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rlm@0 1 As soon as the final petal had reached the ground, the wind took up all
rlm@0 2 of the petals and gathered them into a cluster. The petals continued
rlm@0 3 flowing with the breeze while remaining in the same area above ground.
rlm@0 4 Tomoyo stared at the pink mass with a curious look in her eyes, wondering
rlm@0 5 what would happen next. Suddenly, the petals began to inch their way
rlm@0 6 toward a section of the park with trees surrounding the entire area.
rlm@0 7 Tomoyo quickly reacted by picking up the elephant and following the cheery
rlm@0 8 blossom petals toward their destination. The wind picked up speed and
rlm@0 9 carried the petals faster, making the girl run in order to try and catch
rlm@0 10 up. Once the petals reached the trees, they escaped from Tomoyo's sight.
rlm@0 11 After Tomoyo reached the first row of trees, she began to walk past them
rlm@0 12 wondering where she would find the assortment of petals. The girl wandered
rlm@0 13 around searching for her destination, but she had no idea where that was.
rlm@0 14 As she pasted more of the trees, she started to get lost in her search,
rlm@0 15 noticing that each new tree looked exactly like the one she just past. She
rlm@0 16 was beginning to wonder if she would ever find the petals at all. But
rlm@0 17 suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, Tomoyo spotted them, almost missing
rlm@0 18 them completely. The petals had formed a circle around one of the trees as
rlm@0 19 they began to orbit around it in a clockwise motion. Tomoyo smiled again
rlm@0 20 once she had finally found where she needed to be. She was happy not only
rlm@0 21 because she had found the petals, but also because she was in anticipation
rlm@0 22 of what would happen next. As she crept forward toward the tree, the
rlm@0 23 circumference of the petals began to increase in size as they spread out
rlm@0 24 away from the tree. Tomoyo stopped in her advancement toward the tree as
rlm@0 25 the petals broke its formation; brushing past the girls chest and
rlm@0 26 connecting again behind her. The girl glanced at the pink circle and
rlm@0 27 watched its movement until it stopped a couple feet away from her. When
rlm@0 28 Tomoyo realized that the petals would refrain from moving, she turned her
rlm@0 29 head towards the tree again as she awaited the next event to unfold. With
rlm@0 30 only a few seconds of waiting, the young girl's hopes would be fulfilled in
rlm@0 31 a manner that she thought she could only imagine. Revealing herself from
rlm@0 32 behind the tree, with her right hand holding something behind her back and
rlm@0 33 her left resting the Clow staff on her shoulder, Sakura gave Tomoyo a very
rlm@0 34 pleasant smile. Tomoyo knew that Sakura would be waiting at the end of her
rlm@0 35 search, but seeing the brown haired girl again put a vast amount of joy
rlm@0 36 into her heart. "Sakura!" Tomoyo shouted in ecstatic jubilation as she
rlm@0 37 ran toward the other girl and gently wrapped her arms around her neck.
rlm@0 38 Sakura placed her left hand on Tomoyo's back while still holding onto the
rlm@0 39 staff. She then turned the staff back into its key form, letting the chain
rlm@0 40 attached to it dangle in between the spaces in her fingers. Her left hand
rlm@0 41 was now free to give Tomoyo her soft, comforting touch.
rlm@0 42 >> "I wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to see you again," Tomoyo said, her
rlm@0 43 voice showing that she was close to breaking into tears.
rlm@0 44 >> "I know, and I'm very sorry that I did that to you," Sakura explained,
rlm@0 45 having regret in her voice but still indicating that she was happy things
rlm@0 46 had come around for the two. "I would never intend to hurt you like I did,
rlm@0 47 but, well I wasn't sure if how the way you felt for me...and now the way I
rlm@0 48 feel for you, was even possible. But I've thought about it and now I
rlm@0 49 realize I was just being foolish." Sakura removed her hand from Tomoyo's
rlm@0 50 back and placed it on her shoulder, as she looked into her eyes. "It makes
rlm@0 51 more sense to me than ever. And now that I realize that what we share is
rlm@0 52 beautiful, I want to make sure it lasts as long as possible." The brown
rlm@0 53 haired girl leaned in toward the other girl and whispered in her ear with a
rlm@0 54 voice that made Tomoyo feel cool and with the words she had been hoping to
rlm@0 55 hear. "I love you more than anything else in this world and I want to hold
rlm@0 56 on to that feeling forever." After hearing those words, Tomoyo's face lit
rlm@0 57 up as she knew that everything would be alright, even better than she had
rlm@0 58 hoped. Once Sakura brought her attention back to the girl she loved, the
rlm@0 59 two spent the time gazing at each other's beauty. Then, without any
rlm@0 60 warning from either of the two, as the situation presented them with the
rlm@0 61 same idea, Sakura and Tomoyo leaned toward each other for a kiss. As their
rlm@0 62 lips meet, the kiss was light and tender, but the meaning within it was
rlm@0 63 very passionate. After the two broke off their physical sign of love, they
rlm@0 64 smiled and continued to look into each others' eyes, feeling content that
rlm@0 65 they werte together. Then a thought suddenly came to Tomoyo's mind.
rlm@0 66 >> "Oh, I just realized. I haven't given you your gift yet." Tomoyo
rlm@0 67 exclaimed, almost forgetting she was holding on to the elephant this whole
rlm@0 68 time. She then presented the elephant to Sakura with outstretched hands.
rlm@0 69 "I hope you still want it."
rlm@0 70 >> Sakura took the elephant in her left hand, examined it, and clutched it
rlm@0 71 to her chest. "Thank you Tomoyo. Your gift really means a lot to me."
