Disclaimer: Don't own CCS at all.
A/N: Okay. Second fic!! Tomoyo and Eriol pairing. Unusual though!! Cuz Eriol still loves Kaho and Tomoyo is still stuck on her ex-boy friend! But the catch is...Tomoyo and Eriol are married becoming powerful alliance in the bussiness world and partners in work. But not partners in...scoff...bed...scoff! Marriage for convenience. And life is hard ppl!! Heehee...So on with the story. It is set fifteen years after Eriol leaves Japan for England with Kaho.
Pretending in Love
Chapter one
Tomoyo gently carressed the wedding ring and sighed. It was a platinum ring with a huge solitaire diamond. Okay, normally any woman would feel proud of it, and she shook her head. She was proud! She was happy in her life, was she really now?
She licked her lips and closed her eyes and breathed taking in the quite flashy restaurent's air, that was mixed with the gentle jasmine smell along with the food. She then opened her eyes to look at her watch. He was late by half hour.
But she was with him, Eriol, her husband, her working partner, also the share partner of her company, throughout the Tsushiro company meeting. What could take him now? She again sighed.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Tomoyo!" Eriol's voice shook her and she looked at him.
He bent down and kissed her...on the cheeks and she did the same.
Did married couple kiss on the cheeks?? Mechanically?? Her heart dipped. She ached...she still ached for that some one from her past. Not that Eriol knew of that person...everyone did know about Sakura but not this guy.
"Its okay! But what took you so long? We did finish that contract successfully!" Tomoyo said.
"Mmm...was just making plans for our first Anniversary!" Eriol winked his eyes and she smiled.
"Okay!" Her eyes went up sardonically, "Do we have to go through with this?"
"Yes. What would all of the son of bitches think about us then?" Eriol said and motioned for the waiter.
He ordered for both of them and she waited patiently.
She looked around lazily while Eriol did the job of ordering and then she heard the slow music filling the air. It was the song of Lois Armstrong, 'What a wonderful world' and her heart twisted mercilessly in her chest and her face didn't mask the hurt.
"Tomoyo? You okay?" She could hear Eriol's concerned voice from accross the table, not that it registered. It took moments for her to become just manageable and she wondered.
It still hurt. Even after six long years. She still loved him. That mean egotistical bastard! She shut her eyes and felt Eriol's warmth from his palm onto her hand. She welcomed this gesture. Ofcourse, this is why she'd married him. For the comfort he gave her and the friendship that saw more than the 'beautiful' Tomoyo tag. But she realized that who ever she was with, she would still love that person who had permanently scarred her.
"Yes. Just a little dizzy." Tomoyo said and he nodded.
"After the Anniversary night, I am taking you on a vacation. How does that sound?" He asked and she nodded.
"So the invitees list??" Tomoyo asked looking at him.
"Mmm...taken care of. You could come with your own list. I've taken care of mine. Here..." Eriol passed the list to her and she read it.
There was one name in the last that threw her off gaurd. Mizuki Kaho with a friend! What was she doing in England now? She'd left for some oil country and Eriol hadn't heard from her since.
"What is Kaho doing here?" She asked but missed the pure flash of pain in Eriol's eyes before she looked at him.
"She got in touch with me until recently." Eriol said and gulped the wine that was poured.
She nodded slowly,"I wonder..." She whispered and Eriol smirked.
"Okay, today. She called me and...Tomoyo there is something I wanted to say..." But Eriol was interrupted with the waiter who served them food.
Eriol opened the flat door and held the door open for Tomoyo. She smiled as she got in and Eriol helped her with the coat.
"A drink before bed?" Tomoyo asked sweetly and smiled.
"Nah! I wanna hit bed. But I can join if you want it." Eriol said shirking his coat off and holding it in his hands.
Tomoyo looked at him and frowned slightly at the dark haired powerful magician in front of her. She was his best friend and they communicated well. Their excellent rapport was the one that got much out of Tomoyo in the past three years. She wanted a life that was not dependant on her mother. Actually she'd run from Japan to escape the pain of her broken heart. It was by chance that she decided to go to England and by chance she met Eriol. She worked hard and reached the position that gave her all this wealth and a friend like Eriol. She knew him in and out and it worried her now. He was obviously disturbed. And she didn't know why.
"Okay. Good night then." Tomoyo said and crossed him to her door. Eriol wished her a good night and reached for the other door.
Tomoyo waited for him to go into his own bedroom and then sighed again. This was not her Eriol. He'd always turn behind to look at her and smile suggestively. She stood contemplating at the door and opened her own door and closed it behind her.
Okay, even she'd had a painful day.
