I'm very sorry that it took me so long to write this. (and to tell you the truth, it didn't take me that long either, so I don't know why or how I managed to put it of for so long).
Once, I even managed to convince myself not to write a sequel to this...but then, so many people wanted one, and my friend Sonja said, "You MUST write a sequel!" so finally, I said today, "I am GOING TO DO THIS." And I did. It's a nice, sweet little sequel, but then, I won't say any more and spoil it all.
I really hope that you will all enjoy this. Please review and tell me what you thought!
My Heart's Desire 2
Tai lay down on his bed in his room that night, doing nothing but thinking. Kari paused in the doorway for the fifth time, and sighed.
"Tai, you can't stay here forever, you know." She said. Tai lay motionless on the bed. Kari walked over. "Tai?"
"Yeah Kari?" Tai asked, rolling over. Kari was startled. His eyes were all red and puff, his nose even redder.
"What's wrong?" Kari asked.
"It's nothing." Tai replied, rolling over. Kari sighed and walked to the phone, dialing T.K.'s number.
"Hello?" Kari asked. "Is T.K. there?"
"Yeah, sure." Matt said, on the other line. "Hey T.K., phone for you. It's from Kari." There was some shuffling, and finally, T.K.'s voice came over the phone.
"Hey Kari, anything wrong?" T.K. asked.
"Nothing, thought Tai seems a little down." Kari said. "Know if anything happened." T.K shook his head.
"Nope."
"Oh, well, all right." Kari said. She hung up the phone and returned to Tai's room and sighed. Poor Tai. What WAS the matter?
"You did the right thing, Sora." Matt said. "I'm positive."
"Hm." Sora said. "He seemed really heart-broken."
"He'll get over it." Matt said, sitting down and starting to play the guitar again. Sora smiled at the sound, but something inside of her stirred.
"I hope it's soon." She whispered and turned back to Matt. But she couldn't concentrate too much on Matt's music. It kept drifting away from her ears and Tai's words kept coming back to her.
He had been so good to her those three years, was it really fair for her to do this? She felt sorry for the way she had shot him down; perhaps she could've done a better job to make him feel better. Perhaps.
T.K. walked into the room. "Hey, anyone know anything bout Tai?" He went over to the fridge and pulled out a drink.
"Something bout Tai?" Sora asked, glancing at Matt and then back at T.K. "Such as?"
"Well, Kari says he seems a little down."
"A little down." Sora and Matt exchanged looks.
"Or maybe he hasn't gotten over it yet." Matt said.
"I think that maybe I should go talk to him." Sora suggested. Matt nodded.
"That might work."
Sora got her jacket and started out with T.K. to the Kamiya residence.
Kari had the door long open before they got there. Sora peered into the hall. T.K. walked in, and sat down at a table, waiting patiently for Kari. Sora peered into a room.
"Tai, get up, you can't lie on the bed all day." Kari said. "C'mon, go get some fresh air, the door's even open for you." Tai said nothing. Kari sighed and started for the door. Sora decided to go back and wait with T.K.
"Sora?" Kari asked, entering the room. "And T.K. Well, hey."
"Hi." Sora said. "Can I talk to Tai?" Kari nodded.
"He's right in his room back there, but I don't know if you can get a word out of him or not." Kari sighed in frustration. Sora walked over to Tai's room.
"Tai?"
Tai stiffened at the voice. What did she want now?
"Tai, you all right?" Tai tried to ignore the note of worried ness and consumed an injured air. Sora sighed, and walked over to Tai's desk. She stopped and bent closely, looking at something.
It was photo album, full of memories from the past. Sora picked it up. Was this the Sora book? She was in so many pictures. Must be. Sora flipped through all the pictures, her heart warming slowly, and suddenly, two tears fell down and splattered on the book. Tai spun around.
"Sora?" He asked. She looked up, holding the book.
"I'm reading." She said, sniffing. Tai walked over.
