Love is Worth Everything
Book 3:
Is the Heart Really Worth Breaking?
By: Emily Ishida
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I had a lot of help with this chapter. I want to thank Lilly Kitty for helping me with the title and Digital Anime Fox for giving me some of the ending idea with Tai and Izzy. Thanks a lot you guys! ^_~
RING!
"Moshi moshi?" Matt answered into the telephone, still eating the last of his teriyaki.
"Yamato?" Mr. Ishida asked, sounding strangely calm. This was unusual to Matt.
"Hai?"
"Yamato do you have the Tachikawa's phone number?"
"Why? I thought you had it in your address book."
"I did...I mean I do, but I lost it."
"So desu ka?"
"Hai...do you have it?"
"Hai." Matt recited the telephone number of the Tachikawa home, rinsing his plate. "But why are you so calm? Usually you'd be stressed over this."
"I don't know...I guess it's the matter at hand..." Mr. Ishida stopped. An awkward silence fell upon them. Matt finally spoke after a while.
"What matter?"
"..."
"Dad?"
"Oh, it's nothing to worry about. I was just checking in on Mr. Tachikawa because the doctors called me to ask me if Mr. Tachikawa had been drinking again. I had to make sure so when I ran into Mrs. Tachikawa at the store I asked her and she told me he had been acting strangely carefree recently, and I was curious. That's all."
"Oh, okay."
"I'll talk to you soon. Mata aimasho."
"Sayonara."
When Matt hung up the phone he began to worry. What if Mr. Tachikawa was drunk again? Soon he began to worry about Mimi. Would Mimi's father turn abusive against her? This was all too overwhelming for Matt, so he picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Izzy?"
"Hai?"
"This is Matt."
"Oh, hi Matt! What's up?"
"The sky. Hey Izzy do you want to go for a walk or something? I've been cooped up in the house all day and I NEED fresh air."
"Sure. Let me inform my mother that I shall be leaving for a while then I'll meet you at the park. Mata aimasho?"
"Hai. Sayonara Izzy."
"Sayonara."
Matt hung up the phone, but he was partially clueless about what he had just said. Soon he remembered, and went upstairs to get ready. When he was in the middle of brushing his teeth, the phone rang.
"Moshi moshi?" Matt answered with the toothbrush still in his mouth. He heard someone hang up with a light chuckle. "What the hell?" Matt asked himself, hanging up the phone. but when he did it rang again. "Moshi moshi?" Matt answered again. Someone hung up. Matt was just about fed up with this. The phone rang again. "MOSHI MOSHI?" Matt yelled, but was only answered by a click and then a dial tone. After Matt hung up once more, the phone rang one last time. "STOP CALLING ME!" Matt raged into the speaker.
"Matt?" a soft, trembling voice asked.
"Oh, gomen nasai Mimi." Matt tossed his toothbrush into a cup and was fiddling with a towel.
"What was THAT about?" Mimi asked.
"Nothing. Some bastard keeps calling here and hanging up on me."
"Oh."
"I didn't mean to rage at you."
"That's alright. I was wondering if tonight you'd like to join my family and I for dinner tonight?"
Matt stopped to think. Her father will be there...I don't know how I feel about him now. While Matt was thinking, he heard Mimi's impatient voice.
"Huh?" Matt puzzled. He shook himself awake from his thoughts.
"Do you want to come or not?"
"Yeah, sure. Gomen, I was spacing out. I guess I'm tired," Matt answered. Mimi was satisfied.
"Okay then. I'll see you tonight."
"Hai. Sayonara."
"Sayonara."
By this time Matt was sick and tired of the phone.
It was a little after 2:15 when Matt left to meet Izzy. As he walked he began to run through his thoughts again...back far enough to the "Snow White" play. He thought about Tai and Sora with their unfair requests, Tai loving him, Mimi getting beaten...it was so depressing that he began to feel like he didn't want to see Izzy. But his mind told him otherwise. Might as well since I'm half way there. Matt thought.
Izzy, meanwhile, was waiting by a fountain for Matt. He had only been there 5 minutes when Yolei walked up to him with a smile on her face.
"Konnichi wa, Izzy!" Yolei beamed.
"Konnichi wa. What's with you?" Izzy smiled, bringing her into his arms and kissing her cheek.
"Life. Isn't it wonderful?" Yolei sighed.
"I suppose. Why, did you FINALLY get your computer to sing Ricky Martin songs when you turn it on?"
