"Courting Miss Mimi" -- Part 2
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Table of Contents for Part 2
1 Three Girls and an American
2 Fighting for Attention
3 A Private Serenade
4 Scoring Love
5 Dinner and a Movie
6 A Little Too Close for Comfort
7 Ask the Love Dummy!
8 Mimi's Final Decision
Part 2, Chapter 7 - Ask the Love Dummy!
As of right now, it is confirmed. After this chapter, the next one will be the last. The
finale will be posted on Valentine's Day. The chapter listings have been updated to
reflect this, with this chapter renamed, Chapters 8 & 9 eliminated, and Chapter 10
becoming Chapter 8. There's just not enough time, and keeping this part of the fanfic at
ten chapters would have left Chapters 8 & 9 a little thin.
Anyway, back to the story. Who will comfort Mimi after she ran away from Michael?
The answer will surprise you!
On with Part 2-7, and don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: I do not have possession of any of the Digimon cast members. And after
this, does this say that all of the non-Japanese Digidestined are sex-obsessed kids that
can't find anyone attractive in their respective homelands, so they pick on the Japanese
kids? I mean, look at it all! Michael pining for Mimi, Catherine flirting with Tai and
TK, and those three brothers from Hong Kong who would do anything for Kari. They're
all the same, I tell you!
***
July 15th, Downtown Odaiba
Mimi fled from the movie theater as fast as her legs would carry her. After realizing that
Michael was just like almost every other boy who had fallen for her in her life, she had
taken off, in hopes of getting lost until morning, so that she could go back to New York
without having to worry about anyone trying to flirt with her.
But even on a Saturday night, the streets were far from safe to roam alone. Especially for
a young teenage girl like Mimi. In all of her running, Mimi had yet to remember that.
She would get a quick reminder, though, as someone steps out into the street to block her
path. Luckily... or would that be unluckily... the person that steps in front of her is
actually a familiar face. The person happens to be...
"Davis!" Mimi exclaimed, coming to a stop in front of him.
"Mimi? What are you doing out here all alone? And why are you crying?"
Mimi sniffles. She then looks at Davis and then grabs him by the hand.
"It's Michael."
"Michael? What about him? Is he hurt?"
"No. He's a jerk!"
"What?"
A few minutes later, Davis and Mimi had managed to make their way to a small fast food
restaurant two blocks away from the theater. Mimi sobbed quietly at a table as Davis
went to the counter and ordered two mint chocolate smoothies. He returned shortly
thereafter and handed one to Mimi. He then took a seat on the other side of the table as
Mimi began to sip away at her drink for a second. She then looks up and begins crying
out loudly.
"Michael's just like all the others!" she wailed.
"Mimi, calm down!" Davis shouted, as he noticed that everyone in the restaurant was
looking at them.
"I know I shouldn't being taking this so hard since this wasn't a real date, but..."
"You were starting to get attracted to him?"
"That wasn't what I was going to say!"
"You sure? It sure sounded like you were."
"Okay, so maybe I did find him a bit appealing."
"Then why call him a jerk?"
"Because he tried to touch me in the theater!"
"So? What's wrong with touching?"
"It's not that he touched me! It's where he touched me!"
"Where did he touch you?"
"Are you brain dead, Davis? Where do you think?"
Davis thought for about a minute. Yes, a whole minute passes by before it finally comes
to him.
"You mean he tried to cop a feel?"
"Copping a feel was mild compared to what he did. Davis, he touched me on the leg,
right by the end of my skirt!"
All was silent between them, as well as everyone in the restaurant, for a few seconds.
Mimi grabs a napkin and wipes the tears from her eyes as Davis glances at her forlornly,
sipping his smoothie as he does so.
"Of all people," Mimi said slowly, "why did Michael have to end up being the perverted
one?"
"Just because he touched you once doesn't make him perverted. He could've done a lot
worse, you know."
"What do you know, Davis? You weren't the one dating him for the past few hours!"
"But Michael seems like an okay guy. What would possess him to do that?"
"I don't know! I don't... know."
Once again there's silence between the two of them. Mimi looks at her smoothie and
then begins to sip from it once again. Davis just watches as Mimi continues to sip away
at her drink until it's all gone. Mimi then pushes her cup aside and starts staring at
Davis's.
