Filling the Space
By: nightmaiden
AN: The last chapter! THE LAST CHAPTER!! Whew I'm really tired. Sorry, writer's block got to me again and plus something was wrong with my computer, so I couldn't update. Very sorry. Anyway, there are a few stuff I would like to say. First of all, I would like to say thank you to all the readers who read and reviewed me. Or maybe those who read and don't review. I understand. I do that sometimes, which I have to start reviewing to build encouragement to those other writers. And thank you those who couldn't wait for more chapters ^_^ You know who you are. Thank you for reading my ever first fic. Enjoy the last chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. Liana, William, and Mina Blye are still mine, the last time I checked.
Chapter 10
Broken
"MIMI!"
Mimi's legs gave under her as the car hit into her. Her body smashed into the windshield and rolled roughly onto the street. Her still body stopped a few yards from the car. The driver stood still, frighten as Matt ran to Mimi's unconscious body. The rain pounded over Matt's shaking body as he hovered over Mimi's limp body.
"MIMI! Oh god! Please wake up!" Mist grew around his blue eyes.
The driver stepped out, "Is she okay, man?"
Matt gazed to the man sharply, "Call 911, you fucking idiot!"
The driver stepped back in shock and shakily nodded his head. He went back to his car and grabbed his cell phone. The ambulance truck came around a corner. The truck stopped and the back doors slammed open. People in uniform came and gathered Mimi into the truck. Matt stepped into the truck with Mimi. The staff in the truck worked around Mimi. They informed Matt that she was still alive, but they had to go to the hospital quickly. Matt held her hand tightly all the way to the hospital. The staff said a lot of confusing stuff, which Matt didn't understand. He thought something was wrong with Mimi. He tried asking, but they ignored him and continued working. The truck stopped and the door snapped open, the hospital staff rushed in and pulled Mimi's to the ER. Matt ran after her, but a lady stopped him.
"Wait kid, fill this out for that young lady you came with." She motioned Matt to take a sit with papers in hand.
Matt didn't want to cause any trouble so he obeyed and started to fill in the blanks. He tried to answer as much he could about Mimi. The waiting room was filled with people. Some were sick, some were waiting to be called upon of, and some were waiting for their sick loved ones to feel all better. The hospital smelled of plastic and it annoyed Matt. Everything from walls to pens were white, which gave Matt an headache. Matt was a bit scared to be in a hospital. Anything could happen in a hospital and Matt didn't want to know what will happen.
"Where is she?"
Minutes passed when T.K. came running through the doors with Kari, Tai, and Sora behind him.
"Where is she?" He asked again. He really cared for Mimi. She was like an older sister to him and he wasn't going to lose her now.
Matt blocked T.K. from going farther. The older blonde had little trouble to sit his younger brother, who was about his size and weight due to the basketball practice and game exercises. T.K. looked up to the older brother waiting for him to talk. Matt was silence.
"Matt, if you don't tell me, I'm going to ask Mimi to tell me." T.K. stood up and passed Matt.
Matt dropped his hands, "You can't. She got hit by a car!"
T.K. stopped in his tracks, "…what?"
The others listened to Matt.
"I met her at the park and we talked for a little. Then she didn't want to talk in the park, I didn't understand why. I tried to talk to her. Next thing I know it, we were cursing each other off, she left, and got hit by a…a car."
T.K. looked down, "Where are Mimi's parents?"
"They're with her. Families first."
Suddenly someone grabbed Matt by the collar and roughly turned him around. A fist punched Matt in the face. He stepped back. A few gasps were heard. Matt touched his nose, looked down, and found blood on his hand. William stood in front of Matt.
"What did you do to Mimi?" William shouted.
"Nothing. We were at the park." Matt shouted back
"If anything happens to her…" William, again, grabbed Matt's collar.
Matt pushed William's hand from his collar and glared at him straight in the eye. A girl, his new girlfriend, pulled William away and sat farther from the others. They kept staring until William broken contact. Matt sat down and brought his face in his hands. Sora rubbed his back in comfort. The others watched sadly, waiting for their turn to see Mimi. For what felt like hours and the rest of the digidestineds came including Liana, Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa came out. Mrs. Tachikawa had tears running down her face while Mr. Tachikawa had an arm around the crying parent. The two stepped up to the group friends of Mimi. Mrs. Tachikawa sat down and Kari rubbed her back in comfort. Mr. Tachikawa faced the others.
