Better late than never.
A Swedish quote, which I use from time to time. Since I'm always late with everything! I swear, I'll be late to my own wedding. Now, on with the fic which some of you, me included, have waited for. I finally kicked myself in the head and said "Mimi, go write some!" And here I am.
Disclaimer: .and I don't own Digimon, nor do I own the song "naked" by Avril Lavigne.
Dedication: All of you who have patiently waited for this fic! (You must be crazy or something)
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Chapter 4 - When I'm around you
Mimi's POV
Mimi tiredly followed the fly's movements in the air, while tapping her books with a pen. She was supposed to do her math work, but she was too tired. And unfocused. Yamato hadn't showed up in school for three days in a row, and Mimi was starting to get worried. Was he sick? Hurt? Maybe he changed school! She tried to blow a strand of hair out of her face only to see it fall right back into place again. She sighed heavily, and straightened up in her chair. Even if her mind was full of thoughts about the blonde she just couldn't give up her math's grade because of him. She tried to focus on the numbers in front of her, but after a while they became blurry. Five seconds later she was sound asleep with her head on the desk. Her calm face suddenly twisted into a grimace of anger and sorrow. A tear slowly made it's way down her cheeks and fell down into her math book. One word, not more than a whisper, made a few strands on her hair flatter. A name, which caused her all this pain and sorrow, and also the name that was the cure to it. "Yamato."
Mimi jolted her head up as a loud sound came from downstairs and woke her up. She blinked groggily as she started searching for her clock. Fixing it on her nightstand she groaned and heaved herself up from the chair. She was going to be late. Again. She put on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt picked with a blind hand, brushed her hair before pulling it up in a bun and then ran down the stairs. She grabbed an apple in the kitchen, but as she was just about to leave the house her dad came out into the hall.
"Hey honey, late for school?" Mimi nodded tiredly. Her dad almost seemed a bit amused by her appearance. "I see. Then hurry up young lady, so that you don't miss too much!" Mimi nodded again and turned for the door. "And honey?" Mimi turned around again, now with a hint of irritation in her amber eyes. "Have you done your homework?" Mimi thought for a while, before nodding again. A tinge of red colored her cheeks, but she turned on her heel and left the house before her dad could ask her anymore. Without even taking a shower, which she didn't remember before she was halfway at school.
* I wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through another day *
Walking through the empty corridors she felt how she slowly grew more awake. She hated early mornings, and normally she wasn't fully awake before nine o'clock. As she already was twenty minutes late for class she didn't find any reason of hurrying. No matter what she did, she would be late anyway. She got her books out of her locker, and then went down the stairs to her classroom. The school had three floors, with her locker located on the third floor. She usually had her lessons on the same floor, but occasionally she had to go down one or two stairs to get to her class. She found her class, but as he turned the handle to sneak in and get a seat she met a minor problem.
"The frickin' door won't open", Mimi growled to herself and started pulling the door. After a while she gave up and leaned against the door. "What should I do know?" She didn't get the time to answer her own question as the door behind her suddenly disappeared and she fell flat on her back. The door opened the other way! As she mostly had classes on the third floor she wasn't used to these doors which all opened the opposite way.
"Miss Tachikawa, late again I see", her teacher said with an evil grin. "Let me guess, both your shoe heels broke so you hade to walk on your hands back home to switch shoes. Am I right?" Mimi got up and dusted off herself before entering the classroom. Some of her classmates snickered at her, but most of them were girls. The guys stared at her in ave as she passed them on her way to a bench. She sat down between Koushiro and Tomoken. Taichi and the other guys in the class threw evil death glares at Tomoken who shone like the sun. But they ignored the computer whiz totally, as they didn't see him as any competition at all. They were wrong, if it weren't for Yamato Mimi would surely have been dating Koushiro sooner or later. Well, more chance of that happening than she going out with Tomoken anyways. Speaking of Koushiro, the red head seemed a bit distant this day. I mean, more distant than he usually was in front of his computer. And there wasn't even a computer in the room at the time!
"Koushiro, what's wrong", Mimi whispered as he answered wrongly at the third question of the day. The boy looked at her with a surprised expression as if he just realized that she was there.
"Oh, er. Nothing? I'm just a bit tired that's all." Mimi frowned with concern for her friend but accepted his explanation for the time. She would confront him later at lunch instead. Even if she had her hands full of her own problems she just couldn't ignore her friends when they needed her.
* Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
This life is like a game sometimes *
Later, at lunch, Mimi spotted Koushiro sitting alone in the shade of a large tree. He was typing away at his computer and didn't see her coming.
"Honestly, Koushi-kun, you spend way too much with that computer", she said as she sat down beside him leaning her back against the tree. The computer whiz jumped with a start and snapped his head in her direction.
"Mimi! Gosh, you scared me!" Mimi flinched and crossed her arms.
"What do you mean Koushi-kun? That I am that grotesquely ugly that I scare your pants off?" Koushiro's eyes bulged out of their sockets and he started shaking his head hysterically making those red bangs bob violently in every direction.
"No! No absolutely not Mimi-chan I would never tell you that! Actually I would say the direct opposite, because I think you're really pretty, but." When he realized what he had just said he blushed fiercely and turned to his computer trying to hide his embarrassment. "I didn't see you coming that's all", he muttered quietly and started typing again.
"Oh", Mimi said, and felt herself blushing as well. Suddenly everything clicked. But as much as she adored Koushiro, she wasn't interested in him in that way. Sure, she was flattered but. Well, what do you want her to say? Guys propose to her every day! But, of course, this was different. This was one of her best friends. "Oh", she repeated and felt stupid. Koushiro sighed and looked at her again.
"Listen, forget about it. I know you still haven't given up hope on Yamato anyways." He made the last statement in a somewhat sad voice. Mimi suddenly realized why he had been so off lately.
"I'm sorry Koushiro", she whispered and looked down at her hands in shame. How could she have been so oblivious?
"It doesn't matter, really." Mimi couldn't tell if he was trying to convince her or himself. They sat there in silence for a while, before Koushiro cleared his throat.
"Speaking of Yamato, I haven't seen him in a couple of days. Do you now where he's at?"
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Yamato's POV
He reluctantly opened his eyes, afraid of what he knew he would see when his eyes adjusted to the light. He was locked inside a small cell, with only a thin mattress of hay as furniture. He hadn't eaten anything in two days, and his kidnapper seemed to have forgotten about him. He winced when the sound of keys turning in the door lock echoed in the cell. Well, at least I was hoping she had forgotten about me.
"Good morning, Blondie. Had a good night, yes?" Yamato growled and lunged at her but was stopped in midair by the chains tied to his wrists. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. One could think you would have learned by now", she said with an evil grin as she patted his head. He shook his head violently to get rid of her hand, as if her touch was deadly. He even tried to bite her, as if he was some kind of mad animal. She pulled back her hand, still not loosing that wicked grin. "There's still some spirit in you", she said with an almost proud voice. "Fascinating." She looked around herself in the small cell and then let out a small laugh. "I feel almost bad for you, when you're sitting down here in the dark. Well, at least I would have felt bad for you if I was still capable of those kinds of feelings." Yamato didn't answer her, he just settled with glaring at her through his blonde bangs. "Now, now. Don't give me that look", she said, as if she was talking to a child. "Or else - no dinner." Yamato still didn't stop staring. She met his gaze without breaking it, until she heaved a loud sigh. "Stupid boy, just a bundle of trouble." She turned on her heel to leave the cell when she suddenly stopped in the step. She turned around slowly, now with that wicked grin at her lips again. "By the way, blondie. We're moving very soon. I've figured out a place where they'll never find you. Not even your little girlfriend!" Then she left him. He didn't even realize that he was crying before a soft sob escaped his lips. Mimi. His Mimi. He missed her so much that his heart was aching. How much didn't he regret what he had done? He wished that he wouldn't have been so jealous. I can't believe I pushed her away. She must hate me now! I bet she already got a new guy by now. Bet she already forgot about me. He never thought he would miss anyone this much.
* Then you came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround me
Keep me from my fears *
Only a few minutes later the door opened again, and the Bitch stepped in. Since he hated her far too much to call her by her real name, he had settled down with calling her the Bitch. At least in his mind. He rarely spoke to her.
"Now little Yama, it's time for us to move on. We can't stay here, people might suspect something." She was fiddling with something in her pocket, but since it was so dark inside the cell he couldn't tell what it was. "I've found this beautiful little cottage in the wood. Really cozy actually, maybe you'll even enjoy yourself there!" Yamato snorted, and gritted his teeth. The only thing that would make him enjoy himself out there was if he could hit her with something really hard and then escape. She seemed somewhat stressed, and he could hear that her breaths were uneven. She was mumbling something, not meant for his ears. She was repeating the same thing, over and over, almost like a lesson. "She took love away from me, now I'm taking love away from her. She took love away from me, now I'm taking love away from her. She took love away from me." Over and over again. Until Yamato sighed heavily, and woke her up from her trance.
"Seems like you've really planned it all out, eh", he said calmly with a cold voice. "You must be so proud of yourself." The bitch had stopped her mumbling and stared at him. She didn't answer, but straightened up and glared down at him as if she was trying to regain some respect.
