My Tutor Friend

Disclaimer : I don't own Digimon and its characters. Bandai© owns them. I adapted 'My Tutor Friend' from a Korean movie.

Chapter Nine : 'Thank You, Teacher'

"Mimi!" Mrs. Tachikawa called from the kitchen.

Mimi appeared in the kitchen in her pajamas, her hair messed up.

"There's the two boxes of chicken for Mrs. Sasaki," her mom said, pointing at the two boxes on the nearby table. "Deliver them as soon as you dress up."

Mimi looked up at the nearby calendar posted on the wall beside her.

"Today's Tuesday…" Mimi said.

"So what?" Mrs. Tachikawa asked. "There you go again. It's been two weeks since you stopped tutoring and whenever you realize that it's a Tuesday or a Thursday, you always remind yourself that you have a session. I think you're used to it already."

Mimi paused for awhile.

It's been two weeks since Yamato and her saw each other.

Two weeks since they had a quarrel---an unfinished quarrel.

Mimi proceeded to the bathroom.

Mimi was already dressed up.

As soon as she dried her hair, she wore her helmet and grabbed the two boxes of chicken on the table.

She approached her mom who is undressing a chicken. She leaned in to give her mom a kiss on the cheek.

"Hey!" her mom called before she leaves. "What did you do with the money you got from tutoring Ishida's son?"

"I paid the tuition fee for the whole semester," Mimi said. "But I saved some money, though."

Her mom sighed in relief. "I thought you forgot to pay for your tuition…okay you can go now."

It was December.

2nd week of December to be exact.

The snow was falling adequately---not too weak, not too strong.

Yamato was not in his room.

His cellphone was lying on the center table here they used to study.

So where is he?

"Yamato," TK said, calling his brother from the dining room.

Yamato looked up from his breakfast.

"Hm?"

TK sat in front of him.

"Is it true?"

"What's true?" he asked upon swallowing his food.

"Did you really accept the offer to go to America?"

"Yes," he replied.

"But you passed the first semester. You got a 50.1 there right? And you already convinced dad about staying here…what's the use?" TK asked.

They weren't close before. So how come is TK asking these kind of things?

Yamato dropped his spoon and fork gently. He was done eating.

"Why are you asking me about these things?"

TK smirked at him.

"Coz I'm not used to it," he said.

Yamato looked at him.

"So what do you want me to do?" he asked him.

"This is just an advice," TK said. "Finish highschool here and then go to America for College. Don't make hasty decisions."

Yamato stood up from his seat.

"You're right," he said. "I guess I was just pressured about something."

"About your tutor?" TK asked.

Yamato glared at him. "Shut up," he said and left.

When Yamato left, TK smirked.

"Now, that's the real Yamato."

Mimi bowed as she gave Mrs. Sasaki's two boxes of chicken to her.

She rode back on her motorcycle.

As she was driving back, she passed by a familiar girl.

She stopped and turned to look at that familiar girl.

"Miyako!"

Miyako looked at Mimi.

"Oh, it's you," Miyako said.

This time, the tone of her voice was not sarcastic.

She approached her.

"Are you…waiting for someone?" Mimi asked. "Yamato?"

She giggled and shook her head. "Yamato-kun? Why would I wait for him? I have a boyfriend already."

Mimi smiled at her.

"You seem to be in a good mood," she said. "I thought you hate me."

"Before I do," Miyako said. "But Yamato-kun convinced me something…about you two weeks ago."

Mimi gave her a questioning look.

"Yamato-kun told me that he never waited for this 'thing' to happen so sudden," Miyako said. "But you came…I thought he was the guy I was waiting for…he was but I was never the girl he wanted."

"And…?"

"I suddenly snapped into reality that I looked pathetic chasing over him," Miyako said humbly.

A car stopped in front of them.

"There goes my boyfriend," Miyako said.

As Miyako was about to get inside the car, she turned to Mimi.

"Mimi-san," she said.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry," she apologized and eventually went inside the car.

TK slumped back to the sofa.

His stomach growled.

"I'm hungry…" he complained.

As he was fiddling into the address book, a note card fell from it.

He picked it up.

The card said, Yuri's Poultry Shop (Delivery Service available).

Yamato stared into space.

I think I drove her to extremes.

Yamato closed his eyes and shook his head.

Should I say 'sorry'?

Then his phone rang.

He stared at it as it vibrated across the table.

Annoyed of the irritating sound it made, he snatched it and answered.

"Hello?"

"Yamato-kun!" the voice exclaimed.

It's Miyako.

"Oh, hi," Yamato greeted.

