"Slow Burn"(def.): an attraction for someone that is not instant, but grows over time.
-x-
Chapter Sixteen: Wicked Games
What a wicked game to play,
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do,
To make me dream of you
-x-
"Can I just ask, how the hell did you end up in Kamiya's room?" Sora raised a brow.
Mimi sighed, "If you must know, I went in there to sleep." She continued to rummage through her drawer for something decent to wear.
The sooner she got in the shower, the better, she hadn't felt this dirty in a long time.
Sora rolled her eyes, "I guessed as much on my own, M. You know what I mean." She persisted.
"I'm not sure I do, S." She maintained, comparing t shirts as a means of avoiding eye contact.
"Okay then, why did you go to his room when you could've easily slept in Matt's bed next to me."
Matt's bed. Just those two words together made her cringe while simultaneously raising every hair on her body.
A wave of heat washed over her, "Well, you see the thing is…" Mimi felt a bead of sweat roll down her neck as she scrambled for some kind of excuse.
Something, anything except the truth.
Lying wasn't her strong suit though and it was times like this that she wished she could damn her sincerity to hell.
Floundering for a response and looking guiltier by the second, the brunette refused to face her best friend out of sheer embarrassment.
Until she felt a hand on her shoulder.
Slowly, she twisted her neck over her shoulder to meet Sora's auburn eyes. "You know you can tell me anything, Mimi." She said with certainty.
Mimi straightened up, "I, there's nothing to tell." She said through a cracked voice and feeble eyes.
The redhead gave her a disbelieving look, "Mimi, it's okay." She repeated. "I, I already know and I want you to know that you don't have to hide things like this from me." She promised.
"Wait, you do?" Mimi's eyes widened. "You know?" She asked again with marked disbelief.
Sora nodded, "And I'm okay with it, if you were trying to keep it from to in some valiant effort to protect me or something—you don't need to." She said with a smile. "If this is what you want...what you both want then I'm happy for you."
"You…are?" She asked, confusion heavy in her voice.
Mostly because what was there to be happy about? This was a solitary occurrence, something that would never be repeated. They would bury this like they had so many other things and get on with their lives because it was the only thing to do. They weren't ready for something meaningful and life altering, because that's what getting into a relationship with Matt would mean.
It would be the end of everything as they knew it.
A brand new world.
"Of course, but I think you should be careful though, you know how he can be."
Mimi furrowed her brows, "It didn't mean anything, just a one off." She said shakily.
"I get why it would be hard for you, his reputation is certainly something that has preceded him in the worst way but you must know as well as I do that he has a heart of gold."
"Yeah, once you get past all the ice." She muttered.
It was Sora's turn to look perturbed. "Ice?" But she shook her head as soon as the question left her mouth. "Regardless, my whole point was just that you can trust me with these things. I honestly don't care at all that you hooked up with Tai, even though it was a little surprising and poor Matt he had to be the one to find you guys but—
"Wait, that's what you think?" Mimi balked, when her shock finally wore off at Sora's words. "That I hooked up with Tai." She nearly blanched at the thought.
Not that there was anything wrong with Tai, it was just that he was known for being a womanizing jerk. He had a steady revolving door of different girls that he bedded on a weekly basis, it was almost methodical in nature.
She shuddered at the thought of becoming one of Taichi Kamiya's many conquests.
"Well, yeah…I mean isn't that the most logical explanation for why you would be sleeping beside him." Sora shrugged. "Probably the most courtesy he's ever given to a girl, I'm thinking he usually puts them straight into a cab right after." She laughed.
She was at an impasse, by the looks of it, convincing Sora of a meaningless (almost) one night stand with Tai would be easier than convincing her it was with Matt.
Well, the meaningless part anyway.
And Sora, bless her soul, would do everything in her power to make Mimi face the truth and force her to come to terms with her feelings and reconcile all the emotions that were raging inside her.
The brunette was so not ready for that kind of intensive therapy just yet.
Still, the idea of letting Sora' believe that she slept with Tai was a little more than she could bare. Besides, she would not only be lying to Sora but she would be implicating Tai in her mess as well and explaining to him why she had to lie to Sora in the first place was actually so much worse than coming clean.
He would never let either of them live this down.
Then there was the whole Ryo mess and how she could ever explain this to him if he ever found out her lie about Tai.
