Author's Note: What else can I say about the third part of a fic? Other than to refresh one's memory. Okay, Sora now knows that Tai now knows about her interest in him, and she denies it, although heaven and hell know it's true. The story is turning out to have some Mimato in it, so if you don't like, don't read. But if you like Taiora, read, cause this fic is mainly Taiora anywayz.. ^_^ That's it. Enjoy!
Stand By Me
"Sora! Sora, wake up!" Her mother called from the kitchen. "Sora, it's 10:50 and you really are missing breakfast!"
"Okay, okay." Sora got up the next morning. She rubbed her eyes, and walked out of bed. After getting ready for the day, she walked into the kitchen.
"Well, it's about time." Her mother scolded. "You should set your alarm clock on weekends."
"What's the point in getting up early when there's nothing to live for?" Sora asked. …oh god. I didn't actually say that did I?
"Sora, I've seen a definite change in you." Her mother got up. "Something is troubling you. Tell me, what is it?"
"…I-it's nothing." Sora stuttered. She began to eat her breakfast in silence, not once looking up.
***
"Oh god," Sora searched her room. "Oh god, where is it?" She was looking for her purse which she must've left somewhere, on the count of that…it wasn't in her room. "Oh god- Mom! Have you seen my purse?"
"No, I haven't." Her mother replied.
"Oh." Sora sighed. "I've lost it. Where did I leave it?" She thought. After awhile, she remembered that she left it at the café the other day when she and Tai were talking. "Oh god." She raced out of her room and to the front door. "I'll be back, Mom-"
"But Sora-"
Sora opened the door and was about to dash out when she saw her purse, on the ground by the door, left with a note attached on to it. She picked up the note and read it. "…You forgot it yesterday…Tai." She smiled, hugging her purse as if it were him. "He is so sweet."
"Who is?" Her mother asked, eager to know.
"No one. Bye." Sora raced out of the house, in an attempt to put the paper down her pocket. But her attempt missed and landed on the floor. Although she didn't realize that.
Her mother shut the door, when she spotted the note. She picked it up and read it. "…You forgot it yesterday…Tai." She smiled. "Now I know what's come over her..."
******
"Hey Sora." Sora walked down the street as one of her friends walked up to her.
"Hey Aya." Sora replied.
"I heard about your whole obsession with Tai!" Aya smiled.
"Oh yeah?" Sora asked. "Well, if you wouldn't mind, go ahead and tell everyone how Mimi happened to have slept in Matt's apartment yesterday."
"…seriously?" Aya gawked.
"Positive." Sora smiled. "Bye."
"Bye!" Aya ran off, yelling it in the streets.
"Good…" Sora smirked. "…no, no, no, no! What am I talking about?" She gasped.
"I don't know. What are you talking about?"
"Huh?" Sora gasped when Tai walked up beside her. "Hey."
"Hi." Sora replied. "Hey, uh, thanks for returning my purse yesterday."
"No problem." Tai nodded. "So…what were you talking about?"
"Nothing-…important, I mean," Sora giggled. "So…what are you doing out this early?"
"Early?" Tai asked. "Did you oversleep again? 'Cause it's 1:00."
"Oh." Sora blushed. "I still think it's early."
"So then what are you doing up so early?" Tai asked.
"I'm going to see a movie." Sora said. "And you?"
"There's nothing on TV." Tai stated. "and it's way to late to go to bed now."
Sora smiled. "I wouldn't mind paying for an extra person, you know."
"No, you really don't have to-"
"Seriously, that's okay." Sora smiled again.
"Are you sure?" Tai asked. "Because I remember in grade 4 that-"
"Tai-" Sora began. "…let's just go."
******
"Okay, bye." Sora smiled, as she walked in her apartment after seeing the movie with Tai. She shut the door and turned around. She gasped, "Oh god!" There was Mimi standing in front of her. "Hi Mimi."
"Hi Sora." Mimi snapped. "My friend has betrayed me!"
"Oh yeah, who?" Sora asked, hanging up her jacket.
