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     1.4 +The opening and certain segments are from a CCS radio drama. I need
     1.5 +to listen to it again one of these days simply because I adore Junko
     1.6 +Iwao’s voice. ^=^ Anyway, this is a Valentine’s Day story that came
     1.7 +from me jotting down little segments at a time in a notebook. If you
     1.8 +have any comments, I would absolutely love to hear them. ^-^
     1.9 +
    1.10 +
    1.11 +Don’t You Make Me Happy
    1.12 +by Amazoness Duo
    1.13 +amazonessduo@hotmail.com
    1.14 +
    1.15 +
    1.16 +‘Today is Valentine's day. It is the day to give chocolates to the
    1.17 +one you love. The one I love the most, the person the most important
    1.18 +to me... because I love her, I just want to see her smile. Even if
    1.19 +she would be happier being with somebody else, I would be happy just
    1.20 +to see it. So, the chocolates I'm offering are not to say "I love
    1.21 +you", but to say "I want to make you happy". Today is the day to
    1.22 +share what is inside your heart.’
    1.23 +
    1.24 +	Sakura sighed miserably as she walked out of class. Valentine’s Day
    1.25 +was turning out to be rather depressing for her. It was doing an
    1.26 +excellent job of reminding her of how alone she was. All the other
    1.27 +girls were busy giving sweets to the ones they loved. Chiharu had
    1.28 +given some chocolates to Yamazaki (before hitting him when he
    1.29 +explained where chocolates came from), Rika had given hers to Terrada-
    1.30 +sensei, and even Naoko seemed to be waiting to give her chocolates to
    1.31 +someone special. But poor Sakura had no one to give chocolates to.
    1.32 +Syaoran had broken up with her a while back and Yukito was dating her
    1.33 +brother. She had thought that she had gotten over the two of them for
    1.34 +the most part, but seeing everyone so happy to give away their heart
    1.35 +was making her feel terribly lonely. She just wanted to day to end so
    1.36 +she could forget about it all. 
    1.37 +	“Sakura-chan!” a melodious voice called out as Tomoyo swiftly
    1.38 +joined her dejected friend. “I saw you leaving from the music room
    1.39 +window, looking like a sad and lonely Sakura-chan. I didn’t want you
    1.40 +to have to go home alone like that, so I got out of choir early
    1.41 +today,” Tomoyo explained as she fell into step beside her magical
    1.42 +best friend. “You should never have to be sad or lonely. Your
    1.43 +beautiful face looks so much more stunning with a brilliant smile
    1.44 +attached.”
    1.45 +	Smiling a bit at Tomoyo’s words, Sakura nodded. “Un! Thank you,
    1.46 +Tomoyo-chan. I’ll try to smile more today. I got so caught up in
    1.47 +watching everyone else giving their chocolates to the ones they love
    1.48 +that I started to feel lonely. But I wasn’t looking at it the right
    1.49 +way. I still have Tomoyo-chan, so I can’t feel lonely, even if I
    1.50 +don’t have anyone to give chocolates to.” She was already feeling
    1.51 +better with Tomoyo next to her. The pale girl always had that affect
    1.52 +on her, both soothing and warm. That she would skip choir practice
    1.53 +simply to walk her home because she looked sad was a testament to how
    1.54 +lucky she was to have such a kind friend. She still felt a little sad
    1.55 +that she had no one this Valentine’s Day, but the feeling wasn’t as
    1.56 +strong now that Tomoyo was with her. “Oh, while were on the subject,
    1.57 +who did you give your Valentine’s Day chocolates to?” Sakura asked
    1.58 +curiously. Now that she thought about it, she had never seen Tomoyo
    1.59 +with a crush on anyone before, had never heard her talking about any
    1.60 +boy that she liked. Which was strange because she had heard that
    1.61 +quite a bit lately from most of the other girls she knew. But then
    1.62 +again, Tomoyo was rather... eccentric. So even if it was unusual, it
    1.63 +wasn’t entirely out of place. Maybe her best friend was simply too
    1.64 +busy with other things. Like choir and Sakura herself. But Sakura was
    1.65 +still very curious about who Tomoyo would give her chocolates to.
    1.66 +Perhaps her mysterious special someone that Tomoyo had mentioned
    1.67 +before? She had no idea who they were, but she was sure that whoever
    1.68 +they were must be very lucky to have Tomoyo’s gentle heart.
