Just for the record, and this should be obvious since this is not a Toei show, but I don't own any of the Digimon rights or any of its characters (although I certainly wish I did). The most I can take credit for is the story, but even at that, the song this shares a name with gave a lot of inspiration to the story. Although the time frame for the story isn't just a week, it's inspired by the song, and I couldn't think of a title. And no, I also don't own the rights to "One week." Anyway, onto the story.

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"One Week"

Chapter one: Tai's dilemma

It had been five years since Malomyotismon had been defeated. A lot of things had changed since then. Matt and Sora, to Tai's dismay, had grown closer and closer. By this point, Sora was living with Matt, and Tai knew Matt had been considering proposing for a few weeks. It all started on a rainy day, while Tai was outside. He was in a park, sitting on the swings, next to Izzy. Izzy himself had just gone through a rough break up, and considering how Tai felt about Sora, he felt like Izzy was a kindred spirit. The two sat, in complete silence, while rain poured down. The two were becoming steadily wetter. Every few minutes Izzy began to try to say something, and just couldn't find the words, so he stopped. After a while, Tai stood up. He turned to look at Izzy.

"Come on Izzy, let's go inside."

"No thanks Tai. I just… I think I'll go home."

Izzy stood up and walked away. Tai stood for a few minutes, before he went inside himself. He came inside, and saw an extra pair of shoes by the door. He smiled a bit, and just to satisfy his theory, he tried Kari's door. It was locked. Tai shook his head and chuckled, and went to the door and grabbed the shoes. He walked back to Kari's door, and knocked on it. After a moment or two, Kari came to the door looking flustered.

"What's up Tai?" Kari asked, looking around somewhat nervously.

"You might want to keep these in your room unless you want mom to know what you're up to."

Tai handed Kari the shoes, and she looked at them in disbelief.

"Um, thanks." She said awkwardly as she shut the door.

Tai stood by the door just long enough to completely satisfy his curiosity, as he heard Kari say, "T.K., how many times have I told you to bring these in with you so mom doesn't find out?"

Tai shook his head again, and walked into the kitchen. He saw a note from his mom. He picked it up.

Tai and Kari,

Something came up with Grandma, and your father and I had to leave. We'll try and be back by Sunday. Tai, if we're late, make sure Kari gets to school on Monday.

Love,

Mom

Tai put the note down, and opened the fridge, but not before he saw a calendar, which had the date circled.

'Friday' Tai thought. 'I've got all weekend to myself. Although I should probably keep an eye on Kari.'

Tai walked back to Kari's room, and knocked on the door. Kari answered, and asked somewhat miffed, "What this time?"

"False alarm Kari, mom and dad won't be back until Sunday at least. We've got all weekend to our selves."

"Um okay, but I'm alone you know."

"Right." Tai looked past Kari, "Oh, and I'd try a new hiding place T.K., I can see you, you know."

Kari's face turned a pinkish red color, as T.K. stepped out from behind a closet door.

"Can I talk to you for a minute T.K.?" Tai asked, and T.K. dejectedly walk out of Kari's room. He walked with Tai into the living room.

"So uh, I guess you're somewhat mad I didn't tell you I was with your sister?" T.K. asked weakly.

"No, and I think everyone knew you and Kari were a couple. I know my parents do. And Matt definitely knows, so it would follow that Sora knows."

T.K. began to blush.

"Oh, and you've got some lipstick on your face." Tai said, not helping T.K.'s color, as he wiped it off as quickly as he could.

"But no, I need to ask a favor."

"Sure, just as long as you don't tell my parents about this." T.K. said.

"Oh, I wouldn't worry about that," Tai said as T.K. sighed a breath of relief, "I think they already know."

T.K.'s blushed deepened even more.

"So, uh, what was your favor?" T.K. asked, desperately trying to change the subject.

"Well, my parents asked me to take care of Kari while they were gone," Tai said.

"Let me guess, you want me to leave just to be safe?" T.K. asked sadly, as he began to stand up.

"What? No! I completely trust you with my sister T.K." T.K. looked at Tai surprised, and he sat back down.

