My Prized Possession
Author's note: I just want to tell everyone reading this fic that whenever you see a line of that will tell you that it is a different person thinking. Mostly, it's only Mimi and Matt.
Dedication: I liked to dedicate this to Amrita, without her, I would've never started to do Digimon fics, Thanks man!
Walking over the hot desert was bad enough, but with thin sandals is worse. My hair felt icky and my clothes stuck to my sweaty body. I was really hot. The heat wavered over the golden sand. No breeze ever swept past us, the sun just heated things up, and made everyone a little cranky. Sora and Kari were casually discussing about a new clothing store back in the real world. Everything was going fine until TK and Joe joined in and made fun of the fact that Kari liked shopping at such a young age. Izzy was staring down at his laptop, apparently absorbed in a game he had just downloaded and Matt and Tai were arguing... again. Standing in front of everyone, they yelled back and forth as they pointed fingers at each other. I walked behind everyone (as usual) and stared at Matt and Tai. They were seriously bugging me today. They had been arguing ever since we left the last campsite this morning.
"Why do you guys always fight?!" I stomped my foot hard.
"Shut up Mimi." Tai glared at me and turned back to Matt.
"Tai, don't be such a jerk. Quite yelling at everyone just because you had to keep watch last night." Matt's nose was nearly touching Tai's as he spoke. "And leave Mimi alone." He said pursing his lips.
Tai looked at him sternly. But Matt's glare was too overpowering. "C'mon everyone. Let's keep moving." Tai turned away from Matt's stare and headed on forward. Everyone reluctantly followed.
Matt stood there, hands in his pockets. I looked back at him. He looked real mad, but as usual he kept cool. That's so great how he stood up for me... My burning feet didn't mean anything right now, I rushed over to Matt.
I stood there staring at the sand. My mind swirled as I saw Mimi rushing towards me. I shifted my eyes towards her. She stopped in front of me and looked at me kindly.
"Thank you Matt" She said gently.
I looked down at the ground again. I could feel my cheeks getting warmer. "Welcome..." I mumbled. Mimi looked ahead to the group.
"C'mon Mimi! You're falling behind!" Palmon shouted.
"Coming!" I stared at Mimi's soft brown hair, stretching down her back. Wow... she's so beautiful. I quickly straitened when I saw her look back to me. "C'mon Matt, they're leaving without us"
I looked into Mimi's gentle brown eyes. My frown disappeared and her face forced me to make a weak smile. "Alright"
The walk was much longer after that. My eyes drooped as I stared ahead. My brown hair fell over my eyes as I sighed lazily. The sand scuffed against my sandals. I looked ahead at Tai. Matt was still walking beside me, but he was walking rather far from the group. I looked over to him and could've sworn I saw a tear glistening on his cheek. It could've been sweat, but maybe I wasn't looking closely enough.
I stared up at the sun. I wiped my face when I felt something wet soak through my gloves. I looked down at my hand. It was wet. I blinked and another drop tumbled out of my eye. I turned away from the Mimi, who seemed to be looking at me curiously. Was I crying? I looked back at Mimi, who was now talking to Palmon. I smiled widely. Mimi had said Thank you. It may have been small but it was a start. I thought that Mimi barely noticed me. I was always quiet and Mimi never really talked to this quiet dude. I love Mimi but I'm not sure it's the same. Maybe I was crying because I was connecting better with Mimi. I finally noticed that my cheeks were wet with tears and I had a broad smile on my face. Up ahead, I noticed a patch of green. Grass! I thought. We are finally out of this burning desert! Everyone had seemed to notice it too, because Tai and the others ran to the grass and stopped around in front of something giving of a fresh smell. I slowly walked over.
"Water!" I heard TK scream happily. "Look Matt! Water!"
"That's neat TK" I said coolly. I walked over to the stream. Everyone splashed their face into the water and spread it over their faces.
"Matt, aren't you gonna come? Or are you afraid you're going to mess up your hair?" Tai looked up at me, his hair dripping.
"No. I'm gonna sit down"
Everyone sat around the fire roasting marshmallows. Matt looked down at the bright red glow in the forest. He sat above the trees on a cliff and stared at the sunset. A breeze swept across his face as he stared dreamily at the sun. He could hear everyone laughing below him and the crackling of the fire.
