Chapter 4 Boomerang
"Tomoyo,Hermosa called me up last night!"Eriol reported
excitedly.
"S-So?"she said,her cheeks turning pink when she
remembered her prank.
"Oh man,I never slept a wink last night!I kept on imagining
what she looks like!"he gushed.
"I bet she's a stout geeky freckled girl who lives to prove
Galileo's theory wrong."she muttered.
"I don't care,Tomoyo!All I know is I want to see her,and I
want you to help me."said the boy.
"Y-You want my help?"whispered the boy.
He nodded.
"But what can I do?"
"Lots."Eriol clasped her hands."Tomoyo,you can
cook up schemes I can't!Please Tomoyo,I have mercy!My lovelife is
at stake here!"
"E-Eriol.."
"Tomoyo,please make a way to know who Hermosa is.I'm sure
she's just around here,please..I'm BEGGING you!"He knelt
down in front of her,ignoring the bewildered looks of his
classmates.
"Stand up,Eriol!"She hissed.
"Not unless you promise to find Hermosa!"he countered.
"This is blackmail!"she whined.
"It's an act of desperation."He looked at her with
puppy eyes."Please?Tomoyo,you won't let me down,would
you?"
Tomoyo sighed."Alright,I'll find her."
"What did I let myself be drag into?"she asked herself
as she looked at the cream envelope she placed inside Eriol's
mailbox."How in the world would I catch myself?"
"Hey,excuse me.."a voice said behind her.
She turned around and saw Eriol looking straight at her.Her heart
thundered,but then she remembered that she was wearing a scarf
around her hair and shades.He couldn't possibly identify
her."E-Excuse me.."She was about to walk away when
Eriol grabbed her by the hand."Not so fast!"
She looked down.
Meanwhile Eriol was puzzled."A-Are you Hermosa?"
No reply.
"I'm Eriol Hiragizawa."he introduced himself.
"So are you Hermosa?"
She looked at him through her dark shades."Y-Yes."
He frowned."I know that voice..Tomoyo?"
She nodded.
He laughed."I can't believe it!You ARE Hermosa?!!"He
laughed some more.Soon he wouldn't stop laughing.Tomoyo was
getting annoyed so she slapped him,but he wouldn't still stop
laughing.His laughing mouth grew bigger and bigger until she felt
herself get swallowed by darkness.
The next thing she knew,she was staring at her bedroom
ceiling."It was just a dream..a nightmare."She sat up
and looked at the watch.a little past two.Too early to go to
school.She combed her hair with her hands."Eriol,I hate
you!"
She opened her bedroom lights and sat down at her desk to write
again.She couldn't take it anymore.She would confess to him
already the real identity of Hermosa.She didn't know how to give
it to him,but she must.SHE_MUST!
She just finished writing her letter.After checking it,she
slipped back to bed.She was about to shut her eyes when Eriol's
face appeared in her mind.
"I like you Tomoyo."
And Eriol's voice..
"I like you Hermosa."
She wanted to scream.She dialed Eriol's number angrily.
"Hello?"He excitedly greeted on the phone.
"Are you expecting Hermosa?"she asked.
"T-Tomoyo?Why are you still up?"
"Because of you!Let me sleep!!Give me back my
sleep!"she yelled before slamming the phone.
She buried her head under the pillow but she couldn't stop
thinking of how breathtaking ERiol's smiles were,how dashing he
was in his school uniform,how kind he was,how sweet he was,how
much of a perfect gentleman he was..
"Is this karma?Is this my punishment for playing with his
feelings?"she asked her pillow.
The phone rang."Hello?"
"Tomoyo,are you ok?"Eriol asked worriedly.
"Just get out of my mind,Hiragizawa,and I'll be OK!"she
yelled.
"What?What ever did I do to you to make you mad at
me?"he asked.
No reply.
"Ok,I'm sorry for doing it,whatever it is."he
apologized.
"Stop acting so sweet,please.I am not Hermosa."she
pleaded softly.
"I know,but Tomoyo-"
"Goodnight!"She turned the ring tone of the phone off.
The law of the boomerang-what you throw,comes right back at you.
Too bad it had to hurt so much.