CCS-2: Episode 5

CCS-2: Card creators Sakura & Syaoran:

Episode 5:

Sakura’s eyes fluttered open at the smell of breakfast.  As her mind drifted into consciousness she became aware of the arms that were wrapped around her and the comforting beat of a heart against her ear.  When her eyes came into focus, her gaze locked onto Syaoran’s sleeping face.  Not wishing to disturb him, she continued to lie in his arms as she recalled the events from earlier that morning, before the sun had rose above the horizon.

She remembered waking up in Syaoran’s bed around 2:15ish in the morning.  She recalled leaving his room to find him asleep on the couch.  She had disturbed his sleep by reaching to brush the hair out of his face.  They had talked; Syaoran had explained the basics of Fung Shi to her, though she wasn’t sure that she understood most of it, and then he had given her birthday present to her.  She was so excited that he had remembered her birthday and she pounced on him with a hug, which lead to a kiss, but Eriol had came out of his room at that moment to go to the bathroom.  

Sakura remembered standing to return to his room to sleep, intending to let him go back to sleep on the couch.  However, she had lost her balance and had fallen into his lap. When she tried to push herself up, he had continued to hold her.

She hadn’t protested, and had allowed herself to relax against him.  She had been partially lying in his lap.  With her legs stretched out on the couch as she leaned against him with her head rested on his chest, over his heart.    Neither one had spoken.  With one hand around her waist, Syaoran had been running his other hand through her hair.  Sakura remembered how it had a meditative sort of effect on her, all most as though it had turned her into Jell-O.  The last thing she remembered was the touch of his lips to hers as he kissed her tenderly and the sound of his voice whispering, “Oyasumi, Sakura.”

Sakura continued to watch him sleep with a smile.  He looked adorable, she thought.  She reached a hand up to brush lightly through his hair.  It wouldn’t stay out of his face.  She could barely suppress a giggle as it feel back into place over his eyes.  Hooking her arms around his neck, she pulled their faces closer to one another until her lips touched his.  

Having been in a state between waking and dreaming Syaoran raised a hand up her back, through her hair to hold the back of her head.  He pulled her closer and ran his tongue over her lips.  Sakura gasp unexpectedly and Syaoran took advantage of her parted lips.  At the moment his tongue touched to circle around hers, the doorbell rang causing them both to jump out of the kiss.  

Syaoran continued to hold her in order to prevent her from falling backwards off of the couch when Wei came out of the kitchen to answer the door.  

“Ohayo Sakura-san, Syaoran-sama,” Wei smiled to them as he passed, but avoided eye contact as not to cause the young couple any more embarrassment.  Wei had found them sleeping soundly on the couch when he woke that morning. Their innocence had brought a smile to his face, and with a fatherly sort of concern he had made sure to cover Sakura’s legs to ensure she was decently covered.  Syaoran’s shirt hadn’t been long enough to keep her panties covered while she slept.  

After helping her to sit up, Syaoran straightened up in time to hear the voice of their early morning guest.  

“Ohayo, Wei-san” Tomoyo said cheerfully as she stepped through the door and into the foyer area of the living room.  “Ohayo Sakura-Chan, Li-kun!”  She exclaimed with a smile.  After removing her shoes she nearly pounced on Sakura with a present.  “Happy Birthday, Sakura-chan!”

“Hoo…ee!!”  Sakura exclaimed as Tomoyo landed on the couch beside her.  Sakura would have barely had time to move out of the way of her best friend’s pounce, if it wasn’t for Syaoran quickly hooking an arm around her waist and pulling her closer to him.

“Ar….arigato, Tomoyo-chan…”  Sakura stumbled over the words.  Tomoyo sure was extra cheery this morning.  “Should I open it now?”  Sakura asked, looking down at the present that had been placed in her lap.  Tomoyo nodded in anticipation.

Sakura opened her gift to reveal a white Kimono style babydoll dress patterned with cherry blossoms, with matching shoes and a hair ribbon.  “Wow, Tomoyo-chan, it’s beautiful!” she told her friend, and she meant it.  For once, it was an outfit without too many frills.  

