Chapter 2

You always say that you're sorry

Ohohoo I've got an idea! Lets bring someone in to do the disclaimer for me? Other authors do that all the time! Lets se, who shall do the review for me... Manji from BOTI? Tetsu from Peace Maker? Or maybe... What? Oh, okay. Because of my extremely low budget I may only use my own characters therefore, the person who will do today's disclaimer is... sigh None other than Mimi and Taichi's principal!

Principal: Do applaud.

Uhm... right. Just get on with it.

Principal: Ah, yes. IwanaAiel does not own the Digimon characters in any way, and anyone who tries to sue gets detention!

You tell them! Now on with the story!

Principal: Do review!

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"Kyaaaaa!!!!" As if he had got a bucket of icecold water over him his eyes flew wide open at the loud scream that echoed through the apartment. Without thinking he quickly sat upright in his bed, swung his legs over the edge and heaved himself up in one fluid motion. The last thing that passed through his mind before everything went dark was that it was kind of funny that he could not feel the floor beneath his feet. The impact that he made with the floor just one second later was hard and it took him a while to find his breath again.

"Kyaaaaaa!!!" Another scream pierced through the air. Taichi groaned and lifted his head carefully. Very slowly he threw a mental check on his body to see if anything was broken. Nope, everything seemed intact. He would get away with only a few bruises. He crawled up from the floor and winced as bones in his body crackled and popped worse than any breakfast cereal he had ever eaten.

"Taichiiii!!!" He quickly forgot about the pain and sprinted out of his room and tried to detect the source of the loud and ear piercing sounds. He found it in the bathroom. Standing on the toilet, to be more precisely.

"What's happening Mimi", he shouted at her scanning the bathroom for ghosts, mind still on the movie they saw yesterday evening. Mimi's trembling finger pointed towards something on the floor, apparently not visible for the human eye.

"It's huge Taichi! Don't go near it", she sputtered with large eyes and her grip around her towel tightened. Suddenly Taichi realized that she was indeed standing on top of the toilet dressed in merely a little cloth piece made out of terry. Mimi also realized this when she saw him staring at her.

"Don't look you pervert", she yelled and smacked him over the head, which caused her to nearly drop the towel. Taichi quickly spun around, his fingers in a hard grip around his nose to prevent any blood to flood out. He scanned the floor, searching the spot to which Mimi had pointed. At first he didn't see anything. But then his eyes found a small black spot on the white tile.

"It's an... Insect", he said hesitantly and bent down beside it. Mimi growled and kicked him a few times in the back.

"It's not an insect you doofus", she said and climbed down from the toilet and looked at the black little spot suspiciously. Taichi's face turned into a confused frown. It sure did look like an insect to him.

"Then... What is it?" Mimi sighed and rolled her eyes impatiently.

"It's a spider! Now kill it and flush it down the toilet or something", she said and took a step backwards. Taichi slapped his head but regretted it almost immediately. Apparently he had hit his head worse than he thought when he fell out the bed.

"You woke me up because of this spider", he asked, not really believing it was true. He had nearly killed himself just to rescue her from a tiny little spider?

"What's going on in here?" The teenager's froze on the spot and then looked up at the speaker with wide eyes. It was Taichi's dad, clad in a robe with a steaming coffee cup in his hand.

"Mimi screamed just because of a small spider. Do you know how much it hurts to fall down from the top bunk", he said, directing the last sentence to Mimi. Mimi glowered at him but didn't get the time to answer cause there was another shrilling scream that pierced through the air.

"A s-sp-spider? Then why didn't you tell me, I hate spiders", Mr. Yagami stuttered and backed away from the bathroom. "Huhuhu, can't stand the little buggers", he continued and shuddered like there were spiders all over him that he was trying to get off. With a last disgusted look he turned on his heels and left for the kitchen. Mimi and Taichi swetdropped, and for a moment they both forgot the horrible spider.

"Ne, Taichi-kun. You've never told me that your dad is a wuss", Mimi said with a low voice, probably afraid of that Mr. Yagami would hear her. Taichi threw a glare at her and then at the spider.

"Look who's talking", he muttered and then ripped a bit of toilet paper and picked up the spider. "The poor little thing was probably more afraid of you than you were of him", he exclaimed and shoved the half-dead spider into her face.

