Something More

By Hannio

Chapter Three

Plan in action

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters that are mentioned in this chapter except Wills

AUTHO NOTE: Firstly I'd just like to say thank you for all the positive comments from everyone I really appreciate it, secondly this chapter is slightly longer then I would normally do but it had to be long really, I think that's it I'm sorry if anyone is OOC though I don't think they will be anyway Thanks

            The next day Tai set to work on what he had to do and he had to admit it was easier then he expected. Of course he hadn't seen Matt all day since they were in different lessons from each other and he knew from a previous conversation that Matt had a band practice all lunch time, but in Tai's mind it was an improvement normally by now he would of already bumped into him on purpose just to talk to him or sometimes just to be close to him. He was beginning to think that getting through the day was going to be bearable. Then came Science. Matt always sat next to Tai in this lesson, it was the only one that they weren't put in alphabetical order and it didn't take a genius to see that Yagami and Ishida wouldn't be put next to each other in those lesson. So it was probably to be expected that as much as Tai hated the subject with a passion, almost as much as he hated Maths, he couldn't help but normally long for it just for that simple fact.

            Now as he walked towards the room he was in two different sides about it. One part of him was dreading it because he didn't know that when he was so close to Matt physically that he could be strong enough to ignore him and yet even as he thought these thoughts, his body picked up the faint anticipation in his head and reacted accordingly, his heartbeat raced, his palms turned sweaty and butterflies entered his stomach, just as Kari had so rightly predicted. He walked into the big room and looked around as the smell of former experiments stung his nose, he walked to his usual placed and dropped his stuff on the table and looked around him to see who else was in the room

            "Sora! Koushiro!" he said loudly and when the two people in question looked up from their table he beckoned them over, they shrugged but complied walking over to him

            "Hey Tai what's up with you" Sora Takenouchi said giving him a beaming smile, he smiled back at her warmly, the two of them had been best friends for so long, it had Sora to first make him realize how he felt about Matt and she had been his support ever since. Many people often commented on what a good couple they would have been, and although Tai knew that physically they did look good together, Sora shoulder length red hair that was always perfect contrasted violently with his wild brunette hair, her face was soft and sweet looking and her eyes were browny red in colour and held a kind steady look to them. However their personalities, though suited to each other as friends would of clashed too badly making them both miserable if it had been anything more.

            "Tai" Koushiro Izumi said with a nod of his red head while dark brown eyes watched him from an intelligent looking face

            "Do you mind sitting with me today, I'm not sure whether Matt is in today and I don't want to sit by myself" he said lying through his teeth, Sora gave him a sharp look but Koushiro or Izzy as he was also known bought it, shrugged his shoulder and nodded his head at his friend

            "Ok" he said then turned to Sora "I'll get your stuff as well" he then casually walked away leaving the two friends alone

            "What's wrong?"she demanded straight away as soon as Izzy was out of hearing "You know perfectly well that Matt is in school today, when does he ever miss a day? Something must be wrong because you normally glared at anyone who comes within 20 meters of this table after all it's the only real chance you get to talk to Matt"

            ""Shhhh" he hushed his eyes darting round to see if anyone had picked up on the conversation, luckily everyone seemed to involved in their own to pay attention so he turned his attention back to her "Keep it down Sora I don't want the whole world to know" he said, she shrugged her shoulders but modified her tone to suit him

            "Tell me what is wrong Tai"

            "I'll tell you after the lesson ok?" he hissed back just as Izzy walked up  dropping his and Sora's belongings on the table. Tai gave him a quick smile and turned his eyes to the door just in time to meet a pair of intense blue eyes, it felt like a punch in the stomach to him but he ignored it as he took in the warm smile Matt directed at him, With a deep breath Tai forced himself to turn away without smiling back, though he had managed that he couldn't stop himself sneaking a glance out of the corner of his eye to see Matt looking surprised straight at him before his face went to it's usual expression of indifference. He made his way over to their table. Tai watching every move before he forced himself to look at Sora who was looking at him with a strange expression on her face.

            "Mattie Boy" a voice yelled out and Matt stopped in his tracks to turn to one of his friends from another class, a smile graced his features, Tai looked round now that Matt wasn't looking and felt a stab of jealousy pierce his heart, that the smile wasn't for him, his hands made fists as he willed himself to look away though he couldn't block his hearing.

            "What's up Wills" Matt replied

            "Come and sit with us today Matt, you never do and it's not as if Yagami has no one else to sit with today" Matt laughed

            "If I sat next to you Wills then I can kiss any chance of work goodbye, I'll sit with Tai like usual and do the work cause I'll fail but I'll sit with you in Le François ok?" he questioned

            "Ok then but you're making a slur on my character Mattie boy, what makes you think that I'm not a hard worker?" he questioned trying to look innocent. Tai took a quick glance at the Wills character and winced, he knew that voice sounded familiar and he had been one of the only people who refused to call him Taichi. It was William Kaymua, Wills to his friends, William to Tai, they had both gone for the soccer team at the same time and William had never forgiven him for the fact that he lost to him. It didn't help that he was exceedingly good looking with thick black hair, tanned skin, good clear features and piercing brown eyes.  Half the time Tai wondered why Matt was friends with him when he knew that he wasn't exactly nice to Tai, of course he never told him what Wills said, When he once asked him Matt had laughed and looked at him and said that he was a laugh and was fun then changed the subject after that. Matt now spoke breaking
Tai out of his thoughts

            "Two words for you Wills, past experience" with that he finished the walk to the table and placed his bag in the usual position, he sat down taking off the light black jacket he wore as he did. He flashed a smile at Sora and Izzy  "Hey how are you both?" he questioned

            "I'm good" Sora replied 'I've got soccer practice after this so I'm looking forward to it. We have a game soon, you should come to it" Matt nodded

            "I'll see what I can do" he replied, turning his gaze to Izzy "Shiro?" Izzy smiled at the nickname only Matt, Mimi and Joe called him that

            "Good" was all he said, he was normally quiet do Matt left him turning to Tai with the special smile he reserved for him

            "Hey Tai Kun how's you today? I haven't seen you since yesterday" Tai brought his gaze up to Matt and said a short prayer for strength then he spoke quietly

            "Fine" Matt waited for him to elaborate when Tai remained silent Matt frowned slightly

            "Tai are we gonna work with each other today?" he tried again looking at his best friend a slight worried look on his face as he took in the paleness of him. Tai eyes remained downwards, his fingernails dug into his palm as his mind screamed yes at him

            "No I'm working with Izzy and Sora" he forced himself to say. Sora's slight frown became a full blown one though she smoothed it out when Matt shot her and Izzy a quick look. Matt's face had gone blank though some concerned laced with blue eyes which bored on his friend

            "But Tai we always work together unless one of us is absent" he said quietly his body tensing up, he had noticed Tai's coldness towards him from the moment he walked in and although he was worried his temper was beginning to rise

            "Well not today Yamato" Matt flinched slightly though he hid it well, shock laced his eyes now, Tai never called him Yamato not even in the digital world so why he had been called that was beyond him, he shook his head

            "What did you call me?" he questioned

            "Yamato, that's your name isn't it?" Matt went silent, he couldn't believe this was Tai in front of him where was the warm voice and bright smile he was so used seeing and hearing? Tai brought his gaze up and met Matt's half hurt half annoyed look in his eyes, he couldn't blame him if he never wanted to talk to him again he was being a bastard towards him after all, he wished Matt would shout at him but he did something much worse without realizing it

            "Wills" he said suddenly breaking the silence of the table

            "What Matt??" came the reply

            "I Decided you're right Tai doesn't need me today he's working with Sora and Shiro so can I work with you?"

            "Yeah no problem mate"

            "Cheers" Tai looked down a lump rising in his throat, he couldn't believe that he thought that this was going to be a easy thing for him to do, he had been so stupid to think that.

            "Tai" Matt said shortly afterwards when the teacher entered

            "What?" Came the reply, he held his breath just allowing himself to listen to Matt's voice

            "I was gonna ask you earlier though I didn't get the chance but do you wanna come round mine tonight? My dad has to work late so I was thinking we could have a pizza and rent out a few movies then I'll drive you home afterwards" though Matt was the youngest out of the older Digi destined he was the first one to get a license, Tai remained silent "Tai did you hear what I said to you?" he tried again his voice beginning to get tinged with the anger that was getting harder to control, just what was Tai's problem today.

            "No thank you Yamato though thank you for asking?" he said politely resisting the urge to scream after he said those words

            "Look Tai I've had enough of this have I done something wrong because you're acting really strangely and it seems to be directly only at me so what is it? Tai sighed

            "No it's nothing" before Matt could reply the teacher started the lesson making it impossible to talk further. Tai didn't pay much attention to what he was automatically writing down from the board his hand was shaking too much. Part of him regretted ever coming up with the idea in the first place even though it had seemed the right thing to do in the darkness when he was lying in his bed not confronted by Matt's puzzled gaze, he would do anything to take back everything he just said but the thought of Matt being ridiculed forced him to bite his tongue in case the words came out. The teacher left at that point to photocopy something and Tai woke up out of his trance to see Matt pick up his bag and coat and stand up, he spoke in a calm voice that was completely emotionless like his face was, he looked more like the old Matt at that moment then he had done for years

            "I'm sorry if I've upset you over something Tai, obviously me sitting here is pissing you off so I'll moved, see you guys" he said smiling slightly at Sora and Izzy who watched him, with a final look at him that Tai couldn't meet, Matt turned and walked over to the table that Wills sat at

            "Mattie boy nice to see you've come to your senses and decided to join us" Matt replied something Tai couldn't hear but he was concentrating more on the fact that he wanted to cry, this plan had worked the way he wanted it to but at the same time he felt heart broken. The lesson went on and was soon finished, Tai left as soon as he was ready not wanting to see Matt joking round and smiling, he was half way down the hall when an arm caught him bringing him to a stop, he stopped turning round to see Sora facing him with a sympathic look on her face

            "We need to talk Tai"

There you go I hoped you enjoyed it, chapter 4 will be up shortly so look out for it, please Review but no flames