A/N: I'm so happy that you guys enjoyed that last chapter, and all the ones before it. It makes me so happy when you review! Like pink fluffy bunnies! I apologize for the delay, yet again. Anyways, enjoy this chapter! Heh, love ya!
THE MATRIX KICKS!!! I totally recommend going seeing The Matrix and then seeing The Matrix Reloaded. In my opinion, anyone that says that The Matrix Reloaded sucks, is on crack! Just playin', just my opinion! I LOVE THE MATRIX!
Nah, seriously.. on with the story!
Ch. 11: Suprising Suggestions
"What are you... doing.. here..?" I blurted out, not being able to hide my shock. He didn't answer when I asked. "Michael.. What are you doing here? In.. Japan.."
"Well, I kinda figured that you'd be more excited than this to see me. I mean it's been 2 and half week since you moved, and you only called me twice since then." He muttered, raising an eyebrow. Seeing his disappointment, I covered my shock with a bright, million-dollar smile. My face softened and I walked away, motioning for him to come in and shut the door. Michael slowly pushed the door shut, making sure that it wouldn't make too loud of a noise to wake everyone up. I stood silently with my back to him, wondering what I was going say to him, I hadn't heard him walk over to me, but I realized how close he was when he grabbed ahold of my hand and held it quietly.
"I missed y--"
"Shhh.. you have to whisper.." I mummbled to him, placing two fingers over his mouth. 'Why am I so nervous about him being here? It's not like I'm hiding anything.'
"I missed you." He whispered in my ear before he pulled me in for a kiss, wrapping his arms around my waist. I moaned slightly and instictively pulled myself to him with my hands on his neck.
I don't know how long we stood there kissing, but it was long enough for me to completely forget everything around me. Michael always had that affect on me... where the world fell away and I was always longing for him to hold me. I soon brought back to reality when I heard noises from the stairs.
"AHEM" Came the coughs from above me. Michael reluctantly pulled back from me and turned me around to face the stairs. Redness flooded my cheeks when I saw Sora sitting on the 5th step, Matt leaning against the banister, and Tai standing on the step behind Sora. Matt stood confused, with one eyebrow raised, and Sora just giggled. I couldn't quite place Tai's emotions from the look he gave us, it was kind of creepy though.
"Um... guys this is.. Michael." I started, "My boyfriend, from New York."
None of their faces changed when I tol them who Michael was.
"No freakin' duh, Mimi!" Sora commented, scratching her neck. "No, I just figured you liked to make-out with strangers in your house at 2 o'clock in the morning, that's all."
"Girl, you'd better get rid of that sarcasm I'm sensing in your tone! Or I'll beat it out.." I threatened. Michael stood motionless behind me, his arm resting on my hips. I glanced up at Matt who was casually leaning against the railing, arms folded over his chest, and had no sign of even remotely liking Michael at all. Matt looked at me as I stared at him. Normally I would've looked away, but there was something in his eyes that captivated me and held me where I was. 'Come on Meems...you've got a boyfriend! HE'S STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU!' I yelled, mentally dragging my eyes away from Matt's gorgeous blue pools.
"Earth to Mimi.." Sora yelled quite loudly in my face, she had gotten off of the stairs. She shook me by my arms and yelled louder, and soon follewed by pointing her fingers in front of my face.
"Shhh!" I spat back, grabbing her fingers tightly, making her wince. "Gram is sleeping!"
Sora rolled her eyes and grinned. She leaned over and pushed Michael a few steps back, and came back to me. Whispering in my ear, "Do you enjoy gawking at Matt?"
I againt felt the blush rush back to my face, I pushed her away which made her stammer. We both laughed, leaving the boys clueless. Michael walked back to me and hugged me from behind, holding my waist tightly. I looked down at his arms and watched my gaze slowly drift from his arms to the floor and then over to Matt.
Matt.
I watched as Michael positioned his arms over Mimi's hips, his face full of content, unlike Tai who had anger and lust written all over his face. I stood up straight and stared at Mimi and Michael, waiting for them to do something. Walking past Sora, who was sitting down on the stairs watching Mimi, I jumped over the railing and walked into the kitchen. "I'm getting some coffee, anybody want some?"
Tai, Mimi, Michael, and Sora watched my back as I rounded the corner, into the large kitchen that was finished with marble tiles and chesnut tables. "Guess not.." I muttered to myself pulling the coffee beans from the refridgerator and put them into the coffee maker. 'Boyfriend?' The word echoed in my head over and over. 'Get over it Matt, you have a girlfriend!' I slapped the back of my head while waiting for the beans to turn into liquid. You know, the saying "A watched pot never boils" is really emphasized right about now. It seemed like FOREVER before the first drop came! I swear, I thought I had grey hairs by the time the coffee was finished. But thankfully, I didn't have any such thing. I will never, ever have grey hair. I'll dye my hair before that happens! I felt a small hand on my shoulder as leaned over, my arms folded on the counter and my forehead on my arms. I already knew who it was, she had a sense about her.
"Matt? Are you ok?" Mimi asked quietly. I lifted my head suddenly, making her jump and giggle. I smiled at her, not moving my arms or the leaned over position that I was in.
"Yeah. Don't I look ok?" I asked, causing her to put on an embarrassed look. She shook her head quickly.