"Is this your hiding place?" A voice behind Matt made him jump. Mimi stood behind him, she looked beautiful, the sunset making her look calm and graceful, not that poshy girl who always had a smile on her face. She sat down beside Matt and looked out at the sunset. "Beautiful isn't it?" She smiled.
Matt blushed as if she had read his mind. "Yes... it is beautiful." He looked back at the sun. After a long pause of staring at the sun, Matt broke the silence. "Why did you come here?"
Mimi snickered. "Same reason as you. To get away from my problems. Tai's teasing me about my hat and how I won't take it off. The other boys are having a good laugh about my delicate skin getting a burn" Mimi laughed. "Oh well. I was looking for you anyways."
"You were?" Matt blushed as he looked deep into her eyes.
"Yeah, I was worried..." She herself, blushed and looked down at her pink dress.
"Oh..." Matt looked down at his blue jeans and smiled to himself, but quickly wiped it away when Mimi looked back at him.
"Matt, do you wanna sleep up here? I can go get our sleeping bags. It would be nice sleeping under the stars." Mimi stood up. Matt wanted to get up and tell her to stay. He was enjoying their talk.
"Aren't you afraid about getting mosquito bites?" Matt asked rather awkwardly.
"No, I don't care. I'll grab us some dinner. See you in a minute!" Mimi ran into the forest and Matt waited to hear her voice below.
"What are you doing Mimi?" Came Tai's voice.
"Oh Tai... don't screw things up..." Matt clenched his fist.
"Grabbing some dinner, I think I'm gonna sleep on the cliff tonight. I'll bring this extra sleeping bag to prevent me from getting icky mosquito bites!" Laughs came from Tai and Joe.
Good move Mimi! Matt thought to himself.
"Take some bug repellent" Joe laughed.
Matt clenched his fist again. "Oh man! Now they're going to think something's up."
Mimi's voice replied. "Eww! That bug repellent is so sticky! I'll use the sleeping bag."
Matt breathed a sigh of relief.
I sat there humming to myself when I heard Mimi running over, her hands filled with containers of food and the sleeping bags slung over her shoulder.
"Oh Mimi, let me help you." I quickly got up and walked over to Mimi.
"Thanks Matt." She smiled as she unloaded the sleeping bags. I took some containers of food and set them on the ground. Mimi took a pair of knives and forks out of her pocket and I rolled out the sleeping bags.
"Matt, could you help me serve the food?" Mimi began scooping out some carrots and peas with a spoon.
"Oh sure." I bent over and began opening packages of pudding and pouring them into tiny bowls. I blushed, wondering if I was doing it right.
"That's good Matt." Mimi smiled. I looked up and smiled back. After I had finished, Mimi told me to collect some wood from the forest, and she would finish the food. I nodded and sped off into the forest, hoping to get back soon.
"I wonder where Matt is..." Tai looked around the forest. It was getting dark and the fire had almost burnt out. The flames crackled quietly as the light became dimmer by the minute. Everyone was asleep, but Tai was still awake. He had to stay awake for night watch because Matt had wandered off somewhere. Tai was beginning to get nervous. No sign of Matt and Mimi was all by herself, on a cliff, exposed to dangerous Digimon. Tai cringed as the fire became a tiny, little spark and was nearly burnt out. He leaned over and frantically blew on the sparks.
"Oh no, looks like I need more wood. Oh well, I'll go and get some more and I'll look for Matt!" Tai got up, proud of his smart thinking. He looked behind him at Sora, her hat was off and her hair was spread out on the pillow. She breathed softly and Tai looked at her sweetly. Being daring, Tai bent down beside her, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. He sped off into the forest, hoping to find Matt.
Matt searched around the place for large branches that would be good for a fire. Mimi was probably waiting. He hurriedly looked around, getting nervous about Mimi. Matt spotted a huge pile of branches and quickly rushed over.
"Hey! These are great!" Matt loaded them on top of one another against his arms.
"Matt?" Matt quickly looked up. Tai was standing there. "What are you doing with my firewood?" Tai looked at Matt suspiciously.
"I'm bringing it to M- to someplace." Matt stuttered.
