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2 Dear Sakura | |
3 by Amazoness Duo and G.P. | |
4 amazonessduo@hotmail.com | |
5 pearsong1954@yahoo.com | |
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8 Dear Sakura-chan, | |
9 I hope my letter reaches you well. It must be thrilling to be | |
10 starting off on your new life with Li-kun in Hong Kong. I’m sure that | |
11 the two of you will have many joyous days ahead as you explore your | |
12 wedded bliss. Li-kun is truly a lucky man to have captured the heart | |
13 of my beautiful best friend. I’m sending along a copy of the | |
14 videotape I took of the wedding along with this letter. I’m sorry I | |
15 didn’t catch the very end. I wasn’t feeling very well so I had to | |
16 hurry home. But I | |
17 think I caught the best parts of the wedding. Thank you again for | |
18 letting me design your dress for your most important of days. You | |
19 looked simply gorgeous. I think I can die a happy woman now that I’ve | |
20 finally designed your wedding dress. But now that the honeymoon has | |
21 been over for a while, how is life in Hong Kong? What are your plans? | |
22 Do you think there are any children on the way? If you need any help | |
23 with anything, please remember that I’m only a phone call away. I | |
24 could always take a few weeks off of work if you do wind up needing | |
25 any help | |
26 with children anytime in the near future. But I’m sure that won’t be | |
27 necessary. Li-kun has a lot of family there to begin with, so you | |
28 would probably have more than enough help. I’m sure any children the | |
29 two of you do have in the coming years would be wonderful, shining | |
30 images of their mother. | |
31 Not much has been happening here in Tomoeda. It’s been much too | |
32 quiet without my favorite Card Mistress’s genki energy filling | |
33 life’s everyday experiences. I’ve gone to work for my mother at | |
34 Daidouji Toys and that has been going very well. I’m working as the | |
35 head of design for a few different projects. One of the dolls we have | |
36 planned is based a little on my sketches of you and some of your | |
37 costumes. I hope Sakura-chan doesn't mind. I’ll send you one of the | |
38 dolls as soon as we start producing them. Mother has been joking | |
39 about retiring early and handing over control of the company to me, | |
40 but I really don’t think I have enough experience yet. I get to see | |
41 her more often now, so | |
42 that’s a joy that makes going to work every morning very worthwhile. | |
43 I still have some time to sing, but usually when I’m at home at night | |
44 alone. It’s nice to lose myself in the music. It usually helps me | |
45 relax after work. Sometimes I find myself sewing a design I had in my | |
46 mind, but I all too soon remember that you’re not here to model it. | |
47 My mind must be traveling too much to do such a silly thing. I can | |
48 almost imagine you giggling behind me when I finally realize what I’m | |
49 doing. | |
50 I’d like to tell you what happened to your other friends, but I’m | |
51 afraid I really haven’t kept in touch very well with Rika-chan and | |
52 the others. The last I had heard, Chiharu-chan was going to get | |
53 married to Yamazaki-kun. They must have decided to follow in your | |
54 footsteps, Sakura-chan. I had heard a strange rumor that Nakuru-san | |
55 had been dating Naoko-chan, but I can’t tell if it’s just a rumor or | |
56 not. Though it certainly would be nice to know that everyone’s | |
57 finding someone these days. | |
58 I’m sure you already know about Touya-san and Tsukishiro-san and | |
59 your father, so I won’t go into all of that, though I try to keep in | |
60 touch occasionally. I tried to explain to Touya-san why you and Li- | |
61 kun belong together, but I don’t think he understood. I’m sure he’ll | |
62 come around in time. And please ignore whatever he has said about me | |
63 recently. I’m sure Touya-san’s just overexaggerating. He and | |
64 Tsukishiro-san seem to be doing quite nicely. They both think of you | |
65 fondly and often. And you’re always in my thoughts, Sakura-chan. So | |
66 remember that you’re always well thought of. | |
67 How have you been doing with your magic? Have you been practicing? | |
68 Now that Sakura-chan is the most powerful magician on the planet, I’m | |
69 sure she has all sorts of things to do with it all. I’ve been | |
