Chapter 6
A/N:
Hello all- Thanks for the array of reviews! This fic was the product of a weird dream- I didn't think it was all that good of a story! Anyway- not much here- It's the start of another week and I should be working on a paper ;) But like that's going to happen today… anyway enough about me- on with the show!
Again insert your favorite part of the story here: __________________ la la la disclaimer! (Sorry Kate had Pocky- she's hyper)
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Tai ran like a mad man all around town for what seemed like ages. He was soaked, tired, and out of his mind with worry. 'Where could she be?' He kept asking himself. He had checked her usual thinking spots twice, and then random places where he knew she went to on occasion.
By the looks of things, she had just disappeared off the face of the earth… 'No, Sora I know you're here somewhere…I need you… please.'
Matt and Mimi weren't having better luck. They had stopped by her home, incase she came back- but no one came.
"Tai, we can't find her anywhere." Matt said before he sneezed. "And we're catching cold just walking around in the rain. I'm more than likely she found somewhere to spend the night. Sora's a smart person, she wouldn't just be out walking around in the rain." Matt theorized over the phone.
"So you're giving up? Just like that?" Tai asked as he stopped under a doorway to temporarily get out of the cold rain.
"Tai- we can call the police and they'll start a look out for her. They know about these things better than we do."
"But she's our friend, and this was your fault! How can you just leave her?"
"Tai look…"
"No- I won't give up till I know for sure she's safe." Tai said defiantly before he hung up.
'I won't ever give up.' He told himself as he ran back into the pouring rain.
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Somehow or another Sora found the strength to walk up the long flights of stairs. It was a miracle she made it this far in such weather.
Standing before a familiar door she meekly knocked. Only to get no answer at all.
'Please be home Taichi,' she prayed as her body was racked by a coughing fit. Her nose was running and she felt so cold. The material of the dress she wore clung to her skin as water kept dripping off her.
Leaning her head to the door, tears began to cascade down her face. She hadn't been crying all night, until now.
'He hates me… Tai hates me…I was such a fool to fall for a trick like this.' She shivered as she wrapped her arms around herself, in a last attempt to get warm. 'No one could love me… no one…' She whimpered, as she just stood there slumped against the Kamiya family door.
She didn't know how long she stood there or why she still had hope he would come for her. Pushing herself away from the door Sora decided to go to the one place she felt loved… home. With her head turned downward she began to slowly walk back to the stairs. She wobbled a bit, but she was sure she could make it.
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Tai was freezing. His raincoat had not helped much. And he was beginning to sneeze more frequently now. Deep down he knew he should really do back home for a time, but he didn't want to give up the search. She was that important to him. He had gladly risked his life to save hers before and now was not a time to stop.
'But you should really go and get another coat. If you find her, she'll need something warm.' He mind reasoned with him. And a five-minute break wouldn't mean that much… plus she might have called his house. There was always a chance…
Tai decided to follow his mind's suggestion and headed back to his apartment. He knew no one would be home. His parents and Kari were at a relative's birthday party out of town. So he was home alone for the entire weekend.
Sprinting up the stairs he suddenly ran into a person about to go down the stairs.
Colliding with the cold and wet frame Tai simply grabbed a hold of the stair rail keeping himself from falling backwards.
The other figure however fell to the floor above the stairs.
"I'm so sorry." Tai said as he knelt down to see if the person was ok.
"Sora?" Tai asked wide-eyed as he saw the pale face of his dearest friend and love. "Sora, where were you? I was so worried." He exclaimed as he hugged her to him. It was then he noticed her current state. She was wet, soaked to the bone, and shivering. Her skin was a sickly pale and freezing to the touch.
"Oh my God Sora… what happened… we need to get you warm." He said as he quickly scooped her into his arms and took her inside his house.
Laying her shivering body on the couch, Tai ran into his room and grabbed every blanket he could possibly find and brought it out to the living room.
"Sora, you could have caught a death of a cold… what were you doing all this time?" Tai asked as he pulled the soaking wet wrap off from around her nearly blue colored shoulders. "You need to take that dress off, here's a shirt of mine you can wear." He offered her as he stood up and turned away. He could hear her slow movements and her fingers trembling. But she just couldn't get the zipper undone, and only began to cry more.
As Tai hear the sobs coming from behind him he couldn't just ignore her pain. He turned around and drew her close to him.
"I'm sorry Sora… I 'm sorry you had to go through all this… but we need to get you better. Then I'll take you out on a real date, ok?" He smiled as he helped her with the zipper of the dress. Very quickly he helped her out of her wet cloths and into some of his warm winter cloths.
