|
rlm@0
|
1 Dear Sakura
|
|
rlm@0
|
2 by Amazoness Duo and G.P.
|
|
rlm@0
|
3 amazonessduo@hotmail.com
|
|
rlm@0
|
4 pearsong1954@yahoo.com
|
|
rlm@0
|
5
|
|
rlm@0
|
6
|
|
rlm@0
|
7 Dear Tomoyo-chan,
|
|
rlm@0
|
8
|
|
rlm@0
|
9 Thank you so much for coming to visit! It was wonderful to see you
|
|
rlm@0
|
10 again, and to be with you. I really had such a lovely time going to
|
|
rlm@0
|
11 places in the city, and just talking about things. Tomoyo-chan, being
|
|
rlm@0
|
12 with you means so much to me. When we’re together, I feel so content,
|
|
rlm@0
|
13 as if my life is all full and doesn’t need anything else. It’s almost
|
|
rlm@0
|
14 as if you’re a missing part of me, that I’m not quite complete
|
|
rlm@0
|
15 without you. I’m sorry if sometimes I get sort of emotional. You’re
|
|
rlm@0
|
16 so kind and patient. I always feel safe around you, and sometimes I
|
|
rlm@0
|
17 guess my feelings just sort of spill out. But it’s always been such a
|
|
rlm@0
|
18 help to talk with you, because I always seem to understand things
|
|
rlm@0
|
19 better afterwards. So thank you, Tomoyo-chan, both for the trip and
|
|
rlm@0
|
20 for all the years you have been my very best friend.
|
|
rlm@0
|
21
|
|
rlm@0
|
22 The house seems terribly empty now without my pretty designer from
|
|
rlm@0
|
23 Japan. I was going to clean up your room yesterday, but somehow I
|
|
rlm@0
|
24 just got lost there, as if your sweet presence still lingered. There
|
|
rlm@0
|
25 really wasn’t much to do, since you left everything so neat and tidy.
|
|
rlm@0
|
26 But I guess I didn’t want to change anything. Not yet, anyway. So,
|
|
rlm@0
|
27 the guest room is still Tomoyo-chan’s room. It will have to be
|
|
rlm@0
|
28 patient for your return, even though it must be very sad that you
|
|
rlm@0
|
29 have gone.
|
|
rlm@0
|
30
|
|
rlm@0
|
31 Fanren-san and I had a really nice talk over tea yesterday. It
|
|
rlm@0
|
32 seemed no matter where our conversation wandered, we always ended up
|
|
rlm@0
|
33 talking about Tomoyo-chan. She wanted to know all about you from when
|
|
rlm@0
|
34 we were growing up together. It was fun talking about all our
|
|
rlm@0
|
35 adventures with the Clow Cards, and the school projects we worked on,
|
|
rlm@0
|
36 and the field trips and just all sorts of things. When I think about
|
|
rlm@0
|
37 all we went through together, it really is quite amazing. I tried to
|
|
rlm@0
|
38 find some pictures of you to show her, but most of them were of me,
|
|
rlm@0
|
39 or Syaoran. She was a little disappointed, and I promised to ask if
|
|
rlm@0
|
40 you might have any pictures of yourself you could send. I would be
|
|
rlm@0
|
41 happy to pay for any copies, because I would like to have them
|
|
rlm@0
|
42 myself. Fanren-san says you are an exceptional person, and anyone who
|
|
rlm@0
|
43 could capture your heart would be very fortunate, indeed. I told her
|
|
rlm@0
|
44 about your special someone, and that seemed to upset her quite a bit.
|
|
rlm@0
|
45 I almost thought she wanted to talk about something, but was keeping
|
|
rlm@0
|
46 it to herself. Anyway, we both agreed that it would be wonderful to
|
|
rlm@0
|
47 be Tomoyo-chan's true love!
