Hello again! Here's chapter 11! Enjoy!


Pleased, Puzzled, then Loved ~ Chapter 11: "Let's Break some Hearts!"

At Odaiba Park...Yamato and Michael were staring at each other in wonder. Yamato thought to himself.

"Blonde hair, blue eyes…Is this some kind of a joke? Who is this guy? And why does he look like me?"

"Please don't notice it, please don't notice it, please don't notice it..."

Mimi continued chanting and hoping to herself that none of them noticed Yamato and Michael's similar qualities. Finally, Michael speaks.

"Mimi, are they your friends?"

"Uhh...Yes! Umm...Michael, this is Sora Takenouchi and Yamato Ishida..."

"Nice to meet you..."

"…"

Yamato slowly looked at him from head to foot.

"Yamato, Sora...this is Michael-"

Michael quickly interrupts Mimi and puts his hand around her then gives them a smile.

"-Mimi's boyfriend in America..."

The "boyfriend" part caught Yamato's attention and looks at Mimi giving her a "How come you never told me he's here?" kind of look. Mimi looks away and bites her lips nervously while Sora starts to become excited, oblivious of what's REALLY going on.

"What? You're Mimi's boyfriend? That's great, Mimi! I never thought we'd actually meet him in Japan!"

"T-Thanks..." *sigh*

"We all should go on a double date sometime—"

"-NO!"

Yamato shouted out of the blue which made everyone look at him.

"Err...what I mean is not now since we've just met…It's good that we met you early on, Michael…"

He nervously offers his hand to Michael in which Michael returns.

"Same here…"

The two of them continued to stare into each other while Michael felt Yamato's grip tightening bit by bit. Mimi looks at them, feeling anxious then quickly cuts them off.

"Oh! Uhh...okay! Now that you all know each other, does anyone still wanna hang out?"

Yamato looks away, same as Michael.

"I'll pass..."

"Me too…"

"Hmm? What's wrong with you two boys?"

Sora asked in confusion while Mimi felt the awkwardness between them, she pulls Michael, trying to get out of scene.

"Okay then! Let's go, Michael! See ya guys!"

She finally waves goodbye at them. Michael and Yamato gave each other a last look before they went their separate ways.

"Hmph!"

Sora heard Yamato and once again gives him another confused look.

"Are you okay, Yamato? You're acting really weird…"

"No, it's nothing...Anyway, let's go..."

"Something's bothering him..."

He left the scene, upset, leaving Sora behind but she eventually caught up with him. On the other side of Odaiba Park, the hiding Takeru saw the whole scene.

"Whoa...I can surely tell that my big brother was jealous...Man, what a day!"

Few minutes later, Mimi and Michael arrived at Mimi's home.

"Mimi...That guy is jealous, I think..."

Unfortunately, Mimi was busy getting over what happened a while ago and wasn't paying attention to Michael.

"W-What?"

"Hmm? Never mind..."

"Did something happen between them during her stay?"

Meanwhile, at Yamato's home…Yamato sits down on the couch, staring into space while Sora stares at Yamato, worried.

"..."

"…Yamato, would you like some coffee?"

He got startled and distracted away from his thoughts, which caused him to answer her coldly.

"No…could you not bother me for a while? I need to think…"

Sora got hurt from him for turning her away. She looks down, upset.

"Sorry...I guess you needed some space…Excuse me!"

She leaves the house upset, when he realized what he just said to her and touched his forehead, angry with himself.

"DAMMIT! Why am I acting this way? Why do I feel so angry? Why is Mimi's boyfriend here in Japan? Why did he ever go here? And why the heck am I asking so many stupid questions?"

He removes his hand from his forehead then stares at it.

"I'm not jealous…am I?"

Back at Miyako's house...Takeru tells everyone what happened after he witnessed what happened at Odaiba park.

All of them said in unison: "WHAT?"

Jyou, Iori, Koushiro, and Miyako attentively moved forward near Takeru, surprised about the news.

"They really saw each other? What else did we miss?"

"My big brother's obviously jealous...I just know it..."

"Huh? Then that means...Yamato likes Mimi..."

"Correct! But Sora and Yamato are back together so there are still two people who gets in the way..."

"So, we're back to where we 've started…to get Sora dump Yamato, we should find Taichi..."

"Bingo! And besides, Takeru still has to resolve his problem with Hikari..."

"Yeah..."

Koushiro thinks to himself and becomes silent for a moment then stands up with a serious face.

"All these drama in one day…this sort of pumps me up…Takeru, let me try tracking Taichi again..."

Miyako got excited with the Koushiro she's seeing.

"Koushiro in serious action? I wouldn't miss this for the world! I'll work with you!"

Everybody in the room stared at them in a teasing way.

All of them said in unison: "Oooooh! New love birds!"

Both Koushiro and Miyako blushed and shouted in embarrassment.

"WE'RE NOT!"

"Me and Jyou will try to look for him again on the streets...Umm…Jyou?"

Iori looks at Jyou who is busy texting then he quickly puts away his phone.

"Oh, sorry...Let's go!"

