karone-sakura: Thanks again for the review. I'm afraid this chapter isn't going to be as good. Sorry before hand. I think its safe to say, you can read it at night.
Kuroi Black Nightingale: Yep, they go to sleep...but everything else you have to read to find out. wink
Rileyyy: HA! It's about time I post? You just shoo along and finish up posting your other stories. You really need to stick with one. I don't have time to keep harassing you about two stories! sticks out tongue
GG-Triela: I've improved? That's always good. I'm a terribe speller and my grammer sucks even more. I am completly aware of the fact and I accepted that as part of my life. I'm glad you are reading however, this next one is going to...maybe ward you off of my story.. Warning. I recommand you don't read it and say you did. When the next chapter (I think it will be the final) is up, I'll let you know. If you do decide to read it, you are a very brave soul! I rushed the chapter, yeah this long in writing and I rushed it. Too much is going on too fast in my life right now. Hey, what's life without a little chaos?
JyouraKoumi: hugs To be honest I don't understand you sometimes but I don't know what any of my stories would be if it wasn't for you reading them! I expect you there even to say the worse of my stories. Since I started writing on here, you have always been there. You are my familiarity.
Soramon: Now you jinxed me! I don't know what to name the chapter! My head will hurt for a week! Isn't like Mimi to over react? I mean, Joe does, yes. Mimi seems to be the type to want to tell the whole world, to share the happiness even if it means waking Kari up in the middle of the night to do so. I too bebooped serval people this week. One just stared at me before walking away the other one kept talking, ignoring the fact that the beboop even took place.
"Is everything okay?" Hiroaki asked as Matt came into the room.
"Um..yeah," Matt mumbled.
"You sure?" His father asked again, "You look a bit flush. I hope you don't come down with something from this little stunt the three of you pulled."
"I'm fine," Matt said softly; find his place on the floor near his father's bed.
Hiroaki had a light on at the nightstand and a book half read in hand. He peered over the top of the book watching Matt who lay on the floor. "You look lost in thought."
"I'm not!" Matt snapped. Hiroaki gave a brief shake of his head and flipped a page of his book. "Dad?"
"Hmmm?"
"Are you still going to call Tai and Sora's parents?"
A deep sigh escaped Hiroaki lips; he put the book on his lap to see his son better, "What did you expect? I do not mind the fact that Tai is here, he is always here. However, you brought Sora here with no one else present but you and Tai. You kids are getting at an age when no matter what you do, no one is going to believe that nothing else happened. It's not good for her."
"But nothing did happen." Matt probed his head up with his hand, "We weren't doing…"
"It doesn't matter Matt," his father shook his head, "From everything you seen, you should know that it doesn't matter what happen but what everyone thinks happen. Sure, some people might give you the benefit of a doubt, most people will. It's the small amount of people who will speak ill of Sora and jealously can ruin a person. It can hurt her emotionally. You two boys need to start thinking of her reputation and what your actions make cause."
Matt stared silently at the floor, his blue eyes clouded with a storm of emotions.
"I'll tell you what," Hiroaki turned out the light, "You let me sleep on it. I might change my mind in the morning if you promise me that you will not be bringing her here again with out someone else here. I like Sora; I like her as if she was my own daughter. I would never allow my daughter to spend the night with you or with Tai. Understand?"
"You don't trust me?" Matt asked, staring at the dark shadow forum of his father.
"You're kidding? Of course I don't, not with a girl." Hiroaki chuckled, "I've stepped into one too many make-out moments with you and a various different young women, Matt. Do you take me as a fool? I know you are not innocent when it comes to sex. You are a daughter's father's worst nightmare."
"Good morning!" Sora into the living room with her hands stretching outward in the air. "Did you sleep well?"
"No!" Tai barked, "I did not sleep well at all and let me tell you why…."
"Okay…."
"Ah, I'm kidding. I can sleep anywhere!" Tai gave her one of his cheerful smiles. It was something she always liked about her friend. No matter how down things got, he always found a brighter side. "How'd you sleep?"
"Not as good as you it appears," Sora sighed, how could I sleep well? I was in Matt's bed! Every time I rolled over to the other side, I imagine rolling into his arms. Those blue eyes staring at me, that lopsided grin of his…I need to lie. "I kept thinking how mum and dad are going to hit the roof when they get a call from Matt's dad this morning."
"Oi, I've thought about that more then twice," Tai sympathised with me.
