There is always payback.
"I'm telling you that it's the stupidest thing I've ever done. I've completely hurt Tai. That's something I would have never wanted to do…" Sora said picking at her salad. She sat in her office with her co-partner Shazari Zuka sharing a lunch meeting.
Shazari cupped a hand under her chin, flicking her short red hair away from her cheeks and listened to the rest of Sora's tale.
"It was honest fun wasn't it? I mean it's not like you slept with the guy or kissed him." She said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, but the point is that I should have never let Yolei bring that stripper over. It was completely dumb of me. Besides, things like that always happen to me. I never wanted to hurt Tai. I..I think I love him." Sora said, her lips curving into a simple smile thinking of his warm brown eyes, his dark spikey hair, his warm arms and gentle embrace, his soft lips against hers.
"Hello! Sora! Are you alive?!" Shazari waved her hand in front of Sora's face.
"You totally zoned out on me there, are you thinking of him?" She cooed making fun of her with a huge grin on her pale face.
Sora looked at her car keys resting on the table, thinking of what she needed to do. "I should go apologize. No I take that back, I should go beg for his forgiveness. God knows what I would have done if the roles were reversed."
"If Tai was dancing with a male stripper?"
"NO! If he was dancing with a female stripper Shazari! Sheesh, sometimes you have 0 brain cells. I'll have to go after work. Do you think that Nika and Sean could get a ride home with their friends?" She asked placing her keys in her coat pocket.
"I could have my maid swing by and pick them up. You know Sora, you have enough money to have a maid, a butler, and a nanny yet you won't hire any of them." Shazari said fumbling through her pockets for a cigarette.
Sora held up the pack that she took from Shazari and dropped it into the trash can. "That's because I'd rather raise my children then have someone else do it for me. I don't like people slaving for me…it feels wrong and makes me feel lazy."
Shizari stuck out her tongue at Sora in response.
"That is just the difference between you and me,Sora."
"I'msorryI'msorryI'msorryI'msorry!!" Yolei wailed sitting on Tai Kamiya's couch between Tai and Ken. Ken's nostrils were flared, his eyes narrowed, and he had his arms crossed over his chest as he stared at the wall in front of him. Tai was turned to face Yolei, an angry expression on his face too. "I will never, ever, ever do it again. I swear. I didn't know I was hurting anyone by doing this. Sora was really depressed, and sad, and I needed to do something fun for her. I mean…it's all my sister's fault! She told me that a stripper could help liven things up!" Yolei stated pointing at finger at nothing in particular but up at the ceiling. Neither Ken or Tai budged, their expression remained the same on their face. 'Pissed off'. Yolei looked back and forth between the two pleading. After Ken ran after her upstairs in Sora's house, Ken cornered her and lifted her up onto his shoulder carrying her out of the house. He hadn't spoken to her the whole night, and even that day. He just walked out to the car waiting for Yolei to come, knowing that they were heading over to Tai's house. Tai as well had given her the silent treatment. Kari called him that night and told him that it was Yolei's idea to have the stripper over. She even begged that he wouldn't be mad and take it out on Sora, yet Tai wouldn't listen. He was too hurt for even words to describe his pain.
"Look since neither one of you will listen to me, Tai, talk to Sora and see for yourself how sorry she is. Both of you can blame this on me. I will take full responsibility and I am sorry for dragging Sora into this. If you want to know I didn't enjoy myself one bit. No..not because I didn't get to dance with him but because of how it hurt you two in the process." She said hanging her head. Ken began to shake angrily and then bursted.
"You aren't sorry for hurting us, you're sorry for being caught!! You didn't care how it'd hurt people in the end, you acted on an impulse and now you've made matters worse for everyone else!" He yelled at her, only inches apart from her face. Tai's eyes went wide as he watched Ken lose his temper. Tears began to well in Yolei's violet eyes, her chin trembled as she nodded to agree with Ken. Turning her head she whimpered.