"Do you remember that?" Tai asked. Sora smiled. "That was the time I fell off the ride and into the water, remember."
"How could I forget?" Sora said. "And they had to call rescue guards to come and rescue you." They giggled. "I was so worried."
"And remember that cotton candy?" Tai pointed to a picture of him and a bag of cotton candy. "Remember how it go stuck in my hair and you had to wash it out?"
"I was wearing my hat, luckily." Sora said. "Though I did warn you not to bring it on the roller coaster." They laughed. "And there's me with Mr. Snowflake." Sora said, pointing to a teddy bear in a picture. "I remember how long you took to win that for me." Suddenly, her eyes blurred again. "I still have that bear." She said quietly.
"Yeah." Tai said. They flipped quietly through the pictures.
"Tai, listen, I'm sorry." Sora said.
"I know." Tai said. "Was that why you came over here, to say you're sorry again? Because I know you're sorry…and I guess I forgive you." Sora sighed, and put her arms around Tai.
"I'm going to miss you." Tai didn't trust himself to speak. "Promise me something Tai." Sora said. "That wherever we are, we'll always be friends."
"Promised." Tai said.
"Now let's laugh over the rest of these pictures." Sora said.
"Hey Matt, are you doing anything this afternoon?" Sora asked. Matt shrugged.
"Another band practice, probably." Matt said, rubbing his head. "They always come at the most inconvenient times, but then, our band needs the practice." Sora smiled. "What are you doing?"
"Well, I was just heading round to the soccer game." Sora said. "Davis is going to play against the other district today, and we're all going to watch."
"Maybe later." Matt said, gathering his guitar case. "I might be free in the evening, phone you if I can." He walked off with a wave. Sora sighed, and slumped down in a nearby chair.
Had she made the right decision? To be with Matt? Did she really love him that much -or at all? She got up and started to walk towards the soccer field. "By any rate." She said. "I've at least got to be there for the soccer game, or else no one will forgive me." She found a seat with the others, right beside Tai.
"Saved it for you, thought you might want to see how this big one's going to come out." Tai said. "Win this one, and win the whole thing."
"Go Ken!" Yolei called. Ken waved to them from the other side. Davis (down in the field) glared.
"You'd think that Ken would be on Davis's team if he's one of us, and not the Digimon Emperor." Tai said. He smiled. "Doesn't matter, though, it'll only make the game a little more interesting. Go Davis!"
"Yeah, Davis, show them what you've got." Kari yelled, standing up. T.K. sweatdrop and Davis blushed, and then, pushing his goggles back, gave them the thumbs-up signal.
"I can do it!" He called from the back of the field. Tai smiled.
Davis was actually quite good in the first quarter, scoring two goals. Of course, Ken had twelve all lined up already by that time.
"Oh no." Kari said. Tai shook his head.
"They're not going to win." Sora said.
"We'll still be proud of you if you lose!" Yolei yelled.
"Hm." Davis narrowed his eyebrows and scored another goal.
"Even if he IS actually scoring goals, I can't watch this!" Sora said, angry. "That's it, I'm going down there myself."
"But Sora-" Tai said.
"Don't stop me Tai." Sora started to walk down to the field.
"Sora, wait up." Tai said. "Sora." He panted. "I want to help too." Sora looked started for a second, and then smiled.
"I knew you would Sora."
"Replacements, huh?" Said Davis's coach. "Well, I don't see why not, it's not illegal in this game."
"In that case, let's get on the field!" Sora said. Tai held up a pair of tennis shoes. "Oh yeah, and to change too."
"It's been a long time since I've seen you without a dress." Tai said to Sora on the field.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you with those goggles." Sora replied, since Davis had handed the goggles over to Tai for good luck when he retired from the field.
"All right, we can do this!" Tai said. "C'mon." He got hold of the ball and moved it down the field. Ken approached him; ready to flick the ball away, when Tai shot it straight through his legs. Sora, behind Ken, got the ball and scored.
