AN: well, here we are again, watching a No Doubt Video collection, feeling a bit crazy and a little bored, so we decided to grace you with the next part of our little story. We applaude you if you've made it this far, and give you a standing ovation if you manage this part without being at all confused.
For once, Tai was silent, staring down at the mess of greens and yellows on his lunch tray.
"Okay, I'll bite. What's wrong, Tai," Matt asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"Have you heard about the dance that's coming up?" Tai slowly stirred the "food" around his tray.
"You mean the one that everyone has been talking about for months?" Matt exaggerated.
"Yeah," Tai smiled slowly, "I'm thinking about asking Jyou."
"JYOU?" Matt yelled, startling Tai with the sheer volume. Clearing his throat in embarrassment, he rephrased his question, "Jyou? Uh, sounds good."
"I didn't think you cared Matt," Tai fluttered his eyelashes suggestively before sliding back into his slump.
"Well, I don't really. I was just surprised," Matt mumbled, flushing slightly.
The two returned to their uncomfortable silence, occasionally risking a bite of food.
Pushing her way through the crowded lunchroom, Sora caught sight of Matt and Tai. Taking a deep breath, she strode towards them, not wanting to look too excited.
"Mimi's coming to Japan for a visit," Sora said calmly, sitting next to the bewildered Tai.
"Mimi is coming to Japan? During the school year? Is she insane?" Matt demanded.
"Mimi?" Tai squeaked.
"Yes, but she's not insane," Sora said indignantly, stifling a hysterical giggle, "She's staying with me for two months. She's going to enroll in school here."
"Mimi? In school? WILLINGLY?" Tai shook his head, "That girl is just so confusing!"
"You guys have to promise to be nice to her, no matter what," Sora nodded her head at Tai.
"Why are you looking at me? I'd never be mean to Mimi," Tai shook his finger at Sora, "Everyone knows what an angel I am."
"Right," Matt smirked, "We all know you'll be in competition for the role of the gang's biggest sissy."
Sora reached out and slapped his arm, "Mimi is not a sissy!"
"Oww!" Matt looked at Sora in shock.
"Besides, I don't think Tai has to worry about competing with anyone in that area," Sora teased Tai, he forced a small smile and shrugged before returning his attention to the plate of goo.
Matt was surprised when he saw hurt in Tai's eyes and even more surprised at how bad he felt for Tai. He shrugged it off and got the rest of the details on Mimi's visit.
Tai was silent for a while before he gathered up his tray and left the table. He was slightly resentful that his departure wasn't noticed as the lovebirds were too busy talking.
Tai glanced back at the table after trashing the remaining food and felt a stab of pain run through him when Sora lent forward and kissed Matt gently before she left the table as well.
Tai nearly ran out of the lunchroom and just walked around outside until the bell rang, wiping at the few tears that snuck up on him.
Matt looked around the lunchroom, wondering where Tai had disappeared to. He had seen him leave the table and had just thought he was getting rid of his tray, and he should have been back already if that's what he had gone to do, but he wasn't anywhere in sight.
Matt threw his fork onto the tray, uncomfortably aware he couldn't get his thoughts off Tai no matter how hard he tried. He rose and emptied his tray setting the hard plastic on top of the trash can with the others already there and went to a table with some of his band mates.
*~&~
Tai dialed the phone number feeling slightly apprehensive, and paced the length of his room with one arm folded across his chest.
The phone rang once, twice, three times and Tai told himself if it wasn't answered by the next ring he would hang up. It wasn't but he didn't hang up and it was picked up on the one after.
"Hello?" came a breathless voice.
"Hi Jyou, I didn't catch you at a bad time did I?" Tai asked, half hoping for the excuse to hang up.
"I was just getting out of the shower so I can spare a few minutes to talk to you Tai. Is everything OK?" Jyou asked as he rubbed a towel over his hair. Tai was not happy with the heat that rose in his cheeks at the thought. He didn't need to be thinking that right then.
"Yeah, everything's fine. How about with you?" Tai asked trying to put off the question that was tying his stomach in knots.
"It's good, the class load's a little heavier with the coming holidays but I'm coping."
"Mimi's coming up for a few months," Tai said unable to think of anything else to talk about. "She's going to stay with Sora and enroll in the school and everything."
"That's cool," Jyou said walking with the cordless to his bedroom so he could at least pull on some pants.
"So, um there's this dancecomingupandIwaswonderingifyou'dliketogowithme," Tai said running the end of his sentence together in one quick rush. Jyou was silent for a minute trying to decipher what Tai had said.
"When is it?" Jyou asked when he had figured it out.
"Next Saturday," Tai said as he paced still faster.
"Sure, I can go. It's at the school right?"
"Yeah," Tai said collapsing into the desk chair in relief.
"I don't mean to sound rude but if that's all you had to talk about?"
