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| date | Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:24:59 -0500 |
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| 1 Hello. Here is another short fic that I wrote when I should have been doing other things. There's not much to it. Its just | |
| 2 a vignette of sorts about Tomoyo's birthday. The characters are all older. I don't know how much older... let's say | |
| 3 that Tomoyo is 17. That sounds about right to me. Comments are very much appreciated! PLEASE comment! If I don't | |
| 4 hear anything, I don't know if anybody liked it. Thanks. I hope you enjoy it. | |
| 5 | |
| 6 Disclaimer: These characters do not belong to me and are the property of their respective owners (CLAMP etc.). | |
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| 10 ONE WISH | |
| 11 By samuraiheart | |
| 12 kokoro_no_samurai@yahoo.com | |
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| 16 "Thanks, Naoku-chan. I'll see you in a little while." | |
| 17 | |
| 18 "Just one more person to call," Sakura thought to herself as she picked up the receiver again and dialed Tomoyo's number. | |
| 19 | |
| 20 "Daidouji Residence, Tomoyo speaking." | |
| 21 | |
| 22 "Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura said hesitantly. | |
| 23 | |
| 24 "Sakura-chan! Do you need something?" Tomoyo said happy for the distraction. Her mother was away on a business trip and | |
| 25 there wasn't much to do in the house except watch videos. The real thing was always better. She blushed a little as she thought | |
| 26 about the outfit she had just finished making for Sakura and how great she would look in it. Maybe she could convince Sakura | |
| 27 to wear it soon. Even though she didn't capture cards anymore, Tomoyo could always find something interesting to videotape | |
| 28 about Sakura. She glanced over at her most recent accomplishments and smiled. "Sakura making a cake", "Sakura going to | |
| 29 school", "Sakura at cheerleading practice"... | |
| 30 | |
| 31 "Ano... Can you come over? Uhhh... I want to show you something." She clutched the phone tightly and twisted the cord | |
| 32 around her fingers as she waited for her response. | |
| 33 | |
| 34 "Sure. I'll be right there." | |
| 35 | |
| 36 Sakura hung up the phone and took a deep breath. She frowned at what she had said. "I want to show you something?" She | |
| 37 had been planning this for weeks and she couldn't come up with anything better than that? Oh well. She was sure that the rest | |
| 38 of the night would go better. At least, she hoped it would. Sakura hurried to prepare the decorations and smiled in anticipation. | |
| 39 | |
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| 41 | |
| 42 A large assortment of classmates and close friends had gathered at the Kinomoto house by the time that they all heard Tomoyo | |
| 43 coming up to the house. Sakura peeked out the window and turned toward the group of people. | |
| 44 | |
| 45 "Shhhh! Here she comes!" she whispered excitedly as the doorbell rang. | |
| 46 | |
| 47 When the door opened, Tomoyo was greeted by a loud "SURPRISE!" and a colorful array of birthday decorations. Bright | |
| 48 streamers were draped around the doorways and bright balloons and banners were placed throughout the house. Her eyes | |
| 49 went wide with surprise and she beamed at Sakura as friends came up to her one by one and wished her a happy birthday. | |
| 50 | |
| 51 "Do you like it?" Sakura said leaning close to Tomoyo as she offered her some punch. | |
| 52 | |
| 53 "Hai. Arigatou." Tomoyo said breathlessly. "How did you know?" | |
| 54 | |
| 55 Sakura smiled and looked at her best friend in amazement. "Did you really think I would forget your birthday? Besides, I knew | |
| 56 your mom was out of town and I didn't want you to be all alone." | |
| 57 | |
| 58 Tomoyo put her hand on Sakura's shoulder and looked over at her sincerely. "Arigatou." | |
| 59 | |
| 60 Sakura smiled and led Tomoyo to the head of the table where the guests had begun to gather with their gifts. Just before she | |
| 61 could start unwrapping the presents, Naoku and Chiharu came out of the kitchen carrying a beautiful birthday cake. It was | |
| 62 chocolate with lots of pretty roses and candles on it. | |
| 63 | |
| 64 "Happy Birthday, Tomoyo!" Everyone shouted at once. | |
| 65 | |
| 66 Tomoyo put her hands up to her face and smiled brightly. She didn't know what to say. The light from the candles flickered and | |
| 67 danced across the faces of her friends. The room grew quiet and still as the group waited. | |
| 68 | |
| 69 "Blow out the candles!" Meiling shouted enthusiastically unable to wait any longer. | |
| 70 | |
| 71 "Don't forget to make a wish." Sakura whispered softly as Tomoyo bent closer to the cake. | |
| 72 | |
| 73 Tomoyo closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. "I wish... I wish..." she shook her head and came to a decision. "I wish | |
| 74 for Sakura to be happy." She thought silently. Then she blew out the candles and for a moment the room went dark. Tomoyo | |
| 75 opened her eyes and stared at her best friend as her everyone cheered and someone rushed to turn on the lights. She tried to | |
