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Is it just me, or are most of my stories based on movies or something? Well, today is no exception. Right now, being on the little Mimato kick as I am, I'm doing a story based on a movie (that I didn't watch, by the way) called "Love Song". It had one of the most perfect Mimato movie plots ever! So anyway, read on, Digi-Soldiers!
Love Song
Mimi Tachikawa was the last student to step out of the area like classroom after the Semi-finals, and it was just times like these that she wondered why she ever wanted to become a doctor. A pediatrician to be exact. It was a few years ago that she realized her dream. Not that she didn't have a little help…
A smile crossed the girl's face as a blue haired man, two years older than she, came jogging up.
"Hi Joe." The brunette batted her eyes as her would be boyfriend came walking up. After dropping hints for nearly two months, you'd think he'd notice! But Mimi didn't mind waiting. After all, something's are just worth the wait. Joe turned a brilliant red color.
"H-hi Mimi. I'm still picking you up at nine, right?" Mimi flipped her hair flirtatiously over her shoulder and nodded.
"That's right. I'll see you then!" And with a skillful finger tracing along his cheek, she walked past with a confident smile.
Seven O' Clock, before the date…
"UGH! Sora! Jewel! What should I wear?! I've got nothing to wear!" Sora Takenouchi and Joya Briseno, usually called Jewel, sweatdropped from the plushy chairs where they were sitting in Mimi's massive walk in/ revolving closet. Almost everything was pink, and if the two girl hadn't had been so used to Mimi and her color obsession they would already have passed out from too much of one color. Jewel shook her head sadly as she looked down.
"I don't know, Mimi. I just don't like it. I'm seeing visions about this. You and Joe, Joe and you, it just isn't working out, chica." The seventeen-year-old Chicana pushed a strand of rich, chocolate éclair brown hair out of her face.
"I mean, I'm not dissing your taste in men or anything but…this relationship idea esta muy mal." Mimi stopped browsing through the multitudes of shades of pink (God only knows how she can tell the difference between them…) and rolled her eyes.
"Jewel, ENGLISH! English is good!" Sora looked up from the student daily magazine she was reading.
"Jewel said that a relationship with Joe wouldn't be very good. And…I kinda think she's right." Mimi immediately stopped browsing through her clothing again with bit of a tear in her honey brown eyes.
"You too Sora? Don't you :sniff: think my judgement is good?" Again, the two teenagers sweatdropped.
"Well…to put it frankly, muchacha…to think that a relationship between an elegante chica like you and a nervoso hombre like Joe would work, you'd have to be…pretty much… loco en la cabeza." Mimi cast a confused glance at Jewel, then at Sora. Sora sighed and turned the page.
"She said you'd have to be nuts."
The door of the Tachikawa home opened as two figures went flying (gracefully) out.
"And you so-called friends can just go home! I am so NOT loco in la cab- whatever!"
*SLAM!*
Jewel glanced from the door to Sora and shrugged as her bronzed hands touched either of her own temples.
"I'm seeing a premonition. I predict that Mimi will come out here in siete minutos seconds and ask what color top she should wear." The older, red-haired young woman looked at her young friend, and then slowly to the door, just as Mimi popped out with two shirts of the exact same color.
"What do you think? Coral Pink or Techno Rose?" Sora smiled evilly, her mischievous nature having come nearly five years late, as she and Jewel ventured down the street towards the latter's house.
"The pink one!"
"Sorahhhhhh…"
":giggle:"
It was only about 8:45 PM when Joe Kido knocked on the door of the Tachikawa household. It was Mimi's father who answered it.
"Joe, my boy! That's what I like about you! Never too early to take my little pumpkin sweetie sugar muffin out for a nice date and bring her home early too!" Before poor Jyou-san could even think about considering saying hello, Mr. Tachikawa dragged him inside and shut the door after him.
"-and tell us again, Joe dear, about the time you nearly missed your train to meet our plane and welcome us all home! I always get a good laugh out of that one!" Mrs. Tachikawa chirped happily as she, Joe, and Mimi's dad all sat on the couch waiting for Mimi to get ready.
"Ah, Tachikawa-san…"
"No, no dear! I insist!" Joe smiled shyly.
"Well you see, it all started when-"
"I'm ready!" All three adults looked up to see Mimi standing on the stair case with a smile on her face, techno rose shirt and gray skirt with tiny flower clips decorating her hair. The young woman rushed down the stairs, not even faltering on her clunky pink heels and stood near the door, pink purse in hand.
