A/N: I would like to say this is my first time writing a Digimon anything!
My friend Kodachrome inspired me to finally get back to writing! And I
thank her for getting me into Digimon! *smiles and winks* Well, enjoy the
first chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Digimon! Not a single thing! Hehe.
"Are you ready yet Tai?" Hikari said, with a hint of irritation in her voice. She could not believe how long her brother was taking in the bathroom to get ready. Heavens for bid, they were only going to one of Yamato's music award ceremony.
"Yea! Just give me a minute." He said, running the brush through his big bushy hair one last time. With one quick look in the mirror, he smiled and walked to the door, opening it to face his sister, whom had her arms crossed. She quickly took a glance at her watch and gave Tai a look, hinting that they should have been out of the house 15 minutes ago.
"Yea, yea, yea, I know!" He waved his hand walking past her to grab his keys of off the counter top. Before he opened the door to head outside he stopped and quickly turned around. "Hikari? Do I look ok?"
Hikari blinked a few times that was the first time Tai had asked a question like that.
"Since when have you been worrying about your appearances lately?"
He shrugged a bit, not knowing how to answer her question. To himself he had a good reason, but how was he to explain it to his sister? To Hikari, she did not really need an explanation, as long as she has known her brother, but she still wanted to hear the words come from him, even though she knew he would be lying.
"I-I don't know; I just want to look good for the big night!" He paused a moment, thinking of a better answer then it came to him. "You know this is a special occasion and we should be wearing the proper attire! Plus, after the ceremony were going to a fancy restaurant that, for the life of me, I don't know how Mimi was able to sucker her parents into sending money for Yama's "after party" at a fancy diner, but that's not the point. Basically, what I'm saying is, if I look ok or not, you know...er..." He stopped, now he was getting all mixed up in his words.
Hikari looked at her flustered brother and giggled slightly.
"Yes Tai, you look absolutely handsome tonight."
"I do?" He looked at her questioning.
"Yes," Her smile then turned a bit mysterious, almost like an evil smirk. "And I'm sure the person you're trying to impress will notice also." 'Oh yes, he will definitely notice.' Hikari thought to herself.
"Wh-what?" Tai said, turning beat red. "I-I'm not trying to impress anyone tonight! I just want to look good!"
Hikari let out a deep sigh and placed her hands on her brother's back, pushing him a bit towards the door.
"Come on, we don't have a minute to spare! And we know how Yama gets when we're late."
Tai giggled a bit, thinking of how aggravated Yamato gets when someone is late for his special moments. It was particularly cute when he would turn red out of irritation because of something Tai might have had said to him, basically trying to calm him down, which pretty much failed most of the time. Tai was never really all that good with finding the right words to say. But all in all, Yamato was just glad that they could make it, even though they were late.
*****
"What on earth could be taking them so long?" Yamato said, pacing a bit back and forth. His brother, Takeru, was watching him. They were out side of the building waiting for them to show.
"I'm sure they'll be here shortly. You know how Tai and Hikari are."
"Yea, true, but..." Cutting his brother off, Takeru indicated that he had spotted them.
"Finally you guys show!" Yamato said, walking towards Tai and Hikari, followed by Takeru.
"Sorry about that, Yama?" Tai laughed a bit nervously.
"So what is the excuse this time Taichi?" Yamato said placing his hands on his hips and looking at Tai in a rather questionable state. Tai was going to come up with a quick lie but Hikari had beaten him to it, but she was telling the truth.
"Oh, Tai was just getting ready for someone special." She smiled and gave a Tai sideways glance and winked at him. Tai who was now blushing, could not believe that his sister had came out and said that. He was just going the easy way out, saying something like, "Oh, we got caught up in traffic." But nooooooo, she had to make him, no, FORCE him to explain to Yamato the truth of why it was taking him so long.
Yamato raised his eyebrow in curiosity and then smiled a bit.
"Taaaaaaaaichi, who's the girl?"
"Uh...um...huh? It's not a g...er..." He shook his head a bit as if the right answer would just magically pop in his head. How could his sister put him in this position? And how was he to tell Yamato that it was not a girl that he had actually got ready for.
"I mean, it's no one, no one special, I just felt like I should look a bit good tonight." Tai hoped that would work, but by the way Yamato was smiling; he didn't buy it. He came along side Tai and put his arm around him. "Come on Taichi, you can tell me! Dude, who's the girl? Do I know her?"
