A/N: Another Taiora Story! Based on the song 'Crazy For This Girl' by Evan and Jaron! I re-heard it and just had to make it Taiora. It's a small chapter-songfic!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN anything Digimon. If it was, I would have made it Taiora.
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Sora Takenouchi was walking down the busy streets of the Tokyo district. She had just finished with her last college class of the day, Design Theory. She had her shoulder bag in one hand with all her books and school supplies, and on the other, she was holding on to her cell phone. Secretly, she was hoping that she would be getting something from a certain somebody. She had been too busy this entire week to hang out with him and it was killing her! She needed someone to talk to and hang out with.
Suddenly, her cell phone began to vibrate in her hand. As if on instinct, she brought up the screen to her face, hoping it was who she wanted to talk to. Alas, the caller ID said it was her roommate and best friend Mimi Tachikawa. At the beginning of their college life, Mimi had decided to move back to Japan to pursue a career as an actor. It was going to be hard for her since she was also pursuing a career in her hobby of cooking. Yes, believe it or not, Mimi was a really good chef. If there was a party going on, there wasn't a single dish of Mimi's that wasn't finished. Sighing, Sora picked up her phone and greeted her roommate.
"Hello?" Sora said into the phone.
"Sora! Have you seen my pink dress I bought last week?" Mimi said frantically into the phone. Judging from the noises on Mimi's side, the apartment was being turned inside out.
"That pink dress? Are you going somewhere?" Sora asked her friend. Normally, Mimi didn't just want to wear such a formal dress for anything other than something special.
"Of course Sora! Why else would I be searching over the entire apartment for it! Today is our 3 year anniversary!" Mimi said surprised that Sora didn't remember, fully knowing that the anniversary had been the main topic of her conversations for the past week.
"Oh that's right! Matt is supposed to be taking you somewhere fancy tonight. Uh, I think your dress is in the back of my closet. You told me to keep it there to make sure you wouldn't lose it or something." Sora said recalling where she had put that pink dress.
"That's right! Thanks love! Ciao!" Mimi said hanging up on Sora before she was able to respond to the 'bye.'
3 years ago to this day, Matt had gotten and asked Mimi to go out with him. Most of it was because he heard that she had a crush on him, and the other was because the majority of his guy friends were telling him to go and ask her out. It all made perfect sense, Matt was the Mr. Popular of their grade and Mimi was the cheer captain, and popular just as much. Of course the 2 would hit it off well, and Sora was one of them that were happy for the couple. Right at the end of their high school years, Matt had decided to break up with Sora. His reason was that he wanted to try out new things instead of not knowing what was out there for him. Also, since he always had band practice and she had tennis, it would be very hard for them to keep up with each other as well as life. Of course, that second reason was lame according to Sora. Tai was always able to hang out with Sora even if band practice was in the way.
Speaking of Tai, he now is in the same band as Matt. The name 'Teenage Wolves' died out as soon as the group hit 20 in college, so they decided to rename the band to 'Melting Fire' for the combination of Matt and Tai's crests. Back in their 1st year of college, Matt's guitarist left the band because he went to America to study there for college. Of course, the band wasn't able to perform without a guitarist and who better to fill in that spot than Tai. Tai had gotten around learning how to play guitar back in their junior high school year for their Japanese Artist project. Leave it up to Kamiya to surprise them by not picking someone who was famous in soccer. Fortunately, Tai kept up with his musical instrument and became pretty good. And to add to that, he can sing too. So Matt naturally signed Tai up for the band and when they gave him the 'ok', Tai became their guitarist as well as back-up singer.
As if thinking about Tai was the password, Sora's phone vibrated a second time, this time to tell her she had just gotten a text. Opening up the text eagerly, she read its contents only to have a huge smile cross her face. Looking up at where she was, Sora dashed for the nearest subway entrance, the only thing in her mind was the text she had gotten. 'Hey, band practice is over, I'm going to be under the tree in the park. You know which one.'
Sora dashed through the crowd and got a subway ticket for Odaiba. It would take a good 15 minutes to get there by subway, but he knew she didn't usually bring her car inside the Tokyo limits, too crowded. Boarding the train, Sora sat fidgeting in her chair, the wait was killing her! The train stopped at the destination she was supposed to exit at. Grabbing her things, Sora rushed out of the station, almost getting run over by a hoard of people. She ran up the stairs to reveal that she was right in front of the Odaiba Park. Smiling, she ran up using her stamina from all the tennis practices towards the center of the park where the soccer field was.
There, on the small hill beside the soccer field stood a lone, gigantic, oak tree, and under that tree was her best friend Taichi Kamiya, who had his guitar case leaning against the tree and he had his back facing towards her. Sora beamed at the sight of her best friend and ran up to him, not caring that she had over 15 pounds of stuff with her.
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Tai had checked his watch every 5 seconds since he had texted her. The love of his life and best friend Sora Takenouchi was supposed to be heading over to meet him under the oak tree that they had made so many childhood memories under. Of course, she didn't know he had this huge crush on her since elementary school. Sure Tai was the bearer of Courage, but when it came to Love, he felt that all his courage was being drained out of his body. Sora never knew of his feelings for her. And at one point, he thought he lost her to his best guy friend Yamato. But when he heard from Sora that Matt had broken up with her, he had to use every ounce of strength to not go up to the guy and punch him on the face. If Matt had seen the face that Sora had the night he went to her apartment to comfort, then that punch would have meant nothing to the guilt that he should have gotten. But, thanks to Tai, he was able to get through Sora and be there for her.
That was also the day that Sora and Tai slowly started getting closer together, like it was back when they were still little kids. She had admitted that she had missed hanging out with him like before. And they had this long talk that helped them catch up with each other. After that, it was promised that they would try to get a chance to hang out with each other every week. Of course, they had kept that promise, but it wasn't just once a week, it was whenever they had nothing to do. But lately, with the concert for 'Melting Fire', Tai and the rest of the band had been preoccupied with rehearsals that he had only been able to get the free time to meet up with Sora today. And now, he was eager to see her again.
Tai had once again looked at his watch when he thought he heard something coming from behind him. Turning around to see if there were any kids that came up to the soccer field to play, he was met with a red blur hitting him and making them fall to the ground.
"Tai!" Sora yelled happily hugging him.
"Hey Sor! You look excited about something." Tai said laughing at the beaming Sora.
"I just haven't seen you in a while; can't I be happy to see my best friend?" Sora looked up at Tai's face slightly pouting.
"Okay, you're right, I'm sorry." Tai said apologizing at Sora, who smiled again.
The 2 friends stayed in that position for a little bit, enjoying each other's company until a little kid decided to point out that there was a couple kissing under the oak tree to his mother, really loudly. Instantly, the 2 broke apart and were blushing furiously. They were both secretly glaring at the little kid for ruining such a perfect moment.
"Heh, kids these days." Tai said chuckling.
"I know right? No sense of respect." Sora said trying to bring her face color back down to normal.
Tai decided to lean against the tree next to his guitar and patted the spot next to him for Sora, which she sat down in.
"How was your day today Sora?" Tai asked first, breaking the small quietness between them.
"It was okay. Fashion Theory isn't really the most exciting class to take you know." Sora said staring at the soccer field.
"I still can't believe you are going to become a Fashion Designer, and we're already in our last year of college!" Tai exclaimed.
"Well, your major as a politician surprises me too! Who would believe Tai Kamiya would take classes in Ethics." Sora said, adding a little sarcasm to the last part.
"Hey, Ethics isn't actually that bad." Tai said defending himself.
"Yea and Political Science isn't that bad either." Sora replied.
"Hey, some of us can't just take sewing to get their major Sora." Tai said back to her.
"Okay fine, you got me there." She said pausing for a little bit. "You've really grown up Tai."
"Yea Sora. It's called getting older." He said unaware of how serious Sora was being.
"No, I mean, you've grown up. I can remember the days when you used to whine if I beat you in a game of soccer!" Sora said smiling.
"Yea, wait. I did not lose to you! I let you win!" Tai said getting that last part.
Sora laughed at the childish antics of her best friend. True he was growing up, but so was everyone else. They weren't the little kids that went and saved the Digital World all those years ago anymore. They have all matured, and Tai was the one that had shown the most growth.
"Sorry Sora." Tai suddenly said, catching her off guard.
"For what?" She said leaning forward to look at Tai's face.
"Tomorrow, you're turning 21 and it's the day of the concert. We could have done something tomorrow." He said a bit sad.
"It's okay Tai. I understand that." She said giving him a warm smile.
"No, it's not Sora. 21 is a special age! And I promised you on my birthday that we would be doing something special that day." Tai said still sad.
Sora took her hands and cupped Tai's face with it so that he was forced to stare at her face. There was a slight hue of pink on both their faces considering the closeness, but at moments like this, it was gone unnoticed. "Taichi Kamiya," Sora started, "We are doing something special tomorrow. You're performing up there and I get to hear you play."
"That's not what I meant Sora." Tai said.
"I know, but to make it up to you, I'll pretend that the concert was for me." She said smirking at Tai, whose face changed to a look as if he had been caught in an instant and back to normal the next.
"Right, as if that entire concert would be for you." He said joking around.
"I said pretend right? At least give me a present tomorrow!" She said whining.
"Oh I have a present for you already wrapped. I just need to give it to you tomorrow morning." Tai said to her, smirking.
"Great! Starbucks in the morning then?" Sora said clasping her hands together and asked Tai.
"You got it." He said giving Sora the thumbs up.
Being this close to a best friend had its advantages. For one, Tai and Sora had this ability to read each other's minds and finishing each other's sentences. As well as having places that was a common place for them to meet. For example, the giant oak tree in the Odaiba Park next to the soccer field. When they were little, Tai and Sora would always play there after practice or wait for their mothers to pick them up from practice. And if they needed to talk or comfort each other, the tree was the place they would meet under. For the 2, it held a lot of memories.
Tai and Sora decided it was getting late and they had procrastinated enough on not finishing their homework. They both got up and Tai picked up his guitar case while Sora grabbed her bag.
"Remember, starbucks tomorrow morning." Sora said to Tai at the corner of the street.
"I know, I know. I won't be late, I promise." Tai said crossing his heart in front of Sora.
"Alright, see you tomorrow." She said giving Tai a hug, which he hugged her back.
The 2 stayed there for a bit longer than what a hug was intended for, but they didn't mind. They enjoyed the comfort of each other. It was after a few minutes that they decided to let go and head over in the direction of their respective apartments. Tai kept waving to Sora like an idiot until he disappeared from her view; that made her laugh and giggle. Walking lightly to her apartment, Sora wasn't able to get the idea of what Tai's present to her would be, she was too eager and could not wait until tomorrow.
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First Chapter done! This was supposed to be a short onefic, but...That was not enough to stick all these Taiora moments in my head together! So i will make it into 3 or 4 chapters!
I also have another story in progress! It's my epic Digimon saga story called Digimon: Rise of the Shadow Overlord. Just started the chapters, so it's on it's way! Hopefully, it will become epic! please read it if you have the time! Click the REVIEW button please!
