That you to all my lovely reviews and readers. You people are the best! Okay, well here is chapter 10. Not so much drama here. But there is loads more to come. =D

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Chapter 10
Hate

"We should really wake her up," Matt commented while sitting in the chair next to Tai's hospital bed.

"No, let her sleep. She's been with him nonstop since she got home. That's almost twenty four hours," Sora said softly. "It's your call Tai."

Tai looked down. Mimi was cuddled up against him, her breathing was even, and her thoughts were lost in her dreams. She seemed so peaceful but there was going to be hell to pay if he didn't wake her up and let her know he had finally woken up.

"Hey Tai," Joe said in a hushed voice, trying not to disturb the sleeping girl.

"What's up man?"

"Remember when she was the Princess in the Gekomon's castle?" Joe asked with a devilish smirk.

"Yes." Tai said slowly then his eyes got big, "Oh, now that would be comedy."

"Do it!" Joe egged on.

"What are you two talking about?" Jun asked confused.

"Forget it, don't try to understand." Izzy said laughing. "They are both retarded."

"Clinically proven." Matt chuckled.

"It's a camp thing," Sora added. Jun nodded.

They hadn't told Jun about their adventures – or rather, misadventures – in the Digital World. It wasn't that they didn't trust her; it was just that they liked her too much for her to think they were crazy. Had they been anyone else and someone approached them saying he'd been to another dimension let alone world, they would have said he was psychotic.

Tai inhaled loudly but winced from the pain. "Hey man, take it easy," Matt advised losing his joking manner for a second. It quickly returned with, "And if you are going to attempt to sing, I suggest everyone cover their ears!"

Tai scowled at his best friend but then nodded in defeat. "Cover up people. Here goes nothing." He gingerly adjusted Mimi in his arms. "I wanna sing a song! A song to bring Mimi around!
When she hears my voice, I hope she likes the sound! She has to listen. Listen to my courageous heart! I've learned my friends are friends even when they're apart! If it's my choice, her eyes will open wide." Tai inhaled for the next portion of the song but his mouth was covered by Mimi's hand.

"Please… stop." She sat up groggily and looked at her friends, then slowly turned to see whose mouth her hand was covering. "Tai!" She screamed and wrapped her hands around him. "Ohmigod! I thought I lost you. I thought…" Her breathing was labored as she began to hyperventilate.

"Mimi, calm down." Tai soothed.

"Don't tell me to calm down." She snapped, quickly getting off the bed. "What the hell is wrong with you? You crashed! You fucking crashed. You could have died! What then, Tai? Huh? What would we have done without you? What would I have done without you?" By then she was hysterical.

"Meems." Joe cautioned.

Sora dutifully pulled Mimi into a hug and hushed her. Still Mimi continued to glare and yell. "Damn it, Tai, do you ever think about anyone other than yourself? You are fucking idiot! You asshole. You almost died. Shit, you did die! You are so damn inconsiderate!"

"Mimi," Izzy said warningly, standing up from his seat. He took her from Sora, hugged her tighter, and tried to tuck her into his shoulder.

Tai stared at Mimi confused. He looked at Matt for assistance, but Matt was just as lost.

"Courageous, my ass! You are a coward!"

"Mi!" Matt hissed.

"No! He is! He is! You would give up so easily. Four damn days, Taichi! Four days. You fucking coward!" Mimi's face was flushed with anger and rage and she was jabbing an accusing finger at Tai.

"Mimi, come on," Jun said sadly.

"No! What then, Tai? Were you going to leave? Did you even once think about any of us? Your parents? Your friends? Your sister? ME!? Did you think about me?!" She screamed, tears finally bursting forth. "I hate you!" she spat.

"That's enough!" Sora said, taking up a stance right in front of Mimi. "You need to calm down."

"You need to realize that you are not my mother. My mother doesn't give a shit about me. And apparently she isn't the only." Mimi's words were directed right at Tai.

Matt grabbed her upper arms and insisted. "Come on Mimi. I'm taking you home to change. We'll get some coffee and talk."