"I'm telling you Yama, there's absolutely no girl!" Tai was getting a bit frustrated by Yamato's persistence in finding out who Tai had gotten ready for.
Meanwhile, as they were walking into the building were the ceremony was being held, Takeru and Hikari were walking behind Tai and Yamato. Just then Takeru leaned into Hikari and whispered in her ear.
"There's no girl, is there?"
Hikari got a big grin. There was not a girl involved, but someone else, and she found it amusing how Yamato was pestering a blushing Tai into telling him whom the mysterious person is that Tai got all "dolled" up for.
"No, Tk, there isn't any girl, but there is someone." She looked at him, smiled, and then looked back at her brother and Yamato. Takeru looked at her a bit and then glanced over in the direction that she was looking at, and then it struck him. Tai didn't get all spruced up for a girl...but for Yamato.
******
After the ceremony was over, it was time to settle down and go have dinner and party a bit. The ceremony was a pleasant event. Yamato had received 3 awards, one for the hottest looking singer, another one for best band, and best single. Yamato was pleased, but that wasn't the only thing he was cheerful about, he was glad because all of his friends could come and share his joy, except for Mimi, who tried to come out there from America to see him, but was unable to, because of that she sent him a gift which was the money for that fancy restaurant.
The evening was an eventful night! At the restaurant, they had a karaoke and a dance floor, so of course, Yamato just had to go up there and start singing! He even managed to drag Daisuke up with him so they could do a duet. It was an amusing sight, to see a professional singer and a singer who was just trying to keep up with the beat! But, overall they were having a good time, and that is all that mattered.
"Hey, Hikari, my mom said she wasn't going to be able to take me home and she was wondering if your brother can give us a ride home. You are staying over tonight right? You know, for our weekly girl talk?" Miyako asked.
"Oh sure! Yea, Tai can give you a ride home." She smiled and then looked over at her brother who seemed to be keeping a watchful eye on Yamato.
"Hey there ladies, what are you two chatting about?" A tall, blue haired guy said. Taking a seat next to Miyako and Hikari, he quickly took a sip of his drink.
"Oh hey Jyou! We were just discussing a ride for Miyako." Hikari replied.
"Oh, Miyako, do you need a ride home? Because I can…" Before he continued, Hikari had informed him that Tai would be giving her and Miyako a ride back over to Mikyako's apartment. As they were all caught up in a conversation, they heard some clicking of someone typing on a keyboard. Sitting behind Jyou, Miyako, and Hikari, was Koushiro who was typing away at his laptop. Jyou turned around and rested his elbow on the back of the seat.
"Hey there Koushiro, getting a head start on your studies? Since it's summer and all." Jyou had asked him. Koushiro looked like he was really keen on what he was working on, but he did hear Jyou and replied to him with a "yes".
"Gosh, that's right! It's summer! So that means having fun and staying up late!" Takeru said going over and sitting across from Joyou.
"You know what I can't believe, is that after summer, it's going to be my last year of school." Jyou said.
"Awwwwwww, you're so lucky Jyou! I wish I only had one year of school left!" Miyako said in envy.
*****
After they finished messing around with the karaoke, it was time to settle and eat there dinner. Everyone was having a great time, talking and enjoying his or her food. A little while after they had eaten, they let their tummies settled and then it was on to the desert, which was banana splits.
"Hey, Hikari, what's the matter with your brother? He looks a bit sad." Miyako whispered to her. Hikari took a glance over at her brother, Miyako was right, he did look a bit down, but when she looked in the direction that he was glancing over occasionally, she could understand why he probably felt the way he did. It seemed like Yamato and Sora were having an extra good time. They were sitting there across from Tai and Yamato had his arm around her. They were laughing and every now and again Sora would whisper into Yamato's ear and they would begin laughing all over again. To Tai, that is like slap in the face from Yamato.
Tai sat there looking at his banana spilt; he was somewhat moving the cherry on top of his ice cream with his spoon. Yamato stopped and looked at Tai.
"Hey, what's the matter Taichi? Aren't you having fun?"
"Huh?" He looked up into Yamato's pretty blue eyes. "Oh, yes I am." He gave him a reassuring smile, but really, Tai felt his insides slowly crumbling to pieces with hurt.
