Part 10
"Tai!" Jyou yelled at Matt. "Do you know what you just did?" Tai just looked at Jyou choosing not to answer the question.
"You just completely ruined any hope of ever patching up your relationship, that's what you just did," Koushiro said in a flat tone.
"Good, I don't want to have to ever see him again."
"You didn't even see what he had to say."
"He didn't want to give an explanation, he couldn't come up with one I would believe, so he told me the truth. I already knew what had happened."
"Meaning you weren't ever going to believe anything else, that you couldn't put enough faith in him to confront him. Something you've never avoided before, especially when concerning Matt."
"I left because I didn't want him to see me cry," Tai fairly hissed, mad that Matt had somehow managed to make his own friends turn against him. "Which is precisely what would have happened had I stayed. He doesn't deserve my tears, or any of the pain he caused me."
"He didn't cause it!" Jyou half yelled at him.
"Jyou, quiet down," Koushiro admonished. "Tai, we do feel bad that you were hurt, but Matt's hurting too, and you should try and talk with him. Civilly." Tai's expression said that wasn't happening. "Then talk to Daisuke. Call him as soon as we get back to our apartment."
"Why should I?"
"You owe us because this fight between you and Matt just ruined the lunch we had planned and been awaiting for months with Mimi and Sora. And Daisuke just happens to be the brother of the girl Matt 'impregnated'."
"Fine, I'll call him. And I am sorry that I ruined your lunch," Tai said having lost his steam. They went back to the apartment and Tai took the phone, and sitting in the privacy of his hosts' room called Daisuke.
"Moshi moshi," came the feminine voice.
"Is Daisuke there?"
"Hold on a moment." Tai waited impatiently, wondering just what Daisuke would have to say.
"Sup?" Daisuke said, sounding slightly breathless.
"It's Tai."
"Oh, hey. I'm still sorry about what happened. Jun got grounded for it."
"She deserves it," Tai said with a small growl.
"So what so you want."
"*Matt* told me I should call you." He said the name with such venom and scathing hatred that Daisuke actually recoiled even though he was no where near Tai.
"It sounds like Matt didn't tell you what happened."
"He didn't have to, I already knew. Your sister told me."
"My sister? Tai, Jun was dared to call someone out of my phone book and tell them that she was pregnant. She's not really, she's still a virgin. She admitted as much when my parents set in on her about lying to Matt. Only it was you she was talking to."
"No."
"Tai, I'm sorry you didn't find out sooner, I tried to call you as soon as I got home, but the line was busy for about half an hour, and then I finally got a hold of Matt. He should have told you."
"I wasn't there for him to tell me," Tai whispered, slumping on the bed. "I didn't trust him." It was what Jyou and Koushiro had been telling him but now it was finally kicking in. He had been too upset to even consider that he had been acting irrationally before.
"I'm sorry about all this Tai, but I hope you guys work things out. You're such a good couple."
"I ruined things," Tai told him. "Just because I was too stupid to even think. We'll never get back together." With this new realization he began crying softly, making little hiccuping noises.
"Where are you Tai? Do you want me to come over?"
"No."
"Are you going to be OK?"
"Yeah. Bye Daisuke."
"Bye Tai."
Tai clumsily hung up the phone, missing the cradle twice. He made a choked noise as the tears came faster and faster, and Koushiro and Jyou rushed in to try and comfort him.
"What happened?" Jyou asked as he rubbed Tai's lower back.
"It's over," he said sounding strangled. "And it's all my fault."
"Tai, it's not your fault. You just were acting on emotion, like you always do," Koushiro stated simply.
"Then that's the problem. I'm too impulsive to keep a good relationship."
"Tai that's not true, and you know it. Do you think Matt would have consented to marry you if it were true?"
"Then it's a good thing he found out before wasting anytime planning a wedding."
"Tai, snap out of it. Go see Matt, try and sort things out, get down on your knees and beg," Jyou told him in earnest.
"I can't. It's pointless."
"Nothing's pointless as long as you try. I bet he's at the motel Mimi and Sora got a room in."
"So what? He doesn't want to see me!" Tai fairly wailed in his misery.
"Then make him see you Tai, you've never had a problem in that area before."
"I didn't trust him," Tai moaned wretchedly. "And it's all over because I couldn't trust him."
"Tai," Jyou started to say but was savagely cut off.
"No, there's nothing I can do. Every relationship needs some trust, and I couldn't cut it. He's better off without me." Tai stood up, all but throwing Jyou and Koushiro's grips off of him. He didn't deserve their comfort, or their pity.
"Tai, where are you going?"
"Home, to get my stuff and move out."
"You can't go like that Tai!" Jyou exclaimed, rushing forward to grab Tai's shoulder.
"You'll kill yourself," Koushiro hurriedly put in. "Stay here until you've calmed down enough that you can drive properly."
"Fine," Tai muttered, going into their living room to throw himself on the couch.
