Tomoyo-chan. I could happily spend
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46 years with you, and only learn a tiny bit of everything you see."
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47 Tomoyo looked over at Sakura, and smiled sweetly. "Sakura-chan, it would
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48 make me very happy to do so; Sakura-chan's happiness is my happiness."
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49 Sakura sighed. "Tomoyo-chan.I love rainy days too."
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50 "Why?" Tomoyo looked over at her friend as they came to a stop, at a
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51 railing on the small bridge that passed over the lake by the King Penguin.
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52 Sakura gently took her hand from Tomoyo's, and leaned against the railing,
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53 emerald eyes clouding over.
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54 "Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked softly.
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55 Sakura didn't reply, and simply looked out over the lake, then closed her
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56 eyes, pressing deep into her memory, her soul this perfect moment. The
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57 breeze was soft, blowing against her skin, warmly. And small raindrops fell
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58 down from the sky.Sakura knew she was soaked to the bone, but didn't care
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59 much. Tomoyo stood silently beside her, waiting ever patiently. Always
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60 patient. Waiting.
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61 Tomoyo turned and leaned on the railing, shivering as the cold metal
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62 touched her skin. The cold and wet didn't bother her much; she was here with
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63 her beloved special person. She would be lost in perfect bliss forever if
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64 only this moment could stretch into eternity; but for her, it already did.
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65 Looking over at Sakura, she smiled her soft smile. Her loved ones flashed
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66 one by one through her mind, but she knew that her love for Sakura wasn't
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67 rivaled by any of them. Oh, she had the strongest love possible for her
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68 mother, her friends; but her love for Sakura left them all far behind. It
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69 grew even now, as it always grew, second by second, as time went on. She
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70 could always go on, powered by that love. Even if she had to let Sakura go
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71 someday, her love would keep her going on. As long as she had these
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72 memories.
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73 Sakura sighed softly, not stirring Tomoyo out of her dream-like state, but
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74 simply going farther into her own. She knew most people took her for the
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75 oblivious girl she showed them, and for the most part she was. But
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76 sometimes, sometimes she saw in and through what everyone wanted her to see,
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77 through every illusion, straight to the soul of what was hiding. Tomoyo was
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78 hard to figure out, but there had been times when understanding gripped her
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79 for a few precious seconds, and then fled. Tomoyo had once recited a poem to
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80 her...well; Tomoyo recited many poems to her. But one line had caught her
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81 attention yesterday. 'To see a world in a grain of sand'. Sakura smiled
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82 gently. As a child she had been able to do just that. But now, she could see
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83 things deeper, almost like she was seeing through a fraction of what Tomoyo'
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84 s view was. Tomoyo was so secretive sometimes.Sakura worried about her.
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85 Tomoyo breathed in the air around her, slipping further into her
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86 seeming-trance. There were so many things she could say right now. But
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87 nothing would accurately describe the moment, the feelings, emotions,
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88 senses. Nothing would describe it. But she could hold a wisp of what this
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89 moment had been within her, forever. The moment itself could never be truly
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90 there again, without it happening. Oh, she could live on. But this full
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91 blast of life within the moment wouldn't happen after Sakura left. Tomoyo
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92 hoped the time when such a thing would happen was far into the future.
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93 Syaoran had turned to her, before he left to China, after he had promised
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94 to come back for her. A promise Sakura hadn't asked for, and wasn't sure he
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95 would keep. He had asked her to go with him. And she had refused. Perhaps,
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96 perhaps she should have gone. But then she would never have been here, in
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97 this small glimpse of heaven. If Syaoran were in Tomoyo's place right now,
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98 what would be different? She should be happier, right? That was to some
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99 extent something Naoko had asked her. Strangely enough, she hadn't thought
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100 much about it. She couldn't leave her family, her friends. She couldn't
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101 leave. They would have been devastated, especially Tomoyo. Sakura winced at
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102 the thought. Her best friend had always told her that Sakura's happiness was
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103 her own happiness, but Sakura knew that Tomoyo seemed to need her. Tomoyo
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104 always seemed so fragile in Sakura's eyes, even though Sakura knew Tomoyo
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105 was stronger then her in some ways. But she still couldn't bring herself to
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106 do it. To go away from the people she loved. It would be too much. Even
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107 though she was sure Tomoyo would have insisted on her going if the pale
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108 heiress had known. Tomoyo thought she was happy with Syaoran. So Tomoyo
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109 naturally tried to do what she thought would make Sakura happy, tried to
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110 make it all come to life. Sakura shook her head, smiling slightly at the
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111 thought.
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112 Tomoyo opened her eyes, realizing only now they were closed. She shifted
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113 and looked over at Sakura in concern. Usually the energetic Cardmistress
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114 couldn't stay still.
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115 Sakura smiled, and opened her eyes as she turned to Tomoyo. She giggled as
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116 she saw her friend's soaking lavender hair messy for once. Still, Tomoyo's
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117 hair was always beautiful, even like this.
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118 Tomoyo blinked, not quite understanding. Then her eyes noticed Sakura was
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119 soaked, and quite messy, and knew she must look quite the same. Embarrassed,
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120 she giggled softly, and the two girls' giggles became laughter.
