At long last I've published something again! Yes, I'm doing Digimon, but no, this isn't aYakari, though I like the pairing. This is pretty much a look at the sibling side of love in between the two Digidestined teens. Hope you like, R&R, please!
Disclaimer: I don't Own Digimon or anything here but the fictional school, KK?
Here are the ages of the people here:
Kari – 16
Matt – 21
Tai – 21
Sora – 21
TK - 16
Yes, this is based on something that happened in real life, so I had to make sure that Matt and Kari's ages were similar to the real characters of this story based on a true experience.
Greener On the Other Side
CHAPTER 1: Promises Are Meant To Be Broken
(Matt's POV)
Mister and Mrs. Yagami parked their car in front of the Music Center. I went through the glass doors to greet the parents of my best friend. No, we weren't close. But we had to be.
Tai had left for the USA almost a year now. He had to be there. He received a sweet scholarship for playing soccer and winning against one of the country's best exchange-student teams. Tai was so excited, but then again, he was so hesitant to go because of one thing... or better yet, one girl.
Kari, hopped off the car and looked at me with a piercing gaze. I kind of felt some chills. Was that Kari?
Before Tai left, he left me to become Kari's big brother. It was cool with me since Kari and I were close that way, since she and TK were very good friends and most of the time, Kari and Tai were over at my place just to hang out.
Then, it was my turn to lose someone. When TK and Kari finished high school (yes, in my country, 16 year olds finish high school already) TK and Mom left for Singapore, since TK wanted to study there. I didn't actually ask why, but I guess it was along the lines of the technology, since I guess TK was trying to open up the DigiGate again, though I bet it would be a long time before he does.
So it was me and Kari left all by our lonesome.
Kari had been going to Tokyo and back to Odaiba with me for about three weeks now, since she studied in the University of Southern Tokyo (this is made up, okay?) with the course. I was in my final year in my college, Amaterasu Musical Academy (this one's made up, too), and since Kari's school was in Southern Tokyo, we both decided that whenever I'd go home to Odaiba, she could come with me, for safety reasons.
She stepped down from the car and I approached her. She wasn't smiling like she always did, and I wondered why. Kari was always bright, and that's an understatement since she was the bearer of Light.
"Hello again, Matt, thank you for coming with Kari here," Mrs. Yagami greeted me. I nodded in respect as I sat beside Kari in the car. Mr. Yagami began talking, but he didn't turn to me.
"So, Yamato, how are you these days? Kari mentioned that you were a bit under the weather lately." He told me.
"I'm fine now, Mr. Yagami, thanks for asking," I said, wondering if I should've called him oji-san, since I call all my friends' parents like my aunts and uncles. Maybe it was because the older Yagamis and I haven't met personally. I wonder why, but I guess it's because if ever I'd think about introducing myself to them, I get the impression that they'd think i was courting Kari, which I was not.
I looked at Kari, who refused to look at me. Her eyes were fixed on something on the car floor, though I was pretty sure it wasn't the car mat she was looking at. Kari was thinking, I could guess that it wasn't such a pleasant train of thoughts.
"Alright, you two keep safe now," Mrs. Yagami bid us as Kari and I left the car to look for a bus that was bound for Southern Tokyo station. Kari wasn't talking yet, but I decided to wait until we were in the bus, since I was a bit worried what the Yagamis would think if I bumped Kari while we were walking along the bus terminal.
Finall, Kari and I were on the bus. The two seater part of the bus was a bit close, but I didn't mind. I don't think of anything malicious when Kari sleeps on my shoulder since that was a given. The bus was not the best place to sleep in, after all.
I looked at Kari again. She wasn't talking to me still. I wondered if I did something wrong, or if something was bothering her again.
So, I bumped her.
Kari looked at me instantly.
"Yes?" She asked, though her real self hadn't returned.
"Are you okay?" I asked her. Kari looked down and I felt a rush of girl emotions. Lately, Kari had been doing a lot of crying, and over the simplest things.
"I'm sorry, Nii-chan ("yes, in the absence of Tai, I was her brother"), I broke my promise to you," She said and tears from her big eyes fell. I was about to tell her that I didn't mind whatever promise that was, and she shouldn't cry about it, that it was okay with me. Then, she showed me two bloody cuts on her right arm. I caught my tongue in mid air.
That was not okay.
