-Eh ^^ Sorry for the huge cliffy~! And thanks for the reviews!-

"You know Mimi, Takenouchi-san?" Taichi arched a brow and received a slight nudge from Karen. "Nani?"

Karen smiled widely, "Why of course she already met Mimi! No one in this whole campus doesn't know her already," she softly laughed and looked off to another direction. "Hey, I'll see you two later."

"Nani, where are you going?" the girl, Sora, asked.

"Ano…I just have some—stuff! Hai, stuff," Karen laughed nervously. "Yeah…stuff. Well, I'll talk to you guys later!" and before the two could get a word in Karen ran off to some direction. Taichi rocked his heels back and forth and turned to Sora.

"So, guess it's just us," he stated. "Do you want to go walk around over there?" he nodded towards somewhere and they started walking again. "What brings you to our school anyway?" Taichi asked and was surprised to find her staring intently at his eyes and paying attention to his every word. "Ahem."

Shrugging, Sora plainly replied as if the way she looked at him wasn't awkward, "It's not that I was doing bad at my old school, it just wasn't that challenging for me. Heh, I guess you can call me a nerd in some way. And my Dad had gone through this school also, so he preferred that I should follow on his footsteps."

"And you're not against that?"

"Not at all," Taichi's jaw fell, Sora giggled. "What's not to like about this school? It's got so many tough and interesting things to offer me, new things that I haven't already known," she smiled, "and people like you, Tai-kun," Taichi's face slightly flustered and she laughed it off. "But I guess I'm not exactly like that Tachikawa Mimi everyone talks about, ne?"

"Mimi?"

Sora grinned, "You like her, it's quite obvious, you always find some way to bring her up," she laughed more when he blushed even more.

"Are you okay, Tachikawa-san?" the person chuckled and walked closer.

I stood frozen with my mouth wide open, I couldn't even tell if my heart was beating faster or not but I certainly was shocked. I shook my head and my daze off and beamed widely, "Yamato-kun! I-I can't believe it, what are you doing here?!" without think I quickly ran up to him and practically choked him by wrapping my hands so tight around his neck. Matt laughed softly and I turned red, realizing what I was doing and quickly let go and mumbled stuff to myself. Oh god, oh god, why did I just do that I must look like a total idiot!

"Well I'm glad you're in the spirit of Christmas," he said, I did nothing but nod and if it was possible, blush even more and looked at the foot of that dress I had been staring at. My goodness, how much more can my knees be shaking? I sneaked a peak through the fallen strands of hair and I wish I hadn't. Why is it that every time I look at this guy I melt…?! I sighed. Matt probably noticed the awkward silence because I heard him step closer, my heart quickened, but it was just because he was walking towards the shop window. So much for that.

"Is this what you were looking at," he surmised, putting his hands in his pockets like he always does. I walked over beside him and saw the dress; it truly was the most beautiful dress I've ever laid my eyes on, and for a girl who loves shopping as much as I do. A reverie flashed through my brain like a scary yet wonderful lightning that silently shrieks against the night sky—I was wearing that dress, its long silks with a shade between the colors white and rosy pink flowing all around me and the scent of fresh spring flowers flowing against my nostrils and a light midnight snow wafting around me. And I was dancing. Dancing with—

"The perfect dress for a girl like you," Matt commented and turned his head towards me. I smiled back, but exactly what kind of girl did he think I was? Matt took notice that I had been gawking at him the entire time. "Mimi? Daijibou ka?"

"Erm, uhm, gomen nasai," I muttered and scuffed, he chuckled a bit and just looked at me. "Oh, what exactly are you doing here? I didn't know you lived around here."

"Well, this is the place I grew up in…or at least that's what I was told."

The Park~*

Playfully twirling the ice cream cone in my hand, I quietly nodded at everything Matt had been saying, almost following what he was saying, at least. I still can't believe he's really here, just how much of a Christmas miracle can I get? I shook my head and tried to keep up with his pace.

"My parents are in some kind of 'board of trustees' thing for some company so they're constantly traveling everywhere between here and Hong Kong doing business, so they never had time to live in our house here unless it's some holiday," Matt explained and glanced at me once and a while to see if I was listening. "Well, since they couldn't be around me much they just stuck me onto the Academy, my Dad's a very stiff guy and always lectured me about military guff. But I really don't mind, I don't think I can stand being in those ordinary schools—"

"Hey! I happen to go to those ordinary schools!" I exclaimed and quickly pointed my ice cream at his accusingly. Matt looked at me oddly before bursting in laughter. Uhm, was I doing something funny? I said the thought out loud, Matt dug his hands in his pockets and smiled widely.

"Mimi Tachikawa, you are the strangest girl I have ever met," he exclaimed and kept on laughing.

I crossed my arms and arched a brow, "Oh, and how is that?"

"Well, first of all, who in their right mind would buy an ice cream cone in the middle of winter when it's already below 10 degrees outside," he sarcastically remarked. I looked at my hand, well, I guess he was right on that but.

"Yes, but really," I decided to argue and smiled in a conniving way. "Who in their right mind would walk around a park without having a delicious strawberry cone!" I grinned widely and slightly giggled as I held out my cone to him. "Who's strange, now, huh?" Matt arched a brow before smiling, and before I know it he quickly snatched my ice cream from my hand and ran away towards the frozen lake, ice rink, same thing.  (*Cough* She really is weird, huh? oo)

"Hey!" I yelled and waved my fist in the air. Matt stopped, turned around at me and grinned, smirking. "Fine, you were right now can I have my ice cream back now?! Matt, I—" he smiled. And it hit me that I have never, since I came to that Academy, seen Matt act like this before. Laughing so much, talking freely, not to mention wearing normal clothing, he was just like…well, me. My feet slowly stopped.

Matt kept on laughing as he began to jogged backwards, keeping his eyes on me but then noticed that I stopped. His laughter died and so did his skipping, "…Mimi? Mimi, is something wrong?" he timidly asked but I quickly smiled before he could've gotten concerned.

"Gomen nasai, I just kind of, zoned into something," I said and he smiled back satisfied, Matt put his hand out and made a gesture to offer my ice cream back to me. I giggled and hurriedly skipped/ran towards him and we were off walking again towards nowhere.

Karen gently massaged her already numb hands after taking off her gloves, "What. A. Day," she whispered a warm breathe on her hands and quickly rubbed them together before sitting down onto her bunk. She glanced around, the whole place was empty; empty beds, empty closets, empty everything for the holidays. Karen's green eyes landed onto a particular bunk, hers and Mimi's, she sighed and laid back and just let her eyes stare at the bed atop from hers.

"Missing her that much?" Sora interrupted and plopped down onto the bed in front of Karen.

"Mmhmm, well, not just her. I miss everyone that left."

Sora snickered a bit, "Oh, and even Jun Motimiya—"

"Noooo! I'm not that despondent," Karen slightly laughed and sat up. "Sorry, Sora, for being a downer since you got here and complaining about the holidays. I mean, I shouldn't even whine so much because I've got you and Taichi to spend Christmas with."

Sora smiled sweetly, "Don't worry about it, I miss my parents and home, too. But I just like to think of this whole thing as a long—very long summer camp," she giggled and hugged her friend.

I happily skipped to my door and turned to smile back at Matt, "That was fun, I'm actually glad my parents left me alone and hungry today!" I said and caused Matt to chuckled a bit. "Thank you, Matt, for spending the day with me."

"I should be thanking you for showing me around," he commented that my smile went wider by the minute. I watched idly as he dug his hands into his pockets and an awkward silence passed among us, I didn't care, I got to stare at him more. He cleared his throat and turned around. "Well, I guess I should be getting back now, can I ask to see you again?"       

"Nothing can keep me away!" I exclaimed rather idiotically that I blushed. "I mean, heh—I better go inside now, my parents are probably home," he muttered agreeing and walked away. I couldn't hold my giddiness in and suddenly jumped, fidgeted, and slightly squealed—I am such a girl, I know—

"Um, Mimi."

Woah—I quickly stopped and wait, no, ahem, "Uh, yes?" I answered as calmly as I can and leaned against the door.

Matt shook his head and gave me a reassuring smile, "Iie, it's nothing. See you," he said and continued walking away, then his walk turned into a quicker pace, and then sped into a run as he tried to make the bus schedule to his house. I wonder what that was all about.

"Hn, oh well," I shrugged and turned to go inside.

-I know that was short! But I'm trying to make a deadline and I'll make the next one be longer ^__^ Aren't you glad it was Matt instead of Jun? Though, I could always just make her…Pop up somewhere? Well, you'll see when you review!-