TAKE MY HAND: A CHRISTMAS STORY- PART 2
By Venus163
Hello again! Please read Part 1, or you can get lost in this story very easily.
Again, this is not for Sorato fans. Please back off unless you like Mimato too. I am not going to be held responsible if you get angry with me, because I warned you.
This is for the Mimato contest, by Azusa. (If you're reading this: HI! I LOVE MIMATO!)
I only own the plot, not the characters.
Please review! (crescent87@hotmail.com)
TAKE MY HAND: A CHRISTMAS STORY- PART 2
By Venus163
Matt dazedly walked home, trying to think, but all his mind would think about was Mimi.
He opened the door to see T.K. writing something. As soon as he saw him, however, he quickly stuffed it into his pocket.
"Hi Matt," he said cheerfully. "I was just… what happened?"
Matt stumbled over to the couch and collapsed onto it. "She kissed me," he said, shocked.
"Who?"
"Mimi," he said, confused. "Mimi kissed me," he said before going on and explaining to T.K. what had happened.
"I know that I sound stupid right now, but…" Matt trailed off as he caught a glimpse of T.K.'s eyes. "Um, what is it?"
"You *really* screwed up big time, didn't you?" T.K. asked in a low voice.
"Wha-"
"You- you…" Groaning, he stood up. "I've got to go see Mimi. She's going to need some comforting."
Matt finally snapped. "What's so important?!" he yelled.
T.K. stopped and stared at him. "You really don't understand, do you?"
"What?!"
"You just don't know…"
"WHAT?!"
T.K. was silent for a moment, then he looked straight at Matt and said, "She loves you, Matt."
Matt couldn't say anything; he was that shocked. "Wh-What…"
T.K. turned and looked at him angrily. "Gawd, Matt, how can you be so stupid? Mimi loves you, she always has. She's tried so hard to stop loving you, only God knows how much she's tried, because she *knew* that you loved Sora. And you know what? I've been there for her, every time you broke her heart! I was there the day Sora became your girlfriend, the day she told me how she felt in tears. I was there when she tried to get drunk in a little bar off the street; she was so depressed after having picked out a gift for Sora with you. And I respect her, Matt, because after all those times you've treated her like dirt, she *still* loves you!"
Matt held his head in his hands, head throbbing with all this new information. Mimi loved him, she had always loved him, and he, like a fool, had just talked of Sora in front of her. He didn't want to think about how much he had hurt her…
T.K. seemed to have calmed down. "I don't want to think about how much Kari would be hurting if I had put her through the same thing. But the thing is, Matt, I *learned* from Mimi. I learned that you have to reach out for love when you have it in front of you. I reached out for Kari, and now we're together." He then sounded as if all the anger had drained from him. "But I couldn't reach out for Mimi, Matt. The only one who can do that for her is you… but you don't love her."
Matt was silent, his eyes closed. He thought back to the day when Sora and he had shared their first kiss. He remembered how it had felt so *wrong*, how it seemed that Sora wasn't the one…
He remembered the thoughts he had been thinking of Mimi earlier that day…
He remembered the brief moment their lips had touched…
He opened his eyes and looked at his brother, who was leaning limply against the door. "T.K…"
"Yeah, Matt?"
"I'm going to reach out for her."
T.K. looked at him seriously. "If you hurt her anymore, I *will* hurt you."
Matt nodded. "I know."
T.K. suddenly took something off the table. "Here, this came for you while you were gone…"
Matt ripped the letter open and read it.
'Dear Matt:
Taichi and I have made up. I just had to forgive him... I guess what I'm trying to say is that, I'm breaking up with you.
I never meant to hurt you.
Sora'
Matt gave it to his little brother to read. "This just fits in perfectly…" He looked at the clock and groaned. "It's five. It's too late to get Mimi anything good…"
T.K. looked at him. "No it isn't. It's never too late for love."
Matt studied his brother seriously for a few moments before he opened the door and nodded. "Let's go."
Mimi sat, curled up on the bench. She knew that things between her and Matt would never be the same again. She also knew that Matt would stay with Sora, and that would be that.
Life was so unfair.
She shivered, and blinked back the tears that threatened to fall. How much she loved him… and how much *he* loved Sora.
She sighed, knowing that her only consolation would be the short kiss that they had shared. She stared at the ground in front of her, feeling numbed by the cold and by the pain in her heart.
