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| 1 Later that evening, after Sakura returned home, the girl spent most of | |
| 2 her time inside her room. The entire time though, she laid down on her bed | |
| 3 staring up at the ceiling. Her sight was observing dead space with her | |
| 4 eyes watching nothing in particular. Somewhere deep within the back of her | |
| 5 mind, thoughts of herself and of Tomoyo were piling up: thoughts of love, | |
| 6 thoughts of confusion and thoughts of discovery. There were moments when | |
| 7 these thoughts would race through Sakura's mind and there were others when | |
| 8 they would be too much for her, causing her mind to run dormant. All of | |
| 9 the girl's questions had been answered except for one, and there was no way | |
| 10 for her to know how to answer it. As Sakura continued laying motionless on | |
| 11 her bed, her guardian, Kero, came out of the top desk drawer where he had | |
| 12 been sleeping for most of the day. He looked around and found the room to | |
| 13 be pitch black. The small guardian groaned as he flew up to turn on the | |
| 14 nearby lamp. "Sakura, did you forget to wake me up again? I'm so hungry." | |
| 15 Kero's attitude changed from crankiness to concern once he saw Sakura's | |
| 16 lifeless body on the bed. "Hey Sakura, are you okay?" Kero floated to his | |
| 17 friend's side to console her and try to help her out. "Hey is there | |
| 18 something the matter?" | |
| 19 > "Oh. Hey Kero," Sakura responded glancing at her friend. "I'm sorry I | |
| 20 forgot to wake you up". | |
| 21 > "Sakura, it appears to me that something's been bothering you since | |
| 22 yesterday. Is it alright if I ask what's wrong?" | |
| 23 > "Well...sure, but I don't think you'll understand." | |
| 24 > "Hey, I'm here to help, and I'll do my best to help you out in any way | |
| 25 that I can," Kero said in a calm, reassuring tone. | |
| 26 > "Okay. Well, basically it's about Tomoyo. Yesterday after school, she | |
| 27 gave me a letter that...well, she said that...her letter said..." It was | |
| 28 hard for Sakura to talk about something she hardly understood at all. | |
| 29 > "Take it slow and easy Sakura. You can go at your own pace." | |
| 30 > "Okay," Sakura responded. She sat quietly for a few seconds, then took | |
| 31 in a deep breath and spoke once again. "In her letter, Tomoyo told me | |
| 32 that...she has feelings of love for me." Sakura stayed quiet after that as | |
| 33 she anticipated criticism from Kero just for saying such a thing. | |
| 34 > "Keep going, I'm listening," Kero said, sounding a little impatient but | |
| 35 still williing to help Sakura out. | |
| 36 > Sakura was a little bit surprised to hear Kero say that, and it was then | |
| 37 she realized that he could understand her situation better than she could. | |
| 38 "Well, after I read Tomoyo's letter, I was unsure of what to say to her | |
| 39 that I just ran off." | |
| 40 > "What? Wait a second! Did you just say that you ran away from her?" | |
| 41 > "Y,yeah, but I..." | |
| 42 > "Sakura," Kero was upset at Sakura's description of her past misjudgment, | |
| 43 "when someone tells you their feelings like that, you don't just run away | |
| 44 from them and not come back to resolve the siutation! You're going to hurt | |
| 45 someone deep inside by doing that!" | |
| 46 > "I understand that now Kero," Sakura quickly responded. "But yeserday, | |
| 47 it was all so sudden and shocking to me that I had no idea what to do!" | |
| 48 > After Sakura's reaction of defense, Kero couldn't help but apologize for | |
| 49 his harsh outburst. "I'm sorry Sakura, I just wasn't sure how well you | |
| 50 understood the situation you're in." | |
| 51 > "No," Sakura said as she let feeling of guilt engulf her. "Don't | |
| 52 apologize Kero. I deserve to be yelled at for what I've done yesterday. | |
| 53 It's all my fault that I'm in this mess." | |
| 54 > "Don't say that. The fact that you want to resolve this problem the | |
| 55 right way shows that you're a caring person. So try not to take it out on | |
| 56 yourself. You'll get through this alright." | |
| 57 > The little girl felt comforted as her friend patted her head, and her | |
| 58 mouth formed a small smile, but it wasn't large enough to show that she was | |
| 59 truly happy. "Anyway," Sakura continued, "I thought about the letter again | |
| 60 today, and how Tomoyo described her feelings. As I was thinking, I began | |
| 61 to feel something within me surface. The more I thought, I began to | |
| 62 realize that I also had feelings of love. These feelings I have for Tomoyo | |
| 63 are real. I guess I kinda had these feelings all along, but after reading | |
| 64 Tomoyo's letter and understanding how she felt, I was able to discover them | |