70 thinking that you should get an atelier for your work or at least to | |
71 keep the Sakura Cards. Because you could always use your own | |
72 magician’s workshop. But then, your special brand of magic never did | |
73 have to do with the Cards. It was how your warm and loving heart | |
74 always opened up the hearts of those around you. I hope the Cards are | |
75 all doing well. But with Sakura-chan as their mistress, I’m sure | |
76 they’re all doing spectacularly. And please tell Kero-chan that I | |
77 said hello and that I hope he has been eating well. It must be nice | |
78 for him to be back home again in China, even if it has been a while. | |
79 Please know that everything will always be all right. Because I | |
80 believe in you, Sakura-chan. So I know it will. You’re just too sweet | |
81 for things to go any other way. I miss you quite a bit, but I can | |
82 always pop in one of my | |
83 videotapes of you whenever I want to see your smiling face again. | |
84 I’m very glad I captured all of those images of you when I had the | |
85 chance. But I’m very happy to know that Sakura-chan is now a blushing | |
86 bride and with her one, true love. I hope all is going well and that | |
87 you are endlessly happy, Sakura-chan! And please send pictures!! | |
88 | |
89 With all my love, | |
90 Daidouji Tomoyo | |
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95 Dear Tomoyo chan, | |
96 | |
97 Nihao! Thank you so much for your letter. I have been studying | |
98 Chinese, and it is soooo hard. It looks like kanji, but is very | |
99 different. It's like being back at Tomoeda Elementary all over again. | |
100 Even English wasn't this hard. So, it was great to get your letter | |
101 and read someething in Japanese.It really is nice to hear from you. | |
102 Oh, I forgot to say that Nihao means Konichiwa. This is one of the | |
103 few words in Chinese that I know. | |
104 | |
105 I am still in a daze after the wedding and honeymoon. Your dress was | |
106 so beautiful, and I got so many compliments. Thank you for working so | |
107 hard on it. It must have been so much work, especially with all those | |
108 bows. Syaoran-chan liked it too. He said it saved a lot of money. | |
109 He's always thinking about finances these days, and I guess that's | |
110 important now that I'm out on my own. Anyway, I was worried when I | |
111 didn't see you at the wedding reception, but Father told me you were | |
112 not feeling well. So, that's why I sent you my bouquet. I wanted you | |
113 to have it, just like Sonomi-sama got my Mother's bouquet. I thought | |
114 the sakura blossoms and roses would go nicely with the nadeshiko | |
115 flowers in your little box. | |
116 | |
117 Remember when we found the shield card in your box? I still remember | |
118 how mad Kero-chan got when he thought he was missing out on the cake. | |
119 He says Chinese deserts are not as good as those in Japan. I don't | |
120 really have much time for the Cards these days, what with housework | |
121 and all. It is a big house, and I am trying to help as much as I can. | |
122 Syaoran-chan is working hard at the family business. I thoought I | |
123 might find a job there too, but he says I really couldn't do much, | |
124 which is true, I guess. So, I do a lot of dusting, and cleaning, and | |
125 washing. Maybe I could use the Erase Card to help out! Syaoran-chan's | |
126 Mother does most of the cooking. I did a big family meal last week, | |
127 but I don't think it went over too well. I guess his family is not | |
128 really used to Japanese style cooking. They were much to nice to say | |
129 so, of course, but there were a lot of leftovers. Tomoyo-chan, do you | |
130 know much about Chinese-style cooking? Maybe you could send me a | |
131 recipe that's not too hard, or some tips on what to do, if that | |
132 wouldn't be too much trouble? | |
133 | |
134 Do you remember the Li mansion from our trip before? Most of Hong | |
135 Kong is very crowded, but we live on Victoria Peak, which has fewer | |
136 people. Much of the city is surrounded by hills and mountains, though | |
137 parts in the north are flatter. Sunrise on the Bay is quite | |
138 beautiful, with the little junks bobbing on the water and the sea | |
139 birds circling in the sky. With spring almost over it's getting very | |
140 warm, and sometimes the pollution is so bad it's better to just stay | |
141 inside. But the City is exciting, especially at night. Syaoran-chan | |
