A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I'm on break now so I have more time to write a couple more chapters, so keep a look out for them in the next few weeks. Here's a chapter maybe some of you were waiting for :) Hope the wait was worth it!

Mimi grinned as she placed one of Sora's hung dresses into her closet.

"I feel like a new woman ready to embark on a daring mission."

Sora bit her lip softly as she grabbed some clothes out of her suitcase and folded them. She was seated neatly on the floor trying to ignore Mimi as she babbled on about her epiphany.

"Seeing Michael in front of me was like looking through a mirror and seeing the fragile, meek, weak Mimi of the past," Mimi continued dramatically, "and at that moment I knew that I couldn't be that girl anymore. I need to start taking more initiative in my life because I don't want to make the same mistakes again."

Sora glanced at Mimi from the floor and nodded her head. It was hard for the red-head to pay attention because her mind had been spinning a lot since she'd gotten back from Yamato's wedding. Her head was reeling thinking about Yamato, the sketches she needed to finish for Mrs. Nakamura, and how she was going to tell Mimi about her small escapade with a certain bushy-haired best friend that Mimi was practically in love with...

"So, no more waiting around! I think I'm ready to talk to Taichi and tell him how I feel."

Speak of the devil.

Sora cleared her throat and looked up incredulously, "What?"

Mimi beamed and sat down next to her roommate, putting both hands on her small shoulders.

"I have to thank you, Sora. When I saw how much strength you had to pull it together and go to Yamato's wedding, I knew I could handle seeing Michael again. And, you were right. Taichi's not gonna be around forever, and I don't want to miss my chance."

A sudden pang of jealousy shot through Sora's body.

"Well, what if you've already missed your chance?"

Mimi looked at Sora with a sudden surprise which made Sora freeze. Sora quickly started to panic. Should she just tell Mimi now or cover it up?

"I mean, I-I'm just saying. You better tell him soon because you're time might be running out," Sora quickly reiterated. When Mimi's face softened, Sora sighed. She believed it.

"You're right! Actually, I'm going to tell him right now," Mimi stated adamantly as she shot up, determined to make Taichi hers.

"W-Wait!"

Mimi turned to look back at Sora who had also stood up frantically.

"What?" The cinnamon-haired girl asked innocently. Sora was shocked at herself. A part of her just wanted Mimi to tell Taichi the truth and get it over with...but another part of her wanted to delay it as much as possible. Why was she so torn?

"Maybe you should think about what you're planning to say and how you want to say it...?" Sora offered, deciding to go with the part of her that was telling her to delay this. Mimi groaned, hitting her head.

"Duh, why am I such an idiot? You're right, why am I rushing into this? I have to figure out what I'm going to say. I don't want to come off too strong and scare him away," she explained.

"Exactly..." Sora said softly, sititng back down on the floor and trying to get her mind back to folding her clothes and putting away her belongings. Mimi noticed that Sora was in a dampened mood and quickly went to give her best friend a hug.

"I know this weekend was hard for you. I'm so proud of you, and you should be proud of yourself!"

Wow, Mimi was trying to kill her right? Sora's conscious could not be any more guilty.

"Thanks, Mimi."

And with that, Sora hugged her best friend back...as she thought about her other bushy-haired best friend.

There was a knock on the door and Koushiro sighed as Taichi and Daisuke both yelled that they weren't going to answer it. Koushiro rolled his eyes at his roommates as he left his room and saw the two brunettes playing video games in the living room.

"You two are some of the laziest people I've ever met. You guys didn't even finish unpacking." Koushiro stated with a smile. Both Taichi and Daisuke didn't answer because they're attention was fully on the game in front of them.

When Koushiro opened the door, he was shocked to find a very disheveled, but eager looking, Keiko at the door.

"K-Keiko? What are you doing here?"

She smiled and hugged him tightly.

"I just thought I'd surprise you. How was the wedding?"

Koushiro smiled awkwardly and invited her into the apartment, not knowing what to think. Yeah, it was sweet of her to show up, but at the same time, it was a little bit awkward. They weren't even official, they'd only been on a handful of dates in the past three months.

"It was good."

Keiko walked in and was warmly greeted by Taichi and Daisuke, who quickly turned their attention to their roommate and his 'friend' when they heard a girl walk in. It was a rare occasion when a girl came to visit Koushiro.

"Oh, hey Keiko, what brings you here?" Taichi asked with a sly grin which caused Daisuke to snigger and Koushiro to blush.

"Nothing, I was in the area and decided to drop by to see you all." Her honey hair was in a french braid so her freckles were very apparent; it actually looked cute. Keiko's eyes beamed when she noticed the game that Taichi and Daisuke were playing moments before.

