Last Edited - 11.12.o5

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OFFICIALLY MISSING YOU

Chapter Five

(By Flipstahhz)

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The wedding had left Takeru shattered. It was like he had no place in the world. He still continued to walk bravely and hide all his pain into a single smile.

TK had thought that dating Catherine was a sign he had moved on. But he was wrong. The new Takaishi couple had moved to Tokyo and had bought an apartment there.

But she lurked his mind still. She was continuously haunting him that it was slowly driving him insane...

No matter how he tried to move on...he still would love Hikari Motomiya..

Takeru Takaishi was now twenty-four years old while Catherine was twenty-three. Catherine looked slightly different, for her blond long wavy hair had been cut short and was usually tied back in a neat bun. She would wear the same cream suit to work everyday, while carrying her leather briefcase.

Takeru, on the other hand, would stay home and be at his desk. Typing stories that came to his head on his computer. He even had managed to get one of his books in the best sellers in Japan and had become a popular author in writing adventure stories.

Presently, it was 6am and they were seated on their kitchen table in front of each other…sipping coffee. Catherine was due to work in an hour…while TK simply liked to get up early in the morning to read the newspaper and to farewell his wife. Catherine would always question him why'd he be up at this hour while he could be sleeping then TK would tell her that he was used to the pattern of waking up early That's how every day almost proceeded there. The same boring and tedious routine. Nothing more than that. There was no flicker of love in their relationship..it was so...dull

Takeru's eyes orbed into the newspaper he was looking at…yet his blue eyes weren't moving. His mind was away again…thinking of her…

Catherine gracefully stood up from her chair and gave her husband a swift kiss on the cheek.

"Bye Takeru…I'll be home at 5, there's left overs in the fridge you just need to heat it up."

TK nodded, " Bye Hik- Honey."

The blonde woman furrowed her eyebrows with nothing but pure irritation, arms folding, " TK, my name's Catherine. Not Hikari. How many times have you mistaken me for her? Surely, or names are not similar. You're still thinking of her, aren't you…Takeru?"

"No, I-"

"TK…no more excuses…I'm fed up with this…I'm going, " Catherine scowled and stomped off closing the apartment door behind her.

"Take care Catherine," TK said quietly after a minute had passed then took another sip from his drink neutrally, as if nothing had happened.

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(At Odaiba ..)

Kari's finger shook as she used her pointing finger to dial a specific phone number. Tears sprung down her face as she did so, but ignored them as she put the phone next to her ear. She held it as firm as she could until the person she waited for picked up the phone.

"Hello. Ishida Residence," said a cheery voice from the other line.

"S-Sora?" she quivered.

There was a pause and then to person replied a hint of worry in her tone, " Kari…is that you?"

"Yeah…can you come over…I really need someone to talk to right now," Kari whispered faintly.

"Sure," Sora simply said…aware that the matter was serious, hanging up the phone without a question and deciding to rush over to Hikari's house as soon as possible.

All I do is lay around, two years full of tears

From looking at your face all over


Just a week ago you were my baby


Now I don't even know you at all,

I don't know you at
 all

Well, I wish that you would call me right now


So that I could get through to you somehow


But I guess it's safe to say, baby


Safe to say that I-I'm officially missin' you

Ooh...can't nobody do it like you


Said every little thing you do, hey, baby


Said it stays on my mind


And I-I'm officially missing you

Moments later there was a knocking on the door and Kari got up to answer it. She let the person in and took note of her close friend's appearance.

Sora's auburn hair had grown quite a lot and she wore black pants and a cream jumper. In her arms was her child, Leah. Leah had the same colour hair as her mother but had the same striking eyes as Yamato and Takeru.

Kari held her breath back as she glanced the child then came to realize that Sora was still standing, " Come on in, Sora. It's been a long time…where's Yamato?"

"He quit working recently in the US of becoming a astronaut and decided to come back because he hated being away from Leah and I. He just came back and is searching for the people in his old band just to greet them. My Kari…what's happened to you? You look very shook up," Sora finally noticed the shaking pale girl in front of her, "Is it Daisuke?"

"Yes and no," she responded.

"I think it's best if we sit down before we start anything. Perhaps get some coffee?"

Kari obeyed the older woman and led her to the lounge room where the each took a seat, handing the woman a hot mug of coffee. Sora lay her sleeping child on her lap and stared intently at Hikari, " You can tell me now what you want to say. I promise I won't tell a living soul."

"That's why I called you Sora…I trust you the most with what I'm going to tell you."

"Must be important then," she spoke quietly as she stroked her daughter's back.

"Hell yeah it is," Kari spoke.

"Spill the beans, Kari. Shoot away."

"This week has been rather rough. Do you recall how Daisuke and I are always having fights?"

"Yes," Sora's eyes urged her to go on.

"Well…it was usually over Takeru. I could never get over him. From him leaving Odaiba, to seeing him again on my wedding night," Kari stated then continued, " Then one night, in this house, Daisuke and I had a huge fight. We ended up throwing anything we could thrust at each other. We came to a conclusion that we were not meant to be after all. So the beginning of this week we finally divorced."

"You divorced? And you never told anyone yet?" Sora said in disbelief that her child woke up in cries. " No wonder Daisuke's not here!"

"I didn't want to tell anyone, Sora. You're one of the few people that know. Only my brother, Tai, Daisuke and Catherine know. And if I had told Yolei and Ken...well...they already had warned me before the wedding..and -"

"Catherine…don't tell me this is the same Catherine that's engaged to Takeru?" the auburn headed woman realized.

"Yeah. It is," Hikari bowed her head, " And that too is why I also called you to talk about…about Catherine."

"I don't get it. Catherine? How can Catherine be glued into this situation?"

"She is…"

"Tell me then…don't leave me hanging," the person once known as the holder of Love persuaded.

"Ever since my wedding with Daisuke…Tai seemed to change a bit. He changed. Then I came to notice every time Takeru's name was mentioned he would flinch. I mean, I thought it was nothing at first because of how he sometimes kept the rivalry between Matt and yourself, but it wasn't at all."

"I remember that I kept seeing Catherine in Odaiba a lot of times and I would ask her where Takeru was and how he was doing since Takeru never went to Odaiba. I found it strange how she would always be here when it is almost four hours drive from Tokyo. Then two months ago I went to Odaiba park, just for the usual morning walk. And then…and then I caught Catherine and Taichi making out there. I was in awe. I couldn't belief it. I was furious at my brother and I wouldn't speak to him for a month. He's been wondering why I was acting different towards him because they didn't see me there."

"So Taichi and Catherine have been seeing each other for all this time behind our backs? If Takeru ever found out…" Sora said in aghast.

Avoiding what Sora said Kari proceeded, " After Daisuke and I divorced I rang up Tai immediately. I rushed out when I saw his car and told him the news of our divorce. Then I saw her. Catherine was sitting in the car. So I told him to bring Catherine out."

"He blushed nervously and they walked over to me. I finally told them what I knew was going on. It felt as if time had stood still. Taichi was enraged that I'd found out and dragged Catherine back in the car after that," Kari said as she vividly remembered the memory, " Then Catherine screamed back at me…not to tell Takeru. I walked back in this house. And I've been wondering what to do ever since that day…"

Unexpectedly, Sora gave Kari a warm embrace. Kari sobbed into the older woman's shoulder, " I don't know what to do. I love Takeru with all my heart…but I don't want to hurt his feelings."

Sora then said with a hint of determination in her chocolate eyes, "You're coming with me to Tokyo tomorrow…then we'll fix it all up."

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