Hi again. I updated a lot on this chapter as well. Hope you guys like the new additions. I'm trying my best to re-edit the story and make it more uhm...read-able. :)
More than just a feeling
Toki was feeling really happy when she got back to her place.
"Darn, where's that light switch?" Groping around for the mechanism, she watched as the chandeleir flickered above a well laid out living room. She placed the key to her room on the counter top and proceeded to head to her room.
Just as she reached the door, she decided to check the box by the door, if it had any mail in it for her.
"Hm..." She opened the small box and spotted an envelope placed inside neatly. Taking out a letter opener, she tore the edge and slid the piece of paper out. It read...
My Dearest Toki,
I'm sorry thatMom and Dad haven't allowed me to visit you yet. They said that I must let you adjust to your new school before I come see you. Do not worry my Darling, the year will be over before you know it and I can visit you for the summer. London is not that far away from Japan. I can't wait to see you.
All my love,
Lawrence Edward I. Deveraux
"Oh my dearest. A year is too long for us to be apart. At least I'm getting along with your family. I can't wait to see you." Toki said placing the note in her bedside drawer, as she headed into the bedroom.
Toki soon disappears into the bathroom and comes out dressed in a silk gown.
Making her way to the bed, she pulls out the covers and sinks into the bed. A small object could be seen dangling from a chain around her neck, and it disappears under the covers as Toki falls fast asleep.
Starbucks, CLAMP School Branch
"Come on Akira, don't be shy. Have some cake, I owe it to you after the way I behaved yesterday." Nokoru pushed a plate of cake in Akira's direction.
"But kaicho, you didn't do anything inappropriate yesterday. And I don't recall anything happening, really!" Akira said, frantically waving his hands around in confusion.
Nokoru smiled, hiding his true intentions."Oh, never mind. I must be thinking of something else. Just eat, my treat for you. You've been working too hard."
'If Akira finds out, I am doomed...' Glancing to his right, 'Well, well, who is this I see...'
A figure was fast approaching. Toki was roller-blading down the sidewalk in her school uniform. Her ipod in one pocket and a mango ice cream in another. She was busy singing a song to notice someone was watching her closely. And she soon disappeared as she rounded a corner.
"Come on Akira, we have to get to school. It starts in an hour and I have some paperwork to do at the office."
"Pa-pa-paperwork! Kaicho, did I hear you correctly! Did you say that you were going to do paperwork! Yey! Takamura-sempai will be so pleased." Akira waved a finger about with enthusiasm. "I wonder what has you inspired?"
Bringing out his fan, Nokoru opens it, covering his mouth which had itself in a smile. If only Akira knew.
On the computer at the Clamp Elementary Paper's office..
"Hm... Ok...done, my poem is finished, now to upload it unto the computer, and then tomorrows issue will be done. I can't believe that I'm the only one here again. It feels so good to be here early in the morning. Well...there! Voila, it is done." Toki presses the mouse and the computer beeps, automatically signalling that it had saved the file she was working on..
Poem(Note:I used my own poem)
I am lying down on my bed a book wide open in my hand
My raven hair spilling into the pillows
As I turn to the next page
I find myself in a storybook land
I awaken in an unknown place
Noticing only the air fresh and my surroundings beautiful
From nowhere, a man suddenly appearing in front of my face
With rugged features and a strong body
He is my knight in shining armor
He lifts me unto his horse, carrying me away
Sweet passion erupts and I become his paramour
Days pass, pure ecstasy filling each second
I live each day as if there is no tomorrow
Each night, reaching high unto the Heavens
My body reaching the highest high and the lowest low
Together forever he had said to me
This was a promised shared with a special bond
A glorious month passing as fast as a year
In happiness and in sond
Walking around, we find ourselves in a familiar place
Where started the happiest moments of my life
We lay down on the grassy lawn, the wind emitting a sweet melody
Slowly falling asleep as my mind dreams, memories still rife
Waking up once again, I am back in my bed
Gone is my knight in shining armorThe book is still open, I start to close it
But I stop as I stare into the words, "The lord saying, gone is my raven-haired paramour"
Lost in her own world, Toki is unaware that a figure is standing right behind her.
"That's a nice poem, very romantic." the figure says.
Turning around, Toki finds herself face-to-face with an unexpected figure, Suoh Takamura.
"Ah, Takamura-san. Ohayo Gozaimasu! I didn't know that someone else was in here." She stood up and bowed in gesture to her greeting.
"Well, I could see that you were very busy with that poem of yours. You see, I happened to pass by the building on the way to the archery range when I spotted the lights open here. I figured that you'd be the one here." Suoh claimed.
The archery range was located in the same area as the building for the elementary school paper.With it's towering windows, one could see the students practicing from their building. But who could have time to watch the arrows stream across the sky when one had deadlines to finish?
"Well, yes, I finish the paper in the morning so that it could be finished with it's printing by the time classes start."
"Oh, I see. I didn't know that you were a romantic." Suoh said, leaning on Toki's chair, looking at the computer.
"Well, it doesn't look very obvious, from my apperance." Toki said smiling.
"I didn't mean anything bad by that, it's just surprising. You do have many talents don't you."
Toki suggested, "Quite a few, compared to you and Nokoru-sempai."
"Yes, the kaicho..." Suoh said, smiling at the thought of his kaicho and all the crazy stuff they've done over the years.
The thought was suddenly interrupted when a surprised Nokoru opened the door to the office and saw Toki and Suoh laughing together.
A.N. Sorry, that's all I have right now. Hope you like it! I might be updating this story more frequently now that I have more time.