"Oh, ok!" Yamato winked and smiled at him. "We can't have our leader becoming a party pooper on us now." He said jokingly.
Tai gave off a weak laugh and continued playing with his ice cream. He really was not all that hungry any more.
"Hey Yama, do you like cherry's?" Sora looked at him and flashed him a cute smile.
"Uh huh."
"Ok, here, you can have mine then." Before Yama could speak, she stuffed the cheery in his mouth, somewhat getting whip cream on his upper lip. In a sudden response she took her thumb, wiped it off from his lip, and just looked deep into his eyes. A bit surprised, Yamato just gaze at her, but then a smile spread a cross his lips, and for minutes, the just gazed into each other's eyes.
That was it; Tai could not take it anymore. With a start he stood up and walked over to Hikari.
"Come on, time to go." He mumbled.
Yamato, who had realized that something seemed wrong looked up at Tai and got up. Sora jumped a bit startled from him promptly getting up from his seat. He walked over and cut Tai off before he could continue walking any further.
"Ok," He said, crossing his arms. "What's the matter? You've been acting a bit strange tonight and I want to know why?"
Tai looked at him a bit shocked form Yamato's forwardness. He was about to say something, but stopped and shook his head.
"I got to go Yamato. I enjoyed myself, but now it's time for me to go home and get some sleep." With that he stepped around him and walked out the door. His sister and Miyako shortly followed him.
Sora got up from her seat and walked over to Yamato who just stood there bewildered.
"What was that all about Yama?" She said, lightly touching his arm. He looked at her then turned to glance at the door.
"I really don't know…"
******
"GRRRRRRRAAAAAHHHHH, WHAT IS WITH THESE STUPID DRIVERS TONIGHT?!!!" Tai said honking his horn madly.
"I really don't think it's them." Hikari said, slightly gripping her seat.
"What do you mean?" he turned to look at her. "What? Are you saying that I'm some kind of "road raged" driver and that…"
"TAI!!! LOOK OUT!!!" Hikari and Miyako screamed. Tai quickly turned around and slammed on his breaks. He came very close to rear-ended another car. All of them let out a breath of relief. It took a little while, and a honk of a car behind them to get Tai to finally get a hold of his nerves and continue driving.
Everyone was silent, driving all the way to Miyako's apartment. As soon as Tai finally came to a stop in front of the building, Miyako quickly hopped out of the car and went to the drivers' side window.
"Thank you Tai for giving me a ride home?" She smiled and then looked past him to Hikari. "Are you coming Hikari?"
"Yes, just give me a moment with my brother and I'll be there in a sec."
"Ok." Miyako gave both of them a quick grin and skipped off.
Hikari looked at her brother, who was looking out the window; he was thumbing the top of the steering wheel. Tai could feel eyes of his concerned sister burning his skin, so he quickly turned to look at her.
"What?" He snapped at her.
"Tai, tell me, what happened back there, at the restaurant? Why did you leave in such a hurry?"
"I was tired." He said, lying once again.
"I know better than that, you wouldn't just up and leave like you did just because you were tired and…"
"I WAS JEALOUS OK!" He said frustrated. "I just couldn't stand watching Yama and Sora flirt like that. I was just
to…to…GGGGAAAAAAWWWWWWHHH!!!" He took his fist and slammed it down on the steering wheel then just propped his chin on top of it, letting out a great sigh.
"Tai, why are you doing this to yourself? Just tell him how you feel!" She said, calmly placing her hand on his back and rubbing it.
"It's not that easy, you know that. Maybe I should just give up and not tell him. It'll probably save me the trouble."
"Maybe, but it will be your hear that will be suffering. You won't know what Yama will think if you don't tell him!" She said, trying to convince her brother that it will be all right.
"Yea…." He said sighing again.
"How about this, why don't I invite Yama and Tk over for dinner and then Tk and I go for a walk, leaving you and Yama alone so that you two can talk! Then you can tell him how you feel!"
"You know, that doesn't sound all that bad." He said, lifting his head up.
"Just sleep on it and we'll talk more about tomorrow. Well, I got to go, Miyako's waiting for me." She leaned over, kissed the side of her brother's cheek, and gave him a pat on the shoulder. Then she turned around and opened the car door to step out. Going to open the backside door of the car, she got her stuff from the back seat, waved "good-bye" to her brother, and then made her way towards the apartment.