"Really, where?" Tai folded his arms over his chest.
"Somewhere, okay?!" Matt walked away in a huff.
"By the way!" Tai called after him, "Do you know where Mimi is?"
Matt froze. "How should I know?" He called back and raced off into the bushes.
I was beginning to get worried about Matt. He had been gone for a while. I stirred Matt's pudding around absentmindedly. I poured myself another glass of fruit punch. I had been drinking it non-stop because I was worried about Matt. I was about to take a sip when a rustling came from behind me. Matt stepped out of the brush and set down the branches in the middle of the two sleeping bags.
"Hi Matt! You got the firewood" I laughed brightening.
"Yep! Here it is." Matt picked up two sticks and rubbed them together. Sparks emitted from the branches.
"Where were you?" I asked, trying not to sound rude.
"Oh, well..." I looked at Matt expectantly. Was he hiding something from me?
Matt sighed. "There really wasn't any good firewood..." he lied slowly stopping rubbing the sticks.
"What do you mean?" I tried to ask not sounding too suspicious.
"It was all wet. I had to look around a bit."
I smiled, happy to know that Matt was truthfully telling me what happened. "Shall we have our dinner?" I inquired.
"Sure" Matt walked over to his sleeping bag and began unfolding his napkin. I looked at him. Just the way he looked made me want to smile. He made me so happy. I looked up from my plate and noticed Matt working on the fire again. It had finally begun to smolder and he grinned to himself when he saw the sticks swallowed up into a small flame that grew bigger. Matt held out his hand to me. I was about to set my hand in his when I realized he wanted my plate. I blushed and quickly handed him my dish. He set it over the fire and gave it back to me then warmed his. We sat there for a couple minutes, munching on our food. I wanted to smile until my jaw collapsed. He mad me feel so happy! When we had finally gobbled up the last bits of pudding, we sat around the fire and stared up at the stars.
"Look Mimi!" Matt pointed a shooting star flying across the night sky.
"Wow..." I gazed at it, my eyes sparkling. "Make a wish!" I closed my eyes tight and made my wish: I wish for something special to happen for me and Matt tonight....
I closed my eyes and wished hard: I wish that something would make me tell Mimi that I love her... I opened my eyes, and the star was gone. I tugged on my pocket and found my harmonica. We both looked at it for a minute.
"Play a song, Matt." Mimi asked me softly. I held the harmonica up to my lips and played a song. So soft and so wonderful. Mimi smiled.
"I know that song..." She whispered to herself. She sang along to the next verse. It made me so happy.
Loving all that is to be loved
Never forgetting the times we shared.
A melodious melody,
The song of my heart,
Loving all that I cherish
Wishing for us to come together.
Her voice made me realize how wonderful she really was. I put down my harmonica and sang along. Mimi looked into my eyes as both of our voices became a divine melody of love.
Tai sat there in the forest, listening contently to the far off harmonica music. He could hear soft voices singing in the distance. "I wonder if that's Matt and Mimi..." Tai got off the soggy ground and quietly dashed closer to where he heard the music. It was getting louder as he approached the clearing. He spotted Matt and Mimi singing together and Matt once in a while playing some harmonica music. Tai swayed his body back and forth to the music.
Loving all that is to be loved
Never forgetting the times we shared
A melodious melody
The song of my heart
Loving you forever....
Wishing for us to come together.
They both stopped and stared into each other's eyes. For a moment, there was nothing but them and the chirping of crickets. Matt closed his eyes and Mimi closed her eyes as they both leaned forward. Matt held Mimi's chin up and kissed her gently on the lips. Mimi wrapped her arms around Matt and hugged him. Matt let go slowly and picked up his harmonica. He held it in front of himself. "Here Mimi." Matt handed her the harmonica.
"Your precious harmonica?" Mimi looked at it wide eyed. "But it's your most prized possession." Mimi looked back at the silver harmonica.
"Well, I want MY prized possession to have it." Matt closed Mimi's fingers around the instrument.
"Thank you." Mimi smiled, her eyes glossy. "Thank you so much." She held it close to her and smiled. "My wish came true."
How was it? I'm working on the next chapter!!!!! Thanks for reading!!!
