One Week
Chapter Four: Thursday Tension
Pairings: Mimato and Taiora mainly but Sorato in the beginning (also tidbits of Takari and Koumi)
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon 01 or 02, if I did, I wouldn't make fanfics, right?
Takari-san: Here's the fourth chapter , and this might be a bit shorter than the others since it's running late and it seems like I won't be able to post a very long chapter… Just wait a bit more, tomorrow I'll be free from school and by the afternoon I'll be working on this already ^__^ This is pretty much a bit odd since everyone (the four anyway) seem sleepless and always sighing… *sweatdrop then grins* Thanks for all the heart-warming reviews by the way, I just love reading them ^__^
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"Can I join you guys?" a young girl asked a group of rowdy boys who were playing soccer. She had short auburn hair and amber eyes; she looked at the boys who stared at her blankly… "So can I?"
The boys remained silent for a while then they laughed hysterically.
A young boy with burning red hair then said between laughs, "Girls should go play with their dolls and have tea parties! They don't play soccer, you don't belong here, now go to your girl pals and play with dolls!"
Sora glared lethally at the boy with flaming red hair, ready to pounce him with her small yet strong fist when a boy with chocolate brown hair entered the vicinity…
"Let her join Hiroshi, it's no big… If you don't want to be teamed up with her, I will…" He approached the group with a broad grin, showing that one of his front teeth was missing.
They turned around and the boys immediately welcomed the boy, "Taichi, hey what do you mean by that?"
Taichi grinned, "I told you already, let her join, it's not really a problem and if you find her being a part of your team a burden, then I'll team up with her. Soccer is only a game guy, and it doesn't exactly state in the rule book that girls joining isn't allowed."
The other boys gaped at him, what had just possessed their cocky captain?
"So, anyone else joining our team?" Taichi asked putting his hand over the girl's shoulder.
No one approached him
Taichi blinked, "Okay then, fine, but your captain is going to beat you!"
The girl blinked, she wasn't actually able to say anything after the young boy arrived. She glanced at him and blushed lightly…
"Let's beat them, okay?" Taichi grinned, "Uh… what's your name?"
The girl nodded, "My name is Sora Takenouchi."
"Hi Sora, my name's Taichi Yagami, let's go beat them then?" Taichi asked her.
Sora nodded eagerly, "Yeah…"
That was the first time she met Taichi…
Sora Takenouchi sighed; she had just given Yamato a spooky call and left the phone hanging so call back yesterday night. She sighed, it was already nearing noon yet she didn't want to get up, it was not as if she was lazy to, she didn't want to… There was a fine line since after all, she didn't want to because she would be pestered with so much questions. Even, her own mother doesn't bother trying to get her out of the room, though her mother thinks she's brooding because Yamato might go. Maybe, that's just what all it is and through her brooding she accidentally released her feelings on Taichi, or maybe her past is catching up on her.
Catching up on her fast
She sighed and buried her head in her soft pillow she then groaned, "What past with Taichi am I thinking about? Taichi and I never thought of each other that way! Maybe I did, but that was when I was five years old for Pete's sake! It's not as if we started going out… or anything like that for that matter…" She blushed lightly. Upon noticing the warmth of her cheeks, she screamed in frustration. Thankfully, her mom was seemingly out shopping. She was usually buying groceries at this time anyway…
She closed her eyes and planned to get some shuteye because ever since Tuesday, she could not sleep at all. Added stress, due to the fact that she actually called Yamato in a scary way, mind you and just said a phrase then hung up.
She sighed ~again~ wondering what Yamato thought of that odd experience and it was obvious he recognized her voice and was probably boggled by why she was saying sorry. When he gets back to Japan, she'll tell him… she'll tell him what that was all about, whether he's going to that college or not.
Man, the tension in her was intense…
New York Thursday 11 pm/12 am (around midnight)
Mimi Tachikawa lay sleepless on her bed, being a person who suffers insomnia, this was an everyday thing for her so she doesn't really mind, her parent's are also used to her sleeping disorder. She sighed humming the lyrics of the song Yamato made for her. She sighed when she reached the chorus, she should not be feeling this way with Yamato if she didn't want her heart break again.
The coffee in the morning, the times when they both shopped, when she dragged his for sight-seeing and also when he composed that song for her… it was all a symbol of their friendship… every single part of that.
