taichi: nightflame

taichi: nightflame...

nightflame: no taichi.

taichi: nightflame...

nightflame: no taichi, I will not have Yamato be caught in a corner by Jun.

taichi: nightfla...why not?

nightflame: no.

taichi: *looks disappointed*

nightflame: he's your best friend! You want that to happen to him?

taichi: *thoughtfully* I guess you're right. That's not being much of a friend.

nightflame: I thought as much.

taichi: actually, I wanted to know who Icefall was?

nightflame: Icefall? He's my dragon counterpart. My colors are black and red (night & flame...get it?) and his are blue and silver. He's a dragon and I'm a human (dang it). He's my opposite.

taichi: nightflame? You do know that dragons don't exist, don't you?

nightflame: and you're just an anime character. To quote calvin and hobbes, 'reality keeps ruining my life' grr. Oh well, I still have my little fantasy land, where dragons and anime characters exist and roam free.

taichi: I can't believe you're 18 years old. You act 8.

nightflame: so? 'childhood is short, but immaturity is forever' bill watterson's a genius. (the creator of calvin and hobbes) anyway, onto the third chapter!!! I finally got some actual takari in it...standard disclaimers apply.

Chapter 3: wedding blues

Taichi sighed as Sora put yet another suit into his arms. "This might look good on you too. Try it. Oo, and this shirt looks nice" she held it up against him, judging the colors against him. "Yea, try it. Oh, and this tie would look good with that shirt" she deposited into his arms. "Soraaaa" he whined. "That's the fifth suit in the last hour" She gave him a look. "Well, it's all in the name of fashion" Taichi grumbled mutinously. "Never go shopping with a future fashion designer" Sora looked at him and laughed. His arms were full of suits, shirts, and ties. She took pity on him. "Okay that's enough for now. Go try them on" she directed him toward the dressing room. He headed off in the direction she sent him, muttering the entire way about the evils of shopping. After a little bit, Tai walked out in one of the suits. Sora studied him carefully and walked around him. "No, I don't think so. The shirt doesn't look good with the suit. Go try that blue shirt from the beginning" Obediently, he walked back into the dressing room and changed. When he walked back out, Sora walked around him again before she sent him back in. This happened a couple times until finally, Taichi insisted that Sora sit down while he thought up a combination and she could tell him what she thought. Sora sat down and let her thoughts wandered. She loved being with Tai. His playful attitude just brought a smile to her face. 'And he's so cute too' she thought. 'Ack! Where did that come from?? Oh please, you know that you think that. What are you talking about? It's so obvious, it's sad. Shut up, shut up, shut up!' she pounded into her head. "I am NOT falling for him" she muttered to herself quietly. "I'm not in love with..." Suddenly a thought popped into her head. Yamato. Checking the dressing room, Taichi still hadn't come out. She grabbed her purse and opened her cell phone. Calling her apartment, she checked for messages. Hmm...one from her mother asking about lunch, one from the landlord reminding her that the apartment was going to be fumigated in a couple days, and one from Miyako reminding her about a bridesmaid fitting the day after tomorrow. Nothing from him. She didn't know what to think. Usually, he called her the day after an argument. Then again, did she even want him to call? Half of her said yes, but the other half kept flashing a picture of Taichi in her head. Her lip trembled slightly. The message from Miyako reminded her of something else. They had received the invitations for the wedding so long ago. At that time, she and Yamato were going to go together. But now...she closed her eyes, partly out of frustration and partly to stop the tears from coming. "Sora? What's wrong?" a soft voice penetrated her thoughts. Slowly, she opened her eyes and gazed into a pair of worried chocolate brown eyes.

Taichi had walked out of the dressing room to see Sora, her eyes closed with a pained expression on her face. Softly, he called her name. As she opened her eyes, he could see the tears gathering. "What's wrong?" he asked again, and she looked away slightly. "Nothing" Taichi looked at her skeptically and replied, "We've been through this already Sora. You can tell me" Still looking away, she answered so softly, he had to strain to hear her. "He still...still hasn't called...and the wedding...Yamato...and I...together" Suddenly, Taichi realized where this was heading. Why hadn't he thought of that? With some quick thought, he spoke to her. "Look Sora. I think you should talk to Hikari. There's a good chance she may already know" She shot him a panicked and slightly suspicious look. "No, I didn't tell her or anything like that. But you know...Takeru?" Her expression relaxed slightly. "And you could talk to Takeru. I'm sure he could tell you..." he faltered. "You know..." Sora stopped him and gave him a soft smile. "I'll do that" He smiled. It relieved him so much just to see her smile. And it brought him such joy. Slowly, he realized that Sora was staring at him in shock and delight. "What?" he asked confused. "Taichi...that combination...the suit...everything...it's perfect!" "Really?" he answered, pleased. Sora laughed. "Who knows, maybe if being ambassador to digital world doesn't work out, you could go into fashion design" she teased. "I don't think so" Taichi answered, smiling.