"Who else?- You!" Mimi snapped. She then lowered her voice and whispered, sharply, "You told everyone I slept in Matt's apartment yesterday!"
"…not everyone." Sora sighed. "Don't worry about it. After all," She glared at Mimi. "It is only half the world who knows about my obsession with Tai! Now it's left for the rest of the world to find out!"
"Oh, how rude!" Mimi gasped, angrily. "It's not like I said it on purpose! He was tempting me! He kissed me!"
"Well, it's okay anyway." Sora sighed. "After all, I've been through worse, huh?"
Mimi sighed too, and smiled soon after. "So, what are you doing later?"
"Why?"
"Because," Mimi nodded. "We are going on a double date!"
Sora gasped, then glared at Mimi. "No, no, no, no, NO! You're joking, right? Just tell me you're joking! I don't want to go on a double date! Hell, I couldn't even ask him to go to the movies with me properly! And now you're telling me I have to go out with him!"
"Well, don't you want to?"
"Yes!" Sora agreed. "Yes, you're right! I do, but…I can't…"
"Why?" Mimi asked.
"Because," Sora smiled. "He's my best friend."
******
Tai arrived late that night, around 10 to be exact, and that's way late to just be outside "walking" all day. He carefully walked into his room, but before he could open the door, the light switched on in the living room, and Kari could be seen sitting on the sofa.
"Oh…" Tai sighed. "Hey Kari-"
"One second, Tai-"
"Where's Mom and Dad?" Tai asked.
"They're sleeping." Kari replied. "Now where were you?"
"…do you care?" Tai asked.
"I should know where my big brother is for-" Kari looked at the clock. "10 hours of the day."
"Walking." Tai replied. "Happy?"
"Walking for 10 hours?!"
"Okay, I went to see a movie, too, happy?" Tai answered. "Now can I please go to bed?"
"Not yet." Kari snapped. "You have to tell me what you did for the rest of the time."
"What?"
"Movies take approximately 2 hours, and you left at 1. That makes it 1 hour of walking, 2 hours of a movie, you should've been back around 3 or 4. What's up?"
"…Okay." Tai said. "I was walking with Sora. She has a lot to say, and so after that we went to the café, and since she had extra money, we saw another movie-"
"Total of about 4 hours, that makes it 7." Kari nodded. "I'm not as dumb as I look."
"I never said you were dumb." Tai replied. "Now can I please go to bed?"
"…fine." Kari sighed. "I'll get the rest out of you tomorrow."
"Yeah, If I remember." He slammed his door.
******
Mimi got to Matt's house that night after talking to Sora. She brought out her house keys and slid them under the front mat, then rung his door bell. No one answered, and so she just opened it. The apartment smelled like pasta and…that was mostly it. Matt must've been home by himself again, since his father was late coming home. "Hi Matt." She smiled, when she saw him practically dying over stirring pasta continuously.
"Oh, hey." Matt replied, he turned the stove down and sighed collapsing on the sofa in the living room. "Cooking really isn't all that great, you know."
"I know." Mimi sighed. "I tried it once…I think."
Matt groaned.
"Cheer up, Matt! I'm here!"
Matt collapsed on the seat beside him. "I seriously need to rest."
"Okay," Mimi got up.
"Hey, why are you here anyway?" Matt asked.
"Oh…" Mimi stuttered. "I couldn't find my house key." She smiled. "…again."
"Okay." Matt sighed. He got back up and walked to the kitchen, "…oh god. I think it's burnt."
"That's okay. It makes it taste better." Mimi giggled.
"You're just saying that." Matt snarled. "Anyhow," He turned off the stove, and dumped it into the garbage. "That was one big waste of time."
"So, let's talk about Tai and Sora." Mimi smiled.
Matt paused and turned back to her, puzzled, "You know, lately, you've been thinking about them more than yourself…it's scary."
"Oh," Mimi blushed. "Well…uh…hey, Matt. You haven't heard any bizarre rumors…have you?"
"Like what?" Matt asked.
"Anything that has to do with me."