"Yay! Go Tai!" Kari said.
"If this keeps up, the score's going to be tied before long!" T.K. said. Kari smiled. "Yay!"
"Wow, I'm so proud of you guys." Davis said, running down the field to meet them. "We won by one whole point!"
"That's partly because Ken sprained his ankle trying to get that ball away from Sora." Tai said, smiling at Sora, who found she was blushing under Tai's gaze.
"And Sora, I didn't know that you played soccer." Davis said.
"I used to play all the time." Sora said, smiling. "C'mon, let's all go see how Ken's doing."
"Tai?" Sora asked as they walked home. "I need to tell you something."
"Yes." Tai asked lightly. He had fun that day, and had much forgotten about relationships.
"Tai." Sora said, and stopped walking. "I've decided that Yamato's not the guy for me." Sora said, blushing. Tai had a startled look etched on his face.
"What do you mean?"
"It seems that he's never there for me, you know, and I thought about it, but I haven't had this much fun for months, and it seems to revolve around you." Sora said. "Tai, I'm so sorry I told you it had ended, because it hasn't, and I, I still love you." She lowered her head again, and opened her mouth for an apology, but thought better of it.
"Sora." Tai lifted her head up. "It's all right."
"And I've decided." Sora blurted out. "That I can stop trying to be a proper little girl, because I believe that proper girls never have as much fun as the carefree ones, and isn't fun what it's all about?" She smiled. "I think these three years, I've slowly become lost in myself. But, but, well, I've decided that I liked myself better three years ago. Of course, some things I wouldn't exchange for the world, like you Tai, but I want to be myself, instead of covering up with an act. And I want someone that will be there for me, when I need him."
"Enough said." Tai said. Putting his arm around her, he added, "I love you too Sora. I always have, even before these three years, and I always will."
"Oh." Sora said, her face glowing warm, and then turning red as they walked down the path towards the sunset.
Matt sat beside a bush, watching the couple walk down the glimmering path with satisfaction, and yet a little note of regret and sadness.
"They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder."
Once, I even managed to convince myself not to write a sequel to this...but then, so many people wanted one, and my friend Sonja said, "You MUST write a sequel!" so finally, I said today, "I am GOING TO DO THIS." And I did. It's a nice, sweet little sequel, but then, I won't say any more and spoil it all.
I really hope that you will all enjoy this. Please review and tell me what you thought!
My Heart's Desire 2
Tai lay down on his bed in his room that night, doing nothing but thinking. Kari paused in the doorway for the fifth time, and sighed.
"Tai, you can't stay here forever, you know." She said. Tai lay motionless on the bed. Kari walked over. "Tai?"
"Yeah Kari?" Tai asked, rolling over. Kari was startled. His eyes were all red and puff, his nose even redder.
"What's wrong?" Kari asked.
"It's nothing." Tai replied, rolling over. Kari sighed and walked to the phone, dialing T.K.'s number.
"Hello?" Kari asked. "Is T.K. there?"
"Yeah, sure." Matt said, on the other line. "Hey T.K., phone for you. It's from Kari." There was some shuffling, and finally, T.K.'s voice came over the phone.
"Hey Kari, anything wrong?" T.K. asked.
"Nothing, thought Tai seems a little down." Kari said. "Know if anything happened." T.K shook his head.
"Nope."
"Oh, well, all right." Kari said. She hung up the phone and returned to Tai's room and sighed. Poor Tai. What WAS the matter?
"You did the right thing, Sora." Matt said. "I'm positive."
"Hm." Sora said. "He seemed really heart-broken."
"He'll get over it." Matt said, sitting down and starting to play the guitar again. Sora smiled at the sound, but something inside of her stirred.
"I hope it's soon." She whispered and turned back to Matt. But she couldn't concentrate too much on Matt's music. It kept drifting away from her ears and Tai's words kept coming back to her.
