I do not own Digimon. Nor do I own the characters, however any characters I choose to make on my own are mine to keep. !

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To my true love,

Words cannot convey what roams in my heart. Every time my eyes are privileged with your everlasting beauty and your sweet ways, I can only sigh. I only wish I could tell you face to face, instead of remaining a coward and hiding behind the walls of our well nourished friendship.

I find myself so obviously and immensely attracted to you. Do you realize how much I love you? Do you realize that I would lay my life on the line for you? I love you, so please will you meet me at the Odiaba Memorial Park fountain? I assure you that I mean you no harm, only hope.

Sincerely,

Your admirer

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"Tai! Tai! Come do the dishes it's your night!" Jerking away from the computer Tai frowned and muttered beneath his breath, "Yeah, yeah, I'm coming hold your horses."

"Taichi Yagami," Tai leaned back into the comfort of his desk chair and swiveled around to face his mother who was standing in the doorway her hands on her hips. "Yes mom?" Tai smiled, hoping his mother was concentrating on his face and not the computer screen.

"Tai, Kari just called you into the kitchen because it is your night to do the dishes. I expect you to pull some weight in this house! Now come on," she snapped.

Tai's smile tightened, he hated to be reminded of how often he needed to "pull his weight" while at home. Wasn't it enough already that he helped his mother with the household errands? Whilst Kari spent the majority of her time with the digidestined in the Digital World or hanging out at the middle school or fiddling with her digital pictures of the digital world.

Sometimes Tai could swear that life just wasn't fair. "I'm coming just let me do something really quick, okay?" Tai replied trying to keep the annoyance out of his voice.

"Quickly," Tai listened to his mother snap as she left the room. Sighing, Tai knew that she was under a bit of pressure, ever since his dad got promoted he spent more of his time at work or on business trips and when he was home he was spending his time on work or with Kari. Sometimes, Tai felt as if he should be jealous, but he knew that being envious would only bring more problems to the already tense household.

Turning back around, Tai clicked the send button to Sora's email address. With a confident smile, he turned back around, stood up and headed to the kitchen to clean the dishes.

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"Darn it," Tai swore as he returned to his computer and stared at the copy he'd saved of the email he'd sent to Sora over an hour ago. He had forgotten to write his name at the bottom. Now, how would Sora know that it came from him?

"I knew I should have used my other email address, the one she'd recognize." Slapping himself on the forehead, Tai laughed softly at himself. Here he was, a lonely sophomore trying to catch the eye of one of his best friends, who, by the way, already sort of had a boyfriend, Yamato "Matt" Ishida. Matt was also another one of Tai's good friends.

"If I keep making major mistakes like this, I'll have no friends left," Tai whispered to himself sarcastically. Suddenly feeling a wave of despair coming over himself, Tai closed his eyes and mentally counted to ten. Three days ago, the digital world and the real world had been saved by the all the digidestined worldwide.

Tai couldn't understand why he felt this way. School was starting up again after New Years and then he would have to face them again. If only he could change Sora's mind and get her to love him instead. Tai knew it was a selfish idea, but it was better to think of that than to think of suicide.

"Why is it," Tai muttered, his head tilted to the side, resting on the high back of his cushioned desk chair, "that whenever I think of them together my heart breaks? Why does everyone get rewarded with happiness and I get only loneliness?"

"Why must I hate myself?" Tai felt himself smile grimly at the thought of Matt and Sora getting married and having cute kids together. Torturous fantasies containing such misery filled Tai's dreams every night since defeating Malomyotismon.

And every night since then, thoughts of suicide filled his heart and mind.

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Sora smiled as she glanced into the mirror for what seemed to be the hundredth time. "Sweetheart," Sora turned her head, "you look fantastic. Matt has got to be the world's craziest boy not to see that."

Running her fingers through her hair once more, Sora thanked her father and stood to hug him. Tonight was going to be the first time Matt came over for dinner with her parents. It was their very first date. Sora knew it was a big step, but she and Matt had decided early on that it was best to be up front about their relationship with their parents.

Sora politely shooed her father out of the room so that they could both wait in the living room for Matt and his dad to arrive. On her way out, after spinning for the last time in front of her full length mirror, Sora noticed that she had an email, "I'll answer it later," Sora smirked and left the room. Probably Mimi wondering how everything's going and if I'm wearing the right outfit.

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Matt inhaled deeply and exhaled, "Take it easy Matt, she's not going anywhere." Matt looked up to meet his father's eyes and nodded. Looking to the left Matt glanced at his mother still slightly surprised about her desire to come.

When Matt had asked her, he was almost sure that he would be turned down. Instead of completely alienating her son, Nancy, for some reason decided to come along. Matt was elated at the interest she was showing in him and he wanted to make her proud. He wanted to show her that he too could make good choices. Matt sure hoped that Sora and her folks wouldn't mind setting an extra place for her.

Matt also wondered if TK was having any luck with Kari, he hadn't exactly been invited to dinner with him, so Nancy had suggested he hang out with some of his friends. Matt was sure that TK was with Kari and perhaps Tai as well. I hope he's okay, a stray thought drifted through Matt's mind. It was strange, but Matt felt as if the thought itself was separated by how deeply his love for Sora was and his concern for his best friends as well. He didn't need this to end the first close relationship he'd had since his parents divorced. He needed Tai's support and a part of him knew that he would have to wait for Tai's feelings for Sora to subside before they could take their relationship any further. The idea of a progressing relationship with Sora awed Matt and yet the idea of a progressing friendship with Tai seemed to dim before his eyes. Could it be that he could go no further with his old friend?

"Hey, Kido," Malcolm voiced breaking Matt's train of thought, "are you going to knock or are we just going to stand out here all night?" Matt's dad asked playfully. Smiling Matt nodded and lifted his hand to knock. Before he could, the door opened and Matt felt his stomach fill with butterflies. Even though he had been over once before he was still in owe of he and Sora's relationship.

"Go get 'er tiger," Matt heard his father whisper as they entered and he caught sight of the most beautiful young woman he had ever laid eyes on. I sure hope Gabumon is enjoying himself with TK, Patamon, Gatomon and Kari.

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