The stars in her eyes
The warmth of her smile
She is the one
That makes my living worth while
Her face and her beauty
Her grace; tranquility
But I'm just a friend
She does not notice me
Koushiro sighed as he leaned back against the bench. School was out,
and he was bored. He didn't really feel like going home. Instead, he wanted to
go to the park, and think. And that is where he was. At the park, and thinking
about one thing.
Mimi Tachikawa.
At lunch that day, he had started writing a poem about her on his laptop.
She was on his mind 24/7, so he decided to write a poem about her. It was
better than to sit and brood, doing nothing.
"Hmm...what else should I write?" Koushiro mused. Then, inspiration
came to him, as he typed:
She sings with such sweetness
Yes, it's true
Only Heaven knows
Since my reality never shows...
"'Mimi Tachikawa, I love you'," Taichi and Yamato recited from the back of
him.
Koushiro jumped up from the bench like a Mexican Jumping Bean and
quickly shut his laptop. He didn't even exit out of the Word Processor.
"Taichi-kun...Y-Yamato-kun....what are you doing here?" he asked, nervously.
His face was beet red.
"Well, you know, Yamato-kun and I decided to walk over to Sora-chan's,"
Taichi said casually. "You know, her being my girlfriend and all."
"And her, being one of my close friends," added Yamato. "And
Shingina-chan's going to be there, and you know she's like a sister to me."
"Right," Taichi said, nodding. "And, as you know, Sora lives near this
park, so we decided to cut through it, only to find you, Koushiro-kun."
"Writing some kind of sappy love poem to Mimi-chan," Yamato ended.
"So Izumi-san, you like her?"
"Like who?" Koushiro said, his face still a crimson red. "I don't know what
you're talking about..."
"Koushiro-kun, if you're trying to play dumb, you're not very good at it,"
Taichi said. "You're too smart to be dumb."
"Come on, let us see the poem," Yamato said, reaching out for his laptop.
Koushiro reluctantly handed it to him, his hands sweating. Koushiro no
baka...he thought. You should have went home instead of the park to write the
stupid poem...They're probably going to laugh at me now...
But to Koushiro's surprise, Taichi and Yamato weren't laughing or
smirking at all. Their faces were serious and intense as they read Koushiro's
poem.
"That was very nice, Koushiro-kun," Yamato said, after he was done. He
smiled at him. "Great job."
"Yeah, you must really like Mimi," Taichi commented.
Koushiro smiled, as he saved the program and turned off his computer.
"Hai, I do..." Koushiro never really liked Mimi when they first went to the Digital
World, just as Mimi never liked him. Koushiro was always working, and Mimi's
stubbornness was annoying to him. In fact, he thought she was a total and
complete air-head. Back then, he absolutely had no clue how Mimi could have
inherited the Crest of Purity. But later, he realized she was pure in heart and in
spirit. She always tries to find the best in everybody.
The three boys started walking in silence to Sora's apartment. Mimi's so
kind and loving...not to mention popular and beautiful...Koushiro thought, as he
surveyed the trees and flowers in the park. There's no way she could ever like
me...right?
"You're losing hope, Koushiro-kun," Yamato suddenly said, as if reading
his thoughts. "If you like Mimi-chan, I say go for it."
"But.....how?" Koushiro asked, helplessly. "There's no way she can like
me."
"I didn't think there was any way Sora-ko could like me," Taichi said. "But
she did, and I asked her out, and that was that."
"Um...actually, as I remembered it..." Yamato said, grinning. "She asked
you out. To the movies. Remember?"
"Yeah..." Koushiro said, also grinning. "When you tried to ask her out, it
was during her tennis lesson, and a couple of tennis balls from the machine hit
you in the face."
"I remember that!" Yamato, said, laughing. The boys climbed the stairs of
Sora's apartment building. "Taichi broke his- "
"Okay, enough about me," Taichi cut off, annoyed. "We're here to help
Koushiro-kun ask out Mi- "
"SHHHHHH!" Koushiro hissed. He saw that Sora and Shingina were
walking down the hall toward them.
"Konnichiwa, minna," Sora greeted them. She gave Taichi a peck on the
cheek.
"What's up?" Shingina asked, as Sora let them in. They went to Sora's
bedroom, and she plopped down on the bed.
"Nothing much," Yamato said. "I just need some of your assistance in
writing this new song, Gina-chan."
"Sure." Shingina shrugged, and they went to work.
"Sora-ko, is Mimi-chan coming?" Taichi inquired.
Koushiro nudged him in the gut, a little harder than he expected.
"Ow- !" Taichi started to say of pain, but then Sora and Shingina looked
up and gave him a weird look. "Oh..umm...ohh, I've been workin' on the
raaailroad...." he started whistling.
The others looked at him like he was nuts. Yamato was trying very hard
to hide a smirk. Koushiro's face was turning blue from hiding laughter. I didn't
think it was that hard....
What was he doing, trying to kill me? Taichi thought. My liver and my
spleen are probably joined together in a Jogress Evolution by now!
Sora blinked. "Tai-chan?"
"Hai?"
**"Nanigoto desu ka?"
"Um...Hai..." Taichi said, flushing.
"And...iie, Mimi-chan isn't coming over today," Shingina added, eyeing
Taichi. "She went out shopping right after school."