He had been so good to her those three years, was it really fair for her to do this? She felt sorry for the way she had shot him down; perhaps she could've done a better job to make him feel better. Perhaps.
T.K. walked into the room. "Hey, anyone know anything bout Tai?" He went over to the fridge and pulled out a drink.
"Something bout Tai?" Sora asked, glancing at Matt and then back at T.K. "Such as?"
"Well, Kari says he seems a little down."
"A little down." Sora and Matt exchanged looks.
"Or maybe he hasn't gotten over it yet." Matt said.
"I think that maybe I should go talk to him." Sora suggested. Matt nodded.
"That might work."
Sora got her jacket and started out with T.K. to the Kamiya residence.
Kari had the door long open before they got there. Sora peered into the hall. T.K. walked in, and sat down at a table, waiting patiently for Kari. Sora peered into a room.
"Tai, get up, you can't lie on the bed all day." Kari said. "C'mon, go get some fresh air, the door's even open for you." Tai said nothing. Kari sighed and started for the door. Sora decided to go back and wait with T.K.
"Sora?" Kari asked, entering the room. "And T.K. Well, hey."
"Hi." Sora said. "Can I talk to Tai?" Kari nodded.
"He's right in his room back there, but I don't know if you can get a word out of him or not." Kari sighed in frustration. Sora walked over to Tai's room.
"Tai?"
Tai stiffened at the voice. What did she want now?
"Tai, you all right?" Tai tried to ignore the note of worried ness and consumed an injured air. Sora sighed, and walked over to Tai's desk. She stopped and bent closely, looking at something.
It was photo album, full of memories from the past. Sora picked it up. Was this the Sora book? She was in so many pictures. Must be. Sora flipped through all the pictures, her heart warming slowly, and suddenly, two tears fell down and splattered on the book. Tai spun around.
"Sora?" He asked. She looked up, holding the book.
"I'm reading." She said, sniffing. Tai walked over.
"Do you remember that?" Tai asked. Sora smiled. "That was the time I fell off the ride and into the water, remember."
"How could I forget?" Sora said. "And they had to call rescue guards to come and rescue you." They giggled. "I was so worried."
"And remember that cotton candy?" Tai pointed to a picture of him and a bag of cotton candy. "Remember how it go stuck in my hair and you had to wash it out?"
"I was wearing my hat, luckily." Sora said. "Though I did warn you not to bring it on the roller coaster." They laughed. "And there's me with Mr. Snowflake." Sora said, pointing to a teddy bear in a picture. "I remember how long you took to win that for me." Suddenly, her eyes blurred again. "I still have that bear." She said quietly.
"Yeah." Tai said. They flipped quietly through the pictures.
"Tai, listen, I'm sorry." Sora said.
"I know." Tai said. "Was that why you came over here, to say you're sorry again? Because I know you're sorry…and I guess I forgive you." Sora sighed, and put her arms around Tai.
"I'm going to miss you." Tai didn't trust himself to speak. "Promise me something Tai." Sora said. "That wherever we are, we'll always be friends."
"Promised." Tai said.
"Now let's laugh over the rest of these pictures." Sora said.
"Hey Matt, are you doing anything this afternoon?" Sora asked. Matt shrugged.
"Another band practice, probably." Matt said, rubbing his head. "They always come at the most inconvenient times, but then, our band needs the practice." Sora smiled. "What are you doing?"
"Well, I was just heading round to the soccer game." Sora said. "Davis is going to play against the other district today, and we're all going to watch."
"Maybe later." Matt said, gathering his guitar case. "I might be free in the evening, phone you if I can." He walked off with a wave. Sora sighed, and slumped down in a nearby chair.
Had she made the right decision? To be with Matt? Did she really love him that much -or at all? She got up and started to walk towards the soccer field. "By any rate." She said. "I've at least got to be there for the soccer game, or else no one will forgive me." She found a seat with the others, right beside Tai.
"Saved it for you, thought you might want to see how this big one's going to come out." Tai said. "Win this one, and win the whole thing."