"No, life isn't THAT good. But I just found out something, Izzy! I know originally a girl would be horrified by this, but I'm overjoyed!"
"Well? What is it?"
"Izzy...you're going to be a father!"
"Run that by me again?"
"I'm pregnant! With YOUR baby!"
"Oh my God...Yolei that's WONDERFUL news!" Izzy had tears in his eyes now. Izzy hugged Yolei tighter, kissing her softly. "But...we're not even engaged."
"Well? What do you suppose we do about that?" Yolei asked with a hint of mischief in her voice.
"Meet me at my house tonight, Yolei. And we'll talk about that," Izzy suggested with the same mischief lingering in his voice. Yolei's eyes grew ten times larger, and she hugged Izzy tight and started to run home, but Izzy yelled from behind her, "Don't run! If you want our baby to live you've gotta be careful, honey!"
Yolei smiled and blew a kiss to him. She then walked into the crowd and to her house. Izzy had tears streaming down his face now. He was smiling the biggest smile on the face of the Earth. When Matt walked up, he hugged him the moment he said "hi."
"Whoa! Izzy what's with you?" Matt giggled.
"Matt! Matt I'm going to be a DADDY!" Izzy cried.
"Yeah. That's nice. Stop kidding around Izzy." Matt saw the tears falling down Izzy's face, and knew it was true. "Oh my GOD, you're serious!"
"Hai!"
"Izzy my man! When did you find out?"
"About a minute ago!"
"Who's the mother?"
"THAT should be a no-brainer, Yamato Ishida!"
"Oh...Yolei!"
"HAI! HAI! You've won a million dollars! I am going to marry that women no MATTER WHAT!"
"Cool. Now I can afford SERIOUS and EXPENSIVE yet EFFECTIVE treatment for you! You're loosing it, man!"
"Shut up, baka!"
Both guys started to playfully recite names they hadn't used since they were young kids while walking around the town. While Izzy was closing his eyes and dreaming, Matt started to think...about Izzy's well-being. He was struck hard when he finally realized that Izzy had said that he was going to marry her. Izzy was too young...a year younger than Matt, to be precise. Matt felt like a big brother to the younger computer boy, and worried.
"Izzy, I've been thinking." Matt was quiet and murmured his words, while they walked to an ice cream stand.
"Mmm hmm?" Izzy responded, pulling some change from his pocket.
"Well, about you marrying Yolei and having a kid and stuff..." Matt began, but a determined Izzy interrupted him.
"Look, nothing's going to change my mind, Matt. I love that women. And I don't want that baby to be a bastard, got it? Yolei is going to be my future wife and if you don't get that through your head than you've got issues!" Izzy was light with his words, partially being cheerful about it, yet serious all at once.
"Hai..." This got Matt thinking...about Mimi. Do I love her enough to actually marry her? He let the thought drift and didn't think about it again.
Soon it was 5:00, and after having ice cream with Izzy and planning it again tomorrow around 2:00, Matt headed home. It was around 8:00, and he finally realized that he had been walking around the town for three hours after he had talked with Izzy. Tired, he began to stumble, every step a faded blur. And it was still another block until he got home from where he was. His eyes grew heavy, and he was soon fighting an uphill battle to keep his eyes open. But he failed, and soon drifted to sleep on the spot...in the middle of the sidewalk, with passing people glancing over him, and then moving on.
Izzy, meanwhile, had quickly ran to Tai's house to tell him the news. It was around 6:00 when he finally reached the Kamiya residence. Ringing the doorbell, Izzy stood, hardly containing his excitement. Finally Tai answered the door, a little tired looking and he looked like he had a tear-drenched face.
"Hello, Tai!" Izzy greeted warmly. Tai smiled.
"Hi, Izzy. Why don't you come in?" Tai offered, stepping out of the way and holding the door open for Izzy to come inside. Izzy did so. "What brings you here?"
"I have the BEST news to tell you, Tai!" Izzy beamed, tears forming in his eyes again.
"Go ahead, spill it. You look like you're going to wet your pants if you don't!" Tai chuckled. Izzy was too excited for words.
"Tai I'm going to be a FATHER! Yolei is having MY CHILD! I'm going to marry that angel...we're going to start a family!" Izzy expected a congratulation from his buddy, but it didn't turn out how he had hoped. Instead, Tai seemed upset over the whole thing, but he couldn't figure out why.