She sighed and reached for her bedside table. She took the remote and turned on the television. She began channel surfing but most of the things that showed were some people selling vacuum cleaners and cooking utensils to viewers who actually watched, which was probably no one… and even if they did watch, there was no chance they'll buy it.
Right away giving up on the television, she turned it off and began hugging some stuffed animals she had, one particular one that was a pink stuffed bunny given to her by her past boyfriend, Koushiro Izumi…
She sniffled a bit, remembering what happened between the two of them then pushed those thoughts away. Pushing those thoughts away though brought her to another heart-breaking thought about Yamato and Sora.
She sighed; maybe love and relationships aren't her thing…
She squeezed the stuffed bunny even tighter and probably, if it was a living creature (which is evidently isn't) it would have choked to death.
She had to be strong…
She had to be…
She had to be selfless and think about others instead of just herself…
She soon found herself in tears, 'Dakedo (but)… I want to be selfish, I don't care who I hurt… if Yamato could love me, love me in the way he loves Sora, but that… is impossible.'
She then moved towards her laptop, seeing one new message, she read it and she blinked. It was Koushiro… telling her how he had moved on…
Dear Mimi,
Surely been a while since I e-mailed you something about myself, about us… as I used to… I just wanted to tell you that I was/am never angry with you, that you are really a special friend to me… At first, my temper just got loose, but hey, as I told you before, I forgave you for the times I waited. I was actually too demanding to have asked you to reply ever so often. Hey, I just wanted to ask, have you moved on? In a year, we'd be in college, like Taichi, Sora and Yamato. Come to think of it, he's there with you in New York, right?
I hope you guys are having fun there, just don't overdose the coffee, it might actually be your source of insomnia (you told me this when we were fourteen, remember?). Oh yeah, almost forgot, just wanted to tell you, I already moved on, just as you probably would have wanted me to and right now, I can say, life is quite prodigious!
Thanks for everything Mimi, visit us soon… your friend is missing you (and I'm talking about myself!)
Have a prodigious time there, though probably now it will be around midnight there. Hey, I'm also just telling you, we all still remember you and care for you here in Japan.
, From Koushiro Izumi
Mimi laughed lightly, "Really, Koushiro's that way…" she sighed typing a quick letter to assure Koushiro she has moved on as well and that coffee might be the source of her insomnia but she would still drink it for the taste.
She sighed, sure, it's true she moved on but…
She moved on and found herself stuck again…
RING RING!
She blinked, wondering who could be calling this late and but answered anyway, "Hello, Mimi Tachikawa speaking…"
"Oh Mimi, great, I thought you asleep or something…" a voice said.
Mimi immediately recognized it, "Yamato, is that you? Hey, what're
you calling for?"
Yamato laughed, "Oh… nothing really… anyway, I just decided I'll
take my college here. The facilities are great and everything…"
Mimi grinned, "That's great!"
"Yeah, but I wonder how I'll break the news to the people in Odaiba…"
Yamato sighed, "I mean…"
"Come on Yamato… You know that if they know it's your dream, they'll
let you follow it." Mimi smiled, "I know they would understand…"
"I'll miss them though… I mean I'd be gone for around 5 years and everything, sure, I'd visit but it is still not going to be same…" Yamato said from the other line.
"Welcome to the club…" Mimi sighed.
Yamato sighed, "Well, at least you won't be alone anymore… I'll be there for you…"
The clock struck twelve and Thursday began…
Mimi blushed, "Thanks Yamato…"
Yamato seemingly blushed from the other line as well, "Uh… yeah… Listen Mimi… I sorta have something to confess… I know this will affect plenty of people around me but I just can't keep it in myself anymore… Mimi I…"
Mimi blushed though not exactly knowing what he was about to say, "Listen Yamato, uh… can we talk later at the coffee shop instead? My parents are forcing me to sleep now…"
A lie
"Oh… uh… yeah, sorry about the late call…" Yamato said as he hung up the phone.
Mimi put down the phone as well feeling her rapidly beating heart…
The tension she felt when she was talking to Yamato, made her know something… that truly…
She truly loved Yamato Ishida.
TSUZUKU
Takari-san: Sorry about the shortness of this chapter compared to the others… running really late, it's ten pm here in my country… so better hurry on and post this, ne? Uh… once again, thanks for all the reviews ^__^ I loved them (sorry if I'm sounding like a broken record) Next chapter focuses on the realizations and maybe even confessions… ^__^ Don't forget to R/R!