Suddenly, someone was standing in front of her. She looked up. "Oh, hello, Hikari…"
Kari grasped her hand and earnestly told her, "Thank you."
Mimi looked at her, surprised. "Me? You're thanking me? For what?"
Kari blushed. "For inspiring T.K. to come tell me he loved me."
Mimi managed to smile. "You've made him very happy, Hikari."
"I know, because he's made *me* very happy," she answered, cheeks flushed.
Mimi squeezed her hand in a sisterly fashion. "Did he tell you romantically?"
Kari smiled. "He just knocked on my door, Mimi. And when I answered, he said, 'I love you, Kari'. And…" her eyes sparkled. "I just felt so happy!"
Mimi smiled, feeling ancient. "Treasure every moment you have with Takeru, Hikari. Try not to argue with him. Because, if you're apart, you'll regret it very, very much."
Kari smiled happily. "Thank you again, Mimi." She shook her hand one last time before walking away.
Mimi grew limp on the bench again. How she just wanted to die…
Matt took a deep breath as he watched Kari walk away. Now was his chance. He began walking towards her. "Mimi…"
As soon as she saw him, she stood and began walking away.
He ran after her. "Mimi!"
She turned. "What do you want, Matt?"
He caught up with her. "Please, Mimi, I want to talk to you, it's important…"
"Well, I don't want to talk to you!"
"Mimi, it's about that kiss…"
Mimi suddenly froze, her figure tensed.
Matt took advantage of that and said quickly, "You know, the first time I kissed Sora, something didn't feel right, like I belonged someplace else with another person. What I didn't know at the time, was that the person… was you."
Mimi's figure seemed to relax a little.
Matt went on, "T.K. told me everything, and then I knew, Mimi. I didn't care that Sora had just broken up with me, I only wanted to see *you*, to be with you…"
Mimi turned around, eyes filled with uncertainty. "Sora broke up with you?"
Matt laughed lightly. "Yeah, it seems that she and Tai have made up."
"Oh, I'm sorry…"
She fell silent, and Matt had to resist the urge to kiss her passionately.
He noticed then, that it was snowing.
Mimi must have noticed it too, for she said, "I guess it'll be a white Christmas after all."
They began walking, and they stopped under the metal archway. A path that went under it went to the frozen lake.
Matt reached into his pocket and pulled out a small, wrapped package. "Merry Christmas, Mimi."
She took it from him uncertainly. "Matt, I…"
"Go on, open it!" he urged her warmly.
With trembling fingers, she untied the ribbon and opened the small velvet box.
She gasped. "Oh Matt, I don't know what to say!" She slowly took her present out.
It was a necklace with a pink stone in the shape of a heart.
Matt took it from her and tied it around her slender neck, resisting the temptation to kiss her neck. "It's a type of garnet," he told her. "That's what Izzy said in his E-Mail, anyway. I never could understand much of what he said or wrote."
"Oh?" she asked softly, fingering the necklace.
"I'm pretty sure that's it," Matt told her, smiling. "I got that from Joe's translation."
"How are they?" she asked, looking at him.
"They're fine."
"I hope they'll come back to Japan one day," Mimi said, looking at the ground. She was blushing.
"What is it?" Matt asked amusedly.
Mimi glanced up above her once before studying the ground again.
Matt looked up and smiled.
They were standing under some mistletoe that someone had twined in the metal.
Matt pulled her to him and lifted her face up. Mimi looked surprised. "Matt…"
He smiled at her, and slowly, leaned down and pressed his lips against hers.
It wasn't long before her arms were around him, and he had deepened the kiss.
When they pulled away, Matt brought her head down onto his chest as he held her. "T.K. couldn't reach out for you like he did for Kari. Only I could do that… Mimi, I love you."
Mimi looked up, shocked. "Matt…"
"And now," Matt went on, "I'm reaching out for you, Mimi. Will you take my hand?"
For a moment, she was silent. Then, she said shyly, "I'll take your hand, Yamato. I love you."
He smiled at her, and he kissed her again, their figures lost in the swirling snow.
~END OF TAKE MY HAND: A CHRISTMAS STORY- PART 2~
Wow, finished! Did you like it? Please review (crescent87@hotmail.com)
Thank you for taking the time to read.
