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     1.4 +	Later that evening, after Sakura returned home, the girl spent most of
     1.5 +her time inside her room.  The entire time though, she laid down on her bed
     1.6 +staring up at the ceiling.  Her sight was observing dead space with her
     1.7 +eyes watching nothing in particular.  Somewhere deep within the back of her
     1.8 +mind, thoughts of herself and of Tomoyo were piling up: thoughts of love,
     1.9 +thoughts of confusion and thoughts of discovery.  There were moments when
    1.10 +these thoughts would race through Sakura's mind and there were others when
    1.11 +they would be too much for her, causing her mind to run dormant.  All of
    1.12 +the girl's questions had been answered except for one, and there was no way
    1.13 +for her to know how to answer it.  As Sakura continued laying motionless on
    1.14 +her bed, her guardian, Kero, came out of the top desk drawer where he had
    1.15 +been sleeping for most of the day.  He looked around and found the room to
    1.16 +be pitch black.  The small guardian groaned as he flew up to turn on the
    1.17 +nearby lamp.  "Sakura, did you forget to wake me up again?  I'm so hungry."
    1.18 + Kero's attitude changed from crankiness to concern once he saw Sakura's
    1.19 +lifeless body on the bed.  "Hey Sakura, are you okay?"  Kero floated to his
    1.20 +friend's side to console her and try to help her out.  "Hey is there
    1.21 +something the matter?"
    1.22 +>	"Oh.  Hey Kero," Sakura responded glancing at her friend.  "I'm sorry I
    1.23 +forgot to wake you up".
    1.24 +>	"Sakura, it appears to me that something's been bothering you since
    1.25 +yesterday.  Is it alright if I ask what's wrong?"
    1.26 +>	"Well...sure, but I don't think you'll understand."
    1.27 +>	"Hey, I'm here to help, and I'll do my best to help you out in any way
    1.28 +that I can," Kero said in a calm, reassuring tone.
    1.29 +>	"Okay.  Well, basically it's about Tomoyo.  Yesterday after school, she
    1.30 +gave me a letter that...well, she said that...her letter said..." It was
    1.31 +hard for Sakura to talk about something she hardly understood at all.
    1.32 +>	"Take it slow and easy Sakura.  You can go at your own pace."
    1.33 +>	"Okay," Sakura responded.  She sat quietly for a few seconds, then took
    1.34 +in a deep breath and spoke once again.  "In her letter, Tomoyo told me
    1.35 +that...she has feelings of love for me."  Sakura stayed quiet after that as
    1.36 +she anticipated criticism from Kero just for saying such a thing.
    1.37 +>	"Keep going, I'm listening," Kero said, sounding a little impatient but
    1.38 +still williing to help Sakura out.
    1.39 +>	Sakura was a little bit surprised to hear Kero say that, and it was then
    1.40 +she realized that he could understand her situation better than she could.
    1.41 +"Well, after I read Tomoyo's letter, I was unsure of what to say to her
    1.42 +that I just ran off."
    1.43 +>	"What?  Wait a second!  Did you just say that you ran away from her?"
    1.44 +>	"Y,yeah, but I..."
    1.45 +>	"Sakura," Kero was upset at Sakura's description of her past misjudgment,
    1.46 +"when someone tells you their feelings like that, you don't just run away
    1.47 +from them and not come back to resolve the siutation!  You're going to hurt
    1.48 +someone deep inside by doing that!"
    1.49 +>	"I understand that now Kero," Sakura quickly responded.  "But yeserday,
    1.50 +it was all so sudden and shocking to me that I had no idea what to do!"
    1.51 +>	After Sakura's reaction of defense, Kero couldn't help but apologize for
    1.52 +his harsh outburst.  "I'm sorry Sakura, I just wasn't sure how well you
    1.53 +understood the situation you're in."
    1.54 +>	"No," Sakura said as she let feeling of guilt engulf her.  "Don't
    1.55 +apologize Kero.  I deserve to be yelled at for what I've done yesterday.
    1.56 +It's all my fault that I'm in this mess."
    1.57 +>	"Don't say that.  The fact that you want to resolve this problem the
    1.58 +right way shows that you're a caring person.  So try not to take it out on
    1.59 +yourself.  You'll get through this alright."
    1.60 +>	The little girl felt comforted as her friend patted her head, and her
    1.61 +mouth formed a small smile, but it wasn't large enough to show that she was
    1.62 +truly happy.  "Anyway," Sakura continued, "I thought about the letter again
    1.63 +today, and how Tomoyo described her feelings.  As I was thinking, I began
    1.64 +to feel something within me surface.  The more I thought, I began to
    1.65 +realize that I also had feelings of love.  These feelings I have for Tomoyo
    1.66 +are real.  I guess I kinda had these feelings all along, but after reading
    1.67 +Tomoyo's letter and understanding how she felt, I was able to discover them
    1.68 +for the first time.  But, I don't even see how all of this is possible."
    1.69 +>	"What do you mean by that?" Kero asked.
    1.70 +>	"It, it just doesn't sound right.  I don't understand how any of this can
    1.71 +be normal.  Tomoyo and I are both girls and we both share a desire of love
    1.72 +for each other, but when I think about it, it just sounds weird.  I never
    1.73 +even knew that I could fall in love with another girl.  Being in this
    1.74 +situation scares me a lot.  That's the reason why I ran away from Tomoyo."
    1.75 +Sakura's tone of voice showed that she was starting to act hysterical.  "I
    1.76 +don't even understand how the love between two girls can be real!  This is
    1.77 +something that's been on my mind for an entire day and I feel like I'm
    1.78 +going crazy!  It sounds unnatural and uncommon!  Kero, I love Tomoyo, but
    1.79 +can this really be called love?"
    1.80 +>	After hearing everything that his friend had to say, Kero thought long
    1.81 +and hard to come up with a solution for Sakura's perplexing problem.  He
    1.82 +delivered his reply once he believed he found the right choice of words.
    1.83 +"I can understand that at your age, you would find all of this to be really
    1.84 +confusing.  Okay Sakura, I think I know of a way to explain this.  Now you
    1.85 +know that your father loves you, right?"
    1.86 +>	"Well, yeah."  Sakura was very curious as to what Kero would say in order
    1.87 +to help her out.
    1.88 +>	"And your father also loves your brother, even though they're both the
    1.89 +same gender.  As you know, that type of love is not considered romantic."
    1.90 +>	"Right."
    1.91 +>	"Now, keep in mind the relationship between your father and your brother
    1.92 +as I continue.  The love that your parents shared with each other was the
    1.93 +romantic type of love.  The love between yourself and Tomoyo is also
    1.94 +romantic.  If you think about it, there are different types of
    1.95 +relationships between the two genders.  Many of them, even the one you have
    1.96 +with Tomoyo, are considered by a lot of people to be real love.  I hope you
    1.97 +no longer think of your situation being strange, because I certainly don't
    1.98 +see a problem with it."
    1.99 +>	Sakura listened to every word that was told to her, and it took a while
   1.100 +for her to understand.  She kept the relationship of her father and her
   1.101 +brother in her mind the whole time.  At one point, she came across the fact
   1.102 +that since they were family, they cared about each other and it didn't
   1.103 +mater that they were both male.  As soon as Sakura realized this, she
   1.104 +compared it to her relationship with Tomoyo.  Her realization was that even
   1.105 +though they were both girls, her emotions of love mattered the most between
   1.106 +them.  Sakura discovered that gender was not an important factor when the
   1.107 +feelings between two people were true.  Soon, a smile came across Sakura's
   1.108 +face.  It finally made perfect sense to her.  "I...I understand. I actually
   1.109 +understand it now.  Incredible.  But, the whole thing sounds so simple now
   1.110 +that I've had it explained to me.  I can't believe that I was just worrying
   1.111 +over nothing the whole time."
   1.112 +>	"It's okay Sakura.  A lot of people have problems with this sort of
   1.113 +thing, but you've found the answer to this situation.  I think you should
   1.114 +be proud with yourself."
   1.115 +>	"Yeah.  I am proud, and I'm happy about it too.  I didn't really think
   1.116 +I'd be able to...oh!  I still haven't said a thing to Tomoyo since
   1.117 +yesterday.  She's probably so heart broken, or mad that she doesn't want to
   1.118 +speak to me.  Now what am I suppose to do?"
   1.119 +>	"Well first of all, I think you should call Tomoyo on the phone."
   1.120 +>	"Huh?"
   1.121 +>	"Sure.  Arrange to meet with her sometime tomorrow so you can fully
   1.122 +discuss your feelings with her."
   1.123 +>	"Do...you think she will agree to do so?"
   1.124 +>	"If you ask in an appropriate manner, she will forgive you."
   1.125 +>	"Should I call her right now?"
   1.126 +>	"Uh...not yet.  There's something more important that you need to take
   1.127 +care of first."
   1.128 +>	"What?  Something more important?"
   1.129 +>	"Yeah.  I still haven't been feed in a while.  Could you please do that
   1.130 +first?"
   1.131 +>	"Oh!  Hm.  You bet Kero.  Wait right here."
   1.132 +>	"Thanks Sakura," Kero said as he watched his friend leave the room in a
   1.133 +joyful mood.  "Sakura and Tomoyo huh?  Well, who would have guessed?  Then
   1.134 +again love and life hardly turn out the way we expect it to.  I think those
   1.135 +two girls are going to be just fine together."
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