"I guess you're right. I'm so sorry Ken..so sorry," she whispered, her shoulders trembling as well. Ken leaned away from her, his indigo eyes going wide with shame, not believing how he had just verbally attacked his own wife. "I..I" she choked back sobs. "I'll be out in the car!" She ran out of the house as fast as she could slamming the door behind her.
Tai slowly looked over at Ken. "You didn't have to yell at her like that. I'm mad…but I'm not to the point where I would beat the living shit out of her." Tai said softly.
"I know..I didn't mean to. I just lost my cool. I should go and comfort her, I didn't want to upset her after all the stress she's been dealing with."
"What type of stress?" Tai asked as Ken began to pull on his sports coat.
"Just recently…she had a miscarriage. The doctor said that we weren't going to have anymore children and this one would have been our "miracle" child. Yolei began to get all kinds of stress and she ended up falling down the stairs when she tripped over Sammy's toys. I found her unconscious on the bottom step and got her to the hospital. I swear, I had never seen her cry so much before.. I even began to cry.." Ken said revealing his feelings to Tai.
Tai's mouth was agape, he hadn't known this and now knowing made him feel even worse for his silent treatment to Yolei.
Ken looked off towards the doorway. "Call Sora. Don't let things end with her." Which was the last thing he said before he headed out the door.
Tai sat there letting everything they said sink in. He looked at his left hand, where his old wedding band used to be. Taking a deep breath he lied back against the couch. He couldn't bring himself to talk to Sora at the moment.
She drove like a maniac on the rode, picking up her cell phone she dialed in some number. "Thank you Kari for the little piece of info. Hello, can I have the number for Daisuke Motomiya's Noodle business? Thank you." Sora smiled deviously.
"This'll teach that bastard to run off at the mouth," She raised her sunglasses over her brow as she stopped at a red light intersection. "Hey Davis, it's Sora. I need a favor from you…. Yes…Kari and TK are dating… sorry. What?! Why would you ask that if you're still married?? Pfft just listen for a sec ok?"
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Tai opened his front door to see Sora standing there. Her amber eyes were red and teary, and her hair was slightly messed up as she stood there breathing hard like she had to run a long way to see him.
"Sora, what're you doing here?" Tai managed to ask raising a brow.
She leapt into his arms hugging him strongly, sniffling into his chest.
"Oh Tai, please don't hate me. I don't know what came over me. Please forgive me!" She exclaimed over and over. Tai hugged her not knowing what to say. Her appearance there was a surprise and he hadn't planned on what he would say. He honestly didn't know that Sora would come to see him to apologize. He thought that he'd be the one to come see her first.
"Sora..when..I saw that it really hurt me. Because I still love you." He said softly into her ear. The hair raised on the back of her neck and her grip tightened around him.
"Tai…I have a confession for you…I am…deeply… in love with you." She whispered looking up into his eyes.
All the color drained from his face as he stood there like a rock…
"I'll get it!" Matt yelled as he ran towards the door. He slicked back his beautiful blonde hair and opened the door.
"Oh my god!!" He yelled and the slammed the door shut immediately.
"Hey Matt, who's there?" TK called from the living room where he, Kari, Mimi and Matt had been watching a movie.
"No one TK, just go ahead and stay in there watching the movie." Matt pleaded leaning against the door. TK soon came walking in rubbing his sore jaw from the punch Tai had given him when TK told him what he and Kari had planned for a weekend getaway.
"Come on Matt I want to see who it is." TK said firmly.
"No you don't!" Matt said, panic sweeping in his nervous azure eyes.
TK pushed Matt aside and opened the door.
"Ahh!" TK shrieked and slammed the door shut.
"I…I told you." Matt said.
DominoDS : Heheh I put quite enough story in there at least for a whole chapter.
I'm sure you can guess who is outside Matt's door. Hehehe. Time for some payback, Taiora style! Yeah, yeah! Can you hear me say "yeah!". LOL