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KaoruHimura66: Hai, you're the only one who wants Jun to be happy. Everyone else asks for her death, something I won't do. (psst, you know, I think they won't like this chapter because of that, but don't tell them ^_~). Anyway, thank you for your words *blows kiss*
courtney83: *blushes* Thank you so much, for your words. *hugs courtney83* You can't imagine how important they are, for me ^_^ Thank you. And I believe you're right, the end is coming butI'm already writing a new fic (not a sequel) but a new and different fic. Good reading!
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Digifriends: It was through the blood samples, that Joe found out about the baby. Oh, and thank you very much, for your words. Happy reading.
Pluto Chan: Er....I don't think you'll like what I wrote, in this chapter. I mean, about how Jun will end. But *nervous laugh* you can still read it.
scorpion05: Wahrheit, Jun ist in schmerz. Well, I don't know if that's correct because my german is very rusty so *hehe* sorry for my stupid attempt to write in german. Anyway, that doesn't matter, I believe it's better for you to hold something, because you'll have the answer to your question, in this chapter. *evil laugh* Genieben!
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Paula Takenouchi: I really don't know, how to answer your question. Lets say, I usually write whenever I have an idea (imagine me, in the middle of a class, writing a chapter of a fic, instead of listening to my teacher *hehe* Something, that happens often but, shhh, don't tell anyone ^_^), or when I feel like something has to do with me and I need to write about it (the new Digimon I'm
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And now, the chapter...
Chapter 12: Bonds & Treasures
No one dared to speak, to move or to even look to others. The silence that had come after the two sentences, was a brutal one. No one knew what to think, or how to react to the two news, which came out of nowhere, without a single warning.
While Sora was sending Mimi a glare, Matt was looking to her, shocked and surprised: 'Child? What child? And, what the hell did Ken meant with that? Jun's waiting a child, who isn't mine? Then...what the hell is going on here?'
As if he was reading his thoughts, Ken cleared his throat:
"I speak the truth." he started and, slowly, Matt took his eyes off Sora, to look at his friend "Jun's waiting for a child, it's true, but it's not yours."
"Wh...what do you mean?" Matt asked, slowly "How can you say such thing?"
Then, the brown haired man gave a step foward:
"My name is Kyuryo Kaigan," he started "and I'm Jun's fiancée, just like I'm the father of the child."
"But...Jun said she...and the baby..." Matt started, confusely "Why would she do such thing? Why would she pretend?"
"We believe, she was lonely." TK interrupted "There isn't any other explanation."
"But..." slowly, Matt looked at Sora "And you...you're pregnant?"
Slowly, Sora looked at him and licked her lips:
"Hai." she whispered and, wihtout a single warning, Matt fainted.
"What should we do?" Tai asked, as Mimi leaned her head against his shoulder "That guy has been sleeping for ages!"
"Shhh!" Mimi hissed, hitting him on the chest
Slowly, Sora looked to Matt's form and sighed: 'What are we going to do now, Matt?' she asked 'I can't go back to you...the weight of the lie it's to big but, at the same time, I can't live without you...and our child needs it's father around. But, what should we do?'
"Sora?" someone called and the auburn haired woman snapped from her thoughts, to face Kyuryo:
"Hai?" she asked and the man sat beside her, on the ground
"I really don't know what to said." Kyuryo started, slowly "Maybe I should say sorry, but that's not enough...nothing's enough to express what I'm feeling about all this."
"You don't need to say anything." Sora said and Kyuryo shook his head:
"I do." he said "After all, it's my fault all this happened."
Sora raised her eyebrow:
"Why do you say that?" she asked confused, and Kyuryo gave a sad sigh, as he looked to the floor:
"I work to much." he said, simply "I care to much about money, and work to see what's really important to those I love." slowly, he turned to her "You know, Jun isn't a bad person, she really isn't. Jun...Jun needs a chance to show herself and, when you give it to her, you see she's different from what you think."
Sora looked down:
"Maybe..." she started "Maybe we did judge Jun wrongly, but what she did...the reason why she did it..."
"Like I said, it's my fault. What do you expect from pregnant woman, who knows she'll be alone through the first four months? What do you expect she would do, when she faces the lonely reality? I should had seen that coming, when I decided to go to Tokio, I..."