| 76 smile, but it was getting harder to keep it up. | |
| 77 | |
| 78 "Hooray! Its time for cake!" Sakura said, jumping up and down. | |
| 79 | |
| 80 "Arigatou Sakura-chan. You're a great friend." Tomoyo bit her lip as the words echoed in her thoughts. Friend. That's all. She | |
| 81 tried to hide her sadness as she took the piece of cake that Sakura handed her and sat down to eat. | |
| 82 | |
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| 84 | |
| 85 "Sayonara! Thanks for coming!" Sakura shouted to the last guest as she closed the door and turned towards Tomoyo. She | |
| 86 looked around at the party decorations, plates and cups and sighed. | |
| 87 | |
| 88 "Don't worry. I'll help you clean up." Tomoyo said as she reached down to grab a paper cup that had rolled behind the table. | |
| 89 | |
| 90 "Thanks, but the party isn't over yet." Sakura said. A hint of nervousness sounding in the last few words as she clasped her | |
| 91 hands behind her back and shifted her feet uncertainly. | |
| 92 | |
| 93 Tomoyo looked at her surprised. "Demo..." | |
| 94 | |
| 95 "I still haven't given you my present." She said quickly as she turned towards the stairs and dashed off to her room. | |
| 96 | |
| 97 Tomoyo stood there stunned and wondered what her friend could have for her. The party and the cake were more than | |
| 98 enough. | |
| 99 | |
| 100 When Sakura returned, she seemed to have regained some of her composure. She was holding a small white box and an | |
| 101 envelope. | |
| 102 | |
| 103 "Tomoyo-chan, we've been friends for a long time and.... Well... I knew that there were two things you really wanted for your | |
| 104 birthday and it was hard for me to decide which one I should give you." She paused to open up the box. " I know you really | |
| 105 wanted some more labels for your videotapes..." She pulled the stickers out of the box and held them out to Tomoyo. | |
| 106 | |
| 107 Tomoyo smiled gently and looked into Sakura's eyes. "There wonderful." She said sincerely. "Anything that Sakura-chan gives | |
| 108 me is wonderful." | |
| 109 | |
| 110 Sakura smiled at the kind words, but pulled the box and stickers away when Tomoyo reached out for them. "But I decided not | |
| 111 to give you that present." Sakura closed the lid and threw the box behind her and onto the couch. | |
| 112 | |
| 113 Tomoyo stared after it disappointed and then returned her gaze to her friend who was now fidgeting with the envelope in her | |
| 114 hands. Tomoyo opened her mouth to say something, but found no words to express the confusion she felt. Sakura put a hand | |
| 115 on Tomoyo's shoulder and handed her the small white envelope. "I think this is what you really want." Sakura added closing | |
| 116 her eyes in anticipation. | |
| 117 | |
| 118 Tomoyo took it with shaking hands and looked up at Sakura uncertainly before she opened it. Inside she found a bright pink | |
| 119 card with beautiful hearts and stars drawn on it. She smiled at the trouble her friend had gone too and then noticed the message. | |
| 120 Printed in careful black letters were the words "I love you". Tomoyo shook her head and looked down at the floor. She could | |
| 121 feel Sakura's gaze on her and she didn't know what she should say. She finally looked up and smiled slightly, but it was hard to | |
| 122 hide the tears in her eyes. Tomoyo was happy with the present, but Sakura couldn't possibly mean it in the way Tomoyo | |
| 123 hoped. They were very good friends and that was all. Sakura was just being kind and trying to tell her how much the friendship | |
| 124 meant to her. | |
| 125 | |
| 126 That must be it, Tomoyo thought as she met Sakura's gaze and whispered "Arigatou." | |
| 127 | |
| 128 Sakura frowned as she saw the tears in Tomoyo's eyes. "You really don't understand do you?" Sakura said quietly as she | |
| 129 leaned closer to her friend. | |
| 130 | |
| 131 Tomoyo's doubts were erased by the feel of Sakura's soft lips pressed against her own. She leaned into the embrace, not | |
| 132 really sure what was going on. Sakura reached out and stroked Tomoyo's hair with her hands as her lips moved across | |
| 133 Tomoyo's mouth. Tomoyo closed her eyes and welcomed the taste of Sakura's gentle kiss. She held her friend closely and | |
| 134 was almost afraid to let go. It all seemed so perfect and so right. | |
| 135 | |
| 136 Suddenly, Tomoyo pulled away and gasped. | |
| 137 | |
| 138 "What's wrong?" Sakura said with concern. | |
| 139 | |
| 140 "I forgot to videotape this and you should be wearing the costume I made!" Tomoyo clasped her hands in front of her chest | |
| 141 and laughed uncertainly. | |
| 142 | |
| 143 Sakura blushed, but looked up at her friend sincerely, "I don't mind trying it again if you want to set things up." She said timidly | |
| 144 as Tomoyo rushed over to her bag to retrieve the camera. | |
| 145 | |
| 146 "Hoe!" Sakura said under her breath as she looked over at her friend and the significance of the evening became clear. Nothing | |
| 147 would ever be the same again... and she couldn't be happier. | |
| 148 | |
| 149 | |
| 150 THE END |