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Chapter 11: The Sun Always Brings Light To The Darkness
"So, everything's ok with you?" Ken asked and everyone nodded
"Yeah, but we need to know when they're going to sign the papers." Kyuryo said
"That's a tough one." TK muttered and Tai raised an eyebrow:
"Why?" he asked and TK rolled his eyes:
"As if you don't know my brother." he said "I bet Matt is to scared of signing the papers."
"Why do you say that?" Tai asked, confused "All you have to do is writte you name, in a paper. I think Matt is able to do that."
"Oh, please!" TK exclaimed, getting up from his chair "I bet Sora can do it without any problems, but Matt can't. Matt it's too scared of losing Sora forever, and he knows that will happen if he says the damn papers!"
"That's true." Izzy said
"I can't believe Jun did this." Kyuryo said, suddenly "She was so happy with the baby, and then
she does this? This is so un-like her."
"Are you sure we're talking about the same Jun?" Tai asked, without controling himself
"Hey!" Davis exclaimed "It's about my sister, you're talking about!"
"So?" Tai asked and Davis got up from his chair:
"Calm down!" Ken exclaimed, and everyone looked at him "Davis' right, no matter how bad this subject is, we need to have in mind the fact Jun is Davis' sister and that she's going through a rough time. After all, Jun's pregnant and I bet she's doing this to get attention."
"What do you mean?" both Davies and Ryuryo asked, at the same time
Ken sighed:
"I'm a married man, and a father, and I know what's to be...I mean, and I've been through a time when Yolei - my wife - was pregnant. She didn't wanted me to go work, because she needed my company but, according to Kyuryo, Jun didn't had company for three months. What did you expected? It's obvious she would try to find someone, and we all know she was crazy for Matt when she was younger. So, and despite the fact Matt's married to Sora, Jun understood he was the only one who would divorce to stay with her, and creat the child as if it was his."
"You thought about all that, alone?" Tai asked and Ken rolled his eyes:
"Of course." he said
Kyuryo took a deep breath:
"Maybe you're right." he said "This wouldn't have happened if I had stayed with Jun, instead of thinking about my work. She deserves all the company she can get." then, he looked at Tai "And Jun may have been a pain when she was younger, but that doesn't mean she still is."
~*~
Tears were now faling freely down Sora's eyes, while Mimi tried hard to think about what to said. She never thought her friend could be in such pain, and never complain about it. But, then again, it was Sora she was talking about. Sora, the girl who never ask anything in return, the girl who never complain about anything...
"Oh, Sora..." Mimi started "I...I..."
"You don't know what to say." Sora interrupted, looking at the sea "And that's ok."
"No, I feel like I have to say something." the pink haired girl said but Sora shook her head:
"You don't need to say anything." she said, softly "After all, there's nothing to be said. I had three miscarriages, and that's final."
"But, why didn't you told me? Or anyone else?" Mimi asked, a bit hurt and Sora shruged:
"Why?" she asked, looking down "There was nothing to do."
"But, we could have helped." Mimi said and Sora gave a sad laugh:
"Mimi, not even Joe was able to do a thing for me." she said "I know you would have helped me but...it was too hard."
Mimi licked her lips:
"But, why?"
Sora chuckled:
"The first time it happened," she started, looking to the sand "was four months after my wedding. When I found out I was pregnant with Matt's child, I couldn't help but scream with joy. Without thinking, I called Matt. You know he was almost going on a trip to space, but he decided to stay and take care of me." Mimi nodded and Sora took a deep breath "Matt was so happy. I can still remember the look on his face and the smile...the rare 'Ishida happy smile'." Sora smiled at the memory "But...two weeks later, the dream desappeared. It was so painful...it hurted so much, not only because I knew I was losing my child, but because I could see Matt entering on a well of sadness...And, when Joe told me the truth, I cried for so long and Matt..." Sora closed her eyes as tears continued to fall "Matt was making his brave face, but I knew he was crushed."
"Sora..." Mimi started, but Sora shook her head. 'You don't need to continue.' the pink haired woman thought, as she noticed the pain her friend was going through
"I asked for Joe to tell you, in case you asked, that I had got a cold." the auburn haired woman continued, looking at the sea "And Matt agreed with me. Half a year later, we went through the same thing..." Sora hiccup, but continued "I was afraid of having a child, but the light of hope was greater and Matt and I decided we would do anything to save the child. But you remember I was hit by a car, almost four years ago." Mimi nodded "It hadn't been something serious, but the baby didn't made it and, once again, I felt crush and so did Matt. But, that time, Matt was angry, not because I had lost out child, but because he thought it was like a curse...he started to believe we would never have children. And..."