Defeated, she only nodded and walked out of the room with Matt's support, not even looking at Tai.

"She didn't mean it Tai," Sora said resting a comforting hand on his shoulder.

Tai just looked away, staring out the window. He was used to people hating him. His own father told him he hated him. "Just go. I want to be alone."

The whole ride to her house Mimi was absolutely silent. Matt nervously threw glances her way, there was that time in his life when she was everything he ever wanted. Two years made such a big difference and now she was like his sister. They got to her apartment and mechanically walked to her room. She sat down on the bed quietly.

Matt walked to her closet and pulled out some jeans and a white t-shirt. He moved over to her lingerie drawer. "I have to be the envy of every man who has ever walked the Earth," Matt joked as he pulled out a matching bra and panties. He handed them to her but she didn't move. "Mimi, you need to take a shower and get dressed. Come on." Her guided her to the bathroom and closed the door.

Sighing from the events of the morning Matt sat on the floor by the bathroom door. He heard the shower start and closed his eyes. He was lost in his thoughts when he heard her start singing. Such a Mimi-ish thing to do: instead of voicing her sadness, she sang about it.

Forty-five minutes later, she walked out of the bathroom fully dressed and made up.

They sat in two comfortable lounge chairs at Starbucks. Matt had his grande mocha latte in front of him and Mimi was holding her venti white mocha cappuccino in her hands. "I'm ready to talk." Matt nodded at her in encouragement. "I can't believe I did that. What the hell is wrong with me? I don't hate him."

"You were upset and you didn't mean it. Tai knows that. He'll forgive you."

Mimi shook her head making the cinnamon curls around her face sway. "I told him I hate him. I don't. I wouldn't forgive someone for saying they hate me. I don't hate people, that's not who I am. I'm very angry at two people, but Tai isn't one of them. I took my anger at Satoe and Kari and turned it on him." Her voice was small and defeated. "I love him."

It was something Matt had waited for her to admit for a very long time. He thought it might bug him because she had told him she loved him when they were fifteen and stupid. Had it been any other guy, he might have not liked the thought so much. It made him smile to think of his best two best friends being together. "That's good. I'm happy for you, Meems."

"Thanks," Mimi replied and stared out the window. Across the parking lot, she saw a very familiar car, with an even more familiar driver and passenger. "Is that Kari and Jun's little brother?"

"What are we doing here?" Kari asked unsure of the reason she was even sitting in the car alone with Davis.

He sighed and turned off the ignition. They sat quietly in his white Toyota Camry. "We are meeting up with TK."

"He doesn't want to talk to me. Nobody does. And I don't blame them. I hate myself more than they do," Kari said sadly, looking down at her hands that were neatly folded in her lap.

Davis looked at her with pity. People made mistakes; he was sure she didn't know what would happen. She had even admitted to him that she didn't know she'd cut the brakes. It wasn't till after the crash that she realized she cut the wrong thing. She had meant to just cut the gas line. Tai wouldn't have the funds to get it fixed and he'd have to ask his parents for the money. That was her plan. Sadly, it didn't play out that way.

TK took the blame too. Not from everyone else, but from himself. He couldn't bring himself to even look at Kari. So when Davis called and asked him if he wanted to hang out he accepted. Maybe a friend would be a good change right now. Anyone but Kari. TK pulled up in front of the McDonalds, his mouth instantaneously wanting a Big Mac and laughing at the thought of Mimi and Kari who would forever get Chicken Nugget Happy Meals. He got out of the 2006 Silver BMW M5 and walked inside of the eatery.

He froze instantaneously and was about to turn around and leave when Davis pulled him to a table and shoved him next to Kari. She didn't even look up him. She was too ashamed of herself. "I have better things to do then sit here." TK snarled.

"No," Davis said confidently, "You two will sit here and talk out your problems. And you will not leave until I see you guys kiss and make up."

His goofy smile was met with scowls. But TK grabbed Kari by her shoulders and yanked her into a hard kiss. He pulled back and she stared at him stunned. "There." He grunted. There was no denying that this semi-emotionless person was Matt's brother. He'd just acted the part perfectly. "I'm leaving now."