She drew in a sharp breath, "If I tell you, you are sworn to secrecy." She dropped her voice a decibel.
Sora looked at her strangely, "I…what." She said confusedly. "Tell me what?"
"And, you can't try to counsel me or try to convince me what I'm about to tell you means something deeper. Also, you can never repeat it, not even to the other party involved." Mimi ignored her protests and continued.
Sora looked, if possible, even more confused. "You're seriously not making any sense, but I'll agree to whatever you want. Just tell me already."
She let out a sigh, "I didn't hook up with Tai." She said.
Sora seemed surprised. "Oh, I see." She said with a slow nod. "Well, then, I'm officially lost." She admitted.
"It was Matt." The admission came out in a whisper.
But Sora heard it all the same, her mouth dropping into an 'O' as she stared at Mimi like she had three heads. "You're joking."
Mimi shook her head, "We didn't have sex…if that's what you're thinking." She pushed her hair back. "But we kind of made out…aggressively." She dropped her face into her hands.
"Tachikawa, tell me you didn't." Sora, who wasn't much of a shrieker or squealer, managed to do both in the same sentence.
Mimi nodded miserably, her face still in her hands.
"Where! When! Tell me everything!" She demanded.
"In the Loft's kitchen, the countertop to be exact—
"Oh my god." Sora shoved a hand over her eyes. "Matt defiled you on that countertop where we had our breakfast the next day!" She groaned, trying vigorously to erase the mental images she had of the pair.
She felt her face reddening with every passing second. "We didn't do anything!" She gave the redhead a light shove. "It was last night, after you and Tai had both gone to sleep…we just, we'd all been drinking and I think we were both just vulnerable and there. It could have easily been any other girl for him, I'm sure. It was all chemical." She said with enough conviction in her voice to almost believe it. "It didn't mean anything Sor, I swear. So please, just don't make a deal of this." She was practically pleading.
A sympathetic look crossed the redhead's features. "Whatever you want, Meems." She promised. "Do you feel like it was a mistake?"
Mimi shrugged a shoulder, "I don't really know what to make of it, I wouldn't call it a mistake I don't think." She was unsure, "Nothing with Matt could ever be a mistake, I just think we aren't ready and we did something stupid that could potentially change things between us forever. I think we should have been fairer to our friendship, which has withstood the test of time and distance." She answered honestly.
"That sounds really mature of you." She nodded.
Mimi pushed back her now limp, stringy hair. "I'm sure it does." She let out a breath. "In reality though, I'm scared shitless, S. I don't know how the hell I'm going to face him or what I'm supposed to say. I don't think anything is ever going to be the same between us and it's literally all I can think about." She was on the verge of tears, for what reason though, she wasn't sure.
Was it because of what happened with Matt last night?
Was it out of confusion?
Exhaustion?
Frustration.
Probably a combination of all those and more.
Sora put both hands on her shoulders, steadying her. "Hey, I meant what I said before, Meems. I am here for you. I always will be, as long as I'm around you will never have to deal with anything alone." She promised the brunette. "If you don't wanna see Matt, we don't have to go meet them at the park. We can hole up here and watch movies all weekend." She suggested with a comforting smile. "Its whatever you want, M. I'm on your side, always."
Mimi couldn't wrap her arms around the redhead fast enough, "Thank you." It was everything she had needed to hear.
Telling Sora had lifted an elephant sized weight of her off her chest, for the first time in weeks she felt like she could breathe again.
-x-
Mimi had decided it was better to go to the park and join their friends for a sunny afternoon together than to miss out on it. At least in a group, she wouldn't be forced to spend time alone with Matt if she didn't want to. And with so many people around, surely she should be sufficiently distracted enough not to give the brooding blonde even a second though, right?
Wrong.
She had been here for only a half hour and already her blood was boiling.
Matt talking so carelessly to an ethereal blonde who made even skinny jeans look like couture when they framed her long legs that perfectly.
She swallowed down the anger that was rising inside her, keeping to herself every mean word and malicious thought.
Sora hadn't left her side, but when Sam showed up Mimi all but forced the redhead to get lost. It took a lot of convincing, but she would never allow Sora to sit and play babysitter when she could be spending time with her newly minted boyfriend.
She continued to sit at the close by picnic table she and Sora had chosen when they'd gotten there, watching the boys continue their game of one on one.
