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     1.6 +                                             by Cera
     1.7 +meikosama@hotmail.com
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    1.10 +"Hoe!!! I'm going to be late again.. Kero-chan why didn't you wake me??" Sakura shouted at Kero-chan frustrated as she
    1.11 +grabbed her hat off the back of the chair. She was out the door before Kero-chan even had a chance to remind her that last
    1.12 +time he tried to wake her up, he was almost seriously injured by her. "Ohayou onii-san. Where's papa?" Sakura asked as she
    1.13 +shoveled her breakfast into her mouth.. 
    1.14 +
    1.15 +"He left this morning for his business trip remember?" Touya reminded her trying not to piss her off this morning. 
    1.16 +
    1.17 +"Oh.." Sakura said sounding dissapointed. "Wah! I'm going to be late. I'm suposed to be there early today." Sakura yelled
    1.18 +towards Touya as she rushed to put on her roller blades and took off towards school. Sakura sighed as she skated towards
    1.19 +school taking in the sight of the flowers that are begining to bloom now that spring has come again. 
    1.20 +
    1.21 +"Yo! Sakura-chan. Chotto matte." Yukito yelled as he saw Sakura skating in front of him. She turned around and slowed down
    1.22 +waiting for him to catch up. "Ohayou, Sakura-chan." Yukito said smiling at Sakura. She tried not to blush but failed and could
    1.23 +only manage to mutter "Ohayou, Yukito-san" back at him. Feeling shy around Yukito, Sakura couldn't think of anything to talk
    1.24 +about so she just decided to enjoy riding to school with him. 
    1.25 +
    1.26 +As Sakura's school came into view she started saying goodbye to Yukito and turned into her school where Tomoyo was
    1.27 +waiting for her. She stopped to watch as Yukito rode on towards his school and he turned around throwing something at her.
    1.28 +"A present for you." He said as he rode out of sight tossing a piece of candy to her. Sakura blushed again and Tomoyo noticed.
    1.29 +
    1.30 +"He always has something for you doesnt he Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said as she watched Sakura blush even more. "Come on
    1.31 +now, we can't be late to class." 
    1.32 +
    1.33 +"Hai!" Sakura shouted for no reason. Taking Tomoyo's hand into her own she took off towards class. Tomoyo just looked
    1.34 +down at her hand that was holding on to Sakura's reminding herself that Sakura is just to young to understand. "When your
    1.35 +older. I'll tell you again so you can understand...Just how much I love you Sakura-chan," she thought to herself. 
    1.36 +
    1.37 +
    1.38 +
    1.39 +During their break Tomoyo and Sakura sat outside watching as Meiling chased Li-kun around trying to get him to be her
    1.40 +boyfriend. The two girls giggled as they discussed how persistant she is. "Ne, Tomoyo-chan. Would you like to come over
    1.41 +after school? Papa-san is away on a business trip and Touyo is going to Yukito's tonight to study so I'd be all alone and it'd be
    1.42 +nice to have your company for a while," Sakura concluded looking at her best friend. 
    1.43 +
    1.44 +"Of course!" Tomoyo smiled at Sakura and sighed to herself. "This becomes more difficult every day. Now I know how
    1.45 +okaa-san felt when she was in love with Sakura's mom. It is depressing when the other is completly oblivious to your feelings." 
    1.46 +
    1.47 +Sakura noticed the change of expression on Tomoyo's face and asked her if something is wrong. Tomoyo just forced a smile
    1.48 +trying to convince Sakura. "Why dont we go help Li-kun get away from Meiling for a little bit? All she does is chase him
    1.49 +around. It must get tiring." Tomoyo suggested trying to get her thoughts of Sakura out of her mind. Sakura nodded and the two
    1.50 +took off after Li-kun. 
    1.51 +
    1.52 +
    1.53 +
    1.54 +"Tadaima Kero-chan!" Sakura shouted as she entered her home tugging Tomoyo behind her. "Eh, where's Kero-chan? He
    1.55 +usually comes to the door to greet me." 
    1.56 +
    1.57 +"Didn't you say you have a fight with him the other night?" 
