Part 11
Tai looked around his new apartment with apparent distaste. He wasn't happy with it but he had to live somewhere.
"You have to admit it's not too bad," a female's voice said dropping a box on the floor and wrapping her arms around Tai. "Especially when considering the price."
"I guess so," Tai muttered giving her a quick hug before picking up his box again and dragging it to one of the back rooms.
"Which room is yours?"
"I don't know yet. You can have first pick I guess."
"Cheer up Tai-kun, it wont be so bad," she said squeezing his shoulders before poking her head through a door. "I want this one!" she declared throwing her arms out.
"You haven't even seen the other ones," he told her with a laugh.
"I don't need to, I like this one. I love this apartment!" she crowed kissing his cheek before running out to get some more boxes out of her car.
Tai grinned and shook his head in wonder going before going to decide between the other two bedrooms.
*~&~
Matt glared at his empty apartment. He was angry that it looked so empty and still managed to remind him of Tai. Well that would soon change, as he was going to take on a roommate.
When the phone rang Matt was reluctant to answer it, expecting it to be someone calling about the apartment.
"Yamato," a breathless but familiar feminine voice said as soon as he picked up.
"What's wrong?" he demanded, adrenaline rushing through him.
"Nothing per say, but I need to talk to you. I saw your add."
"What about it Mimi?" Matt asked suspiciously.
"Why?"
"I need a roommate," he said slowly wondering what she was getting out.
"Did you hear Tai got an apartment."
"I had heard something of the sort, but what's it matter."
"Have you talked to him lately?"
"No."
"You should call him and talk to him," Mimi said.
"I don't need to talk to him Mimi, I don't care what he's doing and I really don't care if he moved in with some red headed air head into a crappy three room apartment."
"Do you want me to come over?" Mimi asked hearing the bitter tears he was holding in.
"No, I'll be fine. Mimi, listen to me when I tell you I don't want to get back with him, and nothing is going to change it."
"I don't believe you but I'll be quit talking about it if you want."
"Thank you," he said heaving a sigh of relieve wishing the knot in his stomach would lessen. "So who do you think she is."
"I don't know, I've never seen her, but I've got Sora working on it. I thought you didn't care, Matt."
"I don't, I'm just a little curious to see who I've been replaced with."
"I don't think you've been replaced," Mimi said a little shocked at Matt's self-hating tone.
"Then what else would you call it?"
"She could just be his friend," Mimi said. "I'll call you back when I've finished drilling Sora, kay?"
"Sure, whatever. Bye."
"Bye." Matt hung up the phone and turned on the radio, allowing the loud beat to penetrate the silence lying thick in the room.
*~&~
Tai lay on the hard mattress he called his bed and stared up at the ceiling with empty eyes, craving solitude. His chest was unbearably tight and he could barely swallow with his throat so thick, but he couldn't cry. Not when his roommate could walk in at any given moment.
He was granted nearly seven minutes by himself before the red head bounded in the room, quickly calming herself as she saw Tai's face.
"Are you OK Tai-kun?" she ventured sitting on the edge of his bed, staring down at his expressionless face.
"I'm fine," he told her attempting a small smile, which only served to convince her he was horribly upset.
"The house isn't that bad Tai, you'll get used to it and after a while you can always move out," she said tentatively touching his shoulder in a reassuring gesture. Tai pulled a face at that thought. He'd never be able to move back in the place he longed to.
*~&~
Matt took a bite out of one of the cookies he had just made, realizing he had made too many. He'd wanted a few, been craving them really, like he did every so often. When he did he made a batch without a second thought, ate a couple and let Tai devour the rest.
The cookies would probably rot in the cerematic jar when Matt forgot about them. He generally didn't eat sweet things, just every so often he wanted something with sugar. Come to think about it he should probably clean out the pantry and freezer to get rid of all the crap Tai had brought too satisfy his sweet tooth.
Matt looked at the half-eaten cookie with a sigh and set it back down on the table, unable to take another bite. Thinking about Tai generally stole his appetite and Matt had lost nearly 10 pounds since he had come home to find Tai missing.
God, at the rate he was going he was going to make himself sick.
He looked at the small mound of cookie, wondering idly if there was anyone he could give them too. Throwing them you seemed like such a waste. If he remembered he could take them into work, people in nearby cubicles would love the treat.
He half-heartedly took another bite of the cookie, barely managing to get it down his incredibly dry throat. Why couldn't he stop thinking of Tai! God, the jerk hadn't trusted him, he hadn't even had the balls to stay around and yell at him, but try as he might Matt couldn't bring himself to hate Matt.
Matt looked at the plate of cookies again and decided that he wasn't going to take it anymore, he had to talk to Tai, see if they couldn't straighten things out. Even if all he got was a shaky friendship it would be better then wallowing in his self pity all day.
With that thought in mind he found a box to dump the cookies in and called Mimi to get Tai's new address.
