Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ My Best Guarded Secret ❯ Chapter 3. ( Chapter 3 )

Disclaimer: Yue is mine,mine, Muahahahahahhaaaa……*thonk* gets hit in the

head with a reality brick. Ummm no he isn't >.< he, along with the rest,

belong to Nelvana and Clamp

Warnings: Shounen ai, AU, language, slight angst, oh and humor

Chapter 3.

Yukito brought up the last of the four boxes up the stairs and stacked them next to each other in the hallway. He stretched his back by first bending backwards, then side to side to take the kinks out. There were four bedrooms on the second floor. And since he hadn't known in which room would Tomoyo like to reside, he left her stuff in the hallway.

He peeked inside the first room at the end of the hall, on top of the staircase. The room was spacious, with large windows at the opposite wall. It was empty, save for the wall to wall carpeting, which was different in the room then the one out one the hallway. It was more plush, something you can sink your feet into after a long hard day. There was also a queen size bed in there whose mattress was still in its plastic sheeting. The second room was pretty much the same as the one, so he went to the third one.

He found Yue in there, sitting on the window ledge, staring outside at the street below. This room too contained a bed and plush carpet. Yukito stood in the doorway not wanting to disturb his brother just yet. He stared at his brother's profile. Yue had lost a lot of weight over the last few months. Not that he was, what one would call, fat. But he still used to have that healthy glow that shines on peoples faces. His right leg was propped up underneath him, and he was resting his elbow on it. His long silver blond hair, which were flowing down his back almost reaching to his hips, were clasped at the base of his neck by a black hair tie. He had shrugged off his grey sweatshirt which was resting on the bed, and now was sitting there in his white T-Shirt and blue form fitting jeans. His silver eyes were glazed over and had a faraway look in them, as if contemplating in deep thought.

"So, I take it this will be your room then?" he asked Yue, interrupting his solitude.

Yue, who hadn't realized the Yukito was standing at the door, startled and looked towards him.

"Hmmm, yeah, I guess." He replied.

"Oh yeah, o.k. cool. I'll set up your computer in here then, in whichever corner you want." Yukito remarked looking around the room. Yue went back to gazing outside.

Yukito walked towards the closet and threw open the door.

"Wow, would you look at the size of thins thing. Its freaking huge! You could practically walk in, decide on an outfit, and change in there while you're at it." Yukito rambled on. "And look at this, your own BATHROOM." He walked towards the door located inside the room. "Oh My God, finally, our own bathrooms. No more waiting in lines to take a shower, no more Tomoyo hogging it in the morning. Don't you think its great Yue. I am so happy I think I might cry." Yukito said, wiping fake tears from his eyes. He had babbled on trying to get Yue to snap out of his stupor and join in the conversation.

Yue looked back at him and offered him a small smile.

"Yeah, I am glad to have my one of my own. Usually I was the one who almost always used the bathroom last."

Yukito grinned at him. "That's cuz you never argued over it with me or Tomoyo."

He remembered their times back in San Francisco, when they would have huge bouts among Tomoyo and himself over who gets to use the bathroom first.

"Tomoyo is very crafty when it comes to the art of arguments, among other things. She always won and got her way." Yukito recalled.

Yue politely held his tongue and didn't mention the fact that Tomoyo got her way, by not winning the arguments, but rather by using her hurt puppy dog expression. Which never failed when it came to Yukito "the big softie" as was pronounced by his younger sister.

"Umm, so what do you want to do now." Piped up Yukito. "You wanna start unpacking immediately or maybe take a break and get out in the town. We can take a drive around to see what this town has to offer. Maybe look for places we can eat, check out the mall, look for restaurants, see where the school is, did I mention looking for a place where we could chow down." Yukito spoke nonstop, his stomach doing most of his talking for him. "And then may be we could…."

Brriing.

His ramblings were interrupted by his cell phone. He took the phone out of his breast pocket of his long sleeved shirt, and flipped it open.

"Hello?"

"Oh, Hi Mom, how you doing?"

"I am doing fine, how are you guys doing?" Sonomi Daidouji answered from her end.