"Uh huh, sure." I teased, making her sigh in relief that I was only joking. She jumped up on the counter and crossed her tiny ankles. She slouched her back and sighed, closing her light brown eyes. "So how long have you been dating Michael?"
"One year." She said looking at her feet. I had never seen Mimi act like this, staring at her feet all the time. Normally she's proud of everything that she did, and was always looking around at things. But ever since that whole deal with Madison, she's been looking at her feet a lot. I tried not laugh when I remembered the incident between Mimi and Madison. It didn't work, Mimi looked up at me.
"What?" She asked, puzzled. I smirked lightly and shrugged.
"Nothing, I was just remembering you elbowing Madison on her way down to the ground." I said laughing. Nice mental picture... hehe.
"Matt! Even though I don't like her, nor do I like the fact that your dating her, she's still your girlfriend and your not supposed to laugh when you think about her being beaten up!" She got out, trying not to giggle herself. I laughed more because she was laughing while telling me not to. Mimi reached over and slapped me on my arm, making me pout mockingly.
Sora stood in the doorway with her arms folded and watched Mimi and me laugh. Mimi was still sitting on the kitchen counter, facing me with her legs indian-style and the palms of her hands on the counter keeping her arms straight.
"Do you guys ever freakin' stop laughing?" She asked, which didn't stop us from laughing. Sora giggled seeing our faces and walked over to the opposide side of the counter that Mimi was sitting on and climbed into the chair.
"Where are Tai and Michael?" Mimi asked, finally calming down and resting back.
"They're talking out in the foyer."
Michael. Foyer.
"You need to back off, man." I told Tai, who was getting protective over nothing.
"No, look. You need to back off. Mimi lives in Odaiba now, not freakin' New York City! Get another girlfriend where you live, so Mimi can have one here." He spat back. What was this guy doing?
"You only want me to break up with Mimi so you can have her. It's obvious you regect." I snapped at him. I had only met him not even a half an hour ago and he was already getting on my nerves. He has no business with Mimi. He's not her type.
"Listen... I don't care what you say. But you better back off, your on my territory." He started, "You don't know what could happen if you get on my bad side."
"You mean I'm not yet?" I began, "Well then I haven't achieved my goal yet." I finished sarcastically, leaving him with a angry girn on his face. I shrugged and walked to the kitchen to find Mimi sitting on the counter, Matt leaning against it while watching the coffee, and Sora sitting in the chair with her legs on top of the counter.
Mimi didn't look over at me until I walked over and jumped up on the counter with her. "Hey."
"Hi!" She said childishly and monouvered herself for so that she was leaning against my chest. I wrapped my left arm her shoulder as my right hand held hers. This was what I was missing for so long. But she was different in some way, a way I couldn't quit place. Maybe it was the people that she was with that were different. They were all complete opposites from Nina and Anna. It's hard to believe that she hung out with these people, they're people she would've never talked to back in America. Not her wealth I suppose.
"By the way, Nina and Anna say hi and that they miss you so much." I said, mocking them in very girlish voices. Mimi brightened when I mentioned them which was good, it meant that she hadn't forgoten her real friends.
"I miss them too! How are Anna and Drake? And Nina and Ashton?" She said, lifting herself from my chest and looking at me with large brown eyes. I gave a half smile that made her raise an eyebrow.
"Actually, Drake and Anna broke up."
"Why!?" She asked, obviously suprised. Matt and Sora were completely oblivious to what was going on, and Tai didn't care either.
"No reason." I said, immediately changing the subject. "They just needed a break I guess. A few problems came up."
"Wow... that's odd. They were so cute together." Mimi said, jumping off of the counter, her long curls, which were pulled back into a ponytail, bounced. Matt's eyes followed Mimi over to the fridge and watched her pull out some milk. "What about Nina?"
"Not together anymore either." I told her. i guess it didn't suprise her, because she just sighed.
"Gee, what a suprise." She mocked, getting out a bunch of plastic cups. "How long did they last?"
"About 4 days after you moved."
"Wow... longer than I expected." She said, pouring milk into two of the five cups. "Who wants some?"
Sora and Tai looked over at her and nodded slowly.
"I'll have some."
"Me too."
"Matt do you want any?" Mimi said, still pouring milk for Sora and Tai. Matt shook his slightly before he uncrossed his arms and grabbed one of the empty cups that Mimi had pulled out.
Sora.
It was kind of odd that Michael just showed up out of nowhere. I mean, this is Japan... and he was in America. It's not everyday that a hot boyfriend from New York City shows up at your best friend's house in the middle of the night.
I don't like him. Not at all... he looks at us weird. You can tell her doesn't like me or Matt... or Tai. Especially Tai. I don't know what happened between them in foyer after we walked into the kitchen, but judging by the glares they were giving each other it wasn't good. I mean, there could've been lightning shooting between them. Michael must be in love with Mimi or something, because most guys would've bolted by now. Being under such pressure from her friends and all.
Mimi put opened the fridge again and put away the milk. She then handed me the red plastic cup that had milk in it, then moving over to give Tai his.
"Well? Are we going to stay in the kitchen the whole night?" I asked, following with a sip of my milk.
"Why not? We've been everywhere else in the house." Mimi giggled. Michael, again, didn't know what we were talking about. "But we can go somewhere else in the house, if you want."
