So, this was from Dreams on Wings from a long long time ago, and, yes, it is pure randomness…not sure if this was what you had wanted, but it was what came to me, so…yeah. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Oh, and this is long, and there is another chapter to finish it off coming up, so…enjoy!

Sora's POV

"Come on, Sora, it'll be fun!"

"I don't want to do shopping for a day! I want to do soccer practice!"

"Please?"

"…do you have to look so sad?"

"Yep!"

"That just ruined the effect…"

"Please?"

"Okay, okay…but I better not have to put on make-up."

"Yay! Just type up a schedule for me, and I'll make one for you, and we'll switch places for a day!"

"…what have I gotten myself into?"

That was yesterday, when Mimi had come up to me with a random proposal: we switch places for a day. Yeah, I didn't get it. Apparently, though, Joe had been telling her of a psychiatrist class where people saw what others did for a day to fully evaluate them…and she thought that since we were such good friends we should see how we did in each other's shoes.

Wonderful, I thought, as I put on my gym shoes, lacing them up as tight as I could. Mimi had handed me a schedule written in frilly cursive that I could barely read, and the first thing on the agenda was shopping with friends at the local mall. Great. Because I absolutely adored shopping…


Mimi's POV

Yay! I was so excited! I couldn't believe that Sora actually agreed with me…Palmon had made a bet that she wouldn't. So now Pal owed me making my room for the next few days…anyway, this was going to be great! We would become even better friends!

The first thing on Sora's list was Make breakfast with Mom and clean up the shop. That should be fun.


Sora's POV

(PS, these are random kids. I don't know who Mimi's real friends are. I just named people randomly. 'Kay?)

"So, I think I'm going to order a…chocolate chip bagel and a mocha, extra chocolate (I don't eat breakfast either, so don't get mad if I don't say something right!)," said Laia, one of Mimi's numerous friends. Her, a girl named Marta, and I were sitting in a little café in the mall, ordering breakfast. Ordering breakfast! This had to be the first time for me!

Marta laughed and looked at her menu. "Hmmm. I'll take the eggs Benedict with bacon on the side and orange juice, freshly squeezed," she said to the waitress. "Sora, what are you going to get?"

I gulped and looked down at the menu. Who knew that breakfast could be so complicated? "Um…I'll have the…mushroom omelet and apple juice? Please?" It came out as more of a question than I'd intended it to. The waitress nodded and went toward the kitchen to collect our meals.

In the meanwhile, until the food came out, I was stuck with two giggling girls sharing a booth with me.

"Sora, I still can't believe that you and Mimi are doing this!" said Laia. She was the calmer of the two of them, but it still looked as if she was about to burst into giggles. At ten in the morning. I also couldn't believe that I had to sleep in that late. While I loved sleeping in, I was used to an early morning. "I mean, I think it's so cool! You two'll be able to know each other so much better now!"

I nodded, remembering that I should at least put an effort into this. "Yeah. This is going to be an interesting day."

"I'll say," said Marta, messing with a napkin. "So, where did you and Mimi meet?"

"Um…summer camp?" Again, it came out as a question.

"Well, yeah, but what activity were you doing? Mimi is pretty open, but she rarely makes friends unless she absolutely has to."

"Um…" I was spared answering and lying when the waitress came out with our dishes. She set in front of me a plump omelet and a tall glass of juice. I gulped. That was a lot of food. Probably very unhealthy. I shrugged, and took a bite. Not as bad as I would have thought.

Of course, I felt like throwing up when I saw the bill. And to think, shopping for the day hadn't even begun!


Mimi's POV

How did Sora get up so early?

I had stayed the night at Sora's, and she had stayed at my house. Both of our parents were willing to try out our idea, so it worked out like that. But I had to get up at seven, and it's a weekend!, and I was supposed to make breakfast.

Luckily, Mrs. Takenouchi is very considerate. She helped me make miso soup with steamed rice, though I had dropped the rice several times. The food was different than I was used to, but it tasted good, and all was well.

Then Mrs. Takenouchi led me to the shop; she and Sora lived on the floor above it. It was neat and orderly, but apparently one of Sora's chores every morning was to restock and water the plants, to organize the small supply of cards lying next to the counter, and to clean the windows and counter.

This all took me an hour. I wasn't placed on this earth to be a maid! I was supposed to be a princess! I drowned a few plants, skipped some others, spilled the watering can and had to mop it all up; I tore a card that I was supposed to be placing down (I hope I didn't have to pay for that!), and my hands got blistered from cleaning the window. A window! Well, actually, it was those shop windows, you know, those tall glass ones, but still!

For the first time that day, I started to wonder what I had gotten myself into.

The next thing on the list was to wash Biyomon. Okay. I could handle that. Sora was one of the few of us Destined that actually told their parent about what had happened, so she helped me fill a tub with warm water. She then left to open up shop.

Sora never said that Biyo didn't like water. I guess it makes sense, since most of her Digivolutions were for fire birds, but still…I had to practically tackle her! And I broke a nail! After a little bit of scrubbing that she said wasn't hard enough, and a little more scrubbing that she said was too hard, I had her all clean. I think. Hard to tell when she is feathered. Still, both of us were more than willing to stop with the bath…yeah. I took a quick rest before going to Sora's next activity, soccer practice.


Sora's POV

"Can we stop, please? My feet hurt!"

"Oh, Sora, they can't hurt! You do soccer, for goodness sake!"

"But I don't have to try on a million outfits and run around a mall during soccer!"

A few hours after breakfast and I was going crazy from being forced to try on a million different outfits. When I asked why they didn't buy anything, they said that they never bought; they took inventory of what they wanted and then begged their parents to let them get it. While that tactic seemed to work for them, it seemed pretty low to me.

Suddenly I saw it. Red, a cute heart design, something different than I've ever had. I had to get it. Without them knowing.

"Um…guys? Girls? Um, I need to head over to the bathroom…be with you in a sec…?" I started walking away to their giggles.

When they were out of earshot and sight, I went to the register, tried on the shirt, and, since it fit right, I bought it. I stuffed it in this overgrown bag that Mimi had lent to me, and ran to catch up with the girls, who had only managed to get a bit ahead. When I reached them, panting, they were giggling even harder.

"Hi! Back now…what's up?" I said, hoping they hadn't seen me buy that outfit.

Marta smirked. "Long time no see. You know, you could have spent more time…over there…" Huh? What was she talking about? I wanted to get out of this mall!

They must have seen the confusion on my face, because they both started giggling even harder. "Well, what she means is, if you want to go and see him, we won't keep you!" Laia said, her hand over her mouth.

What? "What do you mean?" I asked, my face going red.

"Well," said Marta, "I mean, obviously you went to see a boy. Like, there isn't a restroom on this floor…did he buy you anything?"

My cheeks burned red. And to think, these girls were younger than me! "Um…no, I didn't see a boy. Um, I've got…cheer leading practice in a bit, so I'm going to go and get changed and head over…" With that, I high tailed it out of the mall, sprinting faster than I do on a normal soccer match.

Okay, I'm stopping there for now. I'll finish this fic idea up next chapter, 'kay? Mimi and Sora will do soccer and cheer leading, respectively…among other things…this should get interesting…

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