"I'm with my boyfriend right now…I just want to ask you something," she said.

"Go on," he said.

"Is Mimi-san still tutoring you? I saw her awhile ago but I forgot to ask her…is it okay if she tutors me?" she asked.

Yamato paused.

He has nothing to do with Mimi for two weeks now.

"I-I'm sorry…our tutoring stopped two weeks ago," Yamato said.

"Oh…" she said. "But you know...you're so lucky to have her."

Yamato couldn't say anything. Everything has crashed into nothing. It was all because of his childishness.

"You think so?" Yamato asked.

Miyako giggled. "Yep! Well, I have to go now! Bye!"

As soon as Miyako hung up, he turned his cellphone off.

"Another delivery…a box of Chicken for Ishida Residence," Mrs. Tachikawa said as soon as Mimi arrived.

Instead of complaining, Mimi fell silent.

So I'm going to see deliver a box of chicken to Yamato's house? Big deal.

"Hey, get on with it!" Mrs. Tachikawa said.

She silently grabbed the box of chicken and went on to her delivery.

Ding-dong.

"Junichiro!" TK called their butler. "Answer the door!"

As Junichiro was about to exit the door, Yamato walked past him.

"It's okay, I'm going to answer it," Yamato said. "I'll be opening the garage anyway…I'll be going around town with my motorcycle."

"Okay, sir."

Mimi patiently waited outside.

The box of chicken lying on both her palms.

As soon as the gate swung open, sparks flew.

Yamato and Mimi locked eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Yamato asked.

Mimi looked away.

"I'm delivering a box of chicken here," she answered.

"TK!" Yamato called. "Your chicken came!"

Yamato gave Mimi, who was still looking away, one last look and was about to leave and proceed to his motorcycle when Mimi called.

"Yamato Ishida!"

Yamato turned.

TK just got to the door when he saw Mimi from the window.

He closed the door again and leaned on the windowsill to watch the scene.

"What? I need to go somewhere," Yamato said, looking down at her.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar necklace around her neck.

Yamato smirked.

He picked up the pendant of her necklace and leaned in to look at it.

"Nice necklace, who gave it to you?" Yamato mocked.

Mimi shoved his hand away.

Yamato stood straighter, his lips smirking.

"It looks good in you," he said.

Yamato snatched the box of chicken from her hands.

Mimi glared at him.

Then she softened a bit, realizing the mistake she has done to him.

"It's…been awhile," she said.

Yamato regained his old self.

"Yes, it has been…" he said.

Mimi's eyes began to sting. She was going to cry again and she knew it.

"I-I felt so bad," Mimi said in agony. Her hands balled into fists. "I was so troubled…troubled that I might have offended you too much."

Yamato looked down at her, the box of chicken still in his hands.

He put the box of chicken down on the ground and held her shoulders.

"Look at me," Yamato said.

Mimi looked up into his eyes.

"I know I overreacted about the fact that you cared about someone's stand in life," Yamato said. "But I guess you were right…I was a highschool repeater…it was me who put my reputation down…and I guess, I should've accepted the fact that I haven't stepped into College for two years now."

Yamato's voice was soft.

Mimi was slowly melting from his burning stare.

"Now that I have decided to straighten my life," Yamato said. "Will…will you promise me that you'll be there amidst all these struggles I'm going through?"

Mimi stared into his eyes more deeply, now the tears kept on flowing down uncontrollably.

Mimi nodded.

Yamato smiled and hugged her tightly as if he won't ever let go.

"Stop this crap! Where's my chicken?" TK asked as soon as he burst out th door.

Mimi laughed and looked down.

Yamato pulled away from her and picked the box of chicken up from the ground.

As TK approached them, Yamato gave him his order.

As soon as TK received the box from his brother, he gave him a silly smile and went back in.

Suddenly, the sky darkened.

Small droplets of rain fell gradually from the sky.

Yamato cupped her face and leaned in slowly.

Their faces were a couple of inches apart from each other.

"We're not in a red telephone booth nor under a streetlight," he whispered. "But is the rain enough?"

Mimi smiled. "Yes."

The rain fell lightly as Yamato leaned in to kiss Mimi.

Mimi kissed back.

Yamato pulled off for awhile to look at her face.

"Thank you, teacher," he said and kissed her again.

The End

a/n : Did you like the ending? Well, I hope I could come up with another mimato fic. The ending of the original movie was way different from my version. The ending of the true 'My Tutor Friend' is not-so-romantic so I changed it. For the ones who reviewed this story, thanks!

special thanks to: cutielicious, bubbles05, LilixTrixee, Moonlight Star Phoenix

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