"What! Izzy what the HELL are you thinking?" Tai began to yell, cornering poor Izzy in a corner while he raged...not at Izzy...but at himself, mostly. "Love is SHIT! You'll only have your heart broken in the end!"
Finally, Tai acknowledged Izzy's worried expression. Izzy was now VERY puzzled. What could have happened to Tai to make him like this? Izzy wondered. Suddenly, Tai grabbed Izzy's shaking shoulders and shook him violently, telling him that he mustn't do it.
The grasp and the power in Tai's grasp bruised Izzy's shoulders, and once again Izzy was speechless. But soon Izzy became furious. "Don't EVER talk about my angel like that!" Izzy yelled, pushing Tai away, not realizing what he was doing. But Tai attacked him again, shaking his shoulders and telling him it is not worth it. Soon the anger was too strong...it built up so big...that Izzy punched Tai square in the nose to get him to let go.
"Ugh!" Tai growled, falling backwards and hitting the ground. Izzy was shocked at his so un-Izzy like actions. What have I done? Was the only thing that Izzy could think of at that moment.
"Tai, I'm so sorry," Izzy repeated over and over, helping Tai up. But when he finally faced Tai, he realized that there were tears there. Izzy was lost for words as he felt tears building up behind his eyes. "Tai, please forgive me."
"No...Izzy, I should be the one apologizing. I'm proud of you, Koushiro. You'll be a wonderful father," Tai smiled as he spoke, but soon Tai couldn't bear the pain...he was still crushed about his unlighted love for Yamato...and fell to the ground.
Izzy stared down upon Tai who was facing the floor. Slowly, placing a hand on his best friends back, he began to calm his best friend from his trauma. Izzy opened his eyes when he felt Tai begin to shake. Was he crying? Izzy became even more confused, because Tai was chuckling to himself.
"You know what Iz?" Tai smirked with disgrace for himself. Now Izzy watched and waited for Tai to continue...casually rubbing his best friends back. "I can't see how fate always plays a toll in people's lives. And you would think there is one perfect being out there just for you. For you to hold, for you to cherish...for you to...love." Tai felt tears build up and felt his body tremble. Izzy felt this and became more worried. Soon Tai continued, "But, fate also seems to be playing a game!" Anger filled his voice as it echoed out into the apartment. "A teasing game...for, when you find...or think you found your perfect love...they turn to love someone else!" Slamming a fist to the ground, Tai began to choke between his sobs.
Izzy was speechless. What was Tai going through to make him like this? His eyes, never blinking, stared down at his friend. Watching the boy sob, the red head scolded himself. How could I have been so selfish? Tai seems to be going through hell...and I am talking about my heaven!
Izzy, being angry at himself, bent further down. Wrapping his arms around Tai's waist, the brown haired boy gasped. "Tai..." Izzy began to hug his friend and brought Tai to sit up to face him. Slowly Tai stared into Izzy's eyes and saw comfort. Feeling more tears, Tai fell into Izzy's chest and cried his burning eyes. While Tai sobbed continuously, Izzy held Tai's head, running fingers through his wild hair, and felt tears roll down his cheeks.
Izzy brought Tai outside, placing is excitement on hold, to cheer him up. He suggested going out to dinner, and talking about it. Tai followed, grateful to have such a caring, sensitive friend. As Izzy walked with Tai, he began to think. Who could have hurt Tai so badly? Love is worth it...it really is...how can it not be? Is the heart really worth breaking...especially Tai's?
By morning, Matt was in his apartment, sound asleep in his bed. Pushing the covers aside, he stretched and yawned, looking about his room. It was spotless. Not a single mess. Matt was a little confused. Thinking, he finally realized that he had forgotten about the dinner with Mimi.
"Shit! I was suppose to go to that dinner!" Matt scolded himself. He began to think. It must of broke her heart...the heart...especially hers...is not worth breaking...I have to make it up to her.
Walking out of his room, noticing that he was in a larger pair of pajamas that were NOT his, he made his way to the living room. He smelt something wonderful cooking in the kitchen, and wondered who could possibly be at his house...when he lived by himself.
Well? How was it? I'm FOR SURE making one last chapter. Tell me how you like it, okay? Or email me at ButterflyBaby12345@hotmail.com.
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Translations:
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Moshi moshi - Hello (on telephone)
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Hai - Yes
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So desu ka - Is that so?
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Mata aimasho - See you later
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Sayonara - Good bye
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Gomen nasai - I'm very sorry
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Gomen - Sorry
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Konnichi wa - Hello
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Baka - Idiot/Fool