142 and I went out dancing last week at a big Disco. It was really nice | |
143 of him, because he is so tired from work all the time. | |
144 | |
145 I was very happy to hear about your job. I'm sure you'll make a | |
146 wonderful designer. The costumes you made for me were always so | |
147 interesting. It's funny, but now I sort of miss wearing them. I never | |
148 knew what you would come up with next. But I'm so glad you're happy. | |
149 And I'm glad that you're still singing. I always felt so peaceful | |
150 hearing you sing. Do you think you could send me a cassette tape of | |
151 your singing? If it wouldn't be too much trouble, that is. I 'd like | |
152 to hear you sing again. | |
153 | |
154 It certainly sounds like a lot is going on at Tomoeda. Chiharu-chan | |
155 and Yamazaki-kun should make a wonderful couple. Yamazaki-kun is so | |
156 smart, and knows about so many interesting things. And that is so odd | |
157 about Naoko-chan seeing Nakuru-san like that. Umm, I think they must | |
158 just be very good friends, don't you? Oh, and I heard from Oniichan | |
159 just the other day. He calls all the time, and writes every week. | |
160 He's always teasing me about something. I'm not sure what you mean | |
161 when you said in your letter about ignoring what he has said about | |
162 you recently. It's funny you should mention that, because about a | |
163 week after we announced our engagement, Onnichan said he wanted to | |
164 have this serious talk with me about something. I was really nervous, | |
165 I thought he might want to talk about, umm, what married couples do | |
166 and things like that. But all he said was that you love me. I told | |
167 him I knew that, and he got really mad. He was practically yelling, | |
168 "No, baka, she really loves you!" Well, of course you do, you've | |
169 always been my best friend. Does he think I don't know my best friend | |
170 better than anyone in the whole world? I think he was just so upset | |
171 about Li-kun. But I'm sure you're right; he'll get to like him in | |
172 time. And I don't think he spilled his drink on Syaoran-chan at the | |
173 wedding on purpose, do you? | |
174 | |
175 Tomoyo-chan, being married is really wonderful! I'm with my one true | |
176 love almost all the time. I'm really so very very happy. Someday I | |
177 hope to come to your wedding. Are you seeing anybody that you like? I | |
178 was sort of thinking that maybe you and Eriol would make good | |
179 friends. I think maybe he even likes you, because he was always | |
180 watching you. Just a thought. I know you told me that what you most | |
181 want is for your special love to be happy, and I'm sure that if he is | |
182 loved by you he must be very happy, indeed. | |
183 | |
184 I really miss you, too, Tomoyo-chan. I could never have a better | |
185 friend than you. I already told Syaoran-chan that if we have a girl, | |
186 I'm naming her after you. He was kind of grumbly, so I told him he | |
187 gets to name the boy. Aiyaa, but it's not like we are having a child | |
188 anytime soon! I mean, not that I know about. But I guess you never | |
189 know about these things. Anyhow, thank you again for your sweet | |
190 letter. I think about you when I see the soft, pale light of the | |
191 moon. It reminds me of my beautiful friend back home. | |
192 | |
193 Sayonara, | |
194 | |
195 Kinomoto Sakura | |
196 | |
197 PS- I enclosed some pictures for you. There is Syaoran-chan and me | |
198 on our honeymoon at the pool of the hotel, and Syaoran-chan and me on | |
199 bicycles we rented, and Syaoran-chan and me in front of the house. | |
200 | |
201 PPS- What is an atelier? I couldn't find the word in my dictionary. | |
202 | |
203 PPSS?- Kero sends his love, and Syaoran-chan sends his regards. | |
204 | |
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207 | |
208 | |
209 Dear Sakura-chan, | |
210 I’m very happy that you received my letter well and that | |
211 everything seems to be falling in place for you. I knew that you | |
212 would be just fine in Hong Kong, what with a new husband and | |
213 your entire life ahead of you. I know many wondrous surprises | |
214 must await Sakura-chan in her new life. Thank you so much for | |
215 sending me the pictures. I’ve watched all of my videotapes through | |
216 again, so it was nice to see some new images of you. I have them | |