"Taichiii", she whined and pressed her back towards the wall, eyes wide in fear. "Just flush it already so I can take my shower!" Taichi mimicked her but did as she said.

"Do you know how much trouble you caused just because of a little spider? I could have hurt myself really bad in that fall", he scolded her with a serious expression. Mimi suddenly looked embarrassed and she kept her gaze on the floor.

"I'm sorry Taichi-kun, it won't happen again I swear", she said with a pout. "It's just that... I'm so terribly afraid of spiders. I've been afraid of them ever since I was little. I know that the most spiders are harmless, but I can't help myself." Taichi groaned and tried not to look at her. Be strong Yagami, don't look at her. Stay cool, show her that you're being serious this time. He opened one eye slowly and glanced at her. She was staring directly at him with the largest puppy eyes she had ever used.

"Oi! Stop that! Oi! You know I can't stay mad at you when you arrgh! Okay, okay! It's okay, I'm not mad anymore. Sheesh. You take your shower now and we'll have breakfast when you're finished, all right", he said and waved his hands dismissingly. Mimi's face immediately cracked into a large smile and within seconds he was standing outside the bathroom with the door slamming shut behind his back. He sighed heavily and slumped his shoulders in defeat.

"Girls, I'll never understand them. Especially not the one in there", he told himself and pointed at the bathroom door with his thumb.

"Talking to yourself again sweetie?" He quickly stood up straight again as his mother came out of the kitchen. She, unlike his dad, was already dressed and looked fully awake. Hard to believe that she had been on a staff party the evening before. "I'm sure Mimi-chan don't mind that habit, but not all girls find it okay with guys who speaks to themselves. It's not... Attractive." Taichi stared at his mum, his right eye twitching.

"Nani", he screeched and threw out his arms. "First of all, Mimi is my friend and that's why she accepts me as I am. Second of all, when I say friends I mean friends. Third of all, I... Hey, since when did I ask for your opinion??" His mum giggled at him and patted his head.

"It's all right sweetie, I understand." She turned around to walk back into the kitchen but suddenly stopped. "But she sure is cute, isn't she?"

"Nani? Who", Taichi said obliviously, thinking that his mum was really getting weird. She giggled again and nodded towards the bathroom where the shower was running.

"Mimi-chan of course!" With that she left her bewildered son in the hall and returned to the kitchen. Taichi wasn't sure if he should laugh or cry. His mum was always trying to get him together with some girl, more than often someone he barely knew. Lately she had started to drop hints like 'Mimi is such a great girl' and 'Mimi sure is cute', too unsubtle to not notice. In the beginning he found it really embarrassing, but lately he just got irritated.

He followed his mum into the kitchen, finding her standing by the sink doing to dishes. His dad was sitting by the table reading the newspapers. Just a plain Saturday morning.

"Say, how come you're so spunky today, Mum? I thought you would be half dead by now, considering that it was staff party last night." He sat down next to his father and started to weigh on the chair. His mum laughed and shook her head.

"I didn't drink that much. You should know that I don't like alcohol that much Taichi", his mum replied happily and continued on with the dishes, splashing water all over the place. His dad chuckled and shook his head, probably thinking about some memory where his mum had more than likely had drunken until she passed out. Something like that.

"Say, honey, didn't you and Muyashi say that you would meet around ten", the lovely wife Yagami asked her husband.

"Yeah, what about it", came his reply, his eyes not leaving the newspapers.

"Well, it's five past ten now." Silence. Newspaper rustling. More silence.

"Damn." Within two minutes Mr. Yagami had finished his coffee, tried to get into the bathroom to find it occupied, cursed, decided to hold it, said goodbye to his adoring wife and son and left the apartment. Just a plain Saturday morning. Only a few minutes after he had left Mimi came out of the bathroom, refreshed and fully dressed.

"So, what's for breakfast", she chirped and sat down across Taichi who had claimed the newspaper that his father had dropped.

"Don't ask, you don't wanna know", he muttered without looking up from what he was reading. His mum, who didn't hear her son's comment, put two plates on the table with a wide smile.

"I decided to try something new today", she told them and clasped her hands together. "I hope you'll like it!" Taichi didn't even grace the meal a look, while Mimi poked the food with a fork suspiciously.

"Uhm, Mrs. Yagami... What is this", she asked hesitantly, her eyes staring at what looked like a leftover pizza with too much cheese.