"I have a suggestion!" I gloated. Mimi looked at me in mock pride. "Ya know, I'm getting tired of your sarcasm TACHIKAWA!"
Mimi stuck out her tongue, then blew me kiss as she winked at me. I blew one back and sat up straight. "I think we should go to the docks!"
Matt smiled. "Sounds like a decent idea. Good job, Sora. I'm proud of you... you actually gave a good idea! BRAVO!"
He continued to laugh at me before I threw a nearby pillow at him. His laughter stopped as he was hit in the side of the head. I watched as his smile turned into a soft pout as he rubbed his head.
"Screw you Sora."
"Not right now hunny, my head hurts." I shot back, making him smile. I turned back to Mimi who was sitting on the floor indian-style, holding her glass of milk in her right hand. "Well? What do you think?"
"Um... I don't think so." She sipped her milk. My face dropped immediately. "Don't give me that look. I'm only saying no because if Gram finds out that I wasn't in the house tonight, she'll flip! You guys are free to go if you want. But I'm not."
"Meems!!! You can't just do that to me!" I started, "I'm feeling the need to party! And Misato is holding one TONIGHT. At the docks. Please?" I pleaded running over to her, nearly trampling her where she sat.
"No!"
"PLEASE"
"SORA! No!"
"Com'on! Please?" I said, giving her the puppy dog eyes. She looked away and closed her eyes.
"NO!"
I started wimpering. That's another weakness for her, she can't stand it when I give her puppy dog eyes or when I wimper. I found that I could always get what I wanted that way. "I'll go without you... but you can't just make me go to a party without my best friend! You wouldn't torture me like that, would you! Your not that mean!"
I could see her bite her bottom lip as she tried not to say yes. 'YAY! We're going to the docks!'
"FINE!" She blurted out. That was it, that was all it took before there was a huge uproar between us in the room. I engulfed her in a tight hug before I jumped to my feet. Tai and Matt smiled... Michael just stood there.. still. "Are you sure it's still going on? I mean, it's after 2."
"Freakin' duh, Meems. We're talking about Misato's party! His parties always last until 8 the next morning. We have plenty of time! LET'S GET DRESSED!!!" I shreaked, grabbing her arm and pulled her upstairs.
"What about the guys?" Mimi said as she ran up the stairs with me.
"Um.. guys. Why don't you guys go back to your houses and get something together. Wear something cool... we know how you'll want to impress all the 'hotties'. Michael you can go with one of them."
Hope he doesn't mind if I just ship him off with one of the guys. Oh well! I don't really care what he thinks of me. It'll get him out of the house so Mimi and I can talk about him.
"It'll be ok, Michael. Guys, we'll meet you at the docks in 15 minutes! Be there." Mimi ordered, showing her demanding side. We smiled and ran upstairs after we watched the boys get all of their belongings together. we heard the front door click shut before we shut her bedroom door.
"What in the freakin' heck is he doing here?!" I blurted out a little harsher than expected. Her face looked a little suprised before she looked at her clock.
"I was asking myself the same question! I mean, how am I supposed to know!" Mimi said, rubbing the back of her head. "Did you see my expression when I saw him!?"
"No... all I saw was the both of you in a freakin' lip lock to last the century!" I said, sitting on her bed. Watching her start to blush was the funniest thing ever. 'I wish I had a camera.'
"Well, anyway. I'm just as shocked as you are. But only I seem happier than you do." She stated, turning toward me. "Shouldn't you be happy for me? Considering that my boyfriend came to visit me?"
"I don't like him."
"Why not? There's nothing wrong with him."
"I just don't. And from the way he looks at Tai, Matt, and me... he doesn't like us either." I told her. I watched her roll her eyes before she turned her back to me and opened the wooden french doors to her large walk-in closet.
"I think your just imagining things. I've been going out with Michael for nearly a year. I don't think he'd act like that. Especially to my friends."
'Whatever... I think I can freakin' catch evil glares from a guy. I wasn't freakin' born yesterday..' I thought to myself as Mimi disappeared into her closet. Two minutes later she returned and motioned for me to come to the closet. Before I passed the mirror I looked, and in the reflection there I saw the stereo in the background. I walked over to it and played some music. It was set on cd mode... playing the soundtrack to The Matrix: Reloaded. The song Zion came on.
I walked into the closet and muffled past the clothes. 'Freakin' man... I wish I had this many clothes..'
"I know you wear the same size as me, so just pick something. Anything you want." She told me, even though I couldn't see where she was. "Just make sure that you approve it with me first, just to make sure that's not the outfit that I want to wear."
"Got it." I said, as I started looking for clothes to wear. I pushed aside all the bright colored clothes, which basically took up most of the closet, and found something more my style. Black.
"I found what I'm wearing. Have you picked anything yet?" She asked me. I smiled to myself and pulled it off the hanger. Walking down the isle to the enterance of the closet.
"AIR!" I gasped when I saw her standing next to her bed. She giggled. "It's amazing that I didn't sufficate in there. All those clothes took up all the room for air!"
"Yeah, I found my outfit. And I'm guessing you did too." I said to her, walking over to her bed with her clothes in my arms. She nodded and took her clothes off the hanger, and threw the hangers on the floor.
