A nice little triangle Matt, Sora and Tai. Heh, don't know how it will turn out yet ... guess we will have to wait andsee. ... I think that this might bea little confusing ... if so leave a review and tell me and I'll clear up what I can in the next chapter. Oh Shounen ai will probably feature later ...Yaoi, boy on boy etc. Consider this your warning.

Disclaimer: Don't own Digimon or any songs I might use ... Grumbles

Amidst the Tears

Matt slumped down onto the bed. He was exhausted and the sweat was rolling down his forehead and into his eyes. He wiped it away with his hand and stared up at the dirty ceiling. His breath came out heavily and he let out a low groan as he rolled onto his side. Concerts were getting so tiring now. Playing to thousands of people all screaming your name and then being mobbed on the way home by hundreds of screaming fan girls had its way of kicking all the life out of him. This was the third jacket he'd lost this month and he didn't dare look at what his hair looked like. Thank God Tai had been there. Matt grinned at the remembrance.

Tai had come out of nowhere flailing his arms and screaming even louder than the girls. In the confusion Matt had been able to slip away. Tai had caught up three streets away and helped him home. He was yelling to start with "Why don't you take a car, you idiot! You know what happens! A taxi, or even, even a bloody bus! Only 50 at most could cram on one of them." But then he had calmed down. Just as soon as he noticed how exhausted Matt was. Then Tai's arm was around him helping him limp on. He was full of ... friendly concern. Matt hadn't been able to say a word. Just a swift smile and a slight squeezing of the arm. But that had been all Tai asked for. He did all the talking. Talking nonsense, about football, university, the concert.

Matt's eyes closed and he sighed. Tai had left as soon as he saw Sora. Things had become ... difficult between them. Matt did not understand. A little voice in his head said that it was because of him. Tai had grown up. Well they had all grown up but Tai ... Then another voice butted in. No it's because of their "relationship". No arguing Tai had been gooey over Sora since their time in the Digiworld. He had seen it in the eyes. Maybe Tai had told Sora but she had refused ... Or maybe there was something between them. Matt groaned again. He hated these thoughts. He went round in circles. And always ended up in the worst place possible. He was confused and very, very tired.

Sora had been so worried. Matt's face grinned through the pain. His heart raced just a little as he remembered the kiss she had given him. Tai had taken one look at Matt and stalked off. Matt's smile faded. That had hurt. He hadn't said a word in farewell to either of them and didn't look back. Matt's hand came down weakly against the table top, in an attempt to relieve some of the feelings. He didn't want them to fight. It made him feel physically sick to see two of the most important people in the world to him, barely able to stay in the same room as each other. Sora had managed to get him to the stairs of the apartment block. He had wanted her to come up but she had to go to work. The florists was very busy these days and she had been threatened with the sack more than once. He could remember the concern in those eyes ... the love. His hand went to his eyes. Sora had looked back. Not like Tai. Tai. Round and around his thoughts went.

My love is round and has no end, like the love for you my friend.

He would fall asleep soon. He was so tired. He knew why he was tired, but he wouldn't do anything about it. Because he was a coward. He would fall asleep soon ... Soon. Amidst the tears.