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     1.4 +Disclaimer: I've been writing a lot recently, I know, and I AM sorry about
     1.5 +it. I just keep thinking about new ideas, so I have to get them down before
     1.6 +they fly away. Or rather, I forget them. I like how I worded it first,
     1.7 +though I always have the knowledge, the tiny white butterfly, somewhere deep
     1.8 +within my mind, my soul. Anyways, this is a small fluffy fanfiction I wrote
     1.9 +after I thought it up playing minesweeper. I almost always lose minesweeper,
    1.10 +but oh well. ^^; I'm sorry! I know I should be working on 'Miss Witch', but
    1.11 +I'm stuck on that one scene! Ugh. -_- So sad.anyways, warning: this
    1.12 +fanfiction contains yuri and (I always add this in case it happens. My
    1.13 +stories take their own form.) yaoi. If this offends you, please don't read.
    1.14 +Also, I don't own any copyrighted stuff. Thanks! ~.^ ~~Forever3330~~ ^.~
    1.15 +
    1.16 +A Walk In The Rain~~A Cardcaptor Sakura fanfiction
    1.17 +By Forever3330
    1.18 +kawaiimotoko@hotmail.com
    1.19 +
    1.20 + A young brunette, maybe fourteen or so, walked slowly home from school,
    1.21 +looking up at the gray sky as she walked. Soon she would reach the park. A
    1.22 +small smile formed on her lips, and she stopped, waiting, listening.
    1.23 + Soon enough she heard soft, quick footsteps behind her, and looked at the
    1.24 +girl who stood next to her, breathing in short, quick, gasps.
    1.25 +"Tomoyo-chan.wasn't your piano lesson going to run late today?"
    1.26 + The second, slightly shorter girl stood up straighter, lavender hair
    1.27 +rippling in small waves as she did so. She smiled warmly, the calm, gentle
    1.28 +smile Sakura loved best. "Hai. But my sensei was sick. I hope she gets well
    1.29 +soon." Tomoyo's eyes looked worried, but they brightened. "But now we can
    1.30 +walk home together, Sakura-chan. Perhaps we could have a sleepover at your
    1.31 +house. It's Friday, after all."
    1.32 + Sakura beamed at her friend, barely noticing the tiny raindrops beginning
    1.33 +to sprinkle down on them. "Of course. Father won't mind; he says you're like
    1.34 +family, the way you're over at our house so often. Onii-chan says you are
    1.35 +family."
    1.36 + Tomoyo slipped her slender hand into Sakura's. "It honors me greatly that
    1.37 +Kinomoto-san would think of me as such."
    1.38 + Sakura giggled as they began to walk, perfectly in step. "Tomoyo-chan, you'
    1.39 +re so polite!"
    1.40 + Tomoyo smiled. "And you have a quality better then that Sakura-chan; you're
    1.41 +special to many people, and you're the sunshine in my darkness."
    1.42 + Sakura looked thoughtful for a few moments, then blushed. "Tomoyo-chan.oh,
    1.43 +it's raining! I should have brought an umbrella like Father told me to!"
    1.44 + Tomoyo looked up. "I love the rain.each little raindrop is like a tiny
    1.45 +world, a tiny soul. Each so different and so the same.all born from the same
    1.46 +Mother."
    1.47 + Sakura smiled softly and squeezed her best friend's hand softly. "You see
    1.48 +everything so much differently from me, Tomoyo-chan. I could happily spend
    1.49 +years with you, and only learn a tiny bit of everything you see."
    1.50 + Tomoyo looked over at Sakura, and smiled sweetly. "Sakura-chan, it would
    1.51 +make me very happy to do so; Sakura-chan's happiness is my happiness."
    1.52 + Sakura sighed. "Tomoyo-chan.I love rainy days too."
    1.53 + "Why?" Tomoyo looked over at her friend as they came to a stop, at a
    1.54 +railing on the small bridge that passed over the lake by the King Penguin.
    1.55 + Sakura gently took her hand from Tomoyo's, and leaned against the railing,
    1.56 +emerald eyes clouding over.
    1.57 + "Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked softly.
    1.58 + Sakura didn't reply, and simply looked out over the lake, then closed her
    1.59 +eyes, pressing deep into her memory, her soul this perfect moment. The
    1.60 +breeze was soft, blowing against her skin, warmly. And small raindrops fell
    1.61 +down from the sky.Sakura knew she was soaked to the bone, but didn't care
    1.62 +much. Tomoyo stood silently beside her, waiting ever patiently. Always
    1.63 +patient. Waiting.
    1.64 + Tomoyo turned and leaned on the railing, shivering as the cold metal
    1.65 +touched her skin. The cold and wet didn't bother her much; she was here with
    1.66 +her beloved special person. She would be lost in perfect bliss forever if
    1.67 +only this moment could stretch into eternity; but for her, it already did.