217 framed on the nightstand next to my bed. You looked so joyous on | |
218 your honeymoon. I gazed at your smile for hours after I found the | |
219 enclosed pictures. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you that happy | |
220 before. I’m so pleased that Li-kun can bring out that sweet smile in | |
221 you. It always makes me happy to see you smile, so I’ll keep the | |
222 pictures very close to me. That way I will know that my sweet | |
223 Sakura-chan is happy out there in Hong Kong. I would love to see | |
224 anymore pictures if you ever accidentally order extra prints. | |
225 Gomen nasai! I guess I’ve been thinking about the old days | |
226 too much recently. An atelier is a magician’s workshop, a place to | |
227 refine their magic and to write about their accomplishments and | |
228 their work. I was in the library and I started thinking about Sakura- | |
229 chan with her own atelier and I thought it might be nice for the | |
230 world’s most powerful magician to have her own. But it sounds | |
231 like you’re already so busy with everything else. Yes, I think that | |
232 you should definitely use your magic around the house. I’m sure | |
233 the Sakura Cards would love to help their mistress clean house. It | |
234 reminds me of when you couldn’t come to our picnic because of | |
235 your chores. But now I’m an ocean away so I can’t just stop by to | |
236 help. | |
237 I’m sure you’d make such a cute housewife cleaning up with the | |
238 Sakura Cards. And I’m sure Kero-chan would love to offer his help | |
239 as well, if he’s not busy trying to eat you out of house and home. | |
240 Please give him a hug for me. And give Li-kun a kiss filled with | |
241 your love. | |
242 I’m so sorry to hear about the troubles you’ve been having. | |
243 But I know that if you believe in yourself, you’ll manage to | |
244 overcome anything. Nothing ever stood in Sakura-chan’s way for | |
245 long. With a little work, I’m certain that you’ll learn Chinese | |
246 quickly enough. Just remember, don’t let yourself get too nervous. | |
247 It’s like when you were cheerleading. Sakura-chan was the most | |
248 graceful, nimble cheerleader when she was throwing herself into it, | |
249 but whenever you started thinking about other things or started to | |
250 get nervous you would have a lot of difficulty. I still think you | |
251 were cute when you would make little mistakes like that, but that’s | |
252 not the point. The point is that Sakura-chan will look cute no | |
253 matter what she does. Wait, that's another point altogether. The | |
254 point is that you will undoubtedly work everything out if you give it | |
255 your all. Please remember that you’ll always have my love and | |
256 support, no matter what happens or where you are. | |
257 As far as the cooking goes, I’ve enclosed several recipes | |
258 that I looked up and one that I always enjoyed. I went to our chef | |
259 and asked her to explain it all to me and went through it step by | |
260 step so it should be easy enough to make. Li-kun’s family seems | |
261 very warm from what I remember, or at least interested in cute | |
262 things, so Sakura-chan should have no problem. Li-kun’s mother, | |
263 Ieran-sama, seemed to be rather strict, but she was a very | |
264 perceptive woman. I had a chance to talk with her while you were | |
265 saving everyone else back in our trip to Hong Kong. I was | |
266 surprised she had picked up on so much. Please don’t let her | |
267 intimidate you. She really is a wonderful woman underneath it all, | |
268 even if Li-kun seems a little scared of her. | |
269 Thank you so much for sending me your bouquet! I wish I | |
270 could have been there to catch it, but I started to feel a very sharp | |
271 pain near the end and had to leave. I’m eternally grateful to be able | |
272 to hold it close to me now. It really is beautiful, just like the | |
273 bride. I’ll keep it safe in my little box right next to your mother’s | |
274 bouquet and the eraser you gave me when we first met. The flowers | |
275 really do compliment each other. I think that it fits perfectly. You | |
276 and your mother seem to share the same fate the same way that I seem | |
277 to with my mother. You and Li-kun looked very happy together. | |
278 I’m really so sorry that I couldn’t be there for all of your wedding. | |
279 I tried and I told myself that I would stay, but I just wasn’t | |
280 feeling | |
