Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. If I did then Tai would be with Sora and Kari would be with T.K.

This chapter is a bit short. There is going to be a cliff hanger but I won't tell you what happens until chapter four.

Well. Good morning! It is 6:45 a.m. For you early rise and shiners. We have a topic about love. Unrequited Love. Doesn't it suck? I think it does. Not being loved back. Man...what the hell is up with that? Guys....if this has happened to you. Choose another lady. Man...why are you pinning over a lady who doesn't love you!?! Tell you what..To make you feel better, drink down some shots of margaritas. It worked on me. And

"Ugh, stupid radio," Tai said groggily. He turned off his radio and sat upright on his bed. He did some morning stretches and then he remembered the events of last night. Mom. He walked to the shower with his shoulders sagged. He took a shower, brushed his teeth, got toothpaste in his eye, and ate breakfast. He looked at the clock. It was now 7:05 a.m. Kari won't wake up for another 15 minutes. He decided to take a long walk before he got to school. He had another 40 minutes before the school bell rang.

Tai walked to a park. It wasn't any mediocre park. This park was where Tai had met Sora. He remembered that day so vividly.

Flashback

It was a hot summer day. A little boy with wild brown hair was running in the park kicking a soccer ball. He accidentally kicked the ball too hard and it hit a girl. A girl with bright orange hair, that was in a ponytail, yelped and jumped about ten feet in the air. She fell down on the ground and got a little cut on her hand. She started rubbing her palm and trickle of tears were appearing on her face with her head bowed down. The little boy saw what happened raced over to the little girl and took her hand in his.

He started muttering apologies over and over again all the while trying to clean the little cut with his white T-shirt. The little girl put up her head and a mass of brown hair stood right in front of her face. She stared curiously at the boy who was tending her wound. The boy was taking a bandana from his short's pocket and wrapped it around her hand.

"There, I'm done," said the little boy. He looked up at the girl and thought she was pretty cute. Then he saw tears in the corner of her eyes trailing down her cheeks and said another apology to her. He took his small hand and wiped the tears away from her eyes. He bowed his head down in shame for hurting a girl. His mom has taught him better than that.

The girl was looking at the boy with amazement. She thought this situation was kind of funny. Here was a boy with his head down because he just gave her a scratch. Then she looked at her left hand with the blue bandana and remembered how much her hand hurt. She started hitting him on the head and saying things like: you should be more careful, I could have been hurt much worse, or boys. Then the little boy asked in his child-like voice, "Can I put up my head now?"

The little girl finally relaxed and said yes. Her crimson eyes roamed across his face thinking this boy was really cute and then to his eyes. His brown eyes were apologetic and sincere. The little guy placed his head on the top of his head and avoided her eyes. He couldn't look at her face. Then the boy remembered something from T.V. where a guy crashed into a lady's car and offered his name and asked the lady if he could do anything for her.

The boy managed to say without looking at her face, "Mu..m..My name is Tai Kamiya. I am 3 years old. I am sorry that I h.. hurt your hand. Is there anything that I can do for you? I will trwy to help you in any way miss."

Again the little girl stared at Tai with a blush on her cheeks because the Tai called her miss. After a few moments, she was laughing. Tai thought she went insane. After much laughter, the girl finally spoke up, "First of all, you can put your head up." She put out her right hand and shook his hand. She said, " My name is Sora Takenouchi and I just turned 3."

Tai chuckled and scratched the back of his head. Sora looked at his head and remembered the pounding she gave him. She blushed and muttered an apology for that.

Flashback over

It has been ten years now. Tai couldn't believe that time pass by so quickly. Kari is now eleven turning twelve. Sora is now fifteen. She didn't need him anymore. Tai remembered when they use to rely and play with each other. Now she had Matt. Matt took the place of Tai. That was the way he saw it. Sora was always hanging around with Matt. Sora, in Tai's book, thought that Sora had changed drastically.

Sora was no longer more of a tomboy. She was hanging around with the popular group of the cheerleaders and Matt's group. She wasn't even playing a sport anymore. She had quit soccer. Sure she was no longer playing sports, but she was also more girly girl. Tai and Sora made a great team in soccer. They were unbeatable. Sora now was into more of the fashion thing. She really never was.

Maybe I hadn't noticed it before Tai thought. Maybe I always thought of her as my best friend slash tomboyish slash a girl slash hardcore. Did I always treat her like a guy? Of course not. I saw her as a beautiful girl who had a beautiful heart. Honestly, all of this is just confusing me. The point is that I lost her. I lost Sora. If I had told my feeling for her sooner, would it make a difference?

Tai did some more pondering until he had to get to school. He arrived in the classroom full of students. Some girls took glances at him and giggled. Tai was the soccer captain and best soccer player in the school. He also played football and other sports. In short, he was very athletic. Girls liked that in a guy for some reason. Tai didn't see these glances as he walked to his seat.

Two seats across from him were Matt and Sora. They were in his homeroom along with Izzy and Mimi. Mimi came back to Japan after she left the Digimon World for America. Izzy, Mimi, Matt, and Sora looked at Tai as he solemnly walked to his desk. His eyes held no emotion, but sadness. They thought that Tai was sad because of the Sora and Matt situation. As soon as Tai slumped in his chair, they came over to his desk and asked what's wrong despite they thought they knew what was wrong.

Matt and Sora were actually fed up with the brooding Tai. Matt thought that Tai should move on and get a girl. Sora thought the same. She also couldn't help but think that Tai should of told his feelings sooner. Matt was being selfish. He knew that Tai had liked Sora, but as soon as Sora asked him out he couldn't resist. The reason being was that Matt was quite smitten with Sora in the Digital world. Sora felt bad for Tai because she knew what it felt like to be rejected and ignored by the person that you loved.

Tai didn't say anything and just stared at the desk. He couldn't help but think of his mom and family. He felt like something big was going to happen. He always had these instincts like that. Seeing as how they couldn't get his attention, Mimi kissed Tai on the lips. As soon as Tai felt flesh upon his lips, he snapped out of his trance and blinked. Izzy, on the other hand, felt jealousy, as did Sora.

Tai answered, "What the?" He stared at Mimi questioningly. Mimi just giggled and said, "I was trying to get your attention. You wouldn't answer our question." Tai looked at his two best friends and the love of his life, and all he could muster up was "oh".

"Sorry, I was kind of in a different place," Tai said with a blush.

Izzy replied, " No problem, just get some sleep. You look like you haven't gotten any last night. Where were you anyways? I tried to get a hold of you yesterday."

"Sorry, something was up yesterday and there was this mess," responded Tai as he put his head down on the desk and both of his hands on his head and let out a frustrated groan. The other digidestined looked at each other worried and confused. Matt asked Tai if he's okay. All Tai did was say uh huh.

The rest of the day was so long. Tai thought that God had it in for him for not looking after his mom. The day seemed to drag by so slowly. He thought that a snail was pushing the handles of a huge gigantic clock. As the hours pass by so did the days. Tai, Kari, and their dad spent almost of their time with their mom. Mr. Kamiya didn't go to work anymore. Tai noticed that his dad was acting strange.

The Kamiya children had kept their promise and didn't tell anyone about their mom's cancer. Then a month had passed. Tai and Kari were walking home with a feeling of dread hanging over them. They felt something bad was going to happen. Kari and Tai looked at each other and ran home. They walked into their apartment building and into their parent's room. Kari just stood there and dropped onto the floor crying. Tai could just stare in shock.