Summary:
After Tai finds Matt and Sora growing closer, he becomes depressed and finds himself drifting away from the happy couple. Will the return of his old friend Yuki cheer him up?
Disclaimer:
In contrast to popular belief, I don't own Digimon. The story however, except for the part in bold, is mine, along with the character Yuki.
A/N: This takes place in season 2, after the episode "A Very Digi Christmas". I haven't watched that in a LONG time, so I might make some unintentional mess-ups. Feel free to point them out to me in the reviews.
Chapter One
"Wow! This is so exciting! People are already lining up for Matt's concert." Sora squeaked.
"Don't worry Sora! We'll be sure to get good seats. Especially when you bring him these homemade cookies!" Biyomon assured her."I hope." Sora said softly. Hearing rapid footsteps approaching, Sora looked up.
"Sora, wait up!" yelled Tai, running up to her and pausing a second to catch his breath. Sora's eyes widened in embarrassment as she frantically tried to hide Matt's present.
"Oh..Tai." she said timidly.
"Something smells good!" Said Agumon from behind Tai.
Before Sora could say anything, Gabumon came walking from behind the concert building.
"Matt's busy getting ready, but I'll take those to him. Mmmmm..."
"I bet you will - no way! You'll eat the whole thing yourself!"Biyomon cut in.
"I resent that! I'm on a diet!" Gabumon retorted.
"So... umm... Sora? Are you going to the concert with anybody? I mean... not that it matters to me... just wondering..." Tai said, nervously running his hand through his spiky brown hair.
"Er...No, I want to be available in case Matt is free afterwards..."
"Oh... I see... Matt, huh?"
Sora squirmed."It's ok..." said Tai, putting his hand on her shoulder.
"You're not mad at me Tai?"
"No, of course not." he said, gently pushing Sora towards the door. " Now get in there and say 'hi' to Matt for me!"
"Thanks Tai..." Sora smiled.
"The least you could do is leave us the cookies!" said Agumon.
Sora laughed. "I'll tell you what. I'll make some special ones just for you."
With that, she went in to see Matt, and closed the door behind her.
After she was out of sight, Tai sighed to himself, then made his way back home with Agumon. It had been a week ago when he first began noticing that Matt and Sora were getting awfully 'friendly' with each other...
.....(Flashback).....
"G'bye mom! See you later Agumon!" yelled Tai, shutting the door behind him. Now that Tai's mom knew about Agumon and became good friends with him, it was easier on Tai to leave him at home with her while he was at school.
Strolling over to Sora's apartment, Tai knocked gently on the door. Usually Sora would answer the door and they would both walk to school together, but this time it was Sora's mom who answered. "Oh hello Tai! Sorry, if you're looking for Sora, she left early today." Tai nodded politely and thanked her.
Continuing on his path to school, Tai wondered why she would have wanted to go to school early but came up with nothing. Upon arriving, Tai went by his locker to drop off some of his books.
"Hey Tai, you ready for that History test?" Joe asked him, with a nervous expression on his face.
"As ready as I'll ever be." he replied , giving a sympathetic look at Joe. The poor guy always stressed himself out so much .
Slamming his locker shut, Tai began walking through the crowded hallway with Joe to class. As they reared the corner, Tai heard a yell, and he recognized the voice as Sora's. Turning towards the voice, he managed to get a glimpse of her through the crowd. He saw Matt behind her, with one arm wrapped around her shoulders, and his other arm trying to reach for a book that Sora was holding out of reach. Tai's face faltered when he saw the two and how happy they looked together– Sora giggling and Matt with his arm around her like that.
"Those two have gotten pretty close since we got back." Joe said, interrupting Tai from his reverie.
Tai could only nod. He waited for her again that afternoon, but it turned out she had to stay for some after-school activities. So he made up his mind to meet her before Matt's concert, to talk to her, but that didn't turn out quite as planned.
......( End of Flashback).....
Upon reaching his house, Tai stopped. Not feeling in a talkative mood, he unlocked the door, took off his shoes, and stepped in as quietly as possible. However, Agumon's yell of "We're back!" put an end to his plans of getting away unnoticed.
"Tai? Back already? I thought you were going to meet Sora."said Mrs. Kamiya, not looking up from what she was doing in the kitchen.
"Yeah, well, she had other plans." he muttered.
"Great!" exclaimed Mrs. Kamiya enthusiastically before handing him a spatula. You can help me make this cake!" ( a/n: I know absolutely nothing on the process of making a cake, so don't try this at home.)
"So, what'd you do today Tai?" Mrs. Kamiya asked while dumping several cups of crushed red peppers into the mix.
"Ah...just hung out with my friends at school, did a little bit of studying, and that kind of stuff."he said, not too interested in the conversation.
"Oh! Speaking of friends Tai, do you remember that little girl Yuki? You know, the one with the pink hair that you used to play with when you were 6 or 7? If I recall correctly, you two were inseparable."
"You mean the one that just upped and left after those weird monsters started appearing in Okiyama?"Tai asked.
"Yeah, I knew you'd remember–Yuki Suzaku! You two used to be best friends in Elementary and always did everything together. Her mom used to babysit the two of you after school and Yuki would come over sometimes."said Mrs. Kamiya pouring the cake in a greased container and putting it in the oven.
"What about her?"
"Well–this is the surprise– I got a phone call from her mom when you were out, and she said they're going to be moving back from the U.S. to Okiyama! Isn't that great? Her dad got a job transfer, so she'll be staying for a while." Mrs. Kamiya said enthusiastically.
"Yep." Tai said.
"That wasn't the reaction I was expecting. I thought you'd be more excited about your old best friend moving back here."said Mrs. Kamiya, looking at Tai quizzically.
"Well it's not like I really know her or anything." said Tai, leaning against the kitchen counter.
"What do you mean you don't know her? She was your best friend!"
"Mom, that was 6 years ago. People change. Especially when they move to the U.S."Tai sighed, knowing his mom wouldn't understand.
"I'm sure you two will get along just fine like before Tai." His mom assured him with a big smile on her face.
"Sure mom." Tai said unemotionally, walking upstairs to his room.
"Tai! Wait! You haven't even tried the cake yet !"
"Er...that's okay mom. I'm not that hungry right now. Kari can have the first try. Just don't forget to put on the icing so that the red things sticking out don't show. That's how real chefs do it, you know."
Mrs. Kamiya smiled. Her little boy knew so much.
After putting his books down, Tai threw himself on the bed, while Agumon went to turn on the TV. A few minutes later, Kari came in. "I'm home!" she yelled, and a few seconds later burst open the door in Tai's room.
"Yess!" Shouted Agumon, as he jumped off the bed and began sniffing at the bag Kari had in her hands. He was soon joined by Gatomon, who was sleeping in Mr.and Mrs. Kamiya's bed just a minute ago. She too began sniffing at the bag. The bag contained food that Kari would usually bring for Gatomon and Agumon every Friday– This time it was onigiri (riceballs).
Suddenly recalling what day it was, Tai sat up also. Tomorrow was the first Saturday of the month, which was when all the digidestined and their digimon got together somewhere for fun. Enlightened by the prospect of seeing Sora tomorrow, Tai laughed and grabbed the bag from Kari's hand and danced around with it above his head, where neither Agumon or Gatomon could reach it.
(A/N: Sorry about having to upload this chapter again. I decided to change the girl's name to Yuki, but from now on it'll stay that way. Nothing's much has happened so far, but if I get a couple of reviews, I'll continue with the next chapter, where Yuki will be fully introduced. )