Veggie Soup # 23: A Thousand Miles (MIMATO #2)
By Carter Tachikawa
(At last, Fanfiction. Net is working! Okay, while it was down, I was looking over the reviews and I saw that many of you have asked for a second Mimato. Well, you are going to get your wish. I also know that some of you want a Season 3 fanfic. The truth is, I haven't seen much of Season 3 but I will try my best to do a fic soon for this collection. Anyway, this is MIMATO # 2! I DON'T OWN DIGIMON! I also don't own Vanessa Carlton's song "A Thousand Miles". (For those of you who liked "A Thousand Miles", I'm sure you'll like "Ordinary Day" too. That's her new song being played on the radio) Anyway, on to the fic! I hope you enjoy it. I'm usually better at writing Mimatos with many chapters than just one story straight down (i.e. "Number 1 Fan" and "Handsome and the Hag") Oh well, let's see how this goes.)
BTW, a "~" before and after a sentence means it's part of the song.
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Sitting on top of her pink and white bed, hugging her knees and staring at the pink phone on her drawer, Mimi Tachikawa was waiting for the call. It sat there silently as if it was mocking her. It had been silent ever since this morning.
"Ring, you stupid phone!" She grumbled. Grabbing a laced pink pillow, she began squeezing it to relieve some anxiety. "Ring already! He promised he'd call!"
She was referring to her boyfriend, Yamato Ishida, who was back in Japan. It had been a long time since the two of them had been together but they stayed in touch through letters, phone calls, and emails. She and Matt started dating not too long ago, well after their adventures in the Digital World. Mimi thought that he was too cold and overprotective when she first met him, the two of them not hitting off right away. But as the adventures progressed, she started to like him more and before she knew it, they were a couple. Matt's heart broke when he found out his girlfriend was moving to New York but he promised to always keep in touch. That is, until now...
"Where...are...you?" Mimi threw the pillow against her door and watched as it fell to the pale pink carpet with a soft thud. Matt was not the type of boy who backed out on promises. He said he would call and that was that. Mimi never doubted him. Instead, she tried to think of reasons why he wasn't calling.
"Maybe he had a lot to do today." She told herself. "Yeah, with band practice and helping TK out with the other kids, he has his hands full. Maybe he wasn't supposed to call right now."
Yet it wasn't enough to relieve her stress. Maybe he had sent her an email. Yes, that was a possibility. Matt sent an email everyday and she hadn't checked her mailbox. Now would be a good time to do that. Getting off of the bed and walking over to her desk, where the desktop computer was set up. In addition to turning on the computer, she also turned on the stereo.
"All right, people!" The DJ was saying. "I'm sure we've all heard Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" , which is a great song! I hear it like everywhere I go now. Anyway, I've got several requests for it."
The intro, which was played on the piano, started playing.
"Remember if you have a request, give us a call and I'll play it for you." (Hint to my readers: If you want something I have or haven't done yet, please request)
Mimi bit her lip, waiting for the computer screen to come on. "A Thousand Miles" was one of her favorite English songs because of the melody played on the piano and also because it reminded her of Matt. She missed him terribly and whenever she was sad, she started humming the tune or playing the Vanessa Carlton CD "Be Not Nobody", which she got for Christmas. It always made her feel better.
"I know he emailed me! He had too!" Mimi exclaimed to herself, half-excited and half-worried. "It'll be so good to hear from him!"
Clicking on the icon that hooked her up to the Internet, she began singing along with the radio.
~Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound.
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making a way through the crowd~
Soon she was hooked up to the Internet and then she clicked on her email.
~And I need you. And I miss you.
And now I wonder...~
To her horror...the inbox was empty. Mimi clicked on it again, thinking it might have been some kind of mistake. But once again, she was disappointed. No emails from Matt.
"That's not fair!" She whined out loud, even above the radio. Matt hadn't sent her a letter or called or sent emails. She checked her other email addresses. No, there was nothing there either. Upset, she surfed the net and continued listening to the song, despite how bad she felt.
~ If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by? ~
"Mimi!" It was her mother yelling from downstairs.