"Um... are you going to finish that?"
"Who, me?" Davis asked, looking at his smoothie. He really did like the mint chocolate
smoothie. It was his favorite. Then again, he didn't want to get Mimi any more upset
than she already is. He reluctantly sighs and pushes his cup over towards Mimi.
"Thanks!" she shouted as she took Davis's straw and then put the one from her cup into
the new one.
"You're welcome," thanked Davis, although he was now disappointed that he couldn't
finish his.
"I honestly don't know what to do next," Mimi said. She takes a quick sip and then
resumes chatting. "Matt, Izzy, and Joe will all find out what happened, and then they'll
come looking for me. I don't want to deal with any of them tonight. I just want to go
back to Sora's place and sleep my worries away."
"Well, if that's all you wanted, I can call my dad to come pick us up!"
"You really mean it?"
"Yeah. Although he'll be quite surprised to find out that you're with me instead of Yolei."
"That's right! You were supposed to go on a date with her." Mimi then looks around the
restaurant for any sign of Yolei. "Where is she?"
"You don't want to know," he replied, attempting to avoid telling Mimi that Yolei's still at
that restaurant from earlier, probably washing dishes after he ran off without paying for
her half of the bill. "Why didn't Yolei bring her own money?" he thought.
Davis continued to ponder that question as went to find a pay phone. All the while, Mimi
continues to drink up the last of Davis's smoothie.
About twenty minutes later, Mimi and Davis gather their things and head out of the
restaurant, as Mr. Motimiya pulls his car into the parking lot.
"Thanks for everything, Davis."
"You're welcome, Mimi."
"I can't believe that you know all of this stuff about love. Noticing your girl's needs,
treating her with respect, and just being yourself! I'm amazed that you know so much!"
"Well, it helps to have an older sister who's an active dater."
"The most surprising thing of all is that Kari hasn't fallen for you yet!"
Davis laughs nervously. Although he knows the tactics to impress a girl, his execution
needs some work.
"What is that girl waiting for?"
"Kari's always hanging out with TN. I don't know what she sees in him."
Mimi giggles. "First of all, his name's TK. If you don't pronounce that right, you're not
going to get in Kari's good graces. And second, just keep at it. She'll come around
eventually."
The car pulls to a stop in front of Mimi and Davis. But as Davis reaches for the
doorknob, it is opened hastily from the inside. And who should come out of the car but
none other than Yolei. She seems to be very angry at Davis, and with good reason.
"Davis!" she yelled, reaching over to strangle him. "You owe me!"
"Yolei, I can explain! Really?"
"Well, start talking! I've got all night, buddy!"
Mimi could only shake her head and laugh at Davis's predicament as he tried to explain
why he had left Yolei behind. Davis was going to get a stern reprimanding from Yolei,
and from the look on his father's face, he was going to receive similar treatment from his
parents later on.
Back at the movie theater, Matt and Izzy return to wait for Michael and Mimi to come
out. To their surprise, though, they see Michael standing outside. And Mimi is nowhere
in sight. The two run over and decide to ask what's going on.
"Michael!" Matt shouted. Michael sees the duo heading his way. He hangs his head in
shame as he walks up to them and meets them halfway.
"Where's Mimi?" Izzy asked.
"I won't lie to you guys," Michael replied. "She ran off."
"Why would she doing something like that?" inquired Matt.
"Let's just say that I got caught trying to steal second."
Matt and Izzy gasped in disbelief. "You didn't?"
"Yes, I did. And I'm afraid she'll never talk to me again."
"Wow, man. I didn't think anyone would be that bold."
"What do you mean, Matt? I was thinking about trying that too."
"Izzy!"
"Well, I was going to wait until she was comfortable! You can't rush perfection."
"And you think the world will be perfect when you and Mimi are together? You've got
another thing coming."
"Oh? And what did you do to impress Mimi? I don't think she has her eyes set on you
just yet, Matt."
"Like you did any better, Izzy."
Michael watched as Matt and Izzy continued to argue. But he wasn't in the mood to
listen to it anymore. He begins to walk away. The duo notices this and ceases arguing.
