First Date
By Carter Tachikawa
(Okay, I know I promised "April Fools, Yolei!" would be my Miyashiro. But I changed my mind...again. This story is a Miyashiro but it's not the one I had not mentioned. This is sort of based on a true incident that happened last night...my first date! Actually, I don't know if I should call it that...oh well! I don't own Digimon. Bye bye.)
Yolei Inoue was sitting alone in the library, studying for a physics test. She flipped her long purple hair, pushed her glasses up, and poured all her attention to her open books. It was her first month of her sophomore year and already she had work to do. She was a computer science major so anticipated to have a lot of work but not this much! This was what she called torture! Her first test, which would count for 35% of her grade, was tomorrow. (35% was a lot according to Yolei but what could she do about it? She hadn't made the rule) Highlighting a sentence in bright pink, she skimmed through the paragraph below it. This physics test wasn't the only thing on her mind: she still had an English paper to write and her first German test on Tuesday.
The library was unusually quiet. There was only a person at each desk when normally there would be groups. She shrugged, threw the thought away, and highlighted another sentence. Occasionally she'd watch a few people walk by and listened to them talk. A few were actually made plans for a date. Yolei sighed. She wanted more than anything to go on her first date. Some people already had someone. Mimi didn't have a boyfriend but even she had gone on a few dates with Joe and Matt. Ken had a long-term relationship with another girl. Tai was going out with Sora and Kari was starting to date TK. Her roommate and best friend, who was a year younger, had a boyfriend! Davis complained a lot when Kari and TK officially declared to be boyfriend/girlfriend but then he got over it. He too found another girl. Even Cody, who was in high school, had met a girl that he liked. Only poor Yolei was alone. How could that be? Yolei was so lost in studying and thinking about relationships that she didn't notice Izzy walk up and sit at her table.
"Hi Yolei!" he greeted her.
"Ah!!!" Yolei jumped a little out of her seat. Then she noticed it was Izzy and calmed down. "Oh...hi, Izzy."
"Did I scare you? Sorry."
"No. I didn't hear you coming my way. I was so engrossed in my books. God, I swear, these professors conspire to make all these tests on the same week!"
"You're telling me! I just finished two papers, each had to be at least six pages long. At least six pages! Talk about work. Oh well, at least they're done. Hey, can I sit here with you and study for a while?"
Yolei nodded and went back to her book. Izzy took off his coat and hung it on the back of his chair. Then he took out his books and began to read. Yolei peered at him from the corner of her eye. She hated to admit it but...he was cute. And he was single. Would he go out with her? Right now, his reddish brown head was bent over an enormously huge book that could surpass a dictionary with all the words in the world. He looked up and she quickly turned her gaze back towards her physics book. The silence went on for five minutes before Izzy spoke up.
"Hey, Yolei?" he asked.
"Hmmm?" Yolei stared into his coal black eyes. Izzy appeared to be serious.
"Are you doing anything tonight?"
"I'm studying."
"Other than that."
"Well...no. And come to think of it, I'm almost through with studying. I got a good feel of the material."
Izzy was hesitating and he stammered slightly. "Since that's the case...um...the university is showing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 8. It's for free and I was...well, I was wondering...would you like to go with me? It's supposed to be good."
"You really want me to go?" Yolei was absolutely stunned. Izzy had just asked her out! He asked her out on a date tonight! She had no idea how to answer to that.
Come on, Yolei! Her mind was saying. It's your first date! You know Izzy well enough! And the show won't last for longer than two hours. Kari tended to get worried when Yolei didn't come back at 9:30. Well, she'd have to bear with this.
"Sure! Would you like to come?" Izzy asked her again.
Yolei slowly nodded her head. "Yeah. It begins at eight?"
"Uh-huh. We'd have to leave early if we want good seats. So at 7:30 we'd have to start walking towards the theater."
"Cool", Yolei replied calmly. Inside, her mind was going crazy. She was finally going on a date with someone! Everything was moving way too fast. She put her last effort into memorizing some mathematical formulas and then shut her book. It was about 7:15 when she did that. To pass fifteen minutes, she began to write in her English journal.
Izzy still read the enormous book but at 7:30 he shut it.
"I think it's time to go", he said.
Yolei nodded and picked up her books. The two of them walked together downstairs and out of the library.
"So have you ever seen a play performed here before?" Izzy asked.
"No. This will be my first one", Yolei admitted.
"Well you'll like it. I went to see "Hamlet" the other night. A+ performance! I also went to see their musical, "The Sound of Music". Another prodigious show!"
"Cool", Yolei nodded.