rlm@0 72 >> "I'm glad that you still like it."
rlm@0 73 >> "Do you know the reason why I really like it?" the brown haired girl
rlm@0 74 calmly asked.
rlm@0 75 >> "It's because you said it was cute, isn't that right?" Tomoyo said with
rlm@0 76 a slight hint of confusion in her voice.
rlm@0 77 >> "I did say that," Sakura responded as she loosened the grip on the plush
rlm@0 78 figure and gently held it at her side, "and I still think it's cute, but
rlm@0 79 there is a different reason as to why I like it now. I like it because it
rlm@0 80 came from you. The fact that you gave it to me really means something. If
rlm@0 81 anyone else had given it to me, it would just be another stuffed animal to
rlm@0 82 add to my collection. But I can tell that you gave this to me because you
rlm@0 83 love me. You put so much thought into giving this to me. It holds all of
rlm@0 84 your feelings and that's why I like it. And besides, the elephant is cute,
rlm@0 85 but it could never replace your natural beauty."
rlm@0 86 >> The final set of words that Sakura said connected with the dark haired
rlm@0 87 girl effectively as she began to blush. "Th-thank you," she said. "And
rlm@0 88 thank you for understanding my intentions. I had hoped that you would."
rlm@0 89 >> "Oh, and there's something else I wanted to say," Sakura began as she
rlm@0 90 moved her right hand from behind to reveal what she had been hiding. "As
rlm@0 91 far as putting thought and emotion into one's gift, that's what I had done,
rlm@0 92 when I made these for you." The gift Sakura held out to Tomoyo, in a
rlm@0 93 slightly proud, but still cheerful manner, was a pair of fresh roses from
rlm@0 94 the Flower Card.
rlm@0 95 >> Tomoyo smiled once she saw her gift. She took the two pieces of floral
rlm@0 96 beauty and smelled them to find they emitted a heavenly aroma. "They're
rlm@0 97 very beautiful. Thank you Sakkura."
rlm@0 98 >> "And each of those roses both symbolize something."
rlm@0 99 >> "Really?" Tomoyo asked as she looked up to Sakura. "What do they mean?"
rlm@0 100 >> "Hm, one represents all the feelings I have for the girl I love, and the
rlm@0 101 other is for the hope that the two of us will always be together."
rlm@0 102 >> A warm feeling went through Tomoyo as she embraced the other girl again,
rlm@0 103 and a gentle sigh escaped through her lips before she spoke. "I would
rlm@0 104 really like to see that hope realzed." As the unnoticed minutes drifted
rlm@0 105 by, the thoughts and desires of the two girls for each other went through
rlm@0 106 their minds, while the comfort of the two close together physically
rlm@0 107 acknowledged all of them. A cool gust of wind went by as Sakura and Tomoyo
rlm@0 108 found themselves looking into each other's eyes again.
rlm@0 109 >> "Well," Sakura began as she flashed a joyful smile, "I think now that
rlm@0 110 we've found our way into each others hearts, we should probably celebrate
rlm@0 111 our union. Is there anything that you want to do?"
rlm@0 112 >> The dark haired girl gave the other girl a light kiss as well as her
rlm@0 113 answer. "Just being here with you is fine with me. It doesn't really
rlm@0 114 matter what we do."
rlm@0 115 >> "Alright then." As Tomoyo took Sakura's arm, the two of them led each
rlm@0 116 other toward one of the trees. They sat next to one another at the base of
rlm@0 117 the tree while a feeling of calmness and serenity found its way into both
rlm@0 118 of them. Tomoyo rest her head on her girlfriend's shoulder, and Sakura
rlm@0 119 returned the gesture of affection by placing her hand on her girlfriend's
rlm@0 120 head. Nothing felt out of place as the cherry blossom petals were freed
rlm@0 121 from their dormant position above ground and were carried by the wind as a
rlm@0 122 sign to anyone who saw them that two people had fallen in love.
rlm@0 123 >>
rlm@0 124 >> After another school day had come and gone, Tomoyo stood by the entrance
rlm@0 125 waithing for Sakura to meet with her. The two girls had decided to buy a
rlm@0 126 snack after school and share it with each other. To keep herself occupied,
rlm@0 127 she took scenery shots of the school grounds with her camcorder. She only
rlm@0 128 got a few minutes worth of footage before Sakura came out and greeted her.
rlm@0 129 >> "Sorry to keep you waiting," Sakura said a little bit embarrassed.
rlm@0 130 >> "Oh it's no trouble at all. I'm just glad you came, and I knew you
rlm@0 131 would be here," Tomoyo answered while recording Sakura on film. Since the
rlm@0 132 two were closer than ever, Sakura no longer felt shy or embarrassed about
rlm@0 133 being in front of Tomoyo's camcorder, especially now that she knew why she
rlm@0 134 was he dark haired girl's favorite thing to record.
rlm@0 135 >> "So, do you still like the gift that I gave you?" Sakura said as she
rlm@0 136 struck a pose for the machine's lens.
rlm@0 137 >> Tomoyo responded with a smile as she took the camera away from her face
rlm@0 138 to look at her girlfriend with her own eyes. "Being with you has always
rlm@0 139 been a gift, and I will always enjoy that."
rlm@0 140 >>
rlm@0 141 >>
rlm@0 142 >>So what did you think? Did you like it? Dislike it? Or are you just
rlm@0 143 indifferent? Anyway, please tell me what you think. I will take comments
rlm@0 144 and criticism of any kind. Just send it to me at mebrown@dubuque.net, I
rlm@0 145 would really appreciate it. Thanks a bunch.