Hello everyone! As promised here is the sequel to my story Digimon Feelings.
WARNING: I stick to the original storyline with my fanfictions. If you are looking for a story that is a complete and total difference from the original series or that would somehow make the original ending of the anime different, you are in the wrong place. However, this fanfiction is going to be hardcore Taiora. If I can't put Matt and Sora back together in the end (because I stick to the original Sora and Matt married in the end of Digimon 02), I will have to write a third fanfiction to do so. I am thinking this one will end with Tai and Sora together though.
P.S. I only put people together that are together, so with Yolei and Ken being married in the end of the series, you should expect to see that, and you should expect to see Kari stringing TK and Davis along, just like she always did. Again, my fanfiction sticks to the creators ideas.
P.S.S. I love feedback! Let me know if you like the story, if there's anything I can do to improve it, or if there is something you would like to see happen (I also like to keep my fanfictions rated T, so lets not go too crazy with ideas, if you know what I mean).
Thanks, and I hope you enjoy my story!
Part 1
Yamato (Matt) Ishida carefully tuned his guitar. He looked down at the half written song that he had been working on for the past few months for Sora. He hated that it had been so easy to write all of his other songs, but the song for his girlfriend, the girl that not so long ago he had fought his best friend for, he was stumped almost completely. He had tried to avoid talking about how she looked or any of the other obvious amazing things about her and just stick with his feelings, but it was much harder than he had expected.
"Hey, Matt," one of the boys from his band said from the door to backstage, "there's a girl here to see you."
Matt rolled his eyes. He had asked his band members numerous times to use Sora's name or at least call her his girlfriend. It seemed they were still not taking his request to heart. They were more about the various girls they could gain the attention from instead of deciding on one girl to stay with and be dedicated to. Matt stood and walked to the door.
Jun Motomia stood, leaning seductively on the doorframe. "Hey, Matt."
Matt fought the urge to slam the door in her face. Had he not been up front about how he didn't want her? "Jun, what are you doing here?"
Jun batted her eyelashes and looked up at him with her scarlet brown eyes. "Can't a girl come wish her little brother's friend luck before a concert?"
Matt looked down at her seriously. "Not when that girl has stalked me for years and is a complete psycho."
Jun faked a pout. "And here I thought I could come up here and do something nice for you."
Matt looked at her curiously. "And what would that be?"
Jun shrugged. "I just happened to meet a label owner that was interested in signing you and taking you outside of Japan, but I guess you wouldn't be interested in his information." She looked up at him with intention and intensity in her eyes.
Matt thought for a minute. Jun had nearly stopped his relationship with Sora from developing. Thinking back, he was sure Tai had nearly intentionally pushed him into Jun so he would leave Sora alone. His working with Jun would be the perfect opportunity for mistrust to develop and devour their relationship as it stood. He needed to consider what would be good for his band as well though. "All right. What's the deal?"
Sora Takenouchi and Tai Kamiya sat at a picnic table making faces at each other. Matt had been unable to make it to a double date with Yolei and Ken, so Tai had filled his shoes. Just one year into college for him and the entire original digidestined, with the exception of Joe, who had already been in college for two years, and Tai and Sora were managing to keep their friendship afloat. It had been awkward for almost a year after Tai had admitted his true feelings. Tai now knew that it was better to wait for Matt to be out of the picture, rather than fighting to break them apart. As long as Sora was in his life, it would be enough.
Tai smiled at her, and in the back of his mind, he knew it would never be enough. He would always want more, but for now he would take what he could get. He chose to start a conversation to avoid Sora asking why he was giving her the same longing stare that usually slipped through his near flawless friend act when he had spent enough time alone with her. "Don't you think it's strange we keep acting like we're eight years old even though we're nineteen?"
Sora smiled widely at him. "Maybe we haven't changed mentally because we are still trapped in that time frame."
Tai smiled and understood that this was her way of saying that she missed their young friendship just as much as he did. "So…" he said, suddenly feeling he was back on her good side enough to say something he would undoubtedly regret. "I was thinking my new official title should be 'my substitute boyfriend, Tai' instead of 'my friend, Tai'."
Sora laughed at him. "I think that's fairly suiting right about now."
Tai knew that she didn't understand the weight he was actually placing on the words, but it didn't matter. He knew that she had to agree. This was the thirty-sixth date that Matt had backed out on and asked Tai to cover for him. Though, those dates were always those that involved other people, so Tai could only imagine how many one on one dates had been completely canceled. He wondered if she was missing Matt at that exact moment.
Sora looked off at nothing in particular, and pushed her now shoulder length light brown hair back as the wind pushed it into her face.
Tai felt his heart skip a beat, and he knew if they didn't change to doing something less intimate, he would forget that Matt was acting as a barrier between the two of them. "I think we've been ditched again," he said, trying to change the subject.
Sora smiled in the direction that Yolei and Ken had gone just an hour before. "At least they are happy."
"You're not happy?" Tai asked, holding his breath as he waited for the answer.
Sora supported her head on her hand and looked at Tai through the corner of her eyes. "Are you worried, Tai?"
Tai shook his head and played the entire thing off. "Not you. You're able to take care of yourself."
Sora looked off at nothing in particular, as though she were distracted by her thoughts. "Sometimes I wish someone else would take care of me instead."
Tai looked at her with a strange feeling in the pit of his stomach. His brain told him that he should stand back and let Matt handle the issue at hand, but his heart told him that his best friend, the girl he had been in love with for years, was in pain and he should do something about it.
Sora shook her head and smiled at Tai. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get serious on you."
Tai knew her words were false. Something was bothering her, and he needed to know what. He didn't want to force her or beg her to open up to him though. They were best friends and she should be able to trust him to allow her to come to him with her problems when she is ready.
