Babysitting Nightmare:

Babysitting Nightmare:

Sorato warning for Taiora fans. Sorry I had this chapter already written before I read the reviews. The rest of the story is much less Sorato and Tai even comes home and saves Sora and Matt from the closet. ^_^

Part 3: By Candlelight

"Okay guy's, that's enough cookies." Sora says quickly grabbing the cookie jar after Kari and Tk reach for their 6th cookie.

"Oh…" Tk and Kari pout for a minute.

Sora twirls around to put the cookie jar back on the counter. Tk and Kari get off their chairs and Sora starts to wipe off the counter. Tk turns to Kari and whispers something in her ear. Kari covers her mouth, holding in her laughter. Tk smirks. Kari turns and whispers back "Isn't that mean though?"

"Nah." Tk answers "Besides me and Matt use to play in there all the time. It's fun in there. They'll like it, and besides then we can eat all the cookies and watch all the TV we want."

"Okay" Kari agrees with Tk's plan. Sora turns back around to face the kids.

"Well, what do you two want to do next?" She asks

"Color!" They yell.

"Okay. Tell me where the paper is, and I'll get it for you."

"It's up in that closet on the top shelve." Tk answers. Pointing to the closet by the door. Sora walks over to the open closet door as Matt walks into the kitchen.

"What are you doing?" He says walking over to Sora who is trying to reach the top shelf.

"Trying to get paper, for the kids to color with."

"Need a boost?" Matt offers.

"Yeah, but how?" Sora asks as Matt bends down, wraps his arms around her legs and lifts her up.

"Thanks," she blushes as she looks for the paper. Tk and Kari sneak behind the door and begin to close it. "Hey! There's no paper up here!" SLAM! Tk and Kari shut the door on them; which causes Matt to lose his balance; which causes him and Sora to land in a heap on the floor. Tk and Kari laugh hysterically, grab the cookie jar and run off towards the TV room.

"Okay guys, that was funny. You can let us out now" Sora yells to the empty side of the door. No response.

"LET US OUT!"

"No use Sora. They couldn't let us out if we tricked them into it."

"Huh?"

"This is one of those doors that lock automatically when they're closed."

"Oh, let me guess… the key is on top of the door?"

"Uh-huh."

"So you're telling me were stuck here until your mom or Tai gets here."

"Yup, and there's no light's in this closet either."

"Aw, Tai is gonna make fun of me."

"Why?"

"Um..." Sora blushes in the dark. "I told him something."

"Oh?"

"Yeah." Sora pauses for a minute. "Matt?"

"Mhm?"

"Am I sitting on your lap?" Sora asks. (She's sitting with her feet to the door and the side of her head to the shelves opposite the door. Matt is leaning against the wall towards the corner with his legs straightened out to the other corner. Matt is facing her, but she has her head turned to face him.)

"Yeah, it's okay though. It's not like there's any other room in here."

"Okay." They're silent for a moment.

"Hey, I think we might have some candles and matches left in here. If I remember correctly they should be on the shelf right above your shoulder, the one that's furthest from me." Sora tries reaching for it. "Get them yet?"

"Nope, I don't think I can even reach the shelf, unless I roll over."

"Okay, hang on a minute." Matt reaches for them, pressing Sora into him as he tries to reach the candles. Sora turns crimson. "Got it!" He moves the candle to a shelf closer to him and pulls out a match. "You might want to move your head back a little, so I won't get you with the match, because I can't see you." Sora moves back a little and Matt light's the match. Then he turns and light's the candle and shakes the match out. The small candle shined brightly reflecting a yellow glow off their faces. Matt puts the used match and the match packet on the other wall. "That's better." He says, smiling. Sora nods and returns his smile. They both look around the closet.

"Man I hope those kid's are okay." Matt says. "Tk's been really rambunctious lately. Mom says it's just a stage he's going through, but personally, I think it's from him watching the Ruggrats."

"Yeah, Ruggrats will do that too kids. I think the phrase 'kiss one check and slap the other' describes perfectly how I'm feeling now. I hope they'll be fine, but I can't believe they locked us in the closet!" Matt smiles, then he laughs. Sora gives him a look.

"It is pretty funny when you think about it." He gasps out. Sora gives him another look like he's gone insane then she smiles too. Pretty soon they're both laughing hysterically.

After a while they calm down. Matt's stomach growls. "Man I'm hungry." They both survey the closet shelves.

"Well unless you have a can opener..." Sora starts.

"Wait!" Matt interrupts, "Here are some cherries." He says pulling out a jar from the shelf above him. He pops it open and tries one. "Hey, there eatable!" He says offering Sora some. She takes one and tries it.

"Not bad Matt!" He offers her more. Within a few minutes the jar of cherries was

emptied. Sora watches as Matt put the lid back on the jar and placed it on a shelf. Then her eye's fell on the candle. She stares at it for a while, almost enchanted by its glow. She didn't realize that Matt was staring at her with the same intensity. Finally Sora was able to divert her eyes from the flame and turned her gaze towards Matt, puzzled.

"So Matt, why was there a candle in here?" She asked. Matt gave Sora a thoughtful look. "Not that I'm complaining or anything." She said quickly looking down, mistaking his gaze.

"Oh, no I didn't think you were. I was just thinking back." Sora smiled in relief and looked back up at him. "So you want to hear about the soft side of Matt Ishida, huh?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

Sora grinned, "Why not? I got awhile." Matt smirked at her response.

"Alright then. Here it goes. When Tk and I where younger we use to hide in here during the thunderstorms. I'd tell Tk stories and we pretend this was our fort and the thunder was an evil troll we were hiding from. From then on the closet became a sort of comfortable place to go. Whenever Tk has a bad day at school or broke his latest toy you can find him here. This specific candle was from before the divorce when my parents would fight. It really upset Tk when they argued, so I often found him here. I would sit there with him and listen to his problems. Then I'd sing to him or tell him stories and sometimes I'd just hug him."

"That's precious…" Sora said beaming at him. Matt smiled blushing.

"Would you like a story?" He said half joking, half serious.

"Umm... Okay." Sora said not sure how to answer exactly.

"Let me think a second." He says leaning back against the wall. She rubs her neck, which is hurting her, because of the shelf she was leaning on. Matt looks up noticing her discomfort. He lifts his arm up and places it on her shoulder, then pulls her closer to him, so her head is on his chest.

"Better?" He asks. Sora turns scarlet.

"Ye-ss" She managed to say, almost sounding decently normal.

"Okay, now for that story. I think I have the perfect one. Once upon a time…."

Still don't own Digimon. I'm really sorry about the Sorato-ness for all the Taiora fans. I actually don't mind Taiora. Sorato's my favorite, but I like Tai, so Taiora is okay too. I don't really write them though. The next chapters are more Takari and Tai comes in at the last chapter.

-Climbing Rose