Okay, here is chapter 2 of Changes. I know I kind of left chapter one without a cliffhanger, but all (or at least most) will be explained in this chapter! Oh, and Matt isn't acting exactly like Davis, his attitude has just changed. I added that at the last minute!
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Okay, on with the story…
Tai looked at Koji. "Well he was gone for the entire summer…in Tokyo nonetheless," Tai said confidently.
"But…" Koji started. Tai cut him off.
"Listen, I'm sure that once classes start, he'll be the same Matt that he was when I last saw him." Tai smiled and walked inside wanting to find his boyfriend and tell him what was going on at his house and to simply be with him.
"…I don't think I have ever seen anything like it!" Davis exclaimed as he examined Matt's new clothes.
"There he is!" Tai walked over to Matt, who turned around. Tai's grin fell. Matt looked…different. His hair was still the same gel-slicked blonde, but his clothes were…not like what he would wear.
"Hello, Tai," Matt said as he kissed him on the cheek. "Have a nice summer?"
"Uh, yeah," he said, not sure of what to think of Matt's 'new look.' "How was yours?"
"Great! I never knew that Tokyo could be as much fun as it was!" He smirked.
"So, I was wondering if I could talk to you?" Tai asked hopefully.
"About what," Matt said as he pulled out a small round mirror from his locker. Tai just stood there. This was NOT the Matt that he knew. He looked from the mirror to Tai. "Well? I thought you had to tell me something," he said, growing impatient.
"It-it can wait," Tai said as the warning bell rang.
Matt shrugged. "Okay." And with that, he walked into Ms. Ichi's classroom and sat down next to Izzy.
The rest of the day was a typical school day. During lunch, Tai pulled Matt aside. "Is everything all right?" He asked, wanting to know why he had suddenly changed.
"I'm fine, Tai. But I do need to talk to you." Just as he said that, his cell phone rang. "Hello? … Hi, Kimo! … No, I'm at school right now; well lunch anyway … Uh huh, yeah, that sounds great. I'll see you then!" He hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket.
Tai looked dumbfounded. What was going on! "Uh, who was that?" he asked.
"He is who I need to talk to you about," he said as he sat down at a table, motioning for Tai to sit down with him. "While I was in Tokyo, I sort of…met someone. He was on vacation with his family and lives just outside of Odaiba." He looked up at Tai, who was finding this rather hard to believe. He continued, "Anyway, we got to know each other pretty well and hung out a lot…" He took a deep breath, waiting for Tai to reply.
Tai, still trying to take all of this in, finally looked at him; mainly at his new clothes and look. "Di-did he buy that for you?" he asked, motioning to the rather expensive looking clothes he had on.
"Yeah, he did." He smiled, ignoring the look on Tai's face.
He took a deep breath. "So what you're trying to say is that you want to break up, is that it?" he asked, his voice rising.
"I'm sorry, Tai, I didn't mean for it to happen like this…"
He stood up. "Fine. I hope you have a great time with your new 'friend,'" he said, his voice loud enough for his friends to hear.
Matt stood up as well. "I was hoping that we could still be friends…"
Tai turned to him. "Friends! Matt, you didn't return any of my phone calls or emails, you didn't write, and when I finally see you, you're…you're completely changed! How can you expect me to be 'friends' with you when you basically cheated on me all summer!" Tai's voice cracked. He had to get out of there. He shook his head and quickly walked out of the cafeteria.
Matt sighed and sat back down. "Nice going," Koji said in a cool voice.
"What are you talking about?" Matt asked, not looking up.
"Never mind," Koji said, walking back to the table he was sitting at with Joe, Davis, Izzy and Ken.
Tai was still in disbelief. He walked to his locker and retrieved his bag, glad that the day was over. He slammed his locker shut, not seeing Davis standing right next the locker.
He looked up. "What are you doing here?" he asked as he closed his book bag and started down the hallway.
"I-I just wanted to see if you were all right?" he asked. Ever since the soccer championships, Davis and Joe had become better friends with everyone else (being a bit anti-social in the first place)…for the most part. Davis still liked Tai, even though he was with Matt, but now it was different. He did feel sorry for what had happened, but also thought of this as an opportunity.
"I'm fine," Tai said, continuing to walk away.
Davis sped up to keep up with Tai. He managed to get ahold of his arm. "Hey, if you ever need to talk…you have my number." He gave a sympathetic smile.
"Thanks," he said quietly. "I've got practice, so I'll see you later." He smiled weakly at him as he walked towards the feild.
"You're late," Coach Kamiya said as Tai walked onto the feild.
"Sorry, I was…" but he was interrupted.
"No excuses. Now go get in the game," his father said coldly.
Tai did as he was told. Practice did not go well for him. He had Matt on his mind and therefore his head wasn't in the game. Every kick he took, he missed. Whenever the ball was passed to him, it rolled away before Tai could catch it. He knew he was going to get a long talk from his father on the ride home.
"Let's go, Tai," his father said as he waited for his son to finish getting dressed.
They walked to the car silently. Tai knew that when they got into the car, the 'talk' would begin.
Kenichi sighed as they climbed into the car. He turned to Tai. "Where were you today? Why were you not 100 focused on your game?" he said, his voice rising with every word.
"I had…things on my mind," Tai said, looking at the glove compartment.
"You know, I have tried to put up with you going out with that Ishida boy, but this is the last straw. I don't want you to see him again, is that clear!" he yelled.
"Don't worry, he broke up with me," Tai said, still looking at the glove compartment.
Kenichi seemed to have a satisfied grin on his face. "Good. Now you can stay away from boys and…"
"Who said I was going to stop my sexuality…or going out with boys," Tai said, lifting his head so that his eyes met his father's. "Just because I broke up with Matt doesn't mean I don't want to stop liking who I want!" Tai was now yelling.
"Don't you raise your voice at me, young man! I will not put up with that."
"You can't stop me from liking who I want, dad," Tai said, his voice still loud.
And with that, Kenichi slapped his son across the face. "I told you not to raise your voice at me." Kenichi started the car and drove home, not saying another word to his son.
When they arrived home, Tai ran upstairs to his room and sat down on his bed. He put his hand on his face where his father had slapped him. He had never raised a hand to him before. What was happening to him? First Matt broke up with him, now his father was madder than ever. Could anything else possibly go wrong?
"What is this!" Kenichi exclaimed, causing Tai to jump nearly a mile in the air.
"What's what?" he asked.
"This!" Kenichi waved a piece of paper in front of Tai's face. "You want to quit the team!"
"I was considering it," Tai said quietly, knowing he had jinxed himself.
Okay, well that is chapter 2! I hope you liked it. What do you think will happen next? Will Tai really quit the team? And will Davis 'come to the rescue?' Please review! I love reading your comments.