Ok guys, I am completely and totally sorry for not updating sooner! I have been trying to decide if I should end it here or keep it going, and finally I have made my decison! So, here is the next chapter and the next will be up in a couple days. :) Sorry this one is kind of short also...anyway, enjoy!

There's got to be a Morning After

Tai awoke to the sun streaming in through the window. He turned to find himself held firmly in Matt's arms and smiled. He was there, Matt was there. Tai had thought he was dreaming the events that had occurred just the night before, but as Matt squeezed Tai tighter to his chest, all his doubts were gone. Matt breathed softly, shifting in his sleep. How could I have lived these past few months without him, Tai thought as he watched Matt's features contort. Matt's eyes shot open and after blinking a few times a slow smile danced across his face.

"Morning." Matt whispered before placing a gentle kiss on Tai's forehead.

"Good morning." Tai sighed and nuzzled Matt's chest. This was all that he had wanted this whole time; he wanted to be lying in Matt's arms again. Tai could feel Matt's laugh vibrate through his chest and smiled trying to understand how he had forgotten how great this felt.

"Don't tempt me Tai. We still need to talk and get all of this figured out." Tai's spirit sunk a little after that but he still clung to the little hope he had that they would bounce back from this great misunderstanding. Matt hugged him a little tighter as if knowing the fear he was harboring and sighed. "Let's get up and make some breakfast." He kissed Tai on the forehead again and sat up. Tai watched as Matt rubbed his eyes and let his eyes trail down his boyfriend's still perfect body. Boyfriend…what if he is not my boyfriend after this talk?! Although that was the fear he had from the beginning, it was greater now that he had slept in Matt's arms again. Matt tried to stand but was brought back to the bed as Tai wrapped his arms around Matt's waist and began to cry.

"But Matt, I love you!" Tai's tears slid like a silent prayer down Matt's side. Matt couldn't help but smile. He loved Tai also, more than anything, but he knew that if they didn't talk about the misunderstanding, their relationship would be hanging on a cliff, ready to fall after their next encountered hardship. Matt turned and wrapped his arms around Tai's waist and rested his head on Tai's back. Tai continued to cry and refused to release Matt, if I don't let go, he'll have to stay with me forever.

"Tai, it's because I love you so much that I want to talk about this. I want to make sure there is no misunderstanding between us. If we get this entire thing out in the open we can grow together and not apart." Matt could hear Tai gasping and sniffing as he tried desperately to calm down.

"But…but I was with another man! I don't want to lose you…" Matt hugged Tai as tightly as he could as Tai began crying again.

"Tai, stop. If you don't know by now that I can't live without you then there is something seriously wrong. I don't care, and if you did it again I'd probably still come back to you…I'm just a glutton for punishment when it comes from you." Tai slightly lifted his head and swallowed.

"What? What do you mean?" Matt sat back up and Tai followed looking right into his eyes.

"Tai, I can't live without you…you and Osa, that was a mistake, but I can forgive it as long as you are always by my side." Tai's eyes glistened but no tears fell, Matt smiled and rubbed the remaining wet trails away. "I can't imagine living without you close to me." Tai smiled and kissed Matt square on the lips.

"I love you Matt. I don't know what I would do without you." Matt smiled and pointed to the corner of the bed where Tai had planned on taking his life the night before.

"I think you showed me what would that would be like last night. By the way, you're not allowed around sharp, pointy objects ever again." Tai laughed and hugged Matt.

"That's fine; I shouldn't need any with you around." Matt raised an eyebrow and studied Tai's face.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Tai sighed and shrugged.

"I don't know, I couldn't think of anything to say." Matt smiled and ruffled Tai's hair.

"Then simply stop talking." Matt grabbed Tai's chin and forced it upward so he could look into Tai's eyes. Tai stayed where he was, studying Matt's expression and sighed after a few minutes passed.

"Wasn't that the perfect opportunity to use my body for your pleasure?"

"You're still not ready." Matt kissed Tai on the forehead and watched an adorable pout appear on his face.

"You are mean to me." Matt laughed as he got off the bed. Tai watched Matt's perfectly naked body stretch and knew he had to be in Hell. "Is this torture necessary?" Matt smiled and reached over the mattress to poke Tai's upturned nose.

"Very…That is until you get better…which is hopefully by the time we get to America."

"No argument there…" Tai sighed and scratched his head. Matt counted backwards from three in his head and once he reached one Tai's eyes grew wide. "Wait…America…We?"

"You obviously can't be trusted by yourself here, so there are no other alternatives. You are coming back to America with me even if I have to drag you." Matt looked around on the floor and bent down to retrieve his boxers.

"I can't be trusted?! That's why?!" Matt was pulling his boxers over his milky white hips when he heard Tai's voice get louder in obvious anger.

"Tai, of course that is not the only reason why, and I didn't mean it like that. You can't protect yourself; I don't want someone else to take advantage of you when I am away again." Matt sat on the edge of the bed and lifted a hand to trail it down Tai's right cheek. "I'm selfish, I want you to myself." Tai blushed prettily and quickly got out of the bed.

"What about soccer?"

"You don't have to play here; we can find you somewhere to play in America." Tai sighed and turned to face Matt.

"I'll go with you, but no more women." Matt smiled and grabbed Tai's wrist pulling him into his lap.

