disclaimer: i don't own digimon. i mean, do you guys ever get tired of reading these things? just wondering...
okay so here's the chapter that i so shamelessly advertised in chapter three. um...enjoy!
Tai stared out at the rain. Six months since he had talked to Sora...
"I don't love her." He swore as he accidently cut himself with a can opener. "I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't..."
The soup can conveniently exploded.
After muttering a few choice four-letter words, Tai bent down and tried to mop up the oily mess. He eventually gave up the effort after noticing that more chicken noodle ended up in his hair than his napkins. 'Why even try...' he thought tiredly. 'Why even think...'
But his brain refused to listen. Everything hissed her name. The rain, the heater, the burning omelette on his stove...
"Sora..."
Tai's brain screamed in agony.
"I need a vacation," growled Tai.
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The next Monday morning found Tai in Paris. Yes, Paris. He sat by himself, alone, unnoticed, in a shadowy corner of the fancy resort.
'Dad would kill me if he knew how much I spent,' Tai thought with half a grin. The grin disappeared when he saw a girl leap into the hotel's sixty-foot swimming pool, followed by a guy who looked like he seriously needed a date with Jenny Craig. (I'm not kidding. This guy was really fat.) His trunks, which looked remarkably like an XXXL, were scrunched up around his legs and obviously too tight. His flabby stomach hung over his waist, and his several chins jiggled with excitement as he tried to jump in the pool without creating a tsunami. Tai's sunglasses fell off and he blinked once. Then twice. That wasn't just any girl...that was Sora. And that...that...thing..was the "man" Sora was going to marry...
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Tai watched Sora again that evening. She looked especially stunning that night. A black bikini neatly complemented her figure, and she looked so...so inviting...with her hair slicked back and her face shining with joy...
'It's probably just the water from the pool,' Tai thought hopefully. He peered closer. He was wrong. She was happy...happy without him. Happy with the "thing" she chose to marry. Tai's eyes closed. 'You can't think this way, Kamiya. You hate her. She ruined your life. You hate her, Tai.'
But he didn't--or couldn't--believe...
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Tai saw Sora three days later, sitting by herself in a little cafe. Oh...what he would give just to slap her across the face...
"Hey babe," he called out bitterly as he passed by her table. She raised her crimson eyes in surprise. "Tai! What the heck are you doing here?"
"Oh...okay...so now I can't even be in the same room as you, huh Sora? What..." Tai wasn't allowed to finish his sentence. Sora yanked him beneath her table.
"He's coming," he heard her whisper angrily at the tablecloth. "Don't you dare make a sound, Tai, or else I'm going to...Why, hello, sweetie. Somebody sure looks handsome this morning."
'Well that "somebody" isn't him,' Tai thought in disgust.
"Sora, darling, you know I can't live without you. Promise me that you'll never leave my side, ever..."
"Shurakin, honey, be patient. You'll get my vows soon enough..." Tai heard her give a small laugh. "Only six more days left until our wedding, dear. And oh, did I mention how much I love this place? It must have cost you a fortune, Shurakin-san."
"Harumph...well...anything for you, Sora, my love..."
Tai found it increasingly difficult to listen in on their conversation. First of all, they were starting to whisper. And secondly...Sora's legs were right in front of his face. He reluctantly tore his eyes away and tried frantically to fix his stare on something else. Like that piece of gum stuck right above a certain somebody's (a/n: *cough cough* Sora's fiancee *coughs some more*) right leg. It would be horrible if some of that stuff got stuck on somebody's brand-new Armani pants...
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Sora's kiss was interrupted by a shrill scream. "Aaiyeee!!!" cried her fiancee in dismay.
Sora jumped three inches out of her seat in alarm. "What is it, dear?"
"My pants...the pants I got for Christmas...from my mum...they're ruined..." he sobbed. "What's she going to say? What's she going to do???"
"There, there," Sora hastily replied.
Tai smirked beneath the table.
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10:00 p.m. found Sora peering closely at the numbers on a small hotel directory. "301, 286...wha?" She frowned and turned the map she held upside down. "Oh...and here's 309," she finished grimly. She got in an elevator and pushed level 3.
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Tai was watching a sappy black-and-white movie. Eight empty bottles were heaped haphazardly on the couch, and it looked very much like he was starting on his ninth. Okay, Tai wasn't an alcoholic. But he drank when he was depressed. And he was very depressed...
A loud knock shattered Tai's thoughts. He cursed confusedly as he stumbled to the door. "Stupid maid...such a total..." He wasn't allowed to finish. Standing in the doorway was the girl that had been on his mind for the last seventy-two hours. Wait. Forget the last seventy-two hours. For the last twenty years.
"Hey Sora...whassup?"
Sora choked incoherently. "You are a total...total...bastard. I mean, I'm sorry for leaving you and all but you've got to realize someday, Tai, that the world won't flip itself upside down just because you say so. Or think it should. Or whatever. So Tai...please...why can't you just leave me alone?" Her last words came out so soft that Tai could barely hear her speak...
Now Tai never meant for the next few words to come out. Ever. But he blamed it on the beer. (Or so he reasoned with himself a few hours later.) Because what he said next was so entirely unpredictable that...never mind. Back to the story.
"Because, Sora," he replied, in a strangely sane voice. "I love you..."
~to be continued~
eek!! a cliffhanger...again. sorry people...(hint: chapter five will be up pretty soon, and for once, the inevitable will not happen. sora will not kiss tai's feet and say that she loves him back. ohhh no. so what does happen anyway? uh...just keep reading :)
okay so here's the chapter that i so shamelessly advertised in chapter three. um...enjoy!