"Michael," Izzy said with concern, "where are you going?"
"Back to TK's apartment," he answered. "I might as well start packing for the trip back to
New York tomorrow. Not that it's going to be a pleasant one, mind you."
"But wait!" Matt shouted. "Where is Mimi?"
Michael shrugs his shoulders. "Beats me. She probably already got a ride back to Sora's
place. Not that it matters to me anymore."
"I'm coming with you!" Izzy yelled at Michael. "Who knows what you might do in your
condition? Especially since you seem so depressed."
As the two walk down the street, Matt heads for the nearest pay phone and decides to call
Sora, in order to see if Mimi is there yet.
Sora was in her apartment, watching a videotape of her performance at the tennis meet
earlier in the day. Dressed in a yellow pajama suit, she is lying down on the couch as she
looks for any mistakes that she might have made over the course of her game. All of a
sudden, the phone begins to ring. Sora finds the remote control and pauses the tape
before getting up and heading over towards the table where the phone sits on.
Sora picks up the receiver and speaks into it.
"Takenouchi residence. Sora speaking."
"Sora! It's me!"
"Matt?"
"Tell me... is Mimi there?"
"You seem worried. Is something wrong?"
"No. I just need to know if Mimi's there."
"Nope. I'm afraid she hasn't come back from her 'date' with Michael."
"Okay. I'll try again later. Thanks!"
Matt then hangs up, leaving a very confused Sora to figure out what was up.
"Why is Matt so worried about Mimi? I hope nothing bad's happened to her."
All of a sudden, the doorbell rings. Sora walks over to open the front door. But when
she does, she finds Mimi standing there.
"Mimi!"
"Oh Sora, it was horrible!" she exclaimed, as she collapsed, falling right into Sora's arms.
"Mimi, are you okay? What happened?"
"Michael. He... he..."
"Okay Mimi, calm down. Let's go inside and then you can tell me exactly what
happened. Okay?"
Mimi nods as she picks herself up. Sora then ushers her inside, closing the front door
behind her.
To be continued...
Copyright Date: 2/13/02
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Table of Contents for Part 2
1 Three Girls and an American
2 Fighting for Attention
3 A Private Serenade
4 Scoring Love
5 Dinner and a Movie
6 A Little Too Close for Comfort
7 Ask the Love Dummy!
8 Mimi's Final Decision
Part 2, Chapter 7 - Ask the Love Dummy!
As of right now, it is confirmed. After this chapter, the next one will be the last. The
finale will be posted on Valentine's Day. The chapter listings have been updated to
reflect this, with this chapter renamed, Chapters 8 & 9 eliminated, and Chapter 10
becoming Chapter 8. There's just not enough time, and keeping this part of the fanfic at
ten chapters would have left Chapters 8 & 9 a little thin.
Anyway, back to the story. Who will comfort Mimi after she ran away from Michael?
The answer will surprise you!
On with Part 2-7, and don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: I do not have possession of any of the Digimon cast members. And after
this, does this say that all of the non-Japanese Digidestined are sex-obsessed kids that
can't find anyone attractive in their respective homelands, so they pick on the Japanese
kids? I mean, look at it all! Michael pining for Mimi, Catherine flirting with Tai and
TK, and those three brothers from Hong Kong who would do anything for Kari. They're
all the same, I tell you!
***
July 15th, Downtown Odaiba
Mimi fled from the movie theater as fast as her legs would carry her. After realizing that
Michael was just like almost every other boy who had fallen for her in her life, she had
taken off, in hopes of getting lost until morning, so that she could go back to New York
without having to worry about anyone trying to flirt with her.
But even on a Saturday night, the streets were far from safe to roam alone. Especially for
a young teenage girl like Mimi. In all of her running, Mimi had yet to remember that.
She would get a quick reminder, though, as someone steps out into the street to block her
path. Luckily... or would that be unluckily... the person that steps in front of her is
actually a familiar face. The person happens to be...
"Davis!" Mimi exclaimed, coming to a stop in front of him.
"Mimi? What are you doing out here all alone? And why are you crying?"
Mimi sniffles. She then looks at Davis and then grabs him by the hand.
