hey guys, I'm back with chapter 8 : I'm sorry, but... and like you guys asked there is more Leta and Matt sweetness in this one. RubyRedDragon05, Jupiter (Seifer's Babe), Altheia, Sky Princess, Pricilla, Letainajup(Smells) and Girl-Chama. Thank you all for reviews for my story. And don't worry, Rei will get to hit Sora, because she is as stupid as she looks and isn't going to ever stop being a bitch! Hehehe! Two things, #1 sorry if it seems like I was favoring Rei in the last two chapters, I just thought that she needed a little action seeing as Leta and Matt get a lot of special time. (I love Leta and Matt together!!!!!) and #2 sorry about that chapters being so short, this one should make up for it though! Hope you enjoy and don't forget to review!
Leta walked down the stairs and let a bored sigh escape her lips. Rei was off somewhere fighting with Ken and Mimi was acting as a commentator, She couldn't find Matt or Tai, she really didn't want to see Sora and all of the others had gone out to get something to eat. 'Great.' she thought to herself, 'I'm so bored." While walking by the door to the dining room she heard two boys talking. 'Yes, I found Matt and Tai!' She walked towards the dining room and was about to push open the doors but when she heard the topic of their conversation she froze.
"So you really like her?" she heard Tai ask.
"I do," Matt replied, "I like Leta a lot, but I'm not sure if I wanna get involved with her." Leta widened her eyes in shock. Matt actually liked her. She wanted to jump up and down and scream out that she liked him too, but she decided to be silent and hear the rest of their conversation.
"Why wouldn't you want to get involved?" Tai asked him.
"Because," Matt told him, "I would just be setting myself up for heartbreak."
"What do you mean?"
"She isn't even from our world Tai," Matt explained, "She's just here to kill the Kaizer, then I'm sure she'll leave and go back to wherever it is that she comes from."
"I never thought about that." tai said, his voice sounding a little saddened.
"Oh yeah," Matt remembered, "I forgot, you like Rei don't you?." Leta was once again shocked to find out that Tai liked Rei.
"Guilty as charged." Tai said. "I'm glad I don't have your other problems though."
"What problems?" Matt asked.
"Oh, gee, I don't know," Tai said sarcastically, "I was just thinking about Sora, your girlfriend, or have you forgotten about her?"
"No, I didn't forget." Matt said, "But no matter what I do she's gonna get hurt. There's no way around that... I just don't know what to do." she heard Matt sigh. "What do you think would be worse? Staying with Sora and trying to forget about my feelings for Leta or getting with Leta and completely fall for her and then have her leave my life forever?"
"I've already completely fallen for Rei." Tai told his friend. "But it's your decision whether or not your going to tell Leta."
"What are you going to do?" Matt asked Tai.
"I'm going to tell her." Tai paused, "I know she's going to have to leave eventually, but I don't want to waste the time with her that I do have, and I know it's going to be hard, but you can't let Leta slip through your fingers because your afraid."
"I know, I'm just so...confused." Matt said, "I don't know what to do."
"Well, whatever you do, you need to do it fast," Tai said, "it's not fair to lead them on. They deserve to know who you care about."
"Your right, Tai." Matt acknowledged. "I guess I'm gonna have to tell her."
Leta smiled softly and turned around to leave, not wanting to hear who Matt was going to choose. But when she turned around she came face to face with a very angry Sora. Leta's eyes became wide with shock and fear. Before she could move Sora grabbed her arm and drug her into the dining room. Once in the room she came face to face with Matt and Tai. Matt looked over and upon seeing Sora and Leta he got up and walked towards them. He didn't make it though, and before he reached them Sora rushed forward and slapped him. His hand automatically shot up to rub his face, "Damn," he said, "What was that for?"
"She heard you." Leta whispered quietly.
Tai's face immediately registered comprehension and he got up to exit the room, but the look that Sora gave him told him that no one was leaving the room until she said. Matt, however, still didn't get it and asked "Heard what?"
Leta's face flushed and she said "She heard you talking about who..."she paused, "who you like."