"Okay, let's go!"
"Oh Mimi you can't go now! Joe was just about to tell us that really funny story about the time he-"
"The time he nearly missed the train to meet our plane when we got back from Hawaii. Mom, you'll heard the story a million times! And besides, Joe doesn't want to tell the story AGAIN do you Joe?"
"Actually, I wouldn't mind at all!" Mimi was taken back by his decision to stay at her house for another half an hour (Joe's stories always take at least a good half an hour) instead of spending as much time as possible on their date, but with a small, unnoticeable sigh her gaze fell to the ground.
"Oh, okay then. If it's okay with you Joe." Slowly walking towards the couch she sat next to her would-be date and heaved another sigh which, again, went unnoticed.
"-and that's when you landed in your plane and I got there right in the knick of time-…"
"Okay, Joe's done now, now let's go!" Before anymore words, partings or warning could be uttered, an extremely irritated Mimi pulled her beau out the door and heaved him into his car.
"Geez Mimi, you didn't even say goodbye to your mom and dad." Another soft sigh came out as she looked at her date with earnest.
"I was just ready to go that's all! Now come on! I want to get to that new rock club before it gets too crowded." Shrugging, Joe started the ignition and the two drove down the street.
The place was booming with the loud sounds of rock music and laughter as Mimi Tachikawa and Joe Kido entered the smoky café, one nervous and the other brimming with unsure curiosity. Taking a seat a few tables from the stage where a band was performing, Mimi gave her first look at Joe since she caught sight of the electrifying building. He looked a bit disheveled, and was uneasily glancing around.
"Mimi, I don't think this is-"
"Hey Handsome." The pair both turned around to come face to face with a woman in a tight red top and long purple hair. The two both turned bright red.
"This is your first time at "Rock This Way" isn't it?" Joe made a loud, audible gulp.
"Well…yeah.." The woman ran her hand down her thigh as she talked.
"Believe me, there's a first time for everything." As the words rolled off her tongue, she seemed to instantly have hold of him and dragged him out onto the dance floor. Mimi was a bit too shocking to object or be jealous, but with a sudden rush of dizziness she stood up, walking towards the exit to get an aspirin that Joe always kept in the glove compartment. But before she could make it out the door, a strong hand grabbed her shoulder.
"Hey, you must be one crazy chic." Still dizzy, Mimi turned her attention to a man about her age, with deep, exotic brown eyes and wild brown hair. Regaining her senses momentarily, she loosened his grasp.
"Look, I just need to get some aspirin from the car." The human stop sign cocked his head curiously and smiled in a goofy sort of way.
"I'll make you a deal. You stay around and listen to my bud perform and if his music doesn't cure ya, I'll go to the drug store and buy you a whole pack." Mimi really didn't want to be bothered by this…whoever he was, but something in his eyes told her to just go with it. The medical student shrugged.
"Alright. But I need a glass of water or something." The guy nodded, another goofy smile appearing as he turned to leave but suddenly turned back around.
"Hey, what's your name?"
"Mimi. My name is Mimi Tachikawa. How about you?"
"Name's Taichi Yagami. You must be new around here." Mimi raised her eye brows suspiciously and started to wonder if there was some kind of sign saying her current status around here.
"Yeah, so what if I am? And how did you know?" Tai shrugged with another child-like smile.
"I'm around all the time. Besides, as much as I hate to admit it, no girl in her right mind would try to leave right before Ishida's performed." Mimi raised her eyebrows curiously as she watched this Tai-person leave for a drink of water.
"Ishida? What kind of name is-"
A sudden roar of feminine screams arose as a group of band members stepped on stage. With their backs turned, the brunette wasn't paying much attention to them, and her mind started to wonder where Joe was.
Just then, Tai came back with a glass of cool water, which the young lady promptly gulped down in almost one swallow. The brown haired guy nudged her shoulder gently and pointed to the stage.
"That's the band right there." Mimi glanced up for a second, not paying too much attention seeing as her head still hurt. Her brown haired companion noticed and motioned her over to a seat closer to the stage where the band members could be seen better.
"Hey minna-san! Ready to ROCK?!" The response was enormous, and Mimi had to cover her ears. Completely oblivious to the singer on stage, he started his first song; some American-sounding song Tai called "January Friend."
