Highway Kind (Tomoyo/Sakura)

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Title: Highway Kind
Words: 322
Comm: 20_inkspots (claim dropped)
Series: Cardcaptor Sakura
Pairing: Daidouji Tomoyo/Kinomoto Sakura
Author: rhap_chan
Artist: sky_pirate_tat
Theme Set: Dark themes, #4
Rating: PG
Warnings/Spoilers: shojo ai
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to CLAMP. All fanfiction archived here is a derivative of canon material that is not my property. I do not profit from these writings. The opinions and actions expressed in these stories are not necessarily the views and beliefs of the original author or me.

Summary: Tomoyo drives the roads searching for Sakura in every girl she meets.

And I'll meet the ones between us,
And be thinking about you,
And all the places I have seen,
And why you were not there.
--Lyle Lovett, "Highway Kind"

In Japan, not many people drive or enjoy driving. I am one of the exceptions. I find that the dotted lines leave me no time to think between them, and that a dark road on a summer night can carry away your sadness for a little while.

I travel the country, stirring up business for the company. I am one of those people they townspeople whisper about-- the beautiful girl with a girl in every town.

My first night in I head to a bar and wait for her phantom to appear. I find her in this girl's eyes and this other girl's smile and this girl's way of moving. When I see them it makes me miss her all the more and wish a little bit that when I am driving I might have a passenger. This, coupled with the alcohol, leads inevitably to the backseat of my beautiful car and though I gasp and feel her soft kisses on my skin, I shut my eyes and pretend that it's Sakura. If only it was Sakura...

The next morning I leave, but not without her phone number and the pathetic realization that next time I am in town, I will probably call her to feel less lonely. But unity can only last for so long, and I don't really want them. I want her.

So it's back to the highway and driving leaves me no time to think about missing her more than anything, and knowing that even if I go back to Tomoeda, she won't be there.

I cannot drive to Hong Kong and take her away from her lover, so perhaps that's why I enjoy driving. It highlights the impossibility of us. Her happiness should be my happiness, so I drive these dark-paved roads and have a girlfriend in every town that can never match up to Sakura's glory, and my days are the highway kind.

Comments

[claire-chan.livejournal.com]

Awwww.

This made me realize that I see qualities of the person I like in other people too, all the time. XD; It's an interesting insight on Tomoyo. I can see her like that.

[storypaint.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it!