| 65 for the first time. But, I don't even see how all of this is possible." | |
| 66 > "What do you mean by that?" Kero asked. | |
| 67 > "It, it just doesn't sound right. I don't understand how any of this can | |
| 68 be normal. Tomoyo and I are both girls and we both share a desire of love | |
| 69 for each other, but when I think about it, it just sounds weird. I never | |
| 70 even knew that I could fall in love with another girl. Being in this | |
| 71 situation scares me a lot. That's the reason why I ran away from Tomoyo." | |
| 72 Sakura's tone of voice showed that she was starting to act hysterical. "I | |
| 73 don't even understand how the love between two girls can be real! This is | |
| 74 something that's been on my mind for an entire day and I feel like I'm | |
| 75 going crazy! It sounds unnatural and uncommon! Kero, I love Tomoyo, but | |
| 76 can this really be called love?" | |
| 77 > After hearing everything that his friend had to say, Kero thought long | |
| 78 and hard to come up with a solution for Sakura's perplexing problem. He | |
| 79 delivered his reply once he believed he found the right choice of words. | |
| 80 "I can understand that at your age, you would find all of this to be really | |
| 81 confusing. Okay Sakura, I think I know of a way to explain this. Now you | |
| 82 know that your father loves you, right?" | |
| 83 > "Well, yeah." Sakura was very curious as to what Kero would say in order | |
| 84 to help her out. | |
| 85 > "And your father also loves your brother, even though they're both the | |
| 86 same gender. As you know, that type of love is not considered romantic." | |
| 87 > "Right." | |
| 88 > "Now, keep in mind the relationship between your father and your brother | |
| 89 as I continue. The love that your parents shared with each other was the | |
| 90 romantic type of love. The love between yourself and Tomoyo is also | |
| 91 romantic. If you think about it, there are different types of | |
| 92 relationships between the two genders. Many of them, even the one you have | |
| 93 with Tomoyo, are considered by a lot of people to be real love. I hope you | |
| 94 no longer think of your situation being strange, because I certainly don't | |
| 95 see a problem with it." | |
| 96 > Sakura listened to every word that was told to her, and it took a while | |
| 97 for her to understand. She kept the relationship of her father and her | |
| 98 brother in her mind the whole time. At one point, she came across the fact | |
| 99 that since they were family, they cared about each other and it didn't | |
| 100 mater that they were both male. As soon as Sakura realized this, she | |
| 101 compared it to her relationship with Tomoyo. Her realization was that even | |
| 102 though they were both girls, her emotions of love mattered the most between | |
| 103 them. Sakura discovered that gender was not an important factor when the | |
| 104 feelings between two people were true. Soon, a smile came across Sakura's | |
| 105 face. It finally made perfect sense to her. "I...I understand. I actually | |
| 106 understand it now. Incredible. But, the whole thing sounds so simple now | |
| 107 that I've had it explained to me. I can't believe that I was just worrying | |
| 108 over nothing the whole time." | |
| 109 > "It's okay Sakura. A lot of people have problems with this sort of | |
| 110 thing, but you've found the answer to this situation. I think you should | |
| 111 be proud with yourself." | |
| 112 > "Yeah. I am proud, and I'm happy about it too. I didn't really think | |
| 113 I'd be able to...oh! I still haven't said a thing to Tomoyo since | |
| 114 yesterday. She's probably so heart broken, or mad that she doesn't want to | |
| 115 speak to me. Now what am I suppose to do?" | |
| 116 > "Well first of all, I think you should call Tomoyo on the phone." | |
| 117 > "Huh?" | |
| 118 > "Sure. Arrange to meet with her sometime tomorrow so you can fully | |
| 119 discuss your feelings with her." | |
| 120 > "Do...you think she will agree to do so?" | |
| 121 > "If you ask in an appropriate manner, she will forgive you." | |
| 122 > "Should I call her right now?" | |
| 123 > "Uh...not yet. There's something more important that you need to take | |
| 124 care of first." | |
| 125 > "What? Something more important?" | |
| 126 > "Yeah. I still haven't been feed in a while. Could you please do that | |
| 127 first?" | |
| 128 > "Oh! Hm. You bet Kero. Wait right here." | |
| 129 > "Thanks Sakura," Kero said as he watched his friend leave the room in a | |
| 130 joyful mood. "Sakura and Tomoyo huh? Well, who would have guessed? Then | |
| 131 again love and life hardly turn out the way we expect it to. I think those | |
| 132 two girls are going to be just fine together." | |
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