"Oh, well it's... Uhm... Well, it's like... Some sort of omelet", Mrs. Yagami said, satisfied with her answer. "Just try it, I promise that you'll love it! I just wish I could have some for myself, but I have to go now if I don't want to be late", she continued and pulled off her apron.

"Where are you going mum", Taichi asked, not really sounding interested.

"Oh, I'm meeting Kiarina downtown and we're going to browse the stores and such."

"Oh, you're going shopping Mrs. Yagami", Mimi asked happily. Her voice always got a certain tone when she said the word 'shopping', like it was filled with some kind of awe or respect. (A/N: People say this about me! lol)

"Yes, I certainly am", Mrs. Yagami said and waved at them with her husband's credit card. "Bye bye now youngsters, have a nice day!" In a flash she had left the two teenagers alone with their dish. Taichi returned to the newspapers while Mimi was staring at the food.

"Er... Taichi-kun?"

"Uhu."

"I think it moved." Taichi looked up at her above the newspaper and then they both almost immediately broke down into a fit of laughter. "Omelet she said", Mimi squealed between the laughter. "Omelet?" It took a while before any of them could say anything else.

"It doesn't look like omelet, and it sure doesn't smell like omelet... I really don't want to know how it tastes like", Taichi exclaimed and shuffled his plate across the table. "You can have mine!" Mimi dried the tears she had got from laughing too hard and shook her head.

"Oh no, I must insist Taichi! You are a young growing boy, you need your energy! I'm not really that hungry at all!" Taichi laughed and took both the plates and stood up.

"How about we go somewhere and eat brunch? We just have to make sure that mum doesn't see us", he said with a grin and poured the strange looking food into the trash bin. "And after that we can..."

"Go shopping", Mimi screeched and jumped up from her seat. "Ooh, please Taichi! Please, please, please!" He dropped the plates into the sink and turned towards her with a look of fear.

"Oh no, Mimi, please! Not shopping! Not today! Not with me!" Mimi jumped at him and latched onto his arm. "Dame! I said da-me!"

"Aw, come on Taichi! Don't be such a drag", she whined with a pout. "It was such a long time since we two went shopping together! And you know that you're my best shopping partner!" Taichi felt himself panic. Of course he was her best shopping partner! He always carried all of her bags and told her that she looked beautiful whatever she put on. And of course it was a long time since they went shopping! He had been coming up with more lame excuses than he could count just to avoid shopping with her.

"Uhm, b-but Mimi! It's such a lovely weather today! I figured you'd want to go to the beach or something like that!" Mimi stopped yanking his arm and looked out through the window. It was true. The sun was shining like never before and there was not a cloud in sight.

"Ooh, good idea Taichi! We'll just have to stop by my house so that I can pick up my bikini!" Taichi couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief as Mimi started planning their day at the beach.

"Maybe we can call Sora-chan and Yama-kun too", she exclaimed and clasped her hands together. "Ooh, and Koushi-kun and Jyou-kun and..."

"Mimi, please", Taichi interrupted her planning. Sheesh she was already heading for the phone to call them up. "Can't it just be the two of us? Just for today?" Mimi stared at him as if he had grown out an extra head or something.

"Ne, Taichi, are you and Sora fighting again", she asked with a suspicious look and crossed her arms over her chest. "I swear, you two can be such babies sometimes!" Taichi swetdropped and shook his head urgently.

"No, it's not like that! I'm not fighting with anyone! I just want to have a calm day, a chance to relax you know... Besides, you know that Yamato probably has band practice, and Jyou is probably studying or something!" Mimi sighed and nodded her head.

"Yeah, you're probably right. I just thought that it was such a long time since we all got together like that... It seems like the gang is falling apart." She looked sad for a few seconds but then perked up. "But you're right, they're all probably busy! It'll be better with just you and me", she stated and winked at him. Taichi nodded with a smile and then realized something. Alone. At the beach. Just the two of them. It would look like they were... Naah get those thoughts out of your head Yagami, you're just friends! Best friends!

"Yeah, best friends", he mumbled as he looked at Mimi who was rummaging through the fridge. It's funny how history could take such turns. Just a few years ago Sora was his best girl friend but since she quitted football and took up tennis they had grown apart. And ever since that incident with the principal Mimi and he had started to grow closer. It was different with Mimi. He didn't know if it was because of that they were older now but for some reason... He never thought of Sora like a girl in that way but with Mimi... Well, it was really hard to forget that she was a girl.

