Behind Closed Doors:
Chapter 6: More Than a Feeling
I do not own digimon nor do I own any of the characters in this story
Disclaimer: So yet again the last chapter was long, and it again may have been a bit fluffy but I promise there were reasons for what seems like fluff this chapter should be shorter unless I get a brainstorm before class so as usual here is a time setting recap: This story takes place around 8 years after second season ends, so the ages are: Tai, Sora, Matt are 22. Izzy and Mimi are 21. Joe is 23. Kari, TK, Ken, and Davis are 19. Yolei is 20 and Cody is 17
So I found that as soon as I posted the last chapter I knew exactly where I wanted to go with the following chapter. I can't believe how fast I got it done, I think we are finally getting into the real body of the story. I am actually pretty excited about where this story is heading. Hope you enjoy it!
TK and Sora quietly sat at the small dinner table slowly eating the dinner that Matt had prepared for them they had returned home from the gym together without any feeling of awkwardness. That changed as soon as they entered the apartment and saw Matt working hard cooking their meal. As soon as they returned to the real world off the distant euphoric planet they had been the realization of the seriousness of their situation was very nerve-wracking. They had come to the same realization they were attracted to each other, it seemed to be more than physical attraction to Sora, at least she hoped it was. (I know that I see more than just some tight muscles and a pretty face with TK. He seems like someone I can talk to, he doesn't seem as distant as Matt does now. But how does he feel?) She peered up over her meal at TK who was looking right back at her. As much as she tried she couldn't help but smile, as soon as she did she noticed that he began to smile as well. (*So Sora you're attracted to your boyfriends younger brother, and he seems to like you as well, now what?* I don't know yet but I'm going to do something)
Matt then began to speak which snapped Sora from her thoughts "Hey TK I know I promised you we would hang out tomorrow but my friend Akito really needs me to take over his shift in the shop, you don't mind hanging around here right? Sora will probably be here you guys could spend the day together"
(Oh My God it is like fate is playing in our favor) She looked at TK to see what he would say
"That would be great Matt, I mean we have all summer to spend time together if you need to work you don't need to worry about me. So what do you say Sora want to spend the day together?"
"Of course that would be so much fun"
Matt smiled at the two of them "It's settled then, now you guys are on dish duty, I made the meal and I got to get some sleep I have to be up early tomorrow"
They watched as Matt left the room and shut his bedroom door behind him and began clearing the table. TK started the water in the faucet "So are we going to talk about what happened this afternoon?"
"What is there to talk about?"
He got very close to her "How about the fact that you have been dating my brother for eight years, and that we happen to be very much into one another"
"So you do like me?"
"I do, Sora I like you a lot"
"You called me by my name" She said quietly
She saw the quizzical look on TK's face
"It's nothing don't worry about it" She smiled softly and went back to clearing the table (I wonder how Mimi's date is going)
Mimi was happily holding hands with the young man she considered her boyfriend Izzy Izumi. After many years of being absorbed in his computer and his research Izzy had finally come out of his shell. He was still a little spacey and Mimi could tell he spent a lot of time thinking about every situation he found himself in but she didn't mind, because even though he was a bit out there he wasn't going to leave her alone. She admired how much he dressed up for their second date. She thought he looked very handsome in his red sports coat. She herself had spent quite a bit on the new black dress she had purchased at the mall earlier that day hoping to impress Izzy.
"So Mimi you look very exquisite tonight, I've never seen you wear that dress before it looks absolutely divine on you"
"Oh Izzy how sweet" She kissed him on the cheek "You know I'm having an absolutely wonderful time"
"Well we've only had dinner so far, I must be better at this dating 'thing' than I thought." Izzy chuckled to himself and reached into his jacket "In fact I think I'm doing so well that I won't even have to take you to the theater."
"Izzy you bought us theater tickets? To what?"
"There's a Beatles tribute play tonight called 'Rain', it's supposed to be very good"
"Oh Izzy you're just the best do you know that?" Mimi didn't particularly like the Beatles, she knew they were a great band but it just wasn't her thing. She was however very impressed that Izzy would spring the money for theater tickets and dinner on their second date.
The couple reached the theater and took their seats. Looking around Mimi noticed how crowded the theater was (These tickets must have been so hard to come by. How long had he been planning this night?)