"Thought about what?" Matt mumbled still looking half-asleep as he approached his two friends. He was still wearing the clothes he went to bed in and his hair was tousled in many directions.
"Good morning, Sleepy head" Sora smiled shyly, a faint blush appearing on her cheeks. Matt gave her a huge smile before averting his eyes to the breakfast table.
"About how good it would be to get some breakfast around here!" Tai blurted out, eyeing Sora carefully. She blushed even more, turning to her empty plate. "Is this anyway to treat guest? Guest that even went into the store to purchase the food for breakfast!"
"It was my money," Matt reminded him.
"Yet it was me that went into the store. I walked around thinking 'Hmmm…what would everyone want for breakfast.' It was me that had to think what you most likely didn't have yet needed…like milk! And it was me who had to go to the cashier…" Tai claimed.
"Which you flirted with, we saw you through the window," Matt arched an eyebrow, "So it wasn't all that bad."
"Don't interrupt me when I am ranting, I might forget where I was going…" Tai smacked his forehead, "There it just went! Happy now! The point is, it was I who thought about us eating in the morning!"
"Yet you did that with out an invitation for breakfast." Matt replied.
"Because you are inconsiderate! You never think what I may want or what I may need or…"
"What you may want! The only thing you ever think about is food or soccer!"
"It's better then music and girls!" Tai drew up a blank face and Matt stared at him intently, "Alright maybe not better then girls but soccer is real close! It's up there, it's neck to neck, almost sharing the same spot. It's a penny off…"
"Yeah I get it" Matt rolled his eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me!" Tai hissed.
"You know, I think you can't think of anything else because of your hair growth spurt. It's eating away at any brain cells that may be working."
"I'll have you know that I am intelligent! For god sake, I am the caption of the team! My grades have to maintain…."
"The teachers pity you…" Matt smirked.
"Pity me!"
"Yes, they pity you or they want you out of their class. T.K told me you have a bad habit of opening your mouth."
"Blah, your brother doesn't know dillie."
"I don't know what dillie is…" Matt tilted his head.
"It's a Tai word…" Tai smiled.
"Another one of those, huh?"
"What's that suppose to mean?"
"When ever you can't find a word for something, you make one up."
"Like hell I do."
"Like hell you don't."
"Don't curse at me when I'm cursing at you!"
"You want to try and stop me?"
"Yeah…after you make me breakfast. I can't fight on an empty stomach."
Matt slapped Tai on the back of the head.
"Hold up you two!" Sora giggled, "It sounds like you two are dating!"
"You have to be kidding," Tai's brown eyes grew large; "He's a bed hog!"
"I couldn't wake up beside Tai; his hair might poke me in the eye." Matt winked at Sora.
"Make the damn breakfast!" Tai crossed his arms.
"And what did you buy for breakfast?" Matt open the refrigerator.
"Pancakes! Nothing better then pancakes from scratch." Tai beamed.
Matt held a box of microwave pancakes up in the air. "You bought these?"
"Yeah," Tai smiled.
"This is mircowavable food, Tai. You could have made your own breakfast." Matt leaned against the counter.
"What did you expect? I do not know what the ingredients are to actually make pancakes from scratch!" Tai rolled his eyes, "If I knew that I wouldn't have to have bought the microwave ones!"
"The point is that instead of sulking you could have gotten up to make your own food."
"But you make it better then I do. You put it on exactly the right minutes to make it hot but not hard and burnt. You put the butter on exactly the right time…" Tai whined.
"You're fucking lazy."
"You have a dirty mouth," Tai grinned, "And here comes your dad…GOOD morning Sir! How did you sleep? I have to say I love what you did to the kitchen!"
"Good morning. The only thing we did was to throw the garbage out, Tai." Mr. Ishida grumbled, finding an empty chair at the table.
"Which gave the kitchen a bigger look and a better smell?" Tai held up his fork. "I was just telling Matt what a good chief he is but that inconsiderate child of yours insisted that anyone can make mircowaveable food."
"Shut-up Tai," Matt gave his father a plate of pancakes before putting another plate in the microwave.
"Don't you two have the same conversation every morning that Tai spends the night?" Hiroaki asked as he flipped through yesterday's newspaper.
"Yeah but I'm waiting for it to become boring." Tai wrinkled up his nose as a thought came to his mind, "Sir? Why are you reading the news from yesterday if you report it?"
"Stupid!" Sora smacked Tai in the back of the head.