    1.69 +	“Actually, I was planning on giving them now,” Tomoyo replied,
    1.70 +smiling sweetly. She dug in her bookbag for a second and produced two
    1.71 +objects. She held a small package tied with a pink ribbon and a small
    1.72 +silk cloth tied like a bag with a rose red ribbon. “Here you go!”
    1.73 +	Sakura blinked in surprise as she took the small bag of homemade
    1.74 +chocolate and the videotape shaped present, looking from one to the
    1.75 +other in her hands. “Tomoyo-chan...? Is this all for me? You really
    1.76 +shouldn’t have. You should give this to the one you love.”
    1.77 +	“And that is why I am giving them to you, Sakura-chan! I want to
    1.78 +give Sakura-chan my heart for Valentine’s Day. It may not be much,
    1.79 +but it’s all yours,” Tomoyo said, tilting her head to the side as she
    1.80 +smiled. Dark hair fell past her eyes, but she quickly brushed it
    1.81 +away. She had stayed up late the night before editing the videotape
    1.82 +in Sakura’s hand. She knew how lonely Sakura had felt since her
    1.83 +breakup with Syaoran and had made the video as a way to show Sakura
    1.84 +how loved she was. It was a gift that she hoped would soothe Sakura’s
    1.85 +lost heart. It had taken her over a week to sort through all of her
    1.86 +videos and edit in all of the scenes she wanted onto the tape, but it
    1.87 +had been a job she had thoroughly enjoyed. Besides being able to look
    1.88 +back through her many images of Sakura, she had been overjoyed at the
    1.89 +prospect of finding the most romantic scenes of the Cardmistress, as
    1.90 +well as the best scenes that showcased how important she was to
    1.91 +everyone, especially Tomoyo. She had made the chocolate herself,
    1.92 +spending extra care to make sure they came out perfectly. Her mother
    1.93 +had enjoyed the Dutch chocolate when she had offered her a piece, so
    1.94 +she hoped Sakura would like them. The bag that carried them was a
    1.95 +beautifully embroidered kerchief and the ribbon was also a bow for
    1.96 +Sakura’s hair. It had been difficult to sit through the school day
    1.97 +with her precious gifts, waiting for the perfect time to give them to
    1.98 +her fair mistress. 
    1.99 +	Sakura blushed deeply at Tomoyo’s words. She hadn’t expected
   1.100 +receiving any chocolates on Valentine’s Day. That was a day for girls
   1.101 +to give chocolates to the ones they loved. White Day was when boys
   1.102 +did the same. So this came as a complete surprise to her. Candy,
   1.103 +gifts, and warm declarations of love. Had Tomoyo been a boy, Sakura
   1.104 +would have been certain that Tomoyo was confessing her love this
   1.105 +Valentine’s Day. That made Sakura blush deeper as she watched her
   1.106 +smiling best friend. Tomoyo was so sweet and gentle and oh so caring.
   1.107 +She was always there for Sakura, even now. She always managed to find
   1.108 +a way to warm Sakura’s heart, to calm her fragile emotions. If Tomoyo
   1.109 +were a boy, if she did love her that way... But try as she might, she
   1.110 +couldn’t visualize Tomoyo as a boy. It felt somehow wrong anyway.
   1.111 +Tomoyo was Tomoyo. A gorgeous, talented, and loving girl. But Sakura
   1.112 +couldn’t completely shake her thoughts of what might have been, even
   1.113 +if she couldn’t see Tomoyo as male. Between all of that and how
   1.114 +cutely romantic Tomoyo was being, she would have thrown herself into
   1.115 +her arms. So Sakura did it anyway. “Oh, Tomoyo-chan!” Her arms
   1.116 +wrapped around the pale girl’s slender waist, hugging her tightly.
   1.117 +Tomoyo seemed a little surprised by her sudden movement, but quickly
   1.118 +relaxed into the hug, her gentle hands sliding up and down Sakura’s
   1.119 +back as she returned the hug. Sakura’s earlier anguish about the day
   1.120 +felt very far away now, as if it had happened to some other girl
   1.121 +entirely. She had received chocolates from a very special person,
   1.122 +even if she hadn’t been able to give any, so maybe it wasn’t such a
   1.123 +bad thing after all. Sakura giggled, her emerald eyes smiling into
   1.124 +the vast stormy blue ocean of Tomoyo’s eyes. “I got chocolates from
   1.125 +the cutest girl in school. All of the boys are going to get jealous,
   1.126 +Tomoyo-chan.”
