"Your smile is worth a million words"
Rei Sagara
Chapter Two A Goodnight Kiss
"Hey, Yamato, what day is it today?" Taichi asked as he leaned over the table, lining the pool stick for his last shot.
Yamato turned from his magazine to look at his friend, slightly confused. "Uh, Saterday, why do you ask?" He questioned back, putting down the magazine and turning a chair around backwards and sitting.
In thought, Taichi ran a hand through his brown hair quickly, then shot at the ball, missing. "There was something I was supposed to do.."
"Join my band? You already accomplished that!" Yamato smirked, glad to have a rhythm guitarist again.
Taichi nodded, setting his pool stick against a near by wall and sitting in a chair in front of Yamato in the same manner. "Yeah... But I'm sure there was something else..." Sighing, he rested his head against the back of the chair, trying to remember whatever it was that he had forgotten.
Brushing his blond hair out of his face, Yamato shrugged. "It's not like you had a date or anything, how could someone forget a date?"
"D...Date...?" Taichi repeated softly. "Oh, Quck me!" He cursed himself loudly, standing up and grabbing his guitar. "I've gotta go, I was supposed to go out with Sora tonight."
Yamato began laughing, standing up as well and giving Taichi a small slap on the back. "Aw, man! How could you forget something like that?" He questioned, looking at Taichi's scowling face. "Don't worry, I'll give you a ride. Let's go." Yamato grabbed his guitar and the duo made their way to Yamato's new dark purple McLaren GT, and headed to Sora's at a nice "legal" speed, as Yamato described it, of 90.
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"Well, that was fun!" Miyako smiled to herself, putting her hand in a peace sign. "It's nice to be able to spend some time with ya, Koushiro, my boy! Aint that right, Mimi?" She winked at her.
Mimi nodded, "Uh, yeah! Great fun!" She laughed nervously.
With a smile growing on his face, Koushiro switched the bag of items from one hand to the other, looking at his watch. "Man, it's gotten real late real fast. I had better be getting home." he frowned, looking over at Mimi with sad eyes.
""Yeah, we'd better be going home as well." Miyako added. "Come Mimi, the subway awaits."
"Subway?" Koushiro and Mimi asked in unison, looking at each other after doing so with a smile.
Miyako smiled uneasily and brushed a hand through her hair. "I kinda forgot to ask for a ride back home."
"Well, I cant give you girls a ride home, if you want that is." Koushiro explained. "It's not very far out of my way or anything, and my car has enough room, even though it isn't the best..." he trailed off, rubbing his neck in nervousness.
Mimi's face beamed with happiness, "That'd be great!" She grabbed onto Koushiro's arm gently. "You're so sweet."
Koushiro felt himself blushing but tried to hide it as best as he could, failing miserably.
"Well, no time to dilly-dally, let's get moving you two!" Miyako said, already heading towards the doors heading out of the mall.
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"So, you're telling me that you just happened to forget that we had a date planned?" Sora glared at Taichi and Yamato both as they stood on her doorstep.
Yamato sighed and flipped a strand of his blonde locks from his eyes. He leaned against the door frame, moving close to Sora. "Hey, we're really sorry. No, I'm sorry, Sory. I really should have been keeping better track of the time... He didn't forget, it's just that I was so excited, I kinda made him come play a game of pool with me against his will. Isn't that right, Tai-chan?" He nudged Taichi in the side.
"Uh, yeah. That's right." He said, sighing. "I'm really sorry, Sora. Can you forgive me?" Taichi looked at her with puppy dog eyes, whimpering softly.
Sora rolled her eyes, uncrossing her arms from over her chest, letting them hang loose at her sides. "Yes, I forgive you..." She said softly, shaking her head.
Yamato smiled, giving Taichi a small and hidden high five. "Well, looks like my work here is done! Shall I leave you here, or drive ya home, Tai-Tai?" He asked while stepping backwards down the few steps that led to the door.
"I'll be with you in a minute, Yamato." Taichi replied.
"As you wish."
Taichi turned back to Sora and smiled, still slightly edgy. "So, you're not mad at me?"
"Never said that." She answered, smirking. "But this will never happen again, right? No more missing dates, without calling as least?"
"Promise!"
Sora nodded. "Alright then, you better get going. Yamato doesn't wanna wait all night." She explained. "I'll see you tomorrow, alright?"
"Alright." Taichi nodded the gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before turning and running down to Yamato's car.
"It's a bit early for going home, don't ya think?" Yamato asked Taichi, giving him a sly smirk while turning on the car and putting it into gear.
Taichi smiled back. "Hell ya, it is."
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"...and then my mother said, 'why don't you just go own a chicken farm?' and everyone broke down laughing, everyone except my grandfather, of course!" Miyako ranted, laughing as she did so.
"Oh! Look! We're here. Time to get our of the car, Miyako!" Koushiro said, leaning over her and Mimi, who was sitting in the middle of the two, to open the door of the small truck. "Nice seeing you. Bye-bye!"
Mimi moved over to the side seat as Miyako got out. "Thanks for taking me out today, Miya-chan!"
Before Miyako could reply Koushiro pushed on the gas and drove off. "She talks... a lot." he noted, shaking his head. "I've got a headache now..."
"Oh...? I'm so sorry, Koushiro." Mimi whispered, putting a hand on his arm. "Are you going to be alright?" she asked, concerned.
Koushiro smiled as he felt her soft hand on him. "I'll be fine, Mimi."
"I'm glad."
"Mimi... is there something going on?" Koushiro asked seriously, his voice growing slightly deeper. "You've seemed... not yourself lately." he looked at her through the side of his vision, keeping his eyes on the road as he drove.
Mimi dropped her hand from him and looked down at her lap. "Well... Just little things... You know. Everyone has fights with their parents at times, right?" She smiled, trying to hide the small tears forming in her eyes.
"Little things shouldn't make you cry... if they do, then they aren't so little... are they?" he pulled up and parked the truck beside Mimi's house, turning off the engine. He looked down, then lifted his eyes to her. "Please..." his hand moved slowly over to hers, clasping his fingers with hers.
"Koushiro..." Mimi whispered, "Thank you..." she squeezed his hand softly, linking her fingers with his more tightly. "But everything is fine right now. If things get any worse, I'll come to you, Koushiro." she looked up at him, the tears now gone, a smile on her face. "If that's alright with you, that is..."
"Of course it's alright with me." he replied, reaching over and taking her other hand. "And thank you... For letting me be the one you come to." Koushiro then let her hands go. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
Mimi nodded. "Yes." She opened the door and before exiting leaned over to Koushiro and kissed him lightly on the lips, taking him by surprise. "Night."
End Chapter Two
Chapter Two A Goodnight Kiss
"Hey, Yamato, what day is it today?" Taichi asked as he leaned over the table, lining the pool stick for his last shot.
Yamato turned from his magazine to look at his friend, slightly confused. "Uh, Saterday, why do you ask?" He questioned back, putting down the magazine and turning a chair around backwards and sitting.
In thought, Taichi ran a hand through his brown hair quickly, then shot at the ball, missing. "There was something I was supposed to do.."
"Join my band? You already accomplished that!" Yamato smirked, glad to have a rhythm guitarist again.
Taichi nodded, setting his pool stick against a near by wall and sitting in a chair in front of Yamato in the same manner. "Yeah... But I'm sure there was something else..." Sighing, he rested his head against the back of the chair, trying to remember whatever it was that he had forgotten.
Brushing his blond hair out of his face, Yamato shrugged. "It's not like you had a date or anything, how could someone forget a date?"
"D...Date...?" Taichi repeated softly. "Oh, Quck me!" He cursed himself loudly, standing up and grabbing his guitar. "I've gotta go, I was supposed to go out with Sora tonight."
Yamato began laughing, standing up as well and giving Taichi a small slap on the back. "Aw, man! How could you forget something like that?" He questioned, looking at Taichi's scowling face. "Don't worry, I'll give you a ride. Let's go." Yamato grabbed his guitar and the duo made their way to Yamato's new dark purple McLaren GT, and headed to Sora's at a nice "legal" speed, as Yamato described it, of 90.
******
"Well, that was fun!" Miyako smiled to herself, putting her hand in a peace sign. "It's nice to be able to spend some time with ya, Koushiro, my boy! Aint that right, Mimi?" She winked at her.
Mimi nodded, "Uh, yeah! Great fun!" She laughed nervously.
With a smile growing on his face, Koushiro switched the bag of items from one hand to the other, looking at his watch. "Man, it's gotten real late real fast. I had better be getting home." he frowned, looking over at Mimi with sad eyes.
""Yeah, we'd better be going home as well." Miyako added. "Come Mimi, the subway awaits."
"Subway?" Koushiro and Mimi asked in unison, looking at each other after doing so with a smile.
Miyako smiled uneasily and brushed a hand through her hair. "I kinda forgot to ask for a ride back home."
"Well, I cant give you girls a ride home, if you want that is." Koushiro explained. "It's not very far out of my way or anything, and my car has enough room, even though it isn't the best..." he trailed off, rubbing his neck in nervousness.
Mimi's face beamed with happiness, "That'd be great!" She grabbed onto Koushiro's arm gently. "You're so sweet."
Koushiro felt himself blushing but tried to hide it as best as he could, failing miserably.
"Well, no time to dilly-dally, let's get moving you two!" Miyako said, already heading towards the doors heading out of the mall.
******
"So, you're telling me that you just happened to forget that we had a date planned?" Sora glared at Taichi and Yamato both as they stood on her doorstep.
Yamato sighed and flipped a strand of his blonde locks from his eyes. He leaned against the door frame, moving close to Sora. "Hey, we're really sorry. No, I'm sorry, Sory. I really should have been keeping better track of the time... He didn't forget, it's just that I was so excited, I kinda made him come play a game of pool with me against his will. Isn't that right, Tai-chan?" He nudged Taichi in the side.
"Uh, yeah. That's right." He said, sighing. "I'm really sorry, Sora. Can you forgive me?" Taichi looked at her with puppy dog eyes, whimpering softly.
Sora rolled her eyes, uncrossing her arms from over her chest, letting them hang loose at her sides. "Yes, I forgive you..." She said softly, shaking her head.
Yamato smiled, giving Taichi a small and hidden high five. "Well, looks like my work here is done! Shall I leave you here, or drive ya home, Tai-Tai?" He asked while stepping backwards down the few steps that led to the door.
"I'll be with you in a minute, Yamato." Taichi replied.
"As you wish."
Taichi turned back to Sora and smiled, still slightly edgy. "So, you're not mad at me?"
"Never said that." She answered, smirking. "But this will never happen again, right? No more missing dates, without calling as least?"
"Promise!"
Sora nodded. "Alright then, you better get going. Yamato doesn't wanna wait all night." She explained. "I'll see you tomorrow, alright?"
"Alright." Taichi nodded the gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before turning and running down to Yamato's car.
"It's a bit early for going home, don't ya think?" Yamato asked Taichi, giving him a sly smirk while turning on the car and putting it into gear.
Taichi smiled back. "Hell ya, it is."
******
"...and then my mother said, 'why don't you just go own a chicken farm?' and everyone broke down laughing, everyone except my grandfather, of course!" Miyako ranted, laughing as she did so.
"Oh! Look! We're here. Time to get our of the car, Miyako!" Koushiro said, leaning over her and Mimi, who was sitting in the middle of the two, to open the door of the small truck. "Nice seeing you. Bye-bye!"
Mimi moved over to the side seat as Miyako got out. "Thanks for taking me out today, Miya-chan!"
Before Miyako could reply Koushiro pushed on the gas and drove off. "She talks... a lot." he noted, shaking his head. "I've got a headache now..."
"Oh...? I'm so sorry, Koushiro." Mimi whispered, putting a hand on his arm. "Are you going to be alright?" she asked, concerned.
Koushiro smiled as he felt her soft hand on him. "I'll be fine, Mimi."
"I'm glad."
"Mimi... is there something going on?" Koushiro asked seriously, his voice growing slightly deeper. "You've seemed... not yourself lately." he looked at her through the side of his vision, keeping his eyes on the road as he drove.
Mimi dropped her hand from him and looked down at her lap. "Well... Just little things... You know. Everyone has fights with their parents at times, right?" She smiled, trying to hide the small tears forming in her eyes.
"Little things shouldn't make you cry... if they do, then they aren't so little... are they?" he pulled up and parked the truck beside Mimi's house, turning off the engine. He looked down, then lifted his eyes to her. "Please..." his hand moved slowly over to hers, clasping his fingers with hers.
"Koushiro..." Mimi whispered, "Thank you..." she squeezed his hand softly, linking her fingers with his more tightly. "But everything is fine right now. If things get any worse, I'll come to you, Koushiro." she looked up at him, the tears now gone, a smile on her face. "If that's alright with you, that is..."
"Of course it's alright with me." he replied, reaching over and taking her other hand. "And thank you... For letting me be the one you come to." Koushiro then let her hands go. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
Mimi nodded. "Yes." She opened the door and before exiting leaned over to Koushiro and kissed him lightly on the lips, taking him by surprise. "Night."
End Chapter Two