"She's feel…but her legs are no use to her anymore." Tears appear around the father, but tried to blink them away.
The others were silence. They didn't know what to say. They couldn't believe this was happening to Mimi.
"But she'll walk again, right." Davis asked.
The Mimi's father stood silence.
"With practice and patience, she will." Ms. Blye walked up to the group.
"How do you know that?"
"Because the same thing happened to me." She answered and sat down.
No one questioned her any farther.
"What? You got hit by a car too?" Davis asked suddenly.
Everyone sweatdropped.
"Davis, shut up!" Yolie yelled.
"What?"
She rolled her eyes and pulled Davis out of the waiting room.
"You have to excuse him." Ken said.
Blye nodded.
Then Mr. Tachikawa spoke up, "My wife and I will stay here over night."
"Wait a minute, you said you had a interview tomorrow."
"That's not essential right now. I don't care." Mimi's father claimed.
"Wait, Mr. Tachikawa," Tai stood up. "We'll watch over Mimi. Go to that interview, don't worry about Mimi. We'll take care of her."
Mr. Tachikawa looked over the group. Mimi had gained really good friends by her side. He smiled.
"Thank you." He and his wife took their leave.
The others, but Matt went to see Mimi. He wanted to talk to her alone.
"Matt?"
Matt turned and found Liana.
"We're done. You wanted to talk to her, right?"
Matt nodded. Liana smiled. Matt entered the room and saw Mimi lying on the white bed. Her eyes were cast down from the door. Matt slowly walked to the bed without Mimi casting her eyes to him. Her light chestnut colored hair flow down over her shoulders and onto the light blue pillow her back laid on. Her skin was back to its' normal color. Mimi slowly turned her head to face the blonde. Her hazel eyes glowed with bright wonder, causing Matt to keep staring at her beauty. Her face was straight and gloomy.
"Hey." Mimi cleared her throat.
"Hey." Matt whispered, coming closer to the bed.
Mimi shifted uncomfortably as Matt digged his hands into his pockets. Mimi linked her fingers and waited for the silence to break. Matt took his hand out and rustled his hair wondering what to say.
"I…I…I just wanted to see if you were doing good. You know…"
"I'm good."
"That's good, well not really good. I've heard what happened. I'm sorry, Mimi."
"It's not your fault."
"No, it's my fault. I should have stopped you."
"Well you didn't know this was going to happen. I had a déjà vu feeling. I…"
"Wanna talk about it?"
Mimi shook her head, "No, I'm tired."
"Oh, okay. Then I'll see you later." Matt turned to leave.
"Matt?"
Matt turned, "Yeah?"
"Thanks."
Matt shyly smiled, then left the room. He came into the waiting room and found everyone gone except the seven digidestinds, talking among each other.
"Hey. We were just talking about who should sleep over here and keep Mimi company." Izzy informed Matt.
"I'll do it first." He volunteered.
"No, I'll do it first. You go home and rest." Tai said.
Matt stopped himself from disagreeing with the former leader. Tai walked passed Matt, a hand on his shoulder. Matt glanced at Tai. Tai smiled and entered Mimi's room.
~o~
The air smelled of clean bed blankets. The sound of beeps came every two seconds, which kept Mimi from sleeping, but she kept her eyes shut. Wind blew along the window to the small room, giving Mimi to breath in the fresh air than the annoy clean unscented surrounding of the room. The odor of fresh cut flowers gave the room a flora grace. Mimi knew the room too long. The darkness broke as Mimi opened her eyes to the bright room. Turning, Mimi discovered Tai, lying his head on the bed. And Sora sitting near the window with her head staring up the ceiling from sleep. Mimi lifted herself up from her lying position to a sitting position. Tai snored and Sora stirred, but kept sleeping. Mimi smiled as drool lingered down Tai's mouth. She guided her hair and started to tickle Tai's nose.
"No, but Mimi's important to me." Tai's weary voice said in his sleep.
'What?' Mimi thought. She waited for the teen to continue. But Tai kept silence. Mimi rose an eyebrow, then she tickled Tai's nose again.
Tai waved away the hair, "No, I…her…I…lov-"
Mimi leaned closer to the brown hair, listening carefully. Then suddenly Tai smiled.
Mimi was surprised, "Tai, you're awake!" She hit him on the shoulder.
Tai opened his eyes and laughed, "Hahaha! Shit, I should have seen you're face. It would have been hilarious! Hahaha!"