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Digimon! Not a single thing! Hehe.
"Are you ready yet Tai?" Hikari said, with a hint of irritation in her voice. She could not believe how long her brother was taking in the bathroom to get ready. Heavens for bid, they were only going to one of Yamato's music award ceremony.
"Yea! Just give me a minute." He said, running the brush through his big bushy hair one last time. With one quick look in the mirror, he smiled and walked to the door, opening it to face his sister, whom had her arms crossed. She quickly took a glance at her watch and gave Tai a look, hinting that they should have been out of the house 15 minutes ago.
"Yea, yea, yea, I know!" He waved his hand walking past her to grab his keys of off the counter top. Before he opened the door to head outside he stopped and quickly turned around. "Hikari? Do I look ok?"
Hikari blinked a few times that was the first time Tai had asked a question like that.
"Since when have you been worrying about your appearances lately?"
He shrugged a bit, not knowing how to answer her question. To himself he had a good reason, but how was he to explain it to his sister? To Hikari, she did not really need an explanation, as long as she has known her brother, but she still wanted to hear the words come from him, even though she knew he would be lying.
"I-I don't know; I just want to look good for the big night!" He paused a moment, thinking of a better answer then it came to him. "You know this is a special occasion and we should be wearing the proper attire! Plus, after the ceremony were going to a fancy restaurant that, for the life of me, I don't know how Mimi was able to sucker her parents into sending money for Yama's "after party" at a fancy diner, but that's not the point. Basically, what I'm saying is, if I look ok or not, you know...er..." He stopped, now he was getting all mixed up in his words.
Hikari looked at her flustered brother and giggled slightly.
"Yes Tai, you look absolutely handsome tonight."
"I do?" He looked at her questioning.
"Yes," Her smile then turned a bit mysterious, almost like an evil smirk. "And I'm sure the person you're trying to impress will notice also." 'Oh yes, he will definitely notice.' Hikari thought to herself.
"Wh-what?" Tai said, turning beat red. "I-I'm not trying to impress anyone tonight! I just want to look good!"
Hikari let out a deep sigh and placed her hands on her brother's back, pushing him a bit towards the door.
"Come on, we don't have a minute to spare! And we know how Yama gets when we're late."
Tai giggled a bit, thinking of how aggravated Yamato gets when someone is late for his special moments. It was particularly cute when he would turn red out of irritation because of something Tai might have had said to him, basically trying to calm him down, which pretty much failed most of the time. Tai was never really all that good with finding the right words to say. But all in all, Yamato was just glad that they could make it, even though they were late.
*****
"What on earth could be taking them so long?" Yamato said, pacing a bit back and forth. His brother, Takeru, was watching him. They were out side of the building waiting for them to show.
"I'm sure they'll be here shortly. You know how Tai and Hikari are."
"Yea, true, but..." Cutting his brother off, Takeru indicated that he had spotted them.
"Finally you guys show!" Yamato said, walking towards Tai and Hikari, followed by Takeru.
"Sorry about that, Yama?" Tai laughed a bit nervously.
"So what is the excuse this time Taichi?" Yamato said placing his hands on his hips and looking at Tai in a rather questionable state. Tai was going to come up with a quick lie but Hikari had beaten him to it, but she was telling the truth.
"Oh, Tai was just getting ready for someone special." She smiled and gave a Tai sideways glance and winked at him. Tai who was now blushing, could not believe that his sister had came out and said that. He was just going the easy way out, saying something like, "Oh, we got caught up in traffic." But nooooooo, she had to make him, no, FORCE him to explain to Yamato the truth of why it was taking him so long.
Yamato raised his eyebrow in curiosity and then smiled a bit.
"Taaaaaaaaichi, who's the girl?"
"Uh...um...huh? It's not a g...er..." He shook his head a bit as if the right answer would just magically pop in his head. How could his sister put him in this position? And how was he to tell Yamato that it was not a girl that he had actually got ready for.
"I mean, it's no one, no one special, I just felt like I should look a bit good tonight." Tai hoped that would work, but by the way Yamato was smiling; he didn't buy it. He came along side Tai and put his arm around him. "Come on Taichi, you can tell me! Dude, who's the girl? Do I know her?"
