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1 The opening and certain segments are from a CCS radio drama. I need | |
2 to listen to it again one of these days simply because I adore Junko | |
3 Iwao’s voice. ^=^ Anyway, this is a Valentine’s Day story that came | |
4 from me jotting down little segments at a time in a notebook. If you | |
5 have any comments, I would absolutely love to hear them. ^-^ | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 Don’t You Make Me Happy | |
9 by Amazoness Duo | |
10 amazonessduo@hotmail.com | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 ‘Today is Valentine's day. It is the day to give chocolates to the | |
14 one you love. The one I love the most, the person the most important | |
15 to me... because I love her, I just want to see her smile. Even if | |
16 she would be happier being with somebody else, I would be happy just | |
17 to see it. So, the chocolates I'm offering are not to say "I love | |
18 you", but to say "I want to make you happy". Today is the day to | |
19 share what is inside your heart.’ | |
20 | |
21 Sakura sighed miserably as she walked out of class. Valentine’s Day | |
22 was turning out to be rather depressing for her. It was doing an | |
23 excellent job of reminding her of how alone she was. All the other | |
24 girls were busy giving sweets to the ones they loved. Chiharu had | |
25 given some chocolates to Yamazaki (before hitting him when he | |
26 explained where chocolates came from), Rika had given hers to Terrada- | |
27 sensei, and even Naoko seemed to be waiting to give her chocolates to | |
28 someone special. But poor Sakura had no one to give chocolates to. | |
29 Syaoran had broken up with her a while back and Yukito was dating her | |
30 brother. She had thought that she had gotten over the two of them for | |
31 the most part, but seeing everyone so happy to give away their heart | |
32 was making her feel terribly lonely. She just wanted to day to end so | |
33 she could forget about it all. | |
34 “Sakura-chan!” a melodious voice called out as Tomoyo swiftly | |
35 joined her dejected friend. “I saw you leaving from the music room | |
36 window, looking like a sad and lonely Sakura-chan. I didn’t want you | |
37 to have to go home alone like that, so I got out of choir early | |
38 today,” Tomoyo explained as she fell into step beside her magical | |
39 best friend. “You should never have to be sad or lonely. Your | |
40 beautiful face looks so much more stunning with a brilliant smile | |
41 attached.” | |
42 Smiling a bit at Tomoyo’s words, Sakura nodded. “Un! Thank you, | |
43 Tomoyo-chan. I’ll try to smile more today. I got so caught up in | |
44 watching everyone else giving their chocolates to the ones they love | |
45 that I started to feel lonely. But I wasn’t looking at it the right | |
46 way. I still have Tomoyo-chan, so I can’t feel lonely, even if I | |
47 don’t have anyone to give chocolates to.” She was already feeling | |
48 better with Tomoyo next to her. The pale girl always had that affect | |
49 on her, both soothing and warm. That she would skip choir practice | |
50 simply to walk her home because she looked sad was a testament to how | |
51 lucky she was to have such a kind friend. She still felt a little sad | |
52 that she had no one this Valentine’s Day, but the feeling wasn’t as | |
53 strong now that Tomoyo was with her. “Oh, while were on the subject, | |
54 who did you give your Valentine’s Day chocolates to?” Sakura asked | |
55 curiously. Now that she thought about it, she had never seen Tomoyo | |
56 with a crush on anyone before, had never heard her talking about any | |
57 boy that she liked. Which was strange because she had heard that | |
58 quite a bit lately from most of the other girls she knew. But then | |
59 again, Tomoyo was rather... eccentric. So even if it was unusual, it | |
60 wasn’t entirely out of place. Maybe her best friend was simply too | |
61 busy with other things. Like choir and Sakura herself. But Sakura was | |
62 still very curious about who Tomoyo would give her chocolates to. | |
63 Perhaps her mysterious special someone that Tomoyo had mentioned | |
64 before? She had no idea who they were, but she was sure that whoever | |
65 they were must be very lucky to have Tomoyo’s gentle heart. | |