"I hope Gram doesn't wake up and find that I'm NOT IN MY ROOM!" She stated loudly. I cringed a bit and walked over to the chair, and pulled off my shirt. I put on the clothes that I had picked out for myself. The shirt was a black v-neck halter top that laced in criss-crosses in the front, showing off my stomach. It fit tightly enough to accent my curves. The pants that I picked out were black with criss-cross ties on side, showing off the entire side of my legs. Mimi still hadn't put on her clothes when I turned around, and moved over to her vanity set in the bathroom.
"She won't wake up." I put on some of Mimi's brown lipstick that was laying on the vanity desk. Mimi finally started to get dressed while I put on some of her brown eyeshadow and lip liner.
She pulled her pink bandana style shirt over her chest and tied in a knot in the back. I fell tightly over her chest and loosened over her stomach. Her pants were black leather hip huggers, and she tied them with a pink belt that had the same material as the shirt she was wearing.
"What do you think?" She said spinning around in her room, as I watched from the bathroom, still putting on makeup.
"You look hot!" I told her, making sure not to mess up while putting on lip liner. "Aren't you going to wear any make up?"
"Aren't you going to wear any shoes?" She pointed out sarcastically, reminding me that I still hadn't picked out any shoes. I smiled and walked back to the closet and pulled out her black and white adidas sneakers. "Your wearing sneakers?" She giggled.
"Yeah. I freakin' wanna go comfortable!"
"...Right..." Mimi mummbled on her way to the bathroom, where she put on her pink make up. She pulled out two necklaces from her jewelry box that was sitting on the vanity. "Come here Sora."
I walked over to her and she handed me one of the necklaces. "I guess I can wear this too... I mean, I'm already wearing all your freakin' clothes!"
"Um... Sora.. it's a belly necklace!" Mimi blurted out laughing as I tried to put it around my neck. My face went red as I wrapped it around my waist.
"Freakin' shut up... just shut.. up." I turned around, listening to her still laugh at me.
I pulled one of her pink brushes off of her dressers in her room and combed my orange hair down. It automatically flipped up at the ends. The layers stood out as I brushed my hair, and put hairspray in for a little support. Mimi walked out of the bathroom, turning off the light, and let her long chesnut hair roll down her back in spiral curls. She ran her hand through her hair, overlapping the hairs together.
"Ready?" She asked me, slipping on her black platform heels with a glittered pink strap over the toes.
I nodded slightly before I walked over to her stereo and pressed the 'power' button.
We walked out the front silently, careful not to wake up Gram. I turned off the front porch light and locked the door while Mimi disarmed the alarm to her car. I climbed over the door and plopped down in the seat. Mimi on the other hand opened the door and sat down in the drivers seat. Her car pulled out of the driveway, and we pressed the button the immediately opened the iron front gates that blocked our way from exiting the estate. Mimi drove through the gates and then pressed the button again to close them. We got about a block away from her house when we pumped up the music again and sang at the top of our lungs. This night is going to be our night... one we won't ever forget.
Tsumi.
'Misato...Misato...' I replayed in my head as I looked up the name on my silver laptop, sitting in my black BMW. The only thing that was placed on the screen was a loading sign that blinked continuously as it searched for information. Within seconds a full profile came onto the screen.
Name: Tonichiwo Misato
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Background: Mr. Tonichiwo is in charge of the Urban Development Department of Contaq Corp. Information on Mrs. Tonichiwo is unknown, other than she deserted the family when Misato was 2 and half years old. Misato has no siblings and is known for partying. No arrest records. No offense records.
'Who made these things? If the police make informational charts like these, no wonder they can't find any criminals anymore.' I grunted while looking up the location for the party that Mimi was headed to. The link led me to yet another page which I assume is a cyber-invitation for anyone who reads it. 'The Docks'
"Perfect.." I shut the lid to my laptop and started my car.
In a matter of 10 minutes I arrived at the docks and watched as many teenagers danced up on each other. Well, actually it looked like anything other dancing. 'No sign of them yet.'
I walked around for a couple minutes and saw a figure leave the crowd they were with, and walk toward the pier. I followed shortly after, realizing who it was. Mimi. She stood at the edge of the pier, staring at the reflection of the moon and stars on the water. I stopped a foot behind her, quietly.
"Are you going to stand there and stare at me the whole night? Or are you going to introduce yourself." She asked, not moving an inch of her body.
Suprisingly, I wasn't ready for her comment. 'She's quick...' I told myself, impressed. "I'm not sure yet."
"Well, in that case... get a camera." She told me, turning her torso to face me. Her hair flew around when she whipped her head around to face me. The moon accented every bone on her face... smoothing out her skin. She smiled brightly, turning the rest of her slender body.
'Beautiful...' I thought, 'NO! Think of the mission.' I mentally slapped myself, crossing my arms over my chest, not moving from the spot I had chosen.
"Do we know each other?" She looked confused, as if we had met before.
"No." I started. "I'm Tsumi. Just an admirer."
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A/N: Haha. I like this ending. It's fun. I'm sorry if that took a while, but at least I gave you fair warning! Hopefully, you guys won't storm my house or anything...hehe. Enjoy!