|
|
rlm@0
|
48
|
|
rlm@0
|
49 I was helping Ieran-sama with dinner last night, and she was very
|
|
rlm@0
|
50 quiet. I thanked her for the beautiful banquet she held for you. It
|
|
rlm@0
|
51 really was an amazing feast, and I know she thinks very highly of
|
|
rlm@0
|
52 you. She looked at me, and I could tell that something was bothering
|
|
rlm@0
|
53 her. I'm not sure what. She didn't say anything, except that I was
|
|
rlm@0
|
54 cutting the cabbage too thinly. But I think that she misses you, too.
|
|
rlm@0
|
55 At dinner, she had on the prettiest jade and gold earrings. I had
|
|
rlm@0
|
56 never seen them before, and told her how nice they looked on her. She
|
|
rlm@0
|
57 looked at me for the longest time, and finally said that, "Sometimes
|
|
rlm@0
|
58 we don't notice the most beautiful things in our life." She was very
|
|
rlm@0
|
59 angry, but I'm not sure why. Maybe I messed up something else in the
|
|
rlm@0
|
60 kitchen. But after dinner I made a pot of her favorite tea, and also
|
|
rlm@0
|
61 baked some almond cookies that I know she likes. She actually smiled
|
|
rlm@0
|
62 at me when I served them, though it was sort of a sad smile. Tomoyo-
|
|
rlm@0
|
63 chan, I think maybe you are right about Ieran-sama. I know she is
|
|
rlm@0
|
64 unhappy about the marriage, but it doesn't quite feel like she
|
|
rlm@0
|
65 dislikes me. I really did think at first that she hated me. But
|
|
rlm@0
|
66 Tomoyo-chan, you wouldn't smile like that at someone you hate, would
|
|
rlm@0
|
67 you? Sometimes it almost seems that she likes me a little, just not
|
|
rlm@0
|
68 as her son's wife. I wish I knew people's hearts like Tomoyo-chan.
|
|
rlm@0
|
69 You were always so wise about people, and how they felt. If it hadn't
|
|
rlm@0
|
70 been for you, I don't think I ever would have been with Sayoran like
|
|
rlm@0
|
71 this. If it hadn't been for you and everyone telling me, I don't
|
|
rlm@0
|
72 think I ever would have known that I love him. Isn't that funny, that
|
|
rlm@0
|
73 a person can love someone and not know it until everyone points it
|
|
rlm@0
|
74 out? I guess I am pretty stupid about things sometimes. Gomenasai.
|
|
rlm@0
|
75
|
|
rlm@0
|
76 I've been working on preparations for the new school year. There is
|
|
rlm@0
|
77 so much to be done when you are starting out a new quarter. There are
|
|
rlm@0
|
78 lesson plans, and assignments, and grading schemes, and you have to
|
|
rlm@0
|
79 look over the medical records and past performance of the girls to
|
|
rlm@0
|
80 figure out what they are capable of. And I never knew soccer was so
|
|
rlm@0
|
81 complicated. Playing it was a lot easier than coaching. Our season
|
|
rlm@0
|
82 starts in the spring, but I will do some practices with the team this
|
|
rlm@0
|
83 fall. I have a notebook of plays from last year, but trying to figure
|
|
rlm@0
|
84 out the diagrams with all of the X's and O's makes me sort of dizzy.
|
|
rlm@0
|
85 Little Jung-chan said she would help, because she knew all the plays
|
|
rlm@0
|
86 from her friend being on the team last year. She is a very bright
|
|
rlm@0
|
87 little girl, and really has helped me a lot as an assistant.
|
|
rlm@0
|
88
|
|
rlm@0
|
89 I wasn't going to mention this, because I don't want to bother you.
|
|
rlm@0
|
90 But I have to talk about it with someone, because it still really
|
|
rlm@0
|
91 upsets me. Something funny happened with Sayoran the night after you
|
|
rlm@0
|
92 left. He was in a real bad mood, and very angry. I've noticed that
|
|
rlm@0
|
93 when he is emotional about something, he gets short-tempered and
|
|
rlm@0
|
94 moody. I guess we make sort of a funny pair, because he has trouble
|
|
rlm@0
|
95 expressing his feelings, and I have trouble knowing mine. Anyhow, we
|
|
rlm@0
|
96 sort of got into a fight again. I really, really hate that,
|
|
rlm@0
|
97 especially with him. What he said I know he didn't really mean, but
|
|
rlm@0
|
98 it still hurt to hear. I didn't want to cry, but I just couldn't help
|
|
rlm@0
|
99 it. That made him even more mad, and he was yelling about me being a
|
|
rlm@0
|
100 stupid woman and to stop crying. That's when I ran out.