She put her curiosities aside as the curtain rose and the performance began. She had to admit the music was very good and Izzy seemed to be very interested in the play. After more than a two hour long performance the curtain finally came back down and the crowd began to leave their seats, Izzy and Mimi among them.
"So Mimi what did you think?" Izzy asked as they walked arm in arm out of the building
"I really liked it, thank you Izzy, this was one of the best dates I've ever been on."
Izzy displayed a look of great pride as the couple walked back out into the street. Just when Mimi thought that nothing could spoil their perfect date she saw something that absolutely horrified her. Across the street she saw Joe freshly shaved with short hair walking hand in hand with a very short girl with purple spiked hair. She tapped Izzy on the shoulder "Izzy is that Joe over there with Davis' sister!"
Izzy strained to look across the road when he finally spotted them "Yeah I think so, it looks like Joe finally got a haircut and that looks like Jun with him. Should we go over there and say hi?"
Mimi didn't know why but she felt hurt (What do you care? He'll leave her eventually just like he left you) She felt like she had to strain a little to hold back a few tears but she finally managed to speak "No I'm sure they're having a very nice time, let's leave them alone." Mimi paused for a second "Let's just go back to your place Izzy"
Blushing Izzy slowly nodded and followed Mimi back to his car.
At the Kamiya house Tai found himself sitting on his parents couch whispering back and forth between Mr. and Mrs. Kamiya about his little sister and her boyfriend.
"Tai we just do not like that young man" Tai's Mother said "He is rude, he is disrespectful to both Kari and us."
"You don't have to tell me that kid is no good" Tai said "But what do you expect me to do? You've seen how taken Kari is with the kid"
"We know but she seems to take your word into great consideration" His father said "She admires you and if you sit her down and talk to her maybe you can help her see that this Devlin character is no good for her"
"I can try" Tai sighed "But I think I'm going to need some help"
"Did you have anyone in mind?" His father asked
"TK of course, and probably Yolei, they are her two best friends and Yolei will be quite interested to hear how Devlin has been treating Kari. I have to say mom and dad that I thought I was just being overprotective and it was clouding my image of this kid, but if you've only met him twice and are already upset by his attitude that makes me feel a lot better. By the way where are Kari and Devlin now?"
"We think they're in Kari's room but we haven't actually seen either of them since we ate this evening"
Tai got up off the couch and knocked on Kari's door "Devlin come on its Tai I'm here to take you to my apartment" There was no answer
Tai knocked again still no answer he began to turn the knob when the door suddenly flew open and a very disgruntled looking Devlin stood before Tai "I heard you the first time dude why don't you chill out a little?"
Tai looked over the boy's shoulder and glanced at his sister; she looked uncomfortable and wasn't looking in the direction of Tai or her boyfriend. Tai shoved his way past Devlin and walked to his sister's side. "Kari are you ok? You don't look too good."
Kari looked back at Tai. He could tell she wanted to tell him something but then she looked over his shoulder and quickly responded "I'm fine Tai I'm probably just really tired" Tai looked behind him and glared at Devlin who seemed to be ignoring both of them. "Alright Kari if you say so, but if you need to tell me something later go ahead and call me alright?"
She smiled back up at her brother "Thank you Tai, I'll keep that in mind"
He walked back to Devlin and very roughly pushed him out of the room (Alright punk I know you did something and I'm gonna get it out of you as best as I can)
He waved goodbye to his parents and took the teenager with him downstairs. He wanted to go back and check on Kari one more time but decided to give her space. Little did he know that she desperately wanted her brother to come back. She sat in silence for a few minutes and when it seemed for sure that Tai wouldn't return she hung her head in her hands and began to cry. She was scared and felt sick at what had just occurred behind her bedroom door and the only thing she felt she could do was cry. (I want to hate you Devlin, but you were there for me when I was alone. I guess I shouldn't be so selfish and ungrateful. Maybe I deserve to be treated this way) She picked her head up and saw her reflection in the mirror. She turned away in disgust (I can't even look at myself right now)
Tai drove as steadily as he could. He couldn't get the image of his sister out of his head and that look she had upon her face. (Something is wrong I know it, and this kid is the one responsible for it) "So my sister seems to like you."
"Well are you surprised? I mean look at me, I'm pretty hot"
Tai rolled his eyes "So what is it that you like about my sister?"
