Stones and Suitcases
-this is the first of the bush song fics I'm doing that is dealing with the whole matt/Sora/tai
triangle. This takes place a year before the epilogue from the series. This part is in Matt's
POV, but not all will be.
-Note- in advance I apologize to all the major and massive taiora and sorato fans. Some of you
out here may not like the turns this series take. I jus want to say, I'm pretty neutral on the whole
triangle.
-and one other thing, if I hadn't made it evident before all the songs are by Bush from their firs
two albums (hence the name stones and suitcase, it's lame but whatever) so I don't own either
digimon nor Bush. Anyhow Rock on!
*GLYCERINE*
~Must be your skin that I'm sinking in
Must be for real cos now I can feel
And I didn't mind it's not my kind
Not my time to wonder why
Everything's gone white and everything's grey
Now you're here, now you're away
I don't want this remember that
I'll never forget where you're at
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine~
I always loved this song even though it's so sad, but now I can relate. My life was perfect. My
job, my kids, and my Sora; they are my world. Then, one day crashed it all. I was coming home
from one of those Mars mission with Gabumon. I hadn't seen my family for 6 months. I
remember listening to "Glycerine" while driving home. I remember thinking 'it's so good to be
back. The only bad thing is that I can't finish the song.'
"Sora! Lily! Mateo!"
I walked into my home and it was quiet.
"Gee, Gabumon, where could they be?" Before Gabumon answered, a little red head popped
down from the stairs and tackled Gabumon. It was my son, Mateo. While Gabumon had his
hands busy with Mateo, my oldest Lily came from the kitchen and gave me a hug. Lily, Mateo
and Gabumon then sat down on he couch while Gabumon recounted our expedition.
I, on the other hand, went to look for Sora. I walked around the whole house without finding
anyone, but Yolei.
"Matt! You're back!" Yolei rushed over from the kitchen sink and gave me a hug. "Sora had to
do some errands." A large commotion came from the living room. Yolei and I rushed out to
investigate. It was Sora. Yolei then left mumbling something about Hawkmon eating the baby
food.
I had hurried to Sora and embraced her. I leaned in to kiss her lips, but she turned her head so I
only reached cheek. Sora then pulled herself from my grasp and turned to the children with a
cheery grin. I should known something was wrong, but I thought she didn't to be mushy in front
to the kids. Later on that night, I found out what was wrong.
The kids were asleep and the digimon were too. Sora and I were left alone in he living room. I
turned on the radio and "Glycerine" was on. I smiled warmly to Sora. I explained to her,
"On the way home I heard this song. Well, actually only half of it. It's such a great song isn't
it?" Sora nodded numbly. I didn't know then that by the end of the song my life would be
turned inside out. Sora looked up emotionlessly at me. I realized something was wrong.
"Sora how was everything while I was gone?"
"Everything was just fine."
"Oh um, what did you do?"
"I spend a lot of time thinking."
"About what?"
~I'm never alone I'm alone all the time
Are you at on or do you lie
We live in wheel where everyone steals
Bu when we rise it's like strawberry fields~
"Love. Happiness. Marriage. Us." She looked me straight in the eye when she said 'us.' I didn't
know what to say and I had no clue where this was going. Sora went on, "I don' know if I love
you anymore. I don't know if I ever did." I opened my mouth in protest, but Sora stopped me
with a gesture of the hand. "It's not fair to have you away half of he year. You're gone for at
least 3 months at a time. I've changed over the years. You've changed. We don't know each
other anymore. You're too complex Matt."
~If I treated you bad you bruise my face
Couldn't love you more
You got a beautiful taste
Don't let the days go by
Could have been easier on you
I couldn't change though I wanted to~
"But..how.. you don't love me?" Sora looked away.
"I don't even know if it was you I loved all these years?"
"We can work through this Sora. We can." Sora shook her head furiously. "What to you want me
to do? Quit NASA?" Sora once again shook her head. "Then what? I love you Sora with all my
heart. I don't want to lose you. I'll do anything to not lose you. We belong together. You're my
soul mate. You complete me. Do you remember how I was when we first went to the digital
world? I'm not that same guy now…because of you."
~Could have been easier by three
Our old friend fear and you and me
Glycerine, Glycerine
Don't le the days go by Glycerine~
I couldn't go any further because, I saw her eyes move across the room to the door and then I
saw I, her suitcases.
"I'm sorry Matt, but I have to go. I need time to sort my life out."
I looked at her with my pleading eyes watering. I felt my heart collapsing.
"But what about the kids?"
"They're staying here with you. I'll take them when you go on missions. They don't need the
both of us. You and TK turned out just fine."
I reached out for her, but she stood up and turned. Then my emotions became too intense and
hardened.
~I needed you more when you wanted us less
I could not kiss just regress
It might jus be clear simple and plain
That's just fine
That's just one of my names~
"You're too late. He stopped years ago."
Soras stopped and turn around confused.
"What?"
"Tai. He stopped waiting for you when he met Lola."
Sora didn't' say anything, but her face revealed it all. She didn't want to believe it. She then
picked up her suitcases and walked out the door.
I followed to the porch and watched her back out the driveway. The song was ending by this
time and tears rolled down my face. As Gavin's voice began to quiver down, my weeping
became sobbing. Now I'll be the one waiting. Unlike Tai, I will wait forever for you Sora.
~Don't let the days go by
Could've been easier on you
Glycerine~
~~so how was that? Anyways I'm sorry if there are some missing t's cos my t key is kind stuck. I
tried to catch all of the mistakes but some may have been missed. Rock on!