Tai sidled over to her, "Never took you for the love 'em and leave 'em type." He said from above her.
Mimi felt her back go ramrod straight as her eyes widened, "I… what." She looked up at him in disbelief.
Tai just grinned, "I heard you took advantage of me while I slept, gotta say I didn't expect it from you, Tachikawa." He dropped into the space beside her.
Mimi let out a breath, "I couldn't resist." She rolled her eyes.
"Listen, I have to be honest with you here, my performance is very subpar when I can't even remember it. How about you give me a second chance to show you what I can really—
"Oh my God, Tai!" Mimi yelped. "Please don't tell me you actually think we slept together." She groaned.
He let out a loud guffaw. "Nah." He waved off. "I just like messing with you. Almost as much as I love messing with Ishida." The mischievous gleam in his eye made her fear for her life.
"What'd you do?" She asked, her voice filling with dread.
The smile turned gleeful, "Nothing that you didn't set me up for." He said conspiratorially.
"Taichi Kamiya, if I catch wind of even so much as an illicit whisper of a conjugal position that we have never been in—I will make sure you are never able to use that appendage again." She threatened with a growl.
"Woah, alright. That was unnecessary." He held up his hands. "I'd never compromise your integrity, Tachikawa." He assured her with a wink.
"Why doesn't that make me feel any better." She dropped her face into her hands.
"Relax, when he came in all investigator Ishida like, asking me why the hell we were in bed together I told him I didn't even remember you being there." Though it wouldn't have been the first time he woke up with no recollection of a girl being in his bed.
Mimi lifted her face out of her hands, "And…what did he say?" She hated herself for asking.
But she had to know.
Tai gave her an annoying smirk that only served to tick her off further. "Oh you know, flew into a jealous rage, broke things around the apartment. Nothing crazy." He said dismissively.
Mimi looked at him through wide hazel eyes, "No way…you're kidding." She gasped.
He laughed loudly, "Well obviously I am." He said with a snort. "Does that even remotely sound like Ishida to you? No. He just did that usual scowl and shrug combo." He twisted his face into his best Yamato-glare.
Mimi elbowed him in stomach, feeling a pang of satisfaction when she heard him let out an audible breath and doubling over. "For the record, I came to sleep next to you because Matt's pillows are too fluffy, they were giving me neck issues." She said with her nose upturned.
Tai chuckled, "Jeez you're a bad liar." He said easily. "You don't have to tell me how or why, Tachikawa. It's not my business. But if you're going to try to convince him of something, I'd come up with a better excuse than fluffy pillows." And with that, he gave her hair a ruffle before getting up.
-x-
"So, you know I have to ask." Zoe started.
Matt looked up from his phone, "What?"
"Have you been avoiding me since...well, the other night?" She asked frankly.
Matt's felt his eyebrows raise, taken aback by her sudden honesty. "I...well, no." He stuttered a bit. "I haven't really thought about it."
She let out a brief chuckle, "How sweet, just what every girl wants to hear." She said sarcastically.
He shook his head, "I didn't mean it like that. I just meant, I wasn't trying to avoid you." He maintained. "That night was…"
Zoe nodded, "Yeah, I know." She leaned her back against an old oak. "Full disclosure though, I ran into Mimi when I was sneaking out. Not sure how that factors into anything in the grand scheme of things, but I thought you should know." She mentioned.
Of course, he was well aware of this fact already. "Why?" He asked anyway.
"Why what?"
"Why'd you feel like you would have to tell me that?"
She tucked a golden strand behind her ear. "I mean, there's a vibe." She shrugged. "Or am I wrong?"
He didn't say anything.
"Well, I'm sure whatever it is, is complicated and hard to explain." She assumed.
He nodded, "Usually is." He muttered.
"I like Mimi, you know? She's real." Zoe continued. "It's why I talked to her about it afterwards. Total transparency so there's no miscommunication."
Matt turned to face her, "Wait, you what?" He asked through wide cobalt eyes. "Talked to her about...what?" He all but demanded.
Zoe looked surprised. "I mean, she walked in on me leaving your apartment. And I don't know, she seemed a little upset, or shocked or well, something. I just didn't want this to be a problem, so I...I asked her if it was okay." She elaborated with slight trepidation.