She slipped from her dress and got into comfortable night clothes. She got into the massive bed and closed her eyes. She couldn't sleep. As of before, he haunted her dreams. He was there everywhere...she didn't want to take his damned name.
Eriol was on his bed with just his jeans. He was thinking heavily. Kaho had called him. After five years of disappearance. The only woman he'd ever loved. He still loves her. What if she wanted him now? He was aware of the other woman who slept in the next room. His wife, Tomoyo. He snorted. Yeah rite! Wife indeed. Best friends more like it. He'd found surprising comfort in this woman when he'd met her three years ago. She had been different from that beautiful and understanding girl of eight. When he'd met her, it was a complicated woman. A twenty three year old woman. Running, nowhere to go. She irked him first.
But as time went by, they were able to establish that familar evironment. She turned back into that Tomoyo Daidouji. Who was so very different from Kaho. She had a beautiful heart even beneath that beautiful body of hers! And then he saw that excellent worker in her, her determination and the tenderness. He never realized that he'd become very close with her. They both were emotionally attached to each other. And they communicated well. Together, they'd built a world of their own and protected themselves from the harsh world. He loved her alright but never like that Kaho.
Kaho lit everything in him. His love and his hatred. She burned him. Even to this moment. There were many women between Kaho and Tomoyo...but only Kaho held everything of him. His soul. He cursed himself that he was very weak. He couldn't stop himself from remembering all those times with her. By the private beach back in the Bahamas, where they'd made love...the streets of Paris they walked together, the heat of Sahara...he still ached for her. To hold her, to smell her enticing scent...how badly he'd wanted to 'marry' her. But she ditched him and left. She said he was very young. He'd wondered why it didn't strike her when they made love. Or in Kaho's words, fucked.
Tomoyo had no qualms with him. He knew she loved him. Ofcourse, she'd had doubts when he had asked her to marry him. But now, she was far better than that Kaho. But still, his whole being longed for Kaho.
He opened his eyes.
"Tomoyo..." He breathed realizing that his best friend was not fine today. He remembered her state while they dined together. It was as if she had become unreachable and he was busy wallowing in his own thoughts that he'd completely forgotten her!
Tomoyo jumped from her bed. Eriol was not fine today! He was never like that! She cursed her emotional heart and her mind that always went along with it. She had hardly noticed his strained face. By Kami...he was all the relation she had. Even if marriage was just a ...an arrangement of sorts. She had never trusted a man after that beast...or a woman. But Eriol was different. He loved her as a friend and she was supposed to know how he felt. And today, his spirits were in the pits and she had hardly noticed it. To top, Nakuru and spinel-sun weren't in the house at the moment.
She opened her door and got out only to find that Eriol too had opened the door and was about to knock into her. They stood paralyzed for a second looking into each others eyes. Suddenly she felt something snap inside her. Her lips parted and she gasped at his strong form. Eriol's eyebrows rose. Tomoyo cleared her constricting throat.
"Bad day?" She asked tilting her head to a side.
"Kinda!" Eriol answered with his trade mark smirk.
Tomoyo nodded and clasped his hands and entwined her fingers with his.
"Mine too...but not that all bad. Still, you could say it was not exactly great." Tomoyo rattled and Eriol pulled her against his chest. He knew that she was stressed or worried sick over something. She tended to talk a lot then. Without him having to question her. Hands still clasped, her gently ran his free hand down her head, rifting through her hair.
"Lets go to bed." Eriol said and Tomoyo nodded, her eyes closed, her cheek still pressed against his chest. Without the heels, she just came upto his chest. He was a foot taller than her.
Eriol nestled next Tomoyo in his bed and pulled the blankets over both of them. Tomoyo closed her eyes and welcomed his warmth. She egged further, her back almost digging his chest and he arms wound around her, pulling her close. Eriol relaxed with Tomoyo's scent filling his senses and he closed his eyes. But both were thinking of some one else, the pain they'd caused. For a fleeting moment, Eriol wondered whether Tomoyo loved some one. He knew nothing of her love life. None that he, her best friend knew. And Tomoyo was wondering too, whether Eriol would ever fall in love again. When she'd met him he was a play boy of sorts and seemed to quiet down once they both were married. They both wondered at each other's love life but just a fleeting thought. They were soon drowned in their own misery...
And both were unaware of the ferocity with which they both held each other as they fell asleep. Eriol's lips rested against the back of her neck and Tomoyo stirred a little and settled down, unconciously smiling at the intimate contact.
They'd slept like this together, void of any sexual interest many nights. Just wanting company.
Imagining some one else' warmth...but failing miserably.