Tomoyo grabbed Sakura’s hand and pulled her to her feet.  “To….Tomoyo!”  Sakura squealed as the blanket dropped to the floor.  She attempted to pull down the bottom of the shirt with only one hand as her best friend pulled her into the bathroom.  

Syaoran sat partly in a daze over what had just happened before the blood crept up to his cheeks upon the comprehension of his mind that he had seen Sakura’s panties.

Ten minutes later, Tomoyo pulled Sakura back out of the bathroom wearing the new dress.  “I knew it!”  Tomoyo was exclaiming happily as she twirled Sakura around in the living room for Syaoran and Eriol, who had come out of his room while the girls were in the bathroom, to see.  Sakura flushed the color of red bean paste and held her arms up over her chest as though trying to hide something from their view.  

“Sakura-Chan, stop that!”  Tomoyo exclaimed as she attempted to pry Sakura’s hands down to her side.  “I knew you were trying to hide something after your last measurement!  I was able to confirm it last night when I changed your clothes. You look lovely!!”  Tomoyo twirled around her friend to her back, giving the guys a full frontal view, and held Sakura’s arms down along her sides.  “Isn’t she Beautiful!!”  Tomoyo exclaimed in excitement.

Sakura felt as if she might die of embarrassment.  She closed her eyes and attempted to hide her face by dropping her chin to her collarbone.  She had been attempting to hide her development for the past few months by wrapping her chest.  Tomoyo had brought, hidden in her purse, an A cup bra that fit her perfectly.  

Syaoran, though he had suspected, having hugged, held, and stroked her back on various occasions over the past few months, and this morning, was stunned.  Not at her development, that wasn’t what was affecting him.  She looked absolutely beautiful in the dress that Tomoyo had made for her.  He moved quickly to save her from the torment she seemed to be experiencing.  As he stepped up to Sakura, Eriol followed suite.

“May I borrow your talent in the kitchen for a moment, Daidōji-san?’  Eriol asked as he took hold of Tomoyo’s arm and gently pulled her away from the scene.  

“De….Demo,” Tomoyo protested as she was pulled along, “Isn’t Wei-san in there?”

Once Eriol had left the room with Tomoyo, Syaoran placed a hand under Sakura’s chin to lift her gaze to his.  Sakura had brought her hands up to hide her chest as soon as Tomoyo’s hold had been freed from her arms.  “You look beautiful,” Syaoran spoke softly.  “You shouldn’t ever be ashamed of how you look,” he said, gently stoking her cheek.

Sakura offered a week smile and averted her eyes from his shyly.  Taking a step closer to him to rest her forehead against his collarbone.  He had grown about half an inch over the past few months himself.  

Wei, who had heard the commotion from the kitchen, stepped up behind Sakura and wrapped a beautifully made Chinese style white woolen shawl around her shoulders.  It was the birthday present that he had personally made for Syaoran-sama’s fiancée.

Sakura jumped slightly before turning her head to see Wei’s smile of concern.  She stepped away from Syaoran enough to completely pull the shawl over her shoulders and button the single button to hold it in place.   Looking down at herself, she felt a bit better, and not so conscious about her body.  She completely turned to give Wei a cheerful smile before hugging him for the gift.  “Domo Arigato, Wei-san.  It’s beautiful!”  She told him.

“Sakura-CHAANN!!”  Tomoyo cried, rushing out of the kitchen and pouncing on her friend with a tight hug.  “You look so beautiful, Sakura-chan” Tomoyo said dreamily. “I wanted you to look beautiful on your birthday,” Tomoyo said.  “Because I thought that we could all go to see the Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo for your birthday today.” She paused long enough for Sakura to nod her head.  “Great!  I spoke to Wei-san about it last night, he said he would make a picnic lunch for us to enjoy under the Cherry trees!  After all, it’s Sunday, so we don’t have school today and the blossoms will start to fall soon, so we might not get another chance to go this year.”  Tomoyo finally concluded.

