Welkin
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, if I did, my name would be Akiyoshi Hongo.

Author's Note: I hope you didn't get a bad impression from the first chapter. It was just my start-up to get something going on. If you want to read any of my incompleted Mimato stories, you can go check them at []. If you would like any of the fics there to be posted on ff.net, just e-mail me [sakuramimato@chiaga-ru.net] and I'll upload it! :)

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Chapter 02

CLASSES had ended and Mimi was slowly walking through the empty school grounds looking for her dormitory. She entered one of the larger buildings and took an elevator up to the twelfth floor. After pacing around rather confused at the other dorm rooms' numbers, she finally found dorm 112K. She took out the key that the office had given her earlier in the morning, and unlocked the door. The room was dim and not a living thing seemed to be in there. She flicked on one set of lights and let out a sigh as she took a seat on the empty bed. An light blonde-haired student was wandering about the halls when he came upon her opened dorm with the door ajar. He pushed the door open and found Mimi unpacking her things from her luggage bag. He knocked twice and caught her attention, "Hello, you must be new. My name's Michael."

She looked up and saw him standing under the door frame. She gave him a smile and replied in a soft voice, "Konnichiwa, Michael-san. I'm Tachikawa Mimi."

"So.. When did you get to Odaiba Academy?" he asked her, she continued her unpacking as she laid out her clothes neatly on the bed.

"Umm, I got here this morning. I came from America, but I will be staying here for the rest of the year." she answered. "I was wondering, is this your dor --"

"Ahem." a voice said loudly behind Michael. Michael moved to the side as the guy stepped forward, glaring at him. "What are you doing at my dorm? And why is the door open?"

"Tachikawa was talking to me. You must be her roommate." he replied solemnly.

The guy walked inside of the dorm and turned on the second set of lights. He had blonde hair and azure eyes and seemed to be a year older than she and Michael. He chuckled softly, "This must be a mistake. I don't remember dorm rooms being co-ed. And..." his eyes grew wide-eyed as he saw who had unpacked all of her belongings. "Mimi?"

Mimi gave a wide smile and exclaimed, "Yamato-kun!"

Michael stood confused under the door frame. He felt some jealousy at the two. "Do you two know each other?"

Matt grunted and changed back to his serious self. "Mimi-chan, how on Earth did you get a dorm with me? And you probably never told any of the others that you were going to the academy and that must be why I never knew that you would be coming here... Argh!"

Mimi shrugged. "I guess if you don't want me as your roommate, I can go ask if there are any extra rooms." a small tear trickled down her face as she began to pack her things up.

"You insolent jerk. I'll teach you for your impudence.." Michael swore silently as he saw the overwhelmed girl that he had fallen for, crumpled on the bed.

Matt felt remorse and a pang of pain. He dropped his head, "No, you don't have to do that. This used to be my own personal dorm, but I guess since you're a close friend, I can let you stay."

She blinked as she wiped her tears away. She nodded as tears of happiness fell down her face. Glancing at the door, she noticed that Michael was still lingering at the door and wondered if he had heard the conversation. "Michael..."

"No problem, Mimi-chan. Sorry if I caused any troubles. You can visit me once in a while. Room 127K." he stated, closing the door and leaving the two together.

Mimi felt the color flush out of her face as she sat petrified on the bed. She sighed and hoped that Matt hadn't noticed her blushing. There was a prolonged silence between the two. Mimi continued unpacking and tried her best to put her clothes into the wardrobes quietly. Matt had his guitar and was strumming some notes on it. Little did she know, Matt had been watching her, out of the corner of his eye. After Mimi had finished packing (and putting her bag under her bed), she was heading for the door when Matt stopped playing and looked up at her,

"Where are you going?" he asked her sternly.

"Umm, I'm going to go to the Student Union (place where they can eat, like a cafe/coffee house)." she replied as she was halfway out the door. "I haven't eaten all day, so I'm going to get a bite to eat over there. Did you want anything?"

"What do you think?" he asked with a bit of annoyance in his tone, he returned back to his guitar. "I don't need anything and I wouldn't want you to waste your money on me when I can get my own food."

Mimi sighed sadly as she locked the door behind her.