Reach
For higher ground
About the way you look
The way you scream out loud
Mine
Just like the last time
It's all the same to me
She said
Let's Pretend
My January Friend
I'm wantin' you again
I wanna touch you
Every single heart that beats pretend
My January friend
I'm wantin' you again
I wanna touch you
Every single heart that beats
The fast, upbeat melody floated and swooshed around her like the wind, the screams and shouts blended with the music, making her head hurt even more. Mimi looked over to see Tai glancing in her direction occasionally with a bright smile of laughter. Shaking her head, Mimi reached for her water again.
Cry
Don't cry out loud
You've gotta bear your cross
But never dream too loud
And you're tied
Tied to the next time
You realize
Your crimes
The chorus repeated again, and Mimi felt dizzier and more disorientated than ever, but she didn't care to leave as she tried her best to drink her water. This time when her companion looked over, his smile faded slowly as he left to get another glass of water.
Time stood still
Monday morning yeah…
Showed me what I had to see
It's not the way I though it should be
Oh yeah
Mimi had had enough. She just wanted to sit down in the car or something or at least get an aspirin. But Tai set another glass in front of her before she could leave.
"Come on, Mimi. Just one more song. I've got the perfect one! This one will take that headache away." Then Tai Yagami ran off in the direction of the stage. Mimi took some more sips of her water as she watched him suddenly run up on stage and start talking to the singer, who, ironically, still had his face hidden from her sight. He threw his arms up in dismay or agitation, but it was obvious that Tai was winning the fight, and finally the blonde guy nodded and sent him away. All smiles once more, Taichi sat down with the fellow brunette and glanced proudly in her direction.
"Just wait. You'll like this one." Mimi couldn't help but smile at this familiar stranger, who some how had conned her into staying for one more song. Giving a deep sigh, she rested her head on her hand, the headache slowly seeping away and being replaced by anticipation.
The way the stage had been turned and how they were sitting, it was nearly impossible to get a good view of the lead singer/ guitarist's face, but from what she could make out, he was pretty cute.
"Okay people. This is a request from a friend of mine for a young lady. It's called "Iris", and it's the last song tonight.
The crowd cooed their objections towards him. His speaking voice was nice and clear, Mimi thought as she twiddled her fingers on the rim of her glass and sighed as the first, intricate strings started on the main guitar.
And I'd give up forever to touch you
'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't wanna go home right now
Mimi soon became caught up in the rhythm as she let a deep sigh escape at his smooth, alto voice. The crowd and their roars, apparently as caught up as she, had dimmed to a low hum, leaving his voice unbroken and sweet.
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later it's over
I just don't wanna miss you tonight
And I don't want the world to se me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Just as Mimi glanced away, the musician turned towards her, glancing in her direction at Tai with a small, nearly unnoticeable "I'm going to kill you after this" glance. Tai pointed at himself with a small, "Me?" expression. Rolling his blue eyes, Yamato Ishida turned back to his crowd just as Mimi turned back to look up at the stage.
And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movie
And you bleed just to know you're alive
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
The musical interlude was one of ups and downs. Mimi around and noticed Joe sitting, confused and befuddled with tons and tons of marks with lipstick all over his face. His hair was all messed up, his shirt loosened, and that girl was still sitting with him while she talked casually. But no seeping jealously came up into her veins as Mimi glanced in their direction. Turning back to the stage, she instantly came face to face with the cute singer who was still playing the end of the interlude. Even from the distance, she could see the swirling pools of icy water churning around his pupils, his exact color of his wavy blonde hair as it flowed around his curvy eyes. Chills went up and down her arms as she sat, caught in a stranger's eyes. Suddenly, he turned a soft red color and turned away as the interlude ended.
Tai sat watching them, his mouth wide open in half shock, half smile. Matt had never reacted that way to a girl, especially one he'd set his best bud up with. But this, he nearly missed his cue on… A devious smile appeared on his face as he settled back into this chair.
And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
The crowd thundered in applause bring Mimi back to her senses. Her headache was completely gone; the only thing that clouded her mind was the now permanent imprint of that musician's face in her heart. Tai raised his eyebrows curiously at her strange, whimsical smile.
"So…do you feel better?" Mimi snapped back to normal as the crowd shuffled out of the club, seeing as it was closing. "Rock This Way" only stayed open until 12:00 or so at night, and right now it was 11:49 PM.
"Yeah Tai, I feel fine." The brunette mumbled quietly as she jumped off of the chair and ventured towards where Joe and the purple-haired girl was saying goodbye, if that's what you call it.
