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1 "Tomoyo Captor Sakura"
2 by: Ren-chan
4 Part II: Prelude to a Picnic
8 Wai! Today Tomoyo, Shaoran, and Kero-chan are going to the park for a
9 picnic with me! It's been awhile since all of us were together. Two
10 weeks to be exact. Semester finals are finally over, so it's time to
11 have some fun. It makes me really happy I get some time off to spend
12 with my best friend and my boyfriend. But I can't help but feel Tomoyo
13 being upset about something. Something in her eyes tell me that's she's
14 sad. I asked once about it, but she said it was about school work. Odd,
15 she never seems to have a hard time with school. Whatever is bothering
16 her she knows she can come to me. Hopefully today will cheer her up.
18 Sonomi-san can cook really well. It seems she only does when I'm around.
19 I wonder why that is? Whenever I'm around she's overly happy to see me.
20 It makes me glad she likes me. Though I still wonder what she has against
21 Father. I tried asking Touya, and he just gave me a weird look. I really
22 don't like it when people don't explain things to me. I know I'm a bit
23 dense, but if they tried spelling it out for me I know I'll understand.
24 I'm seventeen already. I'm not ten anymore. Sigh~ I'll ask him again
25 later.
27 "Sakura-chan, did you enjoy breakfast?" Sonomi asks sweetly.
29 "Un!" I grin happily.
31 "Oh, I do hope you come back again, and maybe we'll-" One of the maids
32 come in handing her a phone. Sonomi in her professional tone speaks into
33 the phone, hanging it up sadly. "I was about to ask if you'd like to join
34 Tomoyo and me to a weekend at the beach, but it looks like I some work
35 to handle instead. I'm sorry, Sakura-chan."
37 I shake my head. "It's alright. Maybe next week. I'd love to go with the
38 both of you for some weekend. I'm sure Father won't mind." I smile hoping
39 it would make her feel better.
41 The stars I could see in her eyes told me she felt more than better.
42 "That would be great!" She rose from her chair and smiled. "I should be
43 going. Good bye, Tomoyo. Good bye, Sakura-chan. Come over again soon!"
44 She left the room as the maids began to clear the table.
46 "You go ahead upstairs and get Kero-chan ready," says Tomoyo,"I'll catch
47 up."
49 I happily skip up the stairs to Tomoyo-chan's room. Tomoyo-chan and
50 Sonomi-san live in such a big mansion. I wonder if they ever get lonely
51 living in big place like this. And what about Tomoyo-chan's father? I've
52 never met him before. Now that I think of it... Neither Sonomi-san nor
53 Tomoyo-chan has ever mentioned him really. I've never seen any pictures
54 of him.
56 Finally I come to Tomoyo-chan's room. I open the door thinking about what
57 store we should go to first to but Shaoran's present. I wonder what he
58 would li-
60 "PAAANCAKES!!"
62 "Gyaaaahh!" Kero pops out of nowhere squishing his little forehead against
63 mine. He looks at me gravely, giving me a ghastly look. Hunched back, he
64 stares into my eyes hungrily, rubbing his little paws together.
66 "Wheeere's myy swweets Saaa-kuu-raa!"
68 "Uh-uh-uh... um... K-Kero-chan... I-I.." I sweat furiously not knowing what
69 to do. He seriously freaks me out when he does this.
71 "Here you go Kero-chan!" Tomoyo swings the door open with a tray of fresh
72 fruit in yogart, croissants, a jar of strawberry jelly, and banana pancakes
73 topped with warm maple syrup. Carefully she places it in the table in the
74 center of the room. She looks at me warmly then amusingly at Kero-chan.
75 "Sorry I took so long. I had to warm up the syrup a bit."
77 "Ii-taaa-daa-kii-maa-suuuu!!" Kero-chan insanely happy flies to the tray of
78 sweet breakfast food muttering 'Wai! Wai!' in between bites. I sweat drop as
79 I watch him devour the food, his belly growing bigger and rounder with each
80 bite he takes. "Arigatou, Tomoyo!"
