I Promise - Chapter Two

To Love is to Suffer

Summary-It has been ten long years since Syaoran left. Sakura, ever faithful, waits, not cheating once. But what will she do when she bumps into Syaoran holding hands with a girl who not only LOOKS like Sakura, but has stolen her identity? REWRITTEN

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Chapter Two

"Tomoyo, I'm REALLY sure I saw him. So will you stop asking if I did? There's nothing wrong with my eyes."

Tomyo, who had been about to voice the comment about Sakura's eyes, promptly changed her line of attack. "Are you sure it was him?"

"Yes! The girl who was with him called her Syaoran." Even Sakura could hear the pain in her voice when she said "the girl."

"Wait, wait. There was a girl with him?"

Sakura nodded, forgetting that Tomoyo couldn't see her, who was on the phone. "Yeah. You know, now that I think of it, he called her Sakura. I wonder why..."

"Why?! Because he replaced you, obviously! I should go and beat him up, right now!"

"No, Tomoyo! I promised myself that if he is happy, then I will be too! Isn't that what you said to me once? That if the person you love is happy, then you will be happy! And I love Syaoran, no matter what he does!"

"Yes...I guess I did say that..." Tomoyo said, frowning. But then she regained her spark. "But he still shouldn't have done that to you!"

"Yeah, he shouldn't have. But still, I wonder. Why did he call her Sakura? I mean, what's the chance that he would find another girl that he like, who just so happened to be called Sakura, which is my name?"

"Who knows? Maybe it's a nickname or something. Whatever. Right now, the immediate problem at hand is that whether or not you're gonna turn suicidal."

"Moyo! I said that if Syaoran was happy, then I would be happy. Why would I kill myself if I was happy?"

"Because deep down, I know you're hurting." Tomoyo said softly.

Sakura hesitated, then decided not to lie. "Yeah, I am. How did you know?"

"Because, 'Kura, any normal person would be hurting. And because I love you."

Sakura smiled. "Don't forget the other person you love. He wouldn't be very happy to hear that."

"Eriol won't mind. I'll make sure if it." Tomoyo said confidently. As she spoke, a beeping sound interuppted her.

"Oh no. Do you think that's Eriol? What if he heard you say that?" Sakura teased lightly.

"No way. Do you really think so?" Tomoyo said worriedly.

Sakura giggled. "Of course not, silly. Now go answer your call. Call me back!"

Tomoyo, still sounding worried, replied "Sure. No problem."

Sakura, chuckling, hung up. Almost right away, her mind turned to more important things. Such as Syaoran and the mystery girl. Now that she thought of it, "Sakura" looked exactly like she used to. Why was that?

A ringing phone interupted her musing, and sighing, she picked up the phone. "Hello?"

A exicted shriek filled Sakura's ear, nearly breaking her eardrum. "OMIGOD! OMIGOD, OMIGOD, OMIGOD!!!!"

"Moyo, shut up! Do you or do you not want me be able to hear your exciting news?" Sakura said sarcastically.

"Eriol proposed!" These two words stunned Sakura speechless.

"Wh-what?!"

"I said, he proposed! And I said yes!"

"Wow...It really is worthy of going oh my god. But not worthy enough to make me deaf, Tomoyo."

"Sorry."

"It's cool. When's the date?"

"Weeeell, Eriol said that he's going away for about a year, so he proposed, saying that it was an excuse to keep the girls away. But he still intends to marry me when he comes back!" Tomoyo said in her boyfriend's, now fiancé, defense.

"Yeah, yeah."

Sakura and Tomoyo talked late into the night, Syaoran and the mystery girl forgotten. For now.