"Fool. You're only making it easier for me to ruin your girlfriends life", she said and then smiled. "Revenge has never been this sweet before." She then pulled up what looked like a gun from her pocket. She noticed his questioning look and she laughed at him. "Well, you weren't thinking that I was going to pull you out of this place, kicking and screaming? I'm not stupid you know, you are far stronger than me. She loaded the gun and then pointed it at him. "Nightie night!" The last thing Yamato felt was a sting in his left shoulder before everything went black again. When he woke up he was lying in a bed. At first he felt relieved, as he thought it had only been a bad dream. Then he felt the ropes gnawing into his wrists. It wasn't his bed, and it surely wasn't his room. It was much larger, and had very little furniture. In the middle of the room stood a large table with four chairs around it. In front of the table was an open fire, crackling and sparkling. By the table a young woman sat, busy with writing something on a piece of paper.
"You'll never get away with this", Yamato muttered in a low voice, as the drug still hadn't worn out yet. The girl didn't turn around, but he could tell she was smiling maniacally.
"Oh, yes I will Ishida", she said and finished of what she had been writing. She folded the paper and put it into an envelope. "My plan is very simple, so there is no way it's going to fail. I've written a letter for your girlfriend where I simply tell her that I have you and that I will let you go for a ransom."
"If you're only in for the money, then why didn't you just steal them?" She finally turned towards him and shook her head.
"Do you really think I'm doing this for the money? They're only like a plus, they don't really matter. What really matters is your girlfriend."
"Why do you hate her so, what have she ever done to you?" The bitch stared at him long and hard. Then she snorted and stood up, placing the envelope in her pocket.
"I only want my revenge that's all."
"Revenge for what", Yamato inquired, not giving up. She glared at him and balled her fists.
"Summer, 2002", she mumbled and sort of zoned out. "Me and my boyfriend had been going out for almost a year. And then. She showed up." Her eyes turned into a darker shade of brown, almost red. "He didn't even know the bitch, but he just dumped me for her anyways!" Yamato stiffened in the bed. So that's what happened. Mimi stole the bitch's boyfriend and now she wants revenge.
"Maybe you're only overreacting. Did she do it purposely?" The bitch looked down at him, as if she had forgotten that he was there.
"The same night he dumped he, he told that bitch how he felt for her. Then she did this stupid innocence thingie and said that she could impossibly date him because she already had a boyfriend. That only made him even crazier about her. When Mimi left her boyfriend they started dating for a while, but she broke up with him as well. He was heartbroken, and hasn't recovered yet. I am not only taking revenge for myself, I am also taking revenge for Kenchi." Even if Yamato didn't like knowing about Mimi's ex- boyfriends, he could clearly see that she wasn't the one to blame here. That Kenchi guy could have done it in a more smooth way. Even if it sucks, things like these happen all the time. People break up, and people make up. He knew that he couldn't fix the past, he knew that Mimi's relationships with other men didn't affect the relationship they had. And he should have known better than suspecting her of cheating on him.
* I'm unprotected
See how I opened up
You made me trust *
"I don't know why I even told you that", she said after a moment's silence. "I'm going to give her this letter now, I trust that you stay here as a nice little boy", she said with a large grin. "If everything goes as planned, Mimi'll show up here this very evening!" Then she left, not even locking the door! Yamato tried to sit up, but some of his body parts wouldn't obey. When he finally could sit up in his bed he noticed that she had tied both his feet together as well. He could barely move his legs, so he assumed that if he tried to stand up he would only fall over. The bitch must have known that, that's why she didn't lock the door. With a loud growl he laid down in the bed again and gnashed his teeth. She was going lure Mimi right into the trap, and only god knows what that bitch would do to her then. There was no doubt that she was a full-feathered maniac, something wasn't right up in that head of hers.
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Mimi's POV
When the bell finally rang and all the students stopped in what they were doing and cheered Mimi couldn't help but sigh out of relief. It had been a terrible school day. First she was late for class and got scolded by Mr. Takamine. (Yes, the name's from the game Project Zero) Then she got scolded again because she hadn't done her homework. At lunch she finally got to know why Koushiro was feeling so down. She felt terrible and still didn't know what do say to him. After lunch she had history with the most boring teachers of all time - Mrs. Lill. And last, but not least, the all time favorite pop quiz. Subject: chemistry. She collected her things and then followed the other students out of the classroom and to the lockers. She glanced over at Yamato's locker, which hadn't been opened for several days now. She leaned over to it and scribbled down a quick note on it before opening her own locker. A few envelopes fell out and landed by her feet. She sighed and rolled her eyes, dismissing them as fanmail. She put in her books and grabbed her jacket and bag before closing the locker again. She was about to go - and just leave the mail where it was - when she stopped in her tracks. She glanced around her, before she picked the envelopes up and stuffed them down into her pockets. One of them might be from Yamato. She got on the bus that would drop her of not so far from her house. She seldom rode with it to and from school, since she would get home faster if she walked. But today she felt lazy, and didn't mind the long route that the bus had to take. She sunk down into a seat in the back of the bus and pulled up the envelopes again. She studied the first one of them and then ripped it open. She started reading it but then crumbled it into a ball of paper. Tomoken. She continued with the next one. It was from some guy named Rinu. She crumbled it too. The third one was different. It was colored blue and smelled of something familiar. Her heart skipped a beat as she ripped it open. She read the neat text on the paper in her hands. Her eyes grew for every word and at the end of the letter she dropped the paper. She didn't pick it up, nor did she continue with the next letter. It wasn't Yamato who had written the letter, but pretty close. She kept staring into space with lower lip trembling. It couldn't be true; there must be some mistake. Things like these doesn't happen in the real world it's just something. Unreal. Far away. After a while she picked up the letter and read it again. It said that Yamato was kidnapped, and that the kidnapper would let him go for a ransom. 100000 yen. It wasn't much; you would expect more for a ransom, wouldn't you? After all, Mimi's parents were quite wealthy. But it didn't make any sense. Kidnappers like these usually took children, since they were easier to kidnap. And they usually demand the ransom from adults, not teenagers. It just didn't fit in. A real kidnapper would have gone for her, and then made her parents pay the ransom. And then there was the low ransom sum. Something fishy was going on. The letter told her to bring the money to a cottage in the forest by the lake. That house could be anywhere! Her eyes caught the two crumbled letters lying on the ground. Rinu. Now she remembered him. She had been on one of his parties, even danced with him. But then he gave her an offer she just had to refuse. A total hentai! Wait, Mimi, why are you thinking about that freak? You have to find a way to save Matt! Mimi frowned but still couldn't push that Rinu out of her thoughts. He had told me that he knew about an old house out in wood just by the lake. He also said that it would be the perfect place to loose your virginity on. Ooh, I just hate that. She stopped breathing for a while. She picked up the letter she knew was from Rinu, and then got off the bus. She started walking towards her house as she enfolded the letter again. She searched through the words until she found the thing she was looking for. I would love to take you out. Please, call me when you've read this letter. It would mean so much to me. The number is. She stopped reading and smiled. Oh yeah, Rinu. Maybe I actually will call you.
* I've never felt like this before
I'm naked around you
Does it show? *
"Sukoshi residence, Lima speaking", chirped a happy voice in the other end.
"Hi, this is Mimi Tachikawa! May I speak to Rinu?" She heard a small gasp, and then a thump as the girl dropped the phone.
"I'm sorry about that, I'll just go get Rinu", she said after a few seconds. Then Mimi could hear how the girl yelled for her brother to come and get the phone.
"Who is it", a voice asked, Mimi was sure that it was Rinu's.
"It's Tachikawa Mimi", Lima breathed. Another loud thump was heard as the phone was dropped again. Then someone picked it up and cleared his throat.
"This is Rinu speaking", he said with a cool voice. Mimi covered her mouth so he wouldn't hear her giggling. He thought that she was calling him about the letter. What made him think, that among all the guys, she had picked him?
"Hi Rinu", she said with a high-pitched voice. "This is Mimi!"
"So I've noticed", he replied and Mimi could almost imagine his wide grin. She giggled falsely before continuing.
"You see, when I read your letter today. For the third time. I couldn't help but thinking about that party you had not so long ago." She bit her lower lip almost shaking in silent laughter. Rinu, on the other hand, couldn't believe his ears.
"T-the third time?" Mimi giggled again.
"Yeah, you see. I just couldn't believe what you wrote! You're such a great guy, I never thought you were interested in me." She could hear some unidentifiable words before Rinu got his tongue right.
"Uhm, aah. Well. Hehe, I've always liked you Mimi", he said and then gulped. Mimi giggled again, but rolled her eyes inwardly. How stupid could you get? But still, she felt bad for playing with Rinu like this. Even if he was a hentai, he had to have some good sides.
"Really? That makes me soo happy! Well, about that party. You said something about a cottage. In the forest by the lake, right?" Now she could hear a loud thump as Rinu fell over.
"Uuh, yes", he said. He thought that she had second thoughts about his little suggestion.
"Well, I was just wondering. Where, more exactly, is it?"
"Uhm. By the lake?" Mimi sighed and fought her instinct to yell at the boy.
"No, I mean, where?"
"Oh. You stop at the parking lot just outside the forest. There's a trail down to the lake. You will see the house at the other side of the lake, so you just have to walk around it to get there."
"Oh okay, thank you Rinu!"
"W-was that all?" Mimi laughed.
"Why, yes! I wanted to know where it was because I'm planning to have a party there."
"Really? Sounds cool. Can I come?" Mimi cursed him and grimaced.
"Well. Uh. We'll see, Rinu. But I really have to go right now! Laters!"
"Huh?" Mimi hung up on him and growled over his stupidity. Well, Mimi was being kind of hard with him. He wasn't that stupid, just too caught up in his crush on her. And Mimi was just being awfully worried about Yamato. Ooh, what should I do? Mum and dad aren't home right now, and I really don't have the money. She took up the letter and read it again. It said, that if she didn't show up tonight Yamato would suffer the consequences. And if the police were involved Yamato would die. A tear escaped Mimi's eye. Why does it feel like it's all my fault? Maybe if we were still together he wouldn't have gotten kidnapped in the first place. She wiped away the tears and then clenched her fists. She had to go. All by herself, if she had to. She couldn't let anything happen to Yamato, she was going to save him.