"I dunno, she's pretty quiet, she looks good, and there's some other stuff"
"Care to elaborate?"
"Not really man I'm pretty tired don't feel like talking much"
"Do you know why my sister was upset?"
"She seemed fine to me"
"How can you even say that? She looked like something was eating her up inside"
"Eh she's a girl, she lets too many little things bug her. Honestly she's probably just trying to get some attention"
Tai put on his breaks and pulled over to the side of the road (Just take it easy Tai don't go flying off the handle, he's just a stupid kid) and as calmly as he could said "Look kid I'm going to pretend you didn't say that, I know my sister and she never goes looking for attention, its just not who she is, now I'm going to let you know right now that I don't like you, but for some reason my sister does. So you're gonna treat her with respect and you are not going to make up lies about her behind her back while you're here. You owe her that do you understand?"
"Yeah sure, whatever"
Tai's blood pressure must have spiked but he did his best to keep his temper under control "It is not 'whatever' it is what is going to happen or I'll send you back to wherever you came from in less than perfect condition"
"Yo is that a threat?"
"It is and you better think really hard before you say something you might regret"
Devlin shot Tai a dirty look but seemed to think better of saying anything to the older man, and they spent the rest of the car ride without saying a word. (I'm pretty sure I scared some sense into this kid, I can't believe I almost lost my cool because of what some punk said) Tai went straight to his room and locked his door behind him and desperately tried to force himself to sleep. But no matter how much he tossed and turned he couldn't help but feel like his sister needed his help. Twice he got up out of bed and prepared himself to call his sister but thought otherwise (If she wants to talk to you Tai she'll do it herself) He finally settled down and was able to get some sleep, it was however not a pleasant sleep.
TK woke up on the couch again. He had not slept well, he kept having dreams about someone in trouble but he couldn't reach them. The person in his dream kept calling out for help and TK tried desperately to find whoever it was, but he couldn't find them, they were hidden behind a wall and it just made TK frustrated.
But the dream was beginning to fade and now that he was awake he was feeling a little bit better, he remembered that he and Sora were going to spend the day together and he couldn't be more excited. They hadn't had a lot of time to talk the night before because Sora had gone to sleep early.
TK got up off the couch and decided to see if Matt had left for work yet. He peered into Matt and Sora's room, he didn't see Matt or Sora anywhere. He was about to step inside when his brother came out from his closet "Morning little bro" Matt seemed very cheerful for someone who is typically not a morning person "You lookin for me?"
"Uh- yeah I just wanted to make sure I caught you before you went to work"
"Haha thanks bro I appreciate that. I'm sorry I can't cook for you this morning but maybe you and Sora could go out and eat." Matt pulled out his wallet and handed TK a few bills. "It's on me little bro, have a good one"
"Thanks Matt" TK decided he didn't want to be in the room when Sora exited the shower he didn't want to ruin whatever was blossoming between them by acting like a creeper.
He returned to the living room, grabbed his travel bag and pulled out the clothes he was going to wear for the day. He decided on a white t-shirt with the words 'College' across the chest in blue and pulled out a pair of blue jeans. He got dressed and waited patiently on the couch for Sora to come out of her room. When she finally poked her head out he began to get off the couch but she held her hand out to indicate he should sit back down "Sorry TK I'm still not dressed yet, I just wanted to tell you I have a surprise for you after breakfast"
(What could it be?) He wondered, he sat back down on the couch and waited a few more minutes. Sora finally came out of her room wearing a green v-neck shirt and a blue jean skirt as well as a pair of glasses. TK had never seen her in glasses before they really made her eyes stand out.
"You look really pretty today" TK said a little nervously he wasn't sure if the complement was appropriate or not but she seemed ok with it.
"Well thank you"
"So what is this surprise?"
"Nope I said not until after breakfast, now what are you in the mood for?"
TK thought for a second and shrugged "I'll eat anything, why don't you take me someplace you like to go?"
"Well I know the perfect place" She picked up her purse. "Alright then let's get going"
She took TK to a small corner café near the apartment "I absolutely love this place" She said "My mom and I started coming here together all the time when I started working in her store"
"How is your mother anyways? I haven't seen her in such a long time" TK said poking at the squishy pink entre that Sora had ordered him
"She's actually doing great, she comes by my shows all the time and sends flowers to my office. She even got to be the decorator for one of the shows we had her in Odaiba"
They continued with their small talk while they ate their breakfast and drank coffee. Finally after paying the bill with his own money, because he wanted to make the occasion feel a little more like a date he tried asking one more time "So now are you going to tell me what this surprise is?"
