Ardour - Sequel to Welkin
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: The story is mine, the characters are not. :D
Author's Note: The previous chapter was pretty bad. Luckily, I decided to make another chapter. I might make an alternate chapter 7 due to my having two versions of it.
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Chapter 08
Matt had been walking without any direction for the past couple of hours, paying no heed to the awkward glances and stares of passerbys wondering whether or not he was the famous Ishida Yamato. His glasses shaded himself from being noticed by the throngs of people he passed by. 'Mimi.. should have at least said something while we were at the park. I felt as if I were just talking to a mirror, only it was her in front of me, and not an illusion. I could only imagine how horrible I must have been.'
Not wanting to bother with the rest of the urban area of Odaiba, he decided to turn his attention to the suburbs and away from the jovial and boisterous malls and hangouts. (Ehh.. writer's block.) 'If only I could understand her.. Every time I meet up with her, it's as if I'm my old high school self again. I end up speechless or cold.'
He stopped and found himself at a wharf, lowly populated by sailors and various visitors just hanging around -- a tremendous difference from the busy urban area of Odaiba. Running his hand through his hair, he furrowed his brow and took out his cell phone. 'What am I doing here? I just wasted my time walking around half of Odaiba just to get to a wharf. I'll just call for a cab. The band must be about ready to chop my head off and throw it down a volcano for bailing on them.'
After being put on hold, he leaned on a light pole and waited for an answer back. Some people passed by, couples enjoying their time. Matt had been growing agitated at the sight and directed his attention to the pier. Two people walking by were only a hearing distance away.
"So, you've been in Odaiba ever since? You even attend college here?" a high-pitched voice asked. Hearing this little snippet of the conversation from a familiar voice, Matt listened in on the conversation.
"Yeah, it's been like that for a while, but you, I haven't seen you in three years. What happened at the academy?" the slightly bleach-blonde haired boy asked.
"Oh, it was nothing. My parents just wanted me to come back to America." the female replied.
'That's Mimi, but who is that other guy?' Matt asked himself.
'Hi, Sir. If you give us your location, we could have a taxi pick you up.' the person on the other line said. 'Moshi moshi?'
"Shimatta. Where's Mimi's phone number??" Matt asked himself. He looked at the screen of his phone and noticed that it was still at the cab company. "Ja ne."
He hung up and started looking at his call history for her number. "Ya-ta!"
"But that's pretty much the reason why I came -- oh!" Mimi stopped her conversation at the tone of her cell phone.
"Neh.. Ishida's band?" Michael asked with a slight dragging in his tone.
"Hai, I can't go anywhere without one of his band's song as my ringtone. If it were anything else, I would never know that it's my phone ringing!" Mimi asked cheerfully. "Moshi moshi."
'Mimi-chan.'
"Hai.. Yamato-kun?" she motioned Michael away from the conversation and stepped away from him so that he couldn't listen on the conversation. "How did you get my number?"
'It was left on my cell phone history.. Mimi, you're not mad at me, are you?'
"Why would I be?" she giggled with slightly cheerful tone. "If you're wondering about last night, I talked it over with a friend and I'm okay with it. I'm sure you were busy with your band and everything, and I can fully understand that. It's obviously a serious matter to you, and I shouldn't be the one drawing you away from your work. In short -- you don't have to worry about me being mad at you, Yamato."
'Yeah, I suppose.'
"Did you need anything? Is the group meeting tonight or something? You wouldn't be talking if you didn't want anything." she asked.
'Um, no. That's okay. I'll see you later. Ja ne.'
"Ja ne." Mimi hung up and was puzzled at the conversation. She glanced over at Michael who had gone to get some grains to feed some sea gulls with who were frolicking on the pier. "I think I should be heading home right now!"
Michael turned his attention to her. "Eh? Did something come up?"
"No, I have to be meeting some friends." she lied, "Maybe I'll see you some other time. Ja ne."
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"Hey, Matt." T.K. said, giving his older brother a tap on the shoulder. The two brothers were at their mom's place, just watching the news while their mom prepared food for them. It was near 5pm (17:00). Matt had ended up at T.K.'s after figuring out that his band had left for the day upon his departure. "You're acting strange. Is anything going on right now?"
"If I told you, you'd be freaked out because it's a huge mess that I put myself through. Oh, and never get a friend that you start to like that goes to another country and returns after you are involved in another relationship. You'll just be putting yourself into hell." Matt replied finishing a can of soda.
"It's Mimi, huh?" T.K. asked him. Matt nodded in agreement, "Well, didn't you used to like her? I think that if you hadn't gotten involved with Sora, you wouldn't be stuck where you are right now. And you wouldn't have made Tai your enemy in the process."
"Ugh, don't remind me of that." Matt said. "Mimi's just making everything worse. You know, I have barely even thought of Sora for the past few days that Mimi's been here --"
"Three days."
Matt nodded, "Yeah, and she probably thinks that I've forgotten about her -- which I have."
"All the more reason as to why you should go with Mimi instead, but Sora.."
"She can go back to Tai for all I care." Matt replied.
T.K. furrowed his brow. "Then, it doesn't seem like you two have a relationship anymore. It's one-sided now."
"What do you mean one-sided?" his older brother asked, turning his head toward him.
"You don't have any more interest in Sora now that Mimi's back, and Sora's still on 'go' with your relationship." T.K. answered. "It's either you break it with Sora and go onto Mimi, keep with Sora and break Mimi. Either way --"
"I'm dead." Matt finished with a sigh. "'Cause Sora will kill me, and if she doesn't, Tai will. If I hurt Mimi, that Michael guy will kill me."