Outside, it was unusually warm. Though it was early March, it felt more like summer. Izzy and Yolei headed over to where the campus shops were.
"I need to buy some snacks before I go", he explained. "I haven't eaten dinner."
"Go ahead. I can wait", Yolei said.
She watched as Izzy bought some cookies and cream filled chocolate cake. Then the two headed back out. Izzy broke the cake in half and handed it over to her.
"Want it?" he asked.
"Uh...sure. Thanks", Yolei took a small bite out of that cake. It was sweet and delicious. Then Izzy began another conversation.
"So you're a computer science major, right?" he asked.
Yolei nodded as she finished the cake off. Izzy handed her a cookie.
"You want some?"
"I thought you were the one who was hungry."
"I am but I think it's courteous act to share your food."
"You remind me of Cody sometimes."
"Everyone says that about us."
"Even the girls?"
"Guys, girls, digimon, you name it!"
Yolei giggled. "Come on! We're here."
They each grabbed a program and Izzy led her to the theater. The first thing Yolei noted was the fact that they were performing "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
"You got it wrong!" she teased Izzy.
"Sorry." He shrugged. "Hey, let's sit in the front row."
"Okay", Yolei and Izzy sat down. She looked through the program and gulped when she saw a certain sentence:
~ There will be two ten- minute intermissions during the show~
"Izzy, this is a long show!"
"Yeah. I noticed that too. If it's starting at eight...assuming it does...this show will end at..."
"Eleven", Yolei finished off. "Oh god! Kari's gonna worry about me! I didn't tell her where I was going! Oh who knows what she'll do!"
"Relax, Yolei! Kari will be fine. You'll be fine. Just sit tight. I know how you feel. Matt's my roommate and he worries about me too. We're just gonna have to sit through this. We can't leave in the middle of it."
"True but..."
"Nothing will happen. Just keep calm. How about I buy you a soda and some candy to calm you down?"
"Soda and chocolate have caffeine in case you forgot."
"I know. Actually, I want to make you feel better."
"Fine." Yolei glanced at her watch. It was 7:59...and the show was nowhere near starting. Sighing, she stared at the sets. They were very simple. The buildings were wooden but the ground had been painted to look like cobblestones. She looked around her. On the far right, a girl was sitting on her boyfriend's lap and giving him kisses. Next to her, she watched another couple kiss. It seemed like everyone here had someone. Once again, she remembered her loneliness. Maybe things would change tonight. Of course, Izzy had asked her as a friend. He probably wanted it to stay that way.
Izzy came back with the stuff and handed the soda to Yolei. At that moment, the lights dimmed down and the play.
"Two households, both alike in dignity. In fair Verona, where we lay our scene", one of the actors began. Yolei sipped her soda.
As Izzy had said, the play was wonderful. The actors did an excellent job of portraying the characters. Yolei almost started to cry when Romeo and Juliet were at the balcony scene. Seeing the tears glistening in her eyes, Izzy handed her a handkerchief.
"Thank you", she whispered with a sob. Then the incredible happened. Izzy draped his arms around her. Yolei's stomach began to twist all around.
"You look miserable. Relax. It's only a show", he whispered.
"Still..." Yolei couldn't finish.
After the first intermission, it was 9:15. Yolei turned to Izzy.
"Don't you think I should leave?" she asked. "I mean, Kari's wondering where I am. It's late..."
"You want to leave after the first intermission. Yolei, I don't want to hold you back but they won't let you leave until it's over."
"I know. I wish I had a cell phone so I could call her."
"I forgot mine."
The rest of the show went by. Yolei started to cry again at certain points and again, Izzy hugged her. At the same time, she wondered about Kari. Her friend was probably going insane not seeing Yolei. By the second intermission, it was 10:10.
"Oh, Izzy, I need to go!"
"Yolei..."
"I know I can't! I should have told Kari where I was going!"
"Yolei...it's my fault. I kind of...well asked you right now. I had no idea it would last so long. Don't worry, Yolei", Izzy leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
Yolei was speechless. Had Izzy kissed her for real? It felt like it. She put her hand against her cheek and felt her blood rushing up there. She turned bright red.
"Izzy...thank you", she whispered.
"It was nothing."
The play commenced once more. But the best part happened to be when Izzy leaned over and kissed her again. That happened when Romeo and Juliet killed themselves. An incredible feeling hung above the two of them. The show ended around 11:00. He took her by the hand and they stood outside the theater.
"I enjoyed tonight", Izzy whispered to her as he started lead her out. "Normally, I'd come by myself but I'm glad you came with me."
