Again 7
By: Hotaru
Warnings: aah…angst?
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Yamato met his father at the airport about a half an hour before the plane took off. They sat down at a café and watched the planes land and take off. "So son, what're you going to America for?" Mr. Ishida asked. Yamato stared down into his smoothie and sighed. "Well…things. I have to talk to Sora in person." He said, stirring the smoothie slowly. "Ah huh. Right. I know you don't like me to interrogate you so I won't. How's your mom doing?" his father asked. Yamato shrugged. "She's fine. Kinda paranoid though."
Mr. Ishida raised an eyebrow. "Paranoid? How so son?" he inquired. Yamato shrugged and glanced at his watch. Fifteen minutes to go. "Well she actually gets worried about me when I'm not home "on time", she actually makes dinner every night, just things like that. I guess I'm used to you not caring that much, that's all." Mr. Ishida frowned. "Son, you know that I care about you, it's just that you're an adult now and I don't want to butt into your life. Once you get your own place, I won't be there to cook and care for you all the time. I'm preparing you for the real world, your mom is just babying you."
Yamato stood up and grabbed his bag. "We better get to the gate." He said. His father nodded and they walked down to Gate 22. "Tickets?" the stewardess asked when they arrived at the gate. She seemed to be eyeing Yamato while he pulled out his ticket. "Here you go." He said, handing her the slightly crumpled ticket. She stamped and ripped it, handing the stub to Yamato. She repeated the process with his father and they walked onto the plane. "Flying first class dad?" Yamato asked as his father settled in into a leather chair.
"Uh yeah…Sorry son. I'll see you in a bit." Mr. Ishida said, already getting comfortable. Yamato rolled his eyes. "Dad, I'll be fine. I'll see you when we land, ok?" he said, heading back to coach. He sat down in his aisle seat and held his guitar between his legs. The plane soon filled up and took off. A young girl was sitting next to Yamato, eyeing his guitar. "Hi." She said shyly. Yamato smiled. "Hey." He replied. "My name's Megami. What's yours?" the girl asked. "Yamato." He replied. "I guess you play the guitar huh?" Megami asked.
Yamato nodded. "Yeah, I have a band actually." He said, pulling his guitar out. He'd probably get yelled at by a stewardess but he didn't care. "I wrote a song for a girl I like. We've been friends for a long time but when I sang it to her she ran away. I'm going to see her now to find out what's going on." He said, playing the tabs of the song. "It sounds very nice." Megami said. Yamato grinned. "I'd sing it for ya but I'd get yelled at." He said. Megami giggled. "I'd like to hear it one day." she said. They exchanged e-mails, and Yamato couldn't help but feel like he was betraying Sora.
The plane landed some hours later. "Here son, this is where I'll be staying. Call me if you need anything." Mr Ishida handed Yamato a buisness card with his hotel room number and such on it. Yamato nodded. He had to get a taxi and find Sora and Mimi's apartment. Incidentaly, Sora had given the address to Taichi, who then gave it to Yamato. He hailed a taxi and handed the driver the card. "Take me there." Yamato instructed. "Yes, yes, okay! Twenty-dollar thank you!" The driver said.
Yamato tried not to laugh at the guy's accent and lack of good English. Although Yamato wasn't very fluent, he knew enough. He arrived at the complex with a stomach full of butterflies. He slowly walked to the elevator and waited until it reached the ground floor. ::ding:: The elevator arrived and Yamato stepped inside shakily and pushed the button. /Man, what is she going to say? She'll probably just close the door in my face and not let me in. No…no, Sora isn't like that…/
::ding:: He arrived. Just a few yards from Sora. He walked down the hall, very slowly and could feel his heart beating in his head. /Here it is./ Yamato stared at the white door. He put his finger tentativly on the little buzzer and gulped. /Wait a minute! This isn't like me at all! When am I nervous?!/ Yamato pulled on his "cool persona" and pressed the buzzer. A few seconds went by before there were foot steps. "I got it!" he heard Sora yell from beyond the door. The door flew open. "Can I help…you…"
Yamato smiled slightly as Sora stared at him. "Y..Y…Yamato? Is that…really you?" Sora asked. Yamato nodded sheepily. "Oh my God…I can't believe you came!" Sora exclaimed, nearly leaping into Yamato's arms. "Sora? Can I come in?" Yamato asked in disbelief. Was this really the same Sora who he had met in the Digital World? "Oh gosh, I can't believe it! When did you get in?" Sora exclaimed, pulling Yamato into the kitchen. "Just today, about an hour ago." Yamato said, sitting on a stool.
"Are you hungry, thirsty, need to pee?" Sora asked. Yamato chuckled and shrugged. "I'll have a soda if you have any." He said. Sora placed a cold can of root beer in front of Yamato. She sat down and bit her lip. "So uh…I take it you've recovered since we met?" Yamato asked, holding the can to his lips. "Oh God, Yamato, listen—there's something really important I have to tell you. It might explain why..y'know, I ran away.." Sora said nervously. /Uh oh..here it comes./ Yamato nodded.
Sora folded her hands and cleared her throat. "Well, ah..a few weeks ago, I got a call from my doctor and…it turns out that I'm going to have a baby." Had there been soda in Yamato's mouth, he would have spit it across the room. "Oh?" was all he managed to say. Sora kinda crumpled onto the table. "Yeah, oh gosh, it was just once! I was so depressed when I got here and Mimi had a welcoming party and there was this guy…he reminded me so much of you…I guess I had too much to drink and…well you know how it ends."
Yamato took a sip of soda to re-moisten his throat. "So it's his kid then?" he asked. She nodded. "But…er..I want it to be yours." Sora said meekly. Yamato would have peed his pants if he had no self control, but luckily for him and the stool, he had a lot. "The reason I ran away was because I didn't know that you felt the same way and I thought that you would hate me. But Yamato, I love the song. I want to hear it again…please?" Yamato smiled and gave Sora a hug. "Okay. I'll sing it Again."
~*The End*~
Hotaru
Hehe! I hope ya like the ending! Now, I have to do a sequel for when she haves the baby and all, so stayed tuned..er…yeah. Right! ~*Hotaru*~