SomehowOFF Part 2- "2 Close for Comfort"
Author's Note: I did mention a warning for Sora fans, and Matt fans. Anyways, here's Part 2.
Having run for what could've been hours, Joe sighed heavily as he entered the one place Tai would be. The arcade room, no doubt.
And there he was, punching fiercely at the controls of the latest game, only that time, he was also cursing.
"Tai," Joe was answered with muttered expletives, "I need to talk to you about Steve."
With a swift punch to the machine, Tai turned and scoffed, "Steve? I guess you should know Steve is a ..."
"Girl," Joe mildly interrfupted, "Steve is Sora. Iknow."
His eyes widened, Tai gripped Joe by the collar and fumed, "How long?!"
It was no use. Sora couldn't go to Tai as herself, especially if there were others who'd recognize her. She looked herself in the mirror. With the height of any normal guy and unusual build, it was a wonder that she really was a girl. Once in a while, when she visited relatives out of Tokyo, she'd find herself forgetting which bathroom to use.
Originally, it was her only way to talk to Tai. At times, she'd find herself stuck on blind dates a la Tai, making things more complicated. Being "Sora" again, she wouldn't miss the dumb blind dates; she'd miss Tai.
Seeing herself fully prepped as "Steve", she set out towards the local arcade room, and hoped Joe was still alive.
A few blocks down the way, Sora spottged TK and Matt on a motorcycle. Wondering if she should wave to them, she found the bike approaching her. Already, Matt and TK were waving to her cheerily.
Slightly OOC (out of character), Sora smiled back pleasantly.
He was so unusual. Steve wasn't an ordinary guy, heck, more like a girl in a way; but there was something about him. In a split second, Matt thought loudly, "Oh no, I can't be..."
It didn't connect. Matt was a guy who always had girlfriends and Steve was another guy!
Lost in his horror of possible yaoi, Matt skidded the motorcycle, braking coincidentally in front of Steve.
"Are you alright?" Steve rushed a few feet to Matt and TK. Noticing how Matt somehow was dazed, Steve helpedc him off the bike.
Before he could thank him, Matt found his gaze locked with his, as they stumbled over. Having fallen on top of him, Matt wondered if they were both blushing. As he quickly lifted himself off Steve and the ground, something weird was noticed.
He could've sworn there were two bulges in Steve's shirt.
Shaking off the millisecond thought, he sighed inwardly. Steve wasn't a girl, and his feelings for him were as a good friend.
INterrupting the thought, Matt turned TK, who was slightly fuming.
While Matt and Steve blushed in slight embarassment, TK raised a brow.
"Well, if everyone's all right, we should get going." Tk paused, and asked, "Steve, did you talk to Tai?"
"?"
"He's meeting us at the arcade. Some big news."
"Some...BIG news?!"
Having woken the entire block, Steve stated his words more carefully, "Waht about?"
The teen shook his head. "I really don't know. Tai was really mad."
Gulping, Steve stepped closer to TK and Matt, asking, "CaN i COME too?"
Life flashed by his eyes. Digimon, medical school, Mimi, marriage, plans for a child...
Wile Joe was well-built for his age, he found himself lifted a meter off the floor.
For the past few seconds in the air, Joe had wondered how to answer Tai. "For the past seven months, all the time 'Steve' was around Tai, since Sora came to Tokyo, since she became Steve." They were all the wrong answers, since they would be painful, for Joe.
Being dropped slightly from Tai's grip, Joe looked to Tai in worry.
"I'm sorry. It's just...how long have you known?" Tai felt a tear stream down his cheek. Wiping it off, he looked to the ceiling, to prevent others from falling.
"Since she came here." Was Joe sounding too blunt? He bit his lip in sympathy. "Sorry, she didn't want anyone to know."
Tai scoffed, "...So it's just you, me, and Mimi?"
JOe nodded. He and Mimi were together 24/7, especially since marriage. It was weird though, since he could drink as a twenty-one-year-old and she couldn't; she was only twenty...but Joe was digressing.
Patting tai on the shoulder, he waited for him to recompose.
Spotting Matt, TK, and Steve (Sora), Mimi sighed. If Sora had changed only to a guy for Tai, it didn't seem like it. At times, she seemed to enjoy "guy-dom" (the word's G-U-Y, okay?)
Mimi, herself, wondered about Sora. As her best female friend, she knew Sora's crushes, and moreover straight feelings, but it was too complex. "Sora, you idiot!"
Unfortunately, Steve seemed seemed okay to girls. An unusually "good-looking guy," it was nearly impossible to distinguish that he was a she. Adding a feminine side that was just Sora, "Steve" seemed "in touch with his feminine side."
Mimi once tossed Joe for noting, "Women arte suckers for that." She shook her head in unusually late agreement.
"over here!" she waved the three over.
In the minute that they walked over, TK slowed, most likely to catch sight of some "babes" as Matt and Steve talked.
"I was wondering..."
"Yes?"
"You busy Saturday?"
"Not really."
It was the perfect setup, for a girl though. Matt paused a second, then asked, "Wanna catch a movie? I hear "Screaming Movie" is pretty good."
"Okay, whoo's going?"
Pausing again, Matt noted, "How bout' just the two of us?"
That time, Steve paused. Seeing Matt's nervous smile, he wondered in disbelief, yet thought, "Why not?"
"Sure!"
Everywhere TK went, he saw something that recalled Kari. A ribbon shop, petmart, scarves, and mostly anything feminine got to him.
Once again he saw Kari, only maybe it really was her!
Pausing as Matt and Steve walked off, TK took a harder look. Nope, it was just another girl.
Clenching, then opening his fist, TK sighed. It was already a year since their breakup and ever since, Kari was always someplace else. Even Tai rarely saw her.
Thinking of Tai, TK realized Matt and Steve were leagues ahead. Rushing towards them, he caught the words "...just the two of us" and "sure!" and wondered what happened. Catching up with them, he noticed Tai, Joe, and Mimi in sight.
"What took you so long?" Tai exasperated.
With excuses made, TK asked, "So what's the news?"
Steve gulped as Tai began to answer, "It's just unbelievable, eh, Steve?"
"..."
"There's a new 'Pokemon Teal' game in the arcade!" Tai winced expressionlessly.
While Mimi, Joe, and Steve sighed in quiet relief, TK muttered, "That's the BIG news?" before walking off with Mimi and Joe a minute later.
Matt shrugged as Tai gritted slightly to Steve. "I think we should talk. Now."
Turning to Matt quickly, Tai noted, "We'll be back in a moment."
Walking into a poorly lit storage room, Sora expected the worse forom Tai. Though he was quiet going through the arcade, there was an unusual amount of emotion within him.
"Tai, I..." (She didn't know what to say...)
"I hate Steve." (though Tai seemed to.)
In the dimness of the storage room, Sora couldn't quite see Tai's eyes. Instead, she noticed him turning toward the exit before turning back to her.
To Sora, he gazed at her slightly trembling lips, fingering them and brushing off the mustache. Blocking any possible responses from her with a gently "Shh!" he leaned towards her and kissed.
Author's Note: (and Diclaimer.)
I don't own Digimon nor POkemon. Credit goes to their respective owners.
Oh, and I know I'll be flamed for this one...
Next part, Kari comes into the story and Matt, well I'm not sure if he should find out about "steve". Comments are welcome, heck, even the bad ones. Just, tone down the expletives (cursing).