* You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you
And it feels so right *
"Don't worry Yama-sama, I'm coming!" She prepared for the evening by putting on loose fitting clothes and packing necessary stuff into her bag. Flashlight, extra batteries. She even packed a small bottle of pepper spray. (I don't know if it's forbidden in Japan, but it is in Sweden! O.o) She made sure that her cell phone had battery, and then scribbled down a note for her parents which said that if she wasn't home before twelve o'clock they'd have to call the police and send them to the abandoned old cottage by the lake. She wasn't sure of what she was giving herself into, but she was determined to get Yamato back. If only she had known earlier that he had been kidnapped. She felt so guilty. She hadn't even called him to see how he was. Well, that's not so weird since you two broke up, Mimi's inner voice told her. She took her bag, and then left the house with her bike. The forest wasn't far from where Mimi lived but it was starting to get dark. When she arrived at the parking lot it was completely dark, but she could see pretty well because of the light from the moon. She soon found the path that Rinu had been talking about and made her way down it towards the lake. She turned on her flashlight, but still felt a little unnerved. She was afraid of the dark, even though she didn't know why. It wasn't because of murderers or realistic things like that, more likely the ghosts and demons she used to believe in when she was a child. It was stupid; she knew that there really didn't exist such things as gho. She halted and listened at the sounds of the night with a rapidly beating heart. Had it been an illusion? And animal? She shrugged, but still couldn't get that uneasy feeling off of her. Soon she reached the lake. She could even see the cottage on the other side of it. There was a light in the window of the abandoned house, which was apparently no longer abandoned. Heart in throat she turned the flashlight off and started moving around the lake. Which was a very hard thing to do. She kept stumbling over rocks and roots, and once she even fell and hurt her knee badly. She bit her lip so she wouldn't let out a cry of pain. She continued through the dark, and after what seemed like an eternity she came up to the cottage. She started sneaking, almost holding her breath as if the kidnapper could hear her. She pressed her back against the wall of the small house, and then stole a peek through the window. There was a fire burning in there, and someone was lying on a bed. Her heart started beating even faster. It was Yamato! He was lying in a weird angle, and seemed to be asleep. Mimi took another peek and noticed that there weren't anyone else in there. She glanced at her arm watch and could see that it was almost eleven o'clock. If something would go wrong, the police would soon be here. Her parents were expected home by eleven. She snuck around the house and pressed her back against the wall precisely beside the door. She tried the handle and was surprised when the door slid up. She got inside, and closed the door silently behind her. Now she could clearly see that there was no one but Yamato in the room, and Mimi didn't even dare asking herself where the kidnapper had gone. She ran up to the bed and shook Yamato's body slightly. His eyes shot open and Mimi could look into their beautiful azure color. In the light of the open fire they seemed to be almost purple.
"Mimi", he whispered. "You came." Mimi smiled and nodded while starting to untie the ropes around his ankles and wrists.
"Yes Yamato, I came. I came to save you." Yamato smiled, but then his smile turned into a frown.
"You have to go Mimi", he said and tried to sit up. "It's a trap!"
"You're damned right it's a trap", a voice behind Mimi said. She spun around and looked at the person standing in the door. It was a female, to Mimi's surprise, and she didn't look too frightening.
"Why did you do it", Mimi asked angrily and clenched her fists. The young woman laughed and took a step into the cottage and closed the door.
"Because I could, Mimi. You see. You took my love, and I wanted to take yours. But then I realized that it wasn't enough. I wanted to see you suffer even more." The young woman smiled wickedly and crossed her arms. "Do you have the money?" Mimi restrained herself so she wouldn't attack the woman. She seemed to know Mimi well, but she really couldn't tell who it was. The woman noticed that and laughed again. "Don't you remember me Mimi? Ahh, then let me refresh your memory. Summer 2002. A walk along the beach with one of your admirers. Apparently he broke up with his girlfriend just so he could be with you. Do you remember now?"
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Yamato's POV
A light of recognizes was lit in Mimi's eyes. So it was true.
"You", she said, with a voice filled with heat and hate. "Mika!" Yamato flinched at her name. He had come to hate it, as much as he hated its owner. "It's you. I thought I dealt with you back then!" The Bitch shook her head with a smile and walked across the room so she stood on the other side of the table.
"I know, but you assume so many things here in life. Take things for granted." Mika's voice cracked. "I loved him god damn it", she screamed and hit the table with her clenched fist. "And you just took him away from me!" Mimi winched but then shook her head violently.
"I did not! He acted out of his own will! I couldn't help that he fell in love with me!"
"Oh yeah? You were perfectly aware of what your spell was doing to him. You were always flirting with him, I saw it! Do you really think I'm stupid?" Mimi sat speechless for a while, but then she stood up with great speed.
"Take that back", she growled, leaning forward as if she wanted to tower over the Bitch. It didn't give any effect since Mika was much taller than her. "I would never steal another girl's boyfriend on purpose! Do you know how many times I've felt guilty because guys dump their girlfriends for me! It's not even fun anymore! It's not a spell, it's a curse..," Mika snorted and tossed her hair.
"Yeah right, and you want me to believe that." Then her facial mask hardened. "Do you have to money or not." Mimi's angry mask crumbled and she bit her lower lip. Yamato would guess that she didn't have the money, and that no one knew that she was there. Just great. But he couldn't feel irritated at Mimi. She had come to rescue him. She was prepared to risk her life for him.
* Trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself and let the
Covers fall away *
"I don't have the money", she said with a low voice. "But I know that you're not doing it for the money anyway", she continued, with a voice growing louder with every word. Mika nodded.
"Yes, you're right. I'm not doing it for the money. In fact, I would let Yamato go if I wasn't afraid of that he would call the police." Mika stopped and leaned over the table. "What I want is you, Mimi. I want to hurt you, as you have hurt me. Mimi looked dumbstruck.
"What do you mean? Are you going to beat her up or what", Yamato asked and finally sat up straight in the bed. "Cause that isn't going to get you anywhere." Mika nodded and closed her eyes. Then she opened them again with a wide grin.
"No, I admit that fighting Mimi would not give me the satisfaction that I am seeking." Suddenly, she pulled out a knife. Yamato didn't even know where she got it. One second her hands were empty and the second later. That sure was a big knife. Mimi's eyes widened and her mouth turned into an 'o'. "I am going to kill you, because that summer you killed my heart." Then she threw herself over the table at Mimi. Mimi dodged her with only centimeters but she couldn't avoid the knife fully. The sharp blade left a slash on her arm, and soon blood was spoiling her white shirt.
"You're crazy", Mimi gasped and stared down at her bleeding arm in terror. Mika laid sprawled on the floor, but soon rolled around and crawled back up on her feet. Mimi backed away, fear shining in her eyes.
"So maybe I am. Maybe the search for revenge has driven me nuts. But I don't care anymore. I shall achieve my goal even if I die achieving it." Then she lunged at Mimi again, but this time Mimi wasn't as lucky to escape the maniac. She was pinned to the floor and Mika let out a cackling laughter. Yamato's eyes were wide with fear as he was trying to get out of the bed. He had to do it, he couldn't just watch. Mika had raised her knife and her face already carried a victorious smile. "Say a prayer, Mimi-chan, your end has come." Yamato tried to stand up but fell down. But - as if pushed by an invisible force - he fell straight onto Mika. Mika screamed out of surprise as the blonde boy collided with her.
"Mimi, run", he screamed but Mimi just stared at them in shock. Matt turned his eyes to Mika who was crawling up again. She had dropped the knife and her eyes were searching the floor for it. Mimi pointed at something without a word and then Matt saw it. The knife was close to the open fire, shimmering with a deadly light. Mika noticed it precisely after him, and quickly got up to get it. Matt tossed himself at her and grabbed her legs to tackle her to the ground. "Mimi, get the knife! Get the knife!" Mimi was staring at them blankly for a while before something in her mind clicked. She got up and stumbled towards the knife. Mika was struggling to get closer to her weapon but soon Mimi's fingers slowly grabbed the handle. She picked it up and studied it in the light of the fire. She shuddered and held it as far away from her as possible.
"Matt", she said and sounded sick. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay Mimi", he said as he struggled to hold Mika down. "We'll talk about that later, right now we have to figure out what to do with her." Mimi nodded and her grip tightened around the knife. "I say we get the hell out of here and just give her to the police."
"Hah! I would like to see you make me take one single step", Mika said and stopped fighting. Mimi pointed the knife against her.
"If you won't obey us we'll kill you", she said seriously. Matt was almost scared by the tone of her voice, but it seemed as if Mika wasn't. She just laughed at her.
"You would never kill anyone, not even your worst enemy! The only thing you can to is to split up. One stays here, and one gets help. If Matt stays I'll soon get free since he's still affected by the drug. But you can't do it the other way around since Matt can't use his legs." Mika grinned widely and looked as if she had won the battle. And it was true; there wasn't any other way. Mimi stared at her for a while and then looked around her. She soon spotted her bag and picked it up. Matt wondered what she was up to now.
"Do you really think I'm stupid enough to leave my cell phone at home", Mimi said and pulled the phone up. She dialed 911 and waited for someone to answer. "N-no contact?" Matt's hope sunk again. Mika kept grinning.
