Meteor Garden
Chapter Nineteen
Sorry for the long delay.... My computer got busted for a while... okay, scratch the for a while. It was broken for almost two months. I am terribly sorry. I'll try making it up, don't worry. So, on we go!
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Sora's eyes widened in surprise as she felt Taichi's lips in hers. She was too shock to even know what she was going to do. Abruptly, she pushed Taichi away. This wasn't something she wanted.
She wasn't ready for this... YET.
Sora's eyes sparkled in tears and almost too suddenly, she ran off, leaving Tai much more broken hearted as he already was.
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Sora ran as fast as her legs can take her.
She didn't like what was happening at all.
That kiss.... It seemed to mean so much yet in her head, it meant only one things, hatred.
'Why do I hate Tai so much...? I thought I love him?' Sora asked herself as rain started to pour down.
As far as she was concerned, Sora can't understand the feelings that were rushing in. she knew she liked Tai maybe go as far as love him but... something is always stopping her from letting Taichi know what she feels.
"Do I really love Taichi...? Or, don't I?" Sora asked aloud to the empty park.
Sora reluctantly shook her head as tears welled up and poured down as well.
She knew she loved Tai so much but she couldn't get herself to say it at all.
"Sora... are you alright?"
Sora turned around to see Takuya walking towards her.
"Takuya..." Sora whispered as she ran towards him and cried at his chest.
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Mimi woke up with a throbbing headache.
"Are you alright?"
Mimi's head followed the voice to see a silhouette by the window.
"Yamato?" she asked.
The figure stood up and opened the lamp by the bed. True enough, it was Yamato. And his eyes shone with compassion and... pity.
"Please don't look at me like that, Matt." Mimi whispered as she pulled her legs up and embraced them.
Yamato sat beside her in bed and caressed her cheeks.
"I don't know what happened between you and Jyou the other night. But what I know is that my feelings for you will never change." Matt said.
Mimi, with eyes of hope asked, "What are your feelings for me..?" she asked.
Yamato leaned over to Mimi and whispered them to her. But even if he did lean onto her, Mimi hadn't heard a thing because she was too sleepy once more.
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"Izumi, please... stop being so sad... I hate to see it when you look like this." Kouji said as he hugged Izumi by her small waist.
Izumi hung her head by Kouji's shoulders and looked towards the sky in front of them.
"I can't help it, Kouji. Knowing that my best friend is leaving soon makes my heart so sad..." Izumi replied.
Kouji planted a small kiss on Izumi's neck and said, "If I were to go away...what would you feel?"
"I'll kill you." Izumi threatened.
Kouji laughed. "If that's the case, it's best for me not to leave your side."
"And we'll be together forever!!!!" Izumi said as she lunged at Kouji in a great big hug.
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Rika looked at the food in front of her and started to prick on some of the peas and played with it.
"You do know that playing with your food is bad..." Ryo said.
Rika didn't reply and continued to what she was doing.
Ryo looked at her carefully and to his surprise, he could see that somehow... in one way or another... Rika was indeed beautiful. Her tomboyish looks were just right for her. Her spunky attitude fits her just fine and her no constant perkiness gets the better of her.
'Ryo, what the hell are you talking about?! Rika is the thorn on your side!' Ryo reminded himself as he shook his head vigorously.
But even if his mind have those thoughts, he couldn't help but smile on what a beautiful girl Rika really was.
"Rub off that petty smile of yours before you make me sick, Ryo." Rika said as she gobbled down her food.
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Sora started to pack her bags when she came home that night. Hikari, Takeru and even Takuya were there, watching her.
"What is your real relationship with Sora, Takuya?" Takeru demanded.
"None of your business." Takuya replied as he walked away from Hikari and Takeru and started to help Sora pack.
"You know, I don't like him one bit." Takeru whispered to Hikari.
"I think you're just jealous since he'll be spending much more time with Sora than you." Hikari said in a giggle.
Takeru rolled his eyes. Even if he wants to admit it, that's what he actually feels. Tomorrow, Sora will no longer be his sister. And tomorrow, Sora will be leaving them for good.
"Don't worry, big brother. I'll be back." Sora said as she stood up with her luggage and duffel bag.
"I promise that I'll return to Japan when I've grown mature enough."