Davis pushed him back into the seat. "No. Now sit and talk."

"Taichi, honey, are you awake?" Mrs. Kamiya asked softly. She walked into the hospital room and placed a vase of flowers and balloons on the table beside Tai's bed, adding to the enormous amount he already had. "Get Well Soon" and "I Love You" cards were set up on any available surface. People Mrs. Kamiya had never heard of before had sent her son warm wishes for a speedy recovery.

He didn't move, he just tried to keep his breathing shallow and even. That way maybe she'd think he was asleep. And she fell for it.

"My baby boy," she cried; her whimpering made Tai roll his eyes. "I see Mimi left, but that girl is head over heels for you. She wouldn't leave for a whole day, but thank God you came back to us."

The door opened again and another person entered the room. "How is he doing?"

"Great, he woke up this morning," Mrs. Kamiya said a bit cheerfully.

"Good. Very good," Mr. Kamiya replied, devoid of actually emotion. "You keep it up son. We love you buddy."

Tai couldn't take it anymore. Buddy? Son? Those were things his father never called him. According to the last conversation he had with his father, Tai was the "Fuck Up," the "Mistake," the "Worthless Little Punk." He knew his mother loved him, he knew that Kari loved him, he knew his friends loved him. But not his father. There was no apology in the world big enough to make a son forget that his father hated him.

"You don't love me. Remember?" Tai's words were hollow and stiff. He opened his eyes, the deep purple circles around them giving him a demented raccoon look. "Get out of my room."

"Tai…" His mother was in tears. "Please sweetheart, not now, you just woke up. I just got you back."

"You can stay, he can't. Now get the fuck out of my room old man."

"Susumu," Yuuko Kamiya said, addressing her husband, she looked over her shoulder at him while holding her son's hand. "Go."

Mr. Kamiya stared down at his wife in disbelief and then glared at his son. "Fine. Don't bother coming to me for anything boy, you are dead to me."

"I've been dead to you for much longer." Tai said in the same emotionless voice.

Mimi and Matt walked into Mimi's apartment arm in arm. They were laughing about some random thing they'd seen on the drive back. Sora sat in the living room alone in the dark living room. They'd been gone all day and neither one had bothered to answer or return her calls. She watched Mimi hug Matt tightly and him return it. She kissed his cheek and he planted a friendly peck on her forehead. It was at this moment that Sora decided to flick the lights on.

They both blinked a couple of times to adjust their eyes to the light. "Hey Sor!" Mimi said happily and flashed a bright smile at the red head.

Sora didn't say anything or smile back.

"Hey Sorab" Matt said lightly. She glared back at him.

"Uh, I'm gonna go change and then go back to the hospital. I need to talk to Tai. Thanks Matt," Mimi said walking to her room.

"I called you like fifty times." Sora said in a small voice, "I texted you too."

"I turned my phone off," Matt said taking a seat next to her. She nodded but didn't look at him. "What's wrong?" She didn't answer him. Sora just stared off into space. Matt threw an arm over her shoulders and squeezed her.

"Okay I'm leaving! Wish me luck," Mimi said in her trilling, chipper voice.

"Good luck!" Matt replied, smiling a toothy smile at her. Sora didn't say anything.

"Well, um, my dad already left… again. So I'm probably not coming home. Have fun you two!" She walked to the door, picked up her keys to her Honda S2000, opened the door, but then stopped and turned to face them. "No glove, no love!" She laughed and walked out.

Matt chuckled at her remark and looked at Sora. She still hadn't moved or said anything. The silence was getting awkward and she was beginning to make him worry.

"Are you sleeping with Mimi again?" Sora asked suddenly.

"What?!" Matt asked incredulously. This was perfect, the girl he really liked and she was asking if he slept with her best friend, who just happened to be his best friend. Yes, this was a conversation he really looked forward to having.

Truly it was. He wanted to reassure her, he want to make certain she knew that what happened two years ago was in the past, where it would stay.

