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The True Word In Xmas Bless
By Mee-na meena_hello@thaimail.com
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Mihara Chiharu was sitting on a branch in the park, waiting.  Today
was Christmas day, the seventeenth Christmas in her life.  She looked
at a paper bag in her hand.  Inside the paper bag, it had a parcel
that was enfolded by a crimson gift wrapping paper and a green ribbon
in her hands.  It was a gift.

Crimson.  It was his favorite color, and she had chosen this color for
the paper and the gift in her hands.  She had used a whole arduous
month to do it.  She was not as good in handcraft as her friend, Rika,
and she also had needed a lot of advises from her friend, but at least
she had done the gift by herself.

An euphoric smile was ornamented on her face, Chiharu hugged the paper
bag as if she wanted to keep the gift, which was inside it, warmed.

She giggled again when she thought what he would react if he received
the gift.  Would he be surprised?  Would he like this gift?

She stared up at the orange color that was blowing little by little
over on the sky of the Christmas day.

The whether was getting cold.  Her cheeks were chilled.  The coat she
was wearing could not keep her body warm. The wind caused her body
shiver every time it was in motion.

Why he was late? Chiharu thought, frowning.  She looked at her
wristwatch, and realized that she had arrived to the park before the
appointed time almost an hour.  It was her heart that caused her to
forget to look at the time she had arrived to the park too early like
this.

She giggled to herself and then let out a soft mixed up with a smile
sigh.  Today was the special day that she had decided to tell him her
feeling. She had been knowing him for a long time since they were
young, but they had never tell him her feeling, and it was today she
going to do it.

Chiharu paused as panic was creeping to her. What he would do if she
told him her feeling?  Besides in these past few months, they had
nearly not met each other.  He had said he had had some business to
do.  What he would do if she told him, it was hard to tell.  He always
treated everyone good, like Li-kun and Hiiragizawa-kun when they had
first come to Japan, he had been the first one who practically had
gone to them, and had taken care of them.  Thinking about the past
events again, he could be weighed as Mr. Sweet guy too.  But all she
was certain was he would believably babble about the gift or something
concerned about it.

It was like when she had given him a teddy bare when she had been ten.
The teddy bear’s story that she had known it from Tomoyo--If the
person who you give your teddy bear, name it with your name they'll be
your true love forever.  With that, she had made a teddy bear for him
and had expected him to name the teddy bear her name, but he had named
the teddy bear his favorite food, Suama, and then had babbled about
the history of Suama instead.  She had been very angry.  What had been
in his brain at that time?

She shook her head, throwing away the panic.  She had decided it.  She
better not to let any panic to discourage her.  Chiharu kept warn
herself.  She prayed to the God.  She wished things would go well
today.

“Hey, Chiharu!” The male voice interrupted her thought.

With the call, Chiharu turned to the voice.  She saw the boy around
her age was weaving his right hand, trotting to her, smiling as he
always did.  He wore a jacket, had a scarf was swathing around his
neck, and a brown knapsack draped behind his back.

“Yamazaki.” Chiharu stood up.  She felt her heart beat faster but sent
a sweetened smile at the boy.

“You came before me?  I thought I’m on time.”  Yamazaki looked at his
wristwatch.

“I’ve just arrived little early,” said Chiharu.

“O! It’s very strange to you to come so early.  I know now, why today’
s extraordinary cold.”

“You’re saying I’m always late?!” A wave of anger rushed to Chiharu.
She strangled his neck--not too tight--and shook it.

“A-ha-ha-ha.” Yamazaki simply laugh.  She was always fun to tease.

By her fingers was touching the skin of his neck partially, Yamazaki
could feel her little fingers was cold because of the cold weather.
She was probably getting cold.

Loosing her grip on his neck, Yamazaki picked his scarf out off his
neck and put it around Chiharu’s lithe neck.  Her anger ceased with
surprise.

“It’ll keep you warm.” Yamazaki said with concern.

“T-Thanks.” Chiharu blushed and her eyes softened.  He was always nice
to her.

Yamazaki detected the paper bag that was placing next to where Chiharu
was standing.  “Chiharu, that paper bag’s yours?  What’s it?” He
asked.

<He noticed it! > Chiharu quickly wheeled around to pick the paper bag
and hugged it in her arms.  She wanted the gift to surprise him.  It
was not the time to open the gift…not yet.  She smiled at him in
secret.  “You’ll know.”