"What did I say? So, shooshoo little Mimi. Go get help. Me and Matt will have some fun here all alone." Mimi growled and raised her hand with the knife but suddenly stopped.
"What was that", she whispered and looked at the door. At first they didn't hear anything. But then they could make out voices. Soon they could see lights outside.
"No fucking way", Mika cursed and tried to escape Matt's grip but he was lying with is whole bodyweight over her. Mimi's eyes were glittering with hope. She ran up to the door to open it but it swung up before she got there. Policemen welled in and before anyone of them could react they had removed Matt from Mika and put handcuffs on the screaming girl. "This isn't happening to me", she kept saying while fighting to get loose. "I was so close!" They pulled her outside and soon Mimi's parents came in. Her mum had tears in her eyes and her dad was all red in the face.
"Oh Mimi", was all her mother could say before she flung her arms around her daughter. "We were so worried! We found your note and we immediately called the police! We're so glad you're safe!" Mimi's dad hugged both of them soon they were all crying. Matt just sat by the table where the policemen had placed him and studied the whole family scene.
"Matt?" Matt turned his eyes from the Tachikawa's to the door.
"Dad?" His dad beamed at him and walked up to him with opened his arms.
"My son, are you okay", he asked as he hugged him tightly.
"I'm okay dad, I'm okay", he said and felt how all energy was drained out of him. He hadn't eaten for days, and all he could think about was the scene when Mika was so lose to succeed. Too close. What if he hadn't fallen over Mika, and pushed her out of the way? He didn't even want to think of it.
"I'm so sorry, I should have looked for you! But I just thought you stayed at a friends house since you seemed to be depressed and everything. If only I had known."
"I can't blame you dad", Matt muttered. Well, he couldn't. He often left without a word and stayed at a friend's house for a couple of days. "I'm just glad that everything is over." His dad nodded and let him go. He had tears in his eyes. He never realized how much his dad loved him, and how much he loved his dad.
"Yama?" He looked up to see Mimi standing beside his dad. Behind her were her parents, both with tears in their eyes. He smiled and spread out his arms. She let out a small sob and just collapsed into his embrace. He held her tightly and inhaled the smell of her hair. He would never let her go again. He could vaguely hear his dad talking to Mimi's parents but right now all that mattered was Mimi. "Matt, can you ever forgive me? All this. It's all my fault!" He hugged her even closer and pulled her up in his lap.
* Guess I never had someone like you
To help me fit in my skin *
"It's not your fault. Mika was sick, she was probably sick even before her boyfriend broke up with her. And who could blame him? If I were him I would do the exact same thing." Mimi buried her face into his shirt.
"But still. I made you jealous. If I hadn't been that close to Koushiro you wouldn't have gotten mad at me. And. And if you wouldn't have gotten mad at me then maybe you wouldn't have gotten kidnapped."
"Don't think like that. It was wrong of me to get jealous. I know that you and Koushiro are nothing but friends. And you know Mika would have done it anyway. She would have found another way to ruin your life. I'm just glad it's all over." Mimi was silent for a while. Matt noticed that their parents had gotten outside, and that the policemen where being as discrete as possible in their work.
"D-does this mean that. That we're.?"
"I don't think we were meant to be separated from the first time", he said and smiled. Mimi stopped trembling and smiled faintly.
"I love you Yamato." Before he could answer her she pressed her soft, warm lips against his and they kissed. He couldn't believe that it was finally over; Mika was out of the way. And he and Mimi were back together again, finally.
"I love you too Mimi", he murmured between the kisses.
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Mimi's POV
She broke up the kiss and stared into his eyes. It seemed as if she could never have enough of them. She could just gaze into them for an eternity, and then keep staring for a few hours more. She raised her hand and gently touched his cheek.
"It was like a nightmare. I thought I would loose you", she said while exploring his face with her fingertips as if she was blind. She wanted to stay with him like that forever, just sitting in his lap, touching his beautiful face and staring into his azure eyes. "I was so afraid. But you gave me strength." Matt kissed her lightly on the forehead and then hugged her closer to him again. She leaned her head on his chest and sighed.
"I thought I would loose you too. It was so close. When Mika had you down to the floor and raised her knife it felt as if she would stab the knife into my heart. I wouldn't have been able to carry on without you." Mimi smiled and fiddled with his sweater. It was dirty because he had worn it for several days. It felt as if they had never opened their hearts like this before to each other. To anyone.
"I'm sorry Miss, Mr.", a voice said. Mimi straightened up and turned her eyes to the policeman speaking to them. "I'm afraid you have to come with us to the police station and tell us what happened." Mimi nodded and got up from Yamato's lap. She winched a little and covered her left arm with her right hand. The policeman noticed this, and pulled away her hand to study her wound.
"I see. We have to get that cleaned up. This way Miss." Mimi followed the policeman, but tossed a glance over her shoulder at Matt. He got help from two policemen to stand up. He looked up at her and smiled.
"Like a piece of cake", he said and gave her thumbs up. The policemen didn't agree with him. Mimi giggled and then went with the policeman outside. She could see her parents and Matt's dad talking to one of the policemen. The other policemen were scattered around the area. Mimi was taken to some kind of doctor who cleaned up her wound and then put some bandage around it. Soon Yamato came to the doctor as well. She told them that they had found the pistol and bottle, which Mika had used when she drugged Yamato.
"The shit sje gave you could make an elephant sleep for a whole month", she said and laughed while giving Yamato a shot with the antidote to the drug. "You may suffer of some kinds of side effects but I'm sure that you'll manage it. If not I suggest you contact the nearest hospital." Yamato's eyes widened but then he walked away on wobbling legs. Mimi thanked the doctor for her help and then followed Matt.
"Don't worry Yama, I'm sure she was only joking", she said and patted his back. He looked down at her and smiled, but still didn't look convinced. They got into the back of the Tachikawa car. Matt's dad sat in the passenger seat beside Mimi's dad. Mimi's mum sat beside them in the backseat. They drove to the police station where hours of questions ensued. It wasn't until early in the morning they could leave the station and go home. They drove in silence but when they stopped outside Matt's apartment Mimi woke up from her thoughts.
"Dad, can you wait for me for just one sec. I wanna follow Yamato to the door." Her dad chuckled.
"Yeah, yeah. But back in my days it used to be the other way around." Mimi rolled her eyes and got out of the car together with Matt and Matt's dad. Matt's dad unlocked the door and got in, but turned around as the two teenagers stayed in the doorway.
"Aren't you two the cutest? I'll just go to bed Yamato, try to avoid to get kidnapped again, will ya?" Now it was Yamato's turn to roll his eyes. He watched his dad as he got upstairs into his bedroom and then turned to Mimi. She could feel how she blushed slightly as he just stared at her, studied her closely.
* I've never felt like this before
I'm naked around you
Does it show? *
"Quite a day, huh", he said and scratched his neck. Mimi laughed a little and looked down at her feet.
"Lets just hope that'll never happen again", she said and then looked up again. "You know, not to brag or anything, but there are many guys out there who dumped their girlfriends for me", she said playfully and grinned.
"Ooh, I see", he said and crossed his arms. "So you mean that there is a chance that I'll get kidnapped again?" Mimi took a step closer to him.
"If not by some crazy, revengeful gal. Then by some crazy, charming gal madly in love with you", she said and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her and laughed.
"If getting kidnapped get us this close together, then it is worth it", he said and they kissed again.
"Oh really? Maybe I'll hire someone to kidnap you just for fun!"
"You wouldn't", he said but she just smiled and kissed him. The stared into each other's eyes as if in a daze but they woke up when Mimi's dad rolled down the window and shouted at them.
"Mimi we don't have all day, you know? You can cuddle with Yamato some other day, we need some sleep right now!" They both blushed like mad and let go of each other.
"I guess I'll just. See you later today then", Yamato said and scratched his arm. Mimi nodded with a smile.
"Yeah, I'll call you!" He looked up at her and grinned.
"I love you."
"Love you too", Mimi said and kissed him quickly. "Bai bai." Then she skipped down the stairs and got into the car.
"Bye Mimi! Bye Mr. Tachikawa and Mrs. Tachikawa!" The Tachikawa family all waved at him as they drove away. Mimi sunk back in her seat and looked out the window. Earlier everything went so fast, she never got the time to react to what had happened. It was all far too overwhelming for her and a tear made it's way down her cheek.
"Mimi darling, are you crying?" Mimi jolted her head up and wiped away her tears quickly.
"No mum, I'm just a bit tired." She looked out through the window again and up at the sky. It was colored pink by the sunrise and completely free of any clouds. She sighed and leaned her head against the cold window. It was a new day, and she was ready to leave the happenings of the night behind her. Suddenly her thoughts turned in another direction as she remembered something. That person dressed in dark clothes spying on her. It must have been Mika! Mimi shrugged and sighed again. She just couldn't believe that Mika took that whole thing with her boyfriend so seriously. They were so young, and if what Kenchi had told her was true they would have broken up anyway. But she still couldn't help but feel guilty. I can't blame myself and I know that. But still it's hard not to. But the most important thing is that Yamato is safe now, and that we're back together.
* You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you
And it feels so right *
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Finally! But if you think this is the end then you're wrong. ^_^ There'll be one more chapter, a little more funnier than this one, to finish things up. I made this chapter a little longer than the other ones to make up for the huge delay a little. I'm so sorry, but I've been so busy with a lot of stuff and I've got this thing in my hand called ganglion! ;_; I'm not allowed to write on the computer at all actually, but. Just don't tell my mum, all right? The next chapter should be up within a week. And again, sorry for not updating in such a long time!