"When did you guys get there? How was the drive? Did our luggage make it there o.k.? Are the new beds placed in all the rooms? I had told the mattress company to make sure to put one in each room. How's Yue holding up? How is Tomoyo?"

It was hard to stop Sonomi Daidouji once she started going. This trait of her was evident in her eldest child.

"Mom, Mom, chill out. Everything's fine. Yue and Tomoyo and both o.k. And why wouldn't they be, they are with their responsible older brother. We got here about an hour ago, and we just finished hauling the boxes. The beds are placed, one in each room. We were just about to step outside to take a look around town." He replied his mother in very much the same way she had questioned. "Oh Mom, I love this place. I think it was due time for us to start making some necessary changes in our life." He threw a wistful glance at his younger brother. "So, when are you getting here?"

"Oh honey, I'll be there in about a week. I just have to tie up some lose ends. Take good care of your brother and sister. Where are they, let me talk to them."

"Well Mom, right now Yue and I are standing in the room that he has claimed rather forcefully," he winked at Yue "and Tomoyo is still downstairs. Here talk to him." He threw the cell phone to his brother who snatched it smoothly from the air.

"Hi Mom, how's it going?"

"I am o.k. dear, how are you holding up."

"I am doing fine." Replied Yue.

"So, how do you find this new place so far?" Inquired Sonomi.

"So far, I find it non-threatening." Yue replied icily. Yukito whipped his head towards Yue at those words.

"Yue, honey…" Sonomi didn't know what to say. She was rendered speechless.

"Its o.k. Mom. I like this town. Why don't you speak to Tomoyo now. I am sure she wants to tell you all about how she likes this new house." Yue replied quickly.

"All right dear, you take care of yourself you hear. I'll see you when I get there." Said his mother, "I love you, sweetheart."

"I love you too, Mom" he handed the cell phone over to Yukito, silently requesting him to bring it to Tomoyo.

Yukito gave him a meaningful look and said "I'll be right back, and we'll talk." He took off leaving Yue alone with his thoughts.

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After that small incident outside, Tomoyo entered the house and went straight into the living room. She was followed by her faithful companion, who proceeded to sniff out his surroundings. Shaking off her thoughts about the boy she just met, she concentrated on her new house. If the outside of the house was picturesque, the inside was simply breathtaking.

After the entrance through the door, there was a small hallway to take your shoes off. There was also a closet in the hallway to hang your coats. The hallway lead into the inner part of the house. To the left was the spacious living room and further down was the dining area. To the right of the dining area was the huge kitchen.

Tomoyo walked in the kitchen to take a look around. Their kitchen was very well equipped. They had the brand new stoves and oven with an exhaust on top to let the smoke and steam out. `That will come in handy when either Yue or Yukito are in here cooking something' thought Tomoyo looking at the exhaust, reminiscing about the times her brothers had caused kitchen disasters. There were large shelves and cabinets lining the wall. There was a juice make, a dough mixer and a microwave oven placed on a small table in the corner. The fridge was built into the wall and there were two different doors to open it. `Hah' thought Tomoyo amusedly `Finally a place where we can stack enough food to sustain Yukito for at least a week'.

She walked out of the kitchen and went past the dining area. There was a staircase that lead to the second floor, and Tomoyo could see the doors to the 4 bedrooms that lined against the hallway. Right underneath the bedrooms, on the first floor, were 2 more rooms. `Ahh, the guest rooms' she thought. She remembered her Mom telling her that the house had six bedrooms, 4 upstairs for the family, and 2 downstairs for guests. Leading away from the stairs, she came to the sitting area. There was a huge empty space for television and stereo systems to be set up. A task which she wouldn't have to bully or plead Yukito and Yue into doing. In fact, Yukito would see to it that everything is installed as son as the equipment gets here. The sitting area led into the back yard. And instead of a solid wall, there was a glass sliding door along with a screen door as separator. She glanced at the back yard through the glass door and saw how spacious it was. Instead of the garden area that dominated the front yard, the back yard was mostly hard concrete floor. The best thing that she saw there was the swimming pool in the middle. She smiled and imagined how beautiful the pool would look when it's brimming with sparkling blue water. She could almost envision Yue taking a dive in and swimming around, something he had loved to do.