"Yes?" A miserable Mimi answered back.
"Get off the Internet please. I have to make an important phone call!"
Mimi sighed. "Yes, Mom." And she got offline, switching the computer off.
~Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...tonight~
So she went back to her bed and grabbed a pink teddy bear. Matt had to call her! He made a promise and he wouldn't back away from it. He couldn't!
"What are you doing, Matt?" She asked out loud. Looking at her teddy bear, she sighed. "I need a decision from you tonight! I need a yes or a no and I need it soon!"
And she began singing again.
~It's always times like these when I think of you
And I wonder if you ever think of me.
Everything's so wrong and I don't belong
Living in your precious memory~
"Okay, Mimi, I'm off! You can go online again!" Her mother yelled back. Mimi, however, did not feel like going back online. She would still find that empty inbox there and that would hurt.
"Thanks, Mom!" She yelled back. "But I'm not going online now!"
~Cause I'll need you and I'll miss you.
And now I wonder...~
Mimi now took out all the letters she'd received from her friends over the past few years: thirty came from Matt, twenty-three from Sora, twenty from Kari, nineteen from Joe, fifteen from TK, eleven from Izzy (who was more apt to sending emails than writing letters obviously), six from Tai (who wasn't the type of guy to write a lot of letters), and even a few from the new Digidestined: five from Yolei, three from Cody, two from Ken, and one from Davis (another person who didn't like writing lots of letters). She read them over and over again, laughing and crying the whole way through. But Matt's letters were the most special. They were long and filled with interesting things that happened, like how his father almost ran over an old lady or how Davis' latest attempts to woo Kari failed miserably. Most importantly, he wrote about how much he missed having her around.
"It's frustrating." One of his letters read. "I hate seeing these guys in school walk around with their girls and here I am, being chased around town by Jun Motomiya and all these crazy fans! I miss you, Mimi. Believe me."
"I believe you." Mimi murmured out loud, looking through that letter again. He was right, the distance between them was too much to bear sometimes.
~If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...tonight!~
The letters she got from her friends pretty much said the same thing with occasional big news. How Sora won the school tennis tournament in both, singles and doubles. How Ken's soccer team creamed Davis'...again. How Joe did really well on his exams. How TK was becoming a good basketball player. How Yolei worshiped Mimi and the ground she walked on. Things like that excited Mimi once in a while. She loved hearing from her friends but hearing from Matt was better.
However, the letters only reminded her of the fact that Matt hadn't emailed or called. Mimi sulked on the bed, grabbing the pink teddy bear again and shoving the letters under her pillow.
~I...I...don't want to let you know
I...I...don't want to live in your memory
I...I...don't want to let this go
I...I...don't~
"Ring...come on, ring." Now Mimi was begging the pink phone.
~Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound.
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making a way through the crowd~
And then, it rang. Mimi almost fell off her bed but managed to keep herself from hitting the ground. She raced over to the phone and picked it up.
"Hello?" She crossed her fingers.
"Hey there!" A familiar voice piped up, causing Mimi to squeal into the receiver. "Ah! What was that for?"
"Sorry!" Mimi blushed, knowing that Matt couldn't see her. "I'm just so excited to hear from you! I was starting to think you weren't going to call me!"
"Me not call you? No way! I have to hear the voice of my special girl sometimes." Matt said. Mimi almost melted like chocolate in the sun.
~I still need you. I still miss you.
And now I wonder...~
"Listen, I'm sorry I took so long to call." Matt sighed. "Band practice was longer than usual. Then TK needed some dating advice..."
"Dating advice?! Who is he going out with?"
"I can't tell you. I'm sworn to secrecy." Matt said. Mimi giggled, having a good feeling who the girl that TK was going out with was. Matt continued talking.
"After I took care of TK's problem, my dad..." Mimi burst out laughing. "What?! Yeah, I admit my dad isn't the most sane person on the planet. Today, he accidentally washed his red underwear with all the whites. Needless to say, everything that used to be white isn't anymore."
"I don't see what's wrong with pink." Mimi pouted.
"Whatever. Anyway, what was it that you wanted to ask me?"