If Matt was surprised he did a very good job of hiding it. He let a small smile grace his lips as he sat back in his chair. The smile was soon replaced with a serious expression as he dropped his head into his hands and said " I'm sorry..." both Leta and Sora felt their hearts drop, neither sure of who he was talking too. "I'm really sorry Sora, but everything I said was true."
Sora, in an act of desperation, reached out her hands and pulled Matt into a kiss, trying to get him to remember all they had. He didn't respond and gently pushed her away. Tears began to form in her eyes. "What is it?" she cried out and waved at Leta, "What does she have that I don't?"
"I know this is hard, Sora, but-"
"I would like to know how this is hard on anyone but me?" she cut him off. "She's only been here for two weeks, how can you feel so strongly about her?"
"Sora," Matt said gently, "Love isn't something that can be explained, it can't be documented and put in a book...it just happens." he paused, trying to find the words to make her understand. "I don't know how to explain it," he told her, then turned and looked straight into Leta's eyes, "There's just something there that I've never felt before. A part of me that I can't silence, no matter how hard I try, and believe me I did." Matt felt a stinging at the back of his eyes, "I didn't want to care about Leta. I wanted everything to stay the same it was before she came." A tear fell from his eye. "But I realized that her being sent here wasn't just to help us kill the Kaizer...it was destiny."
Leta had her head down, but at the word destiny, her head snapped up and she looked at Matt with an astonished look on her face. 'Rei was right,' she thought to herself, 'Matt is my destiny.' Leta felt the tears of happiness well up and begin to pour down her cheeks. She had the urge to run to Matt and throw her arms around him, but she decided against it, seeing as it would only aggravate the current situation.
"Sora," Matt sighed, "How can I make you understand?"
"Understand what?" Sora yelled, "Understand that you want me to just walk away from my whole life just because some slut from another world came and stole my boyfriend!"
'Slut!?' Leta thought to herself. 'If she wasn't just throwing insults around to try and hurt us I might be offended. But still, I feel bad. It's just like with Ken..." Leta thought about the boy who broke her heart back in her world and began to sympathize with the girl. "Sora, heartbreak is hard, believe me, I know."
Sora turned on her. "What do you know, you don't know anything about how I feel!" Tears streaked down her face and her composure was finally beginning to falter. "You..." she sobbed, "you and your friend ruined my life." All the pressure that had been building up inside of Sora since the sailor scouts had arrived was finally beginning to surface. "I...I...-"
"I hate Ken!" Rei stormed into the room yelling. "How anyone could ever be friends with that self-righteous, self-absorbed, egotistical-" she stopped when she saw Leta in tears and became even more confused when she saw that Sora was also crying. "Did I miss something?" She asked.
Sora looked at Rei and then back at Leta. "I hate you both!" she screamed, running out of the room.
Tai took this opportunity to get up and walk to the door. On his way out he grabbed a very confused Rei by the arm and drug her out with him.
Once they were alone Leta lost all her resolve and broke down. She cried for herself, for Matt, but especially for Sora. Matt rushed to her side and took the sobbing girl in his arms. At first she fought against his embrace, feeling more than a little guilty, but eventually she gave into her emotions and threw her arms around him. Matt gently stroked her head. "It's alright." He whispered soothingly. He took his hand and lifted her face so he could look into her eyes. " I meant everything I said." he told her. This sent her into a fresh torrent of tears. "What's wrong?"
"I wanted it all to be true!" she sobbed. "I didn't care if it hurt her...just as long as I could have you." she buried her face in his shoulder.
Matt smiled. "Look at me." he told her. Leta shook her head and didn't move. Matt gently shook her, "Leta...I need you to look at me." he pleaded with her. This time she complied and she looked at him with tear filled green eyes. Matt brushed her bangs out of her eyes and pulled her closer. "You have really beautiful eyes," he whispered, "that's just one of the things I love about you," he smiled at her again, "I love your smile...I love that you can make me smile...I love....you."
