Welkin
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)

Disclaimer: *yawn* No one writing this owns Digimon...

Author's Note: Umm, I don't know how long this fic will be. It's going to be like some long soap opera thing. Two days and I'm on chapter 9. (I might be uploading this a little slow, though.) Enjoy. (Also, have you noticed that I've been putting a lot of emphasis on the description about the sky? Welkin, sky.)

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Chapter 09

IT was near five in the morning when Mimi awoke in the same hospital room from which Matt had talked to her in. She sighed and got herself out of bed. She looked at herself and noticed that her clothes were a bit crumpled and wrinkled, but didn't mind at all. The hospital of the hostel seemed rather unnatural to her as she clumsily made her way to the lobby of the hostel. The lights were dimmed and she had trouble adjusting her eyesight to find the elevator. She took the elevator to the 11th floor and slowly walked through the hallway to find room 112K. She entered the unlit room to find Matt sound asleep on his bed. She smiled and walked to the bathroom to splash some water on her face.

"Hn, classes start in two hours. I should get ready." she said to herself. She took a set of her winter school uniform out of the wardrobe and locked the bathroom door behind her. 'I don't know why the winter uniform has to be a skirt. It's only a little bit thicker than the summer uniform, but it's all the same.' she sighed and took a shower.

Matt woke up at 5:37 and noticed that the shower was on. "Mimi must have come back." he yawned and prepared his clothes.

She stepped out of the bathroom and some steam came through behind her. "Ohaiyou, Yamato-kun."

"Good morning. I guess you recuperated at the hospital. Mimi-san, you don't have to wear your school uniform. It's Sunday." he informed her as she blushed.

"Iie, I didn't know that." she turned to her wardrobe and pulled out a white, spaghetti strap dress (dress from DD reunion season 02). She turned to the bathroom. "Sorry, I have to use it again. I'll be out in just a minute."

He nodded and took out his guitar. She came back with her school uniform folded neatly. She took a seat on her bed and put on her white boots from yesterday. She glanced over at Matt who was strumming his guitar quietly. "Sorry about the hold-up. You can use the bathroom now."

The sky outside was much calmer than the day before. She took a breath of clean air when she stepped outside. The balcony and the school grounds were damp with water and small drops of mildew rest on the still grass. The normal shades of pink, blue, and yellow shone through the clouds and she let out a sigh of relief that the rain had passed. The surrounding seemed rather quiet since there weren't any birds around to play their joyous tune. She was absorbed in a sweet reverie as she marveled at the tremendous landscape and sky that had formed into the perfect portrait.

A hand rest on her shoulder, pulling her away from her daydream. She glanced to her left and noticed that Matt was smiling warmly at her with his hand resting upon her shoulder. She blushed slightly.

"Hey, you feeling any better?" he asked her as she stared back out into the horizon.

"Tons. Arigatou, Yamato-kun." she smiled looking into his mysterious, azure eyes. "Thank you for everything, the past few days. I probably wouldn't have been able to fend for myself if you hadn't been there to help me."

"... Hai." he looked away and turned to the dorm room. "I'll see you later on."

She blinked in confusion as she watched him leave her alone in the quiet room. He walked through the empty hallways quietly with his guitar in his hand. When he reached the elecators, he pressed the button for the elevators and left his hand pressing it. He dropped his head as he thought to himself, 'I can't believe I was such a jerk to her. I can't seem to be in the same room with her without feeling so awkward and confused. Why do I feel this way around her?' The loud 'ding' of the elevator broke him free of his thoughts. He stepped into the empty elevator lift and pressed the button to the first floor. 'She must be thinking of me as a coward now. Mimi-chan, forgive me for leaving you like that..'