|
|
rlm@0
|
101
|
|
rlm@0
|
102 I walked around for a long time, but just couldn't stop crying.
|
|
rlm@0
|
103 Then I noticed I had wandered into your room, and sat in the chair to
|
|
rlm@0
|
104 calm down. The moon was up, and your little quilt just glowed in the
|
|
rlm@0
|
105 beautiful, silvery light. It's odd, because it was as if you were
|
|
rlm@0
|
106 still with me in that room. Tomoyo-chan, I could feel you there,
|
|
rlm@0
|
107 comforting me and holding me close. I stopped crying, though my heart
|
|
rlm@0
|
108 still hurt terribly. Then I saw something tucked under the quilt. You
|
|
rlm@0
|
109 are going to laugh, but my first thought really was, "Oh, Tomoyo-chan
|
|
rlm@0
|
110 left some of her clothing behind. I had better fly to Tomoeda right
|
|
rlm@0
|
111 away and take it back to her!" But looking closely, I saw it was not
|
|
rlm@0
|
112 finished. Also, it didn't look like it would fit you. That is when I
|
|
rlm@0
|
113 realized it was a costume for me.
|
|
rlm@0
|
114
|
|
rlm@0
|
115 Arigato gozaimasu, Tomoyo-chan. I know you meant to leave it,
|
|
rlm@0
|
116 because it was folded so neatly, and tucked into your bed so
|
|
rlm@0
|
117 carefully. It is so beautiful, even if it isn't done. I remembered
|
|
rlm@0
|
118 all the funny little costumes you made for me when we were younger,
|
|
rlm@0
|
119 and all the love that was stitched into them. Back then, I really
|
|
rlm@0
|
120 didn't understand how special they were. Now, they are all my
|
|
rlm@0
|
121 precious memories, because you made them for me. It was a beautiful
|
|
rlm@0
|
122 present, and thank you for leaving it. But the most wonderful gift I
|
|
rlm@0
|
123 have ever received was you, Tomoyo-chan. Maybe because we were so
|
|
rlm@0
|
124 close for so long I didn't know. But now that you're gone again, I
|
|
rlm@0
|
125 understand. I know the most amazing thing to happen to me wasn't the
|
|
rlm@0
|
126 Cards, or all the magic, or even marrying Sayoran-chan. It was being
|
|
rlm@0
|
127 with you.
|
|
rlm@0
|
128
|
|
rlm@0
|
129 I fell asleep in your bed, hugging the dress you made for me. I felt
|
|
rlm@0
|
130 better in the morning, so please don't feel sad. It was almost as if
|
|
rlm@0
|
131 you were there with me, sharing sweet dreams all night long.
|
|
rlm@0
|
132 Sometimes when I think about you, I get all hanyaan. And sometimes, I
|
|
rlm@0
|
133 feel such a soothing peace that everything seems all right. Last
|
|
rlm@0
|
134 night, your gentle spirit took away all the hurt in my heart. I guess
|
|
rlm@0
|
135 this is what you meant when you said you would always be with me,
|
|
rlm@0
|
136 even when we were apart. Thank you, Tomoyo-chan.