'Oh Tai…you're so wonderful and I love you so much. I knew you would help me… I was so stupid to go… why? Why did I go?' She asked herself as tears continued to drip down her cheeks.
"There." Tai said as he had her bundled up on the couch. Running to the kitchen he came back with some warm tea and helped her sip it slowly.
It wasn't long before Sora was totally dry and warming up. Tai had attended to her every need, from bringing her more blankets, to wiping the sweat off her brow. He did everything for her with a kind and loving smile.
After everything was taken care of Tai sat down on the floor in front of her. Brushing a still damp tendril of her auburn hair out of her face he gave her a smile.
"Tai…" She started in a small voice, still trembling… still hurting.
"Sora, you need to rest and take it easy for a while. I called your mom, and she knows you're here and that you'll probably spend the night. This storm is really bad."
"Taichi… the date… it was… the flowers…and notes… they were all …fake." She said meekly erupting into more tears. "How could I have been so stupid? No one would feel that way about me… no one could ever love me like that… I was so stupid…"
But before she could continue with belittling herself, Tai went up on his knees and silenced her with a gentle kiss.
His warm lips were pressed up against her still cold ones. His hands went to cup her face as he continued to show his feelings for her. He might have been too afraid to say that he felt for her exactly like the 'secret admirer' did, but he could show her.
When the kiss ended Sora couldn't do anything but just stared at Tai. The look in his eyes told her that none of what she said was true.
"I didn't know." She whispered back to him in a sad yet happy voice.
"I never wanted you to know. Why would you want me when you had that secret admirer with the poetry and flowers…"
It was Sora's turn to silence Tai. Pulling a hand from under the covers she stopped his lips with a slender finger.
"I love you Taichi. I was too afraid to tell you, and I let myself be fooled by some pretty words… but it was you that I wanted and I still do."
"Sora, I love you. And I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I if would have just listened to Matt and told you right out that I felt this strongly for you, or if I would have been there at the restaurant like he told me then you wouldn't have had to walk in this rain…"
"Tai, how could you have known any of this was a fake? It's not your fault."
"Sora, this whole mess started because your good friends Mimi and Matt thought I was never going to actually tell you."
"What?"
"It was all set up Sora, I'm sorry- I was suppose to meet you at that restaurant… I'm so sorry."
"No, Tai it's not your fault." Sora said as she sneezed. "I'm fine, really. I'll feel a lot better tomorrow, and then we can get our revenge…"
A/N:
Hello all- Thanks for the array of reviews! This fic was the product of a weird dream- I didn't think it was all that good of a story! Anyway- not much here- It's the start of another week and I should be working on a paper ;) But like that's going to happen today… anyway enough about me- on with the show!
Again insert your favorite part of the story here: __________________ la la la disclaimer! (Sorry Kate had Pocky- she's hyper)
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Tai ran like a mad man all around town for what seemed like ages. He was soaked, tired, and out of his mind with worry. 'Where could she be?' He kept asking himself. He had checked her usual thinking spots twice, and then random places where he knew she went to on occasion.
By the looks of things, she had just disappeared off the face of the earth… 'No, Sora I know you're here somewhere…I need you… please.'
Matt and Mimi weren't having better luck. They had stopped by her home, incase she came back- but no one came.
"Tai, we can't find her anywhere." Matt said before he sneezed. "And we're catching cold just walking around in the rain. I'm more than likely she found somewhere to spend the night. Sora's a smart person, she wouldn't just be out walking around in the rain." Matt theorized over the phone.
"So you're giving up? Just like that?" Tai asked as he stopped under a doorway to temporarily get out of the cold rain.
"Tai- we can call the police and they'll start a look out for her. They know about these things better than we do."
"But she's our friend, and this was your fault! How can you just leave her?"
"Tai look…"
"No- I won't give up till I know for sure she's safe." Tai said defiantly before he hung up.
'I won't ever give up.' He told himself as he ran back into the pouring rain.
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Somehow or another Sora found the strength to walk up the long flights of stairs. It was a miracle she made it this far in such weather.
Standing before a familiar door she meekly knocked. Only to get no answer at all.
'Please be home Taichi,' she prayed as her body was racked by a coughing fit. Her nose was running and she felt so cold. The material of the dress she wore clung to her skin as water kept dripping off her.
Leaning her head to the door, tears began to cascade down her face. She hadn't been crying all night, until now.
'He hates me… Tai hates me…I was such a fool to fall for a trick like this.' She shivered as she wrapped her arms around herself, in a last attempt to get warm. 'No one could love me… no one…' She whimpered, as she just stood there slumped against the Kamiya family door.
She didn't know how long she stood there or why she still had hope he would come for her. Pushing herself away from the door Sora decided to go to the one place she felt loved… home. With her head turned downward she began to slowly walk back to the stairs. She wobbled a bit, but she was sure she could make it.