"I'm glad I came too", Yolei whispered. "Now I have to leave. I'm sorry I can't stay longer. Kari's gonna kill me!"
"I bet Matt's sharpening his knives right now to kill me. We better leave. But before we do..." Izzy kissed her firmly on the lips. Yolei, surprised by this new side she'd never seen, returned it. Then she heard someone calling her.
"Yolei!" It was Kari running up to them with Matt and Tai not far behind.
"Izzy! Yolei! Where were you guys?!" Matt asked as he came towards them.
"Um...we went out together." Yolei replied. "I'm sorry."
"I was so worried about you!" Kari gave her a hug. "You should have told us where you were!"
"Don't yell at Yolei. It's my fault", Izzy explained. "Neither one of us had a clue this would last very late."
"Kari was looking the bushes for you! Literally!" Tai exclaimed. "She got so scared, she called me over!"
"I'm sorry, Kari. I won't do that again. You were really worried about us?" Yolei asked.
"Not just her, I was worried too! My roommate doesn't come back after ten? And who knows what lurks out here!" Matt added.
"Make that three people", Tai added. "But we're glad you're okay."
"Okay enough so we can strangle you!" Matt said slightly furious.
Izzy gulped. "I'm sorry. Next time this happens, I'll let all of you know."
"Same here. Did you honestly look in the bushes for me?" Yolei asked Kari.
"Only once. But seriously, I was scared. I thought something had happened to you and Izzy. I don't want my friends to get hurt", Kari admitted.
"Well, I was worried about you too. I wanted to leave but I couldn't", Yolei said.
"Same here. Well, now that we're together, let's go back", Izzy said.
"I wanted to kill you but I think I'll let you go", Matt said with a grin.
"Come on. I'm sorry again", Yolei said.
"Forget about it." Tai shrugged.
Kari and Yolei headed in one direction while the boys went in another. Yolei turned around to see Izzy.
Then to her surprise...and delight...Izzy smiled and blew her kiss.
Yes, this the Miyashiro! So far in this series are the following:
Thank You for Loving Me- Koumi
Without Love- Taiora
Bed of Roses- Takari
You Sang to Me- Mimoe
When Love and Hate Collide- Kenyako
First Date- Miyashiro
Next up, MIMATO!!!!!! The story...Mimato Road! Carter
Raven_DeLuca@excite.com
By Carter Tachikawa
(Okay, I know I promised "April Fools, Yolei!" would be my Miyashiro. But I changed my mind...again. This story is a Miyashiro but it's not the one I had not mentioned. This is sort of based on a true incident that happened last night...my first date! Actually, I don't know if I should call it that...oh well! I don't own Digimon. Bye bye.)
Yolei Inoue was sitting alone in the library, studying for a physics test. She flipped her long purple hair, pushed her glasses up, and poured all her attention to her open books. It was her first month of her sophomore year and already she had work to do. She was a computer science major so anticipated to have a lot of work but not this much! This was what she called torture! Her first test, which would count for 35% of her grade, was tomorrow. (35% was a lot according to Yolei but what could she do about it? She hadn't made the rule) Highlighting a sentence in bright pink, she skimmed through the paragraph below it. This physics test wasn't the only thing on her mind: she still had an English paper to write and her first German test on Tuesday.
The library was unusually quiet. There was only a person at each desk when normally there would be groups. She shrugged, threw the thought away, and highlighted another sentence. Occasionally she'd watch a few people walk by and listened to them talk. A few were actually made plans for a date. Yolei sighed. She wanted more than anything to go on her first date. Some people already had someone. Mimi didn't have a boyfriend but even she had gone on a few dates with Joe and Matt. Ken had a long-term relationship with another girl. Tai was going out with Sora and Kari was starting to date TK. Her roommate and best friend, who was a year younger, had a boyfriend! Davis complained a lot when Kari and TK officially declared to be boyfriend/girlfriend but then he got over it. He too found another girl. Even Cody, who was in high school, had met a girl that he liked. Only poor Yolei was alone. How could that be? Yolei was so lost in studying and thinking about relationships that she didn't notice Izzy walk up and sit at her table.
"Hi Yolei!" he greeted her.
"Ah!!!" Yolei jumped a little out of her seat. Then she noticed it was Izzy and calmed down. "Oh...hi, Izzy."
"Did I scare you? Sorry."
"No. I didn't hear you coming my way. I was so engrossed in my books. God, I swear, these professors conspire to make all these tests on the same week!"
"You're telling me! I just finished two papers, each had to be at least six pages long. At least six pages! Talk about work. Oh well, at least they're done. Hey, can I sit here with you and study for a while?"
