Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Matt's Point of View
By Paigey-Wan
(AN: Matt's POV. Some of the same stuff from last time but this time we follow Matty after Sora. (BTW, even though this is a real story, there is the romance stuff in it. I'm not telling who and who, but I know there's no Matt and Tai.)
Disclaimer: (the rest of the AN's are on the bottom.) I do not own Digimon. I am merely borrowing them to make this story a tad easier for me to write.)
Yamato 'Matt' Ishida watched his partner. Sora palmed a paperweight, dropping several times. Matt turned back to their project, finishing the last bit. He poked Sora's elbow and she looked up at him, her eyebrows rising in question.
Matt pointed to the long line in front of their teacher and said, "Our project's just about done. Let's get it proof-read so we can be done with it."
Sora nodded and the pair of students stood. Sora placed the paperweight on the table. The two walked to the line, finding their place at the end. A few students later, Tai and his partner stood at the end.
Matt stared out the classrooms window and then at his feet, just about anywhere that wasn't another person. He wouldn't admit it to anyone save himself, but his parents' divorce had made him shyer. He wanted to stay away from other people. All other people did was bring heartache to him. All Matt really wanted to do was stay with his little brother TK, and take care of him.
There was noise in front of him, snapping the blonde boy out of his thoughts. He looked toward the sound and found its source: the same paperweight that Sora had been playing with has ended up broken. That struck Matt as odd, but he stayed quiet for the moment.
The teacher held the two broken pieces up and asked, "Who broke this?"
Matt looked at the paperweight. Since he knew Sora hadn't broken it, he figured it wouldn't matter if he told the teacher that Sora had been playing with it. "Sora was playin' with it earlier."
The dark haired teacher turned her gaze to Sora. "Is this true?" she asked. Sora nodded, not seeing why it mattered.
"Sora, I thought you would have known better," the teacher said. "You shouldn't break things that aren't yours."
Sora looked absolutely baffled. "But I didn't break it!" she cried.
The room had grown silent. Matt shifted a little so that he was almost right next to Sora. If she was going to go through something like this, Matt wasn't letting her go alone. Even if it broke his no other people rule.
"Don't lie."
Matt saw Sora's eyes filling with tears. He felt so sorry for her, and he felt really guilty too. If he hadn't said anything, this might not have happened.
"But I didn't..." Sora didn't even finish her sentence as the tears began to pour out of her brown eyes.
"Why are you crying!" the teacher screamed at the crying girl. "I'm the one who should be crying! Do you know how much this means to me?!" Sora shook her head hesitantly. "A student of mine made this for me! It's irreplaceable!"
Sora opened her mouth, "I-I'm innocent until proven guilty."
"You know what you should do? You should have to make me a new one." Sora's lip trembled, and she bit it to keep it still.
"I'm innocent until proven guilty."
Matt looked over at Sora. *Don't give in, Sora. It'll be okay,* he thought.
"Stop crying!" The teacher yelled louder this time, and the slowly stopping tears began to pour again.
Sora took a step back, and softly said, "I'm innocent until proven guilty..." Her face seemed to crash, and she ran out of the classroom.
Tai and Matt now stood near the back of the group. Tai turned to Matt and said, "You better go talk to her. I don't know what to do when girls cry." Tai was assuming that Matt did know. Matt nodded and took off after Sora.
Matt blinked as he stepped out of the slightly volatile classroom onto the placid deck-like hallway. He looked back and forth, unable to choose a direction until he heard her crying. The soft sobs were coming from his left.
Matt started walking toward the sobs tentatively. He kept his steps soft and quiet, trying not to startle the already sad and scared girl. "Sora?" he called out cautiously.
The crying stopped a little. "Matt?" came the hesitant reply.
Matt peered around the corner, brushing some of his blonde hair out of his eyes. Sora had stopped just outside of the girl's bathroom, which was one thing Matt was grateful for. "Are you gonna be okay?" he asked.
Sora nodded, stating that she was fine, but Matt could see that she wasn't quite done crying. "Nuh-uh. You're gonna cry again. I can tell."
Sora nodded again, and the tears fell. Matt sat down on the cement floor and pulled Sora into a hug.
~END~
(AN: Heh, technically, I actually went in the girl's bathroom. But then again, my partner was actually a girl and there was no hug, just a long pat on the back. Ah well, small world.)