"But, why Matt?" Sora interrupted, softly "Is it because she liked him, when she was younger?"
Kyuryo looked to the floor, again:
"Maybe because she knew he was the only one, who would have the guts to leave all his life behind, because of a child." Sora looked at him and Kyuryo continued "I know what Jun did was wrong; I mean, break a family only because she felt lonely, even when she knew she could phone me and tell me what was wrong it's crazy but I also know it was my fault, and my fault only."
"But, did you knew they had slept together?" Sora asked and the man shook his head:
"No, but who blames them for not telling? I don't know about Matt but Jun always had problems, to show how regreted she is. Jun's always trying to show how regreted she is, through actions."
"How so?" Sora asked, raising her eyebrow
Kyuryo smiled:
"Well, she would always treat me better than usual; making dinner, lunch...she had always a smile on her face but, what would always show me she was making all that because she was afraid of what I could do towards whatever she did wrong, were her eyes. Her eyes would always show how scared she was, how sad she was...and all I could do was smile."
"Smile?" Sora asked, confused "Why smile?"
"Because I love her too much, to be mad at her." Kyuryo replied and Sora froze "Well, I think it's better to go to the hotel; tomorrow I'll go see Jun."
"Why don't you stay here?" Yolei asked. She hand't been hearding the conversation but, the sudden movement, made her look at him and heard the last sentence "We have two more rooms."
Ryuryo smiled, but shook his head:
"No, I think it's better to go to the hotel and rest. I'll come here tomorrow, maybe before going to see Jun. Goodbye."
Slowly, he got out, close followed by Ken.
"Well, since it doesn't look like Matt is going to awake soon, what if we go rest?" Tai asked
"I think it's a great idea." Mimi said, yawing
"Well, you know where the rooms are," Yolei started, as Ken walked in "all you need to do, is decide which one you're going to use."
"Where will you sleep, Sora?" Kari asked, looking at her friend
"I'll stay here." the auburn haired woman said
"Are you sure?" Izzy asked "You can take the couch, and I'll sleep on the ground."
"Thanks Izzy, but that's not needed." Sora replied, looking at him
Izzy shruged:
"If you're sure." he said
After a few tired 'goodbyes', Sora saw herself alone, in a room, where her husband was sleeping: 'Ok, so he fainted, is that good or bad?' Sora asked, as she approached the sleeping man 'And Jun's not waiting for his child...that's good, right? That means I don't need to divorce Matt but...can I go back to him? After all this?' Suddenly, Kyuryo's voice appeared on her mind:'"Because I love her too much, to be mad at her.'"
"I love Matt too, but..." Sora muttered as she sat on the bed, next to the man iof her life "Why is it so hard, to forgive?"
"Sora..." Matt whispered, and the auburn haired woman snapped from her thoughts, to see Matt was still sleeping "I'm sorry...Aishiteru..."
Sora's eyes softened, as she looked closely to Matt's face:
"I love you, too." she whispered, taking a lock from Matt's face
Slowly, she lay next to him and felt ashleep, remembering all those times when she missed Matt's company.
Matt opened his eyes, and was about to got up, when he felt someone next to him. When he felt the person next to him, move, he gluped: 'Please, don't let it be Jun.' he pleaded, before looking to his side and open his eyes wide, when he saw Sora:
"Sky..." he breathed, surprised "How...?"
It was then that all memories from the previous night appeared on his mind:
'"Matt, for the sake of your love for Sora, don't sign the papers.The baby Jun's waiting it's not yours."'
'"And, for the sake of your child Sora, don't give up from Matt.'"
"Your child?" Matt repeated, as he looked towards Sora's tummy "It can't be..." trembling, Matt put a hand over Sora's tummy and took a deep breath "It can't be truth."
"Then, I'm sorry for telling you that it is." a voice muttered and Matt looked to Sora's face, to see a pair of tired rubys looking at him
"But...how?" Matt manage to ask, taking his hand away
"You know how." Sora replied, sitting up
"Why didn't you told me?" Matt asked "When did you found out? Why did Mimi knew?"
Sora looked down:
"Joe told me, when I woke up in the hospital, after my attempt to kill myself." she started "Mimi knew, because Joe told her. just like he told Kari and Yolei and," she licked her lips "the reason why no one told you, was because I asked them not to."