Sora gave him a very sly smile "OK, well my office was supposed to have a photo shoot today for a couple of new men's clothes but the model called in saying he was ill, and I may have volunteered you for the position."
"You did what? Sora I don't want to do any modeling!"
"Oh come on its not going to be so bad, it will actually be a lot of fun and you could really put me in a good position with my boss. What do you say? Do it for me?"
TK grimaced (I really don't want to tell her no) "Alright fine I'll do it"
"Oh TK thank you so much!" She wrapped her arm in his "I promise you will actually enjoy it"
"If you say so" (Somehow I don't think I will)
Less than an hour later TK found himself before at least 10 cameras wearing a blue blazer with a turtleneck underneath and a pair of matching slacks (I feel a little silly and I don't even know what to do)
He looked to Sora for help "I'm not having fun yet"
"Oh come on we haven't even started, and have you seen yourself? You look so handsome"
TK was just about to try to talk his way out when a tall bald man with a pink ascot and a very lavish outfit came strutting into the room. (This guy looks pretty feminine)
"So you are my model today are you?" (And he's got the accent to match)
"OK now I need you to turn around we're going to do these first shots from the back"
TK did as the man said
"Now then give me a cold look"
"Uh what?"
"I want you to look cold, I want you to look indifferent boy, look like you don't care."
(I don't care)
"There that look is perfect!"
TK didn't know what look he was giving but the guy liked it so he rolled with it
They began taking photo after photo, all the lights from the large cameras were starting to make TK a little dizzy. The next thing he knew they were switching him into another outfit and again the lights went flashing off in front of his eyes (I dunno how much more of this I can take) TK looked around and saw Sora in the far corner of the room laughing. He caught her eye and gave her a look that let her know she was going to pay.
"Ah my God that look is melting my heart!" The man in the ascot cried "Sora I don't know where you found this treasure but I need to have him back. He may be the best model I've ever had! Let's get a few photos with that look in the third outfit and we're done for the day."
(Finally) TK stretched his back. He was standing in the changing room once again after he had to change a third time and the man with the ascot who turned out to be Sora's boss told them they had all the film they needed.
Sora began walking back over to TK still laughing
"I can't believe I did that" He said trying to undo the top button on the button down shirt he had been forced to put on
"I know but I'm so glad you did, my boss really liked you and I think I might even be in for a raise and it's all thanks to you"
"Well I'm glad I could help" He said still struggling with the button
"Here let me help you with that" Sora reached up and began undoing the buttons on his shirt
"You really owe me you know" He said looking down at her
She took her glasses off and looked into his eyes "I think I know how I can repay you" She pulled his collar close and he leaned in towards her. She closed her eyes and felt his lips press up against hers.
TK put one arm around her hip and trying to keep his eyes closed used the other to shut the dressing room door. As the two of them kissed deeply Sora continued to remove the buttons on TK's shirt. Nothing in the world mattered to them at that moment.
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"Matt I want to thank you for coming to me with this first" Haruhiko Takenouchi said as he finished eating the large meal he had just been treated to. "I was concerned for a long time that you weren't serious about your relationship with Sora or with your own future, and that really upset me. I've always liked you Matt and I'm glad you're finally taking the steps necessary for you and Sora to begin a real life together. So you're sure this management position is yours?"
"Yes sir I was given the news the other day from a man who works at our corporate office after coming in to do inventory. As soon as I got the news I went out and I got this" Matt reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a box and pushed it towards Sora's father. Haruhiko opened it to find a diamond ring inside the box. Matt felt a wave of relief spread over him as the older man looked at the ring and smiled.
"Well if that is the case then Matt you have my blessing to ask my daughter to marry you, nothing would make me happier then to have you as my son-in-law. Now what do you say to having just a couple of celebratory drinks huh? These are on me."
Please tell me what you think! Hopefully the next chapter will be coming soon. Just a heads up the next chapter will have very little about Sora or TK and will focus more on Mimi, Kari, Tai and even Davis!