    1.58 +
    1.59 +"Yeah, but I thought he got over it. Maybe he's just up in my room sleeping or playing that new game he got." Tomoyo nodded
    1.60 +at her friend and they headed upstairs to Sakura's bedroom. As Sakura opened the door and stepped inside her room her jaw
    1.61 +dropped to the floor. "KERO-CHAN," Sakura said trying to keep her temper in check. "What have you done to my stuff?"
    1.62 +She asked looking at pricless contents of one of her desk drawers. She noticed all the notes that Tomoyo had given her were
    1.63 +laying on the floor along with other keepsakes. 
    1.64 +
    1.65 +Tomoyo placed a hand on Sakura's shoulder calming her down and went to pick the stuff up off the floor. She noticed that
    1.66 +Sakura had kept the notes from her and blushed slightly. "Maybe there is hope," she thought to herself. She decided to take a
    1.67 +chance, and asked Sakura why she kept all of them. 
    1.68 +
    1.69 +"Because they are from my best friend and they are very important to me. Just like you Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said giving
    1.70 +Tomoyo a warm smile. 
    1.71 +
    1.72 +Tomoyo blushed again and looked at the desk. "So where'd all this stuff come from?" Sakura pointed at the drawer Kero-chan
    1.73 +removed them from and Tomoyo tapped on the drawere. "It's safe to come out Kero-chan," Tomoyo whispered. 
    1.74 +
    1.75 +Kero-chan poked his head out of the drawer and looked at Sakura. "Gomen nasai Sakura-chan. I only wanted to have some
    1.76 +space for myself." 
    1.77 +
    1.78 +"Daijoubu Kero-chan." Sakura said finally after calming down. Just ask next time you do something like that, ne?" Kero-chan
    1.79 +nodded his agreement and the trio went downstairs to fix something to eat. 
    1.80 +
    1.81 +As Sakura was preparing some food Tomoyo was videotaping Kero-chan and finally turned the camera on Sakura. "Aww..
    1.82 +Sakura your so cute when you cook," Tomoyo said drawing Sakura's attention. When Sakura noticed she was being taped a
    1.83 +rather large sweat drop appeared on her head. "If only she knew how much I meant it." 
    1.84 +
    1.85 +"Arigatou Tomoyo-chan," Sakura smiled at her friend and went back to cooking. After their food was done the girls along with
    1.86 +Kero-chan sat down to eat and talked about school and their friends. Tomoyo frinally brought up how she thought Li-kun was
    1.87 +starting to get a crush on Sakura even though Meling was after him. 
    1.88 +
    1.89 +"Hontou?" Sakura asked blushing. "Do you really think he likes me?" 
    1.90 +
    1.91 +Tomoyo only nodded that he does like her. Then she felt like kicking herself for bringing it up. She felt herself slipping into a
    1.92 +depression over it. "Can something really hurt so much? But I have to keep torturing myself. Why???" she thought silently.
    1.93 +Sakura noticed the change in Tomoyo's facial expressions and asked her friend if she was alright. 
    1.94 +
    1.95 +"Yeah, I'm fine." Tomoyo tried to convince Sakura. It seemed her best friend knew her better than she thought. Sakura still
    1.96 +wasn't satisfied though. 
    1.97 +
    1.98 +"Thats why I asked you here Tomoyo-chan." 
    1.99 +
   1.100 +"Huh? I dont get it." 
   1.101 +
   1.102 +"You seem...distant lately. Like there's something on your mind all the time. And I just want you to know, if there's anything
   1.103 +wrong, or anything you need to talk about I'm here for you." Sakura said smiling gently at Tomoyo. "Actually, why dont you
   1.104 +stay here tonight? Tomorow we dont have school and we could go on that picnic we were suposed to have a while ago." 
   1.105 +
   1.106 +"Are you sure?" Tomoyo asked not wanting to be a bother to anyone. Sakura nodded at her friend and took one of Tomoyo's
   1.107 +hands into hers. 
   1.108 +
   1.109 +"Let's go shopping ne?" Sakura suggested. They both cleaned up after eating and decided to go out for a while. 
   1.110 +
   1.111 +
   1.112 +
   1.113 +Once the girls returned from their shopping trip is was already dark outside and they were both exhausted from their busy trip
   1.114 +shopping. "I can't believe you spent a whole months allowance already Sakura-chan. But that shirt will look so good on you."