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121 Slowly, their laughter drifted off, and the rain became heavier, but
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122 neither noticed it. "Tomoyo-chan.what were you thinking about?"
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123 Tomoyo smiled gently. "My special person."
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124 "That's what you always say when I ask you that." Sakura commented.
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125 "Because it's always true." Tomoyo smiled warmly.
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126 Sakura smiled, looking at her friend.
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127 "Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo felt Sakura's forehead. "Are you okay?"
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128 "I'm fine." Sakura replied.
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129 "If you say so." Tomoyo still looked worried.
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130 Sakura's smile became dreamy, and she leaned slightly forward, touching her
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131 own lips Tomoyo's petal soft ones. Pulling back the brunette blushed
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132 slightly, but smiled all the same, then turned back to look over the lake in
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133 embarrassment.
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134 Tomoyo stood there for a few moments, trying to figure out what had just
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135 happened, and at the same time burning the memory into her heart, making
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136 sure the memory would never leave her. That was the most happiness she had
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137 ever felt, her soul combining with Sakura's creating a light brighter then
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138 that Sakura alone could shine on her life. A hand rose unconsciously to her
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139 lips, and she waited in the silence, looking over at Sakura.
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140 Sakura finally turned back to her friend, and giggled. "Gomen ne, Tomoyo. I
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141 didn't mean to surprise you."
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142 Tomoyo blinked, and replied. "It's okay Sakura-chan."
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143 "You wanted to know the reason I love rainy days?" Sakura asked, smiling at
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144 Tomoyo's bewilderment.
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145 "Hai, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said, still slightly out of it.
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146 "Because the stormy blue sky reminds me of your eyes." Sakura blushed. "And
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147 it feels like my Tomoyo-chan is watching over me."
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148 Tomoyo's mind kept going over the same words: 'my Tomoyo-chan'. "That
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149 sounds like something I would say." She finally managed.
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150 Sakura giggled nervously, putting one hand behind her head. "I know.
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151 Because it is something you would say, Tomoyo. My love is the same as yours.
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152 Gomen. It took me a little while to get used to it, or to say anything."
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153 "What do you mean?" Tomoyo was confused and yet strangely understood it
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154 all.
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155 "I mean that I love you, Tomoyo. I sometimes understand the things you say.
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156 Plus everyone hints at it if I ask the right questions. Sometimes I just don
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157 't see things very clearly. Then, sometimes, I see it. Like in that poem you
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158 recited the other day."
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159 "What about Syaoran-kun?" Tomoyo asked.
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160 Sakura looked thoughtful. "I think Kero-chan tried to explain it to me. I
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161 knew I never loved him, really, after I thought about it, but I didn't know
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162 how to explain it. He said it was the attraction to magic, like with
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163 Yuki-san and Ms. Misuki. But I know that I love you, Tomoyo. I asked
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164 Light-sama and Dark-sama about love, once. They're smart. I think they love
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165 eachother, Tomoyo. Light-sama said something about being to halves apart and
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166 together whole."
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167 Tomoyo nodded slowly. "Sakura-chan."
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168 Sakura looked a little worried. "Is it okay for me to love you? Or did I
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169 get everything wrong?"
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170 Tomoyo shook her head, silencing Sakura. "Would you be happy?"
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171 "With you?" Sakura sighed in relief. "Hai. I already am, Tomoyo. I like
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172 moments like these. I would be truly happy if I could spend the rest of my
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173 life with you."
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174 Tomoyo nodded, smiling. "My happiness is you happiness Sakura. Whatever
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175 makes you happy. If it would make you happy to spend the rest of you life
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176 with me I would be happier then I could say. Aishiteru."
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177 Sakura smiled, almost bouncing, her usual energy back. "Really? That would
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178 make me very happy, Tomoyo! Do you promise?"
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179 Tomoyo smiled at the genki girl. Her genki girl. "Hai, Sakura. I promise."
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180 Sakura smiled, and kissed Tomoyo again, in a feather-light, quick, kiss.
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181 "Good! But we have to get home before my family gets worried. I'm already
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182 behind schedule because I forgot my roller blades at school."
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183 Tomoyo smiled dreamily. "Whatever you say, Sakura." Sakura slipped her hand
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184 into Tomoyo's and Tomoyo was aware of them starting to walk.
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185 "Are you going to be quiet the entire walk home?" Sakura asked after a few
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186 moments, looking curiously over at the heiress. "Don't you have anything to
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187 say? Usually you tell me about new costumes and stuff."
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188 Tomoyo smiled warmly, her gentle smile reserved for those she loved, this
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189 one for Sakura. "The only thing I have to say is that we should take more
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190 walks in the rain. They're nice. Especially if you're going to stop at that
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191 bridge each time and give me a kiss."
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192 Sakura smiled, blushing a little. "We could make it a habit, if you want."
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193 "That would make me very happy, Sakura."
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194 "Then it'd make me happy too." Sakura squeezed her love's hand.
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195 And so they walked, in the rain.
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