Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon and its characters. However, Lizzie and Kiki are my characters, so I own them.
Note: In this fic, Tk and Matt's parents got back together. And while you read this fic, keep in mind that as the years past and people grow up, people can change.
Chapter Four
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you two were an item," said the same voice that cleared his throat.
"Joe!" Sora squealed as she hugged her friend. "It's been a long time."
Joe hugged her back as he said, "It sure has." He stepped away from her as he looked at her. "You've changed a lot since I last saw you," he said as Sora blushed.
Matt laughed at her red face as he snaked an arm around her waist. "When's the last time we saw each other?"
"The Digiworld," replied a new voice.
"Hey Izzy," Matt greeted.
"Hey Matt," Izzy said.
Sora was about to walk to Izzy but Matt's arm stopped her. She took his arm off and hugged Izzy. "Hey Izzy."
As Izzy stepped back his eyes analyzed his old friends. "So, how long have you two been together?"
"We're not really together," Matt and Sora said in unison. They both looked at each other and blushed. Matt quickly glanced around, making sure none of his fans were around when he said that.
Joe looked at them confused. "What do you mean that you're not really together?"
"Well we're just acting like a couple," Matt said. Not that I mind it...wait...not that I mind it? What am I thinking?
"I see. I guess the fans still drive you nuts," Izzy said.
"Are you guys hungry? Because we didn't eat anything yet," Sora said.
"Yeah we are kind of hungry and it would be nice to catch up with you guys," Joe said.
As they all walked to the food cafeteria, Izzy couldn't help but laugh as he said, "Nice purse, Matt."
Joe looked over Matt. He hadn't noticed it before but now that Izzy pointed it out he joined in the laughter as he said, "Great fashion sense."
Sora laughed at a very annoyed and embarrassed Matt. "Oops, Sorry Matt."
Matt quickly took it off and handed it to Sora. "Ha ha ha, yeah yeah yeah. See if I hold any more of your stuff," he told Sora.
They all sat down and immediately began to talk about how life was.
"How's college?" asked Matt.
"A little overwhelming in terms of work," Izzy replied.
Sora shook her head. "I still can't believe that you skipped those grades and went to college before us," Sora said.
Joe leaned back in his seat and smiled. "Yeah, he's just your average genius."
Izzy blushed slightly. "I don't know about you guys but I'm going to get something to eat."
"Me too," Joe said.
"Good idea," Matt added as he got up.
"Well what about me?" asked Sora.
Matt went over to her and pinched her cheek lightly as he said, "You're the lucky one who gets to hold down the fort."
"Gee, don't I feel lucky," she pouted.
Matt then patted her head. "Good girl, now sit."
Sora swatted his hand away. "Matt, I'm not a dog," she said dryly.
"Just sit and watch our table and your bags. I'll get you something," Matt said as he reached in his pocket to pull out his wallet.
"Good, now that you two are done flirting, let's go," Izzy said.
Joe's eyes twinkled in amusement when he heard both of them say in unison, "I'm not flirting!"
Matt and Sora looked at each other and blushed slightly. "Alright, let's go get some grub."
"Grub?" asked Joe as he began to walk away.
"Yeah, grub. What's wrong with that?" Matt asked.
"It just sounds a little strange coming out of your mouth," Izzy added.
Sora watched as they walked away. She sighed as she sat down and looked around at all the people crowded around tables, eating away. Flirting...where'd he go and get an idea like that...we weren't flirting...
"Sora?" asked a voice.
Sora turned her head to see Jun. "Hi Jun." She cautiously watched as Jun took a seat next to her.
"I wanted to ask you something," she said uncomfortably.
"What is it?" asked Sora.
"This thing you have going with Matt, how long is it going to last?"
Sora stared at Jun. "Well...I don't know..."
Jun looked directly into her eyes. "Oh well. I think there's something you should know about Matt. He's not the type of guy that's going to stay with a girl for more than two weeks. And by the looks of it I don't think he's that interested in you. I mean he hasn't even kissed you yet!"
Has she been spying on us? "How'd you know?"
Jun smiled. "I know because you just confirmed it and besides, you're not even his type. Heck, let's face it Sora, you're rather plain and have these odd colored eyes. What makes you think you're suitable for dating? And what makes you think that guys will actually like you?"
"What's going on here?" demanded Matt, who was carrying a tray of food.
Jun merely smiled at Matt as she got up. "Oh nothing. I was just having a nice little girl's chat with Sora," she said as Sora stiffened.
Matt frowned as he took the spot Jun had been sitting in. "Jun, would you stop harassing my girlfriend."
"But Mattie-chan, I wasn't haras-" Matt cut Jun off.
"I mean it Jun," he angrily barked. He turned to Sora as he noticed how she was staring at her lap. He reached over and gently took her hand in his. When she didn't look at him, he gently stroked her hands as he said, "Sora, I heard what she said and none of it is true."