-Venus163
By Venus163
Hello again! Please read Part 1, or you can get lost in this story very easily.
Again, this is not for Sorato fans. Please back off unless you like Mimato too. I am not going to be held responsible if you get angry with me, because I warned you.
This is for the Mimato contest, by Azusa. (If you're reading this: HI! I LOVE MIMATO!)
I only own the plot, not the characters.
Please review! (crescent87@hotmail.com)
TAKE MY HAND: A CHRISTMAS STORY- PART 2
By Venus163
Matt dazedly walked home, trying to think, but all his mind would think about was Mimi.
He opened the door to see T.K. writing something. As soon as he saw him, however, he quickly stuffed it into his pocket.
"Hi Matt," he said cheerfully. "I was just… what happened?"
Matt stumbled over to the couch and collapsed onto it. "She kissed me," he said, shocked.
"Who?"
"Mimi," he said, confused. "Mimi kissed me," he said before going on and explaining to T.K. what had happened.
"I know that I sound stupid right now, but…" Matt trailed off as he caught a glimpse of T.K.'s eyes. "Um, what is it?"
"You *really* screwed up big time, didn't you?" T.K. asked in a low voice.
"Wha-"
"You- you…" Groaning, he stood up. "I've got to go see Mimi. She's going to need some comforting."
Matt finally snapped. "What's so important?!" he yelled.
T.K. stopped and stared at him. "You really don't understand, do you?"
"What?!"
"You just don't know…"
"WHAT?!"
T.K. was silent for a moment, then he looked straight at Matt and said, "She loves you, Matt."
Matt couldn't say anything; he was that shocked. "Wh-What…"
T.K. turned and looked at him angrily. "Gawd, Matt, how can you be so stupid? Mimi loves you, she always has. She's tried so hard to stop loving you, only God knows how much she's tried, because she *knew* that you loved Sora. And you know what? I've been there for her, every time you broke her heart! I was there the day Sora became your girlfriend, the day she told me how she felt in tears. I was there when she tried to get drunk in a little bar off the street; she was so depressed after having picked out a gift for Sora with you. And I respect her, Matt, because after all those times you've treated her like dirt, she *still* loves you!"
Matt held his head in his hands, head throbbing with all this new information. Mimi loved him, she had always loved him, and he, like a fool, had just talked of Sora in front of her. He didn't want to think about how much he had hurt her…
T.K. seemed to have calmed down. "I don't want to think about how much Kari would be hurting if I had put her through the same thing. But the thing is, Matt, I *learned* from Mimi. I learned that you have to reach out for love when you have it in front of you. I reached out for Kari, and now we're together." He then sounded as if all the anger had drained from him. "But I couldn't reach out for Mimi, Matt. The only one who can do that for her is you… but you don't love her."
Matt was silent, his eyes closed. He thought back to the day when Sora and he had shared their first kiss. He remembered how it had felt so *wrong*, how it seemed that Sora wasn't the one…
He remembered the thoughts he had been thinking of Mimi earlier that day…
He remembered the brief moment their lips had touched…
He opened his eyes and looked at his brother, who was leaning limply against the door. "T.K…"
"Yeah, Matt?"
"I'm going to reach out for her."
T.K. looked at him seriously. "If you hurt her anymore, I *will* hurt you."
Matt nodded. "I know."
T.K. suddenly took something off the table. "Here, this came for you while you were gone…"
Matt ripped the letter open and read it.
'Dear Matt:
Taichi and I have made up. I just had to forgive him... I guess what I'm trying to say is that, I'm breaking up with you.
I never meant to hurt you.
Sora'
Matt gave it to his little brother to read. "This just fits in perfectly…" He looked at the clock and groaned. "It's five. It's too late to get Mimi anything good…"
T.K. looked at him. "No it isn't. It's never too late for love."
Matt studied his brother seriously for a few moments before he opened the door and nodded. "Let's go."
Mimi sat, curled up on the bench. She knew that things between her and Matt would never be the same again. She also knew that Matt would stay with Sora, and that would be that.
Life was so unfair.
She shivered, and blinked back the tears that threatened to fall. How much she loved him… and how much *he* loved Sora.
She sighed, knowing that her only consolation would be the short kiss that they had shared. She stared at the ground in front of her, feeling numbed by the cold and by the pain in her heart.
