Chapter 5
"Well?"She heard a familiar male voice ask her
anxiously as she felt strong arms wrap around her.She wanted to
say how much it helped her freezing body,but she couldn't open
her mouth.She snuggled closer to his warm body.It felt so good.
She felt something caress her face,and his warm fingertips left a
tingling trail of delightful touch all over her skin.She then
felt warm breath descending on her face.
Warm.Yes,she needed more warmth before she'll die in the cold.
She felt the breath on her lips and she suddenly felt warm and
fuzzy all over.She smiled.It felt so good.It felt like magic.
"Tomoyo?Tomoyo?"A persistent female voice asked.
She was forced to open her eyes."W-Where am I?"
Sakura let out a sigh of relief."Thank heavens you finally
woke up.You've been sleeping for one whole day already!"
"My head feels so heavy!"she moaned,automatically
reaching for her forehead.
"Perfectly understandable.Your fever was frighteningly high
last night.Fortunately,Mr.Hiragizawa sent for the best doctor in
the whole country to cure you."said her best friend proudly.
"Mr.Hiragizawa?"Tomoyo drew a blank on the guy's face.
"You know,the handsome foreign diplomat you call a
baka,hentai,inu,buta and most especially obake."the
emerald-eyed lady teased.
"Oh."She was shocked,to put it mildly.The english guy
sent for the best doctor in the whole Japan to treat her?"No
way!"
"Yes way!And take note,it was Eriol Hiragizawa who brought
you home,carrying you in his arms like a rag doll-"Sakura
said,swooning.
Tomoyo sat up,fuming."Where's that English toad?"
"In his humble abode resting,I guess.He hardly slept last
night because he was watching over you.We only managed to
convince him to go home when the doc announced that you were
safe."
The black-haired woman threw a shawl over her kimono and marched
out.
"Wait,Tomoyo!We were told that you must get enough bed rest
so your body can fully recover from fatigue.You can thank him
later because he's going to visit you anyway!"called Sakura.
Ignoring her second cousin,she went to the mansion.
"Master Eriol is resting."Nakuru told the girl
politely.
"Then I'll go check on him."Tomoyo tried to bypass the
woman.
Nakuru was amused."Alright,but only if you promise to not
eat him alive."She threw the door wide open for her.
Ah,yes.The Japanese tigress her msaster was so fond of was
certainly different from the other women Eriol Hiragizawa used to
went out with.Those high-society ladies whose lives revolved
around fashion,gossip and fame.To be romantically linked to a
very eligible bachelor who was also the peace ambassador of the
country was certainly every woman's dream come true.So needless
to say,Eriol Hiragizawa,the charming ladies'man,became used to
the fact that women would fall to pieces for him.
"But this woman would tear him to pieces."the
maidservant said to herself with a laugh.
"Get up and we'll talk!"Tomoyo burst into his room.
Eriol's head popped out from underneath the blanket.He rubbed his
eyes sleepily."Is that you,Mom?"
"Very funny."She snatched the blanket and threw it on
the floor.
He grinned when he recognized her."Wow,thank goodness you're
ok!"
She crossed her arms over her chest."And that's what we're
going to talk about."
"Oh no need to thank me,Bijin.It's every man's unspoken duty
to rescue the damsel in distress."
"How more chauvinistic can you ever get,Obake?Anyway,the
last thing in the world that I want to happen is to be indebted
to you.Tell me now how much you paid the doctor and how much
would I pay for your concern-"
"Oh,but you already paid me,Bijin.Yes,your
payment,indeed,more than made up for all of the worries I had
last night."He smiled mysteriously.
She looked puzzled,but decided not to ask anymore."So I
guess that makes us even?"
"You can say that."His eyes twinkled with mischief as
he remembered the sweetest kiss he ever had in his entire
life.That rainy evening when his tigress became a seductive
little kitten.
"Then I have no more to say."Tomoyo was about to turn
around when Eriol called her again."Wait,I have a proposal
to make!"
Intrigued,she turned back at him."A proposal?"
Eriol nodded."I feel guilty about the fact that it was my
fault why you were forced to push yourself to the point of
exhaustion just to pay for the land,so I decided-"
"-that you'll give us the land back for free?"Tomoyo
guessed.
"Nice try,Bijin,but my father was a businessman and it runs
in my blood too."chuckled the man.
Tomoyo looked at him sourly."Ok,so what's your business
proposal,Mr. Businessman Jr.?"
He gazed at her for a few seconds before he spoke."Work for
me,Bijin.Be my geisha until the last day of my stay here."