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The Magic Shop
"I-I didn't know...If I had, I would never have said anything. Who would have thought that he disbelieved in love so much that he'd blame it all on a spell..." Sora's eyes grew at Tai's words and she could scarcely control the rapid pace of her heart. "Are you saying...I mean, you think he may actually be...In love with me?"
Tai and Sora, mortal enemies during school hours and friends for the remainder of the time, were standing in the alley behind the Magic Shop. It was dark and narrow, perfect for a secret meeting. The smell, though, was something that they had had to get used to ever since these meetings had started, seeing as this was where all the shops around the area piled their garbage to await pick-up. It was also home to much of Odaiba's rodent population.
"Isn't that what I just said? I really don't feel like explaining it twice. Do you have anything to eat? I'm starving" Tai rubbed his stomach for effect, knowing that Sora always had something to snack on and hoping this would make her share it. He knew her too well.
Breaking off a piece of her peanut butter sandwich, Sora spoke again. Her voice sounded a little less sure of itself than was usual. "So you're saying that Matt thinks I put the love spell on him only because it doesn't seem to be working on Mimi? He must really believe it has to work....I guess I should've told him the catch before we started, but I really doubt he'd've believed me"
"So what was the catch?" asked Tai between mouthfuls of the sandwich. Sora had trouble hearing what he said, but after he repeated it about five more times, she got it. "The catch was that if Mimi was already head-over-heels in love with someone, the spell would not work: simple as that. Obviously she was if she hasn't shown any signs that she even likes Matt in the slightest."
"YES!" Shouted Tai, spitting parts of his sandwich all over the ground. Sora stared at her 'occasional' friend in confusion. "You mean you don't want Matt to get Mimi...but I thought you were his friend?" She moved a step to her left to lean on the brick wall of the building next to her and crossed her arms, waiting for Tai's answer.
"Don't get me wrong, of course we're friends and all...But I would feel real sorry for Mimi and Joe if their relationship were ruined by a one-night stand- and on account of a love-spell no less! I'm sorry, but thats just cruel" Sora smiled despite herself. At times like these, when she saw Tai did have emotions like the rest of us, she couldn't help but feel glad they were somewhat friends.
"Stop smiling, it makes a poor guy like me go weak at the knees!" Sora blushed lightly at this and couldn't help remembering (as if she had forgotten) what Tai had just said about Matt. Aiko had helped, no, pushed, her into realizing earlier that day what she really felt for the blonde-haired teenager, but it still felt awkward to think of them...together.
"Oh, don't give me that look!" Tai moved to stand before Sora, arms crossed over his chest and an expression ressembling exasperation on his face. He rolled his eyes as Sora looked at him, giving him a crooked smile. "What 'look' are you talking about? I don't give 'looks', I give threats" Her eyes blazed with fire and were extinguished so quickly that Tai had to take a double-take to make sure he saw what he did.
"Good, cause that just wouldn't be your style" Tai's casualness with the fact that Sora was a witch was only due to the fact that he had found out about her secret when he was just beginning highschool with her. He had been teased because of his goggles and big hair, so he had sought help in witchcraft, and there, at that Magic Shop, both he and Sora had created his popularity potion. He didn't need it anymore of course, Tai had discovered his 'inner charisma' years ago.
"And now you're the expert on my style? Please, I'd just love to know...What is it?" Sora cocked an eyebrow as she positioned herself against the wall more comfortably to hear what was sure to be a very enlightning answer.
"Where to start, where to start...Well, first off, there's that annoying habit of yours to seem better than everyone else..."
"And what has that to do with style?" asked Sora, frowning as she sought the answer to her own question.
"Everything. Now, where was I?" Sora rolled her eyes. Tai had such a short attention span. "Oh, ya. You seem better than everyone else" He began to tick the reasons off on his fingers "You deny your feelings. You push people away from you. You threaten and scare people-"
"I do not! People are scared of me because of the rumors you spread about me!" protested Sora. Tai just shrugged, "Okay" he said "I'll give you that one. But you do threaten people. Like Ohayo. And don't tell me there's a reason for that, because I know he was the one that started it. But you don't have to fuel his hate."
"Well, is that all? I really should be getting back inside now." Sora was annoyed, even a bit angry, at Tai for speaking to her so bluntly. She wasn't used to people being so opinionated around her and she made no moves to hide her aggravation.
