Title: Reminisce

Characters: Mimi Tachikawa and Yamato "Matt" Ishida

Rated: M (just in case)

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters; just the story.

- Chapter One -

If there was ever a chance for her to turn back time, she would. But she couldn't.

It had been only a week since he moved away but every second that passed on by, she couldn't help but to keep recalling the minute he walked out her door.

Just like every other night, she sat there on her bed, alone in her dark room with only the moonlight as her source of light. Her parents kept pestering her to leave her room instead of staying there permanently but she refused to. She refused talk to anybody else but him. Why was she so stubborn?

Ishida Yamato, was perfection in her eyes. They first met when she was five and he was six. They were neighbours living right next to each other. They'd play together as kids, along with Yamato's younger brother, Takeru, who was only three years old back then. They were happy. They didn't give a care in the world. There were no problems for them to deal with, no heartbreaks; nothing. All they know were studying and living life happily.

As they grew older, things started to change but one thing that never changed was their friendship. Their friendship was always so full of life despite the obstacles they faced together but Yamato and Mimi drifted apart for a short period of time when the boy started becoming close with his high school classmate, Sora Takenouchi. Unfortunately for Mimi, she was from a different class due to different grades.

Quietly, she sobbed uncontrollably. Her lips quivered and she hugged herself from the cold air of the air-conditioner. She didn't care if she gets sick. All she wanted was for him to come back to her.

A while later, there was a knock on her bedroom door.

"Darling?" Tachikawa Satoe called out from the other side of the door.

"Go away, Mom," Mimi responded, her voice trembling as she spoke.

"Mimi, darling, you cannot be doing this to yourself."

"Just leave me alone, Mom!"

Satoe sighed, "Alright then, sweetheart. Just come out whenever you feel like it, okay? Please keep in mind that I'm your mother and I'll worry. I'll be in the living room if you need me." With that, she left.

Mimi continued weeping as more and more tears welled up in the corner of her eyes. The feeling of tears forming stings; just like the heartache. The aching in the heart was unbearable and she was struggling for oxygen. She took her phone, which was next to her, and stared at a recent picture of her and Yamato together at her birthday party.

It was her 18th birthday the month before and he was there with her every single time - from the planning, the decorating, the preparation - everything. Mimi was grateful Yamato was there from the start of the party until the end.

The crowd was cheering then, after they sang Mimi a birthday song.

"So, Meems," Yamato said over the noise of the optimism. Then the crowd quieted down. "Close your eyes and make a wish."

Mimi grinned excitedly and did as she was told.

With their friends and relatives, they cheered when Mimi blew the candles. They clapped, and continued cheering. As a simple birthday present, Yamato kissed Mimi's cheek in front of everybody. Their behaviour was so much like a couple and even their friends and families kept misunderstanding that they were; but they weren't.

After Mimi opened her presents, Yamato and Mimi went to have some alone time outside the chalet they rented to celebrate Mimi's birthday. They sat at a bench, cross-legged, facing each other.

The boy took her hands in his.

"Meems, do you have any idea how proud I am of you?"

"Well, not really." Mimi giggled.

Yamato chuckled. "Actually, I am. I am grateful for our friendship and I love you with every fibre in my body."

"I feel the same way about you too, Mato."

"Now, I have a request to make. You can turn it down if you want. I have no problem with that but... I have been thinking about this for many weeks now. My band and I, we're... Leaving Japan."

"Huh...?" Mimi's voice was tiny. She froze.

"We're leaving in a month's time."

"No. No! You can't do this! You can't leave me!" Mimi started screaming. She could feel the walls of her world crumbling down.

"Meems, listen!"

The brunette stopped.

"I want you to come with me."

"But... I can't. I still have school."

"We can figure something out. We'll talk to your mother first, okay?"

Mimi buried her face in her hands and started tearing up inside. One by one, tears started rolling down her face, smudging her mascara.

"Mimi, I'm not leaving you completely. I don't have the heart to leave you. Trust me. I'm not going to leave you just like that."

"Then don't," Mimi told Yamato through clenched teeth.

She wouldn't stop recalling the day when Yamato spilled the news on him leaving Japan. It was so sudden for her and it saddened her that he decided to leave so soon. Why couldn't he wait a little longer? Why couldn't he wait at least until she graduated? After all, she was only left with a month more and then she was free.

And there, she sat, still sobbing.

- End of Chapter One -