~If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass us by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I can just see you...~
"You already forgot? I wanted to know if you'll come visit me next week."
"No, I didn't forget. I thought a lot about it, Mimi. I have to take into consideration a lot of things. TK is going on dates and my dad...you know how hopeless he is. Not to mention, my band and a few things at school that have to be taken care of."
"Oh." Mimi was disappointed. Of course, family and school were important. They always came first. "That's fine, Matt. Maybe we can try next time you have a vacation, like in December..."
~Oh, if I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...~
"Whoa! I didn't say yes or no yet!" Matt stopped her.
"Well, you've made it clear. You can't come..."
"I *can* come!" Matt blurted out. "I took care of everything! I want to come and I'm going to!"
"You...you are?" Mimi's words were caught up in her throat.
"Yes! I miss you, Mimi! I missed you very much and I want to see you again!"
"Oh..." Mimi finally spoke up. "I...I missed you too."
"So I guess I'll see you Monday?"
"Um...yes!" Mimi felt her heart flutter like a butterfly. "Yeah, I'll see you!"
~If I could just hold you...~
"Matt!" They could hear Mr. Ishida yell. "Help me! Now my undershirt is green!"
Matt sighed. "Coming, Dad. Mimi, I gotta go! I'll never understand my father."
Mimi giggled. "It's okay. Take care, Matt. I love you."
"Love you too. See you later."
Mimi hung up the phone happily. The radio was playing some other songs now but she didn't mind. She finally heard from Matt and got the answer she wanted. She would see him soon.
"Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles." She began to sing. "If I could just...see...you..."
~Tonight~
(Well, I'm done! Finally, another story is finished! It's been awhile since I wrote anything for Digimon so cut me some slack please. I'll get to the next batch of requests soon. Once again, ask for a couple I have or haven't written about yet. I'll try and do it if five or more people ask for it. Thanks, bye bye. I'm off to go watch Weiß Kruez (another anime)episode 6: Fraulein and eat butter pecan ice cream 'til midnight. Later!)
By Carter Tachikawa
(At last, Fanfiction. Net is working! Okay, while it was down, I was looking over the reviews and I saw that many of you have asked for a second Mimato. Well, you are going to get your wish. I also know that some of you want a Season 3 fanfic. The truth is, I haven't seen much of Season 3 but I will try my best to do a fic soon for this collection. Anyway, this is MIMATO # 2! I DON'T OWN DIGIMON! I also don't own Vanessa Carlton's song "A Thousand Miles". (For those of you who liked "A Thousand Miles", I'm sure you'll like "Ordinary Day" too. That's her new song being played on the radio) Anyway, on to the fic! I hope you enjoy it. I'm usually better at writing Mimatos with many chapters than just one story straight down (i.e. "Number 1 Fan" and "Handsome and the Hag") Oh well, let's see how this goes.)
BTW, a "~" before and after a sentence means it's part of the song.
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Sitting on top of her pink and white bed, hugging her knees and staring at the pink phone on her drawer, Mimi Tachikawa was waiting for the call. It sat there silently as if it was mocking her. It had been silent ever since this morning.
"Ring, you stupid phone!" She grumbled. Grabbing a laced pink pillow, she began squeezing it to relieve some anxiety. "Ring already! He promised he'd call!"
She was referring to her boyfriend, Yamato Ishida, who was back in Japan. It had been a long time since the two of them had been together but they stayed in touch through letters, phone calls, and emails. She and Matt started dating not too long ago, well after their adventures in the Digital World. Mimi thought that he was too cold and overprotective when she first met him, the two of them not hitting off right away. But as the adventures progressed, she started to like him more and before she knew it, they were a couple. Matt's heart broke when he found out his girlfriend was moving to New York but he promised to always keep in touch. That is, until now...
"Where...are...you?" Mimi threw the pillow against her door and watched as it fell to the pale pink carpet with a soft thud. Matt was not the type of boy who backed out on promises. He said he would call and that was that. Mimi never doubted him. Instead, she tried to think of reasons why he wasn't calling.
"Maybe he had a lot to do today." She told herself. "Yeah, with band practice and helping TK out with the other kids, he has his hands full. Maybe he wasn't supposed to call right now."