"Really?"

"Yeah, you're a trustworthy kid."

"Thanks Tai."

"Yeah, no problem. But I was wondering, if anything came up for me this weekend, could you take care of Kari for me?"

T.K. looked both completely shocked and ecstatic at the same time. He could barely speak.

"Uh, no, well I mean, uh, no problem, uh, that is, not that I'd…" T.K. tried to answer, but Tai just stood up.

"Thanks T.K." Tai said, as he walked off into the kitchen. "I'm sure my sister is already furious for keeping you so long. Go on back to whatever you two were doing. Just one thing T.K."

"Yeah, what is it Tai?" T.K. asked.

"I was hoping I'd have some time yet before becoming an uncle so fi you could…"

"I catch your drift. No problem."

"Thanks T.K."

Tai walked back into the kitchen as T.K. went back to Kari's bedroom, closing the door behind himself. Tai walked over to the phone and was about to call his mom just to check in, and let her know he got her note. While reaching for the phone, he noticed that he had a message. He pressed play.

"Hi, this is Sora calling for Tai. Um, Matt's gone for the weekend and he said I should have a party, so uh, I just wanted to know if you could come. Call me back."

Tai picked up the phone and called Matt's cell phone.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Matt?"

"Yeah. Who's calling?"

"It's me Tai."

"Oh, hi Tai. Did you get Sora's invitation?"

"Yeah, that's why I'm calling. Is it okay with you if I…"

"Tai." Matt interrupted him.

"Yeah Matt?"

"I've been over this. I trust you and Sora. Unless of course you want to give me a reason not to trust you?"

"Uh, no, I just, ya know, wanted to check with you."

"Thanks Tai. It means a lot to me that you'd want to check with me, but it's fine."

"Alright, thanks."

"No problem."

"So, uh, Matt, were are you going?"

"Oh, um, my dad told me about this really good jewelry store in Yokohama, and I've made up my mind. I'll probably be gone until Tuesday."

"Oh. That's…that's really great Matt!"

"Thanks. It's good to know you'll be supporting me."

"Yeah sure, no problem."

Tai hung up the phone, and went over to his couch, which he collapsed on.

'Well Tai', he began to think, 'if I don't tell here by Tuesday, I'll probably never get around to it.'

After a moment of lying on his couch depressed, Tai stood back up. 'Well', he thought, 'I guess this party is as good a time as any.'

He picked up the phone and dialed Sora's number.

"Hey, Sora?"

"Yeah?"

"It's Tai."

"Oh! Hi Tai!"

"Yeah, I just wanted you to know I can come to your party."

"Awesome!"

"Yeah, so what time should I show up?"

"Eight would be good."

Tai looked over at the microwave, which read five thirty.

"So uh, is it a formal party or…"

"No, when I say party, I mean party."

"Alright. And will there be food? Or should I eat now?"

"Well, I made some food, but considering my cooking ability, you might want to eat before coming."

"Don't underestimate yourself Sora. You're an excelent cook."

"Aww, thanks Tai."

"Sure, no problem."

"All right. See you at eight."

"Yeah, no problem."

Tai hung up the phone, and looked at the wall for a moment.

"God, Matt's gonna be pissed about this. I probably should have told him first." Tai found himself talking to himself. "Well, I'd better get ready for this party." Tai walked off into his bead room, where he would spend the next hour and a half standing in front of a mirror, trying to determine the best way to tell Sora. He was thoroughly unimpressed with all of his plans.

"Damn." He said to himself when he saw seven on the clock. "I should probably start getting ready to go. And I still don't know what to say." He looked in the mirror sadly, then smiled.

"Well, whatever, I'm Tai Kamiya! I'm sure I'll think of something!"

End of Chapter one

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Author's note

Sorry if some parts of this weren't all that great. I'm really not all that great at writing prose, I much prefer screen plays. But all in all, this is probably the best prose writing I've ever done (yeah, everything else was that bad). But I hope that this was at least enjoyable for some of you. Anyway, I'll probably be posting the next chapter soon.