Stoically she turned to face him, "I said, are you sleeping with Mimi?"

"Why would you ask me something like that?" Matt asked.

Her voice was rich with emotion now. Tears glistened in her brown eyes. "I need to know."

"No, I'm not sleeping with Mimi. Happy?"

"I'm sorry. Maybe you should go," Sora said; she really thought she'd pissed him off. Mentally she was kicking herself; he wasn't going to want her. And she only had herself to blame for that.

Determined, Matt was going to prove it to her. He was going to make sure that Sora was what he wanted. "Look at me." His words were a harsh command but she obliged and he softly moved his lips to hers.

Sora's eyes bulged at first, but soon she was captured by the intensity of the moment.

Mimi stood in the doorway, unsure of whether she should just walk in or not she knocked on the door frame. "Can I come in? I brought Junior Mints and Agu!" She shook the box of mint chocolate candies that they both love and the stuffed dinosaur that Tai had given her.

Tai had firmly set his gaze out of the window. When he heard her voice, he snapped his head her direction. He wanted to smile. He wanted to tell her he was sorry, he wanted to profess his love. But then he remembered she said she hated him. "I don't care."

Mimi sighed and moved into the room. She was a vision, and he cursed his male hormones. She was wearing the brown and pink Juicy Couture velour shorts and sweater he loved with a big purse slung over her shoulder. Hell, he'd picked out the outfit on one of those rare occasions when he decided to go to the mall with her. It showed off her long legs and complimented her curves. The words on the bag brought a slight smirk to his face: It's not easy being Juicy. He picked that out too, as her birthday present. Her hair was pulled up into a high ponytail, two pieces framing her face, a style he hadn't seen since they were kids. Not a spot of makeup on her face either. He always told her she didn't need it.

Mimi sat in the chair next to him. She put the candy on the table and the stuffed dino on the bed next to Tai. She discarded her purse over the shoulder of the chair. Mimi picked up his hand. He didn't protest but he didn't squeeze her hand back like he normally would have. "You have every right to be mad at me," she said sadly, "but I need you to understand that I am so very sorry. I should never have said that. I don't mean it." Crying she laid her head on the bed next to his hand.

Tai lay in the bed, stunned; what was he supposed to say? Did he tell her he forgave her? Was he supposed to turn her away and tell her to never speak to him again? He could have, and maybe hours ago he might have, but the truth was he never wanted her to leave, ever. "Mimi."

She looked up at him, tears pooled in her caramel eyes. "Tai?"

"Lay with me." It wasn't an inquiry and it wasn't a demand. It was a request. His chocolate brown eyes, surrounded by the purple bruises peeked out at her from beneath his un-styled hair that lay over his face. "Please."

Mimi stood up from her chair and carefully climbed over him, not wanting to cause him any pain. Her bottom lip was still quivering and her body was still shaking from the wave of emotions she was on. "Tai, I love you."

The weight that had been impaling Tai for a while lifted. He felt lighter than air, he felt like he could fly. He was so wrapped up in his happy thoughts that he hadn't notice her shift to look at him. Snapping back to reality, he smiled his genuine, heartbreaking, trademark grin. His voice was velvety smooth as he drawled, "I love you too Mimi." Her face flushed a bright red at his words.

Taichi Kamiya had done the impossible. He made the illustrious Mimi Tachikawa blush.

Tai crooked his finger under Mimi's chin and raised her face to look at him. He dipped his head and captured her lips in a fiery kiss. Never breaking the kiss, she straddled his torso, seeming to forget that they were in the hospital and he had four broken ribs. His hands snaked up her thighs and rested on her hips.

He pulled her closer to him and winced. Mimi pulled back suddenly. "Dumbass, you're hurt!"

Tai laughed and kissed her again.

Well it's more love then drama. But I incorporated the cars again. I should have made the title different. Lol.

Next chapter is Chapter 11 - Party. Here is a very brief summary of that: Tai is out of the hospital and moves out of the hotel. Jun has to leave for a week. Mimi and Sora throw a party of Tai.

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