|
|
rlm@0
|
137
|
|
rlm@0
|
138
|
|
rlm@0
|
139
|
|
rlm@0
|
140 With all my love,
|
|
rlm@0
|
141
|
|
rlm@0
|
142
|
|
rlm@0
|
143
|
|
rlm@0
|
144 Kinomoto Sakura
|
|
rlm@0
|
145
|
|
rlm@0
|
146
|
|
rlm@0
|
147 Dear Sakura-chan,
|
|
rlm@0
|
148 I was so delighted to receive your wonderful letter in the mail.
|
|
rlm@0
|
149 Now that you’re so far away, I find myself watching my videos of you
|
|
rlm@0
|
150 even more often just so I can see you again. Your letters are always
|
|
rlm@0
|
151 such a great gift because they let me know how you are doing now. I
|
|
rlm@0
|
152 can hear Sakura-chan’s voice speaking whenever I read them, as if you
|
|
rlm@0
|
153 were telling me these things in person. It’s very difficult not to
|
|
rlm@0
|
154 look around the room to spot you. I have all of your letters placed
|
|
rlm@0
|
155 carefully in the box with the eraser you gave me and your mother’s
|
|
rlm@0
|
156 bouquet and your own for safekeeping. I’m afraid I’ll need a bigger
|
|
rlm@0
|
157 box soon! Though they never stay in the box very long because I
|
|
rlm@0
|
158 reread your letters nearly as much as I watch my videos of you. They
|
|
rlm@0
|
159 have that wonderful feel of Sakura-chan that always managed to
|
|
rlm@0
|
160 entrance me so. It never mattered to me that you were a girl.
|
|
rlm@0
|
161 Everything about you was always so amazing that I couldn’t keep
|
|
rlm@0
|
162 myself from falling under your spell even if I tried. Which I would
|
|
rlm@0
|
163 never want to try anyway. Being near you, being your best friend was
|
|
rlm@0
|
164 the happiest time of my life. You bring an energetic joy to the world
|
|
rlm@0
|
165 that must be contagious. You’re the sun and the moon in my life,
|
|
rlm@0
|
166 granting your beautiful light even in the darkest of nights. I’m so
|
|
rlm@0
|
167 very glad for the time I could spend with you and I’m very grateful
|
|
rlm@0
|
168 to have been a part of your life. Now that I watch through your life
|
|
rlm@0
|
169 again, captured on videotape in the same way you captured Cards, I
|
|
rlm@0
|
170 wonder if things might have happened differently if... But no, that
|
|
rlm@0
|
171 really doesn’t matter. Like an excellently scripted shoujo manga,
|
|
rlm@0
|
172 Magical Girl Sakura-chan has managed to not only save the love of
|
|
rlm@0
|
173 everyone, but to capture the heart of the cute lead boy. I always
|
|
rlm@0
|
174 thought the romance in those manga were the best parts, so I’m happy
|
|
rlm@0
|
175 that Sakura-chan can have a fairy tale marriage. You have a beautiful
|
|
rlm@0
|
176 life, Sakura-chan. I hope the next installment is even more amazing
|
|
rlm@0
|
177 than the pieces I have in my VCR.
|
|
rlm@0
|
178 Thank you so much for the exciting visit to Hong Kong. You were by
|
|
rlm@0
|
179 far the best part of it. Even with it’s beautiful scenery and places
|
|
rlm@0
|
180 to go, it still couldn’t compare to the splendor that is Sakura-chan.
|
|
rlm@0
|
181 It was a very lovely trip and I don’t know how I could ever thank you
|
|
rlm@0
|
182 for it. The memories will forever remain deep in my heart, filling me
|
|
rlm@0
|
183 with joy when I look back on them. It was like a gorgeous dream to be
|
|
rlm@0
|
184 able to see you again, to actually be a part of your new life for a
|
|
rlm@0
|
185 short while. And here I thought I would have to wait till you were
|
|
rlm@0
|
186 pregnant to come see it. Thank you again for such a lovely
|
|
rlm@0
|
187 experience. I will carry it with me always.