-this is the first of the bush song fics I'm doing that is dealing with the whole matt/Sora/tai
triangle. This takes place a year before the epilogue from the series. This part is in Matt's
POV, but not all will be.
-Note- in advance I apologize to all the major and massive taiora and sorato fans. Some of you
out here may not like the turns this series take. I jus want to say, I'm pretty neutral on the whole
triangle.
-and one other thing, if I hadn't made it evident before all the songs are by Bush from their firs
two albums (hence the name stones and suitcase, it's lame but whatever) so I don't own either
digimon nor Bush. Anyhow Rock on!
*GLYCERINE*
~Must be your skin that I'm sinking in
Must be for real cos now I can feel
And I didn't mind it's not my kind
Not my time to wonder why
Everything's gone white and everything's grey
Now you're here, now you're away
I don't want this remember that
I'll never forget where you're at
Don't let the days go by
Glycerine~
I always loved this song even though it's so sad, but now I can relate. My life was perfect. My
job, my kids, and my Sora; they are my world. Then, one day crashed it all. I was coming home
from one of those Mars mission with Gabumon. I hadn't seen my family for 6 months. I
remember listening to "Glycerine" while driving home. I remember thinking 'it's so good to be
back. The only bad thing is that I can't finish the song.'
"Sora! Lily! Mateo!"
I walked into my home and it was quiet.
"Gee, Gabumon, where could they be?" Before Gabumon answered, a little red head popped
down from the stairs and tackled Gabumon. It was my son, Mateo. While Gabumon had his
hands busy with Mateo, my oldest Lily came from the kitchen and gave me a hug. Lily, Mateo
and Gabumon then sat down on he couch while Gabumon recounted our expedition.
I, on the other hand, went to look for Sora. I walked around the whole house without finding
anyone, but Yolei.
"Matt! You're back!" Yolei rushed over from the kitchen sink and gave me a hug. "Sora had to
do some errands." A large commotion came from the living room. Yolei and I rushed out to
investigate. It was Sora. Yolei then left mumbling something about Hawkmon eating the baby
food.
I had hurried to Sora and embraced her. I leaned in to kiss her lips, but she turned her head so I
only reached cheek. Sora then pulled herself from my grasp and turned to the children with a
cheery grin. I should known something was wrong, but I thought she didn't to be mushy in front
to the kids. Later on that night, I found out what was wrong.
The kids were asleep and the digimon were too. Sora and I were left alone in he living room. I
turned on the radio and "Glycerine" was on. I smiled warmly to Sora. I explained to her,
"On the way home I heard this song. Well, actually only half of it. It's such a great song isn't
it?" Sora nodded numbly. I didn't know then that by the end of the song my life would be
turned inside out. Sora looked up emotionlessly at me. I realized something was wrong.
"Sora how was everything while I was gone?"
"Everything was just fine."
"Oh um, what did you do?"
"I spend a lot of time thinking."
"About what?"
~I'm never alone I'm alone all the time
Are you at on or do you lie
We live in wheel where everyone steals
Bu when we rise it's like strawberry fields~
"Love. Happiness. Marriage. Us." She looked me straight in the eye when she said 'us.' I didn't
know what to say and I had no clue where this was going. Sora went on, "I don' know if I love
you anymore. I don't know if I ever did." I opened my mouth in protest, but Sora stopped me
with a gesture of the hand. "It's not fair to have you away half of he year. You're gone for at
least 3 months at a time. I've changed over the years. You've changed. We don't know each
other anymore. You're too complex Matt."
~If I treated you bad you bruise my face
Couldn't love you more
You got a beautiful taste
Don't let the days go by
Could have been easier on you
I couldn't change though I wanted to~
"But..how.. you don't love me?" Sora looked away.
"I don't even know if it was you I loved all these years?"
"We can work through this Sora. We can." Sora shook her head furiously. "What to you want me
to do? Quit NASA?" Sora once again shook her head. "Then what? I love you Sora with all my
heart. I don't want to lose you. I'll do anything to not lose you. We belong together. You're my
soul mate. You complete me. Do you remember how I was when we first went to the digital
world? I'm not that same guy now…because of you."
~Could have been easier by three
Our old friend fear and you and me
Glycerine, Glycerine
Don't le the days go by Glycerine~
I couldn't go any further because, I saw her eyes move across the room to the door and then I
saw I, her suitcases.
"I'm sorry Matt, but I have to go. I need time to sort my life out."
I looked at her with my pleading eyes watering. I felt my heart collapsing.
"But what about the kids?"
"They're staying here with you. I'll take them when you go on missions. They don't need the
both of us. You and TK turned out just fine."
I reached out for her, but she stood up and turned. Then my emotions became too intense and
hardened.
~I needed you more when you wanted us less
I could not kiss just regress
It might jus be clear simple and plain
That's just fine
That's just one of my names~
"You're too late. He stopped years ago."
Soras stopped and turn around confused.
"What?"
"Tai. He stopped waiting for you when he met Lola."
Sora didn't' say anything, but her face revealed it all. She didn't want to believe it. She then
picked up her suitcases and walked out the door.
I followed to the porch and watched her back out the driveway. The song was ending by this
time and tears rolled down my face. As Gavin's voice began to quiver down, my weeping
became sobbing. Now I'll be the one waiting. Unlike Tai, I will wait forever for you Sora.
~Don't let the days go by
Could've been easier on you
Glycerine~
~~so how was that? Anyways I'm sorry if there are some missing t's cos my t key is kind stuck. I
tried to catch all of the mistakes but some may have been missed. Rock on!