Author's Note: Yes I'm back … for now anyways … . Anyways, this is formerly Kawaii-Q, and yes I changed my pen name, just because I don't like my old pen name … heh. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Digimon anymore (even if the new season just came out recently), but I thought that the characters from Digimon would fit this story nicely, so … voila! Hope you enjoy! Oh and yes, I know I'm a Taiora fan (and also a somewhat Sorato one too xD), but the outcome of this story, or the couple I should say, might not necessarily be Taiora, hence the reason why I just put Sora as the main character, instead of her and either one when you search. Okay, I'm done my rambling …
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, and the idea of this story really came from this Chinese show I watched, though I am changing most of the things.
/ To Love or Not /Age:
Sora: 23 (recently graduated from College)
Taichi: 23
Yamato: 23
Mimi: 22 (last year of college)
Koushirou: 22 (last year of college)
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Brrrriiiinnnggggg!
A hand slowly found its way towards the ringing alarm clock as it slammed down hard on the button at the top, and in the meantime, knocking down the circular, time-telling apparatus. It immediately stopped ringing when the hand made contact with the clock, and only the quiet and rhythmical ticking of the second hand could be heard.
An hour later, the sound of the phone ringing can be heard, echoing in the small bedroom, yet no one attempted to answer it until a voice message was left, shouting at the owner of the apartment to wake up. The voice yelling was high-pitched and extremely irritated sounding, and the owner could not help but jump up from the bed hearing the voice.
The redhead gasped as her eyes opened wide almost immediately, her hair a mess, and quickly reached over to the phone, pressing a button to end the message. Sighing, the young woman started to glance around looking for her alarm clock. Finally spotting it lying on the ground, she leaned down to pick it up, checking the time while she did so. Once her beautiful crimson brown eyes saw where the two black, thin hands are pointed at, the young woman quickly dashed out of bed, and headed into the bathroom.
After doing her dailies and dressing, she didn't bother eating breakfast, and just rushed out of the apartment with full speed, heading straight towards a tall standing building quite a distant away. What's bad was that she could not find her car keys, which meant that she would have to take a taxi, which she could not find until after around ten minutes later.
Once she arrived at the building, she ran straight in, almost tripping in the process, but luckily found her balance before she fell onto the marble floor embarrassingly. Stopping at the counter, she told the secretary of her interview with the manager of the company quickly, out of breath.
The secretary just gave a slight nod before dialing a number, which the manager answered on the other line. Nodding as she listened to him speak, she placed the phone back down, hanging up, after she was finished, and turned to look at the redhead. "I'm sorry miss, but the manager is very picky on time, and you were thirty minutes late. You'll have to look for another job …" she said softly, her voice gentle and motherly. The redhead said nothing as she sighed in defeat and just said a quiet thank you before turning around to leave the building.
Stopping outside the building, she stared up at the sky, her eyes narrowed as if squinting at the sun, she brought her right hand up as she used it to shelter her eyes from the bright sun. "Why me ….?" she whispered gently to no one in particular. Sighing once again, she brought her head back down and started walking in a random direction, having no specific destination. "Again …" she whispered, again to no one in particular.
Soon, she found herself at the park, seated on a wooden bench as she leaned back against it, trying to forget about what happened earlier that day. Her cell phone suddenly rang, interrupting her thoughts. Taking it out of her bag, she answered softly, her voice tired. "Moshi moshi …"
"Sora! How was it? How was the interview? Did it go well? Did you get the job? Oh my god, we sooo need to celebrate!" the voice on the other end exclaimed as she giggled happily. It was the same voice as the one from the answering machine earlier in the morning.
Sora sighed yet again as she heard Mimi's chain of questions, though she had to admit that it brightened her up slightly, hearing her excited voice.
"No Mimi, I was thirty minutes late and didn't get the job. The manager there, apparently, is extremely picky with time … so … yeah …" she replied, her tone of voice quiet.
Mimi became silent at the other end of the line for a brief moment before saying a single, "Oh."
"Yup …"
"Oh Sora, it's alright! There's always another time." Mimi started, trying to comfort the redhead. "Plus, you just graduated from college like … two months ago! You can't give up, alright?"
Sora couldn't help but let out another sigh. "Mimi … I've applied for sixteen jobs, yet none of them decided to hire me. What's wrong with me, Mimi? Why can't I get a job!"
"Sora …"
Sora paused for a short moment, thinking things through before finally replying. "I know … I know … I'm sorry for being pessimistic about this …"
"That's the Sora I know! Come on Sora, let's have lunch together! Koushirou wanted to try out this new Italian restaurant!"
Sora smiled slightly at the thought of food, and gave a slight nod, even if Mimi wouldn't be able to see it anyway. "Okay. Where is it? I'll meet you guys there at twelve thirty."
Mimi quickly told Sora the location before hanging up cheerfully, and Sora herself did the same, though her expression highly differed from the one on Mimi's face.
Pulling herself together, she stood up, and started towards the restaurant.
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"Yo! Koushirou!" a voice yelled out when the owner of the voice spotted the redheaded genius.
Stopping, Koushirou turned to look in the direction of the familiar voice. Confused, the young man started towards him. "Taichi? Why are you here? You're out of college already, and you didn't even go to this college … so-"
He was interrupted by the one known as Taichi before he could finish.
"What? Is this how you treat a friend who came to visit you?" he asked jokingly, his toothy grin pasted on his face as usual.
Koushirou stared at him and blinked once before letting out a sigh while shaking his head a little. "No, that's not what I meant. Anyway, so why are you here?"
"Nothing really. Just felt like coming to visit you, and see who that girl you were talking about is."