281 well enough at all near the end. If I can ever make it up to | |
282 you, I will do all in my power to, Sakura-chan. I’m sure it was all | |
283 lovely. Touya-san videotaped the rest of it for me, but I have yet to | |
284 watch it. I guess I’ve just been too busy. | |
285 Hong Kong is such a beautiful place. So it’s the perfect | |
286 place for Sakura-chan to live with her beloved. You must be so | |
287 happy there. I was watching ‘Sakura-chan’s Trip to Hong Kong’, | |
288 the video I took when we went all those years ago, and it was | |
289 absolutely stunning. I can just imagine Sakura-chan living there | |
290 now. I hope it’s even more wonderful. I wasn’t really paying | |
291 attention to the scenery all that much at the time, although it made | |
292 a | |
293 wonderful backdrop. I’m glad that the city is exciting enough for | |
294 you. It’s all so much bigger than Tomoeda so there must be much | |
295 more to do. I can see you and Li-kun dancing in my mind. That | |
296 does sound like fun. Mother knows of a restaurant near here with a | |
297 very nice dance floor. I’ve gone with her several times and I | |
298 always like watching the people dance. I hope Li-kun has more | |
299 free time soon to take you out more. It sounds like Sakura-chan | |
300 really enjoyed herself. | |
301 Sakura-chan misses my costumes? I giggled when I read | |
302 that. You always looked so embarrassed when I’d unveil a new | |
303 costume for you. But you always wore them for me. Thank you for | |
304 putting up with the constant wardrobe changes. You were always | |
305 my inspiration. I had actually started designing costumes for you | |
306 four months before I found out you were a magical girl. That’s how | |
307 I had a van full of them by the next night. Most of them were | |
308 already finished, it’s just that I finally had an excuse to get you | |
309 to | |
310 wear them. You really did look cute in all of them. I still have one | |
311 of your costumes half finished on my desk. I should put it away, | |
312 but I haven’t had the heart to. It seems to cry out for me to finish | |
313 it, but I can’t quite get myself to work on it. Maybe I’m not meant | |
314 to | |
315 finish it. It does make a good reminder of things for me. I haven’t | |
316 really videotaped anything recently either. You were always the | |
317 most beautiful thing for me to videotape, so there hasn’t been a | |
318 reason to. I put my camcorder and a few other old things I don’t | |
319 need anymore up in the attic. If you do wind up pregnant anytime | |
320 soon, I can always send it to you so you can videotape everything. | |
321 I’d love to see you throughout your pregnancy and when you finally | |
322 have a child. I still have my old videos of you, so I can always | |
323 watch them | |
324 if there isn’t anything new to videotape. So please just ask me if | |
325 you need it. You’ve seen me videotape enough that I’m sure | |
326 Sakura-chan would be a natural with it! And you would make such | |
327 cute home movies. I know it. | |
328 Work has been busy as of late, but it can’t be helped. Our | |
329 new doll needs to be out in the next few months so I need to finish | |
330 my final designs on her. Mother tells me not to worry about it, but | |
331 I’m just glad to be able to work on it. It’s fun to toy with | |
332 different | |
333 ideas and sketches and talk to all of the people working on the | |
334 project about what would or wouldn’t work for the doll. I’ve | |
335 already changed the design several times, but now I’m mostly | |
336 refining it. I’ll send along a copy of my latest sketches to see what | |
337 you think. Again, I’m sorry if she looks too much like Sakura- | |
338 chan. I’m still trying to decide what to do with the hair, so that’s | |
339 not quite the final look of the doll yet. | |
340 This letter’s going to be heavy with all of the things I need | |
341 to send! I’ll have to start shipping Sakura-chan’s letters off in | |
342 boxes. I added the cassette tape you asked for. I haven’t sung in | |
343 front of anyone for quite a while now, so I found myself getting a | |
344 little nervous when I made it. I’ve only been singing to myself | |
345 lately, so it’s different knowing that Sakura-chan will hear it | |
346 sometime after she gets this letter. But after I got into singing, I | |
347 think it went by much too quickly. It was nice to have someone to | |