"It's Michael."
"Michael? What about him? Is he hurt?"
"No. He's a jerk!"
"What?"
A few minutes later, Davis and Mimi had managed to make their way to a small fast food
restaurant two blocks away from the theater. Mimi sobbed quietly at a table as Davis
went to the counter and ordered two mint chocolate smoothies. He returned shortly
thereafter and handed one to Mimi. He then took a seat on the other side of the table as
Mimi began to sip away at her drink for a second. She then looks up and begins crying
out loudly.
"Michael's just like all the others!" she wailed.
"Mimi, calm down!" Davis shouted, as he noticed that everyone in the restaurant was
looking at them.
"I know I shouldn't being taking this so hard since this wasn't a real date, but..."
"You were starting to get attracted to him?"
"That wasn't what I was going to say!"
"You sure? It sure sounded like you were."
"Okay, so maybe I did find him a bit appealing."
"Then why call him a jerk?"
"Because he tried to touch me in the theater!"
"So? What's wrong with touching?"
"It's not that he touched me! It's where he touched me!"
"Where did he touch you?"
"Are you brain dead, Davis? Where do you think?"
Davis thought for about a minute. Yes, a whole minute passes by before it finally comes
to him.
"You mean he tried to cop a feel?"
"Copping a feel was mild compared to what he did. Davis, he touched me on the leg,
right by the end of my skirt!"
All was silent between them, as well as everyone in the restaurant, for a few seconds.
Mimi grabs a napkin and wipes the tears from her eyes as Davis glances at her forlornly,
sipping his smoothie as he does so.
"Of all people," Mimi said slowly, "why did Michael have to end up being the perverted
one?"
"Just because he touched you once doesn't make him perverted. He could've done a lot
worse, you know."
"What do you know, Davis? You weren't the one dating him for the past few hours!"
"But Michael seems like an okay guy. What would possess him to do that?"
"I don't know! I don't... know."
Once again there's silence between the two of them. Mimi looks at her smoothie and
then begins to sip from it once again. Davis just watches as Mimi continues to sip away
at her drink until it's all gone. Mimi then pushes her cup aside and starts staring at
Davis's.
"Um... are you going to finish that?"
"Who, me?" Davis asked, looking at his smoothie. He really did like the mint chocolate
smoothie. It was his favorite. Then again, he didn't want to get Mimi any more upset
than she already is. He reluctantly sighs and pushes his cup over towards Mimi.
"Thanks!" she shouted as she took Davis's straw and then put the one from her cup into
the new one.
"You're welcome," thanked Davis, although he was now disappointed that he couldn't
finish his.
"I honestly don't know what to do next," Mimi said. She takes a quick sip and then
resumes chatting. "Matt, Izzy, and Joe will all find out what happened, and then they'll
come looking for me. I don't want to deal with any of them tonight. I just want to go
back to Sora's place and sleep my worries away."
"Well, if that's all you wanted, I can call my dad to come pick us up!"
"You really mean it?"
"Yeah. Although he'll be quite surprised to find out that you're with me instead of Yolei."
"That's right! You were supposed to go on a date with her." Mimi then looks around the
restaurant for any sign of Yolei. "Where is she?"
"You don't want to know," he replied, attempting to avoid telling Mimi that Yolei's still at
that restaurant from earlier, probably washing dishes after he ran off without paying for
her half of the bill. "Why didn't Yolei bring her own money?" he thought.
Davis continued to ponder that question as went to find a pay phone. All the while, Mimi
continues to drink up the last of Davis's smoothie.
About twenty minutes later, Mimi and Davis gather their things and head out of the
restaurant, as Mr. Motimiya pulls his car into the parking lot.
"Thanks for everything, Davis."
"You're welcome, Mimi."
"I can't believe that you know all of this stuff about love. Noticing your girl's needs,
treating her with respect, and just being yourself! I'm amazed that you know so much!"
"Well, it helps to have an older sister who's an active dater."
"The most surprising thing of all is that Kari hasn't fallen for you yet!"
Davis laughs nervously. Although he knows the tactics to impress a girl, his execution
needs some work.
"What is that girl waiting for?"