Koushirou blushed at Taichi's response as he looked away for a brief moment, trying hard to suppress his blush and nervousness. "Ahem … anyways, want to have lunch with me and umm … that girl? Oh and her friend too. There's still new Italian restaurant in town, and I heard that it's quite good."
Taichi raised a brow at Koushirou before his grin grew wider. "Oh … Koushirou … you've finally found your courage! You've finally asked her to eat lunch with you eh? Wait … her friend? Why did you guys ask her friend? That's going to ruin your opportunity to spend some time with her you know." Taichi let out a sigh. "Guess it can't be helped. Anyway, I'll come. I'm starving!" he finished, showing his hunger by letting his left hand clutch his stomach. Then suddenly, he spoke out again. "Oh wait, I was going to have lunch with a friend. Mind if another one join us?"
Koushirou looked at him nervously as he gave a small smile. "Sure. Alright. Let's go then, but just let me find Mimi first, then-"
Once again, the redheaded gentleman was interrupted, this time by the same high-pitch voice that had woke Sora up earlier that day. "Koushirou!"
Koushirou blushed lightly at the sight of Mimi and smiled nervously. Taichi saw as he grinned again, and turned to look at the girl whom Koushirou had confessed liking to him a few days ago.
"Oh … hi Mimi. I was just about to go look for you." Koushirou said quietly with a slight smile, still somewhat nervous.
"Oh .. well I'm ready to go now! Let's go go go!" she yelled with delight and excitement as she let out a laugh. She stopped almost suddenly when she noticed there was someone beside Koushirou. The pink-haired young lady blinked as she looked at Taichi, and smiled after a brief moment of studying him.
"Hi! Tachikawa Mimi desu! And you are …?" she asked after introducing herself, all the while smiling cheerfully.
Taichi smiled as he also introduced himself. "Yagami Taichi. Nice to meet you, Mimi. Koushirou told me a lot about you." he replied, emphasizing on the two words, a lot, trying to tease Koushirou.
Another blush made its way upon Koushirou's face as he glared at Taichi. He quickly told Mimi to just ignore him after she turned to look at Koushirou questioningly, wondering what Taichi had meant. Mimi just shrugged afterwards. Then, they started towards the restaurant, with Taichi calling the person whom he was supposed to have lunch with before.
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A blond exited an Italian restaurant as Sora ran in, thinking that she's late, and that resulted in the two young adults colliding and falling back onto the ground painfully. Sora screamed out as she started to rub her thigh and butt area, trying to make the pain go away, while the blond slowly picked himself up. Looking down at the girl who had crashed into him, he started towards her, and offered to help her up by extending his hand out to her.
Sora looked up at the blond, her eyes widening slightly at his appearance, and trying hard not to blush, took his hand while muttering a quiet "thanks" and stood up.
"Sorry about that. I supposed I wasn't really watching where I was heading to … heheh …" she sweatdropped mentally as she apologized, all the time trying to avoid gazing into his beautiful sapphire eyes.
The blond smiled genuinely as he shook his head slightly. "It's quite alright. No one's badly hurt, so it's okay. Really." He stared intently at the redhead before him, noticing her attractive crimson eyes, and kept his smile on, for it was hard not to smile seeing such unique and fiery eyes.
"Anyway, I'll see you later, Miss." He said smiling as he walked past her slowly, and out into the sunlight. He looked around before turning the corner and disappeared, dialing a number with his cell phone.
Sora watched him leave as she blinked a few times, and then entered the restaurant. She couldn't see Mimi and Koushirou anywhere, so she just asked for a table, which will fit all of them, and sat down waiting. She was starving though, and being a girl who loves eating, she quickly ordered a plate of pasta, eating quickly. Sauce could be seen around the corners of her mouth as she ate, though Sora didn't seem to mind too much though.
The others soon arrived, and Mimi spotted her as she ran over first, and took a seat opposite of hers. "Sora!" she exclaimed, then burst out laughing as she saw her friend's messy nature.
Sora blinked as she looked at Mimi curiously. "What?"
Mimi shook her head as Koushirou sat down beside her, and Taichi sat down beside the messy eater, and beside stood the same blond Sora had seen just a few minutes ago. She turned her head slightly as she glanced at the brunette seated beside her curiously, and gasped when she noticed the blond. Taking the napkin on the table, she quickly wiped her mouth. Embarrassed, she looked away quickly and placed her elbow on the table, her forearm trying to cover the side of her face as she brushed some of her hair to try to hide herself, but unfortunately for Sora, Mimi was there.
Mimi pulled Sora's arm down as she introduced the Taichi to her, and she gave a slight nod at him. Taichi looked at Sora as he raised a brow at her, finding her an interesting woman since they first came in, because of her messy eating actually, and finally introduced the blond to everyone.
"This is Ishida Yamato." He said plainly as she picked the menu up, looking for something to eat.
Yamato smiled at everyone as he turned to glance past Taichi to Sora, who was covering herself with the menu, even though she wasn't even finished her own plate of pasta yet. Yamato couldn't help but find it cute as he smiled, and picked up the menu as well.
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Author's Note: Heh … yup. Done the first chapter. I have to admit I'm not a quick updater, but I'll try my best despite the amount of schoolwork I get this year. Anyway, hope you enjoyed, and for those of you who knew me back then as Kawaii-Q, yes I definitely changed my writing style. XD I guess text-gaming does indeed help writing. Heh … anyway, please read and review! Thanks. Helpful critism is welcomed.
Moshi moshi: (as most of you already know probably) is used when someone answers the phone. It's like saying "Hello?" though only when you're on the phone.
Desu: is a conjugated verb of saying it is, which means when Mimi was introducing herself saying "Tachikawa Mimi desu!", she's saying I am Tachikawa Mimi or it's Tachikawa Mimi.
Hope that helps, for anyone who is not familiar with the Japanese language.
Neiro Yukiko