|
|
rlm@0
|
188 Now that I’m back in Japan, I find myself thinking of your smiling
|
|
rlm@0
|
189 face constantly. But that’s not very different from how I used to be,
|
|
rlm@0
|
190 so no one notices anything unusual. I told mother all about my visit
|
|
rlm@0
|
191 and she was very excited about it. It was wonderful to relive all of
|
|
rlm@0
|
192 the memories while I told her what had happened. I showed her some
|
|
rlm@0
|
193 videotape of the trip, but I really hadn’t filmed much while I was
|
|
rlm@0
|
194 there. That had surprised me because I had gone expecting to take
|
|
rlm@0
|
195 quite a bit of video sense I wouldn't be able to see you again. Ieran-
|
|
rlm@0
|
196 sama kindly gave me a videotape before I left so I was very happy
|
|
rlm@0
|
197 about that. It shows more of me than of Sakura-chan, but mother
|
|
rlm@0
|
198 didn’t seem to mind at all. She says I’m beginning to look quite a
|
|
rlm@0
|
199 bit like your mother, Sakura-chan. I can tell from some of the
|
|
rlm@0
|
200 pictures. She says that with how you and I act, we must have been
|
|
rlm@0
|
201 switched at birth. She’s still a little angry at the person in my
|
|
rlm@0
|
202 heart, but I know that she misses seeing you. You aren’t just
|
|
rlm@0
|
203 Nadeshiko’s daughter, though she was always happy about that, but
|
|
rlm@0
|
204 you’re a truly amazing person and she could see that as well as I
|
|
rlm@0
|
205 could. I know my mother would love to talk to you again. If she ever
|
|
rlm@0
|
206 says anything... Please don’t worry about her. Mother has been
|
|
rlm@0
|
207 through a lot. I know that she thinks very highly of you. She always
|
|
rlm@0
|
208 agreed with me that you were very pretty, genki, and sweet. I guess I
|
|
rlm@0
|
209 shouldn’t worry about it because you probably won’t see each other
|
|
rlm@0
|
210 again, but please know that you will always shine in her eyes as well
|
|
rlm@0
|
211 as my own.
|
|
rlm@0
|
212 Thank you for keeping the room as I left it, Sakura-chan. That’s
|
|
rlm@0
|
213 very nice of you. It was such a lovely room. I think a piece of me
|
|
rlm@0
|
214 will always reside there, a part of my heart remaining in Hong Kong
|
|
rlm@0
|
215 to watch over you. But please don’t worry about keeping it as I left
|
|
rlm@0
|
216 it. Life is full of change and I’m sure the room will serve other
|
|
rlm@0
|
217 purposes someday. I don’t think I’ll be able to go back for quite a
|
|
rlm@0
|
218 while as well, so you don’t have to keep it for me. I’m so glad you
|
|
rlm@0
|
219 found the dress. I wanted to give it to you, but I didn’t know what
|
|
rlm@0
|
220 to say about it. Words can be such a difficult thing sometimes. It’s
|
|
rlm@0
|
221 so much easier when you speak your heart. Which is something that I
|
|
rlm@0
|
222 always loved about you. You always did speak your heart, even when
|
|
rlm@0
|
223 you didn’t fully understand its intentions. It was always so cute to
|
|
rlm@0
|
224 see you when you were speaking passionately about one thing or
|
|
rlm@0
|
225 another. That fiery blush of yours always matched the fiery
|
|
rlm@0
|
226 determination in your eyes, making you look almost ethereal in your
|
|
rlm@0
|
227 beauty. And you would always come through, accomplishing what you set
|
|
rlm@0
|
228 your heart to, even if it wasn’t exactly what you’d intended. Sakura-
|
|
rlm@0
|
229 chan, I’m so glad you’re married. I’m so glad that you have embarked
|
|
rlm@0
|
230 on this new voyage in your life. I wish you only the best throughout
|
|
rlm@0
|
231 it all. I hope that you can have beautiful children and that your
|
|
rlm@0
|
232 life is long and fulfilling and blessedly happy. That is my fondest
|
|
rlm@0
|
233 wish and one that I will always pray for. Even if I become nothing
|
|
rlm@0
|
234 more than a distant memory in your life, I will still pour my heart
|
|
rlm@0
|
235 into those wishes for you. Please be happy, Sakura-chan. Because even
|
|
rlm@0
|
236 this far away, I never want you to ever have to be sad.