"Kari's always hanging out with TN. I don't know what she sees in him."
Mimi giggles. "First of all, his name's TK. If you don't pronounce that right, you're not
going to get in Kari's good graces. And second, just keep at it. She'll come around
eventually."
The car pulls to a stop in front of Mimi and Davis. But as Davis reaches for the
doorknob, it is opened hastily from the inside. And who should come out of the car but
none other than Yolei. She seems to be very angry at Davis, and with good reason.
"Davis!" she yelled, reaching over to strangle him. "You owe me!"
"Yolei, I can explain! Really?"
"Well, start talking! I've got all night, buddy!"
Mimi could only shake her head and laugh at Davis's predicament as he tried to explain
why he had left Yolei behind. Davis was going to get a stern reprimanding from Yolei,
and from the look on his father's face, he was going to receive similar treatment from his
parents later on.
Back at the movie theater, Matt and Izzy return to wait for Michael and Mimi to come
out. To their surprise, though, they see Michael standing outside. And Mimi is nowhere
in sight. The two run over and decide to ask what's going on.
"Michael!" Matt shouted. Michael sees the duo heading his way. He hangs his head in
shame as he walks up to them and meets them halfway.
"Where's Mimi?" Izzy asked.
"I won't lie to you guys," Michael replied. "She ran off."
"Why would she doing something like that?" inquired Matt.
"Let's just say that I got caught trying to steal second."
Matt and Izzy gasped in disbelief. "You didn't?"
"Yes, I did. And I'm afraid she'll never talk to me again."
"Wow, man. I didn't think anyone would be that bold."
"What do you mean, Matt? I was thinking about trying that too."
"Izzy!"
"Well, I was going to wait until she was comfortable! You can't rush perfection."
"And you think the world will be perfect when you and Mimi are together? You've got
another thing coming."
"Oh? And what did you do to impress Mimi? I don't think she has her eyes set on you
just yet, Matt."
"Like you did any better, Izzy."
Michael watched as Matt and Izzy continued to argue. But he wasn't in the mood to
listen to it anymore. He begins to walk away. The duo notices this and ceases arguing.
"Michael," Izzy said with concern, "where are you going?"
"Back to TK's apartment," he answered. "I might as well start packing for the trip back to
New York tomorrow. Not that it's going to be a pleasant one, mind you."
"But wait!" Matt shouted. "Where is Mimi?"
Michael shrugs his shoulders. "Beats me. She probably already got a ride back to Sora's
place. Not that it matters to me anymore."
"I'm coming with you!" Izzy yelled at Michael. "Who knows what you might do in your
condition? Especially since you seem so depressed."
As the two walk down the street, Matt heads for the nearest pay phone and decides to call
Sora, in order to see if Mimi is there yet.
Sora was in her apartment, watching a videotape of her performance at the tennis meet
earlier in the day. Dressed in a yellow pajama suit, she is lying down on the couch as she
looks for any mistakes that she might have made over the course of her game. All of a
sudden, the phone begins to ring. Sora finds the remote control and pauses the tape
before getting up and heading over towards the table where the phone sits on.
Sora picks up the receiver and speaks into it.
"Takenouchi residence. Sora speaking."
"Sora! It's me!"
"Matt?"
"Tell me... is Mimi there?"
"You seem worried. Is something wrong?"
"No. I just need to know if Mimi's there."
"Nope. I'm afraid she hasn't come back from her 'date' with Michael."
"Okay. I'll try again later. Thanks!"
Matt then hangs up, leaving a very confused Sora to figure out what was up.
"Why is Matt so worried about Mimi? I hope nothing bad's happened to her."
All of a sudden, the doorbell rings. Sora walks over to open the front door. But when
she does, she finds Mimi standing there.
"Mimi!"
"Oh Sora, it was horrible!" she exclaimed, as she collapsed, falling right into Sora's arms.
"Mimi, are you okay? What happened?"
"Michael. He... he..."
"Okay Mimi, calm down. Let's go inside and then you can tell me exactly what
happened. Okay?"
Mimi nods as she picks herself up. Sora then ushers her inside, closing the front door
behind her.
To be continued...
Copyright Date: 2/13/02