As the birds chirped and flew through the sky, a calm breeze from the

 late morning air passed through the trees.  The sun projected its rays of

 light upon Sakura's face as she gazed up at it.  The two girls had agreed

 the previous night to meet by the penguin slide at the park.  The brown

 haired girl felt so joyful as she was about to meet the one she had fallen

 in love with.  She took her time as she walked to her destination, causing

 her heart to swell with anticipation.  Her choice of speed felt natural in

 this situation for the fact that if she went too fast to see Tomoyo, she

 would be unable to savor the time it would take to get there.  Sakura

 envisioned her meeting with her best friend, telling her how much she loved

 her and especially seeing her smile again.  Sakura had missed Tomoyo's

 smile so much that seeing it would grant her an unexplainable amount of

 happiness.  Each step brought her closer to that feeling of happiness.  As

 the penguin slide came into full view, Sakura stopped walking and quickly

 noticed that Tomoyo was not in her vantage point.  Once she began to walk

 around the slide counterclockwise, she found the dark haired girl waiting

 for her.  At first, Sakura began to advance toward her, but halted once she

 saw her face.  With her head hung low, Tomoyo had a somewhat dismal look on

 her face which indicated that she still had sadness within her heart.  'I

 wonder, could she still be thinking of how I left her all alone the other

 day?' Sakura thought to herself.  'I suppose that could be it.  She did

 sound a little uncomfortable about coming when I spoke to her last night.

 I'm starting to feel like I forced her to come.  I can't see her like this.

  It wouldn't work.  Even if I did tell her, she might feel nervous if she

 thinks I'm going to hurt her again.  I need to lighten the mood and make

 her feel at ease.  But how can I do that?'  Sakura began to think as to

 what she could do.  For a while she was stumped for an idea and wasn't sure

 if she could come up with anything.  But she kept cool and didn't rush in

 her thinking process.  After a few minutes, she finally came up with an

 idea.  Once it came to her, she was positive that it would help in her

 situation.  She smiled as she dashed in the direction opposite the slide,

 putting her plan into motion.

 >

 >	Nervousness was what Tomoyo was feeling.  Nervousness mixed in with fear.

  She was fearful because she didn't know what would happen to her.  This

 feeling of fear was with her since the phone call last night.  Hearing

 Sakura's voice through the earpiece came as a surprise to her and she could

 hardly believe that the girl would even contact her.  The phone

 conversation had hardly begun when Sakura asked to meet with her.  Tomoyo

 wasn't pressured in any way to see Sakura, but the moments when the two

 last saw each other came back into the dark haired girl's mind.  She didn't

 know what Sakura would do if she went, she couldn't even find any logic in

 going back to the person who hurt her so much.  All she knew was that she

 needed to see the person she fell in love with.  That, beyond anything

 else, was all that mattered in Tomoyo's mind.  Afrter agreeing to meet with

 Sakura, the nervousness quickly rushed in and overtook her senses.  What

 Sakura would say to her was beyond her grasp.  Would she apologize, or

 would she make Tomoyo feel bad about herself?  This thought put the

 greatest amount of fear into her.  If Sakura rejected her, she would have

 her feelings and opinions rejected.  Tomoyo's opinions made up who she was,

 they were what made her human.  If her opinions were rejected, then her

 right to be human was rejected.  Tomoyo would not be able to handle hearing

 it.  As Tomoyo patiently sat by the slide awaiting her confrontation with

 Sakura, she held on to the stuffed elephant that was meant to be Sakura's

 gift.  Tomoyo had brought it along hoping that the brown haired girl would

 be more understanding and would want to accept it.  Tomoyo clutched the

 elephant to her chest recalling the moment when she had presented it to her

 friend.  In that brief instant of time, the two girls both shared a moment

 of happiness toghther.  The elephant was used by Tomoyo in order to bring

 out not only Sakura's happiness, it brought out her warmth and youthful

 charm as well.  Tomoyo would have given anything if she could see Sakura in

 a joyful mood once again.  But something within Tomoyo, a feeling deep

 within her heart, was telling her that things would not be as she had

 hoped.  Everything she planned, everyhing she dreamed about could be gone

 in an instant.  She wanted everything to turn out right for her.  She just

 needed something to tell her that she could end the day feeling happy, that

 there was no reason to be afraid, that the love she hoped for would be there.

 >

 >	Tomoyo continued to clutch onto the elephant when a gentle gust of wind

 blew past her.  The cool air brushed onto her face and gave her a slight

 chill.  This feeling distracted Tomoyo for a brief moment before she went

 back to her previous train of thought.  She was distracted once again when

 she noticed something descend from the sky and land beside her right leg.

 It was a leaf from a cheery blossom.  Tomoyo was very surprised to see one

 because it wasn't the right time for them to come out and none of the trees

 close to Tomoyo had any cheery blossoms on them.  She raised her head and

 noticed that more chery blossom petals were falling to the ground, almost

 like a pink snow shower.  The question of how this occurrence could be

 possible entered the girl's mind as she raised her head higher.  The sight

 she witnessed overwhelmed her system as amazement caused her to smile.

 Hundreds of cheery blossom petals were drifting high up above Tomoyo,

 flowing like a river, and fell around where she sat.  The sight of beauty

 caused Tomoyo to stand up and greet it with her smile.  As more of the

 petals fell to the Earth, Tomoyo held out her hand and caught a few in her

 palm.  She picked up one of the petals with her left thumb and finger ande

 began to examine it up close.  Tomoyo knew that the occurrence above her

 could not be considered possible by any normal means of reasoning.  The

 petals that Tomoyo collected felt as real as any other cheery blossom petal

 she ever held, but these petals felt very different.  Within them she felt

 a bright source of energy that resonated through her body, making her feel

 like she was floating on air.  Tomoyo closed her eyes and let the

 sensations run around and take over.  Her realization as to how his

 phenomenon could happen came to her as the feelings of pleasure continued

 to flow.  Once she knew the casue of this event, she became even happier.