When Sora started to sob, Mimi put her arms around her friend and hugged her tightly:
"Sora, you don't need to carry on..." she whisper, into her friends ear.
The answer she got, was other sob:
"The third time..." Sora continued, after a few seconds "It was the end... When I lost the child, Matt had already in mind we would never have children and, though we still loved each other to death, it was like the fact I couldn't bear our children was a wall between Matt and I and..." Sora wimped her tears, with her left hand but they continued to fall "When Akane and Aoshi came, it all started to fall apart. And Jun? She just helped the end to come, as I knew it would."
"Sora, don't say that." Mimi said and, for the first time since they had reached the beach, Sora looked at her. Mimi felt her heart squeeze as she noticed the pain, the suffering, the sorrow on her friend's eyes. 'They were so warm and welcome, before.' Mimi thought and then she continued "You know Matt loves you no ma..."
"No!" Sora yelled, as she put her hands over her ears "Don't say that!"
"What? That Matt loves you? But Sora, it's true! It's so obvious, as the Moon is to the night!
You know he loves you, and you already have the proof of his love."
"No!" Sora exclaimed, crying "He can't love me! He can't love someone, who can't make him happy!"
"There's where you're wrong, Sora!" Mimi exclaimed and, when she noticed her friend trying hard not to heard her, she grabbed Sora's wrists and pulled them away from her ears "Listen to me Sora, and listen well. We all know you're the only one, who can make Matt's happy; you were the only one who understood him and made him laugh. Laugh, Sora! How many people are capable of making Yamato Ishida laugh, because he wants to? How many?" when Sora closed her eyes, Mimi took a deep breath "Don't start with those pity statements, when you know they aren't true. You're the only one who's capable of reaching Matt's soul, besides TK. So, why don't you fight for him, huh? Why?"
"Because I can't!" Sora exclaimed suddenly, and Mimi closed her mouth "I can't fight for Matt, when I know what's going on between him and Jun! I can't stop him from achieving his dream, Mimi, I can't!"
"Even if that means, he'll be away from you?" Mimi asked and, slowly, Sora nodded:
"His happiness is the more important thing to me, Mimi." she started "If he's happy, I'm happy. Even if my happiness takes years, I'll be happy to see him with a family...a real family."
"But Matt doesn't love her." Mimi said "He loves you Sora, and only you."
"But, if I can't make him happy, then I wish Jun can." Sora whispered, before getting up "Can we, please, go home now?"
Mimi looked at her:
'You could fight for him, Sora, and you could win.' she thought, as she nodded 'But you need to believe in yourself, and in your future.'
~*~
Jun was tapping her foot on the ground, while she was sat on the couch. Matt had left home for hours, and she was getting worry:
"I bet he went to see her." Jun muttered, angrily "Honestly, I'm sick of this. Sora's this, Sora's that, Sora here, Sora there...Argh, can't he see I'm getting sick of all this?"
"Talking to yourself, now?" a voice asked and Jun turned to the door, to see Matt:
"Oh Mattie-chan!" she exclaimed, getting up "I was so worried about you." slowly, she got up and Matt raised an eyebrow: 'Is it just me, or she's too fat for three months? Hum...maybe it's just me.'
"You were?" he asked and Jun nodded, as she walked towards him
"I was scared you would do something crazy, after that argument we had." she said, worried
"You aren't mad anymore, are you?"
When Matt saw Jun's puppy eyes, he sighed:
"I am," he started and Jun looked at the floor "but, if you promise you'll never say those things again..."
"Oh, I won't!" Jun interrupted, looking up "I promise I won't."
Matt cleared his throat:
"Ok, then." he said "But never, ever, speak about my relationship with Sora, again."
"Ok." Jun said, before smiling "Are you hungry? I can prepare something."
Matt shook his head:
"I'm fine." he said "I'm just going to take a bath, and go to bed."
"Oh? Ok, then." Jun said but, when Matt was about to climb the stairs an idea appeared on her mind "Oh, I almost forgot, your lawyer called."
Matt froze:
"What did he wanted?" he asked, without turning around
"Just asking about the divorce papers." Jun said, smiling "He asked if you had signed the papers already, and I said yes."
"You did what?" Matt asked, turning to her "Why did you said that? You know I left the papers here, before I left."
"You did?" Jun asked, confused "I didn't see them."
"I can't believe it!" Matt exclaimed "How could you do that, to me? How?"