   1.127 +	Tomoyo smiled happily, her fingers still trailing up and down
   1.128 +Sakura’s back through her school uniform. “The boys must already be
   1.129 +getting jealous just to see Sakura-chan giving out one of her
   1.130 +wonderful hugs like this. I’m very glad that you like them, Sakura-
   1.131 +chan. I made them just for you.” She was so happy to see Sakura
   1.132 +smiling so brightly, to feel her so close, to be able to gaze into
   1.133 +those jade plates. Her heart beat maddeningly. Its thunderous beats
   1.134 +were the music that symbolized her love for the brunette. “Sakura-
   1.135 +chan is like the goddess Aphrodite on Valentine’s Day, capturing
   1.136 +everyone’s heart with her beauty and grace. I had to get you my
   1.137 +Valentine’s Day chocolate before you got drowned in chocolates from
   1.138 +others.” Tomoyo smiled her trademark smile. It made perfect sense to
   1.139 +her that people would be lining up to give Sakura chocolates. The
   1.140 +brunette was just too cute, too enticing not to.
   1.141 +	“Tomoyo-chan...” Sakura blushed deeper, sweatdropping. Tomoyo
   1.142 +always said the strangest things, albeit the sweetest. “Maybe on
   1.143 +White Day, but I really don’t think so,” Sakura said quickly,
   1.144 +disentangling herself from the warm embrace and walking along with
   1.145 +her best friend once more.
   1.146 +	Tomoyo continued on calmly, still smiling at the Cardmistress.
   1.147 +“Then I’m surprised that more girls didn’t give you chocolates. Even
   1.148 +if Sakura-chan’s a girl, it’s easy to see just how amazing she is.
   1.149 +Watching her day in and day out, it’s impossible not to feel your
   1.150 +heart race when she is around. I know okaa-sama would love to give
   1.151 +you chocolates if she had the chance.” Her eyes followed Sakura’s
   1.152 +every movement, even though they were half lidded. It was easy to get
   1.153 +lost in the combination of a romantic Valentine’s Day and the
   1.154 +powerful allure that Sakura held. She just wanted to reach out and
   1.155 +hug the brunette again, to bask in that warm feeling once more.
   1.156 +	Blushing a deep shade of scarlet, Sakura placed a hand behind her
   1.157 +head as the two left the school far behind. She knew that she should
   1.158 +be used to the strange things that Tomoyo said by now, but the dark
   1.159 +haired heiress still managed to surprise her. She idly wondered if
   1.160 +she would be more surprised if Tomoyo hadn’t said something strange.
   1.161 +“Are you sure, Tomoyo-can? Shouldn’t you give them to a boy you
   1.162 +like?” she asked, holding the small bag and package to her chest. Her
   1.163 +mind quickly reasoned that she hoped that wasn’t the case. It may be
   1.164 +embarrassing when Tomoyo said and did such things, but she always
   1.165 +loved the attention and warmth that Tomoyo paid her. Those feelings
   1.166 +always gushed forth from the pale girl in a tsunami that left Sakura
   1.167 +pleasantly confused and more often than not with a blush coloring her
   1.168 +cheeks. She didn’t want some boy taking that away from her, taking
   1.169 +her place at the center of Tomoyo’s attention. It may have been
   1.170 +selfish, but she couldn’t help it. It was just too wonderful a
   1.171 +feeling, to be the focus of such a devoted girl.
   1.172 +	Tomoyo nodded assuredly. “I gave it to Sakura-chan because I like
   1.173 +her. There’s no one else that I would rather give my heart to on
   1.174 +Valentine’s Day.” She titled her head to the side thoughtfully for a
   1.175 +moment before continuing. “Or any other day, for that matter.” She
   1.176 +glanced back to Sakura, delighting in the cute blush that spread
   1.177 +across Sakura’s soft cheeks. Wave after wave of adoration washed
   1.178 +through her as they walked together under the shadow of some tall
   1.179 +trees. She could practically see the pink ribbons of love that Sakura
   1.180 +held, reaching out from her hands and wrapping tightly around
   1.181 +Tomoyo’s heart, binding her more strongly than any spell. She was
   1.182 +like a marionette, dancing to the rhythm of her love for Sakura. And
   1.183 +Tomoyo wouldn’t have it any other way. She took Sakura’s free hand
   1.184 +with her own, entwining her fingers with Sakura’s. A delicious
   1.185 +ecstasy filled her as she felt Sakura squeeze her hand. “Sakura-
   1.186 +chan... Tomoyo whispered softly as the pair came to a halt. 
