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     1.4 +	As the birds chirped and flew through the sky, a calm breeze from the
     1.5 +late morning air passed through the trees.  The sun projected its rays of
     1.6 +light upon Sakura's face as she gazed up at it.  The two girls had agreed
     1.7 +the previous night to meet by the penguin slide at the park.  The brown
     1.8 +haired girl felt so joyful as she was about to meet the one she had fallen
     1.9 +in love with.  She took her time as she walked to her destination, causing
    1.10 +her heart to swell with anticipation.  Her choice of speed felt natural in
    1.11 +this situation for the fact that if she went too fast to see Tomoyo, she
    1.12 +would be unable to savor the time it would take to get there.  Sakura
    1.13 +envisioned her meeting with her best friend, telling her how much she loved
    1.14 +her and especially seeing her smile again.  Sakura had missed Tomoyo's
    1.15 +smile so much that seeing it would grant her an unexplainable amount of
    1.16 +happiness.  Each step brought her closer to that feeling of happiness.  As
    1.17 +the penguin slide came into full view, Sakura stopped walking and quickly
    1.18 +noticed that Tomoyo was not in her vantage point.  Once she began to walk
    1.19 +around the slide counterclockwise, she found the dark haired girl waiting
    1.20 +for her.  At first, Sakura began to advance toward her, but halted once she
    1.21 +saw her face.  With her head hung low, Tomoyo had a somewhat dismal look on
    1.22 +her face which indicated that she still had sadness within her heart.  'I
    1.23 +wonder, could she still be thinking of how I left her all alone the other
    1.24 +day?' Sakura thought to herself.  'I suppose that could be it.  She did
    1.25 +sound a little uncomfortable about coming when I spoke to her last night.
    1.26 +I'm starting to feel like I forced her to come.  I can't see her like this.
    1.27 + It wouldn't work.  Even if I did tell her, she might feel nervous if she
    1.28 +thinks I'm going to hurt her again.  I need to lighten the mood and make
    1.29 +her feel at ease.  But how can I do that?'  Sakura began to think as to
    1.30 +what she could do.  For a while she was stumped for an idea and wasn't sure
    1.31 +if she could come up with anything.  But she kept cool and didn't rush in
    1.32 +her thinking process.  After a few minutes, she finally came up with an
    1.33 +idea.  Once it came to her, she was positive that it would help in her
    1.34 +situation.  She smiled as she dashed in the direction opposite the slide,
    1.35 +putting her plan into motion.
    1.36 +>
    1.37 +>	Nervousness was what Tomoyo was feeling.  Nervousness mixed in with fear.
    1.38 + She was fearful because she didn't know what would happen to her.  This
    1.39 +feeling of fear was with her since the phone call last night.  Hearing
    1.40 +Sakura's voice through the earpiece came as a surprise to her and she could
    1.41 +hardly believe that the girl would even contact her.  The phone
    1.42 +conversation had hardly begun when Sakura asked to meet with her.  Tomoyo
    1.43 +wasn't pressured in any way to see Sakura, but the moments when the two
    1.44 +last saw each other came back into the dark haired girl's mind.  She didn't
    1.45 +know what Sakura would do if she went, she couldn't even find any logic in
    1.46 +going back to the person who hurt her so much.  All she knew was that she
    1.47 +needed to see the person she fell in love with.  That, beyond anything
    1.48 +else, was all that mattered in Tomoyo's mind.  Afrter agreeing to meet with
    1.49 +Sakura, the nervousness quickly rushed in and overtook her senses.  What
    1.50 +Sakura would say to her was beyond her grasp.  Would she apologize, or
    1.51 +would she make Tomoyo feel bad about herself?  This thought put the
    1.52 +greatest amount of fear into her.  If Sakura rejected her, she would have
    1.53 +her feelings and opinions rejected.  Tomoyo's opinions made up who she was,
    1.54 +they were what made her human.  If her opinions were rejected, then her
    1.55 +right to be human was rejected.  Tomoyo would not be able to handle hearing
    1.56 +it.  As Tomoyo patiently sat by the slide awaiting her confrontation with
    1.57 +Sakura, she held on to the stuffed elephant that was meant to be Sakura's
    1.58 +gift.  Tomoyo had brought it along hoping that the brown haired girl would
    1.59 +be more understanding and would want to accept it.  Tomoyo clutched the
    1.60 +elephant to her chest recalling the moment when she had presented it to her
    1.61 +friend.  In that brief instant of time, the two girls both shared a moment
    1.62 +of happiness toghther.  The elephant was used by Tomoyo in order to bring
    1.63 +out not only Sakura's happiness, it brought out her warmth and youthful
    1.64 +charm as well.  Tomoyo would have given anything if she could see Sakura in
    1.65 +a joyful mood once again.  But something within Tomoyo, a feeling deep
    1.66 +within her heart, was telling her that things would not be as she had
    1.67 +hoped.  Everything she planned, everyhing she dreamed about could be gone
    1.68 +in an instant.  She wanted everything to turn out right for her.  She just
    1.69 +needed something to tell her that she could end the day feeling happy, that
    1.70 +there was no reason to be afraid, that the love she hoped for would be there.
    1.71 +>
    1.72 +>	Tomoyo continued to clutch onto the elephant when a gentle gust of wind
    1.73 +blew past her.  The cool air brushed onto her face and gave her a slight
    1.74 +chill.  This feeling distracted Tomoyo for a brief moment before she went
    1.75 +back to her previous train of thought.  She was distracted once again when
    1.76 +she noticed something descend from the sky and land beside her right leg.
    1.77 +It was a leaf from a cheery blossom.  Tomoyo was very surprised to see one
    1.78 +because it wasn't the right time for them to come out and none of the trees
    1.79 +close to Tomoyo had any cheery blossoms on them.  She raised her head and
    1.80 +noticed that more chery blossom petals were falling to the ground, almost
    1.81 +like a pink snow shower.  The question of how this occurrence could be
    1.82 +possible entered the girl's mind as she raised her head higher.  The sight
    1.83 +she witnessed overwhelmed her system as amazement caused her to smile.
    1.84 +Hundreds of cheery blossom petals were drifting high up above Tomoyo,
    1.85 +flowing like a river, and fell around where she sat.  The sight of beauty
    1.86 +caused Tomoyo to stand up and greet it with her smile.  As more of the
    1.87 +petals fell to the Earth, Tomoyo held out her hand and caught a few in her
    1.88 +palm.  She picked up one of the petals with her left thumb and finger ande
    1.89 +began to examine it up close.  Tomoyo knew that the occurrence above her
    1.90 +could not be considered possible by any normal means of reasoning.  The
    1.91 +petals that Tomoyo collected felt as real as any other cheery blossom petal
    1.92 +she ever held, but these petals felt very different.  Within them she felt
    1.93 +a bright source of energy that resonated through her body, making her feel
    1.94 +like she was floating on air.  Tomoyo closed her eyes and let the
    1.95 +sensations run around and take over.  Her realization as to how his
    1.96 +phenomenon could happen came to her as the feelings of pleasure continued
    1.97 +to flow.  Once she knew the casue of this event, she became even happier.
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