82 I slump to the soft carpeted floor breathing heavily in relief. I look up to
83 see Tomoyo-chan offering her hand to help me up. I take her hand, such a soft
84 and gentle touch, feeling warm inside. Did I ever feel like this before when
85 I held her hand? I gaze to into her eyes, a sweet melancholy shimmers in her
86 delicate violet eyes. "Tomoyo-chan..," I say barely above a whisper.
88 "Are you ok, Sarkura-chan?" Tomoyo asks in a worried tone. I shake my head.
90 "Yes, I'm alright. Thanks for saving me."
92 "No problem. Anything for you, Sakura-chan." She smiles again, eyes looking
93 like slits, barely seeing her eyes. "I have out picnic basket ready. Shall
94 we go?"
96 "Un!" I nod to her. I look at Kero-chan who now has an enormous round belly
97 that could make Santa himself be jealous. I glare disapprovingly to my glutton
98 guardian beast. Grabbing him abruptly by his back I plop him into my backpack.
99 "Geez, Kero-chan! All you do nowadays is eat and snack! What kind of guardian
100 beast are you getting out of shape like that!?"
102 He didn't hear a word I said. He keeps muffling 'Wai! Wai!' in my bag. I let
103 out a sigh and put on it on. He's utterly hopeless. Tomoyo-chan and I walk out
104 of the room and out the front door towards her limo. Her bodyguards bow to
105 greet us hello, and we bow back. They sure are intimidating. I've always felt
106 awkward around them, even until now. I guess I'll never get used to them.
108 "I'm sorry we had to take the limo," Tomoyo says. "I know you like riding in
109 my moped with me. But it isn't working well, so it's in the repair shop."
111 I shake my head. "It's alright." I stop and wonder for a moment. "Why's your
112 moped in the shop?" I tense up, squeezing my hands. "Did something happen?"
114 Tomoyo turns to look out the window. Not quite able to meet my gaze. Her long
115 bangs slightly mask her face. "I've been having some trouble with the engine.
116 It's been making some weird noises." She turns to me smiling. "I'm sure it's
117 nothing. So don't worry about it."
119 I nod slowly. Part of me doesn't quite believe it. But Tomoyo-chan would never
120 lie to me. The limo comes to a slow stop and pulls over to the curb. Finally,
121 we arrive in the commercial district. The bodyguard with the real long hair
122 opens the door and we step out. We bow good bye to them and go on our way. Hand
123 in hand we go through the streets looking around the various stores looking for
124 a good place to look for a present. After a bit of window shopping and browsing
125 through some clothes stores, Tomoyo stops and looks up at the sign of a store.
127 "Premiere Chocolates."
129 "Li-kun likes chocolates doesn't he?" I nod to her. We look at the window and
130 see many types of boxed chocolates, wrapped chocolates, and chocolates shaped
131 like animals and people. There is also a display of stuffed animals holding a
132 box of chocolate. Tomoyo-chan nudges me. "Maybe we can get those import choco-
133 lates he like. Maybe they come with something special like those stuffed animals
134 over there."
136 I nod enthusiastically. "That'd be a great idea!" We enter the store looking at
137 various chocolates. We look at the shelves with import chocolates looking for
138 the brand and flavor Shaoran likes. I take a step back-
140 "Oi, watch where you're going."
142 I accidentally bumped into someone behind me. "Go-gomen na-" I look back to a-
143 pologized to see who I bumped into. "Onii-san!!"
145 "Well, well. If it isn't Kaijuu," he says with a smirk. "Monsters shouldn't be
146 let loose in a quiet town like this. See you just bumped into me almost dropp-
147 ing these newly made chocolates. Trying to cause a ruckus, huh? Heh heh."
149 "KAIJUU-JANAI WA!!" I raise my voice at him, annoyed. How dare he call me that
150 in public! I'm not a kid anymore! Why must he insist on calling me that!? GRR!!
152 "Oooh? Well, only monsters scream in a quiet little shop like this." I turn
153 around and notice the other people in the shop staring at me. I flush bright red
154 and lower my voice. I notice onii-san smirking amusingly.
156 "You just work everywhere don't you?? I swear it's like you're trying to keep an
157 eye on me!" I realize what day it is and look at him oddly. "Don't you have a
158 modeling job today?"