A Swedish quote, which I use from time to time. Since I'm always late with everything! I swear, I'll be late to my own wedding. Now, on with the fic which some of you, me included, have waited for. I finally kicked myself in the head and said "Mimi, go write some!" And here I am.
Disclaimer: .and I don't own Digimon, nor do I own the song "naked" by Avril Lavigne.
Dedication: All of you who have patiently waited for this fic! (You must be crazy or something)
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Chapter 4 - When I'm around you
Mimi's POV
Mimi tiredly followed the fly's movements in the air, while tapping her books with a pen. She was supposed to do her math work, but she was too tired. And unfocused. Yamato hadn't showed up in school for three days in a row, and Mimi was starting to get worried. Was he sick? Hurt? Maybe he changed school! She tried to blow a strand of hair out of her face only to see it fall right back into place again. She sighed heavily, and straightened up in her chair. Even if her mind was full of thoughts about the blonde she just couldn't give up her math's grade because of him. She tried to focus on the numbers in front of her, but after a while they became blurry. Five seconds later she was sound asleep with her head on the desk. Her calm face suddenly twisted into a grimace of anger and sorrow. A tear slowly made it's way down her cheeks and fell down into her math book. One word, not more than a whisper, made a few strands on her hair flatter. A name, which caused her all this pain and sorrow, and also the name that was the cure to it. "Yamato."
Mimi jolted her head up as a loud sound came from downstairs and woke her up. She blinked groggily as she started searching for her clock. Fixing it on her nightstand she groaned and heaved herself up from the chair. She was going to be late. Again. She put on a pair of jeans and a T-shirt picked with a blind hand, brushed her hair before pulling it up in a bun and then ran down the stairs. She grabbed an apple in the kitchen, but as she was just about to leave the house her dad came out into the hall.
"Hey honey, late for school?" Mimi nodded tiredly. Her dad almost seemed a bit amused by her appearance. "I see. Then hurry up young lady, so that you don't miss too much!" Mimi nodded again and turned for the door. "And honey?" Mimi turned around again, now with a hint of irritation in her amber eyes. "Have you done your homework?" Mimi thought for a while, before nodding again. A tinge of red colored her cheeks, but she turned on her heel and left the house before her dad could ask her anymore. Without even taking a shower, which she didn't remember before she was halfway at school.
* I wake up in the morning
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through another day *
Walking through the empty corridors she felt how she slowly grew more awake. She hated early mornings, and normally she wasn't fully awake before nine o'clock. As she already was twenty minutes late for class she didn't find any reason of hurrying. No matter what she did, she would be late anyway. She got her books out of her locker, and then went down the stairs to her classroom. The school had three floors, with her locker located on the third floor. She usually had her lessons on the same floor, but occasionally she had to go down one or two stairs to get to her class. She found her class, but as he turned the handle to sneak in and get a seat she met a minor problem.
"The frickin' door won't open", Mimi growled to herself and started pulling the door. After a while she gave up and leaned against the door. "What should I do know?" She didn't get the time to answer her own question as the door behind her suddenly disappeared and she fell flat on her back. The door opened the other way! As she mostly had classes on the third floor she wasn't used to these doors which all opened the opposite way.
"Miss Tachikawa, late again I see", her teacher said with an evil grin. "Let me guess, both your shoe heels broke so you hade to walk on your hands back home to switch shoes. Am I right?" Mimi got up and dusted off herself before entering the classroom. Some of her classmates snickered at her, but most of them were girls. The guys stared at her in ave as she passed them on her way to a bench. She sat down between Koushiro and Tomoken. Taichi and the other guys in the class threw evil death glares at Tomoken who shone like the sun. But they ignored the computer whiz totally, as they didn't see him as any competition at all. They were wrong, if it weren't for Yamato Mimi would surely have been dating Koushiro sooner or later. Well, more chance of that happening than she going out with Tomoken anyways. Speaking of Koushiro, the red head seemed a bit distant this day. I mean, more distant than he usually was in front of his computer. And there wasn't even a computer in the room at the time!
"Koushiro, what's wrong", Mimi whispered as he answered wrongly at the third question of the day. The boy looked at her with a surprised expression as if he just realized that she was there.
"Oh, er. Nothing? I'm just a bit tired that's all." Mimi frowned with concern for her friend but accepted his explanation for the time. She would confront him later at lunch instead. Even if she had her hands full of her own problems she just couldn't ignore her friends when they needed her.
* Doesn't really matter
How I feel inside
This life is like a game sometimes *
Later, at lunch, Mimi spotted Koushiro sitting alone in the shade of a large tree. He was typing away at his computer and didn't see her coming.
"Honestly, Koushi-kun, you spend way too much with that computer", she said as she sat down beside him leaning her back against the tree. The computer whiz jumped with a start and snapped his head in her direction.
"Mimi! Gosh, you scared me!" Mimi flinched and crossed her arms.
"What do you mean Koushi-kun? That I am that grotesquely ugly that I scare your pants off?" Koushiro's eyes bulged out of their sockets and he started shaking his head hysterically making those red bangs bob violently in every direction.
"No! No absolutely not Mimi-chan I would never tell you that! Actually I would say the direct opposite, because I think you're really pretty, but." When he realized what he had just said he blushed fiercely and turned to his computer trying to hide his embarrassment. "I didn't see you coming that's all", he muttered quietly and started typing again.
"Oh", Mimi said, and felt herself blushing as well. Suddenly everything clicked. But as much as she adored Koushiro, she wasn't interested in him in that way. Sure, she was flattered but. Well, what do you want her to say? Guys propose to her every day! But, of course, this was different. This was one of her best friends. "Oh", she repeated and felt stupid. Koushiro sighed and looked at her again.
"Listen, forget about it. I know you still haven't given up hope on Yamato anyways." He made the last statement in a somewhat sad voice. Mimi suddenly realized why he had been so off lately.
"I'm sorry Koushiro", she whispered and looked down at her hands in shame. How could she have been so oblivious?
"It doesn't matter, really." Mimi couldn't tell if he was trying to convince her or himself. They sat there in silence for a while, before Koushiro cleared his throat.
"Speaking of Yamato, I haven't seen him in a couple of days. Do you now where he's at?"
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Yamato's POV
He reluctantly opened his eyes, afraid of what he knew he would see when his eyes adjusted to the light. He was locked inside a small cell, with only a thin mattress of hay as furniture. He hadn't eaten anything in two days, and his kidnapper seemed to have forgotten about him. He winced when the sound of keys turning in the door lock echoed in the cell. Well, at least I was hoping she had forgotten about me.
"Good morning, Blondie. Had a good night, yes?" Yamato growled and lunged at her but was stopped in midair by the chains tied to his wrists. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. One could think you would have learned by now", she said with an evil grin as she patted his head. He shook his head violently to get rid of her hand, as if her touch was deadly. He even tried to bite her, as if he was some kind of mad animal. She pulled back her hand, still not loosing that wicked grin. "There's still some spirit in you", she said with an almost proud voice. "Fascinating." She looked around herself in the small cell and then let out a small laugh. "I feel almost bad for you, when you're sitting down here in the dark. Well, at least I would have felt bad for you if I was still capable of those kinds of feelings." Yamato didn't answer her, he just settled with glaring at her through his blonde bangs. "Now, now. Don't give me that look", she said, as if she was talking to a child. "Or else - no dinner." Yamato still didn't stop staring. She met his gaze without breaking it, until she heaved a loud sigh. "Stupid boy, just a bundle of trouble." She turned on her heel to leave the cell when she suddenly stopped in the step. She turned around slowly, now with that wicked grin at her lips again. "By the way, blondie. We're moving very soon. I've figured out a place where they'll never find you. Not even your little girlfriend!" Then she left him. He didn't even realize that he was crying before a soft sob escaped his lips. Mimi. His Mimi. He missed her so much that his heart was aching. How much didn't he regret what he had done? He wished that he wouldn't have been so jealous. I can't believe I pushed her away. She must hate me now! I bet she already got a new guy by now. Bet she already forgot about me. He never thought he would miss anyone this much.
* Then you came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround me
Keep me from my fears *
Only a few minutes later the door opened again, and the Bitch stepped in. Since he hated her far too much to call her by her real name, he had settled down with calling her the Bitch. At least in his mind. He rarely spoke to her.
"Now little Yama, it's time for us to move on. We can't stay here, people might suspect something." She was fiddling with something in her pocket, but since it was so dark inside the cell he couldn't tell what it was. "I've found this beautiful little cottage in the wood. Really cozy actually, maybe you'll even enjoy yourself there!" Yamato snorted, and gritted his teeth. The only thing that would make him enjoy himself out there was if he could hit her with something really hard and then escape. She seemed somewhat stressed, and he could hear that her breaths were uneven. She was mumbling something, not meant for his ears. She was repeating the same thing, over and over, almost like a lesson. "She took love away from me, now I'm taking love away from her. She took love away from me, now I'm taking love away from her. She took love away from me." Over and over again. Until Yamato sighed heavily, and woke her up from her trance.
"Seems like you've really planned it all out, eh", he said calmly with a cold voice. "You must be so proud of yourself." The bitch had stopped her mumbling and stared at him. She didn't answer, but straightened up and glared down at him as if she was trying to regain some respect.
