I don't own digimon once again.;)

If there's any plot suggestions or couplings you want feel free to say so and I'll squeeze it in somehow! ^_^

Ages:

Mimi: 17

Matt: 18 *His class ring in this chapter indicates that he's graduated.*

T.K: 15

Kari: 15

Tai: 18

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Yamato was in the kitchen of his medium-sized apartment in Odaiba. He stirs a pot of soup with a wooden spoon thoroughly. Ever since his parents passed on, he'd tried to make the environment more comfortable and enjoyable for T.K. to settle into. Determined to be a good parental figure, he did up the apartment with regular lights, backlights, candles, wolf posters, old pictures everywhere, and even strobe lights in each of their rooms. Half the furniture was silver and the other half was black. The kitchen table was See-through and had a fish-tank built into it. There dwelled his favorite fish, Angel-fish. Above the table there was a flat cd player hanging on the wall.

Matt was cooking in a pure candle light, waiting for T.K to be home for dinner. He'd been at Kari's for a Spanish study group. Usually he would go with T.K to see if Tai was around, but he didn't feel much like doing anything tonight. Most of the day he'd baked little snacks for T.K to have when he came home from school. Baking became a thing he did just to get his mind of things. He used to turn his pain into anger but he didn't anymore. Not since Mimi and him got close. She brought out some surprising sides of him that he preferred over his old closed-in self.

Matt sighs as he puts the wooden spoon down onto a towel on the counter. He lowers the temperature, covers the pot, and sits on the chair. Sighing he leans his head on his fist.

Hearing the door open and shut, Yamato tries to peer to the front door but fails. "Teeks?" He calls as he picks his head up and looks through the arched entrance to the kitchen.

"Hey Matt." His little brothers voice calls, just before his whole figure appears to the kitchen.

Matt turns to his brother. "Heeeey little man. What's shakalakin'?"

T.K shakes his head. "Nothing really…Kari taught me how to conjugate Spanish verbs and-"

Matt gasps playfully. "Did you touch anything?"

"What!?"

"You heard me." Matt tries to still take his playful tone.

"Wha…I…No! Matt…why would you thi-"

"Hm…" Matt interrupts. He looks lost in thought but he speaks. "We need a code word. You would tell me if you touched any body parts right?"

T.K nodded. "If you asked yeah…I wouldn't be able to tell you straight out…but that's never going to happen." He takes a seat across from Matt.

"How about…if anything sexual happens between you two, you say…" He thinks for a minute. T.K stares at his brother trying to contain his laughter. He always loved how Matt checked up on him in the funniest of ways. Not too parental but not too easy. "-froggy!" He says snapping.

T.k couldn't hold it anymore. He laughed. "Froggy?"

"Yes…froggy. If anything happens you say…Froggy!"

"Thanks Matt…I'll remember that." T.K says, chuckling.

"No need to thank me little bro!" Matt gives him a warm smile. "How was Kari's?"

T.K grins. "Good as usual." He takes a seat across from his brother, staring down at the fish inside of the table.

"Thought so."

"What have you been doing all day? It smells good in here!"

Matt chuckles. "I made some cookies and brownies for you to snack on." He points to the counter. "There's a cake over there for your Study Group on Tuesday." He explains.

T.K cocks a brow. "Thanks Matt…" He, travels to the stove and lifts the lid of the soup pot curiously. "But, you only cook this much when you're depressed or want to get your mind off of something." Matt tilted his head slightly. "It's Mimi again isn't it?"

Matt looks at T.K disbelievingly. How could he have guessed? "I-…no! Why…" He stumbles.

"Matt…I know you miss her and it's okay to miss her."

Matt sighs to look down. He looks up in time to see T.K covering the pot back up and shutting the stove off. "I sent her a letter…I wonder if she got it…"

T.K puts on a serious face. "If she didn't, she will eventually. You need to cut the postal service some slack. America's a long way away."

Matt looked off to the side. "I guess you're right…" He starts playing with his class ring. "I wonder if she's forgotten me…What she's doing…if she's in college…if she's stuck up, even…God T.K…will she even write me? I have so many God damned questions." He closes his eyes and leans his head up against the wall.

"I wouldn't worry too much about that Matt…" He frowns some-what. " You had great times together. All you can do is never forget that."

Matt sighs. "I just want her to write back…"

T.K takes two bowls out of the cabinet. He puts two spoonfuls of soup in each bowl and gives one to his brother. "Just cheer up, Matt…She promised, remember?"

Matt takes the bowl from T.K and sets it down in front of him. "Yeah…" He smiles. "She did!" He laughs as he recalls the last line Mimi said before boarding her plane to New York.

"I promise Matt…I'll come back…did you really think you'd get rid of me that quickly?" She'd said, and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I'll never forget you." Was the last moment they shared before she turned to board her plane.

The moment replayed over and over in Matt's mind, forcing a smile to his lips. "Ooooh…yes she did." Matt laughs, speaking as if he were playfully threatening Mimi. He sits back, takes the bowl off the table, and spoons some soup into his mouth. He winks at T.K. T.K just chuckled and shook his head.