The group agreed to the plan, had a quick breakfast and left for Tokyo with the picnic lunch that Wei had prepared for them.  “Wow, Wei-san sure prepared a lot of food!”  Sakura exclaimed.

“That’s because your father, brother, and Tsukishiro-san will be meeting us in Tokyo,” Tomoyo explained.

“Wow, Tomoyo-chan, did you plan out my entire birthday?”  Sakura said amazed.

Tomoyo smiled cheerfully and took Sakura’s hand, squeezing it lightly.  “I was happy to do it.  Anything to make Sakura-Chan happy!” she exclaimed, kneeling on the floor of the family limosine infront of Sakura, stareing up at her adoringly.   Sakura smiled cluelessly at her best friend.  

The ride to Tokyo was fairly uneventful.  Sakura sat between Syaoran and Tomoyo.  Syaoran held one of her hands while Tomoyo held the other.  Sakura didn’t seem to think anything of it.  To her it was perfectly natural to hold her boy friends hand and her best friends hand.  Eriol observed from the seat across from the trio.  This was another thing that he hadn’t expected to occur.  First was, Yukito and Touya followed by Sakura and Syaoran.  Where, he wondered, would Tomoyo fall?  The human heart was truly the most unpredictable.

They arrived to Tokyo within 20 minutes and were shortly after dropped off at their final destination, Ueno Park.  After meeting up with Yukito, Touya, and Fukitaka-san at the information desk, the group left to do Hanami, Cherry Blossom viewing.  

Tomoyo followed Sakura around with her video camera, Sakura pulled Syaoran along with her as she danced and twirled among the Cherry trees.  Sakura then decided that she wanted to visit the Ueno zoo where she wanted to see the giant pandas and the historic tea ceremony house.  

After their visit at the zoo, the group found a cherry tree away from many of the parks visitors under which they could have lunch.  As they ate their Bentō, the group discussed where they would like to visit next.  

“Lets go to Shinobazu pond!”  Sakura exclaimed and turned suddenly to Syaoran.  “Will you take me out on a boat?” her green eyes pleaded with him.  How could he resist?

After gathering and discarding their lunch the group then walked to the boat house, where Yukito, Touya and Fukitaka rented a peddle boat large enough for the three of them.  Eriol pulled Tomoyo along to rent their own row boat, leaving Sakura and Syaoran with some time to spend with one another in their own row boat.  

As Eriol rowed out onto the pound, Tomoyo taped Sakura and Syaoran from afar.  “It looks so romantic,”  Tomoyo exclaimed as she peered through her video camera.  Syaoran had rowed with Sakura out into the lake, where they sat allowing the boat to drift on it’s own.  The couple sat facing one another with their hands joined between them, enjoying their moment of peace together.  “Oh, I wish I knew what they were saying.”  Tomoyo pouted.

Eriol stopped rowing and observed the scene.  Not of Syaoran and Sakura, but of Tomoyo.  His thoughts wandered to Kaho, and he wondered about her for a moment, until Tomoyo’s words broke into his thoughts.  “Hiiragizawa-san, is everything ok?”  

Returning to the present, Eriol smiled at her knowingly.  

“N…nani?”  Tomoyo asked uncomfortably

“The one who is in your heart,” he began to say to her. “Don’t you think that she is not your number one love?  Your feelings are likely not to ever be returned.  Or, do you wish to come between them?

Tomoyo looked at him, a little taken back.  “I wouldn’t ever do anything to make Sakura-chan unhappy!” she told him in a low tone before looking away.  “Those two are destined to be together, I’ve known that all along.  That doesn’t mean that I have to stop loving her.”  She added quietly.

“Haven’t you ever considered your own happiness?”  Eriol asked, but any answer he may have received was broken by Syaoran’s urgent voice.

“Sakura!  Sakura, what’s wrong!  What’s going on?  SAKURA!!!”  

Everyone looked with alarm towards the boat where Sakura had been with Syaoran.  She had disappeared, as if into thin air, as there wasn’t even a ripple on the water’s surface to suggest that she had fallen into the pond.