"I'm telling you Yama, there's absolutely no girl!" Tai was getting a bit frustrated by Yamato's persistence in finding out who Tai had gotten ready for.
Meanwhile, as they were walking into the building were the ceremony was being held, Takeru and Hikari were walking behind Tai and Yamato. Just then Takeru leaned into Hikari and whispered in her ear.
"There's no girl, is there?"
Hikari got a big grin. There was not a girl involved, but someone else, and she found it amusing how Yamato was pestering a blushing Tai into telling him whom the mysterious person is that Tai got all "dolled" up for.
"No, Tk, there isn't any girl, but there is someone." She looked at him, smiled, and then looked back at her brother and Yamato. Takeru looked at her a bit and then glanced over in the direction that she was looking at, and then it struck him. Tai didn't get all spruced up for a girl...but for Yamato.
******
After the ceremony was over, it was time to settle down and go have dinner and party a bit. The ceremony was a pleasant event. Yamato had received 3 awards, one for the hottest looking singer, another one for best band, and best single. Yamato was pleased, but that wasn't the only thing he was cheerful about, he was glad because all of his friends could come and share his joy, except for Mimi, who tried to come out there from America to see him, but was unable to, because of that she sent him a gift which was the money for that fancy restaurant.
The evening was an eventful night! At the restaurant, they had a karaoke and a dance floor, so of course, Yamato just had to go up there and start singing! He even managed to drag Daisuke up with him so they could do a duet. It was an amusing sight, to see a professional singer and a singer who was just trying to keep up with the beat! But, overall they were having a good time, and that is all that mattered.
"Hey, Hikari, my mom said she wasn't going to be able to take me home and she was wondering if your brother can give us a ride home. You are staying over tonight right? You know, for our weekly girl talk?" Miyako asked.
"Oh sure! Yea, Tai can give you a ride home." She smiled and then looked over at her brother who seemed to be keeping a watchful eye on Yamato.
"Hey there ladies, what are you two chatting about?" A tall, blue haired guy said. Taking a seat next to Miyako and Hikari, he quickly took a sip of his drink.
"Oh hey Jyou! We were just discussing a ride for Miyako." Hikari replied.
"Oh, Miyako, do you need a ride home? Because I can…" Before he continued, Hikari had informed him that Tai would be giving her and Miyako a ride back over to Mikyako's apartment. As they were all caught up in a conversation, they heard some clicking of someone typing on a keyboard. Sitting behind Jyou, Miyako, and Hikari, was Koushiro who was typing away at his laptop. Jyou turned around and rested his elbow on the back of the seat.
"Hey there Koushiro, getting a head start on your studies? Since it's summer and all." Jyou had asked him. Koushiro looked like he was really keen on what he was working on, but he did hear Jyou and replied to him with a "yes".
"Gosh, that's right! It's summer! So that means having fun and staying up late!" Takeru said going over and sitting across from Joyou.
"You know what I can't believe, is that after summer, it's going to be my last year of school." Jyou said.
"Awwwwwww, you're so lucky Jyou! I wish I only had one year of school left!" Miyako said in envy.
*****
After they finished messing around with the karaoke, it was time to settle and eat there dinner. Everyone was having a great time, talking and enjoying his or her food. A little while after they had eaten, they let their tummies settled and then it was on to the desert, which was banana splits.
"Hey, Hikari, what's the matter with your brother? He looks a bit sad." Miyako whispered to her. Hikari took a glance over at her brother, Miyako was right, he did look a bit down, but when she looked in the direction that he was glancing over occasionally, she could understand why he probably felt the way he did. It seemed like Yamato and Sora were having an extra good time. They were sitting there across from Tai and Yamato had his arm around her. They were laughing and every now and again Sora would whisper into Yamato's ear and they would begin laughing all over again. To Tai, that is like slap in the face from Yamato.
Tai sat there looking at his banana spilt; he was somewhat moving the cherry on top of his ice cream with his spoon. Yamato stopped and looked at Tai.
"Hey, what's the matter Taichi? Aren't you having fun?"
"Huh?" He looked up into Yamato's pretty blue eyes. "Oh, yes I am." He gave him a reassuring smile, but really, Tai felt his insides slowly crumbling to pieces with hurt.