66 “Actually, I was planning on giving them now,” Tomoyo replied, | |
67 smiling sweetly. She dug in her bookbag for a second and produced two | |
68 objects. She held a small package tied with a pink ribbon and a small | |
69 silk cloth tied like a bag with a rose red ribbon. “Here you go!” | |
70 Sakura blinked in surprise as she took the small bag of homemade | |
71 chocolate and the videotape shaped present, looking from one to the | |
72 other in her hands. “Tomoyo-chan...? Is this all for me? You really | |
73 shouldn’t have. You should give this to the one you love.” | |
74 “And that is why I am giving them to you, Sakura-chan! I want to | |
75 give Sakura-chan my heart for Valentine’s Day. It may not be much, | |
76 but it’s all yours,” Tomoyo said, tilting her head to the side as she | |
77 smiled. Dark hair fell past her eyes, but she quickly brushed it | |
78 away. She had stayed up late the night before editing the videotape | |
79 in Sakura’s hand. She knew how lonely Sakura had felt since her | |
80 breakup with Syaoran and had made the video as a way to show Sakura | |
81 how loved she was. It was a gift that she hoped would soothe Sakura’s | |
82 lost heart. It had taken her over a week to sort through all of her | |
83 videos and edit in all of the scenes she wanted onto the tape, but it | |
84 had been a job she had thoroughly enjoyed. Besides being able to look | |
85 back through her many images of Sakura, she had been overjoyed at the | |
86 prospect of finding the most romantic scenes of the Cardmistress, as | |
87 well as the best scenes that showcased how important she was to | |
88 everyone, especially Tomoyo. She had made the chocolate herself, | |
89 spending extra care to make sure they came out perfectly. Her mother | |
90 had enjoyed the Dutch chocolate when she had offered her a piece, so | |
91 she hoped Sakura would like them. The bag that carried them was a | |
92 beautifully embroidered kerchief and the ribbon was also a bow for | |
93 Sakura’s hair. It had been difficult to sit through the school day | |
94 with her precious gifts, waiting for the perfect time to give them to | |
95 her fair mistress. | |
96 Sakura blushed deeply at Tomoyo’s words. She hadn’t expected | |
97 receiving any chocolates on Valentine’s Day. That was a day for girls | |
98 to give chocolates to the ones they loved. White Day was when boys | |
99 did the same. So this came as a complete surprise to her. Candy, | |
100 gifts, and warm declarations of love. Had Tomoyo been a boy, Sakura | |
101 would have been certain that Tomoyo was confessing her love this | |
102 Valentine’s Day. That made Sakura blush deeper as she watched her | |
103 smiling best friend. Tomoyo was so sweet and gentle and oh so caring. | |
104 She was always there for Sakura, even now. She always managed to find | |
105 a way to warm Sakura’s heart, to calm her fragile emotions. If Tomoyo | |
106 were a boy, if she did love her that way... But try as she might, she | |
107 couldn’t visualize Tomoyo as a boy. It felt somehow wrong anyway. | |
108 Tomoyo was Tomoyo. A gorgeous, talented, and loving girl. But Sakura | |
109 couldn’t completely shake her thoughts of what might have been, even | |
110 if she couldn’t see Tomoyo as male. Between all of that and how | |
111 cutely romantic Tomoyo was being, she would have thrown herself into | |
112 her arms. So Sakura did it anyway. “Oh, Tomoyo-chan!” Her arms | |
113 wrapped around the pale girl’s slender waist, hugging her tightly. | |
114 Tomoyo seemed a little surprised by her sudden movement, but quickly | |
115 relaxed into the hug, her gentle hands sliding up and down Sakura’s | |
116 back as she returned the hug. Sakura’s earlier anguish about the day | |
117 felt very far away now, as if it had happened to some other girl | |
118 entirely. She had received chocolates from a very special person, | |
119 even if she hadn’t been able to give any, so maybe it wasn’t such a | |
120 bad thing after all. Sakura giggled, her emerald eyes smiling into | |
121 the vast stormy blue ocean of Tomoyo’s eyes. “I got chocolates from | |
122 the cutest girl in school. All of the boys are going to get jealous, | |
123 Tomoyo-chan.” | |
124 Tomoyo smiled happily, her fingers still trailing up and down | |
125 Sakura’s back through her school uniform. “The boys must already be | |
