rlm@0: Everything will be Okay - Part 1 rlm@0: rlm@0: by the interesting fusion of pork and kawaii[what else is a walrus made of?] rlm@0: rlm@0: rlm@0: A Card Captor Sakura story - the story half is mine, but CLAMP gets credit for rlm@0: CCS. If you're some easily offended chick go fuck off. Use a rake if you have rlm@0: one handy. Gays should have equal marriage rights. Marriage should cease to be rlm@0: observed. Ms Mizuki enjoys heavy BSSM. If you're still reading you have no rlm@0: right to flame me over any content, so please enjoy. ^W^ rlm@0: rlm@0: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rlm@0: rlm@0: Tomoyo straightens Syaoran's tie as she looks him over, then gives a little rlm@0: nod. "You aren't going to mess this up, right? We spent all day working over rlm@0: what you're going to say..." She moves over to her camera bag, starting to rlm@0: check over the equipment. rlm@0: rlm@0: "He'll screw it up, I'm telling you. Don't worry though Li-kun, I'll still take rlm@0: you back after Sakura turns you down for looking such a fool." rlm@0: rlm@0: "Don't listen to her Syaoran. You can do this." Tomoyo gives him a smile and rlm@0: zippers the bag back up. This plan was best for sure. Meilin would forgive her rlm@0: surely after all. rlm@0: rlm@0: Li moves a hand up to his head, but stops just before running it through his rlm@0: well groomed hair. "C'mon you two, I know I'll do okay. Meilin..." A sigh. rlm@0: "You'd have been so much easier to deal with if you'd have just got mad at me. rlm@0: I'm going to ask her to marry me, why aren't you angry?" rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: Tomoyo slides outside, leaving the two alone to talk that over and taking the rlm@0: time to think over the plan. Thinking to have Syaoran ask her under a sakura rlm@0: tree... the video would be nearly perfect. "If only it could be me who asks rlm@0: her..." rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: "Sakura, stoooop~!!" The brunette turns around in the doorway and Kero slams rlm@0: into her chest, wings flapping wildly. He looks up at her, chest puffing as he rlm@0: catches his breath back. "I have to tell you... I hope she'll forgive me. rlm@0: Tomoyo is in love with you." rlm@0: rlm@0: He expected shock, disbelief, something. Instead Sakura heaves a deep sigh. "I rlm@0: don't love her back Kero. What can I do? She's my best friend, and I love her, rlm@0: but not in the same way. Anything I tell her will just make her even more rlm@0: sad..." Tears well in the corners of her eyes and she wipes them away with rlm@0: balled fists. "Syaoran's going to ask me soon Kero-chan, and I think I want to rlm@0: say yes. What do I do for Tomoyo??" rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: Syaoran's heart was racing as the pink leaves fall calmly around him. She's not rlm@0: here yet. Don't worry, she'll be here soon. Sakura, I love you. Sakura, I love rlm@0: you. I think about you whenever we're apart... Tomoyo's words from his mouth. rlm@0: He shouldn't be doing this. It was a horrible idea, a lie to the girl he loved rlm@0: to say these words of half-truth. I won't do that, to any of them. What a rlm@0: selfish bastard I'm being... rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: They both peered out from thier place in the bushes, Meilin watching Syaoran, rlm@0: Tomoyo's camera trailed on the path where she expects to see Sakura. rlm@0: rlm@0: "You're sure you aren't mad?" rlm@0: rlm@0: "I wish you weren't doing this, but I don't hate you for it Tomoyo. You're rlm@0: probably even making him happier, I should thank you." rlm@0: rlm@0: A tiny sigh, "They'll make a wonderful couple." rlm@0: rlm@0: Meilin's voice is bitter, "Yes, yes they will. You see it, and you act on it... rlm@0: you're a better woman than I am. He'll have no room in his life for me, she's rlm@0: too perfect. Do you find my Syaoran so faulty that she'll still need you by her rlm@0: side?" rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: "Sorry for imposing on you." rlm@0: rlm@0: "Don't be silly Sakura-chan, you're always welcome here. I don't think Tomoyo rlm@0: will be out long, and to tell you the truth I'm glad to have a break from my rlm@0: work for tea." rlm@0: rlm@0: She bows as deeply as she can. "Sonomi, please, help me. I can't break her rlm@0: heart..." rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: "He's going home? Why..." rlm@0: rlm@0: Tomoyo stares at Syaoran's back , camera held to the side, red light flashing rlm@0: as he suddenly, simply walks off. "Meilin, I think you have a unique rlm@0: opportunity jsut now. I wish you heartfelt luck... I'll wait for Sakura-chan rlm@0: here." rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: Li frowns as Meling catches up to him, turning around to face her. "I love you. rlm@0: I don't only love you though. Can you accept that?" rlm@0: rlm@0: She pounces forward into his chest, arms wrapping tightly around his waist. rlm@0: "Li-kun you baka! Noone only loves one person. Are you choosing me?" rlm@0: rlm@0: He smiles down at her, wondering what he was doing. He loved Meilin dearly... rlm@0: much like a little sister, had he had one. "I'm not choosing -her-. Would you rlm@0: like to go out for supper? Daidouji has an amazing night planned." rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: The waiting was bad for both of them. Eventually Sonomi was called away back to rlm@0: work, and given the run of the place Sakura moved to the gardens to wait. Had rlm@0: that sakura tree been outside Tomoyo's window before? rlm@0: rlm@0: --- rlm@0: rlm@0: Tomoyo has had bodyguards all her life, and she knows how to avoid them for a rlm@0: time when she really wants to. And so she gets back to her room without having rlm@0: to talk to anyone, ready to let her emotions out when she hears it come in her rlm@0: window faintly. "Tomoyo-chan..." rlm@0: rlm@0: Sakura's voice! She runs over, throws the window open, and she's standing there rlm@0: under the tree, looking radiantly beautiful with the light of the setting sun rlm@0: upon her. rlm@0: rlm@0: "I -DO- love you, Tomoyo-chan."