Tai looked around his new apartment with apparent distaste. He wasn't happy with it but he had to live somewhere.
"You have to admit it's not too bad," a female's voice said dropping a box on the floor and wrapping her arms around Tai. "Especially when considering the price."
"I guess so," Tai muttered giving her a quick hug before picking up his box again and dragging it to one of the back rooms.
"Which room is yours?"
"I don't know yet. You can have first pick I guess."
"Cheer up Tai-kun, it wont be so bad," she said squeezing his shoulders before poking her head through a door. "I want this one!" she declared throwing her arms out.
"You haven't even seen the other ones," he told her with a laugh.
"I don't need to, I like this one. I love this apartment!" she crowed kissing his cheek before running out to get some more boxes out of her car.
Tai grinned and shook his head in wonder going before going to decide between the other two bedrooms.
*~&~
Matt glared at his empty apartment. He was angry that it looked so empty and still managed to remind him of Tai. Well that would soon change, as he was going to take on a roommate.
When the phone rang Matt was reluctant to answer it, expecting it to be someone calling about the apartment.
"Yamato," a breathless but familiar feminine voice said as soon as he picked up.
"What's wrong?" he demanded, adrenaline rushing through him.
"Nothing per say, but I need to talk to you. I saw your add."
"What about it Mimi?" Matt asked suspiciously.
"Why?"
"I need a roommate," he said slowly wondering what she was getting out.
"Did you hear Tai got an apartment."
"I had heard something of the sort, but what's it matter."
"Have you talked to him lately?"
"No."
"You should call him and talk to him," Mimi said.
"I don't need to talk to him Mimi, I don't care what he's doing and I really don't care if he moved in with some red headed air head into a crappy three room apartment."
"Do you want me to come over?" Mimi asked hearing the bitter tears he was holding in.
"No, I'll be fine. Mimi, listen to me when I tell you I don't want to get back with him, and nothing is going to change it."
"I don't believe you but I'll be quit talking about it if you want."
"Thank you," he said heaving a sigh of relieve wishing the knot in his stomach would lessen. "So who do you think she is."
"I don't know, I've never seen her, but I've got Sora working on it. I thought you didn't care, Matt."
"I don't, I'm just a little curious to see who I've been replaced with."
"I don't think you've been replaced," Mimi said a little shocked at Matt's self-hating tone.
"Then what else would you call it?"
"She could just be his friend," Mimi said. "I'll call you back when I've finished drilling Sora, kay?"
"Sure, whatever. Bye."
"Bye." Matt hung up the phone and turned on the radio, allowing the loud beat to penetrate the silence lying thick in the room.
*~&~
Tai lay on the hard mattress he called his bed and stared up at the ceiling with empty eyes, craving solitude. His chest was unbearably tight and he could barely swallow with his throat so thick, but he couldn't cry. Not when his roommate could walk in at any given moment.
He was granted nearly seven minutes by himself before the red head bounded in the room, quickly calming herself as she saw Tai's face.
"Are you OK Tai-kun?" she ventured sitting on the edge of his bed, staring down at his expressionless face.
"I'm fine," he told her attempting a small smile, which only served to convince her he was horribly upset.
"The house isn't that bad Tai, you'll get used to it and after a while you can always move out," she said tentatively touching his shoulder in a reassuring gesture. Tai pulled a face at that thought. He'd never be able to move back in the place he longed to.
*~&~
Matt took a bite out of one of the cookies he had just made, realizing he had made too many. He'd wanted a few, been craving them really, like he did every so often. When he did he made a batch without a second thought, ate a couple and let Tai devour the rest.
The cookies would probably rot in the cerematic jar when Matt forgot about them. He generally didn't eat sweet things, just every so often he wanted something with sugar. Come to think about it he should probably clean out the pantry and freezer to get rid of all the crap Tai had brought too satisfy his sweet tooth.
Matt looked at the half-eaten cookie with a sigh and set it back down on the table, unable to take another bite. Thinking about Tai generally stole his appetite and Matt had lost nearly 10 pounds since he had come home to find Tai missing.
God, at the rate he was going he was going to make himself sick.
He looked at the small mound of cookie, wondering idly if there was anyone he could give them too. Throwing them you seemed like such a waste. If he remembered he could take them into work, people in nearby cubicles would love the treat.
He half-heartedly took another bite of the cookie, barely managing to get it down his incredibly dry throat. Why couldn't he stop thinking of Tai! God, the jerk hadn't trusted him, he hadn't even had the balls to stay around and yell at him, but try as he might Matt couldn't bring himself to hate Matt.
Matt looked at the plate of cookies again and decided that he wasn't going to take it anymore, he had to talk to Tai, see if they couldn't straighten things out. Even if all he got was a shaky friendship it would be better then wallowing in his self pity all day.
With that thought in mind he found a box to dump the cookies in and called Mimi to get Tai's new address.