Authors Note: This be a Mimato. *Grins* I just love Mimato. Okay So if yours gonna flame me don't you DARE flame me because of the couple I used. *glares* Okay you can read the story now


            The young girl placed her feet on the bottom step of the ladder looking up and the blonde boy already up in the tree house. She began to climb slowly an uneasy feeling of falling plagued her thoughts. She closed her eyes tightly and didn't even realize she had made in up in the club until she heard a familiar laughter and she opened her eyes. A pair of deep cerulean eyes met hers a smile played across his lips.
            "You know Mimi you have a really bad fear of heights." He laughed and stood up holding up and hand for her.
            "Matt." She took his hand and stood up with him, "I'm not afraid of heights, it's the falling from them part that scares me."
            "I wouldn't let anything happen to you, besides without you who would I have to hang out with?"
            She shrugged, "I don't know lets think. Sora lives three houses down, Tai lives next door to her, you live next door to Izzy, and you tell me there would be nobody to hang out with..."
            Matt smiled, "Let me rephrase that. Without you I would have to hang out with them. Besides I would miss you too much."
            Mimi smiled back at him, "Well in that case I'll just have to stay here!" She laughed and Matt joined her. She looked out the single window of the clubhouse and picked a ripe apple off the tree they were in, "Do you have some water?"
            Matt looked around and found a water bottle and a cloth, "Yup here." He took the apple and cleaned it and gave it to her. She took a bite and he smiled at her, "Is it good?"

Mimi nodded and sat down in a beanbag chair still munching on the apple. She casually stretched out her long legs crossing them in front of her left over right as usual. She looked up to find Matt looking right at her and she swallowed what she was chewing and raised an eyebrow, "Is something wrong?"

He blinked as her voice sliced through his thoughts and he turned a slight pink looking away. "Nothings wrong Mimi, I was just thinking." He bit his lip hoping she would buy his lame excuse. *Why does she have to be so pretty? * He looked back to see Mimi shrug and continue to munch on her delicious apple. He sighed with relief and grabbed a notebook off a small box that he always wrote in.

Mimi raised an eyebrow, "What are you writing about today?" She questioned as she got up and sat next to him on her knees and leaned closer to him, her hair brushing slightly against his face. His face turned a light pink as he watched her read his song. She looked at him and gave him a smile, "That's a good song will you sing it for me?"

He shook his head, "Its not finished, maybe some other time okay?"

Mimi shrugged once more, "If you say so." She leaned against the wall and then the faint sound of Matt's father calling. They clambered down the steps, Matt helping Mimi down. They sprinted across the small yard to the door where Matt's dad stood. He had taken a day off of work only due to a serious cold he had.

His dad waited for them to get to him and he smiled, "Mimi, your mom called its time for you to go home." He saw Mimi frown and smiled, "Matt will you be nice and walk Mimi home?"

Matt gave an embarrassed why didn't I think of that look to his father and nodded, "Yup!" He said as Mimi grinned and linked her arm with his causing him to redden once more. She smiled as they walked off, Matt's father smirked shaking his head and went inside with a sneeze.

"Matt isn't fall such a nice time of the year? I mean the leaves are so pretty and it's so nice you can wear a sweater with a scarf and cute mittens." She smiled and saw Tai outside playing soccer with a girl from school. *Odd... he usually plays soccer with Sora, Hmm Oh well. *

Matt nodded and began to talk causing Mimi to blink and realize what was going on, "Yeah fall is a pretty time, but I like spring." Mimi smiled at him and then felt the pain of solitude as she arrived at her house.

She smiled to Matt, "Thank you very much for walking me home, even if it is just down the street." She placed her mittend hand on the doorknob and turned it a bit looking at Matt's alluring blue eyes.

He blinked and unlinked his arm, "Well," he said rather nervously, "I should get home.  I Gotta take care of my dad. See you tomorrow Mims." He waved as he walked away and as Mimi stood there watching him she felt the cold wind cause her chestnut brown hair to sway and snowflakes fall from the gray November sky. She felt a chill run up and down her spine and quickly went inside before she caught cold. Matt felt the snow falling from the sky and he looked back to the fading house that he just left Mimi at. He walked up his driveway and entered the warm house to find his father sitting on the couch a somber look on his face. Matt gulped unsure of what was wrong but assumed is was his fault.

His dad patted the seat of the couch next to him and Matt removed his shoes and sat next to him, "Matt," His father began with a depressing tone to his voice that just 10 minutes ago was joyful, "I have some bad news for you."

Matt automatically thought of his mother, his younger brother T.k, and his grandmother, "Dad what's wrong?" His father placed a hand on his shoulder, "You should call Mimi. She just called and she sounded upset."

Matt had a terrible look of confusion on his face and instead of calling her he ran out of his house down the street while his father called out after him. He got to her house to find Mimi crying on her front porch, her slim figure trembling from her sobs and the chill in the air. He stopped and looked at her, his eyes cast a kind look as he walked closer to her. Mimi's head snapped up at the sound of footsteps. Her face was stained with only 5 minutes worth of tears and her bare arms wrapped around her frame holding in what small amount of body heat she could retain. Matt took off his jacket and wrapped it around her quivering shoulders, "Mimi? What's wrong?" He sat next to her and looked into her dark chocolate dispassionate eyes with his compassionate ones.

She sniffled and hid her face in his shoulder, her arms wrapped around him, "Oh Matt... Its horrible."

Matt uncertainly wrapped his arms around her pulling her closer, "Mimi. Please tell me what's wrong.."

She wiped the tears from her eyes, "Matt." Mimi began in a hoarse murmur, "I'm moving away."

His eyes widened as he saw his life shatter into millions of tiny pieces from the words she spoke. She sobbed and He held her trying to keep back his own cry.

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Matt stood at the airport with all of their friends. Mimi said her goodbye to everyone, everyone except Matt. He stood in the back, his hands shoved into the pockets of his jeans, a sad twinkle in his eye and his gaze met at the floor. Mimi hugged him and he slowly hugged her back. "I'm gonna miss you Matt." She whispered to him.

He hugged her tightly and closed his eyes for a moment, "I'll miss you too Mims." She pulled back as her flight was called and Matt felt only cold from where her warm body had left. She turned and waved to all of her friends and boarded the plane. As her plane began to leave, Matt walked over to the huge glass window; his solitary figure stood there, hands forced in his pockets once more. Mimi looked out the plane window only to find the rest of her friends crowding the window and a retreating Matt, pushing his way back through the crowd. A tidal wave of sadness hit Mimi hard as the plane left and flew her away from what she had known for 13 years. She watched as Japan disappeared underneath the clouds, as did her childhood.