   1.115 +Tomoyo said complimenting Sakura for the millionth time that day. 
   1.116 +
   1.117 +"Why dont we go to bed now Tomoyo-chan? I'm so exhausted." Sakura said leading the two upstairs. When they entered the
   1.118 +room they found Kero-chan still playing his new game and yelling at the tv screen. They both laughed at him getting his
   1.119 +attention. 
   1.120 +
   1.121 +"Did you two get me anything?" He asked with a hopeful look in his eyes. 
   1.122 +
   1.123 +"Gomen ne Kero-chan. Not this time." 
   1.124 +
   1.125 +"Oh well. I guess I'll just go to sleep then he said saving his game. 
   1.126 +
   1.127 +"Ano.. Sakura-chan. I came here right after school so I dont have anything to sleep in." 
   1.128 +
   1.129 +"It's okay Tomoyo-chan. You can wear something of mine." Sakura looked through her clothes and found something that
   1.130 +would be good for Tomoyo to sleep in. After the two girls changed Tomoyo began to head downstaris when she felt Sakura
   1.131 +take hold of her hand. "Its always when she touches my hand that makes me hurt the most." Tomoyo thought quickly. 
   1.132 +
   1.133 +"Where are you going Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked her friend. 
   1.134 +
   1.135 +"I was going to sleep on the couch." 
   1.136 +
   1.137 +Sakura just smiled at her for a moment. "Baka, your sleeping in my room with me." Sakura told her not giving Tomoyo much
   1.138 +choice. "Great. Being that close to her. Watching her sleep. I wont sleep at all tonight." Tomoyo only smiled and followed
   1.139 +Sakura to her bedroom. 
   1.140 +
   1.141 +The two crawled into Sakura's bed and Kero-chan turned off the lights after they were situated. 
   1.142 +
   1.143 +"O-yasumi" He said to the two girls as he layed down in his new bed in Sakura's desk drawer. As the two girls lie there in the
   1.144 +dark they talked until almost midnight. Sakura moved so that she was now laying on her back and as she resituated herself her
   1.145 +hand brushed up against Tomoyo's. "What is that weird feeling I just got?" she asked herself. Tomoyo had stopped talking and
   1.146 +Sakura just laid there not bothering to move her hand away from Tomoyo's. 
   1.147 +
   1.148 +As Tomoyo tried to think of anything in the world other than the fact that Sakura's hand was touching her (and trying to
   1.149 +remember to breathe) Sakura was deep in thought. She was thinking about her relationship with Tomoyo and all the things they
   1.150 +had done together. She thought about all the comments Tomoyo had given her. And then one incident stuck out in her mind. "I
   1.151 +love you Sakura." then later. "I'll tell you when your older." Sakura thought as much as she could trying to figure out what that
   1.152 +meant. 
   1.153 +
   1.154 +Finally she figured it out. But could Tomoyo really like her..like that? No, thats not the problem. She knew Tomoyo liked her.
   1.155 +She just pretended not to.. But the problem was..Did she like Tomoyo back? Yes. she did. She loved Tomoyo too. "Hoe.
   1.156 +What am I going to do?" Sakura thought to herself. "What do I do now? Do I tell Tomoyo I love her? No, I wont tell her. Then
   1.157 +what?" Sakura's mind was whirling as she lay next to Tomoyo frozen in place. "That's it. I'll show her." she concluded. 
   1.158 +
   1.159 +Sakura moved her hand ever so slightly so that it was resting on top of Tomoyo's. She held on to Tomoyo's hand and
   1.160 +entertwined their fingers. "Sakura-chan?" Sakura didn't say anything to Tomoyo leaving her best friend full of questions. Sakura
   1.161 +then rolled over wrapping one of her arms around Tomoyo's waist and fell to sleep. Tomoyo, not daring to move a muscle, was
   1.162 +wondering what was going on here. "Is this a joke? Could it be, that she likes me? No, she'd never feel like that. She's to young
   1.163 +to understand." 
