Later that evening, after Sakura returned home, the girl spent most of her time inside her room. The entire time though, she laid down on her bed staring up at the ceiling. Her sight was observing dead space with her eyes watching nothing in particular. Somewhere deep within the back of her mind, thoughts of herself and of Tomoyo were piling up: thoughts of love, thoughts of confusion and thoughts of discovery. There were moments when these thoughts would race through Sakura's mind and there were others when they would be too much for her, causing her mind to run dormant. All of the girl's questions had been answered except for one, and there was no way for her to know how to answer it. As Sakura continued laying motionless on her bed, her guardian, Kero, came out of the top desk drawer where he had been sleeping for most of the day. He looked around and found the room to be pitch black. The small guardian groaned as he flew up to turn on the nearby lamp. "Sakura, did you forget to wake me up again? I'm so hungry." Kero's attitude changed from crankiness to concern once he saw Sakura's lifeless body on the bed. "Hey Sakura, are you okay?" Kero floated to his friend's side to console her and try to help her out. "Hey is there something the matter?" "Oh. Hey Kero," Sakura responded glancing at her friend. "I'm sorry I forgot to wake you up". "Sakura, it appears to me that something's been bothering you since yesterday. Is it alright if I ask what's wrong?" "Well...sure, but I don't think you'll understand." "Hey, I'm here to help, and I'll do my best to help you out in any way that I can," Kero said in a calm, reassuring tone. "Okay. Well, basically it's about Tomoyo. Yesterday after school, she gave me a letter that...well, she said that...her letter said..." It was hard for Sakura to talk about something she hardly understood at all. "Take it slow and easy Sakura. You can go at your own pace." "Okay," Sakura responded. She sat quietly for a few seconds, then took in a deep breath and spoke once again. "In her letter, Tomoyo told me that...she has feelings of love for me." Sakura stayed quiet after that as she anticipated criticism from Kero just for saying such a thing. "Keep going, I'm listening," Kero said, sounding a little impatient but still williing to help Sakura out. Sakura was a little bit surprised to hear Kero say that, and it was then she realized that he could understand her situation better than she could. "Well, after I read Tomoyo's letter, I was unsure of what to say to her that I just ran off." "What? Wait a second! Did you just say that you ran away from her?" "Y,yeah, but I..." "Sakura," Kero was upset at Sakura's description of her past misjudgment, "when someone tells you their feelings like that, you don't just run away from them and not come back to resolve the siutation! You're going to hurt someone deep inside by doing that!" "I understand that now Kero," Sakura quickly responded. "But yeserday, it was all so sudden and shocking to me that I had no idea what to do!" After Sakura's reaction of defense, Kero couldn't help but apologize for his harsh outburst. "I'm sorry Sakura, I just wasn't sure how well you understood the situation you're in." "No," Sakura said as she let feeling of guilt engulf her. "Don't apologize Kero. I deserve to be yelled at for what I've done yesterday. It's all my fault that I'm in this mess." "Don't say that. The fact that you want to resolve this problem the right way shows that you're a caring person. So try not to take it out on yourself. You'll get through this alright." The little girl felt comforted as her friend patted her head, and her mouth formed a small smile, but it wasn't large enough to show that she was truly happy. "Anyway," Sakura continued, "I thought about the letter again today, and how Tomoyo described her feelings. As I was thinking, I began to feel something within me surface. The more I thought, I began to realize that I also had feelings of love. These feelings I have for Tomoyo are real. I guess I kinda had these feelings all along, but after reading Tomoyo's letter and understanding how she felt, I was able to discover them for the first time. But, I don't even see how all of this is possible." "What do you mean by that?" Kero asked. "It, it just doesn't sound right. I don't understand how any of this can be normal. Tomoyo and I are both girls and we both share a desire of love for each other, but when I think about it, it just sounds weird. I never even knew that I could fall in love with another girl. Being in this situation scares me a lot. That's the reason why I ran away from Tomoyo." Sakura's tone of voice showed that she was starting to act hysterical. "I don't even understand how the love between two girls can be real! This is something that's been on my mind for an entire day and I feel like I'm going crazy! It sounds unnatural and uncommon! Kero, I love Tomoyo, but can this really be called love?" After hearing everything that his friend had to say, Kero thought long and hard to come up with a solution for Sakura's perplexing problem. He delivered his reply once he believed he found the right choice of words. "I can understand that at your age, you would find all of this to be really confusing. Okay Sakura, I think I know of a way to explain this. Now you know that your father loves you, right?" "Well, yeah." Sakura was very curious as to what Kero would say in order to help her out. "And your father also loves your brother, even though they're both the same gender. As you know, that type of love is not considered romantic." "Right." "Now, keep in mind the relationship between your father and your brother as I continue. The love that your parents shared with each other was the romantic type of love. The love between yourself and Tomoyo is also romantic. If you think about it, there are different types of relationships between the two genders. Many of them, even the one you have with Tomoyo, are considered by a lot of people to be real love. I hope you no longer think of your situation being strange, because I certainly don't see a problem with it." Sakura listened to every word that was told to her, and it took a while for her to understand. She kept the relationship of her father and her brother in her mind the whole time. At one point, she came across the fact that since they were family, they cared about each other and it didn't mater that they were both male. As soon as Sakura realized this, she compared it to her relationship with Tomoyo. Her realization was that even though they were both girls, her emotions of love mattered the most between them. Sakura discovered that gender was not an important factor when the feelings between two people were true. Soon, a smile came across Sakura's face. It finally made perfect sense to her. "I...I understand. I actually understand it now. Incredible. But, the whole thing sounds so simple now that I've had it explained to me. I can't believe that I was just worrying over nothing the whole time." "It's okay Sakura. A lot of people have problems with this sort of thing, but you've found the answer to this situation. I think you should be proud with yourself." "Yeah. I am proud, and I'm happy about it too. I didn't really think I'd be able to...oh! I still haven't said a thing to Tomoyo since yesterday. She's probably so heart broken, or mad that she doesn't want to speak to me. Now what am I suppose to do?" "Well first of all, I think you should call Tomoyo on the phone." "Huh?" "Sure. Arrange to meet with her sometime tomorrow so you can fully discuss your feelings with her." "Do...you think she will agree to do so?" "If you ask in an appropriate manner, she will forgive you." "Should I call her right now?" "Uh...not yet. There's something more important that you need to take care of first." "What? Something more important?" "Yeah. I still haven't been feed in a while. Could you please do that first?" "Oh! Hm. You bet Kero. Wait right here." "Thanks Sakura," Kero said as he watched his friend leave the room in a joyful mood. "Sakura and Tomoyo huh? Well, who would have guessed? Then again love and life hardly turn out the way we expect it to. I think those two girls are going to be just fine together."
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