   1.187 +	Gently placing a sakura blossom that had been falling down to earth
   1.188 +behind Sakura’s ear, Tomoyo’s fingers lingered in the Cardmistress’s
   1.189 +soft, short hair, trailing through the beautiful strands. Her eyes
   1.190 +were set on Sakura’s pretty face, the blush having faded shortly
   1.191 +before. Sakura was growing into a captivating young woman and she had
   1.192 +only managed to take an even greater hold on Tomoyo’s heart as time
   1.193 +went by. The two stood in silence, a light breeze jostling through
   1.194 +hair and fabric alike. At that moment, it felt like they were far
   1.195 +away from the distant land of Tomoeda, in a place that welcomed only
   1.196 +the two school girls. Tomoyo watched Sakura lovingly, her eyes never
   1.197 +leaving Sakura’s beautiful face.
   1.198 +	Sakura closed her emerald eyes, silently waiting. Her lips pressed
   1.199 +together as she stood there, the breeze lightly toying with her hair,
   1.200 +though not so much as Tomoyo’s fingers were. Her heart was  a raging
   1.201 +cacaphony in her heart, the only other sounds the soft breeze and the
   1.202 +rustling fabric of her skirt. She waited patiently, wondering
   1.203 +excitedly about what would happen, about where this would lead. She
   1.204 +felt intoxicated from the love pouring out of Tomoyo, unable to think
   1.205 +clearly. She only knew that if she waited... A soft, warm feeling
   1.206 +encompassed her lips, turning her heart upside down. Tomoyo’s lips
   1.207 +brushed lightly against her own, tentatively at first before she
   1.208 +kissed her fully. Sakura felt the anxiety that had filled her as she
   1.209 +had waited drain out of her, replaced instantly by the longing that
   1.210 +gripped her heart, by the sea of emotions that filled her as they
   1.211 +kissed. She hadn’t known quite what she expected, only that she had
   1.212 +expected something. But now that Tomoyo was kissing her, it felt
   1.213 +completely right, as if this was what she had been waiting for the
   1.214 +entire time. For her entire life. Tomoyo’s gentle lips sealed with a
   1.215 +kiss Sakura’s final Valentine’s Day present.
   1.216 +	Tomoyo hadn’t known what to do at first when presented with the
   1.217 +patiently waiting Sakura in the small sanctuary they found themselves
   1.218 +in. Her mind had curiously pondered why Sakura would wait like that,
   1.219 +her eyes closed almost dreamily. But her mind kept returning to the
   1.220 +same answer. And standing there with Sakura in the gentle breeze,
   1.221 +watching her as they stood alone and yet together, Tomoyo had known
   1.222 +where her heart was leading. And she thought that Sakura’s was
   1.223 +already there waiting for her. Kissing Sakura softly, she was
   1.224 +overcome by the emotions that coursed through her. What had been a
   1.225 +small trickle before, a tiny stream, was now a raging river. It
   1.226 +crashed and collapsed against the rocks, pushing Tomoyo ever forward
   1.227 +along its path. As Sakura’s arms wrapped around her, she continued to
   1.228 +kiss her beautiful best friend, her heart crying out in joy as the
   1.229 +brunette returned her kiss eagerly. The two stayed that way for quite
   1.230 +some time, locked in what seemed to be a never ending cycle of kisses
   1.231 +that passed between the two. Tomoyo felt her masks melt away as they
   1.232 +continued their sweet dance. This was perfect, like a kiss from an
   1.233 +angel. And in a way, that was exactly what it was. A kiss from her
   1.234 +angel, Sakura.
   1.235 +	“Hanyaa...” Sakura said quietly as the two finally halted their
   1.236 +continued kissing. It had been a gradual thing as it came to a halt,
   1.237 +just as it had built up gradually. Now that it was over, Sakura found
   1.238 +herself blushing immensely. She felt as if she had been lost and
   1.239 +alone in a dark and frightening forest and that a beautiful princess
   1.240 +had come along and rescued her. Her heart swelled as she looked into
   1.241 +the glittering stars that were Tomoyo’s eyes. 
   1.242 +	“Happy Valentine’s Day, Sakura-chan,” Tomoyo whispered happily, her
   1.243 +fingers still in Sakura’s hair. Closing her eyes, the two kissed
   1.244 +again, holding close. Even in the cool breeze, the pair felt warm,
   1.245 +wrapped in a blanket of the love they felt surrounding them. It
   1.246 +hadn’t been quite what either had expected, but throughout the years
   1.247 +Sakura would treasure it as her favorite Valentine’s gift.
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