Yamazaki looked at her with little confuse marked on his face, but at
last he left it.  If she did not want to tell him now, he would wait
until she told him what that thing was.

“It’s time we should go.  If we late, Tokyo tower’ll probably be
crowd. Ready to go?” He asked the girl.

“Um.” She nodded cheerfully, holding his left arms and walked by his
side.

Today Tokyo tower would open till the night, which was beyond the
everyday closed time.  It was special for the Christmas.  Up there was
the most famous and the best sight seeing of Tokyo, the view of Tokyo
town could be seen clearly and beautifully.  She was sure the view of
Tokyo night must be very exquisite--and romantic.  She had wanted to
go there, so she had asked him to go with her, as he had agreed.

Walking along the street to the Tokyo tower, Chiharu could see
Christmas trees, Santa dolls, angel dolls, stars, colorful ribbons and
flowers decorated the shops along the way gloriously.  Boys and girls
sauntered on the way in couple lovingly.

She peered at Yamazaki, who was telling her about the story of the big
stars that was always embellished on the top of Christmas trees, soil
that was the best fitted for cultivating Christmas trees and, the last
she could catch it, mole rats under the soil.  She wondered she was
holding his arm like this, was they looked like other couples?

She leaned to the side of his arm she was holding, smiling up at his
as he did so.  She was very happy whenever she was with him.  She knew
it for the long time, till she could not remember it when, that she
wanted to be with him…forever.  It was the wish every girl hoped it
would become true... being with the person they loved.

Her eyes caught at a flower booth on the side of the way.  The pale
light from the other shops bolstered up the flowers in the booth to be
more beautiful.  She smiled at the picturesqueness in front of her
eyes.  The picture was like they were in the Holy City.  She sighed
with merriment, enjoying the picture.

Seeing Chiharu joyful smile to the flower booth, Yamazaki placed his
free hand on Chiharu’s hand that was holding his arm, bringing her
back to the real world.

“Wait here a sec,” he said, gently unloosing his own self from her
hand, and jogged to the flower booth.

“Yamazaki, wait!” Puzzled Chiharu exclaimed.  What he was up to? She
thought.

Chiharu saw he stood in front of the flower booth, handing the seller
something.  The seller smiled and bowed to him, as he jogged back to
her.  She could see he was holding a big pink rose, which was tied
with a gold color ribbon.

“Here.  It’s for you.” Yamazaki handed the rose to her.

“Eh?”

“You want it, didn’t you?”

“Oh, Yamazaki!” Chiharu could not help but giggled.  Yamazaki thought
she wanted some flowers, and he actually had brought it for her.  She
took the rose from him, holding it with good care, and looked at him.
“Thanks a lot.  It’s so lovely.”

Yamazaki smiled at her.  “You know, about the history of a pink
 rose--” he began.

“Yes, yes.” Chiharu cut him off and dragged him to the way to the
Tokyo tower.

After they arrived up to the sight seeing point in the Tokyo tower,
there was crowded as Yamazaki had expected, but the view up there was
worth it.  They could see Tokyo town in the deep dark as if the town
was the night sky, and the lights from the town could be seen like a
Milky Way Galaxy that lay across the dark.

Chiharu was glad that she could come.  It was great as her had imaged,
maybe more.  And she was glad she could come here with the boy, In
spite of Yamazaki was babbling some thing about the history of the
steel that had been used in the construction of the Tokyo tower all
the time.

Leaving the Tokyo tower, the couple went to have the dinner at a caf?
near the Tokyo tower.  The caf? was the little one but it was
decorated nicely, suiting for teenager couples to eat some meals
together.

They spent some time a little while to stroll around, before they
would decided it was time to go back to their home.

They walked side by side along the way. Chiharu stopped walking when
they arrived to the park, which Chiharu had been waiting for Yamazaki
at the early evening.

“Um? What’s wrong?” Yamazaki asked.

“I-I just want to drop by this park.  Can we sit at that branch for
while?” Chiharu pointed to a branch inside the park.

Yamazaki posted his perplexing expression to her.  “Okay,” at last, he
agreed.

They went to sit on a branch.  The weather was getting colder and
colder.  Chiharu hugged her paper bag tight when Yamazaki began to
narrate her a story.

