-~Cadet Mimi Tachikawa, at Your Service!~-
-Tachikawa IVIimi
-Gomen nasai for the huge cliffhanger~! I'm only starting to getting back into updating my fics so just humor me and be patient still ^__^ Thanks a bunch for the reviews! Oh, and for those who are wondering what exactly Mimi did that got her into Military school…it might be in here ~_^ -
"I'm home!" I called. Throwing off my mittens and pulling down my lavender winter coat, I brushed all the snow flakes out of my hair and walked inside the house. "Momma, papa? Is anyone home?" I had been home for a while now and yet nothing seemed to have changed. It was just four days until Christmas and already I was bursting with excitement! Katie and I had made up and are better friends than ever, my parents haven't really said anything about my erm…'incident' that got me to military school, and the mall's having all these great sales like you wouldn't believe!
Walking into the kitchen, I found this note by the fridge. I grunted, "We're gonna be a bit late, Mimi, be back in a couple of hours. If you're hungry, mom's made a little something for you before dinner." I ventured in there and almost fell back when the aroma of tuna-covered rice covered the room. "Eck! How can she make that stuff? I'd rather starve!"
5:54. Where the heck could my parents be?! How long exactly is a couple of hours, anyway? I dropped my head back down on the living room table and watched whatever I found on the TV. I sighed, a low grumbling coming from my stomach.
"I'm so hungry!" I whimpered and crawled around to my room. I had forgotten how soaked with snow my clothes were, no wonder I was so cold! I groggily changed into a simple, white-turtleneck and dark denim jeans. Sitting on my bed, my eyes wandered around the room and landed onto a picture. It was a picture of my friends that I took right before I left school…I smiled and picked it up, carefully examining each one; Karen, first one who befriended me, no questions asked, while everyone was thinking how much of a pink princess I had seemed. Taichi, fluffy-haired and brownie-eyed, someone I felt so comfortable with and is always so goofy and fun to talk to. Jun, I can't even think of what reason it was that actually made me put her in the picture…weird, but it felt kinda right to have her in there, even though we hate every single-living cell of the other.
I let out a slight sigh and fell back onto my bed as my eyes landed on the one and only, Yamato Ishida. No words can even describe how I feel about—good or bad. Maybe because I don't know him as much as I do the others, even I know Jun than him, which should scare me. This Christmas vacation was suppose to be my once in a lifetime chance to get to know him better, but I guess I should be grateful that I'm home.
"Bah…" I let out a huge cry as my stomach started grumbling again. I stood up, "I have to find something to eat or I'll die!" I quickly ran out of my room and headed towards the door. Throwing my coat back on, I also grabbed my matching toque-like hat and ran out to head for the nearest grocery store.
"Ah, smell that nice winter snow!" Taichi exclaimed, throwing his arms up as he and Karen walked along school grounds.
Shivering, Karen replied, "I don't know how you people can stand this, I'm lucky wearing three coats isn't too much for me to walk with!" she complained.
Taichi laughed, "Oh, K-chan…Ano, have you heard from Tachikawa-san yet?" he timidly asked, digging his hands further into his pockets.
"Iie," she replied. "I have been waiting for her to at least send a letter but none ever came. I did send her a couple of day ago, though, don't worry I'm sure she won't forget to at least call us a Merry Christmas!" she smiled.
"Soya," Taichi sighed. "Man, I never knew the school could seem so quiet just that Mimi's gone, even when Jun was here."
"Hai," Karen said when something, someone caught her eyes and she began waving her arms. "Takenouchi-san!" she grabbed Taichi's arm and began dragging him across the field. "C'mon, I want you to meet a new friend of mine!"
"Mmm…" I revered as I took bites of my rice-ball. Being that I'm in no hurry to get home, I began wandering around the city to find something to busy myself with. Know what else I love about the city during the holidays? The streets are paved with lights and busy people trying to beat the time. I sidled through among the people and stopped in awe as I caught sight of this—outrageous! Dress, sort of like a 'Modern-Cinderella meets me' evening gown. I let out a joyful laugh, one I had been holding in ever since my parents had sent me to that school of hell, I was suddenly caught in those silky threads that I didn't notice the person behind me.
"Well, fancy meeting you here, Cadet, or should it now be Mimi?"
That voice…It sounded so familiar, too familiar. My eyes went wide open and widened even more when I had seen who it was, my heart felt like it stopped and I finally choked out the words, "It's—you!"
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Gomen, I know that was short but I just wanted it out…Mwahaha~! Who is this 'mysterious' stalker? What'll happen in school while Mimi, Matt, and, Jun are away for the holidays? Please review ^^;