storypaint | Innocent (Eriol/Sakura) *repost*

Comm: 18coda
Words: 404
Title: Innocent
Series: Cardcaptor Sakura
Character/Pairing: Eriol/Sakura primarily; Syaoran/Sakura; Tomoyo/Sakura; Eriol/Tomoyo
Rating: PG for implied character death
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Excerpt: She's so innocent, Kinomoto Sakura. Always bright and cheerful and, well, a little dense, but it's part of her charm. She's someone to fall in love with.

She's so innocent, Kinomoto Sakura. Always bright and cheerful and, well, a little dense, but it's part of her charm. She's someone to fall in love with.

Kinomoto Touya became fiercely protective of her, partly because of his mother's death and partly because of the way she manages to almost broadcast innocence, even after all she has seen as Cardmistress. Then it was dear Tomoyo-san, my lovely girlfriend, who became enraptured with Sakura-san. And after that, it was my cute little descendant who fell for her. It's not an easy task to reach that lone wolf's heart, but she did so without even trying. Keroberos would do anything to protect his mistress. And she's even got to me.

I had said I would resist her powers, and for a while I could. We are two sides of the same coin, she white, and I black. I have seen too much through Clow's eyes to be innocent, myself. But somehow, she has made me realize I have feelings for her.

"Eriol-kun, you're staring," a voice reminds me gently. Tomoyo-san smiles a sad smile.

"Oh, sorry," I reply, and force my eyes away from the vision of that innocent dancing lass. Tomoyo-san and I are together because we both know that our love for Sakura-san will never be realized. We understand each other.

The lone wolf scowls at me, and I grin back, trying to keep the sadness out of my eyes, for I have looked into the future, read the signs, and what I have found bodes not at all well for Li-kun.

The cherry blossom belongs with the little wolf; this is true, and inevitable. But loss is in the cards. No matter how many times I have cast the stones, I cannot find a future for Sakura. After thirteen, there is nothing at all. Nothing. The girl so many love will not live much longer.

She is twelve now.

I have not told Tomoyo-san yet, but sometimes it feels as if she can read my mind and she knows there's something wrong. Tonight, I think, I will let her know what cruel fate has in store for her "kawaii" Sakura-san. And later we will tell Li-kun, together, and help him through it.

But now I turn back to the dance floor where a green-eyed nymph of a girl dances beautifully, unknowing of her fate and of those that love her.

She's so innocent.