"…no, I don't think so-"
"Good." Mimi interrupted. "And let's keep it that way!" She walked into the kitchen. "So what are you gonna cook now?"
"I don't know. Something…nothing…it's all the same." Matt shrugged, walking back into his room. He then paused then walked back over to Mimi. "Hmm…what's your wildest fantasy?" He whispered, pulling her closer to him.
"It has nothing to do with you, honest." Mimi sighed.
"…Cool, huh?" Matt asked, smiling.
"What?"
"The hand thing." Matt nodded. "Practised it a thousand times. Anyway, I'll see you later." He walked back into his room.
Mimi kept staring, puzzled, then gasped and collapsed on the sofa, "Oh my god! He asked me what my wildest fantasy was!!" She smiled, grabbing one of the pillows off the sofa.
******
"…anyway, it was sooo cool! You should've been there! …actually, you shouldn't've, cause it was a private moment, but it was one of those romantic moments too! And-"
"That's really nice, Mimi." Sora sighed. They were at the same café the next morning. "I just don't feel in a talking mood right now."
Mimi could see she was smiling, but yet sounded so depressed. She asked, "What's up?"
"What?" Sora smiled.
"I said, what's wrong with you?" Mimi asked again. "You seem so…happy-sad. Please stop it."
"I'm fine." Sora replied. "…yesterday me and Tai went to the movies, and then we went to the café…and then we went for one of those romantic strolls in the park. And I didn't come back home until 10."
"I was aware of that." Mimi said. "What did you tell him?"
"…we talked about soccer." Sora stated.
"That all?"
"We talked about soccer, and that's it." Sora answered.
"You talked about soccer for 10 hours?" Mimi asked.
"…not completely." Sora blushed. "But hey, it was completely talking. I swear it was."
"After the first 5 hours of soccer talk, what else did you talk about?" Mimi asked.
"What?"
"If I had to talk about the same subject for 10 hours, I'd die of boredom." Mimi said. "What else did you talk about?"
"…you wouldn't want to know." Sora shook her head. She got up and started walking, "Bye Mimi."
"But, wait!" Mimi called, running after her. "Wait, Sora, I told you about all the stuff that I…talked about with Matt, so why won't you tell me anything?"
"Because," Sora stated, "It's just…private that's all."
"…oh…" Mimi smirked. "I get it now. You spilled out all your feelings to him, didn't you?"
"No." Sora disagreed quickly. "I just told him that I do have a crush on him. And then he said 'Maybe I have a crush on you too.'."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know." Sora replied. "…but I think it means something."
***
Tai got up the next morning and sighed looking at the clock. "…10:50?" He walked outside his room, mumbling a very low, "Hi." And walked into the kitchen. "What's for breakfast?"
"Well, we had breakfast an hour ago, Tai, so…not very much, unfortunately." Mrs. Kamiya smiled.
"That's okay." Tai sighed, walking back in his room. "I'll just skip breakfast."
"That's not very healthy, son," Mr. Kamiya replied from the sofa.
Tai shut his door again, and fell back on his bed. Staring up at the ceiling, all he could think of was her. He didn't know why he felt this way, and never felt any feelings toward Sora before, and especially like this. He'd totally forgotten about that whole 99% stuff, because after all, it was just a laptop with no human-like feelings or features. But Sora was his best friend. He couldn't feel so strongly about her, could he?
******
Sora sighed, smiling. She walked out of her apartment, and to the elevator. She really had no idea why she was smiling. Besides the fact she was thinking about Tai. But she still had to ask him out on a date. And that's what scared her the most. She had no idea if Tai even wanted to go out with her. He was still the same friend she's always had for years. But she had a different plan in mind. She told Mimi that she would ask Tai out on a date, but they were going somewhere different. She knocked on his door, and smiled as he opened it. "Hi."
"Hi Sora." Tai replied. "So what are you doing here?"
"Well, I was meaning to ask you-" Sora stated. "Do you wanna go to the café later?"
Tai smiled. "Sure."
"Okay." Sora agreed. "I'll talk to you later, then."
