Tai and Mimi

Author's note: For all you Tai and Sora fans out there, I'm still with you 100%, I thought it would just be a change of pace to write one of these!

Part 1: The Digidestined were seated one day. It was hours until sunset, but they had found some paper and writing utensils. Kari wanted to do sketches of everyone. The older members decided that since T.K. and Kari had been acting really grown up, they would give them a 'fun' time. T.K. went to play a game with Matt and Joe, while Kari really wanted to draw.

Sora was sitting on one of the logs, waiting for her portrait. Her mind wasn't on that though, it was on Tai. He was sitting at the front of the line, with Mimi between them. She just couldn't take her eyes off of him. He had done so many things for her, that she lost count. She loved him so much, but she was afraid to tell him. Tonight though, she would tell him. They had agreed to meet each other by the marked tree after dinner. She had it all planed out, she would tell him, then he would tell her, and they would make out, she wasn't prepared to go all the way, but was ready if it came to that. There was only one thing she was worried about, did he feel the same way about her? He had to! She suddenly felt the need to make sure the tree was marked. She was so worried about her plan being wrecked that she got up without telling anyone.

"Okay," Kari said, handing Izzy his portrait.

"Ah!" Izzy said, looking at it,"What am I supposed to be?"

"Why, you're the evil computer monster out to take the beautiful princess!"

Izzy groaned. "She didn't tell us it was character profiling!" he thought as he looked at the picture. She had drawn him the same, except his laptop was part of him, and he had giant fangs and horns.

"Next," Kari said, as Tai sat where Izzy was. "Great!" she thought. She had been trying to play matchmaker with Tai and Sora for years, and now she would draw them in the same picture.

"What are you going to do to me?" Tai asked with a grin.

"You'll see," Kari said,"Sora, could you...Where'd she go?"

"I think she went to the bathroom,"Mimi said,"Why?"

"Well, I need a girl to be in the picture with Tai.."

"Ew!" Mimi said,"No way!"

Tai was hurt, but he countered that like he countered everything, but throwing an insult. "Good! I didn't want to be with you anyway!"

Kari smiled. She had a way of getting at her brother. Sora could wait, it wasn't like Tai and Mimi were going to fall in love or anything! "Mimi, I want to draw you as a Princess in the picture."

She knew that would grab her, and it did. "Really?" she flushed,"A princess! Sure!"

She sat down on the log next to Tai. "And you'll be the prince Tai."

Tai started to get embarrassed. He knew this was Kari's way of getting back at him for something.

As Kari started to draw, Tai moved his eyes slightly to Mimi. "Wow," he thought, "Her face does look pretty, when her mouth isn't complaining about everything!"

Mimi's eyes moved slightly too. She couldn't see that Tai's eyes were looking at her, and Tai couldn't see she was looking at him. "Wow," Mimi thought,"I never noticed how hunky Tai was before! When he's not acting like an idiot, that is."

Tai continued to look at Mimi. "She's...she's really hot! I never noticed it before! How could I not have seen it before now? Wait..where are all these feelings coming from? I don't like her, well, she's my friend, but that's all!"

He thought back to the time when they were fighting Myotismon. He and Greymon had gone to the Convention Center to rescue Mimi, how she was holding on to him when they were riding Greymon. He was so wrapped up in rescuing his little sister, that he didn't register what he was feeling. Now, it seemed like a dam in his mind had opened up. Mimi was grabbing around his chest, and it felt so good! He wanted the ride to go on forever, but eventually they reach the others. He was depressed when she let go of him. He remembered everything.

Mimi was trying to deny her feelings also. She always thought Tai had feelings for Sora. She remembered when Sora was taken by Datamon. Tai was so upset, he was actually crying. She had blocked the memory, but now it was emerging. She remembered how jealous she was. Jealous that Tai was upset over Sora, and not her. And then when Tai disappeared and they all split up and how she ended up at the Gekomon's Castle. Tai and Joe came one day, all of a sudden. She was so happy to see that Tai was alive, but then they called her a spoiled brat and her love was drowned in a sea of anger. She couldn't believe that she didn't remember until now.

"Okay!" Kari said, breaking them out of their trances."Its done."

She turned to paper around so they could see it. Tai was a knight in a suit of glistening armor, with Mimi in a beautiful white dress. They were staring at each other with love in their eyes, about to kiss. Kari had made it this romantic to annoy Tai, but it didn't work.

"Uh, great picture, "he said, taking a quick glance at Mimi.

"Yeah," she said, taking a quick glance at Tai.

"Sure," she said, a little confused, but didn't think any thing else of it.

Later that night during dinner, Tai had grabbed one of the unused pieces of paper and wrote a note on it. They had found a variety of foods, Matt had decided that it would be fun to have a buffet line. So, they made a some plates out of the left over pieces of paper. While everyone was getting their food, Tai placed the note on Mimi's seat.

After she sat down, she noticed she sat on it. Picking it up she read it to herself: "Mimi, meat me by the lake after dinner. Tai" Her heart started pounding. She couldn't believe it. He wanted to see her. As soon as she was done, she excused herself and walked down to the lake. She walked around for a bit. Where was he?

"Mimi."

She spun around. "Tai," she said,"You're here!"

He nodded. "Yeah, Mimi, I asked you here, because I..I need to talk to you about something."

"Really?" she asked, her long eyelashes fluttering."What?"

Meanwhile, Sora was getting worried. Tai had disappeared after dinner, so she thought he was here, but she had been waiting for a long time. Her crest started to glow. She couldn't wait.

"What?" Mimi asked again.

"Mimi, I.." Tai studdered,"I...earlier today, when Kari was sketching our picture, I...I discovered something. I..."

"Oh my..."Mimi said,"Is he going to say what I think he is?"

"I discovered I have feelings for you. I..I love you!"

"Oh Tai!" she cried, hugging him,"I love you too!"

Together the two of t hem kissed long and hard, while Sora watched from the background. Her crest dimmed, flicker, then went out light a candle.

to be continued....