Reliable Love: A Sora and Joe Love Story
Chapter Three: Revealing a Secret (Part One)
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Disclaimer: Every day I dream of actually owning a company, but Toai doesn't like me. *sigh* Digimon ain't mine either.
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After a long conversation, our sic heroes finally decided on who would get who to be their tent mate, if that was a word.
Since Matt forgot to bring enough tents, or since Tai was didn't plan this entirely well, Tai and Matt were happily setting their tent alone, Izzy and Joe were setting theirs too, but they seemed to screw up a lot and every now and then one of them would yell at the other, while Sora and Mimi quietly set theirs.
Matt and Tai finished first, since they were happy, and they
both went looking for wood, Sora and Mimi finished and sat on a spot that
happened to be in the center of the three tents, while Izzy and Joe's tent kept
falling apart and the amount of shouting and yelling still hadn't decreased.
Sora sighed; I guess those too became a bit edgy after Izzy got with Mimi.
"Damn it Joe! Hold it tightly!" She could hear Izzy shout at Joe.
"Well if you wouldn't leave the holding to me, we would've been finished by now!" Joe snapped back.
Sora bit her lip; Make that a too edgy… The shouting stopped. Oh, they stopped…
Mimi giggled from beside her and Sora turned around to see what she was giggling about, she followed Mimi's gaze to where Izzy and Joe were trying to set their tent. Sora couldn't help but giggle herself; it was certainly a sight to remember…
Joe was lying in a mess of clothe and hair and Izzy right on top of him. It looked pretty…inappropriate for two people to be in THAT position.
"I never you guys had a thing behind our backs." Sora joked.
Mimi giggled, "Yeah Izzy, I never knew you were cheating on me behind my back."
She bit her lower lip to prevent laughter.
Izzy's face flushed red from embarrassment and Joe's from anger, and quickly, Izzy rolled off Joe and got to his feet then helped Joe up and got a mumbled 'thanks' in return. He shot the two girls an angry glare and then stalked off.
At that time, Matt appeared with a pile of wood in his arms. "What's wrong with Joe?" He asked.
Mimi giggled, "Oh nothing, we were just playing and I think he got mad at me and Sora for a reason."
Izzy looked a bit concerned; Tai came in with a pile of wood in his arms. "Where's Joe?" He asked. They all let out dramatic sighs. "What?"
Izzy shook his head, "I think this is kind of serious, every time Joe stalks off like that he never comes back."
Tai shrugged, "He'll come back; he always does."
Matt shook his head, "Not this time Tai, the way he did it; it looks like we need to send someone after him." He looked at them all but focused on Sora when he said that.
Sora sighed, "All right, I'll go." She did feel guilty for making fun of Joe like that, she didn't really mean it, she just thought it would lighten the mood, he should know that, right?
Without hearing anyone's opinions, she followed the path Joe took. She knew where he went.
Pink bunnies…Sora kept on thinking.
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I knew what Matt was thinking, he wanted me to go after him, and also, he wanted me to get over him. What a bastard, I should've known better than to listen to him, but Joe is a nice guy, the way he looked at me before; I think I'm beginning to see what Mimi called 'Changed'.
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"Hey Joe, wait! Please Joe, wait!" Sora called disparately after Joe, but it seemed that every time he heard her voice, Joe would grow faster and faster until Sora finally gave in and started running as fast as she could to where he was. All that soccer and tennis that she played over the years really paid off since she caught up with Joe, and before she knew it, she jumped on him and they both landed on top of each other.
"Look Joe, just hear me out, ok?" Sora whispered to Joe and then rolled over him. Joe was still angry though, since he just got up, brushed the dirt off his clothes and continued to walk away.
"JOE!" Shrieked Sora, but just as she did so, she regretted it and wanted to take it back so badly.
Joe swung violently and took her by her wrist; he leaned down so their faces were only inches apart. Sora could feel his hot breathe on her cheeks and tried her best not to stare at his rage-filled eyes. "The reason I got mad was childish." He hissed tightening the grip on her wrist; Sora whimpered, closed her eyes, and bit her lower lip. "Look at me Sora! Look at me! I'm sorry I got mad, but Sora I…" He let go of her wrist and fell to his knees. Sora, still biting her lower lip, opened one eyes and, seeing Joe down on his knees looking as if he was crying, she opened the other eye.