"Yeah, okay. Bye." Tai said.
"Bye." Sora walked off towards the elevator.
***
"So, are you ready for the double date?" Mimi asked, later on. "It's in exactly 2 hours."
"I'm not going." Sora smiled.
"What?!" Mimi gasped. "You have to-"
"I'm going to the café with Tai." Sora replied.
"Oh…" Mimi smirked. "I see now. You just want to be alone with him, right?"
"I didn't say that." Sora said.
"You didn't have to." Mimi answered. "I know you."
"Well, since Tai happens to be my friend-"
"Your best friend."
"Yeah-"
"Your closest friend-"
"We-"
"Your not-so-called-but-wishing-to-be boyfriend-"
"Mimi!" Sora snapped. "…well, listen, I'll talk to you later, okay? Right now, I have to go."
"Really? Where are you going?" Mimi asked.
"None of your business."
******
Later on, around 8, Sora headed outside and down the street towards the café, as Tai did the same. They both met at the café and smiled. "Hey Tai."
"Hey." Tai replied.
"So, um…" Sora stuttered. Curse my lack of vocabulary! "Hey, you know what? Do you wanna go walking instead?"
"Okay." Tai nodded. "But how come you don't wanna go-"
"The café?" Sora asked. "Forget about it. Let's go."
***
It had been two hours, and Tai and Sora had been walking around the park since they left the café entrance. They both talked, mostly about soccer and things they both had in common when they were 11, and Tai seriously tried not to bring up the whole thing about the hair pin for Sora's 12th birthday. And sometimes, neither of them could even think of anything to say, but that was fine, since the other couldn't think of anything to reply.
Tai sighed, "Sora, can I ask you something?"
"…yeah." Sora replied. "What?"
"If you did have a crush on me, then why didn't you try to avoid me or anything?"
Sora nodded, slowly, "Because…you're my friend. Being nervous is a curse that can plague your mind, and I didn't want that to happen to me. Only because I believe that no matter how you're feeling inside, you can look at someone, and look deep inside their eyes…and you can tell that someday everything will be okay." She stopped walking and looked at Tai, as Tai looked at her. "…everything's going to be okay, right?"
"…yeah." Tai replied, sort of unsure what she was talking about. "Yeah, sure."
They kept walking for the next 25 minutes, unaware of when they were going to turn back.
Sora sighed, and thought. That went well…but I still feel like I'm missing something. Something very important. Is this the time I'm supposed to tell him how much I care about him? …I'm not sure…but I don't think I could ever have a better chance to… "…Tai, can I tell you something?"
"Yeah." Tai said. "Sure…"
"If I told you there was only one person in the world for me, who would you think that was?"
"…uh…I dunno. Me?"
"No, it would be anyone but you." Sora said. "Tai, you're my best friend, and I'd just be really selfish to let anything like that come between us and take away 7 years of friendship for that."
Tai looked at her.
"…I'm really, really sorry." Sora muttered. She then looked up at him and looked deep in his eyes. "…everything's gonna be okay…right?"
"…yeah." Tai smiled.
Sora hugged him. "Thank you so much."
******
YAY!!! ^_^ It's done! Yes, yes, I know. You wanted a sequel. You wanted another chapter. I am so sorry, but I don't think I can write a sequel to this. #_# It's just…I can't seem to…think of a way I can sequel this fic, sorry. And if you haven't found out by now, this fic is Taiora. But not the kind that's like 'Boyfriend\Girlfriend' stuff. It's more of a friendship story. It just proves that if you think of doing anything to break a strong bond between you and another person, it'd probably be the wrong decision.
There is an actual song called 'Stand By Me' for the 3rd Digimon Movie in Japan. It's called 'Stand By Me - The Adventures of a Summer Boy'. It actually has more to do with Willis or Wallace from the movie, but I chose it for this instead. If you want to read the lyrics and the translation for the song, go to Megchan's Page at
http://www.megchan.com/digimon . The song is really beautiful and all. Hope you enjoyed the fic! Please review…