Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ My Best Guarded Secret ❯ Chapter 4. ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: Bunny Chan is sitting on a chair, in front of a locked door.

Bunny Chan: *whistles innocently, while filing her nails*

*knock knock knock*

Yue: Bunny Chan let me go. I don't belong to you. I belong to Nelvana and Clamp. Bunny Chan, open the door. Grumblegrumbleletmegoyoupsychogrumblegrumble.

Bunny Chan: *continues to whistle ignoring the voice*

Warnings: Shounen ai, language, AU, minor angst, humor ^_^

Chapter 4.

After Yukito had left him, Yue had gone back to his thoughts. He had felt bad about what he had said to his mother, but he couldn't retract those words. The city of San Francisco held within it a lot of bad memories that Yue would rather forget. What had happened there had caused Yue to place himself inside a shell, where no one not even his family had been able to break through. The only times he had been able to be himself was when he was with Tomoyo. He had the sweetest younger sister, and if he was quiet and withdrawn, Tomoyo herself would be quiet and unresponsive too. She loved her brother dearly, and didn't want to see him aloof. She had known that if she acted like she was sad or upset, it would help in dragging Yue out of his shell, if only just for a little while. He always tried his best to be cheerful around her, as much as he can.

Yukito came back to the room and perched himself on the edge of the bed. He looked at Yue silently, as if waiting for him to start the conversation.

"Well?!" said Yue.

"Aren't you going to yell at me and tell me what an idiot I'm being, still holding on to the past?" He asked Yukito, bitterness evident in his voice.

"If you know than I don't have to tell you." Answered Yukito rather calmly. "I just want you to speak to me, and tell me what's on your mind. If you keep your feelings and thoughts bottled up inside, you'll burn out Yue."

Yukito was very worried about his brother. He knew what had happened in the past had caused Yue great amount of grief. What bothered him more was the Yue never talked to any of them about it. He never showed his feelings, his anger, his fear. He and Yue used to be so close to each other. There was barely a year that separated their age. They had shared everything, from clothes to their deep dark secrets. And now it was as though there was an invisible shield that had formed between them. And damn it if that didn't hurt.

"There really isn't anything to tell" said Yue in a voice devoid of emotion "I killed my best friend. End of story."

Yukito had to hide a shudder that ran through his body at Yue's icy tone. The way he spoke so easily about it, as if they were discussing some mundane topic, scared Yukito to no end.

"What you have done was an act of self-defense. But Yue, the circumstances that led you to do this task must……"

"I'd rather not talk about those at the moment." Yue interrupted him mid-sentence, pinning him with his silver gaze.

Yukito sighed deeply and asked Yue.

"O.K then, let me ask you this. Why do you think we moved from that big city to this small town?"

Yue looked at him like he had just asked an absurd question.

"Well, isn't it obvious. Mom was transferred here from her Hospital, because they needed a new surgeon." Yue answered looking at him.

"Wrong Buddy!" said Yukito "Her Hospital hadn't wanted her to leave. She is a great aspect to them. She made the decision of moving here because of you. She wants you to be happy again. She wants things to go back to the way they were. And she knew that it would be an impossible task if we continued to live there. She had spoken to me asking my opinion and I agreed wholeheartedly." Explained Yukito a little smugly. It wasn't very often that he got the chance to prove his brother wrong.

Yue looked at him quietly for a long time.

"Hn," he grunted "I don't know how that's going to make a difference. You only changed the environment we were living in. You can't change the state of my mind." Yue said now facing Yukito, fully turned away from the window.

At his words, Yukito gave him a huge grin, which caused Yue to narrow his eyes at him suspiciously.

`what's up with him?' Yue mused.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Spoke Yukito. "I can already see a difference in your state of mind, as you put it. You have spoken more words ever since we started today's trip, than you have all last week. Yep, I think this change is going to make a difference." Yukito still had that silly wide grin on his face.

Yue just stared at him, and shook his head slightly. His silver bangs covering his eyes to hide a tiny smile that had formed there at his brother's antics.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door. Yue realized that his too-caring brother had closed the door behind him when he came in. He looked at him questioningly.

"I just wanted a little privacy, that's all." Said Yukito shrugging his shoulders.

"Come in Tomoyo." Called out Yue.

Tomoyo walked in. In her hands she was carrying a tray with three tall glasses of lemonade, and she was supporting an angelic smile on her face.

"I opened up some boxes and dug this stuff up." Said Tomoyo. "I figured you guys must be thirsty after having to lift those extremely heavy boxes of mine." Tomoyo looked pointedly at Yukito, whose eyes had lit up at the sight of her.