Tai stared out at the rain. Six months since he had talked to Sora...
"I don't love her." He swore as he accidently cut himself with a can opener. "I don't. I don't. I don't. I don't..."
The soup can conveniently exploded.
After muttering a few choice four-letter words, Tai bent down and tried to mop up the oily mess. He eventually gave up the effort after noticing that more chicken noodle ended up in his hair than his napkins. 'Why even try...' he thought tiredly. 'Why even think...'
But his brain refused to listen. Everything hissed her name. The rain, the heater, the burning omelette on his stove...
"Sora..."
Tai's brain screamed in agony.
"I need a vacation," growled Tai.
*******************************************
The next Monday morning found Tai in Paris. Yes, Paris. He sat by himself, alone, unnoticed, in a shadowy corner of the fancy resort.
'Dad would kill me if he knew how much I spent,' Tai thought with half a grin. The grin disappeared when he saw a girl leap into the hotel's sixty-foot swimming pool, followed by a guy who looked like he seriously needed a date with Jenny Craig. (I'm not kidding. This guy was really fat.) His trunks, which looked remarkably like an XXXL, were scrunched up around his legs and obviously too tight. His flabby stomach hung over his waist, and his several chins jiggled with excitement as he tried to jump in the pool without creating a tsunami. Tai's sunglasses fell off and he blinked once. Then twice. That wasn't just any girl...that was Sora. And that...that...thing..was the "man" Sora was going to marry...
*******************************************
Tai watched Sora again that evening. She looked especially stunning that night. A black bikini neatly complemented her figure, and she looked so...so inviting...with her hair slicked back and her face shining with joy...
'It's probably just the water from the pool,' Tai thought hopefully. He peered closer. He was wrong. She was happy...happy without him. Happy with the "thing" she chose to marry. Tai's eyes closed. 'You can't think this way, Kamiya. You hate her. She ruined your life. You hate her, Tai.'
But he didn't--or couldn't--believe...
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Tai saw Sora three days later, sitting by herself in a little cafe. Oh...what he would give just to slap her across the face...
"Hey babe," he called out bitterly as he passed by her table. She raised her crimson eyes in surprise. "Tai! What the heck are you doing here?"
"Oh...okay...so now I can't even be in the same room as you, huh Sora? What..." Tai wasn't allowed to finish his sentence. Sora yanked him beneath her table.
"He's coming," he heard her whisper angrily at the tablecloth. "Don't you dare make a sound, Tai, or else I'm going to...Why, hello, sweetie. Somebody sure looks handsome this morning."
'Well that "somebody" isn't him,' Tai thought in disgust.
"Sora, darling, you know I can't live without you. Promise me that you'll never leave my side, ever..."
"Shurakin, honey, be patient. You'll get my vows soon enough..." Tai heard her give a small laugh. "Only six more days left until our wedding, dear. And oh, did I mention how much I love this place? It must have cost you a fortune, Shurakin-san."
"Harumph...well...anything for you, Sora, my love..."
Tai found it increasingly difficult to listen in on their conversation. First of all, they were starting to whisper. And secondly...Sora's legs were right in front of his face. He reluctantly tore his eyes away and tried frantically to fix his stare on something else. Like that piece of gum stuck right above a certain somebody's (a/n: *cough cough* Sora's fiancee *coughs some more*) right leg. It would be horrible if some of that stuff got stuck on somebody's brand-new Armani pants...
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Sora's kiss was interrupted by a shrill scream. "Aaiyeee!!!" cried her fiancee in dismay.
Sora jumped three inches out of her seat in alarm. "What is it, dear?"
"My pants...the pants I got for Christmas...from my mum...they're ruined..." he sobbed. "What's she going to say? What's she going to do???"
"There, there," Sora hastily replied.
Tai smirked beneath the table.
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10:00 p.m. found Sora peering closely at the numbers on a small hotel directory. "301, 286...wha?" She frowned and turned the map she held upside down. "Oh...and here's 309," she finished grimly. She got in an elevator and pushed level 3.
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Tai was watching a sappy black-and-white movie. Eight empty bottles were heaped haphazardly on the couch, and it looked very much like he was starting on his ninth. Okay, Tai wasn't an alcoholic. But he drank when he was depressed. And he was very depressed...
A loud knock shattered Tai's thoughts. He cursed confusedly as he stumbled to the door. "Stupid maid...such a total..." He wasn't allowed to finish. Standing in the doorway was the girl that had been on his mind for the last seventy-two hours. Wait. Forget the last seventy-two hours. For the last twenty years.
"Hey Sora...whassup?"
Sora choked incoherently. "You are a total...total...bastard. I mean, I'm sorry for leaving you and all but you've got to realize someday, Tai, that the world won't flip itself upside down just because you say so. Or think it should. Or whatever. So Tai...please...why can't you just leave me alone?" Her last words came out so soft that Tai could barely hear her speak...
Now Tai never meant for the next few words to come out. Ever. But he blamed it on the beer. (Or so he reasoned with himself a few hours later.) Because what he said next was so entirely unpredictable that...never mind. Back to the story.
"Because, Sora," he replied, in a strangely sane voice. "I love you..."
~to be continued~
eek!! a cliffhanger...again. sorry people...(hint: chapter five will be up pretty soon, and for once, the inevitable will not happen. sora will not kiss tai's feet and say that she loves him back. ohhh no. so what does happen anyway? uh...just keep reading :)