"Okay, but Sora, please don't be mad at me for saying those 'true' things. I hate it when you're mad at me...It makes me feel so guilty, and I'm sure you have nothing to do with that feeling" Sora let a small smile play across her lips as she looked up at her friend mysteriously and whispered "I'm not mad" in his ear before casually walking towards the Shop's back door and disappearing inside.
"Matt...you are so lucky..." said Tai quietly before leaving the protected cover of darkness and moving into the noisy streets of the city, carefully avoiding any of the questionning glances that the occasional bystander would give him for coming out of the well reknowned 'witchcraft' alley.
~~~~~~Inside the Magic Shop (10 minutes later)~~~~~~
"Aiko, would you hand me that crystal ball over there in the corner? I have to make sure Ohayo isn't going to interrupt Matt and I during the final part of our spell" Aiko poked her head around the corner of the counter seconds later, her eyes flashing mischieviously.
"I thought the spell wasn't going to work, why are you going to finish it?" asked Aiko, standing up from the floor and dusting the dirt off of her pants with both her hands. Her eyes never moved from Sora, or the blush that had recently stained her friends' cheeks.
"I think that what I do with my clients is my own business, don't you? Anyway, thats beside the point." Sora turned around toward the table that had been behind her and began to mix the ingredients she had piled their after coming in from the alley. Aiko crossed her arms and frowned. "What exactly is the point, Sor?"
"Again, I really believe its none of your business" Sora hadn't turned around as she spoke, but Aiko could practically feel her friends face heat up even more and she smirked, finally realizing the thing she had been missing out on. "You're going to test him, aren't you? To see for yoursef if he really feels how he so obviously does about you."
"I'm pretty sure I don't know what you're talking about" replied Sora, still mixing the ingredients to the potion she had on the table in front of her. She had tried to sound careless, but the quiver in her voice had given her away and she cursed the God who had let her be conceived with such an emotional voice. Aiko laughed. Apparently, Sora had cursed out loud.
"You are so funny sometimes Sor. Did you really think you could hide your feelings from me? You do remember my gift don't you? For joining this wonderful establishment, I received the ability to read emotions as clearly as if they were written out on a piece of paper"
How could Sora have forgotten that! Other than the fact that Aiko seemed to remind her about it everyday, she had also recieved a 'gift'. The Crest of Love. Ha! What good had it done her so far? She sighed inwardly as she felt for the trinket that hung around her neck both day and night. 'A symbol of your loyalty to us, the Sisters, we will give you this crest to treasure and never be removed so long as you live. Never forget your pledge.' Thats what they had said. Thats what would remain embeded in Sora's mind forever. The final words to seal her life's sentence.
"Sora! Sora! Are you there? Oh no....Sora!" Aiko screamed her name so loudly that all of the animals within a ten mile radius began answering her, in their own way. This was what brought Sora back down to reality, that and the fact that Aiko had begun prying open her fingers to catch a glimpse of her crest.
"Aiko! What do you think you're doing!? Let go of that!" barked Sora, staring viciously at the top of her friend's dark head. Among being opinionated, Sora didn't much like people intruding in her 'personal bubble' either.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sora." appologised Aiko, looking up guiltily to meet her friend's eyes. "I just thought that...Well, you seemed a bit out of it, and you were holding your crest so I thought that maybe you may have....-"
"Committed suicide?" whispered Sora breathlessly, she looked at her friend with tears piercing her eyes. "Aiko, I know I may be depressed occasionally, but never, ever, think that I would do something so stupid as kill myself! I mean...I just can't even imagine why you would think that!" It was Aiko's turn to blush as she shrugged and turned back towards the counter, her hair covering most of her porcelain face.
"Aiko..." said Sora softly before her friend had reached her destination. Aiko turned but kept her eyes on the ground- she was ashamed. "Aiko, I just want to say...Thank you."
"Thank you for what?"
"For caring so much" A single tear fell down Sora's cheek as she pressed her fingers against the crest once more. She wiped the tear away with her other hand as she smiled, pointing towards the corner of the room with the crystal ball. "Aren't you supposed to be getting that?" Aiko just smiled in return.
~~~~~The End of Chapter #6~~~~~
A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long and I hope you weren't too disappointed, but I couldn't put any Matt and Sora stuff in here cause I'm saving it for the next (maybe last) chapter. I'm finished my exams (thank God) so the next part should be out soon, remember to look out for it! Till then, -minda
The Magic Shop
"I-I didn't know...If I had, I would never have said anything. Who would have thought that he disbelieved in love so much that he'd blame it all on a spell..." Sora's eyes grew at Tai's words and she could scarcely control the rapid pace of her heart. "Are you saying...I mean, you think he may actually be...In love with me?"
