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:D There's a new summary… in case you didn't realize… And um… yeah. Sorry about having to wait for all the chapters. -.-;; I'm just so busy, and there's so much to do, and you guys want long chapters, right? And I need inspiration… and I have other things to do… other stories to update… jeez, I sound sad, spieling off every excuse I can think of.

Uh, it's been a while, eh? Sorry about that guys. I… kinda forgot about this fic. And I had a Christmas fic to finish that I needed to finish really fast… cuz it was for Christmas… and Christmas had passed. But I did finish some fics so I only have a couple vying for my attention. Uhm, two out of the four are almost done so this one should be updated more regularly as a result. And I do have a new Digi fic so look out for that. It's a TakeruxHikari. Anyways, I changed my name again… Strawberry'd. :D Ok, that's good; read now!

TUTORING AND ROLLERBLADE LESSONS

Author: Strawberry'd

Genre: Romance, Drama, Humour

Anime: Digimon

Summery: Poor Tai had fallen fast and hard. So, when he swindles his love, Sora, into tutoring him, will he fall deeper into love, and will she fall in love with him? Won't know till you read!

Chapter Six

Miyako smiled at Sora as she raced down the stairs.

Sora grabbed the last slice of bread and stuck it in her mouth reaching for her bike helmet and book bag.

"Sorry, gotta go, I'm late and I have to meet a friend early." She mumbled around her bread as she stumbled into her shoes and out the door.

While biking furiously to school, Sora ate her bread thoughtfully. Tai had texted her, saying he was in some sort of trouble.

She braked abruptly, skidding slightly as a group of girls crossed her path. She was about to yell at them, but realized that Mimi was a part of that group. Mimi… with a cute guy on her arm. A cute guy who was not Tai.

Then Sora put up her defenses. She did not think that Tai was cute; she did not!

Mimi gave Sora a little side glance but turned her head and walked away making a point of not looking at Sora.

The said girl on bike had her jaw somewhere close to the ground. So first, Mimi got a new boy-toy and just decided that her friendship with Sora was nonexistent?

Sora practically flew the rest of the way to school, determined to understand what was going on.

After shoving her books and things into her locker, Sora whirled around at hearing her name and crashed into one Tai Yagami.

Her books tumbled to the floor, and she was sure she'd follow them if not for someone's strong and definitely masculine arms holding her secure and upright.

Sora knew she was blushing to the roots of her reddish-brown hair. He was at such a close proximity…

"You're a klutz even on your own two feet, aren't you?" He whispered into her hair. Tai knew if he just leaned a little bit forward, he could be able to…

But Sora broke away from with and knelt on the floor, her hair shielding her red face. She quickly picked up her papers and books, and put them in her bag.

Once she was assured that her face had reached its normal hue, she turned to face Tai, who was wearing an insufferable, knowing smirk.

She frowned at that but instead of commenting on it, or even smacking him until it went away, she calmly asked what he wanted her for.

Tai shrugged and grinned. "Well. See, I broke up with Mimi the other day…"

Wait. Stop. Pause. Mute. Whatever. Just… stop everything.

Tai broke up with Mimi? When…? Why? What…?

"…and she's sure it's because of you…"

Me? Sora thought. What have I done?

"So I wanted to tell you to steer clear of her for a bit."

Sora turned on him. "Is that all?"

Tai smiled at her again, throwing her off a little. Sora didn't know why she hadn't noticed before, but Tai had a very nice smile, especially at this specific lighting… and at this angle…

"Aren't you thankful that I was looking out for your wellbeing?" He said, still smiling that smile.

Sora inwardly groaned. She knew she was blushing again. She tried the anger card. Redness can be passed off as anger, couldn't it?

"I don't need your help." She snapped.

Tai smiled that disarming smile again. Argh! Why does he keep doing that to me?

"Well, for a moment there, without my help, you'd be plastered to the floor right about now." He said, crossing his arms over his chest and leaning on her locker.

Dammit, why did he have to look so… good?

"That's different!" Sora scowled. "Now, if you don't mind, I want to get to class."

"What's the rush, Sora?" Tai grinned, showing all of his teeth. "Don't you care that I'm single again?"

Ok, this was too much. Sora groaned out loud and tried to restrain herself from yelling at him. She failed.

"Look, I don't care about you, and I'm not attracted to you, I don't need your help and I don't want to see you or you messy broom-shaped hair again!" She couldn't help but stick her tongue out at him.