How dare he defend her? What is it about Sora? Doesn't some other friend of hers like her? Ugh! It isn't fair! She's got my Mattie! Jun rolled her eyes as she stalked off.
"Matt you're just saying that because you're my friend," Sora told him as she sighed.
Matt released her hand and gently cupped her chin as he turned her gaze to him. He looked into her eyes as he let go of chin and began to lightly caress her cheek. "Don't listen to the ramblings of a jealous over-aged teeny bopper. You are beautiful. Heck, I'm pretty darn lucky that I have one of the hottest girls in Odaiba who happens to be one of my best friends. Any guy would be lucky to go out with you and I consider myself lucky that I've got this beautiful girl I get to hang out with even more since we're pretending to be a couple."
"Do you really mean that?" she asked softly.
"Every word," he replied as he continued to stare straight into her eyes.
"Ahem, don't let us interrupt," said an amused Joe.
Matt instantly recoiled his hand and looked away from Sora. "What took you guys so long?"
Izzy noticed Sora blushing as she looked down at the table. Hmmm...interesting...
"The line," Joe said.
Matt took a sandwich and a bottled water off the tray as he plopped it down in front of Sora. "Here, I got you a chicken teriyaki sandwich and a water."
"Thanks," she mumbled as she unwrapped the sandwich.
"So, what colleges have you two gotten into?" asked Joe as he took a sip of his soda.
Sora's eyes lit up as she turned to him. "I got into a few but I decided that I didn't want to go all the way to the states so I turned down the New York Design and Performing Arts Institute and I didn't want to go to Oxford since their art program isn't as good as the university in Tokyo. Besides, Tokyo is a heck of a lot closer than New York and I'm not ready to go off so far, yet."
"You turned down Oxford?" asked a stunned Izzy.
"Yeah...but Oxford's program isn't as good as the one in Tokyo," Sora said.
"What exactly is your major?" asked Joe.
"I'm not sure if I want to major in fashion design or something in the performing arts," she replied blushing.
"Really? I never knew you were interested in that kind of stuff," Izzy said surprised.
"That's our Sora, just full of surprises," Matt said as he ruffled Sora's hair.
"Matt!" she protested as she smoothed her hair down. "Quit doing that," she glared.
"What about you, Matt?" asked Joe.
Matt shrugged. "Well I'm not that sure if I want to continue with music. That's why I'm going to Tokyo."
Sora had just finished her sandwich and water. She grabbed her purse as she said, "I'll be right back, I need to go to the ladies' room."
Matt watched as Sora walked away. Both Izzy and Joe noticed Matt following her with his eyes and they looked at each other. Izzy cleared his throat loudly but Matt didn't seem to hear.
"Is that Jun?" gasped Joe.
Matt's eyes widened in alarm and he quickly looked around. He frowned when he saw nothing but Joe and Izzy laughing at him. "Ha ha."
"Well at least that got your attention. Come to think of it, what were you looking at?" Izzy asked.
"Nothing," he shrugged.
"Riight," Joe mocked.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" demanded Matt as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Nothing it's just that from simple observations, it looks like you two are really a couple and aren't just pretending," Izzy said.
Matt looked oddly at Izzy. "What are you talking about, we're just trying to keep the act up in public."
Joe looked at Matt skeptically. "Oookay."
"Have you told anyone else?" asked Izzy.
"Nope, you guys are the first to know, which reminds me. You guys can't speak a word of this to anyone. I can't even tell Tk that we're not really a couple since he'd tell Kari who would tell Tai, who has a big mouth. You guys are the only ones that can know. Besides you guys are good at keeping secrets," Matt said.
"You don't have to worry about the secret slipping out, it's safe with us. But I don't know if you and Sora will be able to keep your feelings a secret from each other," Izzy said.
"Huh?" Matt looked at Izzy with a brief puzzled look before turning to Joe. "Joe, a little translation please."
Joe leaned back in his seat as he said, "He means that you two appear to be a little too cozy." "What? You guys don't know what you're talking about," Matt said.
At that moment Sora returned and sat down. "So what were you guys talking about?"
"Uh we were just talking about guy stuff. You know, manly stuff," Matt said with a grin.
"Why do I even bother asking?" Sora asked, rolling her eyes.
"Actually, we need to get going guys," Izzy said. As Izzy and Joe stood up, Matt and Sora also stood up.
"It was great seeing you guys again," Sora said.
"Yeah, we should get together for a Digi-reunion or something," Joe said.
"You have our numbers, so call us sometime," Matt said.
"Okay, we'll see you two around," Izzy said.
"Bye guys," Sora said.
"Bye guys," Joe replied.
"See ya," matt said.
As they walked away Sora turned to Matt with a huge smile.
"Oh man," he groaned. "Sora, haven't you done enough shopping?"
"No silly, let's hit a music store before going home unless you don't want and would rather-"
Matt cut her off saying, "Okay, to the music store." He then picked up some bags as Sora picked up the rest.
"See, I promised you the music store. So you should be happy," Sora said as they walked out of the food court.
"You know, instead of putting me through this torture all day you could've just left me at the music store."
"What? And miss the chance to torture you?" she gasped mockingly.
"Ha ha ha," he said as they walked into Tiazoki's Music.
And as Matt veered right, Sora headed left. It didn't take long before a group of Matt's fans convieniently ended up near Sora. One of the girls grabbed the bags she had placed on the ground. sora noticed this and turned to the girl with red hair. "Jun, what the hell are you doing with my bags?" she demanded. Man...she has got to be the most annoying person on the face of this planet...
"My friends and I decided to see what Matt's new girlfriend bought," Jun said innocently.
Sora reached out and yanked her bags away from Jun. "Ever hear of a thing called privacy? You might want to try and learn its meaning someday."
"And did you ever hear of a word called mask? You might want to try and put one on to hide your face," Jun retaliated as her friends laughed.
"Yeah, well at least I'm not so desperate that I have to follow a guy around like some sick puppuy," Sora replied.
As Jun heard her friends gasp, she could feel her face become red with anger. "Why you snot nose little princess," she said as she pushed Sora back into her friends, who grabbed Sora's arms.
"Let go of me," Sora said angrily.
"Let's not go and make demands when you're not in power," she told Sora.
"What's the matter Jun, you can't handle me without your friends?" Sora mocked.
And before Jun could do or say anything, Matt arrived just in the knick of time.
He pushed them aside as he demanded, "What the hell are you doing to her?"
"Oh, hi Mattie," said one of the girls dreamily.
"Don't hi me!" he said angrily.
"But Mattie!" Jun protested.
"Stuff it Jun!"
"But why her? She's not all that! I mean look at her! She's not that prett-" Jun was cut off by Matt.
"I don't want to ever hear any of you ever talk about Sora in that way. For she is a hundred times prettier than any of you will ever be and she's also a much better person than all of you combined will ever be," he said as he put an arm around her waist.
"Matt, you can't mean that," jun said as she pulled Matt away from Sora and put her arms around his neck.
Matt took her hands off of him. "Oh I mean it," he said dangerously to her. He could feel Sora's eyes on him and he turned to look at her as he walked to her.
"Do you really mean that?" asked Sora as she dropped her bag.
He put the bag he had in his hand down as he put both hands on her cheeks. "Every word." He then leaned forward and whispered, "I'm going to have to kiss you now. So just go with it."
Sora could feel her heart begin to race as butterflies danced in her stomach. She looked up into Matt's eyes. He's going to kiss me…oh no... She could feel her eyes close as his lips neared hers. And within a few seconds, his lips were on hers. She could feel his arms wrap around her body, pulling her closer to him. This was her first kiss and she wasn't use to this new kind of feeling. Her arms reached around Matt's neck for support as she felt him deepening the kiss.
It was like time had stopped and Matt could feel himself getting lost in this kiss. He could taste the faint taste of strawberries on her lips and when she started to kiss back, he never felt more alive. Mmm…I can't believe I'm standing here kissing my friend like this…and she's kissing me…maybe I should end this…oh heck, there's no harm in having just a little fun…
Sora could feel him pressing against her lips even harder, making her blush even more. This feels so good but this is Matt…he's my friend and I'm starting to get a little too into this… She began to pull away as she opened her eyes.
Matt opened his eyes and just stared at Sora, who was now avoiding his eyes. He couldn't help but grin at the rosy tint of her cheeks. Man, I never really noticed just how becoming that blush is. "Thanks Sora. That was good, and I mean real good," he said as she got redder. "I mean it. I know that was your first kiss and all, but you were pretty good." He watched in amusement as she pulled her arms from around his neck.
"Matt, stop," she said as she removed herself from his grasp. Unfortunately for some reason she felt a little unsteady and she felt Matt's hands reach out to steady her.
"You okay?" Matt asked concerned.
"Mmm hmm," she nodded. "I don't know why but I just felt a little light-headed."
"Uh maybe we should go get something to eat," Matt suggested as he picked up the two bags.
"But Matt, we already ate," she said softly. What's wrong with me?
Matt looked at her. "Maybe you're just tired."
"Yeah, I guess so." He's right, that has to be it…
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What'd you think? I didn't like how this story was turning out so I decided that I was going to revise. Some parts, like the chapters before this one will be the same, but other parts of the story may be completely changed. So bear with me and let me know what you think of the changes. I really would appreciate your thoughts and comments, so please review!
~*~Venursia