"Tomoyo!!" He yelled. "My most favorite sister in the whole world." He eyed the lemonade, a hint of drool present at the corner of his mouth.

Again Yue shook his head, this time good naturedly.

"Your only sister in the whole world!"

Tomoyo placed the tray on the floor since there was no table, and sat down. She was soon joined by her brothers who decided to leave their posts and sat down besides her.

"You guys, I love this house." Tomoyo started the conversation. "Did you guys check out the pool in the back yard? Its magnificent." Tomoyo said smiling widely at Yue.

He offered her a small smile in return.

"Yeah, I had glanced at it before coming upstairs. It's awesome." He picked up his glass and brought it to his lips, taking a small sip.

Yukito had already drained his glass.

"Ummm, you guys, you think we could go and grab something to eat now?" Yukito asked his two younger siblings, wiping his mouth with his sleeves.

"And the sitting area is so spacious. It would be great to have friends over, and not run out of the room to sit down." Said Tomoyo, ignoring Yukito, continuing her conversation with Yue. "I can just imagine a big screen TV in there, with a surround sound system."

"I am serious guys, I'm starving." Piped up Yukito again.

"Oh yeah! And we have to have a large speaker system set up too. That way, if we want we could have some music in the back yard by the pool." Said Yue, joining Tomoyo's game to see how long would Yuki last.

"This is not funny. If you guys don't stop it now, I'll just leave without you two." Yukito's left eye had started twitching.

"Oh, and I love the colors Mom picked out for the sofas." Said Tomoyo.

"Yeah, they're very sophisticated." Said Yue, barely able to hide the grin that threatened to break out any minute.

"All right!! That's it!! You guys wanna play game. You play games. I'm outta here." Yukito got up and trudged out of the room.

"Do you think we might have taken it a bit too far?" Yue inquired, now grinning.

He looked at Tomoyo. Tomoyo looked at him.

"Naaahhh!!!" they both said in unison.

"Hey big bro, wait up!" called out Tomoyo laughing.

"Come on, or he'll leave without us."

She grabbed Yue's hand and dragged him with her. He barely had time to snatch up his sweat shirt before she pulled him out of the room.

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Across the street, from his bedroom window, a boy was watching the going ons in the house in front of him. He saw a boy, about 18 years old, stomped out of the house. He was making his way down the path from the doors to the main gate. He was followed shortly by another boy, with long silver-blonde hair, and a girl. The girl was laughing and calling out to the first boy to wait up. The boy with the short dark-grey hair and an obvious temper, sat in the driver's seat of the Honda CRV, that was parked in front of the house. The boy with the long hair sat in the passenger seat, and the girl boarded in the back. The girl was waving cheerfully to an energetic golden retriever, who was barking happily from behind the gate, and than the family had took off.

Holding a steaming cup of coffee in his hands, Eriol Hiiragizawa chuckled lightly at the antics of the family that had just moved in today, across from him. `Tomoyo Daidouji' he recalled the girl's name. He remembered what had happened earlier today.

He was on his way home when he had noticed the delivery truck in front of the house which had been empty for a long time. He knew someone was going to move in soon, because of all the renovations that had been going on for the past 2 months. He noticed two boys carrying a couple of boxes inside the house. They looked like they could have been twins, except for minor differences. The boy with short dark-grey hair was slightly taller in height than the boy with long silver-blonde hair. And even though there faces were almost identical, the boy with the short hair had hazel-brown eyes, while the other one had silver-grey eyes. Almost identical to the color of this hair. Then he had noticed the girl.

The girl was walking towards him with her face buried in a book. She had long and silky purple hair, which were tied up in a high pony tail. A few wild strands had come undone and were grazing her cheeks. She was wearing blue stone-wash jeans and a short sleeved, light green T-Shirt. He was too busy taking note of her appearance that he didn't realize that he had walked straight into her. And obviously, the girl had been too lost in her thoughts to notice anything around her.

After the collision, he quickly got his bearings in order, and put his arms around the girl to support her. He noticed amusedly that the girl had closed her eyes. When she opened them and looked up at him, Eriol forgot about the world that existed around him and felt himself drowning in the endless violet pools. He had quickly snapped out of it and asked if she was o.k. Up close, he had a better view of her. She had a very beautiful face with incredibly delicate features. Her skin looked so silky and soft that Eriol had to wonder if she would bruise if he touched her even lightly. She had beautiful purple eyes with large eye lashes casting a shadow over her cheeks. She had told him that she just moved in today with her family. He had introduced himself, and told her he would see her around.