|
|
rlm@0
|
237 But back to the costume, I just didn’t think it was right to finish
|
|
rlm@0
|
238 it. I wanted your wedding dress to be the last costume I made for
|
|
rlm@0
|
239 you. It felt more fitting that way. So I apologize for leaving you
|
|
rlm@0
|
240 with a half finished costume. But I wanted you to have it. Perhaps as
|
|
rlm@0
|
241 a reminder or when you used to run around as my pretty Cardcaptor.
|
|
rlm@0
|
242 You always looked so gorgeous in the costumes, but you were what
|
|
rlm@0
|
243 brought out the beauty in them. They came alive when you wore them.
|
|
rlm@0
|
244 You were already so beautiful that the costumes were just an
|
|
rlm@0
|
245 accessory to the image. I hope you like the dress, even if it isn’t
|
|
rlm@0
|
246 finished. Please take good care of it. And yourself, Sakura-chan.
|
|
rlm@0
|
247 I enclosed some pictures of myself along with another videotape to
|
|
rlm@0
|
248 help with your cooking. The recipe on this tape is a little more
|
|
rlm@0
|
249 complicated, but I made sure to explain everything as well as I could
|
|
rlm@0
|
250 in it. I’m sure by now you will be able to make it perfectly. Just
|
|
rlm@0
|
251 remember to throw in a pinch or two of love to give it a little of
|
|
rlm@0
|
252 your own touch. If you go at it with the same burning determination
|
|
rlm@0
|
253 I’ve seen in you countless times before, then I know this will taste
|
|
rlm@0
|
254 exquisite. The camera angles might be a little awkward because
|
|
rlm@0
|
255 Chiyomi (one of my bodyguards) hasn’t used a camcorder before, but
|
|
rlm@0
|
256 she’s a quick learner, so it gets much better a few minutes into it.
|
|
rlm@0
|
257 I looked around for some pictures of myself to send, but it turns out
|
|
rlm@0
|
258 that most of my pictures are of Sakura-chan. I finally went and had
|
|
rlm@0
|
259 some pictures taken and I’ve put those with the letter. Mother teased
|
|
rlm@0
|
260 me about becoming a model like your mother, but I think I’ll stick
|
|
rlm@0
|
261 with toy designing. I always enjoyed being behind the camera much
|
|
rlm@0
|
262 more than being in front of it. Like with the plays we were a part of
|
|
rlm@0
|
263 and your Card capturing, I felt much more comfortable either behind
|
|
rlm@0
|
264 the camera’s lens or working on the costumes. Even with my singing,
|
|
rlm@0
|
265 the crowds were never my favorite part. But I just loved being able
|
|
rlm@0
|
266 to pour out my feelings in song. Which is probably why I used to sing
|
|
rlm@0
|
267 to myself when I would work on your costumes. Anyway, I hope that you
|
|
rlm@0
|
268 and Fanren-san can use the pictures. Writing about this has reminded
|
|
rlm@0
|
269 me of a few pictures I carry of you in my purse. I’m looking at the
|
|
rlm@0
|
270 one I took of you holding the King Penguin statue right now. You were
|
|
rlm@0
|
271 so adorable in it!
|
|
rlm@0
|
272 I’m glad that you and Fanren-san could talk. She is a very
|
|
rlm@0
|
273 straightforward person, so I’m a little surprised that she didn’t
|
|
rlm@0
|
274 tell you what she meant. She helped quite a bit with the banquet and
|
|
rlm@0
|
275 my time in Hong Kong in general. She is a very warm and very kind
|
|
rlm@0
|
276 woman. I received a letter from her a short time ago which I’m going
|
|
rlm@0
|
277 to get back to tonight (I’m writing this during my lunch break.
|
|
rlm@0
|
278 Mother and I are having lunch at a very nice restaurant. She’s on her
|
|
rlm@0
|
279 cell phone right now so I decided to write back). She and I had a lot
|
|
rlm@0
|
280 to talk about. She must get her perceptiveness from her mother, even
|
|
rlm@0
|
281 if they don’t act much alike. I would say she’s like the older sister
|
|
rlm@0
|
282 I never had, but I don’t think she’d like the example. That doesn’t
|
|
rlm@0
|
283 exactly fit either. I’m very glad that she and I managed to talk
|
|
rlm@0
|
284 while I was there.