Wallace is starting to become confused and interrupts them.

"I don't really know what you guys are up to but I want to join somehow..."

"Good! Then you come with us!"

Iori grabs Wallace and Jyou and finally leaves the room. Takeru then gets the phone.

"…And I will try to talk to Mimi..."

At Mimi's house, the phone rings and Mimi, sitting on the bed in her room, answers it.

"Hello? Tachikawa residence..."

"Hi, Mimi! It's Takeru...How are you?"

"Well, I guess I'm fine...But you won't believe what happened to me these past few days! It's crazy!"

"Really? Actually, I have to confess something…I saw what happened this morning at Odaiba Park..."

"What? You were there?"

"Yeah...Is Michael still at your house?"

"Yes...He's talking to my parents right now..."

Takeru pauses for a moment then speaks again.

"...Mimi..."

"Yeah?"

"Do you like my brother?"

Mimi almost fell off the bed by the straightforward question.

"Huh? What? I...uhh...no...that's just silly!"

"Mimi, tell me the truth..."

At the living room at Mimi's house, Mimi's parents and Michael were trying to catch up and are having some conversation. Mimi's parents were laughing at Michael's story.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That is funny!"

Michael looks up at the time and stands up to grab the phone.

"Excuse me, can I use your phone? I need to call my dad and tell him I've arrived…"

"Sure!"

Michael hangs up the phone and accidentally hears the conversation of Mimi and Takeru.

"..."

"What do you think of my brother? Why don't you tell me the truth about how you feel about him?"

"I can't!...I'm confused right now...I still have a boyfriend, Yamato is back with Sora and I can't break them up because she's my best friend…everything's so complicated!"

"I just want one answer about Yamato…tell me...do you like him or not?"

There was a long silence. Mimi speaks again but this time, with a cracking voice.

"...Yes...I do like Yamato...There's no day I can't think of him...ever since in the Digimon world, I secretly admire him because he's cool and I've seen how he takes care of you…but I never told him how I feel because I thought he wouldn't like me since I'm a whiny little girl back then…And I'm also a bit scared of him since I can't read his mind..."

"That doesn't matter, Mimi...All you have to do is take risk...I mean for me you two would be the most perfect couple ever..."

"Aww, Takeru…"

Mimi pauses for silence then speaks again.

"…Now that I think about it, Michael has some resemblance with Yamato…Michael isn't hard to love but I think I subconsciously picked him out of that reason…because I knew me and Yamato will never be together..."

"I see, I'm rooting for you both…so don't give up yet! Because I think my brother's falling for you too…"

Mimi became shocked then cries to herself.

"..." *sniff*

"A-Are you crying?"

"If that's true then I'll be the happiest girl in the world...but I can't betray Sora…I will only break our friendship!"

"Look, after we find Taichi, everything will be just fine...Me and Hikari will be back together...Sora and Taichi will be together and so are you and Yamato...So don't worry..We'll surely find him…."

"Thanks, Takeru...for all your help...I owe you a lot..."

"When it comes to you, Mimi...I won't even think twice on helping you...I'll always be here if you ever need me…"

"…Well, it's such a long talk so I guess we'll talk again soon..."

"Yeah..."

"Bye then..."

"Bye!"

They both hanged up and Michael overheard the conversation on the phone. He was shocked and is frozen in place then slowly puts down the phone. Mimi's parents startle the spaced out Michael.

"..."

"…Michael? Aren't you going to call your father?"

"Huh? Uhh...yes..."

He saw a little notepad beside the telephone. He grabs it and starts to write a note for Mimi then finally looks at Mimi's parents with a sad look on his face.

"I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa, but I've got some things on my mind...I have to go..."

"O-Okay...then we'll see you again tomorrow..."

"I believe...this will be my last visit..."

A disheartened Michael leaves the house while Mimi's parents looked at each other, confused. Mimi finally goes downstairs.

"Mimi! Michael just left!"

"He look so down...He was about to call his dad a few minutes ago but-"

"He was gonna call his dad?"

She quickly went to the phone and grabs it to contact him but something else caught her eye. The note of Michael for her. Mimi reads it to herself.

Dear Mimi,

I've just heard your conversation with Takeru. It seems that you really fell in love with Yamato and I can't do anything about it since you two know each other for a long time. I know I can't change your decision. If you really like him, you should go for it. Forget about me. I think I don't deserve someone so special such as you since you only like me because I resemble him. I was hurt but I can bear that. You two would be the best couple ever just like Takeru said. So I guess this will be the last letter that I will give you. So, this is goodbye Mimi. You'll always be in my heart. I love you.

Love,

Michael

Mimi had a shocked look on her face. After a few seconds, tears start running down her face.

"No...Michael...He knows...I've hurt his feelings...I didn't mean to hurt him…This isn't suppose to happen! I have to find him!"

Mimi then runs off outside crying, looking for Michael leaving her worried parents behind.

"MIMI!"

"Something's going on...everybody's acting strange don't you think?"

"Yeah, I think something big is going to happen and that worries me…"


END OF CHAPTER 11!