"Fool. You're only making it easier for me to ruin your girlfriends life", she said and then smiled. "Revenge has never been this sweet before." She then pulled up what looked like a gun from her pocket. She noticed his questioning look and she laughed at him. "Well, you weren't thinking that I was going to pull you out of this place, kicking and screaming? I'm not stupid you know, you are far stronger than me. She loaded the gun and then pointed it at him. "Nightie night!" The last thing Yamato felt was a sting in his left shoulder before everything went black again. When he woke up he was lying in a bed. At first he felt relieved, as he thought it had only been a bad dream. Then he felt the ropes gnawing into his wrists. It wasn't his bed, and it surely wasn't his room. It was much larger, and had very little furniture. In the middle of the room stood a large table with four chairs around it. In front of the table was an open fire, crackling and sparkling. By the table a young woman sat, busy with writing something on a piece of paper.
"You'll never get away with this", Yamato muttered in a low voice, as the drug still hadn't worn out yet. The girl didn't turn around, but he could tell she was smiling maniacally.
"Oh, yes I will Ishida", she said and finished of what she had been writing. She folded the paper and put it into an envelope. "My plan is very simple, so there is no way it's going to fail. I've written a letter for your girlfriend where I simply tell her that I have you and that I will let you go for a ransom."
"If you're only in for the money, then why didn't you just steal them?" She finally turned towards him and shook her head.
"Do you really think I'm doing this for the money? They're only like a plus, they don't really matter. What really matters is your girlfriend."
"Why do you hate her so, what have she ever done to you?" The bitch stared at him long and hard. Then she snorted and stood up, placing the envelope in her pocket.
"I only want my revenge that's all."
"Revenge for what", Yamato inquired, not giving up. She glared at him and balled her fists.
"Summer, 2002", she mumbled and sort of zoned out. "Me and my boyfriend had been going out for almost a year. And then. She showed up." Her eyes turned into a darker shade of brown, almost red. "He didn't even know the bitch, but he just dumped me for her anyways!" Yamato stiffened in the bed. So that's what happened. Mimi stole the bitch's boyfriend and now she wants revenge.
"Maybe you're only overreacting. Did she do it purposely?" The bitch looked down at him, as if she had forgotten that he was there.
"The same night he dumped he, he told that bitch how he felt for her. Then she did this stupid innocence thingie and said that she could impossibly date him because she already had a boyfriend. That only made him even crazier about her. When Mimi left her boyfriend they started dating for a while, but she broke up with him as well. He was heartbroken, and hasn't recovered yet. I am not only taking revenge for myself, I am also taking revenge for Kenchi." Even if Yamato didn't like knowing about Mimi's ex- boyfriends, he could clearly see that she wasn't the one to blame here. That Kenchi guy could have done it in a more smooth way. Even if it sucks, things like these happen all the time. People break up, and people make up. He knew that he couldn't fix the past, he knew that Mimi's relationships with other men didn't affect the relationship they had. And he should have known better than suspecting her of cheating on him.
* I'm unprotected
See how I opened up
You made me trust *
"I don't know why I even told you that", she said after a moment's silence. "I'm going to give her this letter now, I trust that you stay here as a nice little boy", she said with a large grin. "If everything goes as planned, Mimi'll show up here this very evening!" Then she left, not even locking the door! Yamato tried to sit up, but some of his body parts wouldn't obey. When he finally could sit up in his bed he noticed that she had tied both his feet together as well. He could barely move his legs, so he assumed that if he tried to stand up he would only fall over. The bitch must have known that, that's why she didn't lock the door. With a loud growl he laid down in the bed again and gnashed his teeth. She was going lure Mimi right into the trap, and only god knows what that bitch would do to her then. There was no doubt that she was a full-feathered maniac, something wasn't right up in that head of hers.
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Mimi's POV
When the bell finally rang and all the students stopped in what they were doing and cheered Mimi couldn't help but sigh out of relief. It had been a terrible school day. First she was late for class and got scolded by Mr. Takamine. (Yes, the name's from the game Project Zero) Then she got scolded again because she hadn't done her homework. At lunch she finally got to know why Koushiro was feeling so down. She felt terrible and still didn't know what do say to him. After lunch she had history with the most boring teachers of all time - Mrs. Lill. And last, but not least, the all time favorite pop quiz. Subject: chemistry. She collected her things and then followed the other students out of the classroom and to the lockers. She glanced over at Yamato's locker, which hadn't been opened for several days now. She leaned over to it and scribbled down a quick note on it before opening her own locker. A few envelopes fell out and landed by her feet. She sighed and rolled her eyes, dismissing them as fanmail. She put in her books and grabbed her jacket and bag before closing the locker again. She was about to go - and just leave the mail where it was - when she stopped in her tracks. She glanced around her, before she picked the envelopes up and stuffed them down into her pockets. One of them might be from Yamato. She got on the bus that would drop her of not so far from her house. She seldom rode with it to and from school, since she would get home faster if she walked. But today she felt lazy, and didn't mind the long route that the bus had to take. She sunk down into a seat in the back of the bus and pulled up the envelopes again. She studied the first one of them and then ripped it open. She started reading it but then crumbled it into a ball of paper. Tomoken. She continued with the next one. It was from some guy named Rinu. She crumbled it too. The third one was different. It was colored blue and smelled of something familiar. Her heart skipped a beat as she ripped it open. She read the neat text on the paper in her hands. Her eyes grew for every word and at the end of the letter she dropped the paper. She didn't pick it up, nor did she continue with the next letter. It wasn't Yamato who had written the letter, but pretty close. She kept staring into space with lower lip trembling. It couldn't be true; there must be some mistake. Things like these doesn't happen in the real world it's just something. Unreal. Far away. After a while she picked up the letter and read it again. It said that Yamato was kidnapped, and that the kidnapper would let him go for a ransom. 100000 yen. It wasn't much; you would expect more for a ransom, wouldn't you? After all, Mimi's parents were quite wealthy. But it didn't make any sense. Kidnappers like these usually took children, since they were easier to kidnap. And they usually demand the ransom from adults, not teenagers. It just didn't fit in. A real kidnapper would have gone for her, and then made her parents pay the ransom. And then there was the low ransom sum. Something fishy was going on. The letter told her to bring the money to a cottage in the forest by the lake. That house could be anywhere! Her eyes caught the two crumbled letters lying on the ground. Rinu. Now she remembered him. She had been on one of his parties, even danced with him. But then he gave her an offer she just had to refuse. A total hentai! Wait, Mimi, why are you thinking about that freak? You have to find a way to save Matt! Mimi frowned but still couldn't push that Rinu out of her thoughts. He had told me that he knew about an old house out in wood just by the lake. He also said that it would be the perfect place to loose your virginity on. Ooh, I just hate that. She stopped breathing for a while. She picked up the letter she knew was from Rinu, and then got off the bus. She started walking towards her house as she enfolded the letter again. She searched through the words until she found the thing she was looking for. I would love to take you out. Please, call me when you've read this letter. It would mean so much to me. The number is. She stopped reading and smiled. Oh yeah, Rinu. Maybe I actually will call you.
* I've never felt like this before
I'm naked around you
Does it show? *
"Sukoshi residence, Lima speaking", chirped a happy voice in the other end.
"Hi, this is Mimi Tachikawa! May I speak to Rinu?" She heard a small gasp, and then a thump as the girl dropped the phone.
"I'm sorry about that, I'll just go get Rinu", she said after a few seconds. Then Mimi could hear how the girl yelled for her brother to come and get the phone.
"Who is it", a voice asked, Mimi was sure that it was Rinu's.
"It's Tachikawa Mimi", Lima breathed. Another loud thump was heard as the phone was dropped again. Then someone picked it up and cleared his throat.
"This is Rinu speaking", he said with a cool voice. Mimi covered her mouth so he wouldn't hear her giggling. He thought that she was calling him about the letter. What made him think, that among all the guys, she had picked him?
"Hi Rinu", she said with a high-pitched voice. "This is Mimi!"
"So I've noticed", he replied and Mimi could almost imagine his wide grin. She giggled falsely before continuing.
"You see, when I read your letter today. For the third time. I couldn't help but thinking about that party you had not so long ago." She bit her lower lip almost shaking in silent laughter. Rinu, on the other hand, couldn't believe his ears.
"T-the third time?" Mimi giggled again.
"Yeah, you see. I just couldn't believe what you wrote! You're such a great guy, I never thought you were interested in me." She could hear some unidentifiable words before Rinu got his tongue right.
"Uhm, aah. Well. Hehe, I've always liked you Mimi", he said and then gulped. Mimi giggled again, but rolled her eyes inwardly. How stupid could you get? But still, she felt bad for playing with Rinu like this. Even if he was a hentai, he had to have some good sides.
"Really? That makes me soo happy! Well, about that party. You said something about a cottage. In the forest by the lake, right?" Now she could hear a loud thump as Rinu fell over.
"Uuh, yes", he said. He thought that she had second thoughts about his little suggestion.
"Well, I was just wondering. Where, more exactly, is it?"
"Uhm. By the lake?" Mimi sighed and fought her instinct to yell at the boy.
"No, I mean, where?"
"Oh. You stop at the parking lot just outside the forest. There's a trail down to the lake. You will see the house at the other side of the lake, so you just have to walk around it to get there."
"Oh okay, thank you Rinu!"
"W-was that all?" Mimi laughed.
"Why, yes! I wanted to know where it was because I'm planning to have a party there."
"Really? Sounds cool. Can I come?" Mimi cursed him and grimaced.
"Well. Uh. We'll see, Rinu. But I really have to go right now! Laters!"
"Huh?" Mimi hung up on him and growled over his stupidity. Well, Mimi was being kind of hard with him. He wasn't that stupid, just too caught up in his crush on her. And Mimi was just being awfully worried about Yamato. Ooh, what should I do? Mum and dad aren't home right now, and I really don't have the money. She took up the letter and read it again. It said, that if she didn't show up tonight Yamato would suffer the consequences. And if the police were involved Yamato would die. A tear escaped Mimi's eye. Why does it feel like it's all my fault? Maybe if we were still together he wouldn't have gotten kidnapped in the first place. She wiped away the tears and then clenched her fists. She had to go. All by herself, if she had to. She couldn't let anything happen to Yamato, she was going to save him.
