A:N/ Hey sooo, here's chapter one of my new story! This takes place about 6 years after season 2, so everyone is roughly 21ish. Except for T.K and Kari, 19ish. This is a Taiora by the way. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon.
Tai let out a sigh of relief as he glanced over to the clock that hung on the wall of the staff room. He ripped off the goofy apron the only went up to his waist, they had to wear them, it was useful to hold the notepad he used to write down orders and hold his tips but he hated the thing. He tossed it into his employee locker, slung his messenger style bag over his shoulder and made his way through the café he worked in and out into the busy streets of downtown Odaiba. The warm sun kissed his already tan skin as the 21 year boy waited for a break in the seemingly never ending stream of traffic. He was only trying to get 20 feet, to the Karissa Design Studio on the other side of the street, where Sora worked, he got off at the same time as her on Fridays; 1:00. There was a brief gap in the cars, he didn't waste his chance, he dashed across the road and into the building. Usually, Sora is waiting for him in the lobby, but he saw no sign of her, so he made his way into the elevator and up to the 15th floor. The building was huge, for a design studio, 16 stories high, the higher you were in the company, the higher the floor you were on, so Sora was doing pretty well. She had been working there for almost two years and had meteoric rise to the top after one of her sketches somehow wound up in the summer collection design meeting, it took the studio almost a week to track down the owner of the design. When they found out it belonged to an intern, the quickly hired her and within six months, she had her own summer and winter line. The elevator let off a soft beep as it reached his best friend's floor, he walked down the long modern decorated hall and into 'Miss. Takanouchi''s office. As he pushed open the door he saw Mimi draped in a huge piece of silky light yellow fabric.
"Hey Tai" Mimi exclaimed as the door opened, Sora's head popped out from behind her as she spoke.
"Hey" Tai smiled as he shut the door behind him, since he guessed that it was shut for a reason. Sora glanced up to the clock on her large desk.
"Sorry, we must have lost track of time" She smiled back to him
"No problem, gives me time to change out of this stupid shirt" He said as he started to unbutton the long sleeved, dark brown button up shirt
"Take it off, Tai!" Mimi playfully teased
"Sorry to disappoint" Tai said as he revealed his undershirt and threw on a light green v neck t-shirt
"That's no fun" Mimi pouted as she pushed him back
"Hey!" Sora exclaimed from behind her "Keep still or you're going to get a pin in your back" Sora was on her knees, putting pins here, loosening fabric there as she made the once heap of fabric mold to Mimi's figure.
"Sorry" Mimi apologized as she returned to her previous pose
"Don't you guys have a studio for this sort of thing?" Tai asked as he noticed how strange it was that they were doing this in her office
"Yea, but this is a secret" Sora said in a muffled voice as she stood up with three pins in her mouth. She stabbed them into the pin cushion on her desk and stood back to admire her work "Done" Mimi was now standing in a dress that came up to her knees with a fold of fabric draping down on the left side, the drape reminded Tai of a roman column.
"Thank god" Mimi said as she slipped out of the fabric. She was Sora's model for her major lines and since they had done design fittings hundreds of times before, she could easily take the fabric off just as Sora would. To Tai's surprise Mimi only had on her bra and underwear as she stepped out of the dress, Tai couldn't help but stare "Sorry to disappoint" Mimi smirked as she slipped into a pair of shorts, a long, loose grey tank top and several bracelets and a long skinny silver necklace. Sora just laughed as she helped Mimi fold the fabric and neatly hang it in the armour behind her
"Don't drool on the hardwood, Tai" Sora teased
"So where are we meeting everyone?" Mimi asked as she hauled her purse over her shoulder.
"This place just down the street actually" Sora said as she straightened out her navy blue skirt, dotted with small peach coloured flowers "Anyone know when, exactly?" She said with a light laugh
"Like now" Tai laughed back as he opened the door, they were just about to leave when Mimi's cell phone rang, she quickly pulled it out, slid her finger across the screen and held it up to her ear.
"Hello?" She asked into the phone "O hi" Her voice grew brighter as she recognized the voice on the other end "Were leaving now…..Oh your poor thing" She teased "I bet you do" Mimi sounded probably a lot more flirty then she meant to "Well im on my way…Bye Izzy" She smiled as she slid her finger across the screen again then propped her chin up on her phone as she sat in Sora's chair, she was clearly distracted. Tai and Sora exchanged a look as she mentioned Izzy's name.