“Do you know the history of--”

“Yamazaki,” She called his name tentatively, interrupting his story.
Chiharu could hear the loud beating sound of her heart in her ears,
and her face was blushing.

“Yes?”

“I-I had the very good time today.  Thanks.”

“I’m glad you had the good time.”

She handed her paper bag to him, looked to the floor.  She did not
dare to look on his face.  “Here.”

“Your paper bag?”

Chiharu nodded, “it’s your Christmas gift.”

“Thanks.  Can I open it?” He asked, putting the gift out of the paper
bag and began to unwrap the gift.  Opening the gift, Yamazaki found a
hand-knitted garment in his favorite color, crimson.  “It’s a
 sweater.”

“I made it myself.  Rika-chan tough me how to knit it.”

“It’s almost unbelievable you can make this.” He said haft-teased.

“What do you mean?!” Another anger darted to her again.  Why he had to
spoil the good mood anyway?

“Thanks Chiharu.  I’ll cherish this sweater.” He said evenly but firm
in his tone, smiling at her.

Her anger was gone away.  Her face was gleamed with happiness.  Today
everything had been going well, very well.  It would be all right if
she confessed her feeling to him, did not it?

Chiharu’s face turned to cherry-red again.  Her heart beat loudly till
she could feel thud inside her chest.  “Y-Yamazaki.”

“What, Chiharu?”

“I-I...” Chiharu faltered.  Why it was hard this much?  Chiharu tried
to compose herself.  She decided to say it.  Said it!

Yamazaki merely smiled to her, waiting patiently for her to say the
sentence she was intending to say it.

“I--” Chiharu tried to gather her courage for a moment.  Finally, she
lifted her face up, and looked into his curved-line eyes.  “I love
you, Yamazaki...” She said it firmly.  Her eyes shut tight, she found
it was difficult to breath, waiting for any reaction of the boy.

Yamazaki’s mouth hung down.  He took no reaction, only the silence he
kept.

To Chiharu, a minute of his silence, it was like a century. Had she
said something wrong?  He just kept silence. He had never been acted
like this before...  Or she should not tell him her feeling?  Please
Yamazaki… said something.  Chiharu begged him wordlessly.  The
uncertainty built into her little by little, as she was waiting for
any of his reaction.

They were continuing in silence.  Chiharu was waiting, and
waiting...any of his reaction.....any.

“A-ha!” Finally Yamazaki broke the silence, pounding his right fist to
his left palm.

A-ha?  Chiharu was clicked back by his voice.  She looked at him with
full of question.  She was waiting for any of his reaction but ‘A-ha’?
She had not expected this kind of answer from him.

“Do you know the tale of saying things in the night?  They said the
person, who said things in night, especially in Christmas night, they
would meet a fairy of Santa.”  He narrated.  “Ah! Talking about Santa.
Do you know the history of Santa in Columbia?  They said--”

Chiharu stared at Yamazaki, who was narrating the long story of Santa
in Columbia, blankly.  Had he kept silence because of he had been
thinking about making his own-made stories?  This kind of his reaction
was just like always.  Just liked always!

“Why you! You!” She throttled him and shook his neck, choking off her
overwhelmed emotion.  She had tried so hard to confess her feeling to
him!  But he-he!  His reaction was just like always... just like
always...

Finally, Chiharu let loose her dead grip from his neck.  Her version
was blurred because water was starting to well up on her eyes, she
knew herself she was going to cry.  She trolled around, meaning to
leave the park.  Oh God! She outcried inside her heart, today had been
very nice, but it was direful now.  Why?  Why?

“And do you know the tale of confession of feeling in the Christmas
night?” Yamazaki continued.

<What’s the story maker’ll say this time?!  It’s enough!  I don’t want
to hear such a thing again! > She was truthful defeated, walking away
from him.  She was not in mood to listen him anymore.  A droplet of
tear fell down from her eyes, as she could not hold back any longer.

“--They said if a girl confesses her feeling to a boy, who has the
same feeling to her, in the Christmas night, he’ll, at least for once
in a year, say the truth to the girl.”

Chiharu stopped motionless.  Her back was facing him.  What had he
said? She thought.

Yamazaki walked to her.  He looked at her eyes, standing a little
distance away from each other, so she could see his face clearly.  The
expression on his face was showing her his earnest she had never seen
before.

He picked out his handkerchief, using it to wipe tears from her face.

