I decided to kick start this story. There was a tiny error in the end of this chapter so I switched that out. Yes it's been literally years since I've done this story but I'm going to crank out chapter 10 tonight. ^^
But Now the Moment's Seem to Come
A deep sigh escaped the brunette as he stared at the pitiful face staring at him. Dark circles surrounded dark colored eyes making it obvious the owner of the eyes had not gotten enough sleep the night before. Eyes closed tightly hoping that when they opened again the face would be gone. Slowly he counted to three and eyes snapped open. And there it was his haunted looking expression. Groaning, hands ran themselves under the faucet before the water was flung onto the pathetic looking face.
"I'm such a wreck." Voice was barely audible as a pale hand ran through the tangled mess of hairs. A single heavy sigh and then he slowly made his way towards the door. What he desperately needed was a nice hot cup of coffee. He didn't have any desire to even change out of his pajamas, and just pulled a jacket over his pjs and headed out the door.
Slippers slipped against concrete sidewalk. The blank look in his face stayed the entire time, even as he did enter the corporate giant that was starbucks coffee.
"One caffé misto and cinnamon bun," he ordered not even bothering to wait for a greeting. The worker just nodded, ringing up the order as quickly as possible.
"That will be 500 yen." The worker replied, holding out a hand to obtain the money. Tai sighed, handing the cash over. Eyes watched as the money was stashed away from his life and put away in the cash register. Still all thoughts about losing money were lost the second the latte and pastry where handed to him.
Grinning, Tai silently made his way to hunt down an empty table. As he turned around the grin was wiped off his face when he found himself face to face with the guy he had been avoiding.
"Tai, fancy meeting you here." Yamato's voice was cold as he took a sip out of his own frosted beverage. Piercing blue eyes stayed focused on him. Tai inwardly shivered as he stared into those eyes before taking a quick bite out of breakfast. This earned him an 'I can't believe you just did that' glare for the pop star.
"Oh um, hey Matt," Tai said quickly taking a sip of the scalding hot coffee. Fighting the urge from screaming in pain, tongue was bitten down sharply by pearly white teeth. An amused look formed on Matt's face as he watched his best friend try to hold back the pained expression.
"Tai, burning your tongue isn't going to get you out of explaining why you didn't even have the courtesy to tell me yourself that you wouldn't come to the biggest show of my career." Despite the anger that was pulsing through his veins, Matt managed to keep a calm tone thanks to the recent therapy session he just got through with. Blue eyes never shifted as he waited for some sort of response.
Tai sighed heavily, quickly taking a bite in an attempt to cool down his scorching tongue.
"Matt, can we at least sit down?" A brief glance was spared at the crowd of onlookers who found the scene that was forming to be quite entertaining. Which wasn't saying much considering all they were doing was buying some coffee, and so they were pretty open to finding practically anything entertaining at the moment.
"Sure." Matt replied, waving a hand to usher his friend over to the nearest empty table. It didn't stop the onlookers, but it at least stopped the two from blocking people trying to pickup their coffees. Sitting down quickly, Matt took another sip of his drink as he watched his best friend sit down across from him.
"Now talk."
"Matt, I don't know what to say."
A strained laugh was barked out, as the singer stared at the guy in disbelief.
"You better think of something Tai," blue eyes never moved a muscle as fingers tapped against the table, "I mean it was the biggest concert to date!"
"So everything's just about you?" Voice was sharp as Tai glared up at the celebrity. Hand grasped his drink tightly to prevent himself from punching the blonde right on the nose. "So the only reason you're pissed is because it was a big night for you? And not everyone showed up? Oh big fucking deal." He growled, chopping down on the roll.
"Tai, I'm pissed because my best fucking friend didn't care enough." Matt replied, sucking on the straw of the blended frappuccino. "I couldn't care less about the concert."
Tai blinked, shock flooding his eyes.
"Wait, you actually care more about me then the concert?"
Matt stared in disbelief, eyes widening.
"Tai are you really that stupid?" A light smile played across his face as he stared at the messy haired boy in front of him. "You're my closest friend; I couldn't have gotten this far without your support. In fact I wouldn't even be here today if it wasn't for you."
Tai twitched uncomfortably, brown eyes shifting downward before looking back up. A sincere apology filled his eyes.
"Matt, I'm so sorry." He whispered, the cinnamon bun and coffee were both forgotten. "Last night I thought you just didn't need me."
"Tai, you're the biggest idiot in the world." Matt replied, smirking as he sipped his beverage. "Of course I need you."
And for the first time since the kiss, a smile spread across Tai's face as he sheepishly scratched his head.
"Thanks Matt," then a sudden thought hit him and the smile was replaced by a confused frown. "Wait, why are you so happy? The Matt I know would be punching some sense into me instead of trying to explain his feelings."
"Just got through we a therapy session, he gave a prescription of happy pills," Matt calmly stated continuing to enjoy his icy cool beverage, "I guess they work better then the other ones." He gave a faint shrug.
A frown made its way on Tai's face not sure as to how to react to his friend's confession. So instead he just sipped his hot drink and nibbled on his breakfast pastry. Just then a loud high pitched beep echoed in the coffee shop. Matt nearly leaped out of his seat as he wiped out his high-classed cell phone.
"Aw shit, Kuro set an alarm for the practice today. I've got five minutes to get there." Head shook in misery as the singer lifted himself out of his chair. "I'm sorry Tai, I gotta run."
Tai just nodded an understanding look on his face. The second the word Kuro had been uttered Tai knew that Matt had to go actually do something. The manager to Tai always seemed to be straight from the ashes of hell by the way he treated the band. Then again Tai had only met the guy a couple times. But that was irrelevant point.
"Don't worry Matt, I know you're manager's a demon." Tai replied, giving a light smile as he stood up to say a proper goodbye. And by proper, he meant a quick man handshake. Yamato nodded, slurping the last of his drink.
"Yup, and if I'm late I'll be tortured." There was a pause as the two guys stared at each for a moment, before saying goodbye. "I'll see you later, Tai."
"Good, because I need to get some answers from you next time." Tai replied; finally awake enough to actually figure out what had just happened. His own smirk played across his features at Matt's stunned expression as he stared at the brunette; heart pounding. Tai just crossed his arms, staring down the person before him. Finally Matt nodded.
"Ok." That simple word was enough for Tai to grin obviously pleased. It was the best agreement he was going to get from the usually cold hearted blonde.
"Good, see you then."
And with that Matt was gone, rushing out the door to get to the practice on time. Or only a couple minutes late. Tai sighed, sitting down to finish up his breakfast undisturbed. This lasted about five seconds.
"Tai?"
The familiar voice caused Tai's head to tilt up in a flash. Brown eyes stared at the figure before him.
"Sora, hey."
A current and former love.
What were the odds in running into the two? And at the same coffee shop with a few minutes?
It had to be low, right?
Damn I'm just unlucky…
