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1 Changing Seasons
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2 by tehwalrus, a Card Captor Sakura fanfiction
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6 Winter gently, slowly makes herself known. She creeps up in that first cold
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7 wind, in a guise as she first introduces herself to you, her long fingers
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8 playing through your hair, brown locks waving in the...
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12 Tomoyo closes her notebook with a happy but also regretful sigh as class
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13 finishes. She wanted to keep writing, but now she gets to go on her date with
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14 Sakura-chan! Of course, not a real date... She smiles at the brown haired
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15 bishoujo sitting in the desk next to her. "How is your poem coming Sakura-chan?
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16 Is it going to be excellent or spectacular?" The second girl blushes very
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17 cutely as she finishes packing up. "Tomoyo-chan... it really isn't as good as
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18 you say it is."
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20 Naoko, Chiharu and Rika walked over just then, each of the girls carrying thier
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21 schoolstuffs. Tomoyo smiles softly to the three, "Hello Naoko, Rika, Chiharu.
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22 Could you tell me how good this poem is?" She struggles just a little to bring
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23 up her memory of it, then begins to recite.
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24
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25 "Sakura blossoms and Spring are two parts of the same thing. One just another
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26 flower without the other while Spring would be never seen without pink and
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27 green..."
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28
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29 "Oh, very nice Tomoyo!" All three of Sakura's friends congratulated, Sakura
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30 blushing deeply. Tomoyo shakes her head a little bit, looking dreamily at
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31 Sakura. "Oh, that was Sakura-chan's great poem, not mine. It is very good
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32 Sakura-chan, everyone agreed." The girl nods, still blushing. "Hai, arigatou
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33 everyone. Tomoyo-chan and I were going to get ice cream before the store closes
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34 for christmas. Would you like to come too?"
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36 Tomoyo frowned only very slightly. She wanted to spend time alone with her
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37 genki friend, but wanting to make everyone happy and feel included was part of
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38 what made Sakura-chan Sakura-chan. Chiharu noticed the little disappointed look
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39 on Tomoyo's face, and quickly shook her head. "Sorry Sakura, we were all going
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40 to go over some homework together so we'll have it all done for the break." The
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41 other two nodded after a second, realizing what was going on. "We'll come next
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42 time."
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43
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44 Tomoyo whispered a small thank you as the three friends left and felt bad...
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45 Sakura had confided in her, saying how she wasn't happy about how she and the
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46 other three girls were growing apart, not realizing everyone had taken to
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47 leaving the brunette alone with Tomoyo for the heiress' sake. Sonomi kept
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48 saying that Sakura-chan was definately having more fun with just Tomoyo... but
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49 Tomoyo always felt guilty anyways, though not enough to give up this time with
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50 her Sakura-chan. She felt even more guilty for not acting on her guilt.
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53
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54 ...wind. She stays the same inside, but over time her intensity grows unable to
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55 hide itself and she snows down, showing her true colors, ruining your happiness
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56 with her frozen tears.
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59
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60 Tomoyo smiles as Sakura tells her about how Christmas had originated in the
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61 South Pole, but then Santa had to move since his wife was allergic to penguins.
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62 Tomoyo takes a bite of ice cream, shaking her head ruefully. "Did Yamazaki-kun
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63 tell you that Sakura-chan?" She giggles as Sakura nods emphatically. "I think
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64 maybe he was making it up."
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65
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66 Sakura blushes deeply again, embarassed at herself. "I always believe him..."
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67 Tomoyo reaches across the table, taking Sakura's hand in both of her own and
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68 smiling softly at the brunette.
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69
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70 "Sakura-chan is sweet and trusting. Don't be ashamed about it, those are some
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71 of the things that make Sakura-chan so perfect and wonderful." Tomoyo cringes
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72 inwardly... I have to tone it down some, not even kawaii Sakura-chan is
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73 completely naive. Of course, she was going to tell Sakura her feelings soon
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74 enough. If the poem Sakura was going to open on Christmas morning wasn't
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75 enough, Tomoyo wrote at the bottom "I love you Sakura, as your mother loved
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76 your father." Not even Sakura's naivety could escape the blatance there.
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77
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78 Sakura paled, her eyes going wide. "Tomoyo-chan... you love me?" Her speech
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79 comes out a bare whisper, but it more than enough to startle the heiress out of
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80 her introspection. She... she must have said the words aloud? Tomoyo nods once,
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81 slipping the poem out of her notebook and setting it on the table, then running
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82 quickly out of the building. She wasn't expecting this, she wasn't prepared...
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83 she didn't know what to say, so she just ran and kept running, not noticing
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84 where she was going.
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85
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86 Eventually she stops, finding herself on the bridge, and takes a seat along the
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87 edge of it, tears streaming down her face. "I ruined the whole plan, I was
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88 supposed to be at home when Sakura opened it, to give her a chance to reject me
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89 and never see me again. I was..." She stops midsentence at the sound of the so
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90 familiar voice behind her.
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91
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92 "That's not fair Tomoyo-chan, I... you should have done as you did, and tell me
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93 to my face." Sakura puts a hand on Tomoyo's shoulder, sitting down beside her
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94 friend and pulling the sobbing girl into a comforting hug. "We're best friends
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95 Tomoyo-chan, you know you can tell me anything. I love you too..." Sakura's
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96 face lights up as she comes to that realization, and Tomoyo's sobs stop from
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97 where she's tucked agaisnt the brunette's shoulder.
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98
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99 She looks up, most of her tears wiped from her cheeks. "Y-You do?" Sakura nods
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100 a little, grinning. "I do Tomoyo-chan... I didn't know it, but I do."
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104 And the brunette wipes the frosty tears away with a gentle kiss, holding Winter
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105 tight to herself and revealing Spring, still wet with sadness but joyful as
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106 happiness begins. |
