Yeah...I'm baaack finally I updated, sorry about that I was stuck in writer's block for two whole weeks. About the digimon being in this fic well...I sort of thought that if I didn't put them in it would change the flow of the story and besides I need motivation on Sora's part (that's a secret you'll just have to find out.) so the digimon are in but they'll only be shown for only a few chapters, 5 at most so you don't have to worry about them too much. Okay enough babling let's just get it on.
Disclaimer: I do not own digimon, I swear...do we have to do this every single chapter?
Chapter 7: Operation PINK
Matt couldn't believe his eyes when he peeked through 'his' bag of underwear. All kinds of questions popped inside his head, like 'how,' 'why,' and 'when' did he had that bag. Tai was equally shocked, nothing weird like this has ever happened to him before, maybe except the whole digital world thing, but lingerie in Matt's shopping bag? Now that's weird. Tai couldn't contain his laughter that he had to seal his mouth shut with one hand and clutch his stomach with the other. Matt saw his best friend struggling not to laugh and glared at him.
"If I hear one girly giggle from you, you're dead." Tai snapped out laughing his bottom off.
"But…I…can't…help it man." Tai tried to speak between laughs.
Matt was fuming when the inevitable question pops out from Tai.
"Who do you think those belong to? Did you do something with some girl while I'm not looking?" Tai teased still trying to suppress his laugh.
"Dude I'm not like you, you know."
"What's that supposed to mean? Anyway who do you think those belong to?" Tai pointed the 'bag' out.
"I have no idea…wait." Matt went into his 'thinking' pose with his hand rubbing his chin, and then it dawned to him.
FLASHBACK
"Whew that was a long line; I guess Japan hasn't lost it taste for shopping." She said while rearranging her hair.
"Yeah, so umm where to next? If I know you we are not halfway done and considering you have to buy a whole wardrobe." Sora giggled.
"I guess I'm going to look for tops and jeans probably some skirts too." Mimi said excitedly.
Matt just signed 'She has never changed' then he picked up 'his' bag and said "Hey Tai I think we should just leave the ladies to their shopping and catch a movie."
END OF FLASHBACK
"Tai...we have a problem." Matt said while looking off to the distance.
"What?"
"I know who those belong to."
"Who?"
"Dude are you really that dense?" Matt said getting a little annoyed of his best friend.
"No I'm just playing with you, so whose is it? Spill."
"I think it's the princess' underwear." Matt said while rubbing his temples.
"Mimi's? But how did you guys switch? And where?"
"You know that store where we bought everything?"
"Yes?"
"Ever wondered why the girls were there too?"
Tai nodded his head and remembered his conversation with Sora just outside of that store. Everything made sense, from Matt and Mimi having identical bags to the switch, since both Matt and Mimi placed their bags in front of them while they're having their conversation.
"So, there is nothing to be worried about, let's just look for the girls and switch the bags back." Tai proposed.
"Are you crazy! Both of them will kill us if they find out that WE actually looked inside her bag! Oh and did you forget that Mimi and I are not exactly in the best terms right now. If I know Mimi she will kill me if she finds out and I believe that if Sora would side with anyone she would side with Mimi, leaving you open for an attack." A frustrated Matt scratched the back of his neck.
Tai had to, once again, think of something to save their assess from, now, both Phoenixmon and Rosemon.
"I think I know what to do." Tai announced.
"I'm listening."
"Matt, listen, we need to sneak to them and switch the bags without them knowing."
"And how are we going to do that?" Matt said expectedly.
"Just follow my lead."
"Whatever you say, man." Matt said. (That is soo OOC huh?)
Tai and Matt went to look for the girls, who might be somewhere in one of the thousands of chick shops at that mall. After half an hour of walking and trying to get away from fans that figured out it was them, they finally saw the girls waiting for an elevator to open.
"Okay plan A in session." Tai announced.
"Plan A? What plan A?"
Tai signed then explained, "Listen, my plan is to basically snatch the bag from the girls and run with it. When they try to follow us we just drop the bag we have right now and hopefully they wouldn't notice that it was us."
"With your hair! Yeah…we won't be noticed alright."
"Fine cover for me then."
Matt just shrugged then replied, "Let's just get this over with."
The two guys were hiding behind the fountain in the middle of the mall lobby. They were getting ready for he chase, when they heard an oh-so-familiar voice calling to their query.
"Hey Sora!" Zoe yelled. She was standing next to the fountain where Matt and Tai were hiding.
Tai and Matt ducked down just in the time before the girls turned around towards them.
"Darn it! That was close!" Matt exclaimed.
As Zoe walked to greet Sora and Mimi, who she was just getting introduced to, the elevator doors opened, that's when the guys decided to go for it because they know that the girls would be distracted and all they have to do is grab the bag that Mimi is holding and drop the bag that they have then run towards the hallway behind the girls and they are home free.
The guys ran as fast as they could so that the girls wouldn't know who get them. But apparently they forgot a factor in the equation…shoes don't go well with wet floors. When they