"WHAT?"
"It's alright, Sora." Hiroaki smiled at her, "It's an old habit, Tai." He set the paper aside to focus on the food before him. "T.K's mum writes for the paper."
"Oi..sorry," Tai frowned and looked over at his red headed friend, "Why didn't you stop me from asking that Sora! What kind of friend are you? Do you like it when I ask embarrassing questions?"
"I am a kind of friend that can't read your mind!" Sora grinned.
"You're up early," Matt put a plate of food on top of Tai and Sora's placemats. "I thought you would have wanted to sleep in since you came off work so late."
"I would have like too but with you and Tai arguing I found it difficult to do so," his father looked up at him. "Besides, the smell of food would have gotten me out of bed."
"Matt, my fork has spots on it," Tai held up his fork.
Matt grabbed it and pushed it through his friend's syrup, "There, now you can't tell."
"Um…thanks," Tai picked up the fork, syrup strings gripped the pancake and the fork. "Looks yummy."
"Well, this is it." Tai looked at his front door and sighed, "I really appreciate you walking me home. A boy with my physic, well just look at me. It is not a safe world for me. I'd be a sporting event for the ladies."
"Daydreaming again?" Matt arched an eyebrow.
"I love it when you say sweet things to me!" Tai winked over at the blonde-haired person. "Hey there is Mrs. Kissinger. Follow my lead, would you?" He looked over at Matt and Sora.
"Alright…" Sora quickly glanced at Matt, shrugging her shoulder before following her best friend up the stairs.
"Hello Mrs. Kissinger, how are you this morning?" Tai grinned widely.
"Hmph. What is good about it? It is getting chilly you know? Winter is on its way. My old bones don't do well in the winter."
"I remember," Tai folded his arms, "How are the cats?"
"Fine, fine. All fine." The elder woman took a seat on the front porch. "You are up early, Tai. Did your parents lock you out again?"
"No ma'am. I was over at their house." Tai nodded to Sora and Matt.
"Oh, you were." She eyed Sora closely then Matt. "Fine couple."
"There not a couple," Tai frowned. "This is Matt and the red head is Sora."
"Nice to meet you both," Mrs. Kissinger smiled.
"Sora is my girlfriend," Tai smiled.
"What?" Sora mouth fell.
"It's about time you find yourself a girlfriend. 'Bout time." Mrs. Kissinger smiled.
"Matt's my boyfriend,"
"What?" Matt looked at Tai. Sora started to giggle, hiding her mouth in Matt's sleeve.
"Excuse me? My old ears are hard at hearing sometimes."
"I SAID MATT IS MY BOYFRIEND!" Tai screamed.
"Tai," Matt looked around the empty street.
"What do you need a boyfriend for, Son? You have a perfectly good girlfriend standing over there."
"Oi, she isn't that good of a girlfriend," Tai sighed sadly, "That's why I had to pick up a boyfriend on the sly. But you know what? I caught them cheating on me the other day. Seems they were making out behind my back. I figure, why not join them."
"You get out of here!" Mrs. Kissinger laughed, "Go on, the lot of you. Silly boy!"
"Talk to you later, Mrs. Kissinger!" Tai grinned and wave at the elderly woman. "Bye Matt and Sora."
"Bye!" Sora yelled back.
"Whatever…" Matt gave Tai a glare before the brown-haired person shut his door.
"Um…we aren't really dating Tai," Sora told the woman on the porch.
"Oh I know, I know. That boy is always trying to give me heart attack. Good boy though. Always has a smile no matter how cloudy the day is." She started to rock on her chair, "But you two are a fine looking pair."
"Um, thanks." Sora blushed; looking over her should at Matt who merely shrugged.
"What's wrong son? Cat got ya tongue?"
"No Ma' is." Matt gave her a smile.
"I see…"
"Well, it's nice meeting you." Sora smiled at the woman.
"Likewise. I have seen you before, the both of you. Never saw you together until now. I hope I see more of you."
"You will, Tai can't get rid of us." Sora returned the woman's warm smile.
"More like we can't get rid of him." Matt mumbled, leading Sora down the stairs.
They walked in silent, the fresh smell of rain filled with the now crowed streets. Sora took a deep breath and reached for Matt's hand, holding it in her own. "Let's take the park. I think we need to talk."
"About what?" Matt asked.
"About us."
"What do we have to talk about?"
"Come on; don't tell me you didn't enjoy that kiss last night!"