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He walked over to the balconey and looked out.Mrs yashiro was

out singing old japanese folksong to the pigeons again.She was an elderly woman

who lived by herself.she lost her husband who had a heart attack ten years ago.

 Matt sat down on the balconey with his back against the wall.

It soothed him when he listened to her singing,especially when he had things on his mind.

She looked up and waved at him

"No one home yet?"

He looked back down and smiled gently at the old woman

"Dad's at work till tomorrow Mrs yashiro"

"Come on down if you get lonely."

"it's okay, I'm gonna go camp out with some friends at the lake tonight"

He turned to look at the sun as it hung low in the orange sky.

Thought's of Tai were swimming loose in his head,

It troubled him,they were best friends, what would he think of it?

He thought of the phone call he had from Tai yesterday.

He definitely knows something's up and he's not giving up.

He decided right then and there that it would be best to just keep this to himself,

Matt was always good at hiding his feelings so this wouldn't be such of a big deal

Or at least that's what he convinced himself to believe.

The sound of the doorbell broke his concentration

"About time" he thought to himself "Izzy was supposed to be here to pick me up an

hour ago, I bet he was sorting out his Internet connection or something like that."

The door swung open and sure enough there stood Izzy with his laptop under his arm.

"Sorry we're late, I had issues with my hard drive."

"I was close."

"What?"

"Oh nothing, I was just wandering if you were coming for me or not"

"My mom's waiting in the car let's go"

Matt grabbed his sleeping bag and threw it over his shoulder before locking up,

then ran downstairs to the car.

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The whole trip he kept thinking about Tai, and every time he did he countered it by asking

Izzy some stupid question about his laptop. Izzy tended to babble on mindlessly about that

sort of thing.

Finally they got there, Matt dumped his stuff at his feet for a moment. A little boy came running up to

Matt hugging both of Matt's legs since that's the only place he could get a hold of his big brother.

"Matt!!!!!"

Matt picked his little brother up in his arms

"Hey T.K how's mom doing?"

"Oh she's great.... Dad?"

"He's okay...you know the usual, working a 24 hour day."

Their parent's were divorced so they missed having each other around.

"Come play soccer with us Matt!"

He smiled and pointed to Tai, Davis, and Cody who were too busy shooting goals

to notice that Izzy and Matt had arrived.

"Maybe just now bro. Go on and play, I'll catch up to you later."

T.K ran off happily almost stumbling over his own feet.

He came to the campfire where all three girls were trying to get the fire started.

Kari And Mimi stood up to say hi.

"Hey what's up?"

"Hi Matt..., Well since those so called boys over there decided that soccer was more

important than getting the fire started they just left it for us to do."

He could see Sora was getting angry with the unlit pile of wood by now so he knelt down to help out.

She looked up at him.

"Thanks Matt"

"No prob"

Tai caught sight of the fire out the corner of his eye.Then he realized Matt was there as he watched

him laughing with the girls.

Thwack!

"Owww!!"Tai yelled.

Davis kicked the ball straight into Tai's face.

"what did ya do that for?"Rubbing the sting of the ball out of his cheek

"Hey you're the one who wasn't watching ball, Don't blame me!"

He rubbed the redness out of his face as he walked over to the fire.

Matt hadn't seen Tai making his way over.

"Hey stranger,When did you get here?"

"about a half an hour ago."

"what took you?"

"ask Izzy over there"

who at the time was burried deep in his laptop.

"sorry I asked,hey why not come play with us?"

"nah I'll pass this time"

Mimi piped up "you feeling okay? you never pass on soccer"

"just not in the mood I guess"He shrugged

"well uh...ok your loss!"

Tai went back to the game but couldn't stop wandering what was up with Matt.

"Maybe he's ticked off with me or something."he thought to himself.

"What did I do?I wander if he knows about.........nah he couldn't know could he?

What would he do if he found out?

He shook his head loose of the thoughts and ran back out to where the other guys were.

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The sun had just set leaving a peach,rose colour in the lakes water it then spread to the sky making a

blanket of colour flowing into the clearing where the group had setup for camp.

"Hey guys, I'm gonna get something to eat, I'm starving!,coming?"

back at the fire everyone was taking out their food they brought for the night.

Tai, Cody, davis and T.k did the same eventually.

The food was shared amongst themselves while they talked and laughed the whole night through.

Matt didn't get too involved in their conversations, his mind was elsewhere as was Tai's.

