Alrighty, this is Matt's chapter. I don't write Matt often because I find it hard to get into his head, but here's my best attempt.
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Sometimes, Matt Ishida didn't quite know who he was. And the thing in front of him was proving him right.
It was a photo album, started right after the original 8 had returned from the digital world the first time, most pictures taken by Kari. As he scanned the pictures with himself in them, he found that there was not one where he was doing the same thing twice. And what he was doing depended on who he was with.
Most pictures with Tai showed them trying to kill each other, or in some sort of competition. A race or a game of some kind.
If it was with Izzy, the genesis mouth would be blurred from talking, and he would be sitting across from him, listening with a cool expression on his face.
With Sora, they were usually sitting down and just talking, or he was running a song by her.
Mimi would be stealing his coat or dragging him shopping or yelling at him good naturedly.
With TK he would really be smiling, mussing the younger boys hair or stealing his hat. And there weren't really any pictures of him and Kari.
Pictures with any of the younger digidestined were mostly him in the background, rolling his eyes or laughing. Except for one hilarious snapshot showing him with both Davis and TK in a headlock.
And, surprisingly, the ones with Joe they wasn't doing anything at all.
It seemed, to Matt, that he was defined by who was with him. That he changed with the people around him.
People like Tai thrived on rivalry. So he became his rival.
Izzy needed someone to quietly listen while he got all his thoughts out. He had listened.
Sora just needed someone. He was someone.
Mimi needed someone to rant to. He let her.
TK needed a brother. He could do that.
The younger generation needed someone to look up to. He was the one of the ones they did.
And Joe needed someone to let him be Joe. He had helped him.
Matt felt as if he had split personalities or something.
Or maybe...
Matt smiled.
That was just what having friendship was. Being there.
Yeah, that was it.
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So, what did ya think? I'm doing Sora next.
Review? Please?