   1.164 +
   1.165 +
   1.166 +
   1.167 +When morning came Tomoyo's mind was still at work wondering why Sakura was holding on to her so tightly. She hadn't slept
   1.168 +one bit. Sakura woke up in Tomoyo's arms and smiled to herself. She held on to Tomoyo a little tighter letting Tomoyo know
   1.169 +she was awake. Sakura looked up at her friend innocently and asked, "Sleep well?" 
   1.170 +
   1.171 +Tomoyo could only mumble a few words that didn't make sense. "Your so cute Tomoyo-chan," Sakura smiled at her and got
   1.172 +out of bed. "Evil. She is evil," Tomoyo thought. "Tomoyo-chan, after we shower lets go on our picnic, ne?" Tomoyo could only
   1.173 +nod at her friend, as she still lay paralized. 
   1.174 +
   1.175 +A few hours passed and the girls had gotten dressed and they were just finishing with packing their lunch. "Todays the day. I'll
   1.176 +tell Tomoyo-chan how I feel today at our picnic." Sakura told herself. "Are you ready Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked and the
   1.177 +two girls headed out the door. 
   1.178 +
   1.179 +"Ano..Kero-chan isnt coming Sakura?" Tomoyo asked. 
   1.180 +
   1.181 +Sakura thought back to when Tomoyo was in the shower earlier and how she bribed Kero-chan not to come along today.
   1.182 +"Onegai Kero-chan? I'll make you a whole cake just for you if you just stay behind today. There's something I have to tell
   1.183 +Tomoyo and there can't be anyone around when I tell her." Sakura pleaded with the guardian beast. 
   1.184 +
   1.185 +"What do you have to tell her?" 
   1.186 +
   1.187 +"You'll see soon enough. Just trust me." 
   1.188 +
   1.189 +"Fine, but I get a whole cake tommorow. All to myself." He demanded crossing his arms. 
   1.190 +
   1.191 +"Arigatou Kero-chan!" Sakura exclaimed hugging him. Sakura laughed as she was remembering the conversation and turned to
   1.192 +Tomoyo. "He said he wanted to stay home and finish his new game today," Sakura informed her friend. "Well, you ready?" 
   1.193 +
   1.194 +The girls headed to the park and Sakura's heart was racing. "This isn't going to be easy. I can't believe this. What if something
   1.195 +goes wrong? At least I know she wont reject me." Sakura's mind was going a mile a minute and she couldn't wait to get to the
   1.196 +park and get this off her chest. 
   1.197 +
   1.198 +They found a nice spot under a tree to place their blanket and sat down. Tomoyo began to unpack their lunch when she felt
   1.199 +Sakura take hold of her hand. Tomoyo stopped and looked at Sakura. "What is it Sakura, is something wrong? You look
   1.200 +scared." 
   1.201 +
   1.202 +"No nothings wrong," Sakura shook her head and conintued. "Its just, there's something I have to tell you. You see, it's that,
   1.203 +I...I.." Sakura paused, looking at Tomoyo's eager face. She was sure Tomoyo knew what she was going to say but she was
   1.204 +still scared to admit it out loud. 
   1.205 +
   1.206 +"Hey, Sakura have you seen Li-kun around her?" Meling shouted as she saw two of her friends. "Must kill," Sakura thought
   1.207 +looking at Meiling with an evil smile. "What's with the evil look Sakura? Something wrong?" Meiling asked innocently. 
   1.208 +
   1.209 +"I'm trying to have a private conversation with Tomoyo at the moment." Sakura retorted. 
   1.210 +
   1.211 +"Oh? What about?" Meiling was being persistant and was getting on Sakura's nerves. "Oh food, mind if I have some?" she said
   1.212 +already with food in her hands almost to her mouth. 
   1.213 +
   1.214 +"Meiling, could you please leave us. I need to talk to Tomoyo privatly." Sakura was on her last nerve and about to use one of
   1.215 +her clow cards to dispose of Meiling. 
   1.216 +
   1.217 +"Tell me whats so important first." 
   1.218 +
   1.219 +"No." Sakura crossed her arms over her chest. 
   1.220 +
   1.221 +"Yes." 
   1.222 +
   1.223 +"No." Sakura now extremly pissed and losing her temper. 
