It was finally summer. After months and months of reports, projects, and classes, summer had finally come and not a moment too soon. Still, much to her disappointment, Sora Takenouchi's work had just begun. The young girl sighed as she snipped another flower absent-mindedly. Her mother had "requested" Sora's help at the flower shop this summer. Requested is a nice way to put it, Sora thought cynically as her mind flashed to the screaming argument the two had had over the matter. In the end, Ms. Takenouchi informed Sora that if she didn't work at the flower shop she would be grounded, with no privileges, for what amounted to the rest of her life.
Sora began to visualize what summer would be like outside of Takenouchi Flowers, which in turn, lead to visualizations of her creeping into the shop one night and burning it to the ground. A soft ringing from the two bells on the front door pulled Sora out of her thought. Solemnly, the girl walked to the front counter. "Hello, what may I- Taichi!!!" she exclaimed as she saw the latest visitor in the shop.
The teenaged boy laughed to see the change in his friend's behavior. He knew Sora was…well…less than happy...about working in her mother's flower shop that summer. The small girl looked at her friend skeptically, "Wait a second…Taichi Kamiya, at a flower shop…why? You don't have to be here. You could be enjoying your summer," she said, her voice broadcasting her mixed feelings of annoyance, anger, and self-pity. She said the last part with her voiced raised, as if trying to proclaim it to her mother somewhere in the back, who obviously, hadn't heard her.
Taichi smiled and leaned passively against the counter. "Just came to visit you. I knew you'd be in torture. Besides, it's not like I really have anything better to do when you have to work," at this he smiled again, it was certainly true, with his best friend working all day, Tai had been bored out of his mind, walking up at 2 in the afternoon, only to waste away the rest of the day playing video games all alone. "So, I was wondering if you maybe wanted to go for a walk…or get a milkshake or something…you know, just to get out of the shop," he asked, desperate for company.
Sora looked at him with a similarly desperate look, "I'm really sorry Tai but I can't…I've got a lot of work to do…and besides, my mom would never let me go.." Tai nodded and failed at trying to hide his disappointment. "Okay….well, uh, no problem…I guess I'll see you later then," he said, more than a little bit disheartened, and turned towards the door.
Sora bit her lip. She hated to see Taichi sad…even more then she hated this flower shop (which believe me, was a great deal). "Taichi…wait," she said as she grabbed her jacket AN: Quiet! I know it's summer, the icecream store is cold ;P, the split second emotional battle she just had was still apparent in her voice. In the next instant, she gripped Taichi's hand in her own, shouted, "Mom-I'm-going-out-with-Tai-be-back-later," and pulled them both out the door in a run. She quickly slammed the door shut behind them, causing the bells to jingle wildly, and leaving Ms.Takenouchi wide eyed and stunned.
To be continued! ;)
Author's Notes: Heh, okay, now let me explain what in the world I'm planning to do ;) See, I had this story…about half way written out, when I realized I had a lot of "breaks" in it that could be considered chapters. So I decided to do just that, in hopes that I could make a chaptered fic with more than 3 chapters (that's the most I've done :\ ). Anyway, this break just happened to come particularly early in the un-chaptered version and that's why it's so short. Also, I've been really anxious to get this up so I basically just typed exactly what I had written in my notebook, when usually I try to add details and a better… "writing style?" O.o I think I'm this story is more about Taiora than er… "good writing" hehe… Anyway, I know this chapter was…er… "less than excellent" :( but I'm hoping it will improve as I go on. :) Reviews are most appreciated!! :D flamers are thrown into a pit of very angry monkeys. ;P