She watched as her words had no effect on him. He just slid a hand through his hair and laughed. "It's not really broom-shaped, is it?"

Sora clenched her hands, exasperated. Why didn't he just get the hint and leave her alone?

"And besides, you still need my help. And I need yours. Remember our little bargain? The tutoring for the rollerblade help." Tai smile once again, and Sora felt herself give in.

She smiled back, running her hand through her hair, effectively messing it up and (in Tai's opinion) making her look even cuter.

Tai took her bag from her and grabbed hold of her wrist (but not too hard) and tugged at her lightly.

"C'mon, I'll walk you to class."

What else could Sora do, but let him?

"Can you believe that?" A girl cried out. She had been talking for the past 30 minutes, to anyone who would listen to her about the same topic.

"He breaks up with me and, I swear, not half an hour later, he's with her, talking and laughing!" Mimi yelled in frustration.

The only one who would listen by now was her new 'flavour of the week'. If Mimi looked closely, her boyfriend wasn't listening. He had a blank look in his eyes and one could guess that he was sleeping with his eyes open.

Mimi fumed silently. He dared to break up with her… with a text message!

She could not believe him! There was not even an 'it's not you, it's me' or a 'maybe we could be friends'.

Just: It's over. Sorry.

Mimi felt that the 'sorry' was just added as an afterthought. She knew Tai didn't really mean it.

And she was going to confront him about it tomorrow.

I'll be damned if he's with her, She thought, venomously.

Then, scrunching up a piece of paper she picked up randomly from the table, Mimi threw it against the wall and slammed the door behind her while exiting.

Review Responses: Steve-Racer: Yep, looong time. –sheepish smile- sorry about that. I'll try! This update was quicker than others, right:) -.- I don't know why everyone hates Mimi. I mean, she's not the one for Tai, but she's alright. Anyways, thanks and even though it's a bit past Christmas, Merry Christmas to you too! Teenee: Haha, Tai is a cutie! Cuter than Matt, right? XD Thanks for the review! Hasha! Musashibf: Yay! Thanks for reviewing! And that… poem? Drabble? Whatever it is, I hope THIS girl isn't – evil ;) Lol, and um, hope you liked the update! Sorry about the late update! SoratoFan: I… don't understand… are you saying that people who like Mimato are slobs… and they're stupid? O.o I hardly focus on Matt or Mimi so I guess I'm not a slob or stupid! But I am kinda messy… -.-;; lol thanks for reviewing! Sorry about the wait. Marie Darkholme: :3 Thanks so much! Hopefully you liked the update! DarkMetalAngel of Destruction: -.-;; I'm really sorry about that long wait… I think it's probably the longest wait I've made someone wait! Ha, that didn't make sense. Anyway, I hope you can forgive me and thanks sooo much for reviewing and I hope you enjoyed the update! Sorry about the long wait. Digimon-Taiora: It's alright! It's fine! As long as you get that review in! It doesn't matter when XD Thanks so much for reviewing and I'm sorry about having to make you wait for this chapter. Hopefully you enjoyed it!Shiva-dragon: :D Aw, thanks so much! I'm really glad you like this story! Thanks for the kind review and hopefully you enjoyed this chapter? Lol thanks soo, so, so much for the review! Sorry about the long wait. LastRedSeaKin: Oh wow, yourself! I LOVE your Taiora story! XD And it's true, I can't find ANY more Taiora fics that I really like… -pout- I know! How 'bout you write one for me, and I'll write one for you! LOL Anyways, thanks so much for reviewing and I hope you update your Taiora story soon! So, so sorry about the wait for this chapter. SeaBreeze-YamiAnzu: Thanks for the review! I'm sorry about the long wait.INUYASHAREDSTAR: Aw, thanks so much! That was really sweet of you and thanks so much for adding me to your faves :D

I'd like to thank all my reviewers. They have stuck with me even after that horrible long wait they had to endure.

Thanks to all new reviewers, but mostly to the old ones. Thanks so much you guys :D

Hopefully you all enjoyed this chapter! I had fun writing it :D

It looks like I update at four month intervals, doesn't it? Well, I'm really sorry about that. I'm going to try and update this much, much faster.

Hm, in this chap, there seems to be a lot of conversation… hm? I don't know if you guys like that… But I'll try and balance everything.

Anyways, thanks for reading and/or reviewing for the last chap. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope (very sincerely) that you review!