Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. If I did I would be a lot wealthier than I am. Also, I would make the series about the Digidestined of Seasons 1 & 2.

It was so good to be home again. I had enjoyed touring with my band, but I had missed everything about my own home. My friends, my school, even my little brother TK. As soon as I walked in the door of my house, I breathed in the familiar air, filled with joy to be returning after four long months. Of course, I had been away from home before, but it was always nice coming home. As my dad came out to greet me I ran up to him and wrapped my arms around him. It was good to see him again.

After that, I dragged my stuff to my room and dropped my bags on my bed, then headed for the spare bedroom. TK was staying at my house at the moment. I found him lying stretched out on his bed reading, and I walked up to him and pulled the book out of his hands. He looked up, saw me and attacked, hugging me fiercely. I guess he missed me as much as I missed him. Even though we don't live together, me and my brother are really close.

"So how was your tour?" asked TK.

"It was great!" I told him. "I missed all my friends though, especially Sora."

Sora was my girlfriend. We had been friends since we first went to the Digital World. That was nearly seven years ago now. From when we first went to the Digiworld, I was closer to Sora than any of the others, with the exception of my brother TK. I was always fighting with Tai, who's now my best friend, and the others were a bit annoying. We're all friends now, but I'm still very close to Sora.

TK looked a bit upset now, and he wasn't smiling anymore. "Uh, Matt, I don't think Sora's going to be as pleased to see you as you think," he said awkwardly.

I didn't understand then. I couldn't imagine what TK was trying to say. He wasn't trying to be unkind, TK wasn't like that. "What do you mean? Why wouldn't she be happy to see me? She's my girlfriend!"

TK looked at me sadly, the kind of look you give someone who's about to suffer the death penalty. You know, the "yeah-I-feel-sorry-for-you-but-I-sure-as-hell-wouldn't-want-to-be-in-your-position" look.

"Look, Matt… I dunno, just talk to her about it tomorrow."

"But – "

"Just talk to Sora about it, Matt. I'm not the person who should be telling you this, okay?"

I just shook my head and went back to my room.

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The next day I called Sora. When she answered it was so good to hear her voice. I had barely called her while I was gone, and I was glad to hear from her.

"Sora, it's me! I'm back!"

"Matt? Um, hey."

"Hey! How's it been while I was gone?"

"Things have been… good."

"Cool. So do you wanna go see a movie or something tomorrow? I haven't seen you in ages."

There was silence over the phone for a few seconds, then I heard Sora sigh.

"No thanks, Matt."

I was a bit disappointed, so I tried again.

"Oh, okay. Well, what about Sunday?"

"Matt, I don't wanna go to a movie."

Looking back, I realise that I should've taken the hint and hung up. I should have remembered my brother telling me that Sora might not be happy to see me. But, like the idiot I was – am – I kept asking.

"That's fine, Sora. We can do something else. You know, we could go get coffee, or go for a walk, or just hang out at my place."

"Matt… I don't want to do anything with you."

I was a little taken aback. Okay, maybe that's a bit of an understatement. Sora was my girlfriend; she was supposed to love me, wasn't she?

"Sora, what – what's wrong?"

"Matt, I think we should stop seeing each other."

A million questions rushed through my mind. Why, Sora? What's wrong? Are you mad at me? Did I do something wrong? Did I hurt you? Can you forgive me?

Don't you love me?

But all I could say was, "What?"

"While you were gone, I – I started seeing someone else."

What? Who?

She continued, "And now that you're back, I have to choose between the two of you, and I've made my decision."

There was a stabbing pain in my chest. I assumed that it was my heart breaking.

And then she said the worst thing she could have said.

"But we can still be friends, right?"

I slammed the phone down hard and stalked off.

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I was meeting my old friends today to catch up. I wasn't really looking forward to seeing Sora, but it would be nice to see Tai, Izzy, Joe and Mimi. TK was spending the day with Tai's little sister, Kari. Those two had been best friends for years. She was a nice kid.

I grabbed the keys to my grey train-smash of a car. A day job working at a supermarket and a night job as a struggling musician wasn't enough to afford a decent car, unfortunately. Mine was a piece of crap, but at least it got me where I needed to go.

Fifteen minutes later I pulled up about a block away from where I was meeting my friends. It was the closest I could park. I started walking towards the place where my friends were. I checked my watch; I was about ten minutes early, but that didn't matter. I trudged uphill to where my friends would be. When I was a few metres away I stopped short; the only person there already was Sora. I didn't want to have to talk to Sora yet; definitely not on my own. Maybe I could wait until the others got there.

I didn't have to wait long. In a few moments my best friend Tai raced over. I was about to rush forward to greet him; I had missed him, after all.

But Sora beat me to it. She rushed into Tai's arms and kissed him. He returned the embrace. I was frozen to the spot. I couldn't move, couldn't breathe. So this was who Sora had replaced me with. My girlfriend and my best friend had betrayed me.

Taichi Kamiya would pay for this.