348 sing for. I tried to add all of the songs I know that you like. The | |
349 last one is a little sad, though, but I thought it was a nice ending | |
350 to | |
351 the tape. I really hope you like it! | |
352 I wish I could help more with telling you what is going on | |
353 here in Tomoeda, but I really don’t know for sure other than the | |
354 few times I’ve met up with the others in a shop or from hearing | |
355 what someone else said, so I guess you’ll have to rely on Touya- | |
356 san mostly for that. I’m really not sure what is going on with | |
357 Nakura-san and Naoko-chan, but it would be nice if everyone’s | |
358 finding their special someone. I’m glad that Touya-san’s keeping | |
359 in contact with you. He’s a very good big brother. Hai, I think | |
360 Touya-san was just worried about the wedding when he said all that. | |
361 Don’t | |
362 worry about it. Sakura-chan will always be my best friend so | |
363 there’s nothing for him to worry about. And Touya-san and Li-kun | |
364 are both very protective of you, Sakura-chan, so that is probably | |
365 what causes most of the conflict between the two of them. When | |
366 Touya-san sees how happy you are, he’ll have to realize how good | |
367 you and Li-kun are for each other, just like I always knew you | |
368 would be. | |
369 It makes me so happy to hear that you’re enjoying married | |
370 life so much. You make such a wonderful blushing bride and Li- | |
371 kun makes a perfect husband for you. This is what I always | |
372 wanted, to know that Sakura-chan was happy and taken care of | |
373 by her true love. I would love for Sakura-chan to come to my | |
374 wedding, but I’m not sure if I’ll be having one. I’m just content | |
375 knowing that my love is out there happy, even if I can’t be with | |
376 them. Thank you for your suggestion, Sakura-chan. I’m glad | |
377 you’re thinking about me. Eriol-kun and I do have a few things in | |
378 common, but I think he understands that we wouldn’t work out in | |
379 the end. And I believe that he left with Mizuki-sensei as well, so | |
380 I’m sure they’re quite content back in England. Please don’t worry | |
381 about me. I’ve never been any good at relationships. And I’ve been | |
382 keeping rather busy with work and all as it is. | |
383 I am very honored, Sakura-chan. Arigato gozimasu! I | |
384 would love to know that you had a daughter named after me. You | |
385 always were an amazing best friend. And I hope we always can be. | |
386 I hope that you and Li-kun are blessed with a child, boy or girl, | |
387 sometime soon. I know you would be a perfect mother. Your | |
388 gentle, warm heart would truly help with rearing a child. And | |
389 thank you again for thinking about me. It makes me happy | |
390 knowing that we may sometimes be thinking of each other at the | |
391 same time, even across the ocean. | |
392 Thank you for writing me back so quickly, Sakura-chan. I | |
393 always look forward to hearing from the cute Card Mistress. I was | |
394 so thrilled to receive your letter. I can almost hear your voice when | |
395 I read through it. | |
396 If I don’t finish this up, I’ll be late for work! I’m sending | |
397 along the cassette you asked for, several Chinese recipes, and the | |
398 design for the doll I’m working on. I hope that everything is | |
399 perfect for Sakura-chan! | |
400 | |
401 Your eternal friend, | |
402 Daidouji Tomoyo | |
403 | |
404 | |
405 Dear Tomoyo-chan, | |
406 | |
407 Thank you so much for your wonderful letter, and all the things you | |
408 sent. I'm sorry it took almost a week for me to reply. I was sort of | |
409 busy, and a lot of things have been happening. I was also very tired. | |
410 But now, I have so much to talk to you about that I don't quite know | |
411 where to start. I guess I'll start with that. Tomoyo-chan, I am so | |
412 happy to have you to write to! There really is no one here in Hong | |
413 Kong that I can talk to the way I can talk with you. Poor Syaoran- | |
414 chan is so busy at work that he usually goes straight to sleep when | |
415 he comes home. When we do have time to talk, well, I do most of the | |
416 talking and he does most of the listening. He really never did talk | |
417 much, as you probably remember. And I know that a lot of what I want | |
418 to talk about is silly, though he is always very nice about putting | |
419 up with me. Sometimes I talk with his sisters, and they are a lot of | |