"Hey, I love this game!"

"Really? Good, take my spot, I have to finish unpacking and prepare for an important meeting tomorrow, anyway," Taichi explained. She gladly went up to him and took the controller, sitting down next to Daisuke on the couch.

"Wow, I haven't played this game in so long, I hope I still remember how to do this," she explained to Daisuke who bobbed his eyebrows.

"Don't worry, I'll go easy on you!"

Taichi laughed as he walked up to Koushiro, who was standing behind the couch, and winked.

"I don't know what you're waiting for," he explained quietly to his younger friend.

"What do you mean?"

"She's obviously into you, just do the deed."

Koushiro blushed, understanding what Taichi was trying to imply.

"I'm not like you, Taichi, I can't do that...I don't even know if I'm interested in her like that."

Instead of receiving a crude remark like 'Who cares, I'd still sleep with her!', Taichi kept quiet and shrugged his shoulders.

"You're right."

Koushiro raised a brow and looked at Taichi, "Come again?"

Taichi glanced at Koushiro and chuckled.

"You're not like me, Koushiro. That's a good thing, I wish I was more like that."

Koushiro figured he was talking about Mimi and wondered if that meant that Taichi was actually serious about getting closer to Mimi instead of treating her how he treats other girls. With that, Koushiro looked at Keiko as she played the video game with Daisuke. Maybe asking her out wouldn't be such a bad decision.

"Yes!"

"No! What the hell, how did I lose to a girl?"

Daisuke looked at Keiko incredulously and shook his head.

"You...are...incredible. Forget Koushiro, date me!"

Keiko blushed and laughed at the goofy man as he high-fived her.

"Kouhsiro, she's a keeper!" Daisuke stated as he winked at his roommate. Koushiro blushed and rolled his eyes. He looked at Keiko and sighed, realizing what he was about to do. Finally mustering up some courage, he motioned for Keiko to follow him and led her out of the apartment towards the park near the building.

When he returned, he'd have a girlfriend.

There was a knock on the main door and Miyako looked at Sora and Mimi with a raised brow.

"Now who is it?"

In the past five minutes, Iori and Jyou had come to the girls' apartment after getting a text from Takeru, telling everyone to meet there because he had something he wanted to tell everyone.

Miyako opened the door and was met by Daisuke and Taichi.

Daisuke raised a brow and walked in, looking at everyone in the room.

"What's this all about, guys? It's late, I got to sleep soon," he stated, sitting down on the couch next to Iori as the law school student shrugged his shoulders. Taichi rolled his eyes and offered a lop-sided grin that he's known for before walking over to Mimi and putting an arm around her shoulders. Mimi smiled and looked at him as he continued to speak.

"Please, Daisuke, you just don't want to miss out on a minute of beauty sleep."

Everyone in the room chuckled as Daisuke gave his roommate a glare.

Sora glanced at how Taichi nudged Mimi and looked away. Something inside her fell and she quickly went to go sit next to Daisuke.

"Well, the only people missing now are Koushiro, Hikari...and of course Takeru," Miyako explained as she sat on the hand rest next to Iori. Jyou sighed, rubbing his temples before speaking:

"Takeru needs to hurry up, I can't stay up this late, I have to wake up early tomorrow."

"Why, have a gym date with Jun?" Taichi asked while bobbing his brows.

"Ew."

Jyou blushed and ignored Daisuke's short remark before retorting, "Why don't you just focus on Mimi, Taichi."

The room got awkward as Mimi turned beat red and pushed Taichi's arm off of her. Koushiro walked into the room at the perfect time and everyone was quick to greet him just so they could cut the uncomfortableness, but Koushiro noticed it.

"What's going on in here?" he asked as he took his coat off, just coming back from the park after asking Keiko out and going to dinner.

"Nothing, we're just waiting for Takeru," Sora stated bluntly, scratching off her nailpolish and not looking at anyone. Taichi noticed her spite and glanced at her from the corner of his eye before walking over to the couch and sitting down next to Sora. She instinctively sat straighter from the heat of his body. Mimi followed him, not noticing anything, and sat down on the hand rest next to Taichi.

"Yeah, I just got his text...am I the last one to get here?" Koushiro asked before joining the small crowd.

"No, Hikari's still missing," Miyako stated with suspicion. As soon as she finished speaking, Iori got a text from Takeru on his cell phone which he quickly opened.

"Takeru's asking if we're all in the apartment," Iori announced before typing away on his phone, "...and I just told him that everyone, but Hikari, is here."