"Very funny, Tai" Mimi crossed her arms over her chest.
"What, You wanted to hear more?" Tai bounced his eyebrows, smiling.
"No."
"You hungry?" Tai asked.
"Starving."
Tai smiled and took out a pizza box from under his chair. Three slices were removed from the whole. Mimi took a slice and ate with Tai, as he too took a slice.
"Anything new going on?" Mimi asked between bites.
"Hmm…not really. Classes' almost over."
Mimi nodded.
"Do you miss America?
"Well yeah. But I love it here still."
"Morning you guys."
Sora sleepily pulled her chair next to Tai. She took a slice of pizza.
"Anything new while I was sleeping?" She asked.
"Tai wants me." Mimi threw a sexy glance to Tai.
"Oh really?" Sora glared at Tai.
Tai looked from Mimi to Sora in panic, "No, no…it was just a joke. Sora, sweetie?"
But Sora looked away. Tai leaned in to see Sora's face. Then the two girls started laughing.
"Got cha!"
"…wha?…wha?"
"Is there any drinks?" Sora asked, changing the subject and leaving Tai bewildered.
Shaking his head, Tai reached under his chair and brought out the drinks. Mimi and Sora took one. After eating and talking, Tai had to use the restroom, which left the girls alone. The two looked at each other.
"So, how are you doing?" Sora asked.
"Good, but I my head hurts a little."
"No, I mean about you and Matt."
Mimi panicked, "What about me and Matt?"
"Don't hide from me, Mimi Tachikawa. I know what's going on. And I know about the close call kiss and the rain kiss."
"How did-"
"Please, back at the digiworld, I hid from you guys for awhile and I mastered that skill."
"Spy?"
"Another way of saying, yes."
"It was a mistake."
"Oh yeah a mistake…Mimi, at the second kiss it wasn't a mistake. You care for Matt and I know he does the same."
"But…what?"
"Mimi, he cares for you. He cared for you since we left the digital world."
"But at that time, he was with Liana. He said it was a mistake."
"Yeah he said, but how did you feel?"
Mimi was silent.
"Whoa, remind me not to go to that restroom. An old lady came into the men's restroom and she was hitting on me. Good thing I was just washing my hands when she came in." Tai came back and took a seat next to Sora.
He kissed Sora on the cheek, "So, what were you girls talking about?"
"Girl talk." Sora smiled.
~o~
"Wait, how does it go again?"
"Here, give me the pencil. Look, see this number? Put it here then divide it to this number and put it down then-"
"Could you just do my homework, sweet Izzy?" Mimi eyed the red head innocently.
"No."
"Fine, give me the pencil."
"Do you get it?"
"Of course I do, I was just trying to make you do my homework."
Izzy sign as he too got back to his work. Two weeks passed since the Mimi arrived to the hospital. It was close for Mimi to practice to walk. It was a Saturday and Izzy had this day to keep Mimi company. Joe came into the room. Mimi and Izzy put away their homework and waited for Joe to take a seat by Mimi's bed.
"Hopefully no one noticed." Joe's heavy jacket made him look bigger in the stomach. He unzipped his jacket and brought out McDonalds bags to Mimi's bed. They passed out the food and ate secretly before the hospital staff caught them. The hospital food tasted of cardboard paper. The water tasted like dry tap water, which left Mimi not drinking water for a week and told her friends to bring fresh water much dismay to the hospital staff.
"Jeez, I got hit by a car. I don't have a disease." Mimi took a bite from her cheeseburger.
Then suddenly there was knock on the door. The others panicked and quickly tried to hide all the food, but only failed by dropping the box of fries on the bed and the tile floor. With the food in the bag, Joe and Izzy in haste stuffed the bags under their shirts while Mimi couldn't control her giggles. Joe and Izzy laughed along with Mimi. The visitor came out to be William. Flowers were in his hands. Mimi stopped laughing. Joe and Izzy stopped as well. Clearing their throats, Joe and Izzy kissed Mimi on the cheek and said their good-byes and were see her later. William nodded to the two teens as they took their leave. He closed the door and walked to Mimi's side. Taking a seat, William handed Mimi the flowers.
"I see that somebody already brought you flowers." William pointed to the vase of flowers next to her bed.
"Tai and Sora brought them."
"Oh."
Silence.
"Are you okay?" William asked.
"Yeah."
"Good." He held Mimi's hand in his. "Mimi, I'm so sorry."