Yet it wasn't enough to relieve her stress. Maybe he had sent her an email. Yes, that was a possibility. Matt sent an email everyday and she hadn't checked her mailbox. Now would be a good time to do that. Getting off of the bed and walking over to her desk, where the desktop computer was set up. In addition to turning on the computer, she also turned on the stereo.
"All right, people!" The DJ was saying. "I'm sure we've all heard Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" , which is a great song! I hear it like everywhere I go now. Anyway, I've got several requests for it."
The intro, which was played on the piano, started playing.
"Remember if you have a request, give us a call and I'll play it for you." (Hint to my readers: If you want something I have or haven't done yet, please request)
Mimi bit her lip, waiting for the computer screen to come on. "A Thousand Miles" was one of her favorite English songs because of the melody played on the piano and also because it reminded her of Matt. She missed him terribly and whenever she was sad, she started humming the tune or playing the Vanessa Carlton CD "Be Not Nobody", which she got for Christmas. It always made her feel better.
"I know he emailed me! He had too!" Mimi exclaimed to herself, half-excited and half-worried. "It'll be so good to hear from him!"
Clicking on the icon that hooked her up to the Internet, she began singing along with the radio.
~Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound.
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making a way through the crowd~
Soon she was hooked up to the Internet and then she clicked on her email.
~And I need you. And I miss you.
And now I wonder...~
To her horror...the inbox was empty. Mimi clicked on it again, thinking it might have been some kind of mistake. But once again, she was disappointed. No emails from Matt.
"That's not fair!" She whined out loud, even above the radio. Matt hadn't sent her a letter or called or sent emails. She checked her other email addresses. No, there was nothing there either. Upset, she surfed the net and continued listening to the song, despite how bad she felt.
~ If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by? ~
"Mimi!" It was her mother yelling from downstairs.
"Yes?" A miserable Mimi answered back.
"Get off the Internet please. I have to make an important phone call!"
Mimi sighed. "Yes, Mom." And she got offline, switching the computer off.
~Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...tonight~
So she went back to her bed and grabbed a pink teddy bear. Matt had to call her! He made a promise and he wouldn't back away from it. He couldn't!
"What are you doing, Matt?" She asked out loud. Looking at her teddy bear, she sighed. "I need a decision from you tonight! I need a yes or a no and I need it soon!"
And she began singing again.
~It's always times like these when I think of you
And I wonder if you ever think of me.
Everything's so wrong and I don't belong
Living in your precious memory~
"Okay, Mimi, I'm off! You can go online again!" Her mother yelled back. Mimi, however, did not feel like going back online. She would still find that empty inbox there and that would hurt.
"Thanks, Mom!" She yelled back. "But I'm not going online now!"
~Cause I'll need you and I'll miss you.
And now I wonder...~
Mimi now took out all the letters she'd received from her friends over the past few years: thirty came from Matt, twenty-three from Sora, twenty from Kari, nineteen from Joe, fifteen from TK, eleven from Izzy (who was more apt to sending emails than writing letters obviously), six from Tai (who wasn't the type of guy to write a lot of letters), and even a few from the new Digidestined: five from Yolei, three from Cody, two from Ken, and one from Davis (another person who didn't like writing lots of letters). She read them over and over again, laughing and crying the whole way through. But Matt's letters were the most special. They were long and filled with interesting things that happened, like how his father almost ran over an old lady or how Davis' latest attempts to woo Kari failed miserably. Most importantly, he wrote about how much he missed having her around.
"It's frustrating." One of his letters read. "I hate seeing these guys in school walk around with their girls and here I am, being chased around town by Jun Motomiya and all these crazy fans! I miss you, Mimi. Believe me."
"I believe you." Mimi murmured out loud, looking through that letter again. He was right, the distance between them was too much to bear sometimes.
~If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...tonight!~
The letters she got from her friends pretty much said the same thing with occasional big news. How Sora won the school tennis tournament in both, singles and doubles. How Ken's soccer team creamed Davis'...again. How Joe did really well on his exams. How TK was becoming a good basketball player. How Yolei worshiped Mimi and the ground she walked on. Things like that excited Mimi once in a while. She loved hearing from her friends but hearing from Matt was better.