    1.68 +Looking over at Sakura, she smiled her soft smile. Her loved ones flashed
    1.69 +one by one through her mind, but she knew that her love for Sakura wasn't
    1.70 +rivaled by any of them. Oh, she had the strongest love possible for her
    1.71 +mother, her friends; but her love for Sakura left them all far behind. It
    1.72 +grew even now, as it always grew, second by second, as time went on. She
    1.73 +could always go on, powered by that love. Even if she had to let Sakura go
    1.74 +someday, her love would keep her going on. As long as she had these
    1.75 +memories.
    1.76 + Sakura sighed softly, not stirring Tomoyo out of her dream-like state, but
    1.77 +simply going farther into her own. She knew most people took her for the
    1.78 +oblivious girl she showed them, and for the most part she was. But
    1.79 +sometimes, sometimes she saw in and through what everyone wanted her to see,
    1.80 +through every illusion, straight to the soul of what was hiding. Tomoyo was
    1.81 +hard to figure out, but there had been times when understanding gripped her
    1.82 +for a few precious seconds, and then fled. Tomoyo had once recited a poem to
    1.83 +her...well; Tomoyo recited many poems to her. But one line had caught her
    1.84 +attention yesterday. 'To see a world in a grain of sand'. Sakura smiled
    1.85 +gently. As a child she had been able to do just that. But now, she could see
    1.86 +things deeper, almost like she was seeing through a fraction of what Tomoyo'
    1.87 +s view was. Tomoyo was so secretive sometimes.Sakura worried about her.
    1.88 + Tomoyo breathed in the air around her, slipping further into her
    1.89 +seeming-trance. There were so many things she could say right now. But
    1.90 +nothing would accurately describe the moment, the feelings, emotions,
    1.91 +senses. Nothing would describe it. But she could hold a wisp of what this
    1.92 +moment had been within her, forever. The moment itself could never be truly
    1.93 +there again, without it happening. Oh, she could live on. But this full
    1.94 +blast of life within the moment wouldn't happen after Sakura left. Tomoyo
    1.95 +hoped the time when such a thing would happen was far into the future.
    1.96 + Syaoran had turned to her, before he left to China, after he had promised
    1.97 +to come back for her. A promise Sakura hadn't asked for, and wasn't sure he
    1.98 +would keep. He had asked her to go with him. And she had refused. Perhaps,
    1.99 +perhaps she should have gone. But then she would never have been here, in
   1.100 +this small glimpse of heaven. If Syaoran were in Tomoyo's place right now,
   1.101 +what would be different? She should be happier, right? That was to some
   1.102 +extent something Naoko had asked her. Strangely enough, she hadn't thought
   1.103 +much about it. She couldn't leave her family, her friends. She couldn't
   1.104 +leave. They would have been devastated, especially Tomoyo. Sakura winced at
   1.105 +the thought. Her best friend had always told her that Sakura's happiness was
   1.106 +her own happiness, but Sakura knew that Tomoyo seemed to need her. Tomoyo
   1.107 +always seemed so fragile in Sakura's eyes, even though Sakura knew Tomoyo
   1.108 +was stronger then her in some ways. But she still couldn't bring herself to
   1.109 +do it. To go away from the people she loved. It would be too much. Even
   1.110 +though she was sure Tomoyo would have insisted on her going if the pale
   1.111 +heiress had known. Tomoyo thought she was happy with Syaoran. So Tomoyo
   1.112 +naturally tried to do what she thought would make Sakura happy, tried to
   1.113 +make it all come to life. Sakura shook her head, smiling slightly at the
   1.114 +thought.
   1.115 + Tomoyo opened her eyes, realizing only now they were closed. She shifted
   1.116 +and looked over at Sakura in concern. Usually the energetic Cardmistress
   1.117 +couldn't stay still.
   1.118 + Sakura smiled, and opened her eyes as she turned to Tomoyo. She giggled as
   1.119 +she saw her friend's soaking lavender hair messy for once. Still, Tomoyo's
   1.120 +hair was always beautiful, even like this.
   1.121 + Tomoyo blinked, not quite understanding. Then her eyes noticed Sakura was
   1.122 +soaked, and quite messy, and knew she must look quite the same. Embarrassed,
   1.123 +she giggled softly, and the two girls' giggles became laughter.
   1.124 + Slowly, their laughter drifted off, and the rain became heavier, but
   1.125 +neither noticed it. "Tomoyo-chan.what were you thinking about?"
   1.126 + Tomoyo smiled gently. "My special person."
   1.127 + "That's what you always say when I ask you that." Sakura commented.
   1.128 + "Because it's always true." Tomoyo smiled warmly.
   1.129 + Sakura smiled, looking at her friend.
   1.130 + "Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo felt Sakura's forehead. "Are you okay?"
   1.131 + "I'm fine." Sakura replied.
   1.132 + "If you say so." Tomoyo still looked worried.