By the way... I'm going on vacation starting July 1st and I won't get back until July 25th. So I probably won't be able to write until after that! But I'll try. Thanks for all the reviews!
Love ya--Naoko
THE MATRIX KICKS!!! I totally recommend going seeing The Matrix and then seeing The Matrix Reloaded. In my opinion, anyone that says that The Matrix Reloaded sucks, is on crack! Just playin', just my opinion! I LOVE THE MATRIX!
Nah, seriously.. on with the story!
Ch. 11: Suprising Suggestions
"What are you... doing.. here..?" I blurted out, not being able to hide my shock. He didn't answer when I asked. "Michael.. What are you doing here? In.. Japan.."
"Well, I kinda figured that you'd be more excited than this to see me. I mean it's been 2 and half week since you moved, and you only called me twice since then." He muttered, raising an eyebrow. Seeing his disappointment, I covered my shock with a bright, million-dollar smile. My face softened and I walked away, motioning for him to come in and shut the door. Michael slowly pushed the door shut, making sure that it wouldn't make too loud of a noise to wake everyone up. I stood silently with my back to him, wondering what I was going say to him, I hadn't heard him walk over to me, but I realized how close he was when he grabbed ahold of my hand and held it quietly.
"I missed y--"
"Shhh.. you have to whisper.." I mummbled to him, placing two fingers over his mouth. 'Why am I so nervous about him being here? It's not like I'm hiding anything.'
"I missed you." He whispered in my ear before he pulled me in for a kiss, wrapping his arms around my waist. I moaned slightly and instictively pulled myself to him with my hands on his neck.
I don't know how long we stood there kissing, but it was long enough for me to completely forget everything around me. Michael always had that affect on me... where the world fell away and I was always longing for him to hold me. I soon brought back to reality when I heard noises from the stairs.
"AHEM" Came the coughs from above me. Michael reluctantly pulled back from me and turned me around to face the stairs. Redness flooded my cheeks when I saw Sora sitting on the 5th step, Matt leaning against the banister, and Tai standing on the step behind Sora. Matt stood confused, with one eyebrow raised, and Sora just giggled. I couldn't quite place Tai's emotions from the look he gave us, it was kind of creepy though.
"Um... guys this is.. Michael." I started, "My boyfriend, from New York."
None of their faces changed when I tol them who Michael was.
"No freakin' duh, Mimi!" Sora commented, scratching her neck. "No, I just figured you liked to make-out with strangers in your house at 2 o'clock in the morning, that's all."
"Girl, you'd better get rid of that sarcasm I'm sensing in your tone! Or I'll beat it out.." I threatened. Michael stood motionless behind me, his arm resting on my hips. I glanced up at Matt who was casually leaning against the railing, arms folded over his chest, and had no sign of even remotely liking Michael at all. Matt looked at me as I stared at him. Normally I would've looked away, but there was something in his eyes that captivated me and held me where I was. 'Come on Meems...you've got a boyfriend! HE'S STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU!' I yelled, mentally dragging my eyes away from Matt's gorgeous blue pools.
"Earth to Mimi.." Sora yelled quite loudly in my face, she had gotten off of the stairs. She shook me by my arms and yelled louder, and soon follewed by pointing her fingers in front of my face.
"Shhh!" I spat back, grabbing her fingers tightly, making her wince. "Gram is sleeping!"
Sora rolled her eyes and grinned. She leaned over and pushed Michael a few steps back, and came back to me. Whispering in my ear, "Do you enjoy gawking at Matt?"
I againt felt the blush rush back to my face, I pushed her away which made her stammer. We both laughed, leaving the boys clueless. Michael walked back to me and hugged me from behind, holding my waist tightly. I looked down at his arms and watched my gaze slowly drift from his arms to the floor and then over to Matt.
Matt.
I watched as Michael positioned his arms over Mimi's hips, his face full of content, unlike Tai who had anger and lust written all over his face. I stood up straight and stared at Mimi and Michael, waiting for them to do something. Walking past Sora, who was sitting down on the stairs watching Mimi, I jumped over the railing and walked into the kitchen. "I'm getting some coffee, anybody want some?"
Tai, Mimi, Michael, and Sora watched my back as I rounded the corner, into the large kitchen that was finished with marble tiles and chesnut tables. "Guess not.." I muttered to myself pulling the coffee beans from the refridgerator and put them into the coffee maker. 'Boyfriend?' The word echoed in my head over and over. 'Get over it Matt, you have a girlfriend!' I slapped the back of my head while waiting for the beans to turn into liquid. You know, the saying "A watched pot never boils" is really emphasized right about now. It seemed like FOREVER before the first drop came! I swear, I thought I had grey hairs by the time the coffee was finished. But thankfully, I didn't have any such thing. I will never, ever have grey hair. I'll dye my hair before that happens! I felt a small hand on my shoulder as leaned over, my arms folded on the counter and my forehead on my arms. I already knew who it was, she had a sense about her.
"Matt? Are you ok?" Mimi asked quietly. I lifted my head suddenly, making her jump and giggle. I smiled at her, not moving my arms or the leaned over position that I was in.
"Yeah. Don't I look ok?" I asked, causing her to put on an embarrassed look. She shook her head quickly.
"Uh huh, sure." I teased, making her sigh in relief that I was only joking. She jumped up on the counter and crossed her tiny ankles. She slouched her back and sighed, closing her light brown eyes. "So how long have you been dating Michael?"