He tried his best not to think Of Tai but that made him think of him even more.

Tai was watching him making sure not to be caught while doing so.

Mimi yawned and eventualy so did everyone else.

"G'night everyone!"

Soon almost everyone was fast asleep.

Tai and Matt remained the only ones awake by the fire.

they sat opposite each other with the fire between them flickering high

into the summer night ,both staring into the heart of the flames.

They stayed that way for what seemed like ages, never saying a word to one another.

Matt stood up slowly and walked over to the lake side and sat back down hugging his legs.

he could feel the pain welling up inside.

He could see the pain on Matt's face looked as he walked passed him.

To see his best friend like that......he had to find out what was going on.

Standing up he turned to where the blond haired boy was sitting and sat down just behind him.

Kind of nervous he rubbed the back of his neck like he always did.

Then staring at the fine blond hairs on the back of his friends neck,

he spoke "Matt?....You okay?"

he sniffled and replied "Yeah....I'm fine...Don't worry" he was trying his hardest to hide the fact that

he was nearly about to cry.

"Come on Matt your not acting normal.......Did....Did I do something wrong?"

Matt lowered his head "No....it's just....I can't tell you."

"why? we've always told each other everything.whats going on?"

"If I tell you then you might never want to see me again.Just leave me alone,Tai."

A tear forced it's way through the corner of his eye and ran down his cheek.

He screwed up his face and clenched his fists as tight as he could.

"Just leave me ALONE!!!"

Tai just managed to dodge a swift swing of Matt's fist.

That was it he thought as he launched himself straight into Matt.

Thud! Matt was thrown on his back hard almost losing his breathe.

Tai grabbed the colar of his shirt with both hands and shook him violently as he spoke.

"JEES MATT!! WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!!!"

The blonde realized his position between the brunette's legs.Not sure what to make of it.

He twisted and turned frantically and threw his weight forward,Tai found the tables turned as he discovered

he was now the one who was pinned down on his back.

"I SAID LEAVE ME ALONE, IT'S NOTHING!!!" he shouted back in defiance.

He saw Tai(frowning with a confused look as if concerned for some reason)beneath him.

Tai's grip on the blondes arms now loosend but still kept their hold.

Still his eyes never broke from his friends wich were now glassy with more tears ready to fall at any moment.

So much pain. Tai thought to himself as he looked deeply into the blue eyes staring down at him.

He spoke softly with a sense of worry for his friend that was clear in his voice.

"Matt....? Dude your shaking."

He let go of Tai's arms and pulled away.he sat with his back to Tai not knowing if he could ever

face his friend again.

His head hung low and the tears came more freely now, hicupping every now and then.

Tai propped himself up with his elbows and then sat up looking worriedly at the back of Matt's head of hair

again.

"Matt....?Has...?" He winced and paused to think about what he was going to say"Has someone hurt you.....Sexually?"

He swollowed the lump in his throught.

Please don't let it be that way he thought to himself as he waited for an answer of some kind.

But all the symptoms were there.Matt hadn't spoken to anyone for about a week.

He never hid anything from Tai before......ever.There was nothing they couldn't talk about.

but most importantly the way he was now before him.

Matt turned to his friend burrying himself in Tai's chest, his sobs grew louder but were muffled by Tai's shirt.

Tai pulled his arms around the poor child and held him tightly releasing his own sorrow,tears began to run down

his own cheeks.

He closed his eyes and whispered into Matt's ear. "why...why didn't you tell me."

Gently rocking him back and fourth in his arms.

Tai was paralyzed at the sudden sound of Matt's quivering voice.

"N-No....I'm *sniff* okay.It's *hiccup* something else."

Tai's feelings didn't change.Matt was still in pain and nothing had come between them before.He wasn't aware of

how sensitive he was being,it wasn't like him but this was his best friend.And Matt had always lived up to that

title of BEST FRIEND.

He grabbed the boy's shoulders and held him gently before him,they were close enough to notice each others warm

breath against their faces.

"Then... what is it?What's making you feel like this?" He asked with hope in his heart.Hope for the blondes eyes

to meet his.

He lifted his head slightly to look into Tai's muddy brown eyes wich were dressed with strands of brown hair.

"I..I....."

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Bastard aren't I? Bet you can't wait to find out what happens next.

I'll try to stretch this into a couple more chapters,

Please give me some feed back on the chapters you've read so far.

Thanx.

Kale.