`What a peculiar girl.' Eriol snapped out of his thoughts. He put a stop to these thoughts and started thinking about what lay ahead. In about a week, the school will be re-opening. He was going to be a junior in high school this year. He was looking forward to starting school because that meant that once again, he'll be able to get close to his object of unrequited affection. That object that he had desired for the last two years came in the form of a pretty face and long crimson hair.

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At first glance, to a stranger, the three people sitting at that table didn't look like they were related at all, much less brothers and sister. Even though their facial features were similar, the way they carried and presented themselves was completely different from one another.

First, there was the boy, who looked like the eldest of the group. He had short dark-grey hair, some of which were falling over his forehead. He had intelligent hazel-brown eyes, where if one looked closely could find a dangerous spark. He was sitting there stiffly, indicating he had a temper and he wasn't afraid to show it. He was tall, reaching about 5'11" and had a well-built body, evident that he liked to work out and keep in shape. He was wearing a long sleeved, navy blue button down shirt, which was tucked into a pair of tight black jeans. His top three buttons were undone, and he had rolled his sleeves up to the elbows.

Than there was the second boy, who looked slightly younger than the first one. He had beautiful, long silver-blonde hair, which were tied at the base of his neck. They rest of his hair flowed silkily down his back, almost reaching his hips. A few locks of hair had come undone, and were now framing his angelic face. He had very pale skin with two silver orbs peeking out from behind silver eye lashes. His beautiful eyes held within them an icy tone, capable of freezing over the bravest of the men. He jaw was set like he wasn't used to making a lot of conversations, or smiling for that matter. He had a neutral look to his face, showing neither joy nor any anger. He stood at about 5'9" and had a lithe frame. He wasn't built like his older brother, he was what one would call fragile. He was wearing a white T-Shirt, and a pair of blue jeans. There was a grey sweat shirt tied around his middle.

He seemed to be showing an indifference to the world around him, except when it came to the girl sitting next to him. Some of the ice that was evident in his demeanor, seemed to melt when he set his gaze on the girl with smiling purple eyes.

That girl was their youngest sister. It was clearly evident that the girl loved her two brothers dearly, and they reciprocated her feeling just as much. She had beautiful violet eyes, and long purple hair which she was wearing in a pony tail. She was not only the youngest, but also, the shortest of the group standing at 5'. This was the Daidouji family.

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`Finally we're here' thought Yukito relaxing a bit in his chair.

"Now where is that damn waitress to come and take our orders." He said out loud. "I am starving here."

"Aaahhemm" someone cleared their throat and all three of them looked up.

It was a girl, wearing the restaurant's uniform of white shirt and blue and white checkered short skirt. There was an apron tied around her middle, supporting the logo of the fast food restaurant. She had copper red hair, tied in two pony tails. She looked to be around Tomoyo's age.

"Hi, my name is Chiharu, and I'll be your damn waitress today." She said good naturedly.

Tomoyo and Yue sweat-dropped and Yukito harrumphed and muttered "about time". He was promptly kicked in the shin by Tomoyo, under the table.

"Hey!!" he yelled.

"Please ignore my brother's remark." Tomoyo said to the waitress. "I apologize for his behavior. We don't take him out much because of the way he acts around other people." Tomoyo said giving a stern look in Yukito's direction.

Chiharu gave a small laugh and Yue hid his smirk by picking up his glass of water and bringing it to his lips. Yukito was sitting right next to him and he didn't want to receive a punch if he was seen smirking.

"Oh, that's o.k. I am actually used to getting much worse." Said Chiharu, amusement showing in her brown eyes. She noticed that the hot-headed boy hadn't responded to his sister's statement. Now there was a girl who had her brothers wrapped around her finger, if she ever saw one.

"What can I get for you today?" she asked the small group, taking out a small notepad.

"All right," said Yukito "I'll have 2 cheeseburgers, 3 chicken sandwiches, 2 extra large fries, and one large strawberry milkshake." He read off from the menu.

"O.K. I got it." Said Chiharu. "I'll be right back with your order."

She turned to walk away when she heard someone clear their throat from behind. She turned to find a furiously sweat-dropping Tomoyo and Yue with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Umm, Chiharu." Said Tomoyo. "Shouldn't you take our orders too."

"Huh." Chiharu was dumbfounded. "You mean this large order is just for….." she chuckled. "Well I'll be."

"I'll take a chicken sandwich, hold the lettuce, with medium fries, and a strawberry milk shake, please" Tomoyo dictated her order.

Chiharu jotted it down and turned towards Yue.

"And for you sir?"