"If what was okay?"
"Me...and you. Us." She said softly. "Not that there has to be an us, Matt. But I just wanted to make sure that if there ever would be, if there's even a chance for it, that Mimi was okay with it." She explained.
And for some reason, this made him increasingly irritated.
"And…?" He got out, fingers itching to dig around his pockets.
"She said it was fine. That you two are just friends. That it's never going to be anything more than that." She shrugged a shoulder.
He shoved a hand into his pocket, pulling out a carton. "Hn." He shoved a cigarette between his lips, pulling out lighter with the other hand. "Anything else?" He said through gritted teeth.
"I mean, not really. I didn't push it and we basically just started talking about her and my brother." Zoe answered. "I got the feeling she's pretty into him, if that's what you're asking."
"It's not what I'm asking." He grunted, following an A-line to where the brunette had her head thrown back in laughter at something Akiyama said.
Matt scowled at the scene, deeming the reaction a gross exaggeration considering the limited time he had spent with the guy, he didn't seem all that funny.
"Well, then. In that case, that was that."
He was silent, smoking his cigarette with absolutely no emotion on his face except a trademark grimace that could have been the product of a number of things.
"Look, Matt. I'm sorry if I overstepped. But we're becoming friends, Mimi and I, and that means something to me." She apologized. "I just don't want things to get messy for any of us."
Too late for that.
He took a long drag.
"Well, is there?" She asked quietly, when she got no response from him.
"Is there what?"
"A chance? For there to be...an us?"
Matt let out another puff of smoke, "It's a little premature for this conversation, don't you think?" He wanted her to go away, he wanted her as far away from him as physically possible right now.
He knew none of this was her fault, but there was a rage building inside of him every second that passed. With every mistaken glance in Mimi's direction, he felt himself burning with anger—burning with desire. The two were almost synonymous, so much so, that he could barely tell them apart.
He wondered how it was possible for Mimi to feel nothing but platonicness towards him, how she could so easily be sure that they were just friends. How was it possible that what happened between them, changed nothing for her. And how could she so easily flirt with Akiyama, when all he could think about was her.
Even now, with Zoe standing two feet from him, all he wanted was her.
And why didn't she feel this terrible, all consuming urge to be around him the way he did for her. How it was literally eating him up alive from the inside out not to be near her, not be touching her. Every inch of his skin, every particle, every atom was begging to feel her. Watching her from across the picnic tables, talking animatedly to Tai or being doted on by Akiyama—it was torture.
Had it always been this way?
Zoe sighed, "I've felt something for you from the second i met you, Matt." She admitted in a small, shy voice. "It's different than anything I've ever known, so for me, it's not premature." She said seriously.
He swallowed down the lump in his throat.
This was the exact type of conversations he hated.
"We barely know each other."
She nodded, "Yeah, I know and I'm not saying you have to be my boyfriend tomorrow." She said with half a grin. "But if there isn't anyone else...well, then, I don't see why we can't give dating a shot."
"Dating." He repeated, the word sounding foreign and incomprehensible.
"Yes, Yamato. Dating." She rolled her eyes. "Unless, there is someone else."
She said you guys were just friends. Nothing more…
"There isn't anyone else." He stamped the cigarette out with his foot.
Her eyes lit up, though it was fairly obvious how insincere the admission had been. "Really?" She asked with a smile.
And try as he might, he couldn't wretch his eyes away from Mimi long enough to properly respond.
She seems pretty into him, if that's what you're asking.
"Sure."
"Then it's official. There's no reason why you and I shouldn't explore this new facet of our...relationship."
Matt finally brought his eyes back to the blonde, "Okay, you're going to need to slow down on the wedding bells there." He said quickly. "I could be open to seeing where this goes, but I don't do labels. There's no commitments or expectations. If you wanna see other people, be my guest because I'm not looking for a relationship. If you're okay with that, then we can talk. If not, that's fine too." He wasn't sure what was making him say all this.
Was it because Mimi could care less about his very existence, that's how incredibly entrenched in conversation she was with his arch nemesis. Was it because said arch nemesis had his hands on her waist, on her hips and damn that bastard he was getting way too close to her ass.
His fists balled up at his sides immediately, fighting the urge to rip Akiyama's head clean off his shoulders.
"Non exclusive dating, fine with me." She agreed happily.
Even dating was too strong of a word for his liking, but he wasn't in the mood to split hairs.
"Great." He pulled out a second cigarette.
"Let's do something Friday night?" She suggested brightly.
"Working." He grunted.
"Well, we can get together after your shift?"
Ryo leaned in to whisper something in Mimi's ear.
"Yeah, come by the loft." He didn't even know if he wanted her to.
He just knew he needed some kind of distraction or someone was going to get punched.
Ryo moved his hands through her hair.
"You know, you should really cut down." She jutted her chin at him. "Smoking is seriously bad for your health."
"Gee, thanks Zoe. No one's ever told me that before."
She raised a brow at him, "Okay...I'm gonna leave you to your mood then." She held up her hands on either side.
Matt let out a breath through his nose, "Sorry, that was uncalled for." He threw the half smoked cigarette on the ground. "I'm done for the day, okay?"
She smiled, "Good, now let's see if you can beat me in a game of one on one without getting winded, grandpa." She challenged wickedly.
"You're on."
-x-
It wasn't until sundown that he was able to put his pride aside and approached her. But all the self coaching in the world couldn't stop him from sounding resentful.
"So you were perfectly complicit with ignoring me all day, huh?" He said from behind her.
She'd know his voice in a noisy stadium, over hundreds of screams, through thunder and lightning.
Anywhere.
But his allegation did nothing but fuel her ire. "Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize you even registered my presence given your entanglements." She was all acid and fire. "I have to say, she must be a phenomenal conversationalist to have kept you occupied all damn day."
He could feel the heat radiating off her skin like last night, saw the bright flames burning behind warm honey eyes.
She was as illuminating as the moon, as scalding as the sun and it was all he could do not to get burned by her.
It would be a beautiful death though, drowning in her flames.
"You're one to talk, I think you must have thrown your back out with how hard Akiyama had you laughing." He retorted.
"Oh come off it, Ishida. If anyone should have an issue, it's me. Or were you not just convening with the girl you slept with, that i had the great pleasure of seeing the morning she was sneaking out." Mimi seethed.
Matt let out a mirthless laugh, "You can't be serious." He shook his head.
She narrowed her eyes at him, "No, of course I'm not serious. I find humor in this situation, I'm just in stitches over this whole thing. Truly, i've never had more fun." She replied with a fake smile.
"Honestly, I don't really get what I did to you. You've been the one bending over backwards to avoid me." He blamed.
"Just stop it, you've been following behind cheer-skank barbie with your tongue out and tail wagging."
His eyes widened with sheer disbelief at her gall. He wanted to strangle her, she was absolutely infuriating. "I didn't take you for the jealous type." He scoffed.
"Is that what she is then, just some kind of ploy to make me jealous?" She demanded.
A harsh laugh escaped him, "You'd love that, wouldn't you?" He shoved his hands into the pockets of his jeans. "Not everything is about you, Mimi."
"Oh, so you actually like her then, is that it?" And somehow she had made that sound worse than her initial suggestion that he was just using Zoe.
As if she would somehow prefer that to him actually having feelings for the blonde.
"What do you care if I do? You've made it pretty obvious that you don't want anything to do with me or was parading Akiyama in my face an accident." He spat. "The way I see it, turnabout is pretty fucking fair, princess."
The hurt on her face was evident, she'd always been shit at hiding things like that. She also wasn't quick enough to come up with something equally as scathing.
Mimi shook her head, "You know, I thought we wouldn't let what happened between us change things. I thought we could still be friends." A dry laugh tore from her throat. "I was so wrong."
"You were naïve to think that in the first place." He said with stoical indifference.
It cut her to the core, the way he regarded her with no emotion. As if she meant nothing to him. And even though she knew it wasn't the case, it sure as hell felt like it when he was so incredibly cold. "Remember when you told me that you wouldn't do that thing where you shut me out—that was a lie too, huh?" She didn't dare look him lest he saw the tears gathering at the corner of her eyes.
If she had looked at him, perhaps she would've seen the little break in his façade.
"Whatever, this is stupid." She couldn't stand here any longer, she was seconds from full blown tears and all she wanted to do was curl up in bed and wish away the last two days with all her might.
She bumped his shoulder walking past him and barely knew what was happening when his hand latched around her wrist. Not a moment later she was in his arms and his lips had claimed her.
The gasp of shock that left her turned into a small sigh of content before she could stop herself and suddenly she was spinning.
Around and around and around, sliding deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole.
Drowning in a sea of confusion and passion and helplessness.
And all she could think of were his hands and his mouth. All she could see were stars and fireworks and hues of blue and gold. All she felt was this all consuming desire to feel every inch of his skin and how he lit her skin on fire with every caress. All she could do was pray to anything that would listen that he'd never stop.
It hurts to love you, but I still love you
It's just the way I feel
And I'd be lying, if I kept hiding
The fact that I can't deal
And that I've been dying... for something real
-x-
A/N: Hi…
Well, I guess I shouldn't come back as if no time has passed at all and you guys haven't been waiting for this thing to be updated...should I? *nervous eye roll*
Okay, a few things happened:
1. I had total writer's block for a while, there was no good music and no good writing and I was in such a funk.
2. Remember when I was engaged? Well now I'm married...so, there was a whole bachelorette party, bridal shower and about thirty million wedding events to plan which took up basically all my time from March to August (I swear, planning a wedding is just more hassle than its worth)
3. Moving. Into my new place. With my brand new husband. Also time consuming. But unlike weddings, not more hassle than its worth.
4. School started simultaneously with all this so… need I go on?
I hope this list gets me just a little sympathy and just a little forgiveness. Know that I would've updated earlier if i could've, I promise.
Alright, now that that unpleasantness is out of the way, tell me, tell me WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THIS CHAPTER! I would loooooove some feedback, especially since I've been working on this for the last (oh I don't know…) sevenish months. Please let me know how it was and catch me up on whatever I've missed with you guys! You know, since I tell you guys every major life event that occurs in mine :P
And with that, let's get on to the thankyou's!
Angelic Moonlight: Haha, I try with my chapter titles! It's actually probably the hardest part of writing, figuring out a good title. Lol, I considered that aspect, Sora drunkenly walking into the kitchen and then Mimi and Matt trying to convince her its all a dream and she didn't really see what she saw. I took the simpler route though lmao. Honestly, for me, it took a lot of nerve and a lot of practice to start writing intimate scenes and my first few go around's were not great. There's a fine line between sexy and vulgar, and writing a vulgar sexual scene is just so cringy, so I don't blame you for the trepidation. My only advice would be, try to study authors you like, how they write sexual scenes tastefully, the language that works, etc. Its the only thing that helped me! Haha, if you thought his inner turmoil was bad last chapter, well then, this chapter must've just been torturous LOL. I wanted to go for a more Matt pining for Mimi angle as oppose to it usually being the opposite.
Well, I wonder if you were thinking about this fic this time around LOL or have you just given up on it all together. I updated near the weekend so hopefully everyone has some down time to catch up:) As always, thank you for the review and your wonderful feedback, and I hope you enjoy this installment! I look forward to hearing from you :)
Guest (1): Hi! Good to hear from you again! Haha I'm glad you're enjoying the chapters and I'm really happy to hear that you think each chapter is more enticing than the one before. I try hard so its nice to be appreciated. Yeah, that was the conclusion i can to, but i was pretty torn about which way I wanted it to go. Yes, the idea is to get Matt as jealous as possible, maybe it'll be enough to get him to grow a pair and ask out the girl he clearly likes. Again, thank you for the feedback and for your kind words! I look forward to hearing from you soon! I'd love to know what you thought of this chapter :)
OnceUponAnOriginal: Aww! Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it! I feel like Ryo and Zoe are both going to get annoying for the hardcore Mimato shippers, but you know, means to an end and all LOL. I hope they're not hated by the end of this. Thank you so much for the praises, it means so much! I'm so happy to hear that you like my story and I'd love to know what you thought of this chapter! Can't wait to hear from you!
Isabel Nightray: Hi! I did send you a PM, but I'm sure you've seen it by now. Thank you but you're the sweetest! I understand you're opposed to translating, I'm sure it would ruin the integrity of the work. I totally get it, I still wish I could l read your stuff! I feel like it's probably great!
AWWW, thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it and I try really hard to keep the characters as true to themselves as possible while still allowing the growth that I think they would acquire had they been in college.
Yes, I definitely was really excited to write that scene between Yamato and Mimi, I think it was a long time coming for everyone, especially the two of them. That was one of those scenes that kind of wrote itself, it just sort of flowed together on its own. It was really fun to write but then I hit such a roadblock after. This chapter wasn't as Tai heavy, but that was mostly by design. I love Tai so much, writing him is so much fun for me, that even when he has basically nothing to do with a chapter, I have to incorporate him somehow. This chapter was more about the Mimi-Sora relationship and the beginning of complications for the newly discovered Mimato relationship.
Yeah! They did that a lot in 02, where Davis would just mess up the second initial of TK's name to be a douche LOL, I'm glad you liked that detail, I try to incorporate as much as I can remember without it being too contrived. LOL, yes Tai is indeed magical, he's the best remedy for any sickness or stress. Thanks so much for all the feedback and your great review, it's always so fun to read what you have to say. I always look forward to your reviews! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this chapter!
Guest(2): HI! Firstly, thank you for the review! I appreciate you taking the time out to not only read my story but to give it feedback. Thank you so much for your kind words and I'm so happy to hear that you enjoy the story! Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
Camii: Hi! So great to hear from you. Thank you so much for the review and I'm so happy to hear that! I love hearing that my work is compelling enough to warrant a full bio read LOL Thank you for all the nice sentiments, I really do appreciate it! And I do hope to keep hearing from you, I hope you'll continue to read my work and give me feedback! Can't wait to hear from you!
Cancercute: Hiii! Always sooo good to hear from you! I love getting reviews from you, it's always so nostalgic and insightful. I really wanted to go for that, I wanted Matt to be so out of his comfort zone and to come across visibly conflicted and confused. LOL, I know right, I love that too, he's usually so calm and cool so its nice to have him be so uncontrolled. The last chapter was a bit of a cliffhanger but this one… :x sorry about that! But I promise to try and update sooner to make up for it lol. Yes, it's a lot of Matt emphasis and his emotions mostly because Mimi is a heart-on-her-sleeve type of girl so I don't have to go into so much description, at least that's how I feel about. She can talk about her emotions and stuff whereas Matt will run from them at 100MPH. I really hope I hear from you soon, I can't wait to hear what you thought of this chapter! Thank you for the review!
Mingming08: Hi! Aww, thank you so much for saying that! I always get all warm and fuzzy inside when i hear things like that! I'm so happy you like my story, it's always really nice to hear that my work is appreciated :D Yes! I remember talking about how we didn't wanna watch Tri because of all the Sorato, I still haven't watched it either. I had really been hoping it would be a little different than how they ended 02, but it wasn't :( Some Taiora would've been nice. I love you too and THANK YOU for the review and for always giving me feedback and for reading the story. Your support means the world! I can't wait to hear what you thought of this chapter! Talk to you soon!
Guest (3): Well, i guess you kind of had to wait long, but i'm sorry for that! Thank you for leaving a review and for reading, it means a lot. Yes, that seems to be the consensus, that seeing Ryo now is more of a nuisance than anything else LOL, but still, he has a purpose to serve, I will try to make him as tolerable as possible. Haha, yes definitely, in due time, they will get it together. Thank you for reading and supporting my work, it means the world. I can't wait to hear what you thought of this chapter!
Guest(4): Hi, well here's the update! I'm sorry it's so late but it's here! I know I promised but I had so much going on! I hope you'll understand and I hope you liked this chapter! Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Thanks for the review!
Tanngytagny2: Hello! Thanks for the review! I'm sorry you had to wait so long for the update but here it is! Hope you enjoy it :)
Angelxchild: Hi! Lol, well thank you for that! I'm so happy to hear that, it really does mean the world to me to here such positive feedback on my story! I'm sorry for taking so long to update but here it is! I hope you'll enjoy it and let me know what you thought! Looking forward to hearing from you soon
Kiki: Awww, I love hearing that! I can't believe you re-read it five times! That's commitment, but I'm honored. Thank you so much for supporting my story and reviewing! Sorry this update took so long but I hope you like it. Let me know what you think!
P.S: The songs:
Chapter title and beginning lyrics: Wicked Game by Chris Isaak
The song at the end is 13 Beaches by Lana Del Rey. If you know me, you know I'm a huge lana fan. This last album was genius, it was absolutely amazing, listen to it if you haven't, it's called Lust for Life.