DISCLAIMER: Alright, this is the deal - I don't own Digimon, I'm not
making money off this story, and I'm a college student - which means you
shouldn't sue me, and even if you did, you wouldn't get any money
A/N: This is my second complete fanfic - my first sucked much, and I think this is a considerable improvement (though it's certainly not great) - which is exactly why I need feedback! PLEASE R/R! Thanks
CONTACT: tenchi@post.com
Operation: Ishida Date
Tai walked into the living room. His sister Kari was sitting on the couch, watching her favorite show, Card Captor Sakura, on T.V. 'Ugh, why does she have to be here,' Tai thought to himself.
Kari was supposed to be on a picnic with the younger digi-destined, but that plan fell through. She had been making sandwiches when the first drops started hitting the ground. Soon, a slight drizzle turned into a downpour. When Kari heard the rain coming down, she decided to call T.K. to see what everyone was going to do. T.K. had caught a slight cold, and his mom forbade him from going out, but he had talked to Yolei and she said that the others wanted to meet at Dai's place for an indoor picnic. As much as Kari hated going there, she went anyway, not wanting her special sandwiches to go to waste. Unfortunately, things came up for both Yolei and Iori at the last minute, and Kari found herself the only guest at Daisuke's house. It wasn't five minutes before Kari made a polite excuse and went back home. Something about a dentist/birthday party she really had to go to. But Tai had been planning on Kari being out for at least a couple hours - her being home really threw a wrench into his plans.
"Jeez Kari, don't you have something else to do? You know, like outside or something?"
"Um, if you haven't noticed, it's raining cats and dogs out there. Why? Do you have a girl coming over?"
"Well, nooo.I mean, yes, well, sort of."
"Ooooh, Tai has a girlfriend!"
"Shut up Kari!"
"Who is it, Sora?"
"No Kari, it's not Sora. And by the way, I wouldn't be talking, Mrs. Takaishi."
"Shut up Tai! Besides, we're not talking about me. So, who's this girl?"
"Okay, well she's not my girlfriend alright? And actually, it's." Tai was saying as the doorbell rang.
Kari then said, "Ooooh, she's here, I think I'll get the door!"
"No, I'll get it!" replied Tai as he raced his sister to the front of the apartment. They met in a tangled mess of limbs at the door.
"Get off of me Tai!"
"I can't! You get off of me!"
"Ugh!"
"Get off!"
The doorbell rang again. Tai and Kari were finally able to separate, and Tai opened the door with his sister eagerly looking from behind.
"Hey Tai..."
"Jun?!" exclaimed a surprised Kari. "You're going out with Jun?!"
"We're NOT going out!" replied a blushing Tai. Jun was blushing too. "Okay, let me explain to you what's happening, squirt. Anyway, I think I'm going to need your help."
Tai caught Kari up on the situation. And it turned out to be quite a good thing for Tai and Jun that Kari's picnic got rained out. First of all, Jun had no idea what she should wear. Secondly, Tai had the fashion taste of a toad on crack (A/N - alright, doesn't make sense, but it was the first thing that came to my mind). But Kari took care of everything. Tai drove the girls back to Jun's house, where they spent an hour looking through Jun's closet. Then they spent another hour getting Jun's makeup just right. Tai wouldn't have minded waiting so much - after all, a World Cup qualifying match was on tv - but Davis was there too. And Tai was getting sick of all the questions about Kari. "Is she really going to her doctor's birthday party today?" "What's Kari's favorite number?" "What's Kari's middle name?" "What's Kari's favorite species of sea turtle?" "Does Kari's room have blinds?" Tai was just about to blow his lid when the girls came out.
"Finished," Kari said. "Doesn't she look great, Tai?" But Tai didn't say anything back. He couldn't say anything - not with jaw wide open the way it was. She looked more than good, she was stunning. Jun wore a lavender colored cotton dress. It clung to her nicely, and accentuated curves Tai didn't know she even had. And instead of the overmade look Jun often went for in makeup, Kari had put a light amount on her, with a light tope lipstick. Her hair too was done nicely, in a way Tai had never seen before. She was gorgeous.
Jun looked down. "I look terrible, don't I? I knew it."
"No no no! You look.well, you look.you're beautiful!" Tai managed to stammer out.
"Really?"
"Yeah, you look, like, really really good."
"Yeah sis, I don't think I've ever seen you look this good," Davis injected.
"Thanks guys," replied Jun.
Tai looked at his watch. It was.4:50! "Oh my God, I told Matt you'd meet him at 5:00! I completely lost track of time - we've got to get going Jun!" Tai loaded up Jun and Kari in the car, pushing Jun into the passenger's side and literally throwing Kari head first into the back. He sped like a demon to the Ishida's apartment, and managed to get there in time.
"4:59, perfect!" Tai clamored. "Alright Jun, ready?"
"I guess so."
"Okay, now try not to be nervous, okay?" Tai told Jun, who nodded. "You're worried, aren't you? Duh, of course you are. Just try to relax, you're going to be great, he's going to think you're great, okay?"
"Thanks Tai," Jun smiled back. Then she hugged Tai, who was quite caught off guard. "You're a great friend, I owe you sooo big."
"Um, it's nothing," Tai replied, and for the second time that day, blushed up a storm. Kari was watching everything from the back seat, and was thinking to herself, 'Hmmm.if I didn't know better." when her thought was interrupted.
"Alright, wait here squirt, I'm going to go up to Matt's with Jun, k?"
"Whatever Tai, just hurry back, I want to get home."
"Alright, be right back." Tai walked Jun up to the Ishida's apartment and rang the door. They waited half a minute, but no one came. Tai was about to ring the bell again when the door swung open. Matt came out looking stylish, as usual. Dark dress pants with a dark blue button down. He had a black sports jacket slung over his shoulder. And of course, his hair was perfect.
Matt smiled in Jun's direction. 'Oh my God, did he just smile at me? Did Matt Ishida smile at me, Jun Motomiya?' But before Jun could get too excited, Matt's expression changed. His face metamorphosized from a happy, smiling expression to one of confusion, and then to recognition, and finally to disappointment. Jun wanted to cry right there. 'Oh, I see. He was happy until he realized who I was. This is stupid, I knew it would never work. Matt could never like me. I should leave.' Jun was about to turn around and run home when a hand grasped her wrist. It was Tai's. He gave her a little smile and a wink. 'What does that mean?' she thought. She wasn't sure, but suddenly, she felt better. She relaxed a little, and Tai let go of her hand. Jun blushed slightly as she thought, 'that actually felt kind of good. I wish he wouldn't have let go.' But she soon came back to her senses. Before she knew it, Matt went back into his apartment and Tai took her aside.
"Earth to Jun, you there?"
"Uh yeah, what happened?"
"What, you weren't listening?! Jeez Jun, you'd think you'd be a little more enthused. Anyway, Matt just went to get his umbrella. Well that's what he says, I think he went to look at a mirror cause I told him he had a hair out of place. So, it's all set. I guess you saw he wasn't exactly happy, but I reminded him that he owed me whatever I wanted. Now you're on - make him see the real you, the you that he's missing. I know you can do it."
"Thanks Tai, you're such a sweetie."
"Uh, yeah, well, okay, good luck!" stammered Tai. He then ran back downstairs. Jun looked over the fire escape and Tai waved at her before getting into his mom's car. Jun waved and walked back to the door, which Matt was just locking.
"Okay Jun, ready?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, let's go already then," replied Matt.
He opened his umbrella and walked with her to the apartment's elevator, arm in arm. Jun thought to herself, 'this is nice, I'm arm in arm with Matt!' But soon, it wasn't so nice anymore. Matt remained quiet while they waited for the elevator. And his arm was loose around Jun's. 'Hmm.maybe I should break the awkwardness.'
"So Matt, um, when's your next gig?"
"You know when it is, you're our fan club's president."
"Oh yeah. Well.uh, like, your hair looks nice."
"Thanks," he simply replied. The elevator door opened and the two stepped in.
"Matt, um, what kind of car do you have?"
"Why do you keep asking me questions you know the answers too, Jun? I've got a 97' Nissan Sentra, you've seen it a million times. You know, you don't have to start with the idle chit-chat. This is stupid. I don't want to be here, and I wouldn't be here if I didn't promise Tai." As soon as he said it, Matt felt sorry. 'Why did I say that? Not even Jun deserves to be treated like that.' He looked over at Jun. Her head was looking down at the ground. He'd never seen her like that before - Jun always bounced back whenever he said anything mean to her. The light was glinting off her cheek. Was it a drop of rain? Was it a tear? 'Oh no,' Matt thought, 'Did I make her cry?'
Just then, the elevator door opened, and Jun stepped out. She walked ahead of Matt, who softly called out to her. Then she started walking faster and faster. Soon, she was running. She ran as fast as her short heels let her. 'I'm so stupid' is all she kept thinking to herself. She started running faster. She lost one of her heels, but she kept running. Then, she tripped over the other heel and fell on her knees.
'Oh crap,' thought Matt. He had been trying to catch up with Jun and had been yelling out her name when he saw her fall. 'I'm like the world's biggest jerk,' he said to himself. Jun was on her knees, bawling her eyes out when Matt finally reached her.
"Here," Matt said, offering Jun her lost shoe. She looked up and held out her hand. "Nuh uh," Matt replied. He held his hand out to her and pulled her up to her feet. Then he led Jun to the grass underneath a tree. There, he slipped her shoe back on her feet. "Perfect fit, huh Cinderella?" Matt commented while smiling a cute smile. Jun looked up at him and couldn't help but smile back. The two shared a quick little laugh, and then got up.
"I'm sorry Jun," Matt apologized. "If you would do me the honor, I'd still like to take you out to dinner. I really want to take you. So.will you still go on a date with this jerk?"
Jun wiped a tear from her face. "Hmm.well it depends, where are we going?"
Matt smiled. "We're going a few places, but first to dinner. How do you like seafood?" And with that, the two started walking back to Matt's car.
To Be Continued.
Alright, and the verdict is.good? Bad? In between? Please leave some feedback, it helps me improve on my writing. I thought this chapter kind of started out bad, but got better at the end. And sorry to keep you waiting (if you were waiting), things have been kind of crazy lately. Once again, PLEASE leave some feedback, it encourages me to keep writing - whether or not it's positive or negative (as long as the negative comments are constructive).
A/N: This is my second complete fanfic - my first sucked much, and I think this is a considerable improvement (though it's certainly not great) - which is exactly why I need feedback! PLEASE R/R! Thanks
CONTACT: tenchi@post.com
Operation: Ishida Date
Tai walked into the living room. His sister Kari was sitting on the couch, watching her favorite show, Card Captor Sakura, on T.V. 'Ugh, why does she have to be here,' Tai thought to himself.
Kari was supposed to be on a picnic with the younger digi-destined, but that plan fell through. She had been making sandwiches when the first drops started hitting the ground. Soon, a slight drizzle turned into a downpour. When Kari heard the rain coming down, she decided to call T.K. to see what everyone was going to do. T.K. had caught a slight cold, and his mom forbade him from going out, but he had talked to Yolei and she said that the others wanted to meet at Dai's place for an indoor picnic. As much as Kari hated going there, she went anyway, not wanting her special sandwiches to go to waste. Unfortunately, things came up for both Yolei and Iori at the last minute, and Kari found herself the only guest at Daisuke's house. It wasn't five minutes before Kari made a polite excuse and went back home. Something about a dentist/birthday party she really had to go to. But Tai had been planning on Kari being out for at least a couple hours - her being home really threw a wrench into his plans.
"Jeez Kari, don't you have something else to do? You know, like outside or something?"
"Um, if you haven't noticed, it's raining cats and dogs out there. Why? Do you have a girl coming over?"
"Well, nooo.I mean, yes, well, sort of."
"Ooooh, Tai has a girlfriend!"
"Shut up Kari!"
"Who is it, Sora?"
"No Kari, it's not Sora. And by the way, I wouldn't be talking, Mrs. Takaishi."
"Shut up Tai! Besides, we're not talking about me. So, who's this girl?"
"Okay, well she's not my girlfriend alright? And actually, it's." Tai was saying as the doorbell rang.
Kari then said, "Ooooh, she's here, I think I'll get the door!"
"No, I'll get it!" replied Tai as he raced his sister to the front of the apartment. They met in a tangled mess of limbs at the door.
"Get off of me Tai!"
"I can't! You get off of me!"
"Ugh!"
"Get off!"
The doorbell rang again. Tai and Kari were finally able to separate, and Tai opened the door with his sister eagerly looking from behind.
"Hey Tai..."
"Jun?!" exclaimed a surprised Kari. "You're going out with Jun?!"
"We're NOT going out!" replied a blushing Tai. Jun was blushing too. "Okay, let me explain to you what's happening, squirt. Anyway, I think I'm going to need your help."
Tai caught Kari up on the situation. And it turned out to be quite a good thing for Tai and Jun that Kari's picnic got rained out. First of all, Jun had no idea what she should wear. Secondly, Tai had the fashion taste of a toad on crack (A/N - alright, doesn't make sense, but it was the first thing that came to my mind). But Kari took care of everything. Tai drove the girls back to Jun's house, where they spent an hour looking through Jun's closet. Then they spent another hour getting Jun's makeup just right. Tai wouldn't have minded waiting so much - after all, a World Cup qualifying match was on tv - but Davis was there too. And Tai was getting sick of all the questions about Kari. "Is she really going to her doctor's birthday party today?" "What's Kari's favorite number?" "What's Kari's middle name?" "What's Kari's favorite species of sea turtle?" "Does Kari's room have blinds?" Tai was just about to blow his lid when the girls came out.
"Finished," Kari said. "Doesn't she look great, Tai?" But Tai didn't say anything back. He couldn't say anything - not with jaw wide open the way it was. She looked more than good, she was stunning. Jun wore a lavender colored cotton dress. It clung to her nicely, and accentuated curves Tai didn't know she even had. And instead of the overmade look Jun often went for in makeup, Kari had put a light amount on her, with a light tope lipstick. Her hair too was done nicely, in a way Tai had never seen before. She was gorgeous.
Jun looked down. "I look terrible, don't I? I knew it."
"No no no! You look.well, you look.you're beautiful!" Tai managed to stammer out.
"Really?"
"Yeah, you look, like, really really good."
"Yeah sis, I don't think I've ever seen you look this good," Davis injected.
"Thanks guys," replied Jun.
Tai looked at his watch. It was.4:50! "Oh my God, I told Matt you'd meet him at 5:00! I completely lost track of time - we've got to get going Jun!" Tai loaded up Jun and Kari in the car, pushing Jun into the passenger's side and literally throwing Kari head first into the back. He sped like a demon to the Ishida's apartment, and managed to get there in time.
"4:59, perfect!" Tai clamored. "Alright Jun, ready?"
"I guess so."
"Okay, now try not to be nervous, okay?" Tai told Jun, who nodded. "You're worried, aren't you? Duh, of course you are. Just try to relax, you're going to be great, he's going to think you're great, okay?"
"Thanks Tai," Jun smiled back. Then she hugged Tai, who was quite caught off guard. "You're a great friend, I owe you sooo big."
"Um, it's nothing," Tai replied, and for the second time that day, blushed up a storm. Kari was watching everything from the back seat, and was thinking to herself, 'Hmmm.if I didn't know better." when her thought was interrupted.
"Alright, wait here squirt, I'm going to go up to Matt's with Jun, k?"
"Whatever Tai, just hurry back, I want to get home."
"Alright, be right back." Tai walked Jun up to the Ishida's apartment and rang the door. They waited half a minute, but no one came. Tai was about to ring the bell again when the door swung open. Matt came out looking stylish, as usual. Dark dress pants with a dark blue button down. He had a black sports jacket slung over his shoulder. And of course, his hair was perfect.
Matt smiled in Jun's direction. 'Oh my God, did he just smile at me? Did Matt Ishida smile at me, Jun Motomiya?' But before Jun could get too excited, Matt's expression changed. His face metamorphosized from a happy, smiling expression to one of confusion, and then to recognition, and finally to disappointment. Jun wanted to cry right there. 'Oh, I see. He was happy until he realized who I was. This is stupid, I knew it would never work. Matt could never like me. I should leave.' Jun was about to turn around and run home when a hand grasped her wrist. It was Tai's. He gave her a little smile and a wink. 'What does that mean?' she thought. She wasn't sure, but suddenly, she felt better. She relaxed a little, and Tai let go of her hand. Jun blushed slightly as she thought, 'that actually felt kind of good. I wish he wouldn't have let go.' But she soon came back to her senses. Before she knew it, Matt went back into his apartment and Tai took her aside.
"Earth to Jun, you there?"
"Uh yeah, what happened?"
"What, you weren't listening?! Jeez Jun, you'd think you'd be a little more enthused. Anyway, Matt just went to get his umbrella. Well that's what he says, I think he went to look at a mirror cause I told him he had a hair out of place. So, it's all set. I guess you saw he wasn't exactly happy, but I reminded him that he owed me whatever I wanted. Now you're on - make him see the real you, the you that he's missing. I know you can do it."
"Thanks Tai, you're such a sweetie."
"Uh, yeah, well, okay, good luck!" stammered Tai. He then ran back downstairs. Jun looked over the fire escape and Tai waved at her before getting into his mom's car. Jun waved and walked back to the door, which Matt was just locking.
"Okay Jun, ready?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, let's go already then," replied Matt.
He opened his umbrella and walked with her to the apartment's elevator, arm in arm. Jun thought to herself, 'this is nice, I'm arm in arm with Matt!' But soon, it wasn't so nice anymore. Matt remained quiet while they waited for the elevator. And his arm was loose around Jun's. 'Hmm.maybe I should break the awkwardness.'
"So Matt, um, when's your next gig?"
"You know when it is, you're our fan club's president."
"Oh yeah. Well.uh, like, your hair looks nice."
"Thanks," he simply replied. The elevator door opened and the two stepped in.
"Matt, um, what kind of car do you have?"
"Why do you keep asking me questions you know the answers too, Jun? I've got a 97' Nissan Sentra, you've seen it a million times. You know, you don't have to start with the idle chit-chat. This is stupid. I don't want to be here, and I wouldn't be here if I didn't promise Tai." As soon as he said it, Matt felt sorry. 'Why did I say that? Not even Jun deserves to be treated like that.' He looked over at Jun. Her head was looking down at the ground. He'd never seen her like that before - Jun always bounced back whenever he said anything mean to her. The light was glinting off her cheek. Was it a drop of rain? Was it a tear? 'Oh no,' Matt thought, 'Did I make her cry?'
Just then, the elevator door opened, and Jun stepped out. She walked ahead of Matt, who softly called out to her. Then she started walking faster and faster. Soon, she was running. She ran as fast as her short heels let her. 'I'm so stupid' is all she kept thinking to herself. She started running faster. She lost one of her heels, but she kept running. Then, she tripped over the other heel and fell on her knees.
'Oh crap,' thought Matt. He had been trying to catch up with Jun and had been yelling out her name when he saw her fall. 'I'm like the world's biggest jerk,' he said to himself. Jun was on her knees, bawling her eyes out when Matt finally reached her.
"Here," Matt said, offering Jun her lost shoe. She looked up and held out her hand. "Nuh uh," Matt replied. He held his hand out to her and pulled her up to her feet. Then he led Jun to the grass underneath a tree. There, he slipped her shoe back on her feet. "Perfect fit, huh Cinderella?" Matt commented while smiling a cute smile. Jun looked up at him and couldn't help but smile back. The two shared a quick little laugh, and then got up.
"I'm sorry Jun," Matt apologized. "If you would do me the honor, I'd still like to take you out to dinner. I really want to take you. So.will you still go on a date with this jerk?"
Jun wiped a tear from her face. "Hmm.well it depends, where are we going?"
Matt smiled. "We're going a few places, but first to dinner. How do you like seafood?" And with that, the two started walking back to Matt's car.
To Be Continued.
Alright, and the verdict is.good? Bad? In between? Please leave some feedback, it helps me improve on my writing. I thought this chapter kind of started out bad, but got better at the end. And sorry to keep you waiting (if you were waiting), things have been kind of crazy lately. Once again, PLEASE leave some feedback, it encourages me to keep writing - whether or not it's positive or negative (as long as the negative comments are constructive).