"I'm sorry Matt, but I thought you had left to see Sora, and ask her to sign the papers." Jun said "I'm really sorry."
Matt took a deep breath: 'Remember, she's pregnant...think about the child...' Matt thought:
"Jun, what did my lawyer said?" he asked and Jun licked her lips:
"Hum...he said for you to go there tomorrow, so he could continue with the process."
"What?" Matt asked, shocked "Tomorrow, but...I can't believe this, I need to call him now."
Jun opened her eyes wide, as Matt walked towards the phone: 'Think Jun, think!'
"Matt?" she called and the blond haired man looked at her, as he picked the ear-phone
"Hum...your lawyer said he wouldn't be contactable until tomorrow, at 5 pm. I think he wants you to go there, by then."
"Shit." Matt muttered, as he put the ear-phone back to it's place "Ok, then I..." Matt run a hand through his hair "What am I suppose to do?"
"Call Sora." Jun said and the man looked at her, with an eyebrow raised "I mean, I know it was my fault, but you can't go back now."
"You're right." Matt muttered 'Unfortunatly.'
Sighning, he grabbed the ear-phone again.
~*~
"Three miscarriages?" Yolei asked, before she could stop herself
Sora nodded, as she looked down:
"Mimi will explain everything, if you want to." she said and Mimi nodded:
"Of course, I will." she said and Kari cleared her throat:
"Why won't you take a bath?" she asked "I bet you'll feel better, after it."
Sora looked at her, and nodded:
"I think, I will." she said, as she stood up "Thank you for letting me stay here, for tonight, Yolei." she continued, looking to the
purple haired woman
"As if." Yolei said, smiling "You can stay here, as long as you want to." then, the phone rang and she got up "Be right back."
Yolei said, before walking away from the living-room
"Well, I'm going to take a bath." Sora said, softly
"Matt!" Yolei exclaimed and the three friends, who were in the living-room, shared a look "Sora? Yes, she's here. Hum...wait, I'll see if she can talk with you.' seconds later, Yolei appeared on the door "Sora, Matt..."
"I'll go." the auburn haired woman said and, slowly, she walked towards the phone "Moshi moshi? Yes Matt, it's me. You want to talk with me? Why?" slowly, Mimi, Kari and Yolei walked towards her friend "You need me to sign the papers, now?" the other three women, shared a look "No, I mean...ok, I understand. Half an hour, is great. Ok, bye."
When Sora hung off, Kari looked at her:
"What's wrong?" she asked, as the auburn haired woman took a deep breath:
"Matt..." Sora said "He's coming here, to sign the divorce papers."
"Nani?" Sora's best friends asked, at the same time, all of them shocked and surprised
Sora nodded:
"Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to take a quick bath." and before any of her friends could stop her, Sora walked away
"We need to do something!" Mimi hissed
"What?" Yolei asked, nervous "What can we do?"
"I don't know, but we need to stop Sora from signing the papers." Mimi answered
"You know, it's her choice." Kari said, sadly "If she doesn't want to stay with Matt, she..."
"She's too scared." Mimi interrupted "Joe told me not to let Sora do this, and I won't. Besides, you know we can't let her do this."
"But, what can we do?" Yolei asked "I..."
"I'm home!" someone exclaimed and Yolei opened her eyes wide:
"Ken!" she whispered "I got it!"
"What?" both Kari and Mimi asked, but Yolei had already run towards the front door
"Lets go." Mimi said, as she shared a look with her friend
"What are you saying?" Ken asked, as the two girls walked towards their friends
"Please Ken, we need to do something!" Yolei said, clapping her hands
"I know what to do." Ken said "Give me fifteen minutes."
"Where are you going?" Yolei asked and Ken shook his head:
"Fifteen minutes." he repeated and then, he was off.
Slowly, Yolei looked at Mimi and Kari:
"What do you think he's going to do?" she asked
"I hope it's something that's going to stop Sora, from making the worse decision in her whole life." Mimi said "Because we need to stop her, even if it's by saying the truth."
Kari opened her eyes, wide:
"You can't be serious." she said and Mimi looked at her, with a determined look:
"I am." she said "And I'm telling you, I'll tell Matt the truth if that means I can stop this hell."
~*~
Matt looked at the house in front of him, and took a deep breath. He was so close of losing everything...so close. Closing his eyes, Matt pictured the Christmas when Sora came to him, with cookies. Since then, Matt had asked Sora to make cookies every year, by Christmas and Sora would always do them, with a happy smile on her face. But, he knew everything started to lose it's happiness, since they started to live in depression and sadness, though they were still very happy with each other.