"The boys knew too?" Matt asked and Sora shook her head:
"No." she replied "Only Mimi, Kari, Yolei and Joe."
"But..." Matt took a deep breath "Why didn't you told me? Why did you signed the papers, when you knew you were pregnant? Why?"
Sora kept silence for a few seconds, until she cleared her throat:
"Because...because...because I knew Jun would need more assistence than me, and I had everyone to help me. Jun...Jun didn't had a
single person to help her."
"She had Davis." Matt said and Sora rolled her eyes:
"Davis." she repeated "Davis doesn't count; Jun needed someone serious to stay with her, and you were perfect for the job. And, even if you weren't, I would still like to see you with Jun, after all, she was carring your child."
"But the child was mine!" Matt exclaimed, annoyed
"We didn't knew that, until yesterday." Sora replied, getting up "If she was really carring you child, no matter what could happen with me, I would still want you to stay with her."
"But...Why?" Matt asked, looking sad "Can't you forgive me?"
"Don't ask me that." Sora muttered, closing her eyes
"What? If you still love me? If you can forgive me, for what I did?" Matt asked, also getting up "I have the right to know, Sora."
"But I don't need to answer you." the auburn haired woman said, looking at him "You lied to me, Matt, you hide the fact you slept with
Jun, even when you knew you should have told me...you made me continue loving you, until you finally decided to come to me, and say you wanted to divorce, without telling me the reason... Damn Matt, you were making all the decisions without even talking to me! How do you think I feel?"
Matt looked down:
"I'm sorry." he whispered "Please..."
Sora closed her eyes and took a deep breath: 'Forgive him.' a voice said, in her mind 'Can't you see, he's desesperated?'Sora opened her eyes, and looked at the blond haired man:
"I don't know." she whispered, and Matt looked at her "I really don't know what to do, or what to say. You hurted me, Matt, in more ways you know but, at the same time, I need you...I know I need you, not just because of the child I'm carrying, but because of myself."
"Then, w..." Matt started only to be interrupted, again
"I want to be with you Matt, I really want." Sora said "But I don't know, if I can."
"Please Sora..." Matt was feeling his heart hurting and squeezing, while seconds seemed to turn into hours "I need you..."
Sora looked at him, right in the eyes:
"I'm sorry..." she whispered, before walking away from the room
"Sora!" Matt exclaimed, before going after her "Wait!" when he saw the auburn haired woman wasn't going to stop, he grabbed her arm
"I'm sorry..." he continued, with his eyes tearing "Please, let me show you how much I need you..." slowly, Sora looked at him and Matt froze, when he noticed the tears falling down those beautiful ruby eyes "Please...I love you..."
When Sora was about to look down, Matt put his hands on each side of her face and kissed her, right on the lips. Damn, he needed to show his words weren't false...he needed to show her, he needed herr...he needed to show her, she was his heart...
"Matt..." Sora whispered, into the kiss. She had missed his lips...she had missed them, just like she had missed his presence, close to her...just like she missed him, always close to her...
"I love you..." Matt whispered, still kissing her
'"Because I love her too much, to be mad at her.'"
Sora opened her eyes wide, and pushed Matt backwards:
"Stop." she whispered "Please, stop..."
Opening his eyes, Matt looked at her:
"Sora, I'm so sorry..." he said and the woman looked at him, in silence "Please, don't leave me, I promise I'll do everything you ask me to but, please, don't leave me."
"Anything?" Sora asked, after a few second. Her expression was unreadable, but that didn't stopped Matt from nodd "Do you promise you'll be honest to me, for now on?" Matt nodded "Do you promise never to hide anything from me, again?" Matt nodded, again and Sora took a deep breath "You hurted me a lot Matt, and I mean everyword I'm saying." Matt looked down: that didn't sound good "But, just like Kyuryo said yesterday, if we love someone we need to understand their mistakes, especially, if we love them." Matt looked confuse and Sora gave him, a small smile, as tears stopped "And, since I love you to damn much to let you go, I'll stay with you."
Matt opened his eyes, wide:
"Really?" he asked and, as an answer, Sora kissed him right on the lips "Gosh, I missed you." Matt whispered, as the auburn haired woman stepped back "And I promise I'll never, ever, going to hurt you again."