"This is really weird, is Takeru okay?" Mimi asked with concern. Before anyone could answer Takeru poked his head in through the door. Everyone turned their attention to the door and looked confused when Takeru quickly pulled his head back in. A few whispers could be heard:

"He's gonna kill me!"

"Shut up and walk in, they already saw you!"

Everyone in the room looked at each other and gave questioning looks. Finally, the door opened and both Takeru and Hikari walked into the room, making their way to the front of the couch as everyones eyes followed them with confusion. Once they were both in front of the couch, and everyone was either sitting or huddled around it, Takeru and Hikari looked at each other and pursed their lips.

"Guys...Hikari and I have something to tell you."

Everyone kept dead silent as they listened for what was coming next. A couple of the people in the room knew what was about to happen but didn't believe it.

"We-...um, we're kind of..."

Takeru stumbled as he started to notice the speculation in Taichi's eyes, which he quickly tried to avoid.

"We've been-uh..."

Hikari nudged him without breaking eye contact with everyone in the room. Takeru coughed and shifted his feet nervously.

"Spit it out, Takeru, I don't have all night!" Daisuke ordered blindly, probably the only one in the room oblivious to what was going on. Taichi cleared his throat and glared at the blond boy.

"She better not be pregnant, I'll kill you."

Takeru's eyes widened and everyone in the room shifted uncomfortably.

"N-No, that's not it at all!"

"We're dating, okay? We've been going out for seven months now," Hikari blurted. Everyone had an idea where this was going when the two of them walked in together but none of them had any idea that they were together for this long.

"S-Seven months?" Sora asked as Miyako shot up.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me, Hikari!"

"Aw, this is so sweet!" Mimi exclaimed with a grin before Jyou and Iori shouted: "Hikari?" to Takeru. Both Jyou and Iori knew Takeru was sneaking around with someone, but they never figured it was Hikari.

Koushiro just smiled at the surprise as Daisuke held an expression that could only be defined as utter shock. After everyone settled down, they all noticed that only one person had yet to say anything.

Takeru and Hikari looked at each other worriedly and then stared at Taichi.

"Taichi...are you okay?" Hikari asked her brother slowly, taking a step towards him. Taichi was looking at the ground before he looked up sharply at the couple with a threatening glare.

"You're dead, Takaishi."

With that, Taichi bolted up and almost lunged forward, which quickly caused Takeru to yelp and hide swiftly behind Hikari. Sora and Mimi were the first ones to try to hold Taichi back, and soon Jyou and Koushiro helped.

"Taichi, stop!" Hikari yelled as Takeru hid close behind her.

"I told you he was gonna kill me!"

"Hell yeah, I'm going to kill you," Taichi spat, "You've been sleeping around with my baby sister behind my back?!"

Koushiro and Jyou fully took over in holding Taichi back as Mimi stepped to the side and Sora stood in front of him.

"Calm down, Taichi-"

"No, let me go-"

"You're getting angry for no reason-"

"Oh, I have plenty of reasons to be fuming right now."

"Why don't you just shut up and hear them out?" Sora spoke demandingly, tired of Taichi cutting her off. Taichi clenched his jaw and shook his head. Hikari thanked Sora and looked at her older brother.

"We're sorry we kept it a secret from all of you. We just thought it would be less awkward in the beginning if no one knew what was going on."

Takeru cautiously stopped out from behind his girlfriend and slowly walked towards the seething older brother.

"Taichi...I'm sorry I did this behind your back...but I'm not just fooling around with her, okay? I love her. I love Hikari."

Miyako and Mimi swooned silently to his words while Hikari smiled sweetly and nodded her head.

"I love him too, Taichi. It's serious," she explained, taking hold of Takeru's hand and grasping it tightly.

Taichi calmed down slightly, but still looked back and forth between his sister and Takeru.

"Come on, Taichi, give them some credit. They love each other, and they have a lot of guts doing this after seven months. You, of all people, should at least admire their courage," Mimi explained, making her way over to Taichi and squeezing his arm comfortingly. Taichi glanced at Mimi and smiled...she was right.

Sora saw the way Taichi's muscles calmed down when Mimi grabbed his arm and she nodded her head to herself, stepping back.

"Okay fine, you both are saved from my wrath...for now," Taichi glared, "and you can both thank Mimi because she's really saved your asses."

Hikari rolled her eyes at how immature her brother was being and scoffed, "You're such an idiot, Taichi."

Takeru didn't care, he sighed in relief knowing Taichi wasn't going to choke him. As soon as Taichi calmed down, everyone went to couple and started asking questions. Some of them were happy, some were still in shock, and some were confused...but at least the truth was out.