The Date
Sora got up at 9:00 to make the food for the picnic. Her mom had already left for the flower shop, but Ms. Takenouchi had gone over recipes the night before and everything was carefully set out on the counter for Sora to cook. Sora carefully made breakfast, trying not to mess up the organized piles of supplies. She ate her food in silence, while going over recipes in her head. She finished eating and went off to find some other items she deemed necessary for cooking.
After searching for a while, Sora found her tape deck and put it on the dinning room table so she could listen to music while she cooked. Music made her feel less alone when her mom was out. She went and found her mom's old apron and a tape to listen to. She popped in Matt's newest band album. It was actually the first unofficial record; Matt had given one to each of the digidestined as a gift and instructed them to make their friends listen to it. Mimi had done such a good job with showing Matt's music of to all her friends he now had several fan clubs. He might even sign with a record company soon. As one of the love songs came on Sora wondered how long Matt had liked her. Were some of the songs on his album about her or somebody else's girlfriend; or somebody else Matt had liked? After listening to his voice for a few moments and thinking of the day before, she decided she really didn't care. Then she remembered she was suppose to be cooking. She jumped up and went to the kitchen.
Sora started by making potato salad, because it had to sit in the fridge for a while. Then she made some biscuits she thought would go good with the raspberries. Then she got out the hero rolls and cold cut's (A/n: ham, cheese, turkey, salami, that kind of stuff.) her mom had bought the other day, and made the sandwiches. She put the sandwiches back in the fridge, next to the potato salad. As soon as Sora finished with them, the timer went off on the oven. She took the biscuits out of the oven and put them on the counter to cool. Then she went searching through the cabinets and pantry to find some plates, utensils, a picnic blanket, and the picnic basket. (A/n: That's the only problem with cleaning, you can't find where you put everything away) When she found them She set them down on the counter and cleaned up all the cooking supplies, and mess she had made. By then it was 1:00 and Sora was starving. She sampled one of her biscuits and decided that she'd pack some honey to go with it. Then she went to go get ready, deciding she'd run to the store to get some water bottles once she was dressed.
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Matt got up a lot later then Sora did. Luckily, when he had gotten home the night before his dad had been watching TV and had no idea what time it was. Matt ended up sitting down and watching the program with him, and falling asleep on the couch. When he woke up he found his dad making pancakes. While the two ate Matt told his dad about Sora.
Mr. Ishida was very happy for his son. He knew Sora from back when they all went to the digital world, and he always thought she was a very nice girl. Matt told him all about his plans for the next day.
"Matt," His dad interrupted towards the end of Matt's explaining. "I know I might not be the best with dating now..." He started looking around the bachelor pad. "But I do know a thing or too…" He saw a sleepy look on his son's face, "and I think you should bring her flowers or something, when you go to pick her up."
Matt's face light up. "That's a good idea dad!" He rushed around getting ready, because it was nearly three. He decided to bring his guitar with him. Maybe he could teach Sora a few cords. If Sora could sing in front of people maybe she could sing a duet with him for his band. He smiled for a minute picturing it. Then he strapped the guitar on his back, shouted good-bye to his dad, and left the house. On his way to pick up Sora, Matt stopped in at her mother's flower shop. Ms. Takenouchi showed him which bunch was Sora's favorite and gave him a discount.
Matt arrived on time at Sora's house to find her already outside, sitting on the porch with a basket in her hand.
Matt quickly hid the flowers behind his back as Sora got up and met him in the front of the yard. Sora was wearing a pretty yellow sundress that came just above her knees. She blushed as Matt gawked at her outfit; he hadn't seen her in a dress before.
"Pretty flowers for a pretty girl." He offered, pulling out the bouquet of cherry blossoms and white roses, trying to regain his composure.
"Matt, thank you! These are my favorite." She beamed at him.
"I know." He made his 'cool' face and reached down to take the basket from her. "I'll carry this," he offered, taking it the basket in one hand. He held out his arm. "Shall we?" Sora linked her arm with his, still smiling and blushing just a little bit. They strolled leisurely in a comfortable silence as they walked down the street and into the park until they reached a more wooded area.
"Close your eye's." Matt told Sora.
"Why?"
"Just close them." Matt insisted. "The 'secret raspberry patch' isn't a secret if you know where it is." Sora raised her eyebrows but willingly closed her eyes. She let Mat lead her through the park to the patch.
"No peeking." he whispered in her ear as he held up a low branch for her to walk under.
She blushed. "I'm not"
"Okay just stand there for a moment." He said letting go of her hand. He took out the checkered tablecloth and laid it on the ground. He placed the basket in the center of the cloth. Then he put his guitar down, propped up behind the basket.
"I'm just going to borrow this." He said taking the flowers from Sora's hand and placing it nicely against the guitar and basket. Now that would make a perfect picture. He turned back to Sora and took both of her hands pulling her closer to the blanket.
"Now you can open them." He said and stepped aside allowing her to see the perfect spot.
Sora looked around at the raspberry patch in amazement. She had never seen so many raspberries in the same place in her life. Normally most of the berries were gone and you had to really search for the ripe ones. The ones here were ripe and plentiful. Then she looked down to see the tablecloth all set up. She turned to Matt and smiled and Matt smiled back
"It's beautiful, I love it." She told him.
"Yup." He agreed, but he was still looking at Sora. She blushed again.
They decided to eat first, this way they could fill the basket with raspberries. Matt loved the food as much as Sora enjoyed the scenery. Then they picked the raspberries. Surprisingly, they managed to fill the basket, even though they ate a lot of the raspberries they picked. When they finished, the sun was setting. They put the basket back on the blanket and Matt picked up the guitar.
"OOooo… Is this the part where you serenade me?" Sora asked, joking with him. Matt laughed.
"Nope. This is the part where you serenade me." He said, surprising her by sitting down behind her and placing the guitar in her lap. He took her right hand and placed it on the strings near the top. Then Matt positioned her left hand on the cords near the bottom. He placed his hand on hers and gently made her play a few notes.
"Sora, Sora, how I adore her." He sang along with the notes. She laughed a little at his corny-ness. Then she turned to face him.
"I adore you too, you know." She whispered, slowly getting lost in his eyes. For minute they looked like they were about to kiss, but Matt stopped them.
"Wait!" He said jumping up and grabbing the guitar away from Sora. He quickly put the guitar in its case and laid it on the cloth. He helped Sora to her feet. "There's something I've got to show you first. He led her to a cherry blossom tree, with a small ladder leaning against it. They stood beneath it letting the silky petals fall on top of their heads.
"Go ahead," Matt whispered, softly, nodding towards the ladder. "It's amazing up there." Sora nodded and approached the ladder. She started climbing up the old wooden rungs, checking to make sure Matt was behind her. He stood next to her at the bottom.
"Don't worry I'll catch you, if you fall." He reassured her. Sora climbed all the way up, turned around and sat in the tree; looking down over the ladder at Matt who was starting to climb the ladder. He got to the top and stayed standing on the ladder so that his head was just a little lower then hers. They both stayed there, watching the petals float to the ground.
"Thank you Matt," Sora murmured. "This really is amazing." Matt smiled at her enjoyment.
"I'm happy to share it with you." He admitted, locking his eyes with hers. She leaned down, and their lips met.
And that's how we'll leave the new couple… Sitting in a tree, with the wind dancing in their hair and pushing through the branches on the tree, and blowing the cherry blossoms around them like snow; kissing, as all lovebirds should.
Fin!!!!
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-Climbing Rose