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Taichi looked at the stars from his bedroom pavilion and lay down on the floor.
"What did I do wrong?" he asked to no one in particular as he saw a shooting star fall.
"Do these things happen because I deserve them?" he asked.
"Why can't I love you, Sora!? Why!?" he yelled.
"No matter how far you run, no matter how far you'll go... I'll always follow you. Even if you go to hell, I'll follow you! And no matter what it takes, I'll find you and still love you!"
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Sora looked at the sceneries of Japan for the last time. She knows that she'll be gone for a very long time... and that she'll really miss this place. Japan became her home but she was leaving for a good cause.
This was for Tai.
She wanted to be someone who Tai can be proud of and where his family can never be ashamed of. She wants to live up to what Taichi was. And she was determined to do it no matter what happens.
"Tai... I'm doing this for you..." she said in a hoarse whisper.
"Did you say something, Sora?" Izumi asked.
"Huh? Me? No... I didn't say anything." Sora said then, she laughed.
"I'm really going to miss you, Sora... promise me you'll come back to us?" Izumi said in hope.
"I will." Sora promised.
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"Don't forget to call us, Sora!" Ryo said.
"Yah! And send some emails to us!!! We'll surely miss you!" Rika said as she gave Sora a hug.
"Don't forget that you shouldn't talk to strangers. Europe is a strange world... a whole different one." Takeru said as he planted a kiss on Sora's cheek.
"And don't forget what your brother tells you, Sora. Be sure to listen to him." Hikari added.
"I heard from mother that I have 3 older brothers... I'm not sure how to handle them... but I hope I could." Sore replied.
"You were able to survive with one.. I'm sure you could with three." Hikari said then, they hug.
"Be careful, Sor." Takeru added.
Sora smiled.
"I will."
"Where Tai...?" Kouji asked as he pulled out his cell phone.
"Well... where is he, Kouji?" Izumi asked.
"he isn't answering his phone." Kouji replied.
Izumi's smile dropped.
Sora smiled, "Don't worry guys. I'm sure Taichi has other things to do... and besides, I really have to leave now... the planes about to taxi." Sora said.
"Aw.... Now...? But... Sor... Taichi hasn't arrived yet." Izumi and Rika said.
"We can't wait for him." Takuya said.
"Takuya's right guys, I have to go." Sora said as she gave each of her friend's a hug and slowly disappeared from the crowd.
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Taichi ran as fast as he could.
How could his mother do this to him!? First, she tries to separate him and Sora and now.... This!!!!
His mother purposely didn't wake him up and purposely made him late.
Taichi glanced at his watch.
'I still got 10 minutes!!!!'
Taichi turned to the last corner just in time to bump into Ryo and Kouji.
"Where's Sora!?" he asked.
"She left." They all said.
"Left!? What do you mean left!? Her flights not for at least 10 minutes!!!!" Taichi wailed.
Ryo grabbed his hand to look at his watch. "Your watch is 30 minutes late, Tai. And Sora has already left... almost an hour ago." Ryo said.
"WHAT!?!?" Taichi yelled.
"Tai... we kept calling you but you weren't answering your phone..." Hikari said.
"Mother deliberately turned it off." Taichi muttered.
"And you were late." Takeru added.
"She locked me in my room. I had to climb out of the window, get pass the guards and steal a car just to get here." Taichi added in anguish.
Taichi slumped by the wall and sat down, leaning by the side.
"I'll never see her again..." he said.
"I wouldn't count on that if I were you." Ryo said.
"Sora promised that she'll come back. And Sora always keeps her promises. Believe in her Tai." Izumi said.
"And besides, maybe this will cheer you up." Rika said as she threw a small voice recorder towards Tai.
"What's this?" he asked.
"That's a pocket recorder. It can only record some things but it comes in great handy at times." Izumi said with a smile.
"Play it." She added.
Taichi pushed the button.
"Tai... I'm doing this for you."
'That was Sora's voice.' Taichi said.
He played it again.
And again.
And again.
Sora was going to Europe not to leave him but actually for him.
"He loves you, Tai." Ryo said.
"Sora was never a person to tell you how she really feels. But believe us, Tai. She really loves you." Takeru said with a smile.
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That night, Tai walked down the park.
"I'll wait for you, Sora. And that's a promise."
TBC
