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Yay! I updated! And I didn't wait 'til Monday to do it! ^^ go me!!!

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"I can't believe they thought we were dead!"

"Yeh, those rumours were weird."

"But, whaddaya expect?"

I trace my finger along the rim of my cup. Tai does the same.

"I guess you have a point…" Tai mumbles, lifting up his cup. I look at the clock on the wall. 5:37pm. All the others went home five minutes ago. It's just me, Tai and Sora. Well, until her mother comes home at six. Oh, and Koromon and Gatomon. But they're off on the balcony, reminiscing. I sigh heavily. That 'meeting', or whatever you wanna call it, really tore all the energy out of me. And what everyone had to say!

"Rumours have been saying that you died Kari!"

"I heard from Lin, who has a sister in Tai's school, that people have been saying that Tai killed himself after Matt died."

"Everyone's saying that Matt's dead."

"Yeh, I heard that one…"

Tai and I sat, open-mouthed at these sudden revelations about what's happening at school. We were speechless.

"But everyone hopes you get better Kari!"

And then there were the messages. Cards, flowers, chocolates, origami… there was a whole bag full for both Tai and me.

"Our year level hopes you get better soon Tai!"

The conversation was deadly interesting, and even if I was exhausted, I couldn't leave. It was good to hear what was happening. But soon, they had to leave. We said goodbye, then Sora, Tai and I cleaned up, dumped all the presents on the table, and grabbed hot drinks. Tai has developed an addiction to coffee. The only thing I've seen him drinking this week is coffee. And now here we are, looking over what's happened, and all the news we've received.

"Not showing up to school for two weeks does give reason for rumours, and the fact that rumours of Matt, full stop, have been circulating for a while- it all adds up." Sora explains further, playing with the edge of the coaster.

"Yeh, yeh," Tai mumbles in reply. "And it looks like neither me or Matt are gonna show up to school for a while…" Tai glances at his right arm, which is covered by his blue skivvy. A sad silence hangs in the air. The silence is broken, however, by the phone ringing. Sora wordlessly stands up and answers it.

"Hello?"

"Tai," I begin, not wanting this silence between us to continue, "don't worry about that. We'll go see Matt tonight if you want to." Taichi's head shoots up, his eyes suddenly alive.

"What? Are you sure?" he asks, a worried expression slowly appearing on his face. "But what about you? I don't want to leave you home, and I don't think you're up to walking around that building…you're still sick."

"It doesn't matter," I reply, waving away his concern. "I'll be fine. I'm better already. I've been asleep long enough. My fever's gone, and I can walk better now, so it'll be fine." Tai stares at me sceptically.

"Hey Tai," Sora calls, hanging up the phone and walking over to us, "that was the doctor, and you have an appointment tomorrow at Dr. Suzuki's surgery at three o'clock." Sora drops into the chair opposite me. Tai nods, and drops his gaze back into his almost empty cup.

"Hey Sora," I begin, deciding to explain our plan of sorts, "we're gonna go see Matt tonight, and we're wondering if you wanna come." Sora chokes slightly on her drink and stares at me.

"Are-are you sure?" she asks, giving me the sceptical stare I copped from Tai only minutes ago. Tai is now listening intently.

"Yeh," I answer quietly, fixing my hair behind my ears. "We're going after dinner, so if you wanna come, you can."

"Yeh-yeh sure," Sora stutters, looking to Tai, who is drinking the rest of his coffee. "I'll-I'll call Joe and see if he wants to come." She rises off her chair and over to the telephone.

Good… Tai will finally be free…

"Will he, Lady?"

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oooh…nasty voice gonna spoil all da fun? Next chapter might be up on Monday, but I'm not sure coz I haven't done it yet…^^;; cyaz!!! =)

oh, btw, shadow-of-hearts, im so sorry I haven't emailed you, but my account's not working, so as soon as it does, I'll email you ^^