"Oh, ok!" Yamato winked and smiled at him. "We can't have our leader becoming a party pooper on us now." He said jokingly.
Tai gave off a weak laugh and continued playing with his ice cream. He really was not all that hungry any more.
"Hey Yama, do you like cherry's?" Sora looked at him and flashed him a cute smile.
"Uh huh."
"Ok, here, you can have mine then." Before Yama could speak, she stuffed the cheery in his mouth, somewhat getting whip cream on his upper lip. In a sudden response she took her thumb, wiped it off from his lip, and just looked deep into his eyes. A bit surprised, Yamato just gaze at her, but then a smile spread a cross his lips, and for minutes, the just gazed into each other's eyes.
That was it; Tai could not take it anymore. With a start he stood up and walked over to Hikari.
"Come on, time to go." He mumbled.
Yamato, who had realized that something seemed wrong looked up at Tai and got up. Sora jumped a bit startled from him promptly getting up from his seat. He walked over and cut Tai off before he could continue walking any further.
"Ok," He said, crossing his arms. "What's the matter? You've been acting a bit strange tonight and I want to know why?"
Tai looked at him a bit shocked form Yamato's forwardness. He was about to say something, but stopped and shook his head.
"I got to go Yamato. I enjoyed myself, but now it's time for me to go home and get some sleep." With that he stepped around him and walked out the door. His sister and Miyako shortly followed him.
Sora got up from her seat and walked over to Yamato who just stood there bewildered.
"What was that all about Yama?" She said, lightly touching his arm. He looked at her then turned to glance at the door.
"I really don't know…"
******
"GRRRRRRRAAAAAHHHHH, WHAT IS WITH THESE STUPID DRIVERS TONIGHT?!!!" Tai said honking his horn madly.
"I really don't think it's them." Hikari said, slightly gripping her seat.
"What do you mean?" he turned to look at her. "What? Are you saying that I'm some kind of "road raged" driver and that…"
"TAI!!! LOOK OUT!!!" Hikari and Miyako screamed. Tai quickly turned around and slammed on his breaks. He came very close to rear-ended another car. All of them let out a breath of relief. It took a little while, and a honk of a car behind them to get Tai to finally get a hold of his nerves and continue driving.
Everyone was silent, driving all the way to Miyako's apartment. As soon as Tai finally came to a stop in front of the building, Miyako quickly hopped out of the car and went to the drivers' side window.
"Thank you Tai for giving me a ride home?" She smiled and then looked past him to Hikari. "Are you coming Hikari?"
"Yes, just give me a moment with my brother and I'll be there in a sec."
"Ok." Miyako gave both of them a quick grin and skipped off.
Hikari looked at her brother, who was looking out the window; he was thumbing the top of the steering wheel. Tai could feel eyes of his concerned sister burning his skin, so he quickly turned to look at her.
"What?" He snapped at her.
"Tai, tell me, what happened back there, at the restaurant? Why did you leave in such a hurry?"
"I was tired." He said, lying once again.
"I know better than that, you wouldn't just up and leave like you did just because you were tired and…"
"I WAS JEALOUS OK!" He said frustrated. "I just couldn't stand watching Yama and Sora flirt like that. I was just
to…to…GGGGAAAAAAWWWWWWHHH!!!" He took his fist and slammed it down on the steering wheel then just propped his chin on top of it, letting out a great sigh.
"Tai, why are you doing this to yourself? Just tell him how you feel!" She said, calmly placing her hand on his back and rubbing it.
"It's not that easy, you know that. Maybe I should just give up and not tell him. It'll probably save me the trouble."
"Maybe, but it will be your hear that will be suffering. You won't know what Yama will think if you don't tell him!" She said, trying to convince her brother that it will be all right.
"Yea…." He said sighing again.
"How about this, why don't I invite Yama and Tk over for dinner and then Tk and I go for a walk, leaving you and Yama alone so that you two can talk! Then you can tell him how you feel!"
"You know, that doesn't sound all that bad." He said, lifting his head up.
"Just sleep on it and we'll talk more about tomorrow. Well, I got to go, Miyako's waiting for me." She leaned over, kissed the side of her brother's cheek, and gave him a pat on the shoulder. Then she turned around and opened the car door to step out. Going to open the backside door of the car, she got her stuff from the back seat, waved "good-bye" to her brother, and then made her way towards the apartment.