Tai and Sora, mortal enemies during school hours and friends for the remainder of the time, were standing in the alley behind the Magic Shop. It was dark and narrow, perfect for a secret meeting. The smell, though, was something that they had had to get used to ever since these meetings had started, seeing as this was where all the shops around the area piled their garbage to await pick-up. It was also home to much of Odaiba's rodent population.
"Isn't that what I just said? I really don't feel like explaining it twice. Do you have anything to eat? I'm starving" Tai rubbed his stomach for effect, knowing that Sora always had something to snack on and hoping this would make her share it. He knew her too well.
Breaking off a piece of her peanut butter sandwich, Sora spoke again. Her voice sounded a little less sure of itself than was usual. "So you're saying that Matt thinks I put the love spell on him only because it doesn't seem to be working on Mimi? He must really believe it has to work....I guess I should've told him the catch before we started, but I really doubt he'd've believed me"
"So what was the catch?" asked Tai between mouthfuls of the sandwich. Sora had trouble hearing what he said, but after he repeated it about five more times, she got it. "The catch was that if Mimi was already head-over-heels in love with someone, the spell would not work: simple as that. Obviously she was if she hasn't shown any signs that she even likes Matt in the slightest."
"YES!" Shouted Tai, spitting parts of his sandwich all over the ground. Sora stared at her 'occasional' friend in confusion. "You mean you don't want Matt to get Mimi...but I thought you were his friend?" She moved a step to her left to lean on the brick wall of the building next to her and crossed her arms, waiting for Tai's answer.
"Don't get me wrong, of course we're friends and all...But I would feel real sorry for Mimi and Joe if their relationship were ruined by a one-night stand- and on account of a love-spell no less! I'm sorry, but thats just cruel" Sora smiled despite herself. At times like these, when she saw Tai did have emotions like the rest of us, she couldn't help but feel glad they were somewhat friends.
"Stop smiling, it makes a poor guy like me go weak at the knees!" Sora blushed lightly at this and couldn't help remembering (as if she had forgotten) what Tai had just said about Matt. Aiko had helped, no, pushed, her into realizing earlier that day what she really felt for the blonde-haired teenager, but it still felt awkward to think of them...together.
"Oh, don't give me that look!" Tai moved to stand before Sora, arms crossed over his chest and an expression ressembling exasperation on his face. He rolled his eyes as Sora looked at him, giving him a crooked smile. "What 'look' are you talking about? I don't give 'looks', I give threats" Her eyes blazed with fire and were extinguished so quickly that Tai had to take a double-take to make sure he saw what he did.
"Good, cause that just wouldn't be your style" Tai's casualness with the fact that Sora was a witch was only due to the fact that he had found out about her secret when he was just beginning highschool with her. He had been teased because of his goggles and big hair, so he had sought help in witchcraft, and there, at that Magic Shop, both he and Sora had created his popularity potion. He didn't need it anymore of course, Tai had discovered his 'inner charisma' years ago.
"And now you're the expert on my style? Please, I'd just love to know...What is it?" Sora cocked an eyebrow as she positioned herself against the wall more comfortably to hear what was sure to be a very enlightning answer.
"Where to start, where to start...Well, first off, there's that annoying habit of yours to seem better than everyone else..."
"And what has that to do with style?" asked Sora, frowning as she sought the answer to her own question.
"Everything. Now, where was I?" Sora rolled her eyes. Tai had such a short attention span. "Oh, ya. You seem better than everyone else" He began to tick the reasons off on his fingers "You deny your feelings. You push people away from you. You threaten and scare people-"
"I do not! People are scared of me because of the rumors you spread about me!" protested Sora. Tai just shrugged, "Okay" he said "I'll give you that one. But you do threaten people. Like Ohayo. And don't tell me there's a reason for that, because I know he was the one that started it. But you don't have to fuel his hate."
"Well, is that all? I really should be getting back inside now." Sora was annoyed, even a bit angry, at Tai for speaking to her so bluntly. She wasn't used to people being so opinionated around her and she made no moves to hide her aggravation.