Yolei nodded and went back to her book. Izzy took off his coat and hung it on the back of his chair. Then he took out his books and began to read. Yolei peered at him from the corner of her eye. She hated to admit it but...he was cute. And he was single. Would he go out with her? Right now, his reddish brown head was bent over an enormously huge book that could surpass a dictionary with all the words in the world. He looked up and she quickly turned her gaze back towards her physics book. The silence went on for five minutes before Izzy spoke up.
"Hey, Yolei?" he asked.
"Hmmm?" Yolei stared into his coal black eyes. Izzy appeared to be serious.
"Are you doing anything tonight?"
"I'm studying."
"Other than that."
"Well...no. And come to think of it, I'm almost through with studying. I got a good feel of the material."
Izzy was hesitating and he stammered slightly. "Since that's the case...um...the university is showing Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at 8. It's for free and I was...well, I was wondering...would you like to go with me? It's supposed to be good."
"You really want me to go?" Yolei was absolutely stunned. Izzy had just asked her out! He asked her out on a date tonight! She had no idea how to answer to that.
Come on, Yolei! Her mind was saying. It's your first date! You know Izzy well enough! And the show won't last for longer than two hours. Kari tended to get worried when Yolei didn't come back at 9:30. Well, she'd have to bear with this.
"Sure! Would you like to come?" Izzy asked her again.
Yolei slowly nodded her head. "Yeah. It begins at eight?"
"Uh-huh. We'd have to leave early if we want good seats. So at 7:30 we'd have to start walking towards the theater."
"Cool", Yolei replied calmly. Inside, her mind was going crazy. She was finally going on a date with someone! Everything was moving way too fast. She put her last effort into memorizing some mathematical formulas and then shut her book. It was about 7:15 when she did that. To pass fifteen minutes, she began to write in her English journal.
Izzy still read the enormous book but at 7:30 he shut it.
"I think it's time to go", he said.
Yolei nodded and picked up her books. The two of them walked together downstairs and out of the library.
"So have you ever seen a play performed here before?" Izzy asked.
"No. This will be my first one", Yolei admitted.
"Well you'll like it. I went to see "Hamlet" the other night. A+ performance! I also went to see their musical, "The Sound of Music". Another prodigious show!"
"Cool", Yolei nodded.
Outside, it was unusually warm. Though it was early March, it felt more like summer. Izzy and Yolei headed over to where the campus shops were.
"I need to buy some snacks before I go", he explained. "I haven't eaten dinner."
"Go ahead. I can wait", Yolei said.
She watched as Izzy bought some cookies and cream filled chocolate cake. Then the two headed back out. Izzy broke the cake in half and handed it over to her.
"Want it?" he asked.
"Uh...sure. Thanks", Yolei took a small bite out of that cake. It was sweet and delicious. Then Izzy began another conversation.
"So you're a computer science major, right?" he asked.
Yolei nodded as she finished the cake off. Izzy handed her a cookie.
"You want some?"
"I thought you were the one who was hungry."
"I am but I think it's courteous act to share your food."
"You remind me of Cody sometimes."
"Everyone says that about us."
"Even the girls?"
"Guys, girls, digimon, you name it!"
Yolei giggled. "Come on! We're here."
They each grabbed a program and Izzy led her to the theater. The first thing Yolei noted was the fact that they were performing "Romeo and Juliet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
"You got it wrong!" she teased Izzy.
"Sorry." He shrugged. "Hey, let's sit in the front row."
"Okay", Yolei and Izzy sat down. She looked through the program and gulped when she saw a certain sentence:
~ There will be two ten- minute intermissions during the show~
"Izzy, this is a long show!"
"Yeah. I noticed that too. If it's starting at eight...assuming it does...this show will end at..."
"Eleven", Yolei finished off. "Oh god! Kari's gonna worry about me! I didn't tell her where I was going! Oh who knows what she'll do!"
"Relax, Yolei! Kari will be fine. You'll be fine. Just sit tight. I know how you feel. Matt's my roommate and he worries about me too. We're just gonna have to sit through this. We can't leave in the middle of it."
"True but..."
"Nothing will happen. Just keep calm. How about I buy you a soda and some candy to calm you down?"
"Soda and chocolate have caffeine in case you forgot."
"I know. Actually, I want to make you feel better."
"Fine." Yolei glanced at her watch. It was 7:59...and the show was nowhere near starting. Sighing, she stared at the sets. They were very simple. The buildings were wooden but the ground had been painted to look like cobblestones. She looked around her. On the far right, a girl was sitting on her boyfriend's lap and giving him kisses. Next to her, she watched another couple kiss. It seemed like everyone here had someone. Once again, she remembered her loneliness. Maybe things would change tonight. Of course, Izzy had asked her as a friend. He probably wanted it to stay that way.