Hikari stretched out on the sofa. A rather large textbook sat on one knee and a notebook on the other. A pencil behind her ear, she yawned. Behind her, a young man placed a cup of coffee on the table next to her and kissed her once on the cheek. Smiling gratefully at him, she picked up the coffee and sipped it. "Mmm, what is this?" she asked, smiling at her boyfriend. Takeru sat down on the loveseat next to sofa. "Hazelnut flavored coffee. I saw it at the grocery store and decided to try it out. Tastes pretty good, eh?" Hikari smiled seductively as an idea popped into her head. Putting the book and notebook on the table, she got up and walked over to him and sat in his lap before she replied. "Yea it does, but I think I prefer the taste of you. What do you think?" she purred. "Mmm" he murmured. She leaned in and tasted his lips. Just as the two lovebirds were getting into it (A/N get your mind out of the gutter people. They're just kissing...rather passionately, but that's it...I am not a lemon writer) when the inevitable happened. The phone rang. "Damnit" Takeru muttered pulling away. Hikari glared at the phone before snatching it up. Composing herself, she answered. "Moshi moshi" she answered a bit bitterly. "Hikari?" Sora's voice came out over the phone. "Sora?" Hikari answered confused. "Can I come over? Or is this a bad time?" Hikari shot a look at her boyfriend who was clueless to the exchange going on. "Sure, where are you?" "I'm in the shopping mall about a block from your apartment. I'll be there about 5 minutes" "All right, come on over ... okay, bye" Hikari replied before shutting off the phone. "That was Sora" she informed Takeru. "Sora? She's here?" he replied with a confused look on his face. "I know" Hikari answered. "She'll be here in a couple minutes" Getting off her boyfriend's lap, she quickly straightened up the living room. A couple minutes later, she heard a knocking at her door. "Coming!" she called out. Takeru had gone to the kitchen to get another cup of coffee for Sora and to scour up some snacks. Hikari ran over to the door and opened it. Sora stood there a bit uncertainly. Hikari ushered her in and walked with her to the living room. The two girls sat down on the couch. Seconds later, Takeru walked out with a cup of coffee for Sora and some vanilla wafers. "So Sora, what's up? Why are you...well, why are you here?" Hikari asked, emphasizing the word 'here' Sora looked at Hikari a bit confused. " What do you mean here? I needed to talk to you and Takeru about something" she replied slowly. Hikari and Takeru shot each other glances. "What is it?" Sora asked suspiciously. "Well, it's just..." Takeru started hesitantly, "We thought you were with Yamato" Sora stared at the couple, shocked. "What do you mean, with Yamato?" she stared at the two who looked at each other guiltily. "Well," Takeru started saying "he just sort of called me last night saying that he was taking off for a couple days. Something about being ready for Miyako and Ken's wedding. We thought you two would be together" Sora nodded mutely. He promised the couple that he would sing them something for their wedding. 'That's why he hasn't called" she mused. But then again, did she want him to? Did she really want to keep together what excuse of a relationship they had? But she had given herself to him; she had loved him with all her heart, but why was it that this relationship was failing? Takeru looked at Sora sympathetically. He looked at her as a sister. And he had a feeling either way, she would actually be his sister. Through Yamato...or Hikari. However, he kept that thought to himself. "Look Sora, I'm sure he'll be back before the wedding and you two can work out any problems" Sora looked at him. She hadn't said anything about them fighting. Then again, Takeru and Hikari seemed to have a way of understanding and noticing things that others didn't. It was part of the reason those two were so special. "Yea" Hikari interjected. "If anything, we're all going to be there early because we're part of the ceremony. No one will notice if you two don't come together" she said kindly. Sora smiled at the two. "Thanks you guys" She got up. "I've taken up enough of your time. I have to stop by my apartment and picked up some stuff if I'm going to stay with Tai for the next couple weeks. I'll see you later" Takeru stood up and walked her toward the door. While Takeru was walking Sora to the door, Hikari leaned by wearily against the couch. Something was wrong between Sora and Yamato. She hated it as much as her brother did when Sora was hurt. She looked up at Sora like the older sister she never had. "And" Hikari mused quietly "I know Taichi never stopped loving her"

nightflame: *pushes away from the desk* Ahhh, nice.

taichi: what are you doing??

nightflame: I¡¯m done for now. I'll finish it later

taichi: what do you mean later??? How much more torture are you gonna put me though?

nightflame: torture?

taichi: when am Sora and I going to get together??

nightflame: I can't tell you that! That'd ruin the story!!

taichi: *grumbling* how many more chapters are left??

nightflame: well, at couple more at least...

taichi: a couple more??? C'mon already!!

nightflame: hmm...well, if I get more reviews, maybe they'll come out faster. People reviewed!! AHH I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!! Review my other stories too¡¦in total, I have like¡¦10 reviews. Eh. Anyway, the chapters come out faster the more reviews I get. (reviews make nightflame happy) ^_^

taichi: REVIEW!! People please!! *gets on his knees* PLEASE!!