A/N: This is the conclusion to Unspoken & Imperfection. I'm sorry that it took me so long to complete this, but I've been very busy with school. I'm using this christmas break to finish off all three of my ongoing fics! Enjoy and please review!
Matt made his way into a Chicago nightclub named "Unity." It wasn't often that he played small places such as this, but every so often he longed for an intimate kind of setting, where he could actually see every single face in the audience and interact closely with them. This was one of those days. After his many hours of self-reflection and longing the night before, he wanted to feel like a human being again. He needed people to treat him like a living, breathing person, rather than the teenage pop icon and idol that he had grown to be. Nothing was ever personal anymore. He acted on what was good for his image and for the fans, totally forgetting about the being itself. Just simply being Yamato Ishida. Tonight would be different though. He could feel it.
After a few hours of setting the stage for the performance, taking care of the business aspects of his job, (money that is) and getting his band and crew organized, Matt decided that he would take a few hours for himself. After much debate and negotiation with his two beefy body guards, Matt hit the streets of the Windy City, concealed by a pair of dark sun glasses, a hat and a trench coat for his own safety. He made his way through the downtown core until he found an old 1920's style malt shop and decided to take a look inside.
After running quickly into the bus terminal washroom to dry her tears and fix her make-up, Mimi appeared on the streets of the downtown core once again. She knew that Matt was playing at a small club called Unity that night and decided that it would be the best place to start looking for her old friend. "Taxi!" she called out to the bright yellow vehicle, which in turn crawled to a stop and allowed the girl to enter. "Where to miss?" the driver asked when Mimi had buckled herself in. "The Unity nightclub please." Mimi replied in a soft angelic tone. "Ah, a Matt fan are we?" the driver asked, knowing of the rock star's appearance later that day. "Yes." Mimi said simply. "But so much more." she added under her breath.
The driver pulled off of the curb and into the busy Chicago streets, heading in the direction of the Unity, while Mimi pulled her diary from her purse and reexamined the words that she had written half an hour before. "Why do you keep subjecting yourself to this Mimi?" she asked herself as fresh tears began rolling down her cheeks. She reiterated the final lines of her confession once more, wishing that they would somehow come true:
But it is not an impossible goal
To hear you tell me you love me
Would be the most perfect thing of all
"Here we are miss. The Unity nightclub." the cab driver's words invaded Mimi's private thoughts and snapped her back into the present. "That'll be $10.56." Mimi nodded and took the money from her wallet, handing it to the driver. "Thank you very much." she said before shutting the door and watching as it sped away. "This is it Meems. This is where you either make your dreams come true, or watch as they come crashing down at your feet." she told herself as she made her way to the front door and was stopped by security.
"May we help you?" one of the men asked in a very low and frightening tone. "Um... yeah! I'm here to see Yamato Ishida." Mimi responded. The guards simply laughed upon hearing the young girl's request. "So are about three hundred other girls lady. You're going to have to wait until tonight at the show like everybody else." the second guard told her. Mimi's spirit tore in two. "But you don't understand! This is a matter of life and death!" Okay, so that was a little over exaggeration, but for Mimi, it would make or break the rest of her life. "I'm sorry!" the men said in a tone that was anything but sympathetic.
Mimi turned from the men at the club and started to walk down the street, feeling very depressed and alone. How was she ever going to reunite with Matt and express her love for him if she couldn't get in to see him? Even getting into the club that night would be completely out of the question. In all of the excitement of going to see him, she had forgotten one of the most important elements of concert going. That element being that a ticket was required in order to be admitted to the event and a ticket was something that she had failed to obtain. "This is hopeless!" she whined as she headed past an old 1920's style malt shop. "Maybe a strawberry milkshake will help to cheer me up!" she thought as she entered the building.
Cause I can't take much more
Please mend a broken rock star's heart
And say you love me too
Matt smiled as a young waitress brought him his chocolate shake and sat it down in front of him. He paid his $2.50 and set to work on polishing off his favourite desert. "Mimi always liked strawberry." he said to himself as he took a mouthful of his drink. "We always fought over which flavor was better. I still say I'm right though!" he laughed, remembering the countless hours they would spend in the restaurants along with the other Digidestined fighting over such a stupid thing.
He looked up from his booth to the door when he heard someone new entering the building. He watched as she strolled up to the counter and ordered, ironically, a strawberry shake. As she turned to take a seat, he caught a glimpse of her face and gasped. "Mimi Tachikawa?" he asked as she walked past his booth. "It can't be!" he told himself, but when she suddenly stopped and turned on her heels upon hearing her name, he knew for sure that it was her.
"Do I know you?" she asked as she approached him slowly and gasped as he lifted his dark sunglasses. "Matt?" she cried happily. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "I could ask you the same question!" he laughed. "Well, actually, I came to see you but they wouldn't let me inside the club." Mimi explained half of her reason for coming to Chicago, leaving the most important part out. "That's my security for you. Solid as a rock!" Matt replied. "Take a seat." he motioned toward the empty side of the booth. Mimi did.
"So, you came all this way just to see me?" Matt asked surprised. "Well yes, but that's not all." Mimi said quietly. "What is it Meems?" It sounded good to call her that again. It had been so long since he had seen her and he was ecstatic! "Last night I was walking outside and I got this weird sort of feeling that you were with me. I know it sounds stupid but..." she was cut of by Matt who had turned rather pale. "No, it's not stupid. I was thinking about you! I have been for a while now." Mimi said nothing, but handed Matt the open diary and looked away quickly.
Matt read over the words on the pink pages and a smile crossed his face. "Are you ready to achieve perfection?" he asked finally. "What?" Mimi was so nervous that she didn't even realize what he was saying. "I feel the same way Mimi. I uh.... Well ... I love you. I have for the longest time and I just didn't know how to tell you!" It felt good to purge the contents of his heart and finally mend it's broken pieces as Mimi leaned forward and kissed him passionately. "Wow! I've waited so long for that!" Mimi blushed as she parted from his embrace.
They sat and talked for hours until Matt finally gazed at his watch and remembered that intimate performance that he had been looking forward to doing. It didn't seem all that important now, but he couldn't let his fans down. Bring Mimi back to the club with him, he put on an awesome show and ended it was a huge surprise. "Ladies and Gentlemen! I'd like to introduce you to a very special friend of mine. Would Miss. Mimi Tachikawa please come up here and help me finish off the show?" he smiled and winked as he said it.
Though very reluctant to do so, Mimi made it up onto the stage and took a microphone from Matt's hand. "My friend Mimi here has an amazing voice and I'd like to finish off the evening with a very special duet entitled "When I See You." The music began to play and Mimi and Matt sang:
All time stops for me
It's unexplainable
But that's just what love is
When I see you
I don't know what to do
I feel my heart beating strong
Just wanna be with you
The music rang loudly through the Unity and the audience was mesmerized by the sweet sounds of a reunited Mimi and Yamato. This was a night that they would never forget as they sang in unison and in unity.
~MPF