|
|
rlm@0
|
285 Yes, the person I love is an extremely amazing person. I’m very
|
|
rlm@0
|
286 happy that everything has worked out for them. I’ve come to a few
|
|
rlm@0
|
287 difficult decisions lately. I don’t think I’m going to see them
|
|
rlm@0
|
288 anymore, Sakura-chan. I love them so much that being around them is
|
|
rlm@0
|
289 almost overwhelming. Being a part of their life and watching them in
|
|
rlm@0
|
290 love is very difficult. I should be happy for them. And I am happy
|
|
rlm@0
|
291 for them. But part of my heart longs for them terribly at times. If I
|
|
rlm@0
|
292 stay in their life, I think it will be too much for me. I don’t think
|
|
rlm@0
|
293 I could handle it. And if they find out my feelings, then it will
|
|
rlm@0
|
294 ruin things. Both their memories of me and the life they have now. So
|
|
rlm@0
|
295 I’m going to quietly slip from their life. I will always love them
|
|
rlm@0
|
296 with every bit of my heart and soul, but I don’t think I can stay any
|
|
rlm@0
|
297 longer. It’s a very painful decision, but I think it’s all I can do
|
|
rlm@0
|
298 now. I will always have my memories of this wonderful person. And one
|
|
rlm@0
|
299 day I would like to be their guardian angel, to watch over them as
|
|
rlm@0
|
300 they continue forward in their life.
|
|
rlm@0
|
301 I know that Ieran-sama can seem a bit harsh and distant at times,
|
|
rlm@0
|
302 but she is a very loving woman. She wants what is best for her family
|
|
rlm@0
|
303 and for those she cares about. You have to remember that she intended
|
|
rlm@0
|
304 for Li-kun to marry Meiling-chan. And with the structure of the Li
|
|
rlm@0
|
305 Clan and life in Hong Kong, that has caused her some difficulty. And
|
|
rlm@0
|
306 aside from that, she has other concerns as well. I talked to her for
|
|
rlm@0
|
307 a bit and it seems that she worries quite a bit about you. But she
|
|
rlm@0
|
308 doesn’t hate you, Sakura-chan. I can’t think of anyone who could ever
|
|
rlm@0
|
309 hate you. I think she’s merely concerned about you. As time goes by,
|
|
rlm@0
|
310 I’m sure she will warm up to you as a member of her family. Li-kun
|
|
rlm@0
|
311 was always afraid of her, but his sisters seem to think of her very
|
|
rlm@0
|
312 differently. Sense you are Li-kun’s wife, you are placed in a similar
|
|
rlm@0
|
313 position to Li-kun. But as time goes by, I’m sure that the two of you
|
|
rlm@0
|
314 will grow much closer. She seems to have a very loving relationship
|
|
rlm@0
|
315 with her daughters. In time I believe she will come to see you as one
|
|
rlm@0
|
316 of them. By the way, how is Meiling-chan doing? The last I had seen
|
|
rlm@0
|
317 of her was at the banquet. I hope that she is doing better now. She
|
|
rlm@0
|
318 must still be upset about Li-kun. I can understand, even if she and I
|
|
rlm@0
|
319 took different paths in regards to the ones we love. She reminds me a
|
|
rlm@0
|
320 bit of my mother, so I worry about her. Both are very strong,
|
|
rlm@0
|
321 outspoken women who let their emotions show through easily. That also
|
|
rlm@0
|
322 worries me about you, Sakura-chan. I know how angry my mother is with
|
|
rlm@0
|
323 your father and I don’t want Meiling-chan to be that angry with you.
|
|
rlm@0
|
324 The new school year must be very busy for you, especially if you’ll
|
|
rlm@0
|
325 be doing cheerleading as well as your normal classes. But I’m very
|
|
rlm@0
|
326 excited about it, even if I won’t be seeing it. The thought of Sakura-
|
|
rlm@0
|
327 chan teaching talented young girls about cheerleading warms my heart.