Amy finally broke the long, French kiss she had poor befuddled Jyou-san in and climbed out of his lap.
"See? I told you. There's a first time for everything." She grabbed her small purse and strutted away, blowing a kiss in his direction as she left. Joe had a blank expression plastered on his face and was staring directly at the blue walls. Mimi sat down in the chair across from him, a faint smile crossing her face as she saw Tai go backstage in the corner of her eye.
"Mimi…" Joe whispered in a soft, faint and scratchy voice.
"Hmm…" Mimi answered back in the same, almost lovesick voice that she answered Tai in.
"I've just been Frenched for the time ever by a girl I only know as Amy numerous times, have danced with five girls at once, and somehow managed to loose my wallet during these events. Can we please go home? I have a test tomorrow and I want to study more."
Mimi smiled softly as she glanced at him.
"I think I'll just stay here for a little while longer." Joe stopped adjusting his glasses as his dark, nearly black eyes widened and shook his head.
"No way Mimi. Your dad would kill me if I left you here alon-"
"Don't worry. I'll take care of her." The couple turned around to come face to face with none other than the "Cute Singer", known only to Mimi as 'Ishida'. He was even cuter close up. Joe frowned slightly, even in his disheveled shape he was still cautious.
"Mimi, do you know this guy?" Mimi looked into the mystery guy's eyes and smiled gently.
"Yeah, his name is Ishida. Right?" The blonde nodded and smiled again, making something in Mimi's heart seem to fall away. Joe gave a skeptical sigh and nodded slowly.
"Alright Mimi. I'll…I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." Feeling almost dejected, Joe left "Rock This Way" with his hands in his pockets, while Mimi and the blonde singer watched him until they saw his car drive away.
Mimi giggled uneasily.
"I cannot believe I just did that." She changed her glance from the doorway to the guy beside her, surprised to find him staring right at her, a profound, coy smile on his face.
"Neither can I." Mimi smiled and stuck out her hand.
"Hi, my name is Mimi Tachikawa."
"My name is Yamato Ishida, but…most of my friends call me Matt." Mimi dropped her eyelids a little.
"Then what am I going to call you?"
Just then, a different dark haired guy, some dude part of Matt's band, walked in with a slight redness in his cheeks.
"Um, Matt. We're all packed so…I'll see you tomorrow or something." Matt shot a confident smile at his band member.
"Sure Tek, see ya later!" Tek waved and left. The blonde adult turned back to the blushing brunette and offered his hand out.
"Um.. it's kinda late. Why don't I take you home?" Mimi nodded gently and followed her mystery out of the backdoor while he locked up.
"Come on, this way." Without a second thought, the musician took the girl's hand and pulled her out of the room and into the night air.
It was only about 12:45 PM or so when Matt pulled up to the Tachikawa residence and turned off the engine to his Forest Green BMW convertible, bought for him by his dad a few years ago, so Matt had said. Mimi giggled shyly, and wondered how she could have met someone who she came home with an hour ago and feel like you've known them your whole life. Matt stopped laughing and opened his car door, stepping around and opening hers like a perfect gentleman. But instead of going directly inside, she leaned on the car and smiled sweetly.
"Thanks, you're sweet." Matt shrugged and looked down at the ground.
"I guess then, I'll see you later. I'll tell Tai you said bye." The brunette was starting to turn a faint pink.
"Thanks. I really owe him one." Before Yamato could climb in his car and drive away, Mimi reached out and pulled him close towards her, totally caught up in the moment.
"Wait, you…you never told me what I could call you…" She whispered, her face unconsciously nearing his.
"Mimi, you can call me whatever you want." Grasping her hands ever so gently, he leaned forward and closed his eyes. Before, however, Mimi sighed and looked away.
"I'm sorry…I just…can't." Confused, but understanding, Matt let go of her hands and nodded.
"I understand. Goodnight Mimi."
"Goodnight…" Giving her one last glance with those crystalline blue eyes, the mysterious blonde rock musician got in his car and drove away. And as Mimi watched him continue down the road, despite what happened just previously, she giggled like a school girl.
"Until tomorrow…"
End of Part One!
Not really much of a cliffhanger. This is a really short story. Maybe about two or three parts. No pressure! But I need lots of reviews for me to continue it. Please review, or ya can drop comments to Artetiegr@hotmail.com. Hasta Luego!
(the songs January Friend and Iris belong to the Goo Goo Dolls on their CD Dizzy up the girl, kay! BYEE!)