"Why?"
"All of this. Everything that had happened."
"No William, please don't blame yourself."
"Mimi, you are an amazing girl. I wish that we could have been together, but I couldn't take you away from someone who loves you and you to him."
"What are you talking about?"
William smiled, "The reason I left you was because you had your eyes to someone else. And I understand that now. I'm sorry if I let my rage take over."
"I understand."
"You know who I'm talking about, right?" William asked.
Mimi blushed and nodded.
"Tell him how you feel."
"I…I will."
William smiled and kissed her hand, "Good. We're still friends, right?"
"Of course."
~o~
Matt stopped by Sora's mom's shop and bought flowers before he drove to the hospital. He came in Mimi's room and found T.K. and Mimi playing poker. They glanced at Matt's entrance. T.K. gave him a one-minute sign and Mimi smiled. Matt pulled a seat and watched their game. They had jellybeans as chips. The two put down cards and picked some more before Mimi spoke up.
"What do you have?"
T.K. rose an eyebrow, "What do you have?"
"Straight flush."
"What? Damn…" T.K. smiled as he threw his full house cards to the bed.
Mimi giggled as she moved all the jellybeans to her. T.K. gave her puppy eyes. She smiled and gave some jellybeans to him. The two turned to Matt and smiled.
Matt raised an eyebrow, "What?"
Mimi motioned to T.K., "He's my sex slave."
"What!?" Matt fell to the ground.
"Jeez Matt, I thought at that first joke, you would get it by now." T.K. laughed, referring to the joke about T.K. and Mimi going out.
A vein popped, "Beat it!"
"Oh, look at the time. Gotta pick up Kari and head to the movies." T.K. smiled and started laughing as he exited the room.
"Sorry Matt, but you're so fun because you give the most funny expressions." Mimi smiled.
"I see." Matt pulled the seat closer to Mimi's bed. "So, how are you doing?"
"Good. It's really nice of you guys to keep me company."
"I'm glad. Hmm…here's some homework and notes I got for you." Matt pulled papers from his pocket and handed them to Mimi.
"Thanks. I'm also glad Mina's keeping me in the classes even though I'm not going."
"Yeah."
"Could you help me up?" Mimi asked as she held her hands to Matt.
"Sure." He grabbed her hands and helped her out of bed to a sitting position.
"Thanks."
Matt looked at Mimi, "Mimi?"
"Yeah?"
"You know I would do anything for you, right?"
"Yeah."
"You know how much I care for you, right?"
Mimi widen her eyes, "Matt, I don't understand."
Silence.
"Mimi, I just want to say something to you before someone else new does."
Mimi waited. Hoping to hear what she waited for a long time.
"…I…I love you."
Hearing this, Mimi's eyes started to mist. Between her tears, Mimi choked a laughed and hugged him to her, "I love you too, Matt."
Matt smiled as he gathered her in his arms. He brought himself face to face with her. He laid his forehead against hers.
"I'm so sorry for putting you through this." Matt said.
"What, the accident?"
"No, since you came back home. First it was Liana, then William. I should have waiting for you."
"No Matt, please don't blame yourself. Whatever happened, happened. We just needed time."
Matt closed his eyes and pulled Mimi into another hug.
"Have you started walking?" Matt changed the subject.
"Not really." Mimi gave a sheepish smile.
"What do you mean?"
"I didn't want to walk yet or let everyone help me."
"Huh? Why not?" Matt kneeled down on his knees, looking up at Mimi's face.
Mimi blushed, "Because…" She drove her eyes to her knees. "I wanted you to be the first to help me."
Matt slowly smiled, then kissed her softly on the lips, "I would be honored." Standing up straight, Matt gave his hands to Mimi to hold.
She smiled and grabbed hold of Matt. He slowly and gently lifted Mimi to her feet. Wrapping one arm around Mimi's waist, Matt guided her out the door to the hall. Pulling her legs from one step to another, Mimi stayed focus on her feet as Matt kissed her head and led her anywhere she wished.
"I had a lot to think about. About us." Matt smiled, "I bet you had a lot to think about too."
"Not really thinking…I guess you can say that I was just filling the space between us."
The End…
I hope that was a great ending for you all. It was to me. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I enjoyed writing it. I was thinking of making a sequel, but I want to make a few other stories before that. Please tell me how you liked this story for the final review. That would be great. A sequel might come…Thank you all for reading my story. From beginning to end.