Izzy came back with the stuff and handed the soda to Yolei. At that moment, the lights dimmed down and the play.
"Two households, both alike in dignity. In fair Verona, where we lay our scene", one of the actors began. Yolei sipped her soda.
As Izzy had said, the play was wonderful. The actors did an excellent job of portraying the characters. Yolei almost started to cry when Romeo and Juliet were at the balcony scene. Seeing the tears glistening in her eyes, Izzy handed her a handkerchief.
"Thank you", she whispered with a sob. Then the incredible happened. Izzy draped his arms around her. Yolei's stomach began to twist all around.
"You look miserable. Relax. It's only a show", he whispered.
"Still..." Yolei couldn't finish.
After the first intermission, it was 9:15. Yolei turned to Izzy.
"Don't you think I should leave?" she asked. "I mean, Kari's wondering where I am. It's late..."
"You want to leave after the first intermission. Yolei, I don't want to hold you back but they won't let you leave until it's over."
"I know. I wish I had a cell phone so I could call her."
"I forgot mine."
The rest of the show went by. Yolei started to cry again at certain points and again, Izzy hugged her. At the same time, she wondered about Kari. Her friend was probably going insane not seeing Yolei. By the second intermission, it was 10:10.
"Oh, Izzy, I need to go!"
"Yolei..."
"I know I can't! I should have told Kari where I was going!"
"Yolei...it's my fault. I kind of...well asked you right now. I had no idea it would last so long. Don't worry, Yolei", Izzy leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.
Yolei was speechless. Had Izzy kissed her for real? It felt like it. She put her hand against her cheek and felt her blood rushing up there. She turned bright red.
"Izzy...thank you", she whispered.
"It was nothing."
The play commenced once more. But the best part happened to be when Izzy leaned over and kissed her again. That happened when Romeo and Juliet killed themselves. An incredible feeling hung above the two of them. The show ended around 11:00. He took her by the hand and they stood outside the theater.
"I enjoyed tonight", Izzy whispered to her as he started lead her out. "Normally, I'd come by myself but I'm glad you came with me."
"I'm glad I came too", Yolei whispered. "Now I have to leave. I'm sorry I can't stay longer. Kari's gonna kill me!"
"I bet Matt's sharpening his knives right now to kill me. We better leave. But before we do..." Izzy kissed her firmly on the lips. Yolei, surprised by this new side she'd never seen, returned it. Then she heard someone calling her.
"Yolei!" It was Kari running up to them with Matt and Tai not far behind.
"Izzy! Yolei! Where were you guys?!" Matt asked as he came towards them.
"Um...we went out together." Yolei replied. "I'm sorry."
"I was so worried about you!" Kari gave her a hug. "You should have told us where you were!"
"Don't yell at Yolei. It's my fault", Izzy explained. "Neither one of us had a clue this would last very late."
"Kari was looking the bushes for you! Literally!" Tai exclaimed. "She got so scared, she called me over!"
"I'm sorry, Kari. I won't do that again. You were really worried about us?" Yolei asked.
"Not just her, I was worried too! My roommate doesn't come back after ten? And who knows what lurks out here!" Matt added.
"Make that three people", Tai added. "But we're glad you're okay."
"Okay enough so we can strangle you!" Matt said slightly furious.
Izzy gulped. "I'm sorry. Next time this happens, I'll let all of you know."
"Same here. Did you honestly look in the bushes for me?" Yolei asked Kari.
"Only once. But seriously, I was scared. I thought something had happened to you and Izzy. I don't want my friends to get hurt", Kari admitted.
"Well, I was worried about you too. I wanted to leave but I couldn't", Yolei said.
"Same here. Well, now that we're together, let's go back", Izzy said.
"I wanted to kill you but I think I'll let you go", Matt said with a grin.
"Come on. I'm sorry again", Yolei said.
"Forget about it." Tai shrugged.
Kari and Yolei headed in one direction while the boys went in another. Yolei turned around to see Izzy.
Then to her surprise...and delight...Izzy smiled and blew her kiss.
Yes, this the Miyashiro! So far in this series are the following:
Thank You for Loving Me- Koumi
Without Love- Taiora
Bed of Roses- Takari
You Sang to Me- Mimoe
When Love and Hate Collide- Kenyako
First Date- Miyashiro
Next up, MIMATO!!!!!! The story...Mimato Road! Carter
Raven_DeLuca@excite.com