Chiharu stared at Yamazaki blankly, partially because confusion was
engulfed her, partially she was stunned by what he had just said.

He dig into his brown knapsack he had been carried with him all the
day.  He picked out a thing that was wrapped by a paper color that was
her favorite color, yellow.

“It’s your Christmas gift,” said Yamazaki, handing the gift to her.

Chiharu received the gift from him.  “T-Thanks.”

“You can open it.”

“Um,” she nodded.

Chiharu slowly removed the wrapping paper, exposing the gift inside.
It was an old hand-made teddy bear.  The teddy bear seemed to be done
for very long time, but the teddy might had been keeping in good care
that made it still was in the good condition.

“What you’ll name this teddy bear?” he asked her quietly.

“Y-Yamazaki?” She uttered, looking at him with surprise of receiving
the teddy bear.

He smiled at her.  “I knew from Daidouji-san for a long time the true
meaning of the teddy bear after the day I got ‘Chiharu’ from you, and
I made this teddy bear.  I wanted to give it to you.  But I was not
sure you would received it.”

<Have he just said after the day he got ‘Chiharu’ from me? > She
wondered, it was only one way to clear her wonderment.  “Yamazaki?”

“Yes?”

“Did you name the teddy bear I gave you at that time ‘Chiharu’?  Not
‘Suama’?”

Yamazaki rose his eyebrows, “Did I had ever name the teddy bear you
gave me ‘Suama’?  Not ‘Chiharu’?”

“Yes, you did.” She declared.

“Eh? Did I?  I did not remember I named the teddy bear ‘Suama’,” he
said as the matter of the fact.

Chiharu’s mouth hung down.  <He seems really did not remember!  What
the-- >

At the spun of the moment, She realized he had named the teddy bear
she had given him ‘Chiharu.’  Her face was softened when she thought
of the reason why he called the teddy bear she had given him her name.

Chiharu hugged the teddy bear in her arms to her chest, smiling.
“This teddy bear’s Takashi.”

Yamazaki smiled at the girl gladly.  He pulled out a small box and
handed to her.

“Eh? Yamazaki, what’s it?” She asked him curiously.

He opened the small box.  Inside, it was the platinum necklace.  “In
past months, I was doing part-time jobs, collecting money to buy it
for you.”

Stunned Chiharu looked at him with wide eyes, while he was putting the
necklace around her slim neck.  “Y-Yamazaki?”

Finishing put the necklace around her neck, he added, “Tonight’s
Christmas.  Chiharu, for once in a year, I’ll say the truth.  Chiharu,
I love you, for long time, till I can’t remember it when, but all I
have ever remembered is I love you.”  He said each word unwaveringly,
showing his all sincere to her as much as he could.

Chiharu was shocked.  He genuinely had said it.  He had said he loved
her.

Tears of happiness fell down from her eyes uncontrollable, as she did
not bother to hold them back.  She leaned to him and hugged him tight,
as he did so, candling her in his arms fondly.

“I love you, Yamazaki.”

“I love you too, Chiharu.”

With the moment, the couple could see the Christmas snow began to fall
down from the night sky.  The pure white snow as if it was the gift
from the heaven to the earth they were living.  They turned to look at
each other.  Love was in their eyes, smiling when they heard the holy
song of Christmas that was picked with the winter wind.

“Merry Christmas, Chiharu,” greeted Yamazaki.

“Merry Christmas, Yamazaki.”

They giggled to each other, holding each other’s hands and walked side
by side.  Today was the beginning day of their good days that they
were going to spend together from now on.
 

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19 November 2000
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Babbling with Mee-na:

Hi Dear readers

This fiction was about Christmas festival of Y&C (Yamazaki and
Chiharu) ^_^.  I have seen a lot of growing number of fan fiction of
Sakura & Shaolan, and other couples in CCS.

Oddly, why there don’t have any one of Y&C’s fan fiction, as far as I
concern.  They are cute couple too.  But I could not clearly catch
their character of Y&C since they were not the main characters of CCS.
+_+’  So when I worked this fiction, I was not certain that I could
keep them from Out off character or not.  But I hope you all will like
it.  ^_^

Anyway please tell me what do you think, my dear readers.  I will not
know what you think until you send me your comment & complementary,
you know.  Exchanging some idea is not bad at all, ne ^_^
 

Bye*2
Take care of yourself
God bless you
Mee-na
meen@asiaaccess.net.th
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