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: The story is mine, the characters are not. :D
Author's Note: The previous chapter was pretty bad. Luckily, I decided to make another chapter. I might make an alternate chapter 7 due to my having two versions of it.
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Chapter 08
Matt had been walking without any direction for the past couple of hours, paying no heed to the awkward glances and stares of passerbys wondering whether or not he was the famous Ishida Yamato. His glasses shaded himself from being noticed by the throngs of people he passed by. 'Mimi.. should have at least said something while we were at the park. I felt as if I were just talking to a mirror, only it was her in front of me, and not an illusion. I could only imagine how horrible I must have been.'
Not wanting to bother with the rest of the urban area of Odaiba, he decided to turn his attention to the suburbs and away from the jovial and boisterous malls and hangouts. (Ehh.. writer's block.) 'If only I could understand her.. Every time I meet up with her, it's as if I'm my old high school self again. I end up speechless or cold.'
He stopped and found himself at a wharf, lowly populated by sailors and various visitors just hanging around -- a tremendous difference from the busy urban area of Odaiba. Running his hand through his hair, he furrowed his brow and took out his cell phone. 'What am I doing here? I just wasted my time walking around half of Odaiba just to get to a wharf. I'll just call for a cab. The band must be about ready to chop my head off and throw it down a volcano for bailing on them.'
After being put on hold, he leaned on a light pole and waited for an answer back. Some people passed by, couples enjoying their time. Matt had been growing agitated at the sight and directed his attention to the pier. Two people walking by were only a hearing distance away.
"So, you've been in Odaiba ever since? You even attend college here?" a high-pitched voice asked. Hearing this little snippet of the conversation from a familiar voice, Matt listened in on the conversation.
"Yeah, it's been like that for a while, but you, I haven't seen you in three years. What happened at the academy?" the slightly bleach-blonde haired boy asked.
"Oh, it was nothing. My parents just wanted me to come back to America." the female replied.
'That's Mimi, but who is that other guy?' Matt asked himself.
'Hi, Sir. If you give us your location, we could have a taxi pick you up.' the person on the other line said. 'Moshi moshi?'
"Shimatta. Where's Mimi's phone number??" Matt asked himself. He looked at the screen of his phone and noticed that it was still at the cab company. "Ja ne."
He hung up and started looking at his call history for her number. "Ya-ta!"
"But that's pretty much the reason why I came -- oh!" Mimi stopped her conversation at the tone of her cell phone.
"Neh.. Ishida's band?" Michael asked with a slight dragging in his tone.
"Hai, I can't go anywhere without one of his band's song as my ringtone. If it were anything else, I would never know that it's my phone ringing!" Mimi asked cheerfully. "Moshi moshi."
'Mimi-chan.'
"Hai.. Yamato-kun?" she motioned Michael away from the conversation and stepped away from him so that he couldn't listen on the conversation. "How did you get my number?"
'It was left on my cell phone history.. Mimi, you're not mad at me, are you?'
"Why would I be?" she giggled with slightly cheerful tone. "If you're wondering about last night, I talked it over with a friend and I'm okay with it. I'm sure you were busy with your band and everything, and I can fully understand that. It's obviously a serious matter to you, and I shouldn't be the one drawing you away from your work. In short -- you don't have to worry about me being mad at you, Yamato."
'Yeah, I suppose.'
"Did you need anything? Is the group meeting tonight or something? You wouldn't be talking if you didn't want anything." she asked.
'Um, no. That's okay. I'll see you later. Ja ne.'
"Ja ne." Mimi hung up and was puzzled at the conversation. She glanced over at Michael who had gone to get some grains to feed some sea gulls with who were frolicking on the pier. "I think I should be heading home right now!"
Michael turned his attention to her. "Eh? Did something come up?"
"No, I have to be meeting some friends." she lied, "Maybe I'll see you some other time. Ja ne."
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"Hey, Matt." T.K. said, giving his older brother a tap on the shoulder. The two brothers were at their mom's place, just watching the news while their mom prepared food for them. It was near 5pm (17:00). Matt had ended up at T.K.'s after figuring out that his band had left for the day upon his departure. "You're acting strange. Is anything going on right now?"
"If I told you, you'd be freaked out because it's a huge mess that I put myself through. Oh, and never get a friend that you start to like that goes to another country and returns after you are involved in another relationship. You'll just be putting yourself into hell." Matt replied finishing a can of soda.
"It's Mimi, huh?" T.K. asked him. Matt nodded in agreement, "Well, didn't you used to like her? I think that if you hadn't gotten involved with Sora, you wouldn't be stuck where you are right now. And you wouldn't have made Tai your enemy in the process."
"Ugh, don't remind me of that." Matt said. "Mimi's just making everything worse. You know, I have barely even thought of Sora for the past few days that Mimi's been here --"
"Three days."
Matt nodded, "Yeah, and she probably thinks that I've forgotten about her -- which I have."
"All the more reason as to why you should go with Mimi instead, but Sora.."
"She can go back to Tai for all I care." Matt replied.
T.K. furrowed his brow. "Then, it doesn't seem like you two have a relationship anymore. It's one-sided now."
"What do you mean one-sided?" his older brother asked, turning his head toward him.
"You don't have any more interest in Sora now that Mimi's back, and Sora's still on 'go' with your relationship." T.K. answered. "It's either you break it with Sora and go onto Mimi, keep with Sora and break Mimi. Either way --"
"I'm dead." Matt finished with a sigh. "'Cause Sora will kill me, and if she doesn't, Tai will. If I hurt Mimi, that Michael guy will kill me."