Matt's Point of View
By Paigey-Wan
(AN: Matt's POV. Some of the same stuff from last time but this time we follow Matty after Sora. (BTW, even though this is a real story, there is the romance stuff in it. I'm not telling who and who, but I know there's no Matt and Tai.)
Disclaimer: (the rest of the AN's are on the bottom.) I do not own Digimon. I am merely borrowing them to make this story a tad easier for me to write.)
Yamato 'Matt' Ishida watched his partner. Sora palmed a paperweight, dropping several times. Matt turned back to their project, finishing the last bit. He poked Sora's elbow and she looked up at him, her eyebrows rising in question.
Matt pointed to the long line in front of their teacher and said, "Our project's just about done. Let's get it proof-read so we can be done with it."
Sora nodded and the pair of students stood. Sora placed the paperweight on the table. The two walked to the line, finding their place at the end. A few students later, Tai and his partner stood at the end.
Matt stared out the classrooms window and then at his feet, just about anywhere that wasn't another person. He wouldn't admit it to anyone save himself, but his parents' divorce had made him shyer. He wanted to stay away from other people. All other people did was bring heartache to him. All Matt really wanted to do was stay with his little brother TK, and take care of him.
There was noise in front of him, snapping the blonde boy out of his thoughts. He looked toward the sound and found its source: the same paperweight that Sora had been playing with has ended up broken. That struck Matt as odd, but he stayed quiet for the moment.
The teacher held the two broken pieces up and asked, "Who broke this?"
Matt looked at the paperweight. Since he knew Sora hadn't broken it, he figured it wouldn't matter if he told the teacher that Sora had been playing with it. "Sora was playin' with it earlier."
The dark haired teacher turned her gaze to Sora. "Is this true?" she asked. Sora nodded, not seeing why it mattered.
"Sora, I thought you would have known better," the teacher said. "You shouldn't break things that aren't yours."
Sora looked absolutely baffled. "But I didn't break it!" she cried.
The room had grown silent. Matt shifted a little so that he was almost right next to Sora. If she was going to go through something like this, Matt wasn't letting her go alone. Even if it broke his no other people rule.
"Don't lie."
Matt saw Sora's eyes filling with tears. He felt so sorry for her, and he felt really guilty too. If he hadn't said anything, this might not have happened.
"But I didn't..." Sora didn't even finish her sentence as the tears began to pour out of her brown eyes.
"Why are you crying!" the teacher screamed at the crying girl. "I'm the one who should be crying! Do you know how much this means to me?!" Sora shook her head hesitantly. "A student of mine made this for me! It's irreplaceable!"
Sora opened her mouth, "I-I'm innocent until proven guilty."
"You know what you should do? You should have to make me a new one." Sora's lip trembled, and she bit it to keep it still.
"I'm innocent until proven guilty."
Matt looked over at Sora. *Don't give in, Sora. It'll be okay,* he thought.
"Stop crying!" The teacher yelled louder this time, and the slowly stopping tears began to pour again.
Sora took a step back, and softly said, "I'm innocent until proven guilty..." Her face seemed to crash, and she ran out of the classroom.
Tai and Matt now stood near the back of the group. Tai turned to Matt and said, "You better go talk to her. I don't know what to do when girls cry." Tai was assuming that Matt did know. Matt nodded and took off after Sora.
Matt blinked as he stepped out of the slightly volatile classroom onto the placid deck-like hallway. He looked back and forth, unable to choose a direction until he heard her crying. The soft sobs were coming from his left.
Matt started walking toward the sobs tentatively. He kept his steps soft and quiet, trying not to startle the already sad and scared girl. "Sora?" he called out cautiously.
The crying stopped a little. "Matt?" came the hesitant reply.
Matt peered around the corner, brushing some of his blonde hair out of his eyes. Sora had stopped just outside of the girl's bathroom, which was one thing Matt was grateful for. "Are you gonna be okay?" he asked.
Sora nodded, stating that she was fine, but Matt could see that she wasn't quite done crying. "Nuh-uh. You're gonna cry again. I can tell."
Sora nodded again, and the tears fell. Matt sat down on the cement floor and pulled Sora into a hug.
~END~
(AN: Heh, technically, I actually went in the girl's bathroom. But then again, my partner was actually a girl and there was no hug, just a long pat on the back. Ah well, small world.)