Leta flushed. "Matt..." She didn't even have to say I love you back, he could see it in her eyes. she reached up a trembling hand and lightly caressed his face. Matt covered her hand with his own. He grasped her other hand, brought it to his lips and gently kissed it. Leta smiled, stood on her toes and placed a tender kiss on his lips.
At first Matt was shocked by her boldness, not expecting her to rake control. But as if drawn by some invisible force he felt himself deepening the kiss and tightening his arms around her. Leta's arms wound themselves around his neck and she let one hand lightly run through his messy blond hair.
When their lips finally parted, they stayed in each others arms, each grasping on to the safety the other provided.. Leta rested her head on his shoulder and whispered "I love you."
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Tai pulled Rei through the house, ignoring her demands for information. Finally they reached the living room on the other side of the house and he pushed her in and closed the door. Rei put her hands on her hips and glared at him. "Would you please tell me what is going on."
Tai flopped down on the couch and sighed. "Matt just broke up with Sora." he told her.
"Really."
"Yeah, really." Tai said. "Apparently Sora and Leta both overheard a conversation that Matt and I were having about Leta and y-" he stopped himself before he said you. Rei looked at him funny but didn't question it. " And she freaked out, screamed, cried, your lucky, you only caught the end of it."
"Wow." Rei said, sitting on the couch next to him. "I feel kinda bad for her." Tai raised his eyebrows. "I'm not completely heartless, y'know."
"I know." Tai laughed, "But I didn't think you cared about Sora."
"I don't." Rei said honestly, "But I know what heartbreak is like."
Tai looked at her. "I can't believe a guy would ever want to break your heart." he told her, suddenly becoming serious.
Rei blushed. "It was a long time ago." she told him. 'A really long time ago," she thought to herself, 'try three thousand years ago.' Rei smiled, "I'm over it."
Tai closed his eyes and searched for a way to tell Rei how he felt about her. Summoning all his strength he turned to her. "Rei," he said quietly, "There's something I've been meaning to tell you for a while now."
Rei smiled. "what is it?" she asked.
Tai blushed. "See, the truth is...Matt and I weren't just talking about Leta." Rei looked at him questioningly. " we were also talking about-"
"Not you again." Rei interrupted him, looking at the door where Ken and Mimi just walked in. "Can't I ever get rid of you?"
Ken smiled and walked further into the room. "Is that any way to talk to a friend?" He asked her. Rei rolled her eyes, Tai had lowered his head into his hands and Mimi laughed. All of them missed the icy glare that Ken had given Tai. 'That was close.' he thought to himself, 'can't leave this boy alone with her for too long. He could ruin everything.'
"Can we help you?" Rei asked.
"I just wanted a little company." Ken said, sitting next to Rei, "and I thought, why not Rei, she's always good for a laugh."
Rei felt her temperature rise. 'Why does he bother me so much?' Rei asked herself, 'And why do I find myself liking the fact that he likes to bother me?' she shook her head and stood up. "If you'll excuse me," she said to everyone, thinking of a way to get out of the room. "I have a headache, I think I'll go lay down now." She walked to the door but stopped and flashed Tai a smile. "We'll finish his later." She told him, frowning at Ken one last time before exiting the room.
Ken smiled and stood up. "I'm afraid I must follow Rei's lead and make my leave." he said smoothly, " I have pressing matters that I must attend to." With that, Ken swept from the room, a secret smile playing on his lips.
Tai watched Ken leave the room. "How odd was that?" He asked Mimi. "Ken usually has such good manners. I wonder why he would pick a fight with Rei for no reason?"
Mimi smiled, "Rei has that effect on people."
Tai nodded. 'I was so close.' he thought, closing his eyes and laying back down on the couch.
Well this was a very eventful chapter. Matt and Leta finally got their act together! It's about damn time! I feel a little sorry for Sora...not bad enough to let her have Matt though. Poor Tai, he was so close. I wonder what Ken meant when he said, 'that was close' and that Tai could ruin everything? Who knows? Next chapter Leta and Rei have a little heart to heart and talk about all the interesting situations they've managed to get themselves into.
Stay tuned for chapter 9 : Let's talk about love