160 Touya nods his head. "It's later today." He turns his head noticing Tomoyo and
161 gives her a small smile. Tomoyo smiles and bows back. "I have to work, Kaijuu.
162 You better not eat out the store." He walks away smirking towards the counter,
163 newly made chocolates in hand. I angrily glare at him, but stop when Tomoyo lays
164 on of her hands in my shoulder, calming me down. She always relaxes me.
166 "Look over there." I turn to where she pointed to. I stare in awe at the display
167 towards the back of the store. "I think, Li-kun would like it. And it's also one
168 of his favorite brands of chocolate." I nod in agreement as we walk over to the
169 display.
171 Belgium chocolate pieces surround a beautifully crafted dagger in a carved and
172 laminated wood box. Shaoran likes collecting swords and daggers. He practices
173 everyday with his sword. We both stared at it admiringly. It's kinda rare to see
174 a dagger surrounding chocolates. One of the sales associates comes to us and look
175 at us kindly. "May I help you with something today, ladies?"
177 I nod my head. "Yes," I say to him, "how much is this chocolate set?"
179 The young man nodded. "This is a rare collection. Only one thousand of these sets
180 were made. Each dagger was hand-made by some expert blacksmiths in Europe. I don't
181 everything about it. But I know the company wanted to try something new with sell-
182 ing their chocolates. I find it odd for them to be selling daggers with chocolate.
183 Doesn't make sense to me, but they're quite popular." The sales associate coughs.
184 "I'm sorry for rambling. This set costs nine thousand five hundred yen."
186 "Hoe!?"
188 "I told you. It's a rare collection. This is one of the only places in Japan, in
189 the world that sells it. We have only ten sets here. We already sold six of them.
190 I'm not sure if the last four will be here by the end of the week." He turns around
191 noticing another customer. "Excuse me, ladies. If you need help with anything, just
192 call me over." He walks away, leaving us to ponder about the set.
194 "It's really expensive Sakura-chan. Can you really afford it?"
196 "Actually I can. I saved up some money from when I used to model in the same place
197 as Touya. The thing is I worked for months to save that money..."
199 Tomoyo pulled out her credit card. "I'll help pay for half. How about that?"
201 I look at my best friend wide-eyed and felt my cheeks faintly blush. "I couldn't.."
203 "It's quite alright," Tomoyo says dreamy eyed, "I have some old costume designs I
204 never got you to try out. I re-did that prince costume design I made for you back
205 in grammer school. I also have a princess and other costume designs for you to try
206 out." She starts to blush eyes filled with stars more bright than before. "Oh,
207 Sakura-chan, you'd look so beautiful in those costumes!" She takes my hands in hers
208 staring happily into my eyes. "Please wear them! I could tape them you in them like
209 old times! I could use them to help my portfolio for art school. Maybe I could be a
210 theater costume designer. You'd do that for me won't you?"
212 I laugh nervously, sweating dropping more than this morning. So Tomoyo-chan still
213 hasn't given up on me wearing those fancy designs. I really don't mind. I actually
214 feel kind of honored she'd let me take part in her artistic genius. Though, I do find
215 it a bit weird. Oh, well. I can't say no to her. I nod to her uncertainly, and she
216 sighs happily. She seems a little too happy, but at least she doesn't seem sad like
217 before. I'm glad I can make her smile. I don't think I'd be able to bear to see her
218 sad... or cry..
220 Tomoyo called over the sales associate and charged the set on her card. I thank her
221 repeatedly, and she says its ok. "I know you'll look wonderful when I tape you in my
222 costumes," she says enthusiastically. I sweat drop again, but quickly smile.. and
223 faintly blush? I wonder why my cheeks gets so warm when...
225 "Oi, Kaijuu. What are you still doing here? Don't you have do some stomping somewhere?
226 Like maybe trash that Li punk's place?"
228 I turn around and glare at Touya. "I'm not a monster! And stop saying bad things about
229 Shaoran! He's a very nice guy! He's MY boyfriend!"
231 Onii-san narrows his eyes. "I don't like that punk. I suggest you find someone else."
233 "Don't tell me who to go out with! Shaoran is a gentleman and has always been there for
234 me!" I lower my voice. "Besides he helped me a lot when I captured the Clow Cards and
235 turned them to Sakura Cards! How can you not approve of him!?"