"Yeah," Tai said quickly remembering he had interrupted Jyou.
"I'll talk to you later then."
"Bye."
*click*
For once, Tai was silent, staring down at the mess of greens and yellows on his lunch tray.
"Okay, I'll bite. What's wrong, Tai," Matt asked, breaking the uncomfortable silence.
"Have you heard about the dance that's coming up?" Tai slowly stirred the "food" around his tray.
"You mean the one that everyone has been talking about for months?" Matt exaggerated.
"Yeah," Tai smiled slowly, "I'm thinking about asking Jyou."
"JYOU?" Matt yelled, startling Tai with the sheer volume. Clearing his throat in embarrassment, he rephrased his question, "Jyou? Uh, sounds good."
"I didn't think you cared Matt," Tai fluttered his eyelashes suggestively before sliding back into his slump.
"Well, I don't really. I was just surprised," Matt mumbled, flushing slightly.
The two returned to their uncomfortable silence, occasionally risking a bite of food.
Pushing her way through the crowded lunchroom, Sora caught sight of Matt and Tai. Taking a deep breath, she strode towards them, not wanting to look too excited.
"Mimi's coming to Japan for a visit," Sora said calmly, sitting next to the bewildered Tai.
"Mimi is coming to Japan? During the school year? Is she insane?" Matt demanded.
"Mimi?" Tai squeaked.
"Yes, but she's not insane," Sora said indignantly, stifling a hysterical giggle, "She's staying with me for two months. She's going to enroll in school here."
"Mimi? In school? WILLINGLY?" Tai shook his head, "That girl is just so confusing!"
"You guys have to promise to be nice to her, no matter what," Sora nodded her head at Tai.
"Why are you looking at me? I'd never be mean to Mimi," Tai shook his finger at Sora, "Everyone knows what an angel I am."
"Right," Matt smirked, "We all know you'll be in competition for the role of the gang's biggest sissy."
Sora reached out and slapped his arm, "Mimi is not a sissy!"
"Oww!" Matt looked at Sora in shock.
"Besides, I don't think Tai has to worry about competing with anyone in that area," Sora teased Tai, he forced a small smile and shrugged before returning his attention to the plate of goo.
Matt was surprised when he saw hurt in Tai's eyes and even more surprised at how bad he felt for Tai. He shrugged it off and got the rest of the details on Mimi's visit.
Tai was silent for a while before he gathered up his tray and left the table. He was slightly resentful that his departure wasn't noticed as the lovebirds were too busy talking.
Tai glanced back at the table after trashing the remaining food and felt a stab of pain run through him when Sora lent forward and kissed Matt gently before she left the table as well.
Tai nearly ran out of the lunchroom and just walked around outside until the bell rang, wiping at the few tears that snuck up on him.
Matt looked around the lunchroom, wondering where Tai had disappeared to. He had seen him leave the table and had just thought he was getting rid of his tray, and he should have been back already if that's what he had gone to do, but he wasn't anywhere in sight.
Matt threw his fork onto the tray, uncomfortably aware he couldn't get his thoughts off Tai no matter how hard he tried. He rose and emptied his tray setting the hard plastic on top of the trash can with the others already there and went to a table with some of his band mates.
*~&~
Tai dialed the phone number feeling slightly apprehensive, and paced the length of his room with one arm folded across his chest.
The phone rang once, twice, three times and Tai told himself if it wasn't answered by the next ring he would hang up. It wasn't but he didn't hang up and it was picked up on the one after.
"Hello?" came a breathless voice.
"Hi Jyou, I didn't catch you at a bad time did I?" Tai asked, half hoping for the excuse to hang up.
"I was just getting out of the shower so I can spare a few minutes to talk to you Tai. Is everything OK?" Jyou asked as he rubbed a towel over his hair. Tai was not happy with the heat that rose in his cheeks at the thought. He didn't need to be thinking that right then.
"Yeah, everything's fine. How about with you?" Tai asked trying to put off the question that was tying his stomach in knots.
"It's good, the class load's a little heavier with the coming holidays but I'm coping."
"Mimi's coming up for a few months," Tai said unable to think of anything else to talk about. "She's going to stay with Sora and enroll in the school and everything."
"That's cool," Jyou said walking with the cordless to his bedroom so he could at least pull on some pants.
"So, um there's this dancecomingupandIwaswonderingifyou'dliketogowithme," Tai said running the end of his sentence together in one quick rush. Jyou was silent for a minute trying to decipher what Tai had said.
"When is it?" Jyou asked when he had figured it out.
"Next Saturday," Tai said as he paced still faster.
"Sure, I can go. It's at the school right?"
"Yeah," Tai said collapsing into the desk chair in relief.
"I don't mean to sound rude but if that's all you had to talk about?"
"Yeah," Tai said quickly remembering he had interrupted Jyou.
"I'll talk to you later then."
"Bye."
*click*