"Go Ken!" Yolei called. Ken waved to them from the other side. Davis (down in the field) glared.
"You'd think that Ken would be on Davis's team if he's one of us, and not the Digimon Emperor." Tai said. He smiled. "Doesn't matter, though, it'll only make the game a little more interesting. Go Davis!"
"Yeah, Davis, show them what you've got." Kari yelled, standing up. T.K. sweatdrop and Davis blushed, and then, pushing his goggles back, gave them the thumbs-up signal.
"I can do it!" He called from the back of the field. Tai smiled.
Davis was actually quite good in the first quarter, scoring two goals. Of course, Ken had twelve all lined up already by that time.
"Oh no." Kari said. Tai shook his head.
"They're not going to win." Sora said.
"We'll still be proud of you if you lose!" Yolei yelled.
"Hm." Davis narrowed his eyebrows and scored another goal.
"Even if he IS actually scoring goals, I can't watch this!" Sora said, angry. "That's it, I'm going down there myself."
"But Sora-" Tai said.
"Don't stop me Tai." Sora started to walk down to the field.
"Sora, wait up." Tai said. "Sora." He panted. "I want to help too." Sora looked started for a second, and then smiled.
"I knew you would Sora."
"Replacements, huh?" Said Davis's coach. "Well, I don't see why not, it's not illegal in this game."
"In that case, let's get on the field!" Sora said. Tai held up a pair of tennis shoes. "Oh yeah, and to change too."
"It's been a long time since I've seen you without a dress." Tai said to Sora on the field.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you with those goggles." Sora replied, since Davis had handed the goggles over to Tai for good luck when he retired from the field.
"All right, we can do this!" Tai said. "C'mon." He got hold of the ball and moved it down the field. Ken approached him; ready to flick the ball away, when Tai shot it straight through his legs. Sora, behind Ken, got the ball and scored.
"Yay! Go Tai!" Kari said.
"If this keeps up, the score's going to be tied before long!" T.K. said. Kari smiled. "Yay!"
"Wow, I'm so proud of you guys." Davis said, running down the field to meet them. "We won by one whole point!"
"That's partly because Ken sprained his ankle trying to get that ball away from Sora." Tai said, smiling at Sora, who found she was blushing under Tai's gaze.
"And Sora, I didn't know that you played soccer." Davis said.
"I used to play all the time." Sora said, smiling. "C'mon, let's all go see how Ken's doing."
"Tai?" Sora asked as they walked home. "I need to tell you something."
"Yes." Tai asked lightly. He had fun that day, and had much forgotten about relationships.
"Tai." Sora said, and stopped walking. "I've decided that Yamato's not the guy for me." Sora said, blushing. Tai had a startled look etched on his face.
"What do you mean?"
"It seems that he's never there for me, you know, and I thought about it, but I haven't had this much fun for months, and it seems to revolve around you." Sora said. "Tai, I'm so sorry I told you it had ended, because it hasn't, and I, I still love you." She lowered her head again, and opened her mouth for an apology, but thought better of it.
"Sora." Tai lifted her head up. "It's all right."
"And I've decided." Sora blurted out. "That I can stop trying to be a proper little girl, because I believe that proper girls never have as much fun as the carefree ones, and isn't fun what it's all about?" She smiled. "I think these three years, I've slowly become lost in myself. But, but, well, I've decided that I liked myself better three years ago. Of course, some things I wouldn't exchange for the world, like you Tai, but I want to be myself, instead of covering up with an act. And I want someone that will be there for me, when I need him."
"Enough said." Tai said. Putting his arm around her, he added, "I love you too Sora. I always have, even before these three years, and I always will."
"Oh." Sora said, her face glowing warm, and then turning red as they walked down the path towards the sunset.
Matt sat beside a bush, watching the couple walk down the glimmering path with satisfaction, and yet a little note of regret and sadness.
"They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder."