Melting Ice

By Anime Queen

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A/N: First off, thank you for the reviews!!! -

Dream-rose/fanfictionist - well, hope this is as exciting as the other chapters!

D - of course there's more! Actually, at this point, we're half way through the story. Yep, I already have the whole thing written out and typed out *everyone faints* ^o^

Sorato4ever - I like Joumi too! ^^

Aolani - good luck with your stories, and thanks for reviewing (twice?) ^_^ I'm not complaining! And of course Sora and Matt will end up together!

Savoan Locc - thanks for reviewing! Well this is a Sorato! ^^

SilverSoul - thanks for reading! Here's more reading for ya ^_~

Joey's Girl - If you post your Digimon story, I will read it! ^_^

I guess that's it... didn't miss anybody, did I? Thanks for the reviews, I love you guys tons!! *hugs*

Warning: for this chapter, there's some Tai bashing... it's not that I don't like him with Sora, it's the fact that I like Sora to be with Matt more ^_^U *holds up a sign saying "hopeless sorato fan, please don't flame"*

Oh, almost forgot: I did an illustration from the previous chapter of Sora... you can see it here:

http:// www. Geocities.com /anime_queen00/art.html and click on the one that says (duh!) Sora-chan. (Sorry about the spaces in the URL, but ff.net won't show the link if I typed it all as it's supposed to be (the actual link doesn't have spaces) ... sorry for the extra work, hope you visit the website neway, and tell me what you think! It was originally part of a two- part pic, that showed Yama's reaction too, but I decided not to publish the other part, cuz it didn't come out well -_-; he looked like a six year old, and I couldn't get his hairstyle right no matter how many times I tried *cries*

Disclaimer: I never owned, and never will own Digimon, so don't sue, especially since I'm really really poor/broke -_-;

Okay, now that that's done, on to the story, and please enjoy, and review!! ^_^

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Chapter 5

"Homework, huh?" Taichi Kamiya grunted out loud as he kicked at the snow. "Sure lucky as hell not to be him."

He was walking towards the Odaiba Park, his most favorite place to be.

he thought happily.

Matt was like a brother to Tai. There was nothing that the two didn't share. Tai sighed. He hasn't been truthful either. Well, to some extent, Taichi thought, Matt did know about Tai's crush on Sora. But they never talked about it. There were times that Tai wished they had. It wouldn't be so awkward then whenever all three of them got together. Sometimes Tai would feel like a third wheel, but he always shrugged it off, telling himself there was nothing going on between his two best friends.

He saw a pair walking across the park. Her hair was flowing in the wind, and she had on a long fur coat. He, on the other hand, had on but a jacket and a blue school uniform. They were so engrossed in talking to each other, they didn't see Tai standing there.

"Jou! Over here," Tai tapped the boy on the shoulder.

"Taichi, didn't see you there. How's it going?" Jou smiled.

At this moment, the girl who was obstructed from Taichi's view stepped out in front.

"I'm back!" she grinned at Tai.

"Nice to have you back, Mimi," unlike everyone else, Tai had known she was coming. They exchanged a warm welcome hug, and then Tai winked at Jou.

"Well, I'll get yall get back to your business, then," he waved and walked on.

Tai laughed inwardly, but then his good mood suddenly faded away.

He kicked the snow in front of him angrily. Why did he have to be so pitiful?

He was approaching the forest part of the park. He didn't know why, but he felt he had to go there. The trees around him seemed to calm him down, but only for a moment.

The sight stopped him dead in his tracks. Right in front of his face, a little more than five feet away, were Matt and Sora. Their arms were around each other, their lips locked together.

Tai's heart seemed to stop beating, and the only sound that could be heard was Tai's ragged breathing. He collapsed in the snow with an audible crunch. The pair in front of him broke away, and Sora gave a tiny gasp of surprise.

"Homework, Matt?" Tai's rasped bitterly. "Is this the kind of homework you've been doing all week?"

"Tai, wait a minute, I - " Matt moved to help Tai out of the snow he's been sitting in, but Tai pushed his hand away and got up to his feet so fast, almost knocking Matt over.

"You knew, Matt, and still you... you..." he was close to breaking down and crying, but not here, not now, and not in front of Sora.

"How can you say that? We never talked, you never talked."

They were closing the distance between them fast, and Sora suddenly appeared.

"That's enough, stop talking about me like I'm not here!" she half-yelled, and they both fell quiet. "Just stop it."

And then, turning on her heel, she walked away. The two boys stared at her retreating back, until she disappeared out the park gate.

As soon as Sora rounded the gate, she set off at a run. All the thoughts whirled around in her head, and she tried to block them out, but they just kept coming. Her two best friends, the people she cared for the most in the world - she couldn't finish that sentence. It was just too confusing. If Taichi liked her, why didn't he say anything? And Yamato... Sora had no idea. Well, until now.

Maybe, unknown even to herself, Sora had always had feelings for Yamato, and this afternoon they've been awakened. Or maybe she's never loved him - only when he made his feelings known to her, did she start. Otherwise why did she kiss him? Was it a mistake, and now will they all get hurt?

And now that she was in a position to choose, she didn't want to. She didn't want to hurt them and undermine their friendship. After all, they've been best friends forever.

Sora ran all the way home, and even after crashing through the front door, she never stopped running until she was in her room. But by the time she's flopped onto her bed, she admitted one thing - being kissed by Matt was pretty amazing.

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