Suddenly, someone was standing in front of her. She looked up. "Oh, hello, Hikari…"
Kari grasped her hand and earnestly told her, "Thank you."
Mimi looked at her, surprised. "Me? You're thanking me? For what?"
Kari blushed. "For inspiring T.K. to come tell me he loved me."
Mimi managed to smile. "You've made him very happy, Hikari."
"I know, because he's made *me* very happy," she answered, cheeks flushed.
Mimi squeezed her hand in a sisterly fashion. "Did he tell you romantically?"
Kari smiled. "He just knocked on my door, Mimi. And when I answered, he said, 'I love you, Kari'. And…" her eyes sparkled. "I just felt so happy!"
Mimi smiled, feeling ancient. "Treasure every moment you have with Takeru, Hikari. Try not to argue with him. Because, if you're apart, you'll regret it very, very much."
Kari smiled happily. "Thank you again, Mimi." She shook her hand one last time before walking away.
Mimi grew limp on the bench again. How she just wanted to die…
Matt took a deep breath as he watched Kari walk away. Now was his chance. He began walking towards her. "Mimi…"
As soon as she saw him, she stood and began walking away.
He ran after her. "Mimi!"
She turned. "What do you want, Matt?"
He caught up with her. "Please, Mimi, I want to talk to you, it's important…"
"Well, I don't want to talk to you!"
"Mimi, it's about that kiss…"
Mimi suddenly froze, her figure tensed.
Matt took advantage of that and said quickly, "You know, the first time I kissed Sora, something didn't feel right, like I belonged someplace else with another person. What I didn't know at the time, was that the person… was you."
Mimi's figure seemed to relax a little.
Matt went on, "T.K. told me everything, and then I knew, Mimi. I didn't care that Sora had just broken up with me, I only wanted to see *you*, to be with you…"
Mimi turned around, eyes filled with uncertainty. "Sora broke up with you?"
Matt laughed lightly. "Yeah, it seems that she and Tai have made up."
"Oh, I'm sorry…"
She fell silent, and Matt had to resist the urge to kiss her passionately.
He noticed then, that it was snowing.
Mimi must have noticed it too, for she said, "I guess it'll be a white Christmas after all."
They began walking, and they stopped under the metal archway. A path that went under it went to the frozen lake.
Matt reached into his pocket and pulled out a small, wrapped package. "Merry Christmas, Mimi."
She took it from him uncertainly. "Matt, I…"
"Go on, open it!" he urged her warmly.
With trembling fingers, she untied the ribbon and opened the small velvet box.
She gasped. "Oh Matt, I don't know what to say!" She slowly took her present out.
It was a necklace with a pink stone in the shape of a heart.
Matt took it from her and tied it around her slender neck, resisting the temptation to kiss her neck. "It's a type of garnet," he told her. "That's what Izzy said in his E-Mail, anyway. I never could understand much of what he said or wrote."
"Oh?" she asked softly, fingering the necklace.
"I'm pretty sure that's it," Matt told her, smiling. "I got that from Joe's translation."
"How are they?" she asked, looking at him.
"They're fine."
"I hope they'll come back to Japan one day," Mimi said, looking at the ground. She was blushing.
"What is it?" Matt asked amusedly.
Mimi glanced up above her once before studying the ground again.
Matt looked up and smiled.
They were standing under some mistletoe that someone had twined in the metal.
Matt pulled her to him and lifted her face up. Mimi looked surprised. "Matt…"
He smiled at her, and slowly, leaned down and pressed his lips against hers.
It wasn't long before her arms were around him, and he had deepened the kiss.
When they pulled away, Matt brought her head down onto his chest as he held her. "T.K. couldn't reach out for you like he did for Kari. Only I could do that… Mimi, I love you."
Mimi looked up, shocked. "Matt…"
"And now," Matt went on, "I'm reaching out for you, Mimi. Will you take my hand?"
For a moment, she was silent. Then, she said shyly, "I'll take your hand, Yamato. I love you."
He smiled at her, and he kissed her again, their figures lost in the swirling snow.
~END OF TAKE MY HAND: A CHRISTMAS STORY- PART 2~
Wow, finished! Did you like it? Please review (crescent87@hotmail.com)
Thank you for taking the time to read.
-Venus163