"Okay, but Sora, please don't be mad at me for saying those 'true' things. I hate it when you're mad at me...It makes me feel so guilty, and I'm sure you have nothing to do with that feeling" Sora let a small smile play across her lips as she looked up at her friend mysteriously and whispered "I'm not mad" in his ear before casually walking towards the Shop's back door and disappearing inside.
"Matt...you are so lucky..." said Tai quietly before leaving the protected cover of darkness and moving into the noisy streets of the city, carefully avoiding any of the questionning glances that the occasional bystander would give him for coming out of the well reknowned 'witchcraft' alley.
~~~~~~Inside the Magic Shop (10 minutes later)~~~~~~
"Aiko, would you hand me that crystal ball over there in the corner? I have to make sure Ohayo isn't going to interrupt Matt and I during the final part of our spell" Aiko poked her head around the corner of the counter seconds later, her eyes flashing mischieviously.
"I thought the spell wasn't going to work, why are you going to finish it?" asked Aiko, standing up from the floor and dusting the dirt off of her pants with both her hands. Her eyes never moved from Sora, or the blush that had recently stained her friends' cheeks.
"I think that what I do with my clients is my own business, don't you? Anyway, thats beside the point." Sora turned around toward the table that had been behind her and began to mix the ingredients she had piled their after coming in from the alley. Aiko crossed her arms and frowned. "What exactly is the point, Sor?"
"Again, I really believe its none of your business" Sora hadn't turned around as she spoke, but Aiko could practically feel her friends face heat up even more and she smirked, finally realizing the thing she had been missing out on. "You're going to test him, aren't you? To see for yoursef if he really feels how he so obviously does about you."
"I'm pretty sure I don't know what you're talking about" replied Sora, still mixing the ingredients to the potion she had on the table in front of her. She had tried to sound careless, but the quiver in her voice had given her away and she cursed the God who had let her be conceived with such an emotional voice. Aiko laughed. Apparently, Sora had cursed out loud.
"You are so funny sometimes Sor. Did you really think you could hide your feelings from me? You do remember my gift don't you? For joining this wonderful establishment, I received the ability to read emotions as clearly as if they were written out on a piece of paper"
How could Sora have forgotten that! Other than the fact that Aiko seemed to remind her about it everyday, she had also recieved a 'gift'. The Crest of Love. Ha! What good had it done her so far? She sighed inwardly as she felt for the trinket that hung around her neck both day and night. 'A symbol of your loyalty to us, the Sisters, we will give you this crest to treasure and never be removed so long as you live. Never forget your pledge.' Thats what they had said. Thats what would remain embeded in Sora's mind forever. The final words to seal her life's sentence.
"Sora! Sora! Are you there? Oh no....Sora!" Aiko screamed her name so loudly that all of the animals within a ten mile radius began answering her, in their own way. This was what brought Sora back down to reality, that and the fact that Aiko had begun prying open her fingers to catch a glimpse of her crest.
"Aiko! What do you think you're doing!? Let go of that!" barked Sora, staring viciously at the top of her friend's dark head. Among being opinionated, Sora didn't much like people intruding in her 'personal bubble' either.
"Oh, I'm sorry Sora." appologised Aiko, looking up guiltily to meet her friend's eyes. "I just thought that...Well, you seemed a bit out of it, and you were holding your crest so I thought that maybe you may have....-"
"Committed suicide?" whispered Sora breathlessly, she looked at her friend with tears piercing her eyes. "Aiko, I know I may be depressed occasionally, but never, ever, think that I would do something so stupid as kill myself! I mean...I just can't even imagine why you would think that!" It was Aiko's turn to blush as she shrugged and turned back towards the counter, her hair covering most of her porcelain face.
"Aiko..." said Sora softly before her friend had reached her destination. Aiko turned but kept her eyes on the ground- she was ashamed. "Aiko, I just want to say...Thank you."
"Thank you for what?"
"For caring so much" A single tear fell down Sora's cheek as she pressed her fingers against the crest once more. She wiped the tear away with her other hand as she smiled, pointing towards the corner of the room with the crystal ball. "Aren't you supposed to be getting that?" Aiko just smiled in return.
~~~~~The End of Chapter #6~~~~~
A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long and I hope you weren't too disappointed, but I couldn't put any Matt and Sora stuff in here cause I'm saving it for the next (maybe last) chapter. I'm finished my exams (thank God) so the next part should be out soon, remember to look out for it! Till then, -minda