* You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you
And it feels so right *
"Don't worry Yama-sama, I'm coming!" She prepared for the evening by putting on loose fitting clothes and packing necessary stuff into her bag. Flashlight, extra batteries. She even packed a small bottle of pepper spray. (I don't know if it's forbidden in Japan, but it is in Sweden! O.o) She made sure that her cell phone had battery, and then scribbled down a note for her parents which said that if she wasn't home before twelve o'clock they'd have to call the police and send them to the abandoned old cottage by the lake. She wasn't sure of what she was giving herself into, but she was determined to get Yamato back. If only she had known earlier that he had been kidnapped. She felt so guilty. She hadn't even called him to see how he was. Well, that's not so weird since you two broke up, Mimi's inner voice told her. She took her bag, and then left the house with her bike. The forest wasn't far from where Mimi lived but it was starting to get dark. When she arrived at the parking lot it was completely dark, but she could see pretty well because of the light from the moon. She soon found the path that Rinu had been talking about and made her way down it towards the lake. She turned on her flashlight, but still felt a little unnerved. She was afraid of the dark, even though she didn't know why. It wasn't because of murderers or realistic things like that, more likely the ghosts and demons she used to believe in when she was a child. It was stupid; she knew that there really didn't exist such things as gho. She halted and listened at the sounds of the night with a rapidly beating heart. Had it been an illusion? And animal? She shrugged, but still couldn't get that uneasy feeling off of her. Soon she reached the lake. She could even see the cottage on the other side of it. There was a light in the window of the abandoned house, which was apparently no longer abandoned. Heart in throat she turned the flashlight off and started moving around the lake. Which was a very hard thing to do. She kept stumbling over rocks and roots, and once she even fell and hurt her knee badly. She bit her lip so she wouldn't let out a cry of pain. She continued through the dark, and after what seemed like an eternity she came up to the cottage. She started sneaking, almost holding her breath as if the kidnapper could hear her. She pressed her back against the wall of the small house, and then stole a peek through the window. There was a fire burning in there, and someone was lying on a bed. Her heart started beating even faster. It was Yamato! He was lying in a weird angle, and seemed to be asleep. Mimi took another peek and noticed that there weren't anyone else in there. She glanced at her arm watch and could see that it was almost eleven o'clock. If something would go wrong, the police would soon be here. Her parents were expected home by eleven. She snuck around the house and pressed her back against the wall precisely beside the door. She tried the handle and was surprised when the door slid up. She got inside, and closed the door silently behind her. Now she could clearly see that there was no one but Yamato in the room, and Mimi didn't even dare asking herself where the kidnapper had gone. She ran up to the bed and shook Yamato's body slightly. His eyes shot open and Mimi could look into their beautiful azure color. In the light of the open fire they seemed to be almost purple.
"Mimi", he whispered. "You came." Mimi smiled and nodded while starting to untie the ropes around his ankles and wrists.
"Yes Yamato, I came. I came to save you." Yamato smiled, but then his smile turned into a frown.
"You have to go Mimi", he said and tried to sit up. "It's a trap!"
"You're damned right it's a trap", a voice behind Mimi said. She spun around and looked at the person standing in the door. It was a female, to Mimi's surprise, and she didn't look too frightening.
"Why did you do it", Mimi asked angrily and clenched her fists. The young woman laughed and took a step into the cottage and closed the door.
"Because I could, Mimi. You see. You took my love, and I wanted to take yours. But then I realized that it wasn't enough. I wanted to see you suffer even more." The young woman smiled wickedly and crossed her arms. "Do you have the money?" Mimi restrained herself so she wouldn't attack the woman. She seemed to know Mimi well, but she really couldn't tell who it was. The woman noticed that and laughed again. "Don't you remember me Mimi? Ahh, then let me refresh your memory. Summer 2002. A walk along the beach with one of your admirers. Apparently he broke up with his girlfriend just so he could be with you. Do you remember now?"
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Yamato's POV
A light of recognizes was lit in Mimi's eyes. So it was true.
"You", she said, with a voice filled with heat and hate. "Mika!" Yamato flinched at her name. He had come to hate it, as much as he hated its owner. "It's you. I thought I dealt with you back then!" The Bitch shook her head with a smile and walked across the room so she stood on the other side of the table.
"I know, but you assume so many things here in life. Take things for granted." Mika's voice cracked. "I loved him god damn it", she screamed and hit the table with her clenched fist. "And you just took him away from me!" Mimi winched but then shook her head violently.
"I did not! He acted out of his own will! I couldn't help that he fell in love with me!"
"Oh yeah? You were perfectly aware of what your spell was doing to him. You were always flirting with him, I saw it! Do you really think I'm stupid?" Mimi sat speechless for a while, but then she stood up with great speed.
"Take that back", she growled, leaning forward as if she wanted to tower over the Bitch. It didn't give any effect since Mika was much taller than her. "I would never steal another girl's boyfriend on purpose! Do you know how many times I've felt guilty because guys dump their girlfriends for me! It's not even fun anymore! It's not a spell, it's a curse..," Mika snorted and tossed her hair.
"Yeah right, and you want me to believe that." Then her facial mask hardened. "Do you have to money or not." Mimi's angry mask crumbled and she bit her lower lip. Yamato would guess that she didn't have the money, and that no one knew that she was there. Just great. But he couldn't feel irritated at Mimi. She had come to rescue him. She was prepared to risk her life for him.
* Trying to remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself and let the
Covers fall away *
"I don't have the money", she said with a low voice. "But I know that you're not doing it for the money anyway", she continued, with a voice growing louder with every word. Mika nodded.
"Yes, you're right. I'm not doing it for the money. In fact, I would let Yamato go if I wasn't afraid of that he would call the police." Mika stopped and leaned over the table. "What I want is you, Mimi. I want to hurt you, as you have hurt me. Mimi looked dumbstruck.
"What do you mean? Are you going to beat her up or what", Yamato asked and finally sat up straight in the bed. "Cause that isn't going to get you anywhere." Mika nodded and closed her eyes. Then she opened them again with a wide grin.
"No, I admit that fighting Mimi would not give me the satisfaction that I am seeking." Suddenly, she pulled out a knife. Yamato didn't even know where she got it. One second her hands were empty and the second later. That sure was a big knife. Mimi's eyes widened and her mouth turned into an 'o'. "I am going to kill you, because that summer you killed my heart." Then she threw herself over the table at Mimi. Mimi dodged her with only centimeters but she couldn't avoid the knife fully. The sharp blade left a slash on her arm, and soon blood was spoiling her white shirt.
"You're crazy", Mimi gasped and stared down at her bleeding arm in terror. Mika laid sprawled on the floor, but soon rolled around and crawled back up on her feet. Mimi backed away, fear shining in her eyes.
"So maybe I am. Maybe the search for revenge has driven me nuts. But I don't care anymore. I shall achieve my goal even if I die achieving it." Then she lunged at Mimi again, but this time Mimi wasn't as lucky to escape the maniac. She was pinned to the floor and Mika let out a cackling laughter. Yamato's eyes were wide with fear as he was trying to get out of the bed. He had to do it, he couldn't just watch. Mika had raised her knife and her face already carried a victorious smile. "Say a prayer, Mimi-chan, your end has come." Yamato tried to stand up but fell down. But - as if pushed by an invisible force - he fell straight onto Mika. Mika screamed out of surprise as the blonde boy collided with her.
"Mimi, run", he screamed but Mimi just stared at them in shock. Matt turned his eyes to Mika who was crawling up again. She had dropped the knife and her eyes were searching the floor for it. Mimi pointed at something without a word and then Matt saw it. The knife was close to the open fire, shimmering with a deadly light. Mika noticed it precisely after him, and quickly got up to get it. Matt tossed himself at her and grabbed her legs to tackle her to the ground. "Mimi, get the knife! Get the knife!" Mimi was staring at them blankly for a while before something in her mind clicked. She got up and stumbled towards the knife. Mika was struggling to get closer to her weapon but soon Mimi's fingers slowly grabbed the handle. She picked it up and studied it in the light of the fire. She shuddered and held it as far away from her as possible.
"Matt", she said and sounded sick. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay Mimi", he said as he struggled to hold Mika down. "We'll talk about that later, right now we have to figure out what to do with her." Mimi nodded and her grip tightened around the knife. "I say we get the hell out of here and just give her to the police."
"Hah! I would like to see you make me take one single step", Mika said and stopped fighting. Mimi pointed the knife against her.
"If you won't obey us we'll kill you", she said seriously. Matt was almost scared by the tone of her voice, but it seemed as if Mika wasn't. She just laughed at her.
"You would never kill anyone, not even your worst enemy! The only thing you can to is to split up. One stays here, and one gets help. If Matt stays I'll soon get free since he's still affected by the drug. But you can't do it the other way around since Matt can't use his legs." Mika grinned widely and looked as if she had won the battle. And it was true; there wasn't any other way. Mimi stared at her for a while and then looked around her. She soon spotted her bag and picked it up. Matt wondered what she was up to now.
"Do you really think I'm stupid enough to leave my cell phone at home", Mimi said and pulled the phone up. She dialed 911 and waited for someone to answer. "N-no contact?" Matt's hope sunk again. Mika kept grinning.