   1.133 + Sakura's smile became dreamy, and she leaned slightly forward, touching her
   1.134 +own lips Tomoyo's petal soft ones. Pulling back the brunette blushed
   1.135 +slightly, but smiled all the same, then turned back to look over the lake in
   1.136 +embarrassment.
   1.137 + Tomoyo stood there for a few moments, trying to figure out what had just
   1.138 +happened, and at the same time burning the memory into her heart, making
   1.139 +sure the memory would never leave her. That was the most happiness she had
   1.140 +ever felt, her soul combining with Sakura's creating a light brighter then
   1.141 +that Sakura alone could shine on her life. A hand rose unconsciously to her
   1.142 +lips, and she waited in the silence, looking over at Sakura.
   1.143 + Sakura finally turned back to her friend, and giggled. "Gomen ne, Tomoyo. I
   1.144 +didn't mean to surprise you."
   1.145 + Tomoyo blinked, and replied. "It's okay Sakura-chan."
   1.146 + "You wanted to know the reason I love rainy days?" Sakura asked, smiling at
   1.147 +Tomoyo's bewilderment.
   1.148 + "Hai, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said, still slightly out of it.
   1.149 + "Because the stormy blue sky reminds me of your eyes." Sakura blushed. "And
   1.150 +it feels like my Tomoyo-chan is watching over me."
   1.151 + Tomoyo's mind kept going over the same words: 'my Tomoyo-chan'. "That
   1.152 +sounds like something I would say." She finally managed.
   1.153 +  Sakura giggled nervously, putting one hand behind her head. "I know.
   1.154 +Because it is something you would say, Tomoyo. My love is the same as yours.
   1.155 +Gomen. It took me a little while to get used to it, or to say anything."
   1.156 + "What do you mean?" Tomoyo was confused and yet strangely understood it
   1.157 +all.
   1.158 + "I mean that I love you, Tomoyo. I sometimes understand the things you say.
   1.159 +Plus everyone hints at it if I ask the right questions. Sometimes I just don
   1.160 +'t see things very clearly. Then, sometimes, I see it. Like in that poem you
   1.161 +recited the other day."
   1.162 + "What about Syaoran-kun?" Tomoyo asked.
   1.163 + Sakura looked thoughtful. "I think Kero-chan tried to explain it to me. I
   1.164 +knew I never loved him, really, after I thought about it, but I didn't know
   1.165 +how to explain it. He said it was the attraction to magic, like with
   1.166 +Yuki-san and Ms. Misuki. But I know that I love you, Tomoyo. I asked
   1.167 +Light-sama and Dark-sama about love, once. They're smart. I think they love
   1.168 +eachother, Tomoyo. Light-sama said something about being to halves apart and
   1.169 +together whole."
   1.170 + Tomoyo nodded slowly. "Sakura-chan."
   1.171 + Sakura looked a little worried. "Is it okay for me to love you? Or did I
   1.172 +get everything wrong?"
   1.173 + Tomoyo shook her head, silencing Sakura. "Would you be happy?"
   1.174 + "With you?" Sakura sighed in relief. "Hai. I already am, Tomoyo. I like
   1.175 +moments like these. I would be truly happy if I could spend the rest of my
   1.176 +life with you."
   1.177 + Tomoyo nodded, smiling. "My happiness is you happiness Sakura. Whatever
   1.178 +makes you happy. If it would make you happy to spend the rest of you life
   1.179 +with me I would be happier then I could say. Aishiteru."
   1.180 + Sakura smiled, almost bouncing, her usual energy back. "Really? That would
   1.181 +make me very happy, Tomoyo! Do you promise?"
   1.182 + Tomoyo smiled at the genki girl. Her genki girl. "Hai, Sakura. I promise."
   1.183 + Sakura smiled, and kissed Tomoyo again, in a feather-light, quick, kiss.
   1.184 +"Good! But we have to get home before my family gets worried. I'm already
   1.185 +behind schedule because I forgot my roller blades at school."
   1.186 + Tomoyo smiled dreamily. "Whatever you say, Sakura." Sakura slipped her hand
   1.187 +into Tomoyo's and Tomoyo was aware of them starting to walk.
   1.188 + "Are you going to be quiet the entire walk home?" Sakura asked after a few
   1.189 +moments, looking curiously over at the heiress. "Don't you have anything to
   1.190 +say? Usually you tell me about new costumes and stuff."
   1.191 + Tomoyo smiled warmly, her gentle smile reserved for those she loved, this
   1.192 +one for Sakura. "The only thing I have to say is that we should take more
   1.193 +walks in the rain. They're nice. Especially if you're going to stop at that
   1.194 +bridge each time and give me a kiss."
   1.195 + Sakura smiled, blushing a little. "We could make it a habit, if you want."
   1.196 + "That would make me very happy, Sakura."
   1.197 + "Then it'd make me happy too." Sakura squeezed her love's hand.
   1.198 + And so they walked, in the rain.
   1.199 +