She heard a faint shrill of a cell phone ringing but didn't pay it a lot of attention. She walked back into the living room and collapsed on the cream colored, leather sofa that was placed in there haphazardly. She had a lot of work cut out for her. Her mother had done her job, when she had visited their house a month ago, of purchasing bare necessities. Now it was up to Tomoyo to put things in order. When in came to decorating, no body had a better opinion about where things should go, then Tomoyo. Which is why her mother had entrusted in her this task.

She heard footsteps coming down the stairs and whipped her head around to see who it was. Yukito was coming towards her with his cell phone.

"Its Mom, she wants to talk to you." He handed her the phone and went back up the stairs.

"Hi Mom, how's it going?" she asked cheerfully.

"Hello darling, I am fine. So how do you like your new house?" inquired Sonomi from the other end.

"Oh My God, Mom, I absolutely love it." Tomoyo said enthusiastically. "It's gorgeous. Its way better then when you described it. You didn't tell us we had a garden. Its beautiful. And the back yard. We have a swimming pool. Oooh, I can't wait to take a swim in it. I have only just seen the first floor, and I love it so much already."

A small laughter could be heard from the other line, and Sonomi replied.

"I know you're excited when you start sounding like your brother. I am glad you liked it and I didn't tell you about the garden and the pool because I wanted you to find it for yourself."

Tomoyo chuckled "I don't know if I should resent that remark about sounding like Yukito. But seriously Mom, the place is great."

Sonomi sighed and asked in a more serious tone.

"Tomoyo, how is Yue holding up? I didn't want you guys to go there alone, but I still had some things to take care of. You know, transferring my paper work and other important document to the Hospital in Spring Valley. I am also having a tough time with my patients. I am referring them to other doctors, since I wouldn't be able to see them anymore, but they don't want another doctor. They are being very difficult." She explained tiredly.

"Well Mom, you aren't a re-known surgeon for nothing. You are the best in the field that's why they don't want you to leave. Oh, and Mom, Yue is doing just fine."

Sonomi took a deep breath and said.

"Listen Tomoyo, you take care of Yue. Actually, take care of both your brothers. You are the most level-headed of my children, and it's you who I can trust with this task."

"Of course Mom, I'll make sure they don't get into any trouble. Ummm well, I'll make sure they don't get into a lot of trouble." Replied Tomoyo.

Sonomi chuckled softly.

"Oh, and make sure that Yue eats properly. I don't have to worry about Yukito, I know that boy can hold his own when it comes to food. But make sure that Yue doesn't skip any meals. After that incident, he just stopped caring for himself. He hasn't been eating right and I am really worried about him." Sonomi's voice got a little misty towards the end.

"Mom, don't worry. Everything is going to be just fine. You'll see, this change of scenery will do all of us a lot of good. I can feel it in my heart." Tomoyo reassured her mother.

"I can always count on you to say the right things, honey. I have to go now. Give your brothers my love and take care of yourself. I'll see you guys in a week." Sonomi said from her end.

"O.k. Mom, see you."

"Good bye darling, I love you."

"I love you too Mom, bye."

Tomoyo flipped the cell phone closed and took a deep breath. She went to the window in the living room and sat on the ledge. She took out her wallet from her back pack, which was deposited near the doorway. She opened it to reveal a picture of herself and her brothers taken last summer. `How much has changed in our lives within the time space of a year.' She thought to herself glancing out the window. `I hope we'll be able to forget about the past and move on. Then maybe things will go back to the way they used to be.' She looked back down at the picture. In this one, she was standing with Yue and Yukito, Yukito had his arm around Yue's neck holding him in a slight headlock and he was giving the camera a V sign with his fingers. Yue had his right arm draped around Tomoyo's shoulders, holding her in an embrace in front of him. All three of them had huge smiles on their faces. Tomoyo traced her index finger over Yue's picture and whispered softly.

"I hope you'll be able to fight and defeat the demons that haunt you Yue, and maybe then you'll be able to come back to us."

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TBC.