"Izzy, uh?" Tai asked as he snapped Mimi out of her daze
"Yes, Izzy" Mimi replied in a playful voice "Their waiting for us" She smiled as she ignored the looks coming from Tai and Sora and made her way out the door and into the hall.
"When did she say they would be here?" Kari asked as she freed her hand from T.K's and checked the time on her phone.
"She said their on their way" Izzy replied as he started tapping on the metal table that they sat at on the outside patio of the café.
"At least she's almost on time" T.K laughed and reclaimed Kari's hand.
"Yea, that girl's got fashionably late down to an art" Matt chipped in as he took a sip of his drink
"So, Matt, how's producing going?" Kari asked
"Good" He smiled "Just landed this huge gig with a top secret client" He added tauntingly, this of course was followed by Kari and T.K begging for him to tell them who it was, but Matt kept his mouth shut. He loved holding things over people's head, especially his brother's.
"Kari, how is your schooling going?"Izzy asked, since he's had enough of listening to the couple beg, plea, bargain and even bribe Matt into telling them who it was.
"Great, next month I start my student teaching" She grinned proudly, Kari was almost at the halfway point of getting her teaching degree, she hadn't decide which grade yet, but she's been leaning towards kindergarten. She was about to ask Izzy how his internship with Professor Takanouchi was going when his face lit up
"There they are" He announced in a cheery tone as he pointed out Mimi, Sora and Tai making their way down the street and towards them. No one seemed to noticed his changed deminer except for Kari, so she thought nothing of it.
"Hey guys, sorry were late" Mimi smiled as she sat down next to Kari
"Yea, I had to mop up a coupe puddles" Sora said as she lightly elbowed Tai, obviously referring to his gawking over Mimi in her bra and underwear.
"Well maybe if Mimi was had been dressed in appropriate office wear then that wouldn't have happened" He tried to speak in a somewhat neutral tone but there was a slow spreading grin on his face.
"Hey, I was" Mimi protested
"How is a bra and underwear office appropriate?" He asked, the three burst out laughing, knowing that they will have to explain the story. Matt swallowed hard he heard Tai speak
"Wait, you were in what?" He asked Mimi, who in return explained the story and she and Sora eventually won the debate that she was dressed properly, which wasn't hard considering all but three of the people at the table were guys. The seven of them basked in the warm summer afternoon, sharing old stories and planning future events. They were all there except for Joe, who was in a small village on the coast, finishing the last couple of weeks of his own internship with his father. It would still take him another year and a half of schooling, but he was almost a doctor.
"We should do something, guys" Kari said in a concerned voice
"About what?" Tai asked he finished making yet another bet with Sora. The two had been betting on almost everything for last week, everything from who can go the longest without sleep to guessing how late Mimi will be to who's going to get off work first. This bet in particular, was to see which one of them could guess how many more glances Izzy and Mimi will exchange during lunch.
"Joe" She replied
"What do you mean?" T.K asked
"It's not fair that he has be to trapped doing medical work all summer in a distant village" They were all wearing a curious look as Izzy spoke
"What are you suggesting Kari?" A sly smile grew on her face as the thought formed in her mind
"Let's go get him" The smile was in full swing as she continued "Spend a week or two in the village he is catering to" There was a silence as everyone thought about this, they did miss his dorky comments and even his complaining.
"Il do it" Tai declared, nothing new, he is always the first to try something or do something crazy "Sora?" He asked as he extended his hand, clearly wanting to make a bet
"Me too" She said as she met Tai's eye-line and firmly shook his hand "Mimi?"
"Two weeks on the beach?" She asked excitedly "Count me in!" Eventually, everyone agreed to go, even Izzy. Which they would have thought to be a hard task, but apparently not for Mimi, all it took was a flirty please and a wink and he was even volunteering to drive. They all knew that Joe was probably having a good time with his internship but two weeks at the beach should be fun.
"Then it's settled" Kari smiled "Thursday morning, we'll all meet up at Tai's and go"
A/N: So what'd you think? As you can tell there's going to be subplots, so its not just going to be about Tai and Sora. Let me know what you think! Please review, they really help me write a better story! Next chapter should be up within the week. Thanks!