"Sora I…I'm really sorry. I'm such a bad person. I guess I should explain my acting like this." He said, still not looking at her. "I still have problems showing my real feelings, it either ends in hurting others or hurting the person I love the most." His glasses slid off and fell to the ground, he didn't bother picking it up as tears streamed down his eyes. "I hurt Mimi and now she's with Izzy, then I…hurt you." His voices softened as he said the last sentence, but still, he hung his head in shame.
With out even knowing what she was doing, Sora leaned over to Joe, lifted his head with hand, and smiled. "You didn't hurt me Joe; all you did was hurt yourself." She leaned closer to his face and placed her lips on his.
Joe, surprised by the sudden interaction of their lips, and hand never really kissed anyone before, though he did practice what to do. He slid his arms around her waist and pulled Sora closer to him and deepened the kiss. Sora, responding to what Joe was doing, wrapped her arms around his neck and parted Joe's lips gently with her tongue exploring its depths and playing along with him, and Joe responded by doing the same.
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I couldn't believe what I was doing, my mind kept on
screaming let go and pull back, but my heart told me to stay and enjoy it.
I don't know why I did it, how I did it, or what made me do it. Was it
sympathy? Love? Attraction? I have no idea, but I did it. I finally got my
first kiss…and I was his first kiss.
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The two broke the kiss after several second to catch their breaths.
"Wow…" whispered Joe, "I had never guessed my first kiss would be so wonderful." He got to his feet and helped Sora up, one arm still around her waist; he smiled and stared into her eyes.
Sora almost melted as Joe smiled, he had grown to be handsome over the years, maybe a bit too handsome for his own good, and his glasses just added the final touch to his looks.
"Err…neither did I." Sora said, trying to keep her voice steady as her heart started to beat faster.
"Hey Sora, Joe; I- Ooooh…." Izzy called out and blinked a few times when he saw the two holding each other. Joe just turned his head to Izzy side, pulled Sora closer to him and blushed. "I-I'll be on my now." Izzy said as he turned away to leave.
Sora giggled, "Wait Izzy, no need to go. What were you saying?" She let go of Joe and he frowned a bit.
Izzy stammered again, "I-I was just going to tell you that…uh…the food is ready."
"Ok." Joe said simply which made Izzy even more nervous. "Ok, I'll be on my now." And with that, Izzy ran off.
Sora turned to Joe, "That wasn't very nice."
"What was?"
"The way you talked to him."
"I only said Ok."
"You're boring me."
"You're sounding like Gomamon."
"I guess I now know how it is to be your partner."
Sora giggled while Joe just raised his eyebrow, she shook her head and took his hand. "Let's go eat, ok?"
And she dragged him to camp ignoring the redness in his cheeks, finally, Joe been able to reveal part of his secret and hopefully, next time would be better. Now he's back to normal.
From the corner of eyes, Joe he spotted pink bunnies jumping around, his eyes widened and he turned his head to look at them, but they were gone.
"Oh Joe, you're back to normal again?" Mimi winked at Joe as she saw him blushing and how he was holding hands with Sora; childish and boyish, but cute.
Sora shrugged, "He only needed someone to talk to; that's all." Sora explained.
Tai nodded his head a few times, "O-kaaaaaay, can we eat now?"
They all nodded.
Sora picked up her bowl and stirred for some time, and then finally looking up
at Matt and Tai she asked, "What's this?"
"…Biyomon soup." Matt answered simply.
Sora's eyes widened
with disgusted and she placed her bowl down, "I don't think I'm hungry anymore.
Good…whatever time it is." She got up and left for the tent she shared with
Mimi.
Matt called after her, "I was kidding!" She ignored him. "Great, there I go
again, screwing things up."
Tai nudged him, Matt nudged back. "I guess you acted picked up some things from me." Tai said grinning. Matt rolled his eyes and continued to eat his soup.
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As I lay down on my sleeping bad staring at the 'roof' of the tent, I let my fingers touch my lips softly and then I thought of Joe, exactly why did I kiss him? I still don't know the answer. Even now, after I did it.
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Author's Note:
Finally, chapter three of Reliable Love! What do you think? I like this chapter^_~ I am waiting for your reviews so I can complete it.
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