"Tai!" Jyou yelled at Matt. "Do you know what you just did?" Tai just looked at Jyou choosing not to answer the question.
"You just completely ruined any hope of ever patching up your relationship, that's what you just did," Koushiro said in a flat tone.
"Good, I don't want to have to ever see him again."
"You didn't even see what he had to say."
"He didn't want to give an explanation, he couldn't come up with one I would believe, so he told me the truth. I already knew what had happened."
"Meaning you weren't ever going to believe anything else, that you couldn't put enough faith in him to confront him. Something you've never avoided before, especially when concerning Matt."
"I left because I didn't want him to see me cry," Tai fairly hissed, mad that Matt had somehow managed to make his own friends turn against him. "Which is precisely what would have happened had I stayed. He doesn't deserve my tears, or any of the pain he caused me."
"He didn't cause it!" Jyou half yelled at him.
"Jyou, quiet down," Koushiro admonished. "Tai, we do feel bad that you were hurt, but Matt's hurting too, and you should try and talk with him. Civilly." Tai's expression said that wasn't happening. "Then talk to Daisuke. Call him as soon as we get back to our apartment."
"Why should I?"
"You owe us because this fight between you and Matt just ruined the lunch we had planned and been awaiting for months with Mimi and Sora. And Daisuke just happens to be the brother of the girl Matt 'impregnated'."
"Fine, I'll call him. And I am sorry that I ruined your lunch," Tai said having lost his steam. They went back to the apartment and Tai took the phone, and sitting in the privacy of his hosts' room called Daisuke.
"Moshi moshi," came the feminine voice.
"Is Daisuke there?"
"Hold on a moment." Tai waited impatiently, wondering just what Daisuke would have to say.
"Sup?" Daisuke said, sounding slightly breathless.
"It's Tai."
"Oh, hey. I'm still sorry about what happened. Jun got grounded for it."
"She deserves it," Tai said with a small growl.
"So what so you want."
"*Matt* told me I should call you." He said the name with such venom and scathing hatred that Daisuke actually recoiled even though he was no where near Tai.
"It sounds like Matt didn't tell you what happened."
"He didn't have to, I already knew. Your sister told me."
"My sister? Tai, Jun was dared to call someone out of my phone book and tell them that she was pregnant. She's not really, she's still a virgin. She admitted as much when my parents set in on her about lying to Matt. Only it was you she was talking to."
"No."
"Tai, I'm sorry you didn't find out sooner, I tried to call you as soon as I got home, but the line was busy for about half an hour, and then I finally got a hold of Matt. He should have told you."
"I wasn't there for him to tell me," Tai whispered, slumping on the bed. "I didn't trust him." It was what Jyou and Koushiro had been telling him but now it was finally kicking in. He had been too upset to even consider that he had been acting irrationally before.
"I'm sorry about all this Tai, but I hope you guys work things out. You're such a good couple."
"I ruined things," Tai told him. "Just because I was too stupid to even think. We'll never get back together." With this new realization he began crying softly, making little hiccuping noises.
"Where are you Tai? Do you want me to come over?"
"No."
"Are you going to be OK?"
"Yeah. Bye Daisuke."
"Bye Tai."
Tai clumsily hung up the phone, missing the cradle twice. He made a choked noise as the tears came faster and faster, and Koushiro and Jyou rushed in to try and comfort him.
"What happened?" Jyou asked as he rubbed Tai's lower back.
"It's over," he said sounding strangled. "And it's all my fault."
"Tai, it's not your fault. You just were acting on emotion, like you always do," Koushiro stated simply.
"Then that's the problem. I'm too impulsive to keep a good relationship."
"Tai that's not true, and you know it. Do you think Matt would have consented to marry you if it were true?"
"Then it's a good thing he found out before wasting anytime planning a wedding."
"Tai, snap out of it. Go see Matt, try and sort things out, get down on your knees and beg," Jyou told him in earnest.
"I can't. It's pointless."
"Nothing's pointless as long as you try. I bet he's at the motel Mimi and Sora got a room in."
"So what? He doesn't want to see me!" Tai fairly wailed in his misery.
"Then make him see you Tai, you've never had a problem in that area before."
"I didn't trust him," Tai moaned wretchedly. "And it's all over because I couldn't trust him."
"Tai," Jyou started to say but was savagely cut off.
"No, there's nothing I can do. Every relationship needs some trust, and I couldn't cut it. He's better off without me." Tai stood up, all but throwing Jyou and Koushiro's grips off of him. He didn't deserve their comfort, or their pity.
"Tai, where are you going?"
"Home, to get my stuff and move out."
"You can't go like that Tai!" Jyou exclaimed, rushing forward to grab Tai's shoulder.
"You'll kill yourself," Koushiro hurriedly put in. "Stay here until you've calmed down enough that you can drive properly."
"Fine," Tai muttered, going into their living room to throw himself on the couch.