"There is no one but you Tai, that's how it always has been, that is how it will always be." Tai turned in Matt's lap and kissed him. Matt was kind of surprised by this for a reason unknown to him, but he let Tai do as he wished until Matt felt his hand slip under the elastic of his boxers. Matt shot up off of the bed, he grabbed Tai so he wouldn't crash to the floor, and he created space between them.

"What is it?" Tai looked at him innocently and Matt shook his head.

"Do you want to get hurt more? Push me too far and I won't be able to stop."

"But I don't want you to…"

"A shower…I'm taking a shower." Tai crossed his arms and pouted.

"You can't run forever." Matt smiled then and closed the space between Tai and himself.

"I don't plan on it." Matt leaned down and gently kissed the pout from Tai's lips. He could feel Tai's lips curve under his own and sighed. He is not going to make this easy. Matt was semi-correct in his assumption, for then Tai gripped Matt's shoulders with a force that shocked even himself and pulled Matt down onto the bed. Tai smiled when he heard a slight growl escape his lover's lips and quickly straddled him to keep Matt from getting up. Matt's eyes widened a little before narrowing considerably. "Tai, get off of me."

"I want it now." Tai's voice was low and tainted by anger, or was it annoyance. Matt swore under his breath and turned his head away from Tai.

"Tai don't make me hurt you." Matt's voice sounded a little pained which made Tai's new boldness falter a little.

"Matt…I trust you, you won't hurt me." Matt looked back at Tai a mask of rage appearing on his face, this made Tai lean away from him although he made no move to get up.

"The fact that I wouldn't hurt you wouldn't count for anything in this situation! Do I have to demonstrate what it would feel like?" Tai glared at Matt now, he knew that Matt's point was well formed, but he wanted him and he wanted him now.

"It's not like I haven't been feeling that pain the past few days…well, more than that…" Tai looked at Matt's face and wished he could suck the words back in as if he were a vacuum. Rage quickly turned to pure pain and something deeper something like guilt. Tai quickly leaned over Matt and gave him many quick kisses, but not once did he feel Matt kiss back. Tai knew that Matt was blaming himself for all of what happened and that he had crossed the line with his last remark, but he never knew Matt's reaction would be thus. "Matt, please…I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way, you know I didn't. Please, kiss me back…I love you, I love you." Tai continued to kiss Matt, but he just turned his head, his expression the same, it was as if he was in a pained stupor. "Matt!" Tai violently turned Matt's head back towards him and glared at him. "Stop this now! I love you, and I forgive you for not being here to save me until now, so snap out of it and kiss me!" Tai closed his eyes to start another rant but was pleasantly surprised when he was silenced by the hardness of Matt's lips on his own. Tai moaned, quickly becoming putty in Matt's capable hands, but as soon as the moan escaped Tai's lips Matt broke the kiss and hugged him tightly to his chest.

"Thank you…thank you so much." Tai was completely confused.

"…What?" Matt looked down at Tai smiling.

"You just told me exactly what I needed to hear, you forgave me." Tai was still confused, but took this as a slight opportunity.

"Yes I did, now let's have some beautiful make-up sex." Tai was smiling beautifully as Matt reached around him and pressed a finger against his opening. Tai's face suddenly contorted in agony and he flinched away from Matt's probing finger.

"You were saying?" Matt asked in a way that sounded apologetic, and Tai knew that was the only way he would be able to leave Matt alone regarding the subject. After feeling the pain again he was sure that he had to wait until he healed up a bit, but that didn't mean that he was happy about waiting.

"Go take your shower…" Matt smiled at the sadness in Tai's voice and ruffled his hair.

"Don't worry Tai, you'll get better soon, and as soon as it happens, even if we are on the plane, I'm going to take you right then and there." Tai laughed at this and shook his head.

"And where on the plane is that going to be? The armrest will make this quite uncomfortable, and the bathrooms are too cliché."

"The aisle then, or maybe even the pilot's chair, none of it matters I just know I am going to take you right there. I'm going to make my claim again, and everyone will know that you belong to me." As if proving what he said, Matt protectively tightened his arms around Tai and kissed him tenderly.

"What if it is when we get back to your apartment? Will you take me to the room first?" Matt laughed at that as if he could see everything perfectly in his head.

"No, I refuse to wait even long enough to take you to the bedroom. Don't worry though; the guys are too absorbed in American TV series that they wouldn't notice anything." Tai laughed then too and kind of hoped for a second that it would happen that way. He needed a new, funny story about him and Matt, the mother fainting one was getting old.

"Fine, I'll try not to keep the impatient boy waiting too long." Matt's smile was brilliant as he stood with Tai still in his arms.

"Who are you talking about now, me or you?" Matt sat Tai back on the bed and braced himself for the smack he knew was coming.

"Very funny," Tai looked less then amused as his hand flew to hit Matt's arm gently. "You just wait; it's going to get harder for you. You're going to start having unreal fantasies and I'll have to beat you off my perfect, yielding body with a stick." Matt smiled and turned to the door.

"Yeah, I can see how hard it is for me already." He laughed a little as he vacated the room and Tai was confused again. He played the words over and over in his head until he finally looked down and sighed. He was hard and waiting for Matt.