However, the letters only reminded her of the fact that Matt hadn't emailed or called. Mimi sulked on the bed, grabbing the pink teddy bear again and shoving the letters under her pillow.
~I...I...don't want to let you know
I...I...don't want to live in your memory
I...I...don't want to let this go
I...I...don't~
"Ring...come on, ring." Now Mimi was begging the pink phone.
~Making my way downtown, walking fast
Faces pass and I'm homebound.
Staring blankly ahead, just making my way
Making a way through the crowd~
And then, it rang. Mimi almost fell off her bed but managed to keep herself from hitting the ground. She raced over to the phone and picked it up.
"Hello?" She crossed her fingers.
"Hey there!" A familiar voice piped up, causing Mimi to squeal into the receiver. "Ah! What was that for?"
"Sorry!" Mimi blushed, knowing that Matt couldn't see her. "I'm just so excited to hear from you! I was starting to think you weren't going to call me!"
"Me not call you? No way! I have to hear the voice of my special girl sometimes." Matt said. Mimi almost melted like chocolate in the sun.
~I still need you. I still miss you.
And now I wonder...~
"Listen, I'm sorry I took so long to call." Matt sighed. "Band practice was longer than usual. Then TK needed some dating advice..."
"Dating advice?! Who is he going out with?"
"I can't tell you. I'm sworn to secrecy." Matt said. Mimi giggled, having a good feeling who the girl that TK was going out with was. Matt continued talking.
"After I took care of TK's problem, my dad..." Mimi burst out laughing. "What?! Yeah, I admit my dad isn't the most sane person on the planet. Today, he accidentally washed his red underwear with all the whites. Needless to say, everything that used to be white isn't anymore."
"I don't see what's wrong with pink." Mimi pouted.
"Whatever. Anyway, what was it that you wanted to ask me?"
~If I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass us by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I can just see you...~
"You already forgot? I wanted to know if you'll come visit me next week."
"No, I didn't forget. I thought a lot about it, Mimi. I have to take into consideration a lot of things. TK is going on dates and my dad...you know how hopeless he is. Not to mention, my band and a few things at school that have to be taken care of."
"Oh." Mimi was disappointed. Of course, family and school were important. They always came first. "That's fine, Matt. Maybe we can try next time you have a vacation, like in December..."
~Oh, if I could fall into the sky
Do you think time would pass me by?
Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles
If I could just see you...~
"Whoa! I didn't say yes or no yet!" Matt stopped her.
"Well, you've made it clear. You can't come..."
"I *can* come!" Matt blurted out. "I took care of everything! I want to come and I'm going to!"
"You...you are?" Mimi's words were caught up in her throat.
"Yes! I miss you, Mimi! I missed you very much and I want to see you again!"
"Oh..." Mimi finally spoke up. "I...I missed you too."
"So I guess I'll see you Monday?"
"Um...yes!" Mimi felt her heart flutter like a butterfly. "Yeah, I'll see you!"
~If I could just hold you...~
"Matt!" They could hear Mr. Ishida yell. "Help me! Now my undershirt is green!"
Matt sighed. "Coming, Dad. Mimi, I gotta go! I'll never understand my father."
Mimi giggled. "It's okay. Take care, Matt. I love you."
"Love you too. See you later."
Mimi hung up the phone happily. The radio was playing some other songs now but she didn't mind. She finally heard from Matt and got the answer she wanted. She would see him soon.
"Cause you know I'd walk a thousand miles." She began to sing. "If I could just...see...you..."
~Tonight~
(Well, I'm done! Finally, another story is finished! It's been awhile since I wrote anything for Digimon so cut me some slack please. I'll get to the next batch of requests soon. Once again, ask for a couple I have or haven't written about yet. I'll try and do it if five or more people ask for it. Thanks, bye bye. I'm off to go watch Weiß Kruez (another anime)episode 6: Fraulein and eat butter pecan ice cream 'til midnight. Later!)