Taking a deep breath, Matt grabbed the envelop on her left hand harder, and knocked on the door. 'The last goodbye.' Matt thought, as he stared at the withe door in front of him 'But, am I sure this is what I want to do? Do I really want to leave Sora, and live with Jun?'
Suddenly the door was opened, to reveal Yolei:
"Hey Matt." the woman said, softly "Come in."
"Hey Yolei." Matt said, walking in "Sorry for coming here, at this time of the night."
"That's ok." Yolei said "I usually don't go to bed, before midnight. Sora's in the living-room, by the way."
Nodding Matt started to walk towards the division, while Yolei looked outside: 'I don't know what you have in mind Ken but, please, hurry.'
Slowly, Matt walked inside the living-room and he felt his breath being caught on his throat, when he saw Sora talking quietly to Mimi and Kari, not noticing him. She looked so pale, so fragile, just like those times when she was at the hospital, hearding those terrible news. However, when Sora looked up, Matt felt his heart cracking: 'Her eyes...they're so sad.' Matt thought. If there was something Sora wasn't, was a sad person. She was always full of energy, happiness and love but now...now that he was looking into her, and see what she had mantain inside herself for so long, Matt couldn't help but feel sad for her, and angry for him. He hated to see Sora as if she was porcelain doll, mostly because she hated to see herself like one but, what he hated the most, was the fact he had been the one who gave her the right to feel alone, and abandoned. Though, she had never complained:
"Hello Matt." Sora said, in a neutral voice
"H...Hi." Matt said, after his thoughts were broken
"Have you brought the papers?" Sora asked, trying hard not to cry. The papers. The only thing they needed to care about, to separe their lives. But it hurted, it hurted more than anything, but they needed to say goodbye so, at least one of them could achieve the dreams they had always had.
"Hai." Matt said, walking towards the auburn haired woman. Slowly, he handed the envelop to her and, with a trembling hand, Sora grabbed it "I'm just sorry, it has to be this way." he said, while Sora walked towards the table
"Don't be." the auburn haired woman said, opening the envelop "Think this is for the best."
When Matt looked down, Kari shared a look with Mimi:
"Should we leave?"" she asked, in a whisper and the pink haired woman shook her head:
"No, we need to keep an eye on them until Ken arrives whatever he had in mind."
"What do you think, it is?" Kari asked and the other woman shruged:
"Who cares, I just hope it's something that will stop this hell."
Slowly, Sora grabbed a pen: her hand was shaking, her heart was screaming for her not to do it, but her mind was telling her it was for the best.
Taking a deep breath, Sora looked at Matt, only to froze: Matt's eyes were so full of regret, pain and all those dark feelings she would always see when they were younger...feelings she had fighted against only to win his friendship and, later, his love:
"Hum...where do I sign?" she asked, blinking her eyes
Slowly, Matt walked towards her and pointed to the end of the paper:
"There." he said, almost in a whisper and Sora swallowed hard: 'This is for the best.' she reminded herself, before grabbing the pen harder and nod:
"Ok." she said, softly and, while she tried hard not to shake, Sora wrote her name "There," she said, before looking up and hanging Matt the pen "now, it's you."
Slowly, Matt picked the pen but, when he was about to writte his name, he looked to Sora:
"Are you sure this is what you want to do?" he asked and Sora froze:
"It doesn't matter, what I want." she replied, looking at him "This is the right thing to do."
"But I can't live without you," Matt started, desesperated "I need you, to keep living. I lov..."
"Stop!" Sora exclaimed, closing her fists "Don't say that, again! It's not me who needs your love now, it's Jun and the child she's waiting."
"But..." Matt started. He wanted to tell Sora he wanted to stay with her, that he could take care of the child without being with Jun, but he knew Sora wouldn't let him say or do those things:
"Just sign, Matt, " Sora said, tiredly "and stop this."
When she saw Matt starting to writte his name on the paper, Kari looked at Mimi. Both of them were paled and pleading for Ken to hurry up.
"We can't let this happen." Mimi muttered but, before she could open her mouth, Ken, Tai, Izzy and a brown haired man walked inside the living-room, along with Yolei:
"Matt, for the sake of your love for Sora, don't sign the papers." Ken started and the blond haired man looked at him "The baby Jun's waiting it's not yours."
"And, for the sake of your child Sora, don't give up from Matt." Mimi said and everything went silence
To Be Continued...
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