Chapter Sixteen- Matt's Confession
"Izzy!!" Jesi ran down the hallway of her apartment building, still in her pajamas.
"Izzy, Izzy, Izzy!" She opened the door to Izzy's apartment and dashed inside without even
knocking. She ran past Izzy's parents who were setting breakfast on the table.
"I think we need to limit the amount of time Izzy's friends come over," Mrs. Izumi said.
"Izzy!!" Jesi ran into Izzy's room and jumped into Izzy's bed. Izzy, however, was still asleep.
Izzy shot up in his bed. "Agh! I swear I didn't touch your tree Tentomon!! Oh it's just
you Jesi, wait what are you doing here!?"
"I just got a call from Yolei, Mimi is coming to visit tomorrow isn't that great?"
"Why did you have to wake me up so early just to tell me that?"
"Oops, sorry. I guess I got a little carried away." Jesi looked down. "Nice pajamas"
Izzy looked at his clothes and realized all he was wearing were polka-dotted pajama pants.
"Ah! You're not supposed to see those!" Izzy got up and pushed Jesi out of the room. "Come
back when I have some clothes on!"
"Heehee," Jesi giggled and hurried back to her apartment, grabbing a bagel off of Izzy's
table on the way. "Thanks Mrs. Izumi!"
"I swear those kids think they live here."
"Matt, aren't you going to go to bed?"
"Nah, I'm just going to stay out here by the fire for a while. What about you?"
"I guess I'll stay here too."
Matt and Tai sat by the fire while the other digidestined slept in their tents. They had all
decided to go camping on the beach together that weekend. Joe couldn't make it because of a
test, and Yolei, Davis and Cody had all gone to the amusement park together.
Matt and Tai sat next to each other on a log and listened to the sea. Matt poked at the fire
with a stick.
"Matt..."
"Yeah Tai?"
"We're friends so we can talk about anything right?"
"Sure."
"Do you like Sora? As in, like like her."
"I...don't really know."
Tai sighed and looked out at the ocean. "I don't know why I bother, she'll never like
me."
"Hey, don't give up. If it's meant to be she'll come around eventually. Hey, that would
make a good song."
"Thanks Matt."
The glow from the fire lit up their faces as the moon rose high in the sky. The flames
reflected in Matt's crystal blue eyes and he stared into it.
"Have you ever wondered about fire, Tai?"
"Huh?"
"You know, like what makes it burn."
"I dunno, ask Izzy he knows everything."
"It's a funny thing, It moves around, and it grows bigger when you feed it wood or give it
more air. Almost like it's alive."
"Wow, that's deep."
Matt turned his head and looked into Tai's eyes. He stared like those cocoa brown eyes held the key to the universe. Deeper than time and space, even deeper than fire. Matt felt the longing that had been growing inside his heart for so long begin to overpower him. Then, he put his hand on the side of Tai's face, and kissed him.
"Matt!" Tai pushed him away and Matt toppled off the log into the sand.
"I'm sorry... I have no idea why I just did that."
Tai's expression softened. "It's ok Matt." He smiled.
Mimi yawned as she stepped out of the tent early the next morning.
"Smell that sea air! Much better than the smog in New--" Mimi looked over near the other
tent in shock. She saw Matt and Tai cuddled up under a blanket near the fire, sound asleep.
"Oh my." Mimi hurried back into the tent and saw Jesi starting to wake up. "Jesi,"
"Hm? Oh good morning Mimi."
Mimi bent down and whispered into Jesi's ear. Jesi's eyes got wide. She looked up at
Mimi and then peeked out the door of the tent.
"Let's not say anything," Mimi said. Jesi nodded.
Jesi stepped outside and saw Matt and Tai awake, and getting breakfast ready.
"Hey Jesi, sleep well?" Tai smiled.
"Um yes, very well." She smiled awkwardly and sat down on the log where the fire had
been last night.
"I'll be right out," Mimi called from the tent. "I've just got to get my bathing suit on
before everyone in here wakes up." she said to herself.
Mimi sat down on the floor of the tent and shuffled through her bags, then pulled the
nightshirt off over her head.
Izzy, who had been asleep woke up at this point and opened one eye sleepily. When he
looked up however the first thing he saw was Mimi kneeling near him with no shirt on.
Izzy began to sweat and then closed his eyes again, pretending to be asleep. "Ok Izzy,
now just forget this ever happened."