Typical Mimi-chan.....Koushiro thought. He was disappointed. He was
looking forward to seeing her, since they didn't have many classes together at
school.
"Okay, Yama-chan," Shingina started, looking at his music. "I think you
should make this note a half and step higher, and this note an F-sharp instead of
an F-natural..." Shingina erased the notes and started making corrections. "And
you're lyrics are a little bit awkward...so here, let me fix it..." she said, with her
tongue sticking out between her lips, deep in concentration."
Sora smiled. "You are great in music, Gina-chan. You could go far if you
keep it up."
Shingina looked up from the paper, and smiled back. "Arigatou,
Sora-chan. But my horses are more important to me." Ever since Shingina got
back from the Digital World, she had been taking horse-back riding lessons, in
the memory of her horse-like Digimon, Kokamon.
After a couple more minutes, Shingina finally said, "All right, I'm done."
"Can we hear what you wrote, Gina-chan?" Koushiro asked, interested.
"Sure," she said. Yamato was looking over her lyrics she just put in, and
the coughed. He was trying to hide laughter.
Shingina raised an eyebrow. "Yama-chan?" He was still coughing
uncontrollably. "Is there something...amusing about my lyrics?"
Sora grabbed the pad of paper out of Yamato's hands, and read them
over. "They're fine, Gina-chan. I have no idea why the idiot is laughing."
Yamato was practically rolling with laughter. Taichi finally got up and slapped
Yamato on the back.
"OUCH! Shimatta, Yagami-san, that hurt!" Yamato winced.
"Well, somebody had to stop you," Taichi said, crossing his arms.
Shingina looked hurt. "Yamato, if you don't like my lyrics, just say
so....."
"Iie, no, Gina-chan, they're great," Yamato said. Then he coughed again,
and cleared his throat. "The others," He eyed Koushiro, "will like it. Show 'em
what you've got!"
Shingina smiled, and cleared her throat. Then, she started to sing the
song she helped composed for Yamato's band.
" 'Tell me baby.....ohhh....Tell me, tell me....Am I invisible? Am I in
disguise? Why in the world can't she nooootice me?'"
Sora and Taichi liked the beat. Yamato noticed that he did like the note
adjustment. Koushiro just listened intently, feeling the similarities to the song.
Clap. " 'Oh yeaaah'," Shingina sang, ready to go into the chorus. "'Can't
help it, 'cause of the stars in her eyes, aaand the warmth of her smiiile....'"
Taichi then started looking at Koushiro with wide eyes. Then he stared to
press his lips together, trying very hard not to laugh. There was an amused glint
in Yamato's eyes as he looked at Koushiro, who just stared off at Shingina.
Clap. " 'It's like she is the one that makes my liiiiving worth while'," she
sang.
Koushiro then started coughing uncontrollably. That set off Taichi and
Yamato. Taichi, who was on the bed, started rolling off it, clutching his stomach.
Tears of laughter started going down Yamato's face. Sora looked as puzzled as
ever. Shingina, who had just stopped singing, was glaring darts at the boys.
"Gomen nasai," gasped Taichi. "But...um...We better go."
"Hai, hai," Yamato squeaked, getting up. He and Taichi pulled up a very
sick-looking Koushiro.
"Ja ne, Sora," Taichi said, finally gaining control of himself. He gave
her a short kiss and gave her a look that said, "I'll tell you later".
Sora nodded, and kissed him back. Shingina still looked like she was
about to kill the guys.
"Ja ne, minna-san," Yamato said, giving Shingina a little smile. She put
her hands on her hips, and glared at him. He flushed, and took his music. Then
he and Taichi pulled a coughing Koushiro out of their apartment. Sora closed
the door behind them.
"Now, what the hell was that about?" Shingina demanded, flipping her
black hair behind her shoulder. Her dark eyes were flashing. "No offense,
Sora, but Taichi-kun was acting like a lunatic. And so was Yamato-san,
and Koushiro-kun. If they keep this up, I would hate to be the one to tell
Mimi that her crush ended up in the Mental Institution."
Sora shook her head. "Boys...they are so hard to figure out. But I believe
that Taichi-ko will tell me what's up with him and the guys. It was in his eyes; I
could feel it."
"Well, be sure to tell me when you find out, okay, Sora-chan?" Shingina
said, shaking her head. "I really want to know what's up with them."
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"Can you believe that??" Taichi said, laughing. He and the others ran
down the steps of the apartment building, as fast as they could. As soon as they
were outside, they calmed down.
"Well, Shingina-chan always had high empathy," Yamato replied,
grinning.
"A little too high if you asked me," Koushiro muttered. "I'm just glad
Mimi-chan wasn't there. We all made fools of ourselves. She would've thought I
was nuts. And the odds of Gina-chan having the exact same words to my poem
are a million to one."
"Never under estimate her. Gina's really mad right now, but I can
handle her," Yamato said, as they walked down the street. "I'll apologize later.
She's never liked it when she gets interrupted while performing."
"Well, first thing's first," Taichi said. "How do we get you and
Tachikawa-san together?"
Koushiro gulped. "Nani? You're going to help me?"
"Sure!" Yamato said, grinning. "You're going to need all the help you can
get."
Koushiro no baka....he thought to himself. What in the Digiworld have you
gotten yourself into?
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