237 "Here you go, miss," says the sales associate as he hands the set to Tomoyo. "Thank you
238 very much. Have a nice day!"
240 Touya looks into the bag and gasps. "Why the hell are you buying that expensive thing!?"
242 "It's for Shaoran! Our anniversary is coming this week!"
244 "Over my dead body! I do not like that punk kid and how he treated you before! I don't
245 trust him!" Now he lowers his voice. "I think me and the little beast agree on that!"
246 A little muffled cry of agreement comes from my backpack.
248 "I don't care I love him! And you can't stop me from loving him! Why can't you just be
249 happy for me? Why can't you see what a good guy he is!?" I'm nearly crying as I say
250 this. Why can't onii-san be happy for me? For us?
252 Onii-san looks sadly at me. Oddly he looks sadly at Tomoyo-chan too. She shakes her head
253 and faintly smiles back at him. He shakes his head in defeat. "If he does anything to
254 hurt you," his eyes narrow again, more serious, and voice grows deadly, "I swear I will
255 make that punk will PAY."
257 "Shaoran's a good guy, Onii-san. Please believe me.."
259 ***
261 "Achoo!!" I rub my nose, sniffling. I decided to come to the park a little early. I sit
262 on the park bench listening to the birds chirp and trees rustle in the wind. I narrow my
263 eyes thinking about Sakura and Tomoyo. Sakura I trust. But what about Tomoyo? I know she
264 helped me confess my love for Sakura. Thanks to her, we're together. She also has lessen
265 her idolization towards her. I mean would a best friend make silly costumes for her to
266 wear, taping her constantly, flattering her constantly and going dreamy eyed sometimes
267 to the point where she seems going orgasmic 'just' because they're best friends? Doesn't
268 that seem strange to go through all that, feel all that over your best friend? Maybe I'm
269 thinking too much. Could she really be in love with her? I mean it's not impossible. I
270 liked Yukito-san... Now that I think of it, Sakura also was a bit "Haniyaaan" around
271 Mizuki-sensei..
273 "Hmph!" I shake my head furiously at the thought. It was all because of our magical ties
274 with them. I cross my arms, closing my eyes feeling the wind mussing my hair. If one
275 thing is for sure, Tomoyo-san and I look out for her happiness and well-being. She knows
276 we're happy together. She won't jeopordize her happiness.. Our happiness. At least, I
277 don't think so. I hope not.
279 This week is our two year anniversary. I saved up a lot of money for this white gold
280 celestial bracelet. I hope she likes it. I can feel the box fitting snuggly in my breast
281 pocket of my denim jacket. Hopefully within the next four or five years I can save up for
282 an engagement ring. Sure it may seem a bit early for marriage, but I know for sure whom
283 I truly love. There's no other woman for me. I hope she'll except my proposal when I do.
285 Then it hits me. It's not going to be easy. There's her over-protective brother and that
286 damn stuffed animal. They won't let me marry her so easily. They still don't approve of
287 me. What the hell!? I've been treating her like a princess! I helped her become the Card
288 Mistress! I really do love her! Why can't they see that!? Geez, buncha idiots. If I was
289 bad to her, Sakura woulda burned me with Firey or something. I'd never hurt her...
291 "Shaoran!"
293 I turn to see Sakura in the distance with Tomoyo. Both of them wave at me. It's best if
294 I don't think of it. I just want a great afternoon with the girl I love and the girl who
295 made our relationship possible.
300 Author's Ramble:
302 Hello! Hope you people understood whatever Japanese I used. I hope I used it right. ^_^;;
303 Well, it took me awhile but I finally kicked myself in the butt and wrote this down. In
304 art history class too! ^_^;; Also when I should be drawing storyboards for my narrative
305 class! Sigh.. when will I get my priorities straight??
308 insanelycutetomoyo@yahoo.com
309 http://www.geocities.com/kanzikari/