"Hey, you have absolutely nothing chocolate-ish in this thing", Mimi said with a pout and closed the fridge. "And your mum sure likes to make weird food." She was indicating to the leftovers from yesterday. Taichi didn't really know what it was, and he wasn't willing to make a guess. It was too scary to even look at.

"Well, yeah, lets just say that you should be happy that you don't live here during longer time spans", Taichi said and closed the fridge for her. "Lets get going, I'm starving to death here!" Mimi giggled at this and followed him out to the hall.

"You're always starving to death, Taichi-kun! More or less..."

"So, what do you feel like?" They were now standing in a small café that served sandwiches and salads and whatnot.

"I'll have a ham and cheese salad and a coke", Mimi said with a wide smile. She knew that Taichi hated it when she had salad. He knew that whatever Mimi ordered she never managed to eat it all so he usually got what was left. Thing is that he hated salads.

"Aw, come on! You'll never grow up into a real man if you eat salad all the time", he whined and pulled at a strand of her hair.

"Are you talking about me or yourself now Taichi?"

"Actually, it was about me. Okay, I'll order two sandwiches instead then." Mimi's eyes widened.

"Two, Taichi are you out of your mind? Do you know how big those things are?" Taichi grinned and patted his stomach.

"I sure do! Ah yes, one ham and cheese salad and two special deluxe King sandwiches with extra cheese. And two cokes with that too, please", he ordered with a large grin on his face. "Oh, and some extra dressing for the salad!" Mimi glanced at him with a worried look.

"I don't want any extra dressing Taichi! Do you know how fat you get out of stuff like that?"

"Hah, you? Fat? Fat chance", he said and chuckled at his own joke. "Aw, don't worry! The dressing's not for you, it's for me!" Mimi swetdropped and smacked her forehead.

"I should've known..." After they had received their orders they sat down in a booth in the back of the café. Mimi was eating slowly, just like she always did. Taichi was eating like he hadn't seen food in over a week. Like he always did.

"Just remember to chew with your mouth closed, Taichi", she mumbled and took another forkful of the salad. Taichi nodded, and indeed his mouth was closed when he chewed. Not that it made his eating manners better in any way; he was just as slobby as always. Minus the fact that you didn't have to watch the food roll around in his open mouth, of course.

"Say, do you think your parents have made up yet", he asked, pieces of half chewed sandwich dropping out of his mouth. Mimi made a disgusted grimace and handed him some paper.

"Yeah well, maybe", she answered hesitantly dropping the paper as he refused to accept it. "But most of the times they just don't speak to each other for a while after the fight." She looked thoughtful. "Sometimes mum tries to talk but dad won't listen. He always ignore her like that." Taichi stopped chewing and just looked at her. She looked so sad. Stupid Taichi, I knew you shouldn't have said anything about it.

"Uhm, are you okay", he asked and swallowed what he had in his mouth. "I'm sorry I brought it up." Mimi smiled and patted his hand that was laying on the table.

"It's okay, I can handle it. Now, what I can't handle is you eating the way you do!" Taichi shrunk in his seat. "Look at this, half of the sandwiches is laying scattered on the table! And you've got dressing on your chin and your hands are all messed up too. It's a frickin' wonder that your T-shirt is still clean!" Taichi lowered his sandwich and looked embarrassed.

"I'm sorry Mimi-chan. I was just soo hungry", he said, and tried the puppy eyes. He was no where near Mimi's league when it came to doing the puppy eyes, but he knew that he was good and that he had succeeded to pursue her a few times before.

"Quit it with the puppy eyes, don't use the masters weapon against her", she ordered with an evil grin. "I was just kidding with you Taichi-kun, you can eat however you like. I know that I can't do anything about it anyways. I'm just happy that I could make you close your mouth!" Taichi grinned and nodded happily.

"Thanks Mimi-chan! And since you let me eat as slobbily as I want, I will let you eat as little as you want! Even if you really look like you could need a hamburger or two... A day!" He exclaimed, not really realizing that he was stepping on a sore toe.

"Do you mean that I'm too skinny", Mimi asked with death written all over her face. Her eyes had shrunk into small slits and her lips were a formed into a thin line of annoyance. Woah, I would love to see ya talk yourself out of this one Taichi boy, a mocking voice inside his head said.