126 getting jealous just to see Sakura-chan giving out one of her | |
127 wonderful hugs like this. I’m very glad that you like them, Sakura- | |
128 chan. I made them just for you.” She was so happy to see Sakura | |
129 smiling so brightly, to feel her so close, to be able to gaze into | |
130 those jade plates. Her heart beat maddeningly. Its thunderous beats | |
131 were the music that symbolized her love for the brunette. “Sakura- | |
132 chan is like the goddess Aphrodite on Valentine’s Day, capturing | |
133 everyone’s heart with her beauty and grace. I had to get you my | |
134 Valentine’s Day chocolate before you got drowned in chocolates from | |
135 others.” Tomoyo smiled her trademark smile. It made perfect sense to | |
136 her that people would be lining up to give Sakura chocolates. The | |
137 brunette was just too cute, too enticing not to. | |
138 “Tomoyo-chan...” Sakura blushed deeper, sweatdropping. Tomoyo | |
139 always said the strangest things, albeit the sweetest. “Maybe on | |
140 White Day, but I really don’t think so,” Sakura said quickly, | |
141 disentangling herself from the warm embrace and walking along with | |
142 her best friend once more. | |
143 Tomoyo continued on calmly, still smiling at the Cardmistress. | |
144 “Then I’m surprised that more girls didn’t give you chocolates. Even | |
145 if Sakura-chan’s a girl, it’s easy to see just how amazing she is. | |
146 Watching her day in and day out, it’s impossible not to feel your | |
147 heart race when she is around. I know okaa-sama would love to give | |
148 you chocolates if she had the chance.” Her eyes followed Sakura’s | |
149 every movement, even though they were half lidded. It was easy to get | |
150 lost in the combination of a romantic Valentine’s Day and the | |
151 powerful allure that Sakura held. She just wanted to reach out and | |
152 hug the brunette again, to bask in that warm feeling once more. | |
153 Blushing a deep shade of scarlet, Sakura placed a hand behind her | |
154 head as the two left the school far behind. She knew that she should | |
155 be used to the strange things that Tomoyo said by now, but the dark | |
156 haired heiress still managed to surprise her. She idly wondered if | |
157 she would be more surprised if Tomoyo hadn’t said something strange. | |
158 “Are you sure, Tomoyo-can? Shouldn’t you give them to a boy you | |
159 like?” she asked, holding the small bag and package to her chest. Her | |
160 mind quickly reasoned that she hoped that wasn’t the case. It may be | |
161 embarrassing when Tomoyo said and did such things, but she always | |
162 loved the attention and warmth that Tomoyo paid her. Those feelings | |
163 always gushed forth from the pale girl in a tsunami that left Sakura | |
164 pleasantly confused and more often than not with a blush coloring her | |
165 cheeks. She didn’t want some boy taking that away from her, taking | |
166 her place at the center of Tomoyo’s attention. It may have been | |
167 selfish, but she couldn’t help it. It was just too wonderful a | |
168 feeling, to be the focus of such a devoted girl. | |
169 Tomoyo nodded assuredly. “I gave it to Sakura-chan because I like | |
170 her. There’s no one else that I would rather give my heart to on | |
171 Valentine’s Day.” She titled her head to the side thoughtfully for a | |
172 moment before continuing. “Or any other day, for that matter.” She | |
173 glanced back to Sakura, delighting in the cute blush that spread | |
174 across Sakura’s soft cheeks. Wave after wave of adoration washed | |
175 through her as they walked together under the shadow of some tall | |
176 trees. She could practically see the pink ribbons of love that Sakura | |
177 held, reaching out from her hands and wrapping tightly around | |
178 Tomoyo’s heart, binding her more strongly than any spell. She was | |
179 like a marionette, dancing to the rhythm of her love for Sakura. And | |
180 Tomoyo wouldn’t have it any other way. She took Sakura’s free hand | |
181 with her own, entwining her fingers with Sakura’s. A delicious | |
182 ecstasy filled her as she felt Sakura squeeze her hand. “Sakura- | |
183 chan... Tomoyo whispered softly as the pair came to a halt. | |
184 Gently placing a sakura blossom that had been falling down to earth | |
185 behind Sakura’s ear, Tomoyo’s fingers lingered in the Cardmistress’s | |