"I'll just have a fruit salad." He said.

Tomoyo gave him a pointed look.

"All right, I'll also have a cheese burger and chocolate milk shake." He added.

"That's much better." Tomoyo said fixing him a soft purple gaze.

"O.K. folks, I'll be right back." And with that Chiharu took off.

While Chiharu was gone, they decided to talk about what lay ahead of them,

"O.K. guys" stated Yukito. "Today is Friday. Mom should be here by next Friday, Saturday at the most. And our new schools start following Monday. We have this week to set things in order because once school starts, I don't think we'll have much time to get things done."

Yue and Tomoyo both nodded their heads in agreement. Yue got up off the chair.

"Excuse me, I'll be right back. I need to go wash up."

He left for the bathrooms located in the back of the restaurant.

Since it was Friday, the place was very much crowded. Yue had to maneuver himself around the tables and the waitresses walking around with trays balanced in their arms.

After he was done washing up, he came back out in the throng of people. Somehow, to him, the crowd seemed bigger. He started back towards his table, in the front of the fast food place. This time, he actually had to push himself between people to get ahead.

`Geez, you'd think the whole world is starving by the looks of the place.' Yue thought to himself bemusedly.

All of a sudden, he was pushed hard from the side, which caused him to whirl around and bump into a hard body, standing right behind him. The person must have been holding some kind of a drink because Yue felt wetness in front of his shirt. The person he had bumped into also had dripping front. Yue was just about to make an apology when he was suddenly grabbed by the front of his T-Shirt and he came face to face with a pair of intense blue eyes, peeking out from behind a messy bang of dark hair.

"Hey pretty boy, why don't you watch where you're going." The person with the intense blue eyes asked Yue through clenched teeth.

This sparked a sudden flash of fury to strike through Yue's entire body.

"Hey" he said "I didn't do it on purpose. I was pushed from behind. Why don't you get your facts straight before you start shoving yourself on other people." Yue said in an icy tone.

A sudden silence seemed to fall upon people, who were witnessing this event. It looked as though everyone was holding their breath to see what would happen next.

The man still had his grip around Yue's neck. He pulled on his shirt and brought him closer to his face.

"Be careful what you say around here pretty boy." He said threateningly, a dangerous spark flashed through his eyes. "This smart mouth of yours can get you into a lot of trouble." He was almost nose to nose with Yue.

Yue now realized what kind of predicament he was in and became a little nervous. Although he would be able to defend himself if a combat arose, the person opposite, holding him in a death grip, looked like he could hold his own. He definitely had height at his favor, standing at 6'2", and the well toned muscles that protruded in his arms showed that the man was probably into weight lifting. He mentally patted himself in the back that none of his anxiety was showing on his face. His face had looked as icy and passive as ever, seeming like he doesn't care about the threat that's staring him in the face.

"Is there a problem here, gentlemen?" said a voice from behind.

`Oh Thank God.' Yue heaved a silent sigh of relief.

He freed his shirt from the clutches of the man, who let him go by pushing him backwards a little, and turned towards Yukito.

"Its o.k. Yuki, lets just go to our table."

Yukito, however, wasn't looking at him. His intense hazel gaze was pinned on the man who had dared to put his hands on his brother. He was sizing him up silently daring him to make a move towards himself or Yue.

"Hn" grunted the man. No, the boy. Now that he wasn't shoved in his face, Yue noticed that the guy was probably as old as Yuki.

"No, there's no problem here." A female voice said from behind the guy. She stepped up in front of the boy, and Yue noticed how those two were dressed so similarly. They were both wearing jet black T-Shirts molded to their bodies tucked into tight, black leather pants. The girl had a pretty face, with very dark red eyes, and long red hair.

"Come on Touya," she spoke to the boy behind her "This isn't worth your time." She said in a sneering tone.

The boy gave one last hard look to Yue, and turned around towards the back of the restaurant, with this arm wrapped around the red-headed girl's shoulders.

The slight up-turn of the boy's upper lip was the last thing Yue saw, before he too turned around and left with Yukito.

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TBC.

Author's notes: O.O all of my pairings seem to meeting by bumping into each other. Huh, oh well. O.k. before anyone else points it out, I know that Touya's eyes are brown and not blue. But my Touya has blue eyes. Reason, you ask. Hmmm, simply because I like Touya with blue eyes, it makes him look a lot more sexier ^_^ *Bunny Chan starts drooling when she pictures Touya with his blue eyes fixed on Yue* Ummm, ahhheheheheh *furiously wipes drool from the key board* . Please review, and drop me a line about what you think so far. See ya all next time.