"One year." She said looking at her feet. I had never seen Mimi act like this, staring at her feet all the time. Normally she's proud of everything that she did, and was always looking around at things. But ever since that whole deal with Madison, she's been looking at her feet a lot. I tried not laugh when I remembered the incident between Mimi and Madison. It didn't work, Mimi looked up at me.
"What?" She asked, puzzled. I smirked lightly and shrugged.
"Nothing, I was just remembering you elbowing Madison on her way down to the ground." I said laughing. Nice mental picture... hehe.
"Matt! Even though I don't like her, nor do I like the fact that your dating her, she's still your girlfriend and your not supposed to laugh when you think about her being beaten up!" She got out, trying not to giggle herself. I laughed more because she was laughing while telling me not to. Mimi reached over and slapped me on my arm, making me pout mockingly.
Sora stood in the doorway with her arms folded and watched Mimi and me laugh. Mimi was still sitting on the kitchen counter, facing me with her legs indian-style and the palms of her hands on the counter keeping her arms straight.
"Do you guys ever freakin' stop laughing?" She asked, which didn't stop us from laughing. Sora giggled seeing our faces and walked over to the opposide side of the counter that Mimi was sitting on and climbed into the chair.
"Where are Tai and Michael?" Mimi asked, finally calming down and resting back.
"They're talking out in the foyer."
Michael. Foyer.
"You need to back off, man." I told Tai, who was getting protective over nothing.
"No, look. You need to back off. Mimi lives in Odaiba now, not freakin' New York City! Get another girlfriend where you live, so Mimi can have one here." He spat back. What was this guy doing?
"You only want me to break up with Mimi so you can have her. It's obvious you regect." I snapped at him. I had only met him not even a half an hour ago and he was already getting on my nerves. He has no business with Mimi. He's not her type.
"Listen... I don't care what you say. But you better back off, your on my territory." He started, "You don't know what could happen if you get on my bad side."
"You mean I'm not yet?" I began, "Well then I haven't achieved my goal yet." I finished sarcastically, leaving him with a angry girn on his face. I shrugged and walked to the kitchen to find Mimi sitting on the counter, Matt leaning against it while watching the coffee, and Sora sitting in the chair with her legs on top of the counter.
Mimi didn't look over at me until I walked over and jumped up on the counter with her. "Hey."
"Hi!" She said childishly and monouvered herself for so that she was leaning against my chest. I wrapped my left arm her shoulder as my right hand held hers. This was what I was missing for so long. But she was different in some way, a way I couldn't quit place. Maybe it was the people that she was with that were different. They were all complete opposites from Nina and Anna. It's hard to believe that she hung out with these people, they're people she would've never talked to back in America. Not her wealth I suppose.
"By the way, Nina and Anna say hi and that they miss you so much." I said, mocking them in very girlish voices. Mimi brightened when I mentioned them which was good, it meant that she hadn't forgoten her real friends.
"I miss them too! How are Anna and Drake? And Nina and Ashton?" She said, lifting herself from my chest and looking at me with large brown eyes. I gave a half smile that made her raise an eyebrow.
"Actually, Drake and Anna broke up."
"Why!?" She asked, obviously suprised. Matt and Sora were completely oblivious to what was going on, and Tai didn't care either.
"No reason." I said, immediately changing the subject. "They just needed a break I guess. A few problems came up."
"Wow... that's odd. They were so cute together." Mimi said, jumping off of the counter, her long curls, which were pulled back into a ponytail, bounced. Matt's eyes followed Mimi over to the fridge and watched her pull out some milk. "What about Nina?"
"Not together anymore either." I told her. i guess it didn't suprise her, because she just sighed.
"Gee, what a suprise." She mocked, getting out a bunch of plastic cups. "How long did they last?"
"About 4 days after you moved."
"Wow... longer than I expected." She said, pouring milk into two of the five cups. "Who wants some?"
Sora and Tai looked over at her and nodded slowly.
"I'll have some."
"Me too."
"Matt do you want any?" Mimi said, still pouring milk for Sora and Tai. Matt shook his slightly before he uncrossed his arms and grabbed one of the empty cups that Mimi had pulled out.
Sora.
It was kind of odd that Michael just showed up out of nowhere. I mean, this is Japan... and he was in America. It's not everyday that a hot boyfriend from New York City shows up at your best friend's house in the middle of the night.
I don't like him. Not at all... he looks at us weird. You can tell her doesn't like me or Matt... or Tai. Especially Tai. I don't know what happened between them in foyer after we walked into the kitchen, but judging by the glares they were giving each other it wasn't good. I mean, there could've been lightning shooting between them. Michael must be in love with Mimi or something, because most guys would've bolted by now. Being under such pressure from her friends and all.
Mimi put opened the fridge again and put away the milk. She then handed me the red plastic cup that had milk in it, then moving over to give Tai his.
"Well? Are we going to stay in the kitchen the whole night?" I asked, following with a sip of my milk.
"Why not? We've been everywhere else in the house." Mimi giggled. Michael, again, didn't know what we were talking about. "But we can go somewhere else in the house, if you want."