Sora smiled:
"I hope so." she said and, without any warning, Matt grabbed her by the waist and swung her around the hall
"Hey, what's up with the noise?" a voice asked and Matt stopped moving, before he looked to the end of the hall, still with Sora in his arms:
"Oh, hey Ken!" he complimented, with a smile "I'm sorry, but I'm to damn happy."
"Really?" Ken asked, as everyone else appeared from behind him "Why's that?"
Matt smiled, and looked to his radiant wife:
"Well, first of all I'm going to be a father and, secondly, Sora decided to forgive me."
"Oh, but that's great!" Mimi exclaimed, clapping her hands
"It was about damn time." Tai said, and Mimi hit him on the chest
"I'm so happy, for you!" Kari exclaimed
"Here here." both TK and Izzy said, at the same time
"Well, this calls for a celebration." Yolei started
Slowly, yet determined, he knocked on the door:
"Oh Mattie-chan, I was so wo...Kyuryo?" Jun asked, completely shocked
"Hello Jun." the brown haired man said, bowing slightly "May I come in?"
"Hum...yeah, sure." Jun said "I didn't expected you, for another month." she continued, as Kyuryo walked towards the living-room
"I decided to come sonner." he said and Jun bite her lip "So, what's going on?"
"Huh? What do you mean? Nothing's wrong; just the same old things." Jun replied, as she sat on the couch "Why do you ask?"
"Well, you called me Mattie-chan back there." Kyuryo replied and Jun gluped:
"Oh...that...hum...I thought it was Matt. I asked for him to let me do a report about his new trip, to space so..."
And you call him, Mattie-chan?" Kyuryo asked, raising his eyebrow "Isn't that a bit intimid, for someone who's about to do a report, for work?"
"Hum..." Jun licked her lips "Well, actually...hum...well you know we're old friends, so we don't bother with those kind of things."
"Really?" Kyuryo asked, crossing his arms "Ok, now, how's our son?"
"Hum, fine." Jun said, smiling "I've done all the tests."
"You already know if it's a boy, or a girl?" Kyuryo asked and Jun nodded "Can I know, then?"
"Hum...actually, I did the tests today, but I didn't saw the results. I was waiting for...for you, to see them."
"Hum...you were going to wait a whole month, to see the sex of our child?" Kyuryo asked, suspisciously "For all I know, I was to come
back in a month."
"Well, yeah, of course I was going to wait." Jun said
"Hum...by the way, do you know Matt and Sora aren't going to divorce anymore?" Kyuryo asked, and Jun opened her eyes wide:
"What?" she asked, getting up from the couch "How?" then, she looked to her fiancée and made a nervous smile "I mean...how good to know that; but why were they going to divorce? No one told me, anything."
"Oh, they told me it was because someone told Matt he was going to be a father, and he was forced to leave the woman of his life, behind." Kyuryo replied "You don't know who it was?"
Jun looked at him, before falling on her kness:
"Oh Kyuryo, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed, crying "I didn't mean to do, what I did, but I couldn't help it! I felt so lonely!"
"What do you mean?" Kyuryo asked, pretending to be confused
"I'm so sorry for doing what I did, but I didn't meant to. I just...I felt so lonely. You were never around, and our child was growing more and more inside myself...I was afraid you forgot about us, that I tried to find someone to replace you. I'm so sorry, please, don't leave me alone!"
"I didn't you told me?" Kyuryo asked and Jun looked at him, angry thouggh tears continued to fall down her eyes:
"I did!" she exclaimed "Everytime you called, I would tell you I felt scared of being alone, pregnant, but you always told me you were busy and that, once your work was done, you would come ack home. I'm always waiting for you, Kyuryo, even without saying but this time...this time, I didn't handled loneliness and I had to do something."
"And why Matt?" Kyuryo asked, though Jun's words were still inside his mind "Why a man, who's already married and waiting for a child?"
Jun run a hand through her short hair, as she got up:
"Because Matt's one of those men capable of leaving his while life behind, if that meant they could do something right...He left everything behind, even knowing he would suffer as hell, and so would Sora but he left all them behind, because of the child I'm carrying...he did what you couldn't do."