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Tai was freezing. His raincoat had not helped much. And he was beginning to sneeze more frequently now. Deep down he knew he should really do back home for a time, but he didn't want to give up the search. She was that important to him. He had gladly risked his life to save hers before and now was not a time to stop.
'But you should really go and get another coat. If you find her, she'll need something warm.' He mind reasoned with him. And a five-minute break wouldn't mean that much… plus she might have called his house. There was always a chance…
Tai decided to follow his mind's suggestion and headed back to his apartment. He knew no one would be home. His parents and Kari were at a relative's birthday party out of town. So he was home alone for the entire weekend.
Sprinting up the stairs he suddenly ran into a person about to go down the stairs.
Colliding with the cold and wet frame Tai simply grabbed a hold of the stair rail keeping himself from falling backwards.
The other figure however fell to the floor above the stairs.
"I'm so sorry." Tai said as he knelt down to see if the person was ok.
"Sora?" Tai asked wide-eyed as he saw the pale face of his dearest friend and love. "Sora, where were you? I was so worried." He exclaimed as he hugged her to him. It was then he noticed her current state. She was wet, soaked to the bone, and shivering. Her skin was a sickly pale and freezing to the touch.
"Oh my God Sora… what happened… we need to get you warm." He said as he quickly scooped her into his arms and took her inside his house.
Laying her shivering body on the couch, Tai ran into his room and grabbed every blanket he could possibly find and brought it out to the living room.
"Sora, you could have caught a death of a cold… what were you doing all this time?" Tai asked as he pulled the soaking wet wrap off from around her nearly blue colored shoulders. "You need to take that dress off, here's a shirt of mine you can wear." He offered her as he stood up and turned away. He could hear her slow movements and her fingers trembling. But she just couldn't get the zipper undone, and only began to cry more.
As Tai hear the sobs coming from behind him he couldn't just ignore her pain. He turned around and drew her close to him.
"I'm sorry Sora… I 'm sorry you had to go through all this… but we need to get you better. Then I'll take you out on a real date, ok?" He smiled as he helped her with the zipper of the dress. Very quickly he helped her out of her wet cloths and into some of his warm winter cloths.
'Oh Tai…you're so wonderful and I love you so much. I knew you would help me… I was so stupid to go… why? Why did I go?' She asked herself as tears continued to drip down her cheeks.
"There." Tai said as he had her bundled up on the couch. Running to the kitchen he came back with some warm tea and helped her sip it slowly.
It wasn't long before Sora was totally dry and warming up. Tai had attended to her every need, from bringing her more blankets, to wiping the sweat off her brow. He did everything for her with a kind and loving smile.
After everything was taken care of Tai sat down on the floor in front of her. Brushing a still damp tendril of her auburn hair out of her face he gave her a smile.
"Tai…" She started in a small voice, still trembling… still hurting.
"Sora, you need to rest and take it easy for a while. I called your mom, and she knows you're here and that you'll probably spend the night. This storm is really bad."
"Taichi… the date… it was… the flowers…and notes… they were all …fake." She said meekly erupting into more tears. "How could I have been so stupid? No one would feel that way about me… no one could ever love me like that… I was so stupid…"
But before she could continue with belittling herself, Tai went up on his knees and silenced her with a gentle kiss.
His warm lips were pressed up against her still cold ones. His hands went to cup her face as he continued to show his feelings for her. He might have been too afraid to say that he felt for her exactly like the 'secret admirer' did, but he could show her.
When the kiss ended Sora couldn't do anything but just stared at Tai. The look in his eyes told her that none of what she said was true.
"I didn't know." She whispered back to him in a sad yet happy voice.
"I never wanted you to know. Why would you want me when you had that secret admirer with the poetry and flowers…"
It was Sora's turn to silence Tai. Pulling a hand from under the covers she stopped his lips with a slender finger.
"I love you Taichi. I was too afraid to tell you, and I let myself be fooled by some pretty words… but it was you that I wanted and I still do."
"Sora, I love you. And I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I if would have just listened to Matt and told you right out that I felt this strongly for you, or if I would have been there at the restaurant like he told me then you wouldn't have had to walk in this rain…"
"Tai, how could you have known any of this was a fake? It's not your fault."
"Sora, this whole mess started because your good friends Mimi and Matt thought I was never going to actually tell you."
"What?"
"It was all set up Sora, I'm sorry- I was suppose to meet you at that restaurant… I'm so sorry."
"No, Tai it's not your fault." Sora said as she sneezed. "I'm fine, really. I'll feel a lot better tomorrow, and then we can get our revenge…"