Budding Blossoms Series: Finally Free - part 1
Four heads bobbed back and forth like participants in a tennis game.
"This is getting old," TK whispered to Sora. She nodded in agreement as she stared in a morbid fascination at the pair standing in front of her. Matt and Tai were fighting. Again.
It was the third time that night the two had butted heads, and over the stupidest things. The six of them were trying to make plans for Sora's birthday party. She would be 19 in a week. Any little detail that came up seemed cause for an argument.
"Maybe we should break them up?" Mimi suggested as she hugged her arms to herself. Matt and Tai looked about ready to start throwing punches. It had never come to that before, but every time they got together their arguments got worse and worse.
'I don't know. It doesn't look safe to get between them," Joe said leaning forward, his hands on his knees. Kari watched them for about another minute before getting angry.
"Enough is enough!" she yelled at them. Matt and Tai barely glanced at her before locking glares again, but they quit shouting at each other. "What is wrong with you two?"
"He started it," Tai and Matt said in unison and then scowled at each other.
"I'm not talking about this right now. You've been acting like this for a long time. Whatever it is that's bothering, you figure it out and knock it off. We aren't getting a thing done because of you two, so we'll figure out the party plans without you. If you two don't shape up and quit fighting for at least during Sora's party then don't bother coming."
Done with her rant, Kari stormed out of the room leaving Matt and Tai staring after her. TK quickly ran after her, and Mimi and Joe left with apologetic glances. Joe paused in the doorway, on the verge of saying something, but he shook his head and left.
"Now look what you've gone and done," Tai snapped at Matt.
Matt waved his hand at Tai and he all but threw himself into one of the chairs, his legs lying over one arm.
"It was as much your fault as mine," he said flippantly, knowing his causality towards the subject would irk Tai. It did.
Tai wanted to throttle Matt, but restrained himself. He couldn't believe the conflicting emotions bouncing around in him. One minute he hated Matt for the way he treated everything in such an off hand manner, himself included, and the next all he could think of was how beautiful Matt was.
"What's wrong with you?" Tai asked. He didn't say it to be mean. There was something up with Matt. Something that had been lurking behind his usually clear blue eyes turning them murky. It had been there for months now.
"Nothing," Matt snapped, knowing exactly what Tai was referring to.
"I know you're lying," Tai said staring at Matt who seemed was staring at the wall angrily. Matt was silent for a second, shaking with something Tai could only guess was rage.
"Oh, you know I'm lying," he yelled jumping out of the chair and glaring at Tai with burning eyes, "You just know me so well, don't you? You don't know a damn thing about me, so why don't you just go off with your precious little Sora and leave me alone."
With that Matt ran out of the apartment leaving Tai to stare after him with his jaw hanging open.
Four heads bobbed back and forth like participants in a tennis game.
"This is getting old," TK whispered to Sora. She nodded in agreement as she stared in a morbid fascination at the pair standing in front of her. Matt and Tai were fighting. Again.
It was the third time that night the two had butted heads, and over the stupidest things. The six of them were trying to make plans for Sora's birthday party. She would be 19 in a week. Any little detail that came up seemed cause for an argument.
"Maybe we should break them up?" Mimi suggested as she hugged her arms to herself. Matt and Tai looked about ready to start throwing punches. It had never come to that before, but every time they got together their arguments got worse and worse.
'I don't know. It doesn't look safe to get between them," Joe said leaning forward, his hands on his knees. Kari watched them for about another minute before getting angry.
"Enough is enough!" she yelled at them. Matt and Tai barely glanced at her before locking glares again, but they quit shouting at each other. "What is wrong with you two?"
"He started it," Tai and Matt said in unison and then scowled at each other.
"I'm not talking about this right now. You've been acting like this for a long time. Whatever it is that's bothering, you figure it out and knock it off. We aren't getting a thing done because of you two, so we'll figure out the party plans without you. If you two don't shape up and quit fighting for at least during Sora's party then don't bother coming."
Done with her rant, Kari stormed out of the room leaving Matt and Tai staring after her. TK quickly ran after her, and Mimi and Joe left with apologetic glances. Joe paused in the doorway, on the verge of saying something, but he shook his head and left.
"Now look what you've gone and done," Tai snapped at Matt.
Matt waved his hand at Tai and he all but threw himself into one of the chairs, his legs lying over one arm.
"It was as much your fault as mine," he said flippantly, knowing his causality towards the subject would irk Tai. It did.
Tai wanted to throttle Matt, but restrained himself. He couldn't believe the conflicting emotions bouncing around in him. One minute he hated Matt for the way he treated everything in such an off hand manner, himself included, and the next all he could think of was how beautiful Matt was.
"What's wrong with you?" Tai asked. He didn't say it to be mean. There was something up with Matt. Something that had been lurking behind his usually clear blue eyes turning them murky. It had been there for months now.
"Nothing," Matt snapped, knowing exactly what Tai was referring to.
"I know you're lying," Tai said staring at Matt who seemed was staring at the wall angrily. Matt was silent for a second, shaking with something Tai could only guess was rage.
"Oh, you know I'm lying," he yelled jumping out of the chair and glaring at Tai with burning eyes, "You just know me so well, don't you? You don't know a damn thing about me, so why don't you just go off with your precious little Sora and leave me alone."
With that Matt ran out of the apartment leaving Tai to stare after him with his jaw hanging open.