420 fun, but of course there are things I cannot tell them about. Then | |
421 there is Ieran-sama, but I will mention this later. | |
422 | |
423 Thank you thank you thank you for the wonderful recipes and all the | |
424 cooking tips! I made dinner for the family last Tuesday and this time | |
425 there were almost no leftovers at all. I was very nervous with the | |
426 new dishes, especially the shredded pork, but with all your helpful | |
427 hints and loving support I felt as if Tomoyo-chan was at my side the | |
428 entire time. I got many compliments, even one from Ieran-sama. When | |
429 she asked me where I got the recipes, I told her they were from you. | |
430 She said, "Ah, that explains why they are so good." I think she | |
431 remembers you fondly. | |
432 | |
433 Oh, and I have enclosed a picture of the main dish, so you can see | |
434 how it turned out. Doesn't it look yummy? I am very glad you enjoyed | |
435 the pictures I sent. I felt sort of sad that you put your video | |
436 camera away. It seems odd to think of you without it. Anyhow, they | |
437 say here in China that a picture is worth one thousand words, so I | |
438 decided to buy a camera and make my letters longer. I went shopping | |
439 last weekend and bought a Japanese camera, a Canon, and the price was | |
440 very low compared to back home. Syaoran-chan helped me to figure out | |
441 how it worked. Unfortunately I ruined a few rolls of film before I | |
442 got the hang of it. So from now on, I will try to have pictures so | |
443 you can see what is going on with your friend from accross the seas. | |
444 | |
445 I'm so happy that you liked the bouquet from my wedding. Hopefully | |
446 someday you will be able to see the whole wedding when you watch | |
447 Touya's videotape. Unfortunately, he isn't very good at videotaping. | |
448 There are a lot of shots of me in his film, but not many of Syaoran- | |
449 chan. Tomoyo-chan, I wanted to ask you about your not feeling well at | |
450 my wedding. I was really scared when you talked about a "sharp pain". | |
451 Are you OK? Have you seen a doctor? Is it anything serious? Please | |
452 tell me the truth about this. I have been worried about you ever | |
453 since I read that. I almsot called you. If anything were to happen to | |
454 you, I don't know what I would do. Please take very good care of | |
455 yourself. Even though you are far away, you are so important to me, | |
456 and I think about you often. Oh, and why is there an eraser in your | |
457 box of special things? I vaguely remember giving you an eraser when | |
458 we first met. I thought you were so very pretty, but looked so lonely | |
459 on your first day in class. | |
460 | |
461 Someday I would like to go to that restaurant by your house with you | |
462 and your mother and Syaoran-chan. Then you could watch us dance! I'll | |
463 bet Sonomi-sama is a wonderful dancer. Does she ever dance there? | |
464 Tomoyo-chan, I'll bet you would be a wonderful dancer, too. When I | |
465 went to buy my camera, I had lunch in a hotel restaurant. It was very | |
466 high up and overlooked a large dance hall. There was a ballroom | |
467 dancing contest going on, and all the couples were swirling around so | |
468 beautifully down below. With their gorgeous dresses and elegant | |
469 dancing I thought of you. Aiyaa, I guess you are not the only one | |
470 thinking of the old days lately, ne? To tell the truth, I am thinking | |
471 about you a lot for some reason. That's why, even though I am still a | |
472 bit sleepy, I wanted to write to you before another day was gone. | |
473 | |
474 Oh, please don't worry about me, though. Let me tell you why I am so | |
475 tired lately. After reading your letter, I thought it would be fun | |
476 just to talk to the Cards, because it has been such a long time. But | |
477 when I finally found the box and opened it up, some of the cards had | |
478 gone to sleep. It was very surprising, and I felt bad for ignoring | |
479 them for so long. I have been using my magic to wake them all up, and | |
480 am all finished except for Fight and Power. I saved those for last | |
481 because it will be exhausting to wake them up. I thought perhaps | |
482 Sleep or Dream were behind everything, but when I talked to them they | |
483 said they did not do anything, and the cards have never lied to me | |
484 before. I spoke with Kero about all this, and he seemed puzzled. | |