Tomoyo opened her eyes slowly and then closed. Then her eyes snapped open realizing that she was not in her own room and she looked franctically around. The heavy weight of Eriol's arms beneath her breasts reminded her of where she was was. And also the steel appearence of the room and then she allowed herself to relax and also was aware of their entangled legs. She was quite surprised. Ofcourse, she'd slept with him many times with clothes on ofcourse...but never once did she find them in an intimate position like this. But she calmed herself down...this was Eriol, she told herself. And then as if pure electricity burnt her veins...she was aware of his lips against her neck. She froze...her heart thumping madly as she closed her eyes in the pure ecstacy of his hot breath blowing against her skin.
'Oh my god...'Tomoyo thought and her hands pressed his arms. She snapped open her eyes and strained to look at the alarm she'd gifted Eriol. It said...one thirty. It was still sleeping time, they'd fallen asleep three hours ago.
"Mmm??" Eriol's sleepy confused question caught her attention.
"Its only me...Eriol." She said softly and was shocked how husky she sounded.
What was wrong with her? Why was she behaving like this? Tomoyo was plagued with questions as Eriol's naked chest burnt her back. Ofcourse, her night gown was simply made of thin material. And it had ridden up, Eriol realized as the lower part of her back was warming him against his stomach. And her exposed legs were entwined with his.
Waking up like this...he was not aware of Tomoyo but he was aware of the 'female'. His hands slipped down and found her smooth skin of her thighs and Tomoyo went rigid. His fingers were...agonizingly arousing her the way they travelled up, past her underwear toward her mid riff. His whole palm covered her midriff and she dimly thought how small she was compared to him. His hands travelled upward and ripped the bra with magic(!) and Tomoyo's protest died as her eyes again shut with ecstacy in response to his open mouthed kisses on her neck. The hands gently cupped one her breast and Tomoyo bit her lips to stifle a moan. He was slowly turning her toward him and she complied as he trailed hot kissed from his neck to her mouth. He gently nudged her lips with his, forcing them to open.
Not that both were thinking with their right minds.
Tomoyo opened her mouth giving him access and Eriol deepened the kiss crushing her beneath him while his fingers tore her night gown off. Tomoyo could feel his naked chest with her own and it added to their heat and she pulled him closer to her.
She was on fire, she knew it. She no longer registered that it was Eriol and neither Eriol noted that.
She moved against his throbbing member eagerly and Eriol drowned in the heady sensation.
Eriol marvelled at her sweetness...her scent...her submission as well as her initiative and suggestive thrust against him...sent him rocketing somewhere...
No one had aroused him like this...no one had given him such a heady sensation at a mere kiss...no one scortched him like this...no one aroused his demon...not even Kaho...
That was when Eriol catapulted back to earth. He broke this kiss abruptly and looked at Tomoyo. Panting. Tomoyo's eyes opened and the confusion was evident. Then it became steady, then again it widened in terror then to awe. For Eriol's eyes had turned deepest blue.
And thats when both noticed that they were glowing, in a faint blue.
Eriol smelt blood and then blinked. His eyes weresky blue again and he got off her lying beside her. He was aware of her badly bruised lips which were bleeding a little.
"I am sorry..."Tomoyo managed and Eriol drew a quick breath.
"Shut up." Eriol whispered but it was sharp. Her voice having the wrong effects on him.
Tomoyo shut up as told but she was still reeling from the highly charged emotions Eriol had managed to 'give' her.
"Get out Tomoyo. Now." Eriol said and Tomoyo looked at him sharply.
She winced realizing her wounds and her throbbing lips.
She covered herself and closed her eyes.
Shit!! What had just happened? She collected her shredded night gown and headed for the door, not trusting herself.
She realized Eriol's burrowed brows and clenched fists and was aware of the inner turmoil.
She found herself disappointed for a second as she slipped into her room.
'I am disappointed?' Tomoyo asked alarmed. She realized she was sulking not because of what happened but what did not happen.
She was afraid, she had never been afraid of him those years ago...but why was she afraid of Eriol now??
As for Eriol, he jumped out of the window to get as far away from Tomoyo and was flying off wildly through the buildings not knowing where he was headed.
A/N: Okay, so how did ya'll find it?? Please review and lemme know. And yeah, suckers for angsty as well as romance stick around. Lotsa of those in chapters to come. Okay, questions about Spinel sun and Nakuru and Tomoyo's mystery man will be answered in the next chapter. This chapter just lets you know that their relationship is platonic, and I promise its not going to be like that! Cuz Eriol will ofcourse 'do' Kaho. Heehee...kidding fellas!!! Tomoyo and Eriol forever!!
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