Konnichiwa, minna!! Wisegirl has added a chapter to this story… aren't you glad? *^^*
Okay, let's make things short: T.K. came for a visit! That's all.
Disclaimer: Digimon is not mine. Hey, is there any Season 5? (I checked on Toei's website but there weren't any news on Digimon, but I still heard rumours…)
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Chapter 11: The Ice Between Us (T.K.'s POV)
As I reached home, my mind was full of this question. Matt's in the ICU because of Sora? No way.
Did Father know that Matt's in the ICU? Perhaps he knew. I don't know, but don't the hospital has his phoen number? Mother? She doesn't know about this yet, even since the day I got the news that Matt had SARS. I just didn't want to tell her. But maybe I should tell her now.
"Tadaima (I'm home)," I called as I entered the house. No replies. Oh yes, Mother is working today. Huh… I really wanted to tell her.
I waited until Mother came home. It wasn't long enough before she came back. "Tadaima," she called.
"You're home," I replied, and took the chance to tell her about Matt. She was quite shocked, but she promised to pay a visit on him tomorrow.
This is so un-understandable. Why tomorrow? Why not today? Questions kept popping in my mind.
Ah, never mind. But I wonder, what would happen next?
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The next afternoon, we went to University Hospital to visit Matt. However we were silent along the way. I could feel the tense emotion in this journey. Was she worried? Was she angry? I don't know.
When we reached the hospital, at the ICU where Matt was, I saw Father, Tai, Kari, Davis, Izzy and Sora. Tai was scolding Sora, probably because he thought she was the cause of Matt going in the ICU, while the others tried to calm him down. Out from the quarrelling crowd, Father was staring at Matt that was inside the room.
Everyone stopped fighting once they saw us, and Father turned his head to us. Mother took her steps towards Father, and stopped in front of him.
That was when a shocking thing happened – she slapped Father. I was stunned; Tai was stunned; Kari was stunned; Sora was stunned; Izzy was stunned; while Davis made a big "O" as he was shocked to see such thing.
"How could you let it happen?!" she yelled angrily, half-screaming. It was obvious, Mother couldn't accept the fact that Father let Matt got this deadly disease.
Father was silent, and finally managed to whisper, "Natsuko, I…"
"You what?" she snapped. "You don't have time to spend on him? Takeru always told me Yamato said that he's always lonely out there!" I narrowed my eyes when she said that. Since when did I tell Mother that Matt was always alone? I just told her that he was sometimes alone, not always.
"Natsuko," Father tried to confront his angry ex-wife, "I'm always busy. Besides, he's grown up now."
"So that means you don't have to take care of him?" she accused. Her words made Father turned red. I was terrified, I knew he was angry.
"Fine! Why don't you take care of him instead?! I told you I was busy, but it didn't mean I abandoned him!!"
This sight was the one I least expect to see. I hate seeing them quarrelling, but now I have to see it again. Otou-san, okaa-san, yamete!! (Father, Mother, stop it!!)
Then suddenly all of us heard the sound of bed shaking violently. Tai and I rushed to see what it was. Then we saw it.
Matt's body was shaking violently, as if he was in trouble.
"Matt!!"
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Yeah, yet another cliffhanger. I love cliffhangers, they keep the readers in suspense. Hey, don't get mad at me, please.
So, what do you think of this chapter? Review, okay? Arigatou gozaimashita. -_-