"What did I say? So, shooshoo little Mimi. Go get help. Me and Matt will have some fun here all alone." Mimi growled and raised her hand with the knife but suddenly stopped.
"What was that", she whispered and looked at the door. At first they didn't hear anything. But then they could make out voices. Soon they could see lights outside.
"No fucking way", Mika cursed and tried to escape Matt's grip but he was lying with is whole bodyweight over her. Mimi's eyes were glittering with hope. She ran up to the door to open it but it swung up before she got there. Policemen welled in and before anyone of them could react they had removed Matt from Mika and put handcuffs on the screaming girl. "This isn't happening to me", she kept saying while fighting to get loose. "I was so close!" They pulled her outside and soon Mimi's parents came in. Her mum had tears in her eyes and her dad was all red in the face.
"Oh Mimi", was all her mother could say before she flung her arms around her daughter. "We were so worried! We found your note and we immediately called the police! We're so glad you're safe!" Mimi's dad hugged both of them soon they were all crying. Matt just sat by the table where the policemen had placed him and studied the whole family scene.
"Matt?" Matt turned his eyes from the Tachikawa's to the door.
"Dad?" His dad beamed at him and walked up to him with opened his arms.
"My son, are you okay", he asked as he hugged him tightly.
"I'm okay dad, I'm okay", he said and felt how all energy was drained out of him. He hadn't eaten for days, and all he could think about was the scene when Mika was so lose to succeed. Too close. What if he hadn't fallen over Mika, and pushed her out of the way? He didn't even want to think of it.
"I'm so sorry, I should have looked for you! But I just thought you stayed at a friends house since you seemed to be depressed and everything. If only I had known."
"I can't blame you dad", Matt muttered. Well, he couldn't. He often left without a word and stayed at a friend's house for a couple of days. "I'm just glad that everything is over." His dad nodded and let him go. He had tears in his eyes. He never realized how much his dad loved him, and how much he loved his dad.
"Yama?" He looked up to see Mimi standing beside his dad. Behind her were her parents, both with tears in their eyes. He smiled and spread out his arms. She let out a small sob and just collapsed into his embrace. He held her tightly and inhaled the smell of her hair. He would never let her go again. He could vaguely hear his dad talking to Mimi's parents but right now all that mattered was Mimi. "Matt, can you ever forgive me? All this. It's all my fault!" He hugged her even closer and pulled her up in his lap.
* Guess I never had someone like you
To help me fit in my skin *
"It's not your fault. Mika was sick, she was probably sick even before her boyfriend broke up with her. And who could blame him? If I were him I would do the exact same thing." Mimi buried her face into his shirt.
"But still. I made you jealous. If I hadn't been that close to Koushiro you wouldn't have gotten mad at me. And. And if you wouldn't have gotten mad at me then maybe you wouldn't have gotten kidnapped."
"Don't think like that. It was wrong of me to get jealous. I know that you and Koushiro are nothing but friends. And you know Mika would have done it anyway. She would have found another way to ruin your life. I'm just glad it's all over." Mimi was silent for a while. Matt noticed that their parents had gotten outside, and that the policemen where being as discrete as possible in their work.
"D-does this mean that. That we're.?"
"I don't think we were meant to be separated from the first time", he said and smiled. Mimi stopped trembling and smiled faintly.
"I love you Yamato." Before he could answer her she pressed her soft, warm lips against his and they kissed. He couldn't believe that it was finally over; Mika was out of the way. And he and Mimi were back together again, finally.
"I love you too Mimi", he murmured between the kisses.
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Mimi's POV
She broke up the kiss and stared into his eyes. It seemed as if she could never have enough of them. She could just gaze into them for an eternity, and then keep staring for a few hours more. She raised her hand and gently touched his cheek.
"It was like a nightmare. I thought I would loose you", she said while exploring his face with her fingertips as if she was blind. She wanted to stay with him like that forever, just sitting in his lap, touching his beautiful face and staring into his azure eyes. "I was so afraid. But you gave me strength." Matt kissed her lightly on the forehead and then hugged her closer to him again. She leaned her head on his chest and sighed.
"I thought I would loose you too. It was so close. When Mika had you down to the floor and raised her knife it felt as if she would stab the knife into my heart. I wouldn't have been able to carry on without you." Mimi smiled and fiddled with his sweater. It was dirty because he had worn it for several days. It felt as if they had never opened their hearts like this before to each other. To anyone.
"I'm sorry Miss, Mr.", a voice said. Mimi straightened up and turned her eyes to the policeman speaking to them. "I'm afraid you have to come with us to the police station and tell us what happened." Mimi nodded and got up from Yamato's lap. She winched a little and covered her left arm with her right hand. The policeman noticed this, and pulled away her hand to study her wound.
"I see. We have to get that cleaned up. This way Miss." Mimi followed the policeman, but tossed a glance over her shoulder at Matt. He got help from two policemen to stand up. He looked up at her and smiled.
"Like a piece of cake", he said and gave her thumbs up. The policemen didn't agree with him. Mimi giggled and then went with the policeman outside. She could see her parents and Matt's dad talking to one of the policemen. The other policemen were scattered around the area. Mimi was taken to some kind of doctor who cleaned up her wound and then put some bandage around it. Soon Yamato came to the doctor as well. She told them that they had found the pistol and bottle, which Mika had used when she drugged Yamato.
"The shit sje gave you could make an elephant sleep for a whole month", she said and laughed while giving Yamato a shot with the antidote to the drug. "You may suffer of some kinds of side effects but I'm sure that you'll manage it. If not I suggest you contact the nearest hospital." Yamato's eyes widened but then he walked away on wobbling legs. Mimi thanked the doctor for her help and then followed Matt.
"Don't worry Yama, I'm sure she was only joking", she said and patted his back. He looked down at her and smiled, but still didn't look convinced. They got into the back of the Tachikawa car. Matt's dad sat in the passenger seat beside Mimi's dad. Mimi's mum sat beside them in the backseat. They drove to the police station where hours of questions ensued. It wasn't until early in the morning they could leave the station and go home. They drove in silence but when they stopped outside Matt's apartment Mimi woke up from her thoughts.
"Dad, can you wait for me for just one sec. I wanna follow Yamato to the door." Her dad chuckled.
"Yeah, yeah. But back in my days it used to be the other way around." Mimi rolled her eyes and got out of the car together with Matt and Matt's dad. Matt's dad unlocked the door and got in, but turned around as the two teenagers stayed in the doorway.
"Aren't you two the cutest? I'll just go to bed Yamato, try to avoid to get kidnapped again, will ya?" Now it was Yamato's turn to roll his eyes. He watched his dad as he got upstairs into his bedroom and then turned to Mimi. She could feel how she blushed slightly as he just stared at her, studied her closely.
* I've never felt like this before
I'm naked around you
Does it show? *
"Quite a day, huh", he said and scratched his neck. Mimi laughed a little and looked down at her feet.
"Lets just hope that'll never happen again", she said and then looked up again. "You know, not to brag or anything, but there are many guys out there who dumped their girlfriends for me", she said playfully and grinned.
"Ooh, I see", he said and crossed his arms. "So you mean that there is a chance that I'll get kidnapped again?" Mimi took a step closer to him.
"If not by some crazy, revengeful gal. Then by some crazy, charming gal madly in love with you", she said and kissed him. He wrapped his arms around her and laughed.
"If getting kidnapped get us this close together, then it is worth it", he said and they kissed again.
"Oh really? Maybe I'll hire someone to kidnap you just for fun!"
"You wouldn't", he said but she just smiled and kissed him. The stared into each other's eyes as if in a daze but they woke up when Mimi's dad rolled down the window and shouted at them.
"Mimi we don't have all day, you know? You can cuddle with Yamato some other day, we need some sleep right now!" They both blushed like mad and let go of each other.
"I guess I'll just. See you later today then", Yamato said and scratched his arm. Mimi nodded with a smile.
"Yeah, I'll call you!" He looked up at her and grinned.
"I love you."
"Love you too", Mimi said and kissed him quickly. "Bai bai." Then she skipped down the stairs and got into the car.
"Bye Mimi! Bye Mr. Tachikawa and Mrs. Tachikawa!" The Tachikawa family all waved at him as they drove away. Mimi sunk back in her seat and looked out the window. Earlier everything went so fast, she never got the time to react to what had happened. It was all far too overwhelming for her and a tear made it's way down her cheek.
"Mimi darling, are you crying?" Mimi jolted her head up and wiped away her tears quickly.
"No mum, I'm just a bit tired." She looked out through the window again and up at the sky. It was colored pink by the sunrise and completely free of any clouds. She sighed and leaned her head against the cold window. It was a new day, and she was ready to leave the happenings of the night behind her. Suddenly her thoughts turned in another direction as she remembered something. That person dressed in dark clothes spying on her. It must have been Mika! Mimi shrugged and sighed again. She just couldn't believe that Mika took that whole thing with her boyfriend so seriously. They were so young, and if what Kenchi had told her was true they would have broken up anyway. But she still couldn't help but feel guilty. I can't blame myself and I know that. But still it's hard not to. But the most important thing is that Yamato is safe now, and that we're back together.
* You see right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked around you
And it feels so right *
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Finally! But if you think this is the end then you're wrong. ^_^ There'll be one more chapter, a little more funnier than this one, to finish things up. I made this chapter a little longer than the other ones to make up for the huge delay a little. I'm so sorry, but I've been so busy with a lot of stuff and I've got this thing in my hand called ganglion! ;_; I'm not allowed to write on the computer at all actually, but. Just don't tell my mum, all right? The next chapter should be up within a week. And again, sorry for not updating in such a long time!