485 Well, I suspect it is because I was ignoring them for so long. I will | |
486 try very hard to talk with all of them more often. So, there is | |
487 nothing to worry about with me being a little tired. | |
488 | |
489 I thought the drawings of your doll were very pretty. And so many | |
490 different costumes! I'm sure you'll think of a beautiful hairstyle | |
491 for her. You always did such wonderful things with your own hair. It - | |
492 does- look like me, but I guess that makes sense, since I was always | |
493 wearing your designs. Daidouji Toys is very lucky to have such a | |
494 wonderful designer working for them. I would love to have a doll when | |
495 they come out, so I can show everyone here what my best friend does | |
496 back home. | |
497 | |
498 As for Irean-sama. Tomoyo-chan, I don't think she likes me very | |
499 much. Syaoran-chan says she is still mad about our getting married in | |
500 Japan without her permission. I know I do a lot of things wrong, and | |
501 have much to learn about being a good wife. She is critical, and I | |
502 know that she is like this because she wants the best for Syaoran- | |
503 chan and the family. . I know that if you say she is a good person it | |
504 must be true, because Tomoyo-chan knows more about people than | |
505 anyone. But when she does look at me she seems so angry, although | |
506 when I was cooking the shredded pork dinner she looked at me as if | |
507 she were very sad, and felt sorry for me. I don't know what to do but | |
508 try my very hardest to be a good wife, and hope that someday she will | |
509 like me just a little. I do wish you were here with me. I always felt | |
510 so much better when I could talk with you about things like this. I | |
511 miss you, Tomoyo-chan. | |
512 | |
513 I got a very sweet letter from Naoko-chan. It was so odd, because we | |
514 were just talking about her. She is attending Tokyo University, and | |
515 is sharing an apartment in the city with Nakuru-san. She is doing | |
516 well, making straight A's, which is what you would expect. She was | |
517 always so smart. She said she got the apartment because there was | |
518 some gruesome murder there, and hoped it would be haunted. Hoeee! She | |
519 also said she is very much in love with Nakuru-san. It is sort of | |
520 confusing, but I was glad to hear she is so happy, and seems to have | |
521 found her special someone. | |
522 | |
523 Tomoyo-chan, this reminds me that there is something I wanted to | |
524 talk with you about. I know you said to me once that what makes you | |
525 happiest is knowing the person you love is happy. But Tomoyo-chan, | |
526 don't you think that person would be even happier knowing that you | |
527 loved them? I have never known anybody quite like you. I always | |
528 thought you were the kindest, smartest, sweetest, prettiest, most | |
529 talented person I've ever met. If I was the man you loved, I would | |
530 want to know that! It would make me so very happy to have someone | |
531 like you. Do you think that maybe they do not love you? I can't | |
532 imagine anyone who would not love Tomoyo-chan! You really should tell | |
533 them, and you might be surprised. Just because you have never been in | |
534 a relationship is no reason to think you are not any good at them. I | |
535 was never in a relationship before, but now Syaoran-chan and I are so | |
536 very happy together. So, I really think you should consider telling | |
537 your special person just how you feel. Besides, I want to go to | |
538 Tomoyo-chan's wedding and take pictures with my new camera! | |
539 | |
540 And thank you so much for the cassette tape with your singing on it. | |
541 Your voice is as beautiful as ever. It brings back so many memories | |
542 of you. Please don't get upset, but hearing you made me cry. I guess | |
543 when we were together, I always thought it would be like that. I | |
544 always thought Tomoyo-chan would be there to talk with, to help me, | |
545 and to cheer me up. Now that you are so far away, I know better what | |
546 I have lost. I am so happy with Syaoran-chan, but I miss my Tomoyo- | |
547 chan so very much. | |
548 . | |
549 | |
550 Thank you again for all the lovely things you sent. | |
551 | |
552 | |
553 Love, | |
554 | |
555 Sakura | |
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557 | |
558 PS: Thank you for telling me what an atelier is |