186 soft, short hair, trailing through the beautiful strands. Her eyes | |
187 were set on Sakura’s pretty face, the blush having faded shortly | |
188 before. Sakura was growing into a captivating young woman and she had | |
189 only managed to take an even greater hold on Tomoyo’s heart as time | |
190 went by. The two stood in silence, a light breeze jostling through | |
191 hair and fabric alike. At that moment, it felt like they were far | |
192 away from the distant land of Tomoeda, in a place that welcomed only | |
193 the two school girls. Tomoyo watched Sakura lovingly, her eyes never | |
194 leaving Sakura’s beautiful face. | |
195 Sakura closed her emerald eyes, silently waiting. Her lips pressed | |
196 together as she stood there, the breeze lightly toying with her hair, | |
197 though not so much as Tomoyo’s fingers were. Her heart was a raging | |
198 cacaphony in her heart, the only other sounds the soft breeze and the | |
199 rustling fabric of her skirt. She waited patiently, wondering | |
200 excitedly about what would happen, about where this would lead. She | |
201 felt intoxicated from the love pouring out of Tomoyo, unable to think | |
202 clearly. She only knew that if she waited... A soft, warm feeling | |
203 encompassed her lips, turning her heart upside down. Tomoyo’s lips | |
204 brushed lightly against her own, tentatively at first before she | |
205 kissed her fully. Sakura felt the anxiety that had filled her as she | |
206 had waited drain out of her, replaced instantly by the longing that | |
207 gripped her heart, by the sea of emotions that filled her as they | |
208 kissed. She hadn’t known quite what she expected, only that she had | |
209 expected something. But now that Tomoyo was kissing her, it felt | |
210 completely right, as if this was what she had been waiting for the | |
211 entire time. For her entire life. Tomoyo’s gentle lips sealed with a | |
212 kiss Sakura’s final Valentine’s Day present. | |
213 Tomoyo hadn’t known what to do at first when presented with the | |
214 patiently waiting Sakura in the small sanctuary they found themselves | |
215 in. Her mind had curiously pondered why Sakura would wait like that, | |
216 her eyes closed almost dreamily. But her mind kept returning to the | |
217 same answer. And standing there with Sakura in the gentle breeze, | |
218 watching her as they stood alone and yet together, Tomoyo had known | |
219 where her heart was leading. And she thought that Sakura’s was | |
220 already there waiting for her. Kissing Sakura softly, she was | |
221 overcome by the emotions that coursed through her. What had been a | |
222 small trickle before, a tiny stream, was now a raging river. It | |
223 crashed and collapsed against the rocks, pushing Tomoyo ever forward | |
224 along its path. As Sakura’s arms wrapped around her, she continued to | |
225 kiss her beautiful best friend, her heart crying out in joy as the | |
226 brunette returned her kiss eagerly. The two stayed that way for quite | |
227 some time, locked in what seemed to be a never ending cycle of kisses | |
228 that passed between the two. Tomoyo felt her masks melt away as they | |
229 continued their sweet dance. This was perfect, like a kiss from an | |
230 angel. And in a way, that was exactly what it was. A kiss from her | |
231 angel, Sakura. | |
232 “Hanyaa...” Sakura said quietly as the two finally halted their | |
233 continued kissing. It had been a gradual thing as it came to a halt, | |
234 just as it had built up gradually. Now that it was over, Sakura found | |
235 herself blushing immensely. She felt as if she had been lost and | |
236 alone in a dark and frightening forest and that a beautiful princess | |
237 had come along and rescued her. Her heart swelled as she looked into | |
238 the glittering stars that were Tomoyo’s eyes. | |
239 “Happy Valentine’s Day, Sakura-chan,” Tomoyo whispered happily, her | |
240 fingers still in Sakura’s hair. Closing her eyes, the two kissed | |
241 again, holding close. Even in the cool breeze, the pair felt warm, | |
242 wrapped in a blanket of the love they felt surrounding them. It | |
243 hadn’t been quite what either had expected, but throughout the years | |
244 Sakura would treasure it as her favorite Valentine’s gift. | |
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