"Of course not", he quickly said, not really thinking of the consequences. Mimi's eyes shrunk even more.

"Now you're saying that I'm too fat", she hissed, her voice barely a whisper. Taichi swetdropped. Ooh, he was in for it.

"Of course not Mimi-chan! Look at you! You're perfect in any way possible! And any way impossible too", he added; just to be on the safe side. Mimi's evil death glare melted away and a warm smile grew in her face. That girl has some split personality problems... Realizing he was out of danger Taichi decided that it was safe to drink.

"Aww, see! You can be sweet when you want to! Definitely boyfriend- material." The drink got stuck in his throat and threatened to come right back up again. He started to cough as if he had some sort of an asthma attack.

"N-nani", he yelled, getting the attention of all the people in the café. Mimi blushed and hid herself behind her glass.

"Do you always have to be such a drama queen Taichi? I didn't mean for myself, I meant for other girls! Many people say that you're single just because you're too childish and... Unboyfriend-ish." Taichi scratched his head.

"I don't think there is such a word, but... Hey, waddya mean many people?" Mimi giggled and rolled her eyes playfully.

"Okay, many girls say so. I think they are afraid to take contact with you cause you seem to be too childish and well... It seems as if you don't know how to treat a girl, or even less a girlfriend." Taichi frowned and took a bite of his second sandwich.

"They do? Never thought of that. Never cared enough to think about it I guess. Anyways, it's not true! I spend a lot of time with you, right? And I treat you all right, don't I?" Mimi cocked her eyes to the side with sparkles in her eyes.

"Of course you do Taichi-kun! There's not a single guy that treats me as nice as you! I would totally hit on you if it wasn't for Shinbo." Silence.

"Shinbo?" Mimi, who immediately had realized what she had done kept her eyes on her salad while her cheeks were slowly turning pink. Taichi forgot all about his sandwich, which was very odd. Taichi never forgot his food, and especially not food he had in his hands. "Is there something that you've forgot to tell me?" Mimi blushed even harder and glanced up at him. His eyes pierced through hers, demanding an answer.

"Well, you know... It's not really something you tell your best guy friend. You just don't", she tried to explain. Taichi sighed and now it was his turn to roll his eyes.

"Aw come on Mimi, we tell each other everything! You have to tell me!" Mimi nodded slowly, still blushing.

"Well, you know Shinbo Toriyama on your football team?" Taichi thought for a moment and his face turned into a grimace.

"That clown? Don't tell me you like him", he said in a mocking tone. Mimi's eyes flashed with anger.

"See, this is why I don't tell you stuff like this! You always tease me and try to change my mind!" She crossed her arms and turned her face towards the window so that she didn't have to face her.

"Aw, come on Mimi! Don't be like that! I mean, if you like Shinbo I like Shinbo!" She shot him an odd look. "Hehe, not in that way", he explained and swetdropped. "But are you sure? Shinbo? Do you even know the guy?" Taichi knew that Shinbo was very popular but he didn't have that great of a reputation on the football team. He was an okay player, but he didn't play fair.

"I know him enough", she snapped. "Besides... Don't he look absolutely dreamy", she asked with stars in her eyes. Taichi winced. Dreamy wasn't exactly the word to describe the guy. "Demo... Taichi. Now that we're on the subject. I need your help." Taichi didn't like the sound of that.

"Help with what", he grumbled and took a bite of his sandwich. She inhaled some air.

"Help with Shinbo."

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Mimi asking Taichi for help with a guy?? Chaos ahead! Hmm... Will Taichi help Mimi? Will this have any affect on their friendship? Will there be doubts? What will happen at the beach? And are Mimi's parents ever going to stop fighting? Even more important, is Taichi ever going to be not hungry?

Uhm, I'm sorry it took a while for me to update! I'm just lazy I gues... ==;; Anyways, I can't promise you to be any quicker next time cause I'm going away tomorrow. I'll be gone from my computer for about a week. I don't even have time to update my other new fic, Imaginary world. But don't worry! I won't be all lazy while I'm gone! I'll write excact summaries for every chapter so that I have everything planned out! So please, be patient! Updates will come in due time! And I'll probably rewrite this chapter as soon as I can. Now, please review!