Kyuryo looked down, to his kness, before taking a deep breath and get up:
"I'm sorry." he whispered, as he put a hand over Jun's cheek "I'm so sorry for not being able to understand you...to love you, as you deserve...Can you forgive me?"
Jun blinked her eyes, as she stopped her tears:
"W...what?" she asked, confused and Kyuryo took a deep breath:
"Can you forgive me, for not understanding you, and for leaving my job getting between our relationship?"
"But..." Jun started "I was the one who commited the mistake..."
"No, we both commited mistakes." Kyuryo started "Terrible mistakes, but I'm more than prepare to forgive you, if you forgive me and promise you'll never do the same again."
Jun sat on the couch:
"Then, I forgive you." she said and Kyuryo smiled:
"Me too." he said and both sealed their untold promises, with a kiss.
While everyone was talking and laughing, in the living-room, Matt grabbed Sora's hand and lead her to the balcony:
"What's wrong?" the woman asked, and Matt smiled:
"Just thinking." he said and Sora raised her eyebrow:
"You need my presence, to think?" she asked "Why? Scared of getting lost, in your thoughts?"
Matt laughed:
"Actually, no." he said "I'm thinking about how I missed you."
Sora smiled:
"I missed you two." she said
"How long are you?" Matt asked and the auburn haired woman raised her eyebrow, confused. Slowly, Matt put a hand over her tummy and Sora smiled:
"Oh, that?" she asked "Two months, and a week." she replied and Matt opened his eyes wide:
"Already?" he asked and Sora nodded. Then, he dropped his hand "I just hope..."
"What?" Sora asked, grabbing his hand "What's wrong?"
Matt took a deep breath:
"I just hope, this baby can go through everything." he confessed and Sora looked down "I'm not saying this because of the pain we have gone through but, because I'm scared you think I'll love you less, if you aren't able to have children."
Sore looked up
*Flashback*
"Don't you love me?" Matt asked and Sora looked at him, on the same second:
"What?" she asked, confuse "Of course, I love you." and everything went silence "Do you love me?" Sora asked, in a whisper
"More than my life." Matt answered
Sora closed her eyes:
"Maybe there's a problem, we don't know about." she started, quietly "Maybe, it's a problem with me."
"What do you mean?" Matt asked, raising his eyebrow "Do you know something, I don't?"
"No." Sora answered, opening her eyes "I'm just thinking." she took a deep breath and licked her lips "Will you love me less, if..."
"No." Matt interrupted raising of the chair, and kneeling in front of her "I'll love you, no matter what."
When Sora looked at him, with her ruby eyes full of tears, Matt felt his heart squeezing:
"Then, why do I feel like I'm losing you because of this?" she asked, quietly.
Then, before Matt could answer, Sora stood up and walked out of the living room.
Matt sat on the couch and run a hand through his hair, before looking at the floor:
"But you aren't." he whispered
*End of Flashback*
"I..." Sora started, only to stop when no words came. Then, she took a deep breath "I know you won't love me less, but I feel like I'm a disappointement to you. I know you always wanted to have children, and, sometimes, I feel like I'll never be able to achieve that dream."
"Never say that again." Matt started and Sora looked at him "I love you with, or without children, all that matters is you."
Sora smiled and gave him a peck on the lips:
"You know, I have the feeling this girl is going to made it." she said and Matt raised his eyebrow:
"How do you know, it's a girl?" he asked "And what makes you feel so sure, she'll make it through?"
"Well, first of all, she's still here after my attempt of suicide, secondly, girls are stronger than boys."
"Hey!" Matt exclaimed "That's not true."
Sora giggled:
"Yes, it is." she said
"No, it's not." Matt replied
"Wanna see?" Sora asked and, before Matt could say 'yes', she kissed him.
"Ahem." blusing, the married couple stepped back from each other and looked to the door, to see Yolei "Sorry for interrupting this...er...conversation, byt Kyuryo and Jun are here."
"Kyuryo?" Sora asked
"Jun?" Matt asked, at the same time "What the hell is she doing here?"
To Be Continued...
A/N: Finally, a happy chapter ^_^ Hope you all liked this. Oh, and I'll be waiting for your reviews. Thank you!