|
|
rlm@0
|
328 I always loved watching you when you were in your cute little
|
|
rlm@0
|
329 cheerleading uniform, practicing all sorts of moves and chants. The
|
|
rlm@0
|
330 little show your girls put on for me was amazing. It reminded me of
|
|
rlm@0
|
331 all the wonderful things you used to do. I’ll have to go watch my
|
|
rlm@0
|
332 videotape of you cheerleading when I get home. I’m sure that with
|
|
rlm@0
|
333 Jung-chan’s help everything will flow nicely. Her interest in soccer
|
|
rlm@0
|
334 is probably based on her friend, but my interest in cheerleading was
|
|
rlm@0
|
335 based on you, so I’m sure she paid plenty of attention to what her
|
|
rlm@0
|
336 friend did, at the very least. Please be careful with her, Sakura-
|
|
rlm@0
|
337 chan. I think she’s very much in love herself. I’m very glad that
|
|
rlm@0
|
338 you’ve been keeping an eye out for her. I think she may need it,
|
|
rlm@0
|
339 especially as time goes by.
|
|
rlm@0
|
340 Oh, Sakura-chan, I am so sorry that you got into another fight with
|
|
rlm@0
|
341 Li-kun! I feel so awful every time the two of you argue. And I’m
|
|
rlm@0
|
342 afraid that this might be my fault. I know that Li-kun can get very
|
|
rlm@0
|
343 jealous about things, like with you and your brother when it came to
|
|
rlm@0
|
344 Yukito and Eriol-kun when it came to you. I noticed that the two of
|
|
rlm@0
|
345 you didn’t spend much time together during my visit. You see Li-kun
|
|
rlm@0
|
346 everyday, but this had been the first time you had seen me in quite
|
|
rlm@0
|
347 some time, so it made sense that you would spend time with me. But he
|
|
rlm@0
|
348 must have felt like I was trying to take you away from him or that I
|
|
rlm@0
|
349 was wasting all of your time. I’m very sorry, Sakura-chan. I never
|
|
rlm@0
|
350 wanted to cause any trouble for the two of you. I can send him an
|
|
rlm@0
|
351 apology if you would like. I want the two of you to be as happy as
|
|
rlm@0
|
352 possible. I don’t want there to be any waves in your beautiful
|
|
rlm@0
|
353 marriage. I’m very glad that I could help, even if I wasn’t there.
|
|
rlm@0
|
354 You’re very important to me, Sakura-chan. You’ll always be in my
|
|
rlm@0
|
355 thoughts and in my heart. I wish I could have been there with you,
|
|
rlm@0
|
356 holding you all night long. But I’m glad your dress was there
|
|
rlm@0
|
357 instead. Even if it’s unfinished, it’s still filled with love and
|
|
rlm@0
|
358 care.
|
|
rlm@0
|
359 I’m so happy to hear you say that I was the most wonderful gift you
|
|
rlm@0
|
360 have received. That makes my heart sing and makes me feel so warm
|
|
rlm@0
|
361 inside. Thank you so very much, Sakura-chan. Meeting you was the best
|
|
rlm@0
|
362 thing that has ever happened to me. You were a sparkling angel in my
|
|
rlm@0
|
363 life that lit my life with the brightness of your heart. I could
|
|
rlm@0
|
364 never forget you or imagine a life without the fond memories that you
|
|
rlm@0
|
365 have bestowed upon me. Sakura-chan, thank you for being a part of my
|
|
rlm@0
|
366 life. Thank you for all of the wonderful moments that I can dream
|
|
rlm@0
|
367 about. Thank you for being you, Sakura-chan. Even if we’re far apart,
|
|
rlm@0
|
368 even if our letters suddenly stopped, I will always be with you.
|
|
rlm@0
|
369 Because my heart will always call out to you.
|
|
rlm@0
|
370
|
|
rlm@0
|
371 You friend forever,
|
|
rlm@0
|
372 Daidouji Tomoyo
|
|
rlm@0
|
373
|
|
rlm@0
|
374
|
|
rlm@0
|
375
|
|
rlm@0
|
376
|