   1.224 +
   1.225 +"Yes." 
   1.226 +
   1.227 +"I'm trying to tell Tomoyo I love her okay? Now leave me alone and go chase Li-kun. Do whatever you want. But let me tell
   1.228 +Tomoyo I'm in love with her okay?" Tomoyo and Meiling's jaws were dropped to the floor. Meiling could practicaly see flames
   1.229 +coming from Sakura's head and decided to quickly make her exit. 
   1.230 +
   1.231 +"Excuse me for a moment. I think I have to go umm.. Chase Li-kun for a while or umm.. something." Meiling said as she ran
   1.232 +from Sakura. Sakura smiled proudly at herself for getting rid of Meiling and then frowned. "Great, it was supposed to be
   1.233 +special when I told her I love her," Sakura thought out loud. 
   1.234 +
   1.235 +"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo startled Sakura out of her thoughts. "If you really do mean that, it was very special just hearing you say
   1.236 +it." 
   1.237 +
   1.238 +"I did mean it Tomoyo-chan. I'm in love with you, not Li-kun or Yukito-san. Your the one who makes me feel special. Who's
   1.239 +always trying to make me happy. I'm just sorry it took me so long to realize it. Last night, when I was laying in bed..." Sakura
   1.240 +trailed off thinking how nice it was to be laying with Tomoyo. "Last night you held me in your arms. I know you didn't sleep at
   1.241 +all, and I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. I just needed to be sure. But when I was laying, listening to your heart beat, feeling
   1.242 +your arms around me. I felt happier than I had ever been in all my life. I love you Tomoyo-chan." Sakura finished and looked at
   1.243 +her best friend. Tomoyo had tears in her eyes and Sakura wiped them away. 
   1.244 +
   1.245 +Tomoyo tried to speak, but once again no words would come out. All she could do was throw herself into Sakura's arms and
   1.246 +hold on to her with all her might. "I love you Sakura. I always have" Tomoyo said as she released her hold on Sakura. She
   1.247 +looked up at Sakura who was now crying tears of joy. Tomoyo smiled at her and leaned in so she was only a few inches from
   1.248 +Sakura's face. "I promise I'll make you happy Sakura-chan," she said. 
   1.249 +
   1.250 +"You already do silly." Sakura closed the distance between them and kissed her friend on the lips. "Now what do you say to
   1.251 +eating all this food you brought?" Sakura suggested as they broke apart. Tomoyo smiled and began to eat. After they finished
   1.252 +the two spent the rest of the day at the park. Sakura was leaning back against a tree holding Tomoyo in her arms. Neither
   1.253 +spoke much, but instead enjoyed the others warm embrace and they both knew, nothing would ever be able to come between
   1.254 +them from now on. 
   1.255 +
   1.256 +End 
   1.257 +
   1.258 +Yada Yada....So that was it..My turn to rant now.. How was the story? To long? To short? Comments welcome at
   1.259 +meikosama@hotmail.com 
   1.260 +
   1.261 +Japanese Terms: 
   1.262 +
   1.263 +1) Ohayou - good morning 
   1.264 +
   1.265 +2) onii-san-brother 
   1.266 +
   1.267 +3) Yo -kinda obvious but it's a greeting in case there's some baka people out there 
   1.268 +
   1.269 +4) chotto matte - wait a minute, hold on 
   1.270 +
   1.271 +5) hai - yes 
   1.272 +
   1.273 +6) Tadaima - I'm home 
   1.274 +
   1.275 +7) Gomen nasai - I'm sorry 
   1.276 +
   1.277 +8) Daijoubu - It's okay 
   1.278 +
   1.279 +9) Arigatou - Thanks 
   1.280 +
   1.281 +10) Hontou - Really? 
   1.282 +
   1.283 +11) ne - basically asking for agreement.. like putting 'okay?' at the end of a sentance 
   1.284 +
   1.285 +12) Ano.. - ummm 
   1.286 +
   1.287 +13) Baka - silly, stupid...a million things really..all depends on the context 
   1.288 +
   1.289 +14) O-yasumi - goodnight 
   1.290 +
   1.291 +15) Onegai - please 
   1.292 +