"I have a suggestion!" I gloated. Mimi looked at me in mock pride. "Ya know, I'm getting tired of your sarcasm TACHIKAWA!"
Mimi stuck out her tongue, then blew me kiss as she winked at me. I blew one back and sat up straight. "I think we should go to the docks!"
Matt smiled. "Sounds like a decent idea. Good job, Sora. I'm proud of you... you actually gave a good idea! BRAVO!"
He continued to laugh at me before I threw a nearby pillow at him. His laughter stopped as he was hit in the side of the head. I watched as his smile turned into a soft pout as he rubbed his head.
"Screw you Sora."
"Not right now hunny, my head hurts." I shot back, making him smile. I turned back to Mimi who was sitting on the floor indian-style, holding her glass of milk in her right hand. "Well? What do you think?"
"Um... I don't think so." She sipped her milk. My face dropped immediately. "Don't give me that look. I'm only saying no because if Gram finds out that I wasn't in the house tonight, she'll flip! You guys are free to go if you want. But I'm not."
"Meems!!! You can't just do that to me!" I started, "I'm feeling the need to party! And Misato is holding one TONIGHT. At the docks. Please?" I pleaded running over to her, nearly trampling her where she sat.
"No!"
"PLEASE"
"SORA! No!"
"Com'on! Please?" I said, giving her the puppy dog eyes. She looked away and closed her eyes.
"NO!"
I started wimpering. That's another weakness for her, she can't stand it when I give her puppy dog eyes or when I wimper. I found that I could always get what I wanted that way. "I'll go without you... but you can't just make me go to a party without my best friend! You wouldn't torture me like that, would you! Your not that mean!"
I could see her bite her bottom lip as she tried not to say yes. 'YAY! We're going to the docks!'
"FINE!" She blurted out. That was it, that was all it took before there was a huge uproar between us in the room. I engulfed her in a tight hug before I jumped to my feet. Tai and Matt smiled... Michael just stood there.. still. "Are you sure it's still going on? I mean, it's after 2."
"Freakin' duh, Meems. We're talking about Misato's party! His parties always last until 8 the next morning. We have plenty of time! LET'S GET DRESSED!!!" I shreaked, grabbing her arm and pulled her upstairs.
"What about the guys?" Mimi said as she ran up the stairs with me.
"Um.. guys. Why don't you guys go back to your houses and get something together. Wear something cool... we know how you'll want to impress all the 'hotties'. Michael you can go with one of them."
Hope he doesn't mind if I just ship him off with one of the guys. Oh well! I don't really care what he thinks of me. It'll get him out of the house so Mimi and I can talk about him.
"It'll be ok, Michael. Guys, we'll meet you at the docks in 15 minutes! Be there." Mimi ordered, showing her demanding side. We smiled and ran upstairs after we watched the boys get all of their belongings together. we heard the front door click shut before we shut her bedroom door.
"What in the freakin' heck is he doing here?!" I blurted out a little harsher than expected. Her face looked a little suprised before she looked at her clock.
"I was asking myself the same question! I mean, how am I supposed to know!" Mimi said, rubbing the back of her head. "Did you see my expression when I saw him!?"
"No... all I saw was the both of you in a freakin' lip lock to last the century!" I said, sitting on her bed. Watching her start to blush was the funniest thing ever. 'I wish I had a camera.'
"Well, anyway. I'm just as shocked as you are. But only I seem happier than you do." She stated, turning toward me. "Shouldn't you be happy for me? Considering that my boyfriend came to visit me?"
"I don't like him."
"Why not? There's nothing wrong with him."
"I just don't. And from the way he looks at Tai, Matt, and me... he doesn't like us either." I told her. I watched her roll her eyes before she turned her back to me and opened the wooden french doors to her large walk-in closet.
"I think your just imagining things. I've been going out with Michael for nearly a year. I don't think he'd act like that. Especially to my friends."
'Whatever... I think I can freakin' catch evil glares from a guy. I wasn't freakin' born yesterday..' I thought to myself as Mimi disappeared into her closet. Two minutes later she returned and motioned for me to come to the closet. Before I passed the mirror I looked, and in the reflection there I saw the stereo in the background. I walked over to it and played some music. It was set on cd mode... playing the soundtrack to The Matrix: Reloaded. The song Zion came on.
I walked into the closet and muffled past the clothes. 'Freakin' man... I wish I had this many clothes..'
"I know you wear the same size as me, so just pick something. Anything you want." She told me, even though I couldn't see where she was. "Just make sure that you approve it with me first, just to make sure that's not the outfit that I want to wear."
"Got it." I said, as I started looking for clothes to wear. I pushed aside all the bright colored clothes, which basically took up most of the closet, and found something more my style. Black.
"I found what I'm wearing. Have you picked anything yet?" She asked me. I smiled to myself and pulled it off the hanger. Walking down the isle to the enterance of the closet.
"AIR!" I gasped when I saw her standing next to her bed. She giggled. "It's amazing that I didn't sufficate in there. All those clothes took up all the room for air!"
"Yeah, I found my outfit. And I'm guessing you did too." I said to her, walking over to her bed with her clothes in my arms. She nodded and took her clothes off the hanger, and threw the hangers on the floor.
"I hope Gram doesn't wake up and find that I'm NOT IN MY ROOM!" She stated loudly. I cringed a bit and walked over to the chair, and pulled off my shirt. I put on the clothes that I had picked out for myself. The shirt was a black v-neck halter top that laced in criss-crosses in the front, showing off my stomach. It fit tightly enough to accent my curves. The pants that I picked out were black with criss-cross ties on side, showing off the entire side of my legs. Mimi still hadn't put on her clothes when I turned around, and moved over to her vanity set in the bathroom.
"She won't wake up." I put on some of Mimi's brown lipstick that was laying on the vanity desk. Mimi finally started to get dressed while I put on some of her brown eyeshadow and lip liner.
She pulled her pink bandana style shirt over her chest and tied in a knot in the back. I fell tightly over her chest and loosened over her stomach. Her pants were black leather hip huggers, and she tied them with a pink belt that had the same material as the shirt she was wearing.
"What do you think?" She said spinning around in her room, as I watched from the bathroom, still putting on makeup.
"You look hot!" I told her, making sure not to mess up while putting on lip liner. "Aren't you going to wear any make up?"
"Aren't you going to wear any shoes?" She pointed out sarcastically, reminding me that I still hadn't picked out any shoes. I smiled and walked back to the closet and pulled out her black and white adidas sneakers. "Your wearing sneakers?" She giggled.
"Yeah. I freakin' wanna go comfortable!"
"...Right..." Mimi mummbled on her way to the bathroom, where she put on her pink make up. She pulled out two necklaces from her jewelry box that was sitting on the vanity. "Come here Sora."
I walked over to her and she handed me one of the necklaces. "I guess I can wear this too... I mean, I'm already wearing all your freakin' clothes!"
"Um... Sora.. it's a belly necklace!" Mimi blurted out laughing as I tried to put it around my neck. My face went red as I wrapped it around my waist.
"Freakin' shut up... just shut.. up." I turned around, listening to her still laugh at me.
I pulled one of her pink brushes off of her dressers in her room and combed my orange hair down. It automatically flipped up at the ends. The layers stood out as I brushed my hair, and put hairspray in for a little support. Mimi walked out of the bathroom, turning off the light, and let her long chesnut hair roll down her back in spiral curls. She ran her hand through her hair, overlapping the hairs together.
"Ready?" She asked me, slipping on her black platform heels with a glittered pink strap over the toes.
I nodded slightly before I walked over to her stereo and pressed the 'power' button.
We walked out the front silently, careful not to wake up Gram. I turned off the front porch light and locked the door while Mimi disarmed the alarm to her car. I climbed over the door and plopped down in the seat. Mimi on the other hand opened the door and sat down in the drivers seat. Her car pulled out of the driveway, and we pressed the button the immediately opened the iron front gates that blocked our way from exiting the estate. Mimi drove through the gates and then pressed the button again to close them. We got about a block away from her house when we pumped up the music again and sang at the top of our lungs. This night is going to be our night... one we won't ever forget.
Tsumi.
'Misato...Misato...' I replayed in my head as I looked up the name on my silver laptop, sitting in my black BMW. The only thing that was placed on the screen was a loading sign that blinked continuously as it searched for information. Within seconds a full profile came onto the screen.
Name: Tonichiwo Misato
Age: 18
Sex: Female
Background: Mr. Tonichiwo is in charge of the Urban Development Department of Contaq Corp. Information on Mrs. Tonichiwo is unknown, other than she deserted the family when Misato was 2 and half years old. Misato has no siblings and is known for partying. No arrest records. No offense records.
'Who made these things? If the police make informational charts like these, no wonder they can't find any criminals anymore.' I grunted while looking up the location for the party that Mimi was headed to. The link led me to yet another page which I assume is a cyber-invitation for anyone who reads it. 'The Docks'
"Perfect.." I shut the lid to my laptop and started my car.
In a matter of 10 minutes I arrived at the docks and watched as many teenagers danced up on each other. Well, actually it looked like anything other dancing. 'No sign of them yet.'
I walked around for a couple minutes and saw a figure leave the crowd they were with, and walk toward the pier. I followed shortly after, realizing who it was. Mimi. She stood at the edge of the pier, staring at the reflection of the moon and stars on the water. I stopped a foot behind her, quietly.
"Are you going to stand there and stare at me the whole night? Or are you going to introduce yourself." She asked, not moving an inch of her body.
Suprisingly, I wasn't ready for her comment. 'She's quick...' I told myself, impressed. "I'm not sure yet."
"Well, in that case... get a camera." She told me, turning her torso to face me. Her hair flew around when she whipped her head around to face me. The moon accented every bone on her face... smoothing out her skin. She smiled brightly, turning the rest of her slender body.
'Beautiful...' I thought, 'NO! Think of the mission.' I mentally slapped myself, crossing my arms over my chest, not moving from the spot I had chosen.
"Do we know each other?" She looked confused, as if we had met before.
"No." I started. "I'm Tsumi. Just an admirer."
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A/N: Haha. I like this ending. It's fun. I'm sorry if that took a while, but at least I gave you fair warning! Hopefully, you guys won't storm my house or anything...hehe. Enjoy!
By the way... I'm going on vacation starting July 1st and I won't get back until July 25th. So I probably won't be able to write until after that! But I'll try. Thanks for all the reviews!
Love ya--Naoko