Love under the Mistletoe
Chapter 1: Sora wins again
Tai was lying on his bed staring at the rough ceiling above him. Things had been so confusing for him recently, he had grown up from the messy haired rascal that had led his group of friends through countless trails years ago; he was mature now, well, more mature anyway. The problem was, things had begun to change; he used to just see Sora as a friend, but in the last couple of months, the little things she'd do would just drive him nuts. Every time she smiled at him he'd feel his insides churn, giving him "Butterflies".
This was crazy; he shouldn't be thinking about Sora like that, she'd kill him if she ever found out. That's why she never could find out, Tai would keep his feelings a secret from everyone, no one could find out, because if they did, it would get back to Sora. That's the way things worked at Tai's school; information always got to the one person you didn't want it to. He rolled over and went to sleep, tomorrow was going to be a long day.
When Tai woke up the next morning, he let out a grown. He had just been having a dream about him and Sora. It was rather simple, they had gotten ice cream and were sitting in the park happily licking away. Nothing particularly romantic about it, but at the end of the day, in the dream, he and Sora were together, what does it matter that nothing romantic happened? He sighed and got out of bed. He grabbed his school uniform and got dressed. In the living room Kari was making breakfast, and when Tai came out, it was all ready. "Eggs and toast" she said to Tai as he walked into the living room.
"Thanks Kari" Tai said and helped himself to a plate, after eating breakfast Tai and Kari left for their respective schools and on his way to his own, Tai met up with Sora. They would walk together everyday talking about whatever they wanted to and today Sora brought up the Digidestined Formal Christmas Party Izzy was planning.
"I'm really looking forward to Izzy's Christmas Party." Sora said
"Yeah me too" Tai replied
"So you're going?" Sora said with a hint of overt cheer in her voice.
"Of course I am" Tai said "Why?"
"N-no reason" Sora lied
"So who else is going?" Tai asked
"Matt asked Mimi to it and she said yes and that she'd meet us there, Joe is going with a girl from his private school, Izzy is going with Yolei, TK is going with your sister," Tai nodded because he had already given TK the go ahead before he had even asked Kari "Davis was surprisingly not broken up about TK and Kari, and said he'd be there with another girl from his class, and Ken is going to be there too with some "friend" of his, though Cody said he wouldn't be able to make it." Sora finished her explanation and Tai turned slightly red as an unknown thought crossed his mind. Although Tai did a good job of repressing the blush and returning to his natural color quickly, it didn't go unnoticed by Sora.
"What were you thinking about Tai?" Sora asked him as they walked through the school gates.
"N-nothing, it's just going to be awkward to be the only person there not on a date." Tai half lied.
"First of all, you're not telling me the whole story, and second you won't be the only single person there, because I don't have a date either." Sora said "now what else were you thinking"
Tai went to open his locker but Sora stood in his way and propped it shut. "You're going to tell me Tai, or I won't let you go to class."
"Then you'd be late too" Tai reminded her
Sora, however, just shrugged and said "I can handle one tardy, can you handle one more?"
"That's low Sora" Tai said then he sighed in defeat, Sora had won again, if he got one more tardy he wouldn't be allowed on the soccer team come spring. "I just thought that we could go to the party together…" Tai looked up at her and saw shock painted on her face, Tai hastily continued by saying "you know, as friends, I mean, we'd be spending the whole night together anyway, so why not right?" Tai let out a nervous laugh as a small smile spread its way across Sora's lips.
She knew what kind of date Tai wanted to go on, it was the same kind she wanted, and it wasn't an innocent "friend" date. However for Tai's sake she'd play along until the perfect moment to take everything out of the friend zone. "Sure Tai, sounds like fun, and like you said, we'd probably end up spending all night together anyway. She stepped away from his locker and said "I'll see you the night of the party"
Now it was Tai's turn to be shocked, sure it was only a friend date, but it was still a date, however he played it off better than Sora had, "Yeah, sure. Pick you up at 7:00…" Sora disappeared around the corner and Tai leaned up against his locker lost in his thoughts until the bell for class jarred him from his fantasies. Tai left his books in the locker and ran to class just crossing the threshold before the final tone was struck. On time. Barely, but still on time.
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DT: So that is your Christmas Eve taste. I have the ending all done and edited, but I won't be putting it on until tomorrow. It's my Christmas present to all my readers. I hope you enjoyed this first installment and are hungry for the ending.