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     1.4 +Changing Seasons
     1.5 +by tehwalrus, a Card Captor Sakura fanfiction
     1.6 +
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     1.8 +
     1.9 +Winter  gently, slowly makes herself known. She creeps up in that first cold 
    1.10 +wind, in a guise as she first introduces herself to you, her long fingers 
    1.11 +playing through your hair, brown locks waving in the...
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    1.15 +Tomoyo closes her notebook with a happy but also regretful sigh as class 
    1.16 +finishes. She wanted to keep writing, but now she gets to go on her date with 
    1.17 +Sakura-chan! Of course, not a real date... She smiles at the brown haired 
    1.18 +bishoujo sitting in the desk next to her. "How is your poem coming Sakura-chan? 
    1.19 +Is it going to be excellent or spectacular?" The second girl blushes very 
    1.20 +cutely as she finishes packing up. "Tomoyo-chan... it really isn't as good as 
    1.21 +you say it is."
    1.22 +
    1.23 +Naoko, Chiharu and Rika walked over just then, each of the girls carrying thier 
    1.24 +schoolstuffs. Tomoyo smiles softly to the three, "Hello Naoko, Rika, Chiharu. 
    1.25 +Could you tell me how good this poem is?" She struggles just a little to bring 
    1.26 +up her memory of it, then begins to recite.
    1.27 +
    1.28 +"Sakura blossoms and Spring are two parts of the same thing. One just another 
    1.29 +flower without the other while Spring would be never seen without pink and 
    1.30 +green..."
    1.31 +
    1.32 +"Oh, very nice Tomoyo!" All three of Sakura's friends congratulated, Sakura 
    1.33 +blushing deeply. Tomoyo shakes her head a little bit, looking dreamily at 
    1.34 +Sakura. "Oh, that was Sakura-chan's great poem, not mine. It is very good 
    1.35 +Sakura-chan, everyone agreed." The girl nods, still blushing. "Hai, arigatou 
    1.36 +everyone. Tomoyo-chan and I were going to get ice cream before the store closes 
    1.37 +for christmas. Would you like to come too?"
    1.38 +
    1.39 +Tomoyo frowned only very slightly. She wanted to spend time alone with her 
    1.40 +genki friend, but wanting to make everyone happy and feel included was part of 
    1.41 +what made Sakura-chan Sakura-chan. Chiharu noticed the little disappointed look 
    1.42 +on Tomoyo's face, and quickly shook her head. "Sorry Sakura, we were all going 
    1.43 +to go over some homework together so we'll have it all done for the break." The 
    1.44 +other two nodded after a second, realizing what was going on. "We'll come next 
    1.45 +time."
    1.46 +
    1.47 +Tomoyo whispered a small thank you as the three friends left and felt bad... 
    1.48 +Sakura had confided in her, saying how she wasn't happy about how she and the 
    1.49 +other three girls were growing apart, not realizing everyone had taken to 
    1.50 +leaving the brunette alone with Tomoyo for the heiress' sake. Sonomi kept 
    1.51 +saying that Sakura-chan was definately having more fun with just Tomoyo... but 
    1.52 +Tomoyo always felt guilty anyways, though not enough to give up this time with 
    1.53 +her Sakura-chan. She felt even more guilty for not acting on her guilt.
    1.54 +
    1.55 +
    1.56 +
    1.57 +...wind. She stays the same inside, but over time her intensity grows unable to 
    1.58 +hide itself and she snows down, showing her true colors, ruining your happiness 
    1.59 +with her frozen tears.
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    1.62 +
    1.63 +Tomoyo smiles as Sakura tells her about how Christmas had originated in the 
    1.64 +South Pole, but then Santa had to move since his wife was allergic to penguins. 
    1.65 +Tomoyo takes a bite of ice cream, shaking her head ruefully. "Did Yamazaki-kun 
    1.66 +tell you that Sakura-chan?" She giggles as Sakura nods emphatically. "I think 
    1.67 +maybe he was making it up."
    1.68 +
    1.69 +Sakura blushes deeply again, embarassed at herself. "I always believe him..." 
    1.70 +Tomoyo reaches across the table, taking Sakura's hand in both of her own and 
    1.71 +smiling softly at the brunette.
    1.72 +
    1.73 +"Sakura-chan is sweet and trusting. Don't be ashamed about it, those are some 
    1.74 +of the things that make Sakura-chan so perfect and wonderful." Tomoyo cringes 
    1.75 +inwardly... I have to tone it down some, not even kawaii Sakura-chan is 
    1.76 +completely naive. Of course, she was going to tell Sakura her feelings soon 
    1.77 +enough. If the poem Sakura was going to open on Christmas morning wasn't 
    1.78 +enough, Tomoyo wrote at the bottom "I love you Sakura, as your mother loved 
    1.79 +your father." Not even Sakura's naivety could escape the blatance there.
    1.80 +
    1.81 +Sakura paled, her eyes going wide. "Tomoyo-chan... you love me?" Her speech 
    1.82 +comes out a bare whisper, but it more than enough to startle the heiress out of 
    1.83 +her introspection. She... she must have said the words aloud? Tomoyo nods once, 
    1.84 +slipping the poem out of her notebook and setting it on the table, then running 
    1.85 +quickly out of the building. She wasn't expecting this, she wasn't prepared... 
    1.86 +she didn't know what to say, so she just ran and kept running, not noticing 
    1.87 +where she was going.
    1.88 +
    1.89 +Eventually she stops, finding herself on the bridge, and takes a seat along the 
    1.90 +edge of it, tears streaming down her face. "I ruined the whole plan, I was 
    1.91 +supposed to be at home when Sakura opened it, to give her a chance to reject me 
    1.92 +and never see me again. I was..." She stops midsentence at the sound of the so 
    1.93 +familiar voice behind her.
    1.94 +
    1.95 +"That's not fair Tomoyo-chan, I... you should have done as you did, and tell me 
    1.96 +to my face." Sakura puts a hand on Tomoyo's shoulder, sitting down beside her 
    1.97 +friend and pulling the sobbing girl into a comforting hug. "We're best friends 
    1.98 +Tomoyo-chan, you know you can tell me anything. I love you too..." Sakura's 
    1.99 +face lights up as she comes to that realization, and Tomoyo's sobs stop from 
   1.100 +where she's tucked agaisnt the brunette's shoulder.
   1.101 +
   1.102 +She looks up, most of her tears wiped from her cheeks. "Y-You do?" Sakura nods 
   1.103 +a little, grinning. "I do Tomoyo-chan... I didn't know it, but I do."
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   1.107 +And the brunette wipes the frosty tears away with a gentle kiss, holding Winter 
   1.108 +tight to herself and revealing Spring, still wet with sadness but joyful as 
   1.109 +happiness begins.
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