Welkin
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)

Disclaimer: Digimon isn't owned by me

Author's Note: *sigh* Please take it to your consideration that I am taking all of your reviews very seriously and some are just getting to me, a lot. Please try to move it down one level because I am trying to get this fic so that it suits other people's needs. For your information, I happen to have my own and I only take suggestions from people if asked. If you haven't noticed, I'm trying to write two stories at once and I lead a very busy life, and some rather harsh reviews have been written, so I try to follow it up as best as I can. This will be, by far the longest chapter upon request. Also, from a review from this and my other fic, 'Moonlight', I will make Mimi more 'happy' as you guys have pointed out as one of my worst flaws. This, I suppose, is probably the harshest and most serious A/N that I have written and this doesn't concern the people who have been very nice as to drop uplifting reviews. I thank you for that. *yawn* I'm getting tired, so enjoy the longest chapter and suggestions will be tried onto the fic to the best of my ability.

Since upon request, I will make the fic go faster so as Mimi and Matt shall propose their feelings for each other. It has been pointed out a lot that you guys are just dying for them to say so. *sigh* I will speed this up more and this chapter will most likely be based on speech rather than the descriptive nature and surroundings for which this fanfic was written and mostly based on. I might as well just permanently remove Michael from the fic because annoyance and such, but that would make the fic look bad. Enjoy. - sakuramimato

09302002 - Nani?! It's been a long time since I updated! Gomen nasai! I need a little help. Can someone tell me what AU and OC means?

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Chapter 12

MIMI had been working on some of her homework on a park bench overlooking the lake reflecting the bright blue sky. The temperature seemed to have dropped since she got out of school and her winter uniform wasn't helping with the problem. She shivered slightly and wrapped her scarf around her neck and began tapping her pen on her cheek. 'I think I'm beginning to understand what Miyako was talking about. It's strange. She knows I don't feel for Yamato the way I think she does. But.. How should I know when we've only been putting distance between each other. Yamato seems to be wanting to fill the space between us.'

An icy gust of wind blew past snapping her out of her thought. She shivered once more and put her work away. 'I don't understand any of this. Maybe Yamato and Miyako might know something that I don't?'

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Mimi walked into the dorm room and noticed that Yamato was quietly reading a book on his bed. He was still wearing his school uniform, but his green jacket was hanging from a hanger at the end of his bed. His head moved slightly, but didn't turn her way, when she closed the door behind her. The two didn't talk to each other as they both had been deep in thought (the thinking, was obviously, hurting Mimi's head).

"Konnichi wa." Matt greeted her as he turned a page in his book.

Mimi nodded and felt the color of her cheeks flush. "Hn, have you been here long?"

"No. You've been gone for a while. Where have you been?" he asked her while she put her things away.

"No where, really. Just around the place. Nothing of great importance." she replied. "Was I supposed to be with the group or something?"

Yamato shook his head, went to stand up and put the book away. 'This is strange. Mimi-chan and I act as if we're complete strangers. What's going on?'

The two were walking towards each other (Mimi to her bed, Matt to the door) and the two bumped each other. Her paper that she was going to write had fallen to the ground and they quickly knelt down to get her things. She looked down in embarassment. "Gomen nasai, Yamato-kun."

"Iie, it's not your fault." he replied. Their hands brushed against each other and both or their faces turned a bright pink. They looked away from each other and Mimi picked up the rest of her things.

"Hey, you guys! Are you coming?" a voice spoke from the hall outside their dorm.

Mimi walked to her bed and took a seat looking down at the paper and book. Matt opened the door and found that Tai, Sora, Yolei, Ken, Kari, and TK were at the door. The six's faces were lit up and full of energy. "Are you coming, or not?"

"Where are we going?" Matt asked the group that stood before him in confusion.

"The Union, duh. Take Mimi with you! We're going there early so that the crowds don't come in. They're having a special and if you come with a partner, you get half off of you order!" Yolei exclaimed. "Come and get Mimi, Tai wants to eat as much as he can and won't tolerate lines if you guys stall!"

"You think you guys could've told me earlier?" Yamato asked them with a frown. "I was going to go out somewhere, but I guess I have n6o choice but to tag along with you guys."

"Thanks a lot, Matt. We have twenty minutes before the place gets crowded!" Tai said sternly. "No more appetizers now. Mimi, let's go!"

Mimi had been writing down some sentences to a poor-quality essay that she was writing on Japanese history. She beamed in excitement. "If it beats doing this boring homework, I'm there!"

"Arigatou!"

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Sora put a hand up to her cheek and sweatdropped at the odd scene of her boyfriend ordering everything off of the menu. "To think, getting half off of the food that Tai's going to eat, he's ordering twice as much and is paying the same amount. How is he able to eat all of that without throwing up?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Kari giggled.

Mimi stepped up to the counter and ordered. Yamato stood alongside her.

"Mimi, I didn't know that you and Matt were going out." a familiar voice asked.

She blinked in disbelief to see Michael standing before as he took orders. "Umm.. I...Iie, we aren't going out. What made you think that?"

"You're getting your food for half the price, ne?" he asked her and she nodded. "This thing is for couples."

"Mo ichi-do itle?! (Say that once more)" she gasped leaning forward on the counter. "Nobody ever told me about this! Miyako just said that you should bring a partner and you'd get your food for a smaller amount. She didn't say anything about couples."

"Well, partly couples and couples that are going to the Winter Ball this week." Michael replied. "Miyako bends things and really meant 'couples'. She often does that. I take it that you two are going to the dance together?"

Mimi was wide-eyed. "I'm not going to the dance or dating anyone right now. I.. I'm not really hungry right now."

"What? Mimi, you have to eat something. It's dinner and you can't skip out." Matt replied taking a hold of her hand. "Listen, I'll pay for you and we'll get this over with. Does that sound okay?"

"Yamato-kun. You're too nice. But --" she paused and noticed a gleam in his eyes that she'd never noticed before. "I guess 'no' isn't an option for you, is it?"

She stepped behind him and felt awkward with him getting her food. When Matt went out of line to get to the others, she saw a look of jealousy in Michael's eye and cocked an eye-brow to that as she followed Matt to where the other six sat. Tai had three plates laid out for him and two of them had already been stacked on top of each other as he scarfed down the third plateful of food. Some of the kids were looking at the grotesque scene with expressions of embarassment on their faces.

Tai looked up and began to speak as he ate his food while he talked. "What took you guys so long? We're almost done eating."

Mimi quietly took a seat next to Matt and Sora and felt rather guilty recieving her food from Yamato. "Y-Yamato.. this --"

"Don't worry about it." he replied, cutting her off.

Yolei looked at the two of them blankly. "Are you two okay? You don't seem like yourselves."

"Like anyone has been lately. The Winter Ball is coming up. How can anyone be acting themselves at one of the most important dances this year? This is the Christmas two people share together for the rest of the night." Sora added and noticed that Mimi looked uncomfortable. "Mimi, are you okay?"

Mimi's pleading eyes looked up to her friend and she forced a fake smile. "I'm okay. There's nothing wrong with me. But.. Miyako, why didn't you tell me that this thing was for 'couples'? Please don't tell me that this was another one of your schemes again?"

Yolei's glasses slid down her nose. "What else am I supposed to say? You and Matt are going to the dance, right?"

"Well, just thinking of it, I never really thought of going with anyone." Mimi replied placing her index finger on her cheek. "I really don't know."

The other kids' jaws dropped. TK sat confused. "You aren't going?"

"Ehh. Not really, I never really had the chance to prepare for it. It's on Saturday, I suppose and I don't even have a dress or anything suitable to wear for a dance! I think I'll pass.."

Yolei quickly stood up with fire burning in her eyes. "You have to go, you just have to! This is the first ever dance that you're going to at OA and you can't just miss out! You're going and you'll have to take Matt with you whether you like it or not!"

"Matt, you wouldn't mind going to the dance, would you?" Mimi asked turning her attention away from Yolei to him.

"Naw, I don't mind. I'd rather go there than stay practicing for the band." he replied taking a drink.

"But Matt, I thought you've already had a lot of offers to go to the dance with all of those fans of yours?" Sora asked him a bit confused with the change.

He scoffed, "Those fans are fanatics and they're going all over school asking everyone from my band. I'd rather go to the dance with someone that wouldn't have a heart attack if they went with me."

"Well. I guess that's a good enough answer.." Yolei replied feeling an awkward vibe among the group. Scattered replies of agreement were muttered. "You've got yourself a date, Mimi."

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A/N: Oh, no. This isn't the way that I planned it, but I have to get this fic finished! I need to finish 'Moonlight' (it will be a short story which I will add a pre-quel to it in the future) and I have a great idea for this new Mimato fic that I really want to publish really soon, but I don't have the time to! This chapter was not all that great, in my opinion, but I hope it satisfies you. It's a bit cheesy..

Anyways, I will have this fic finished by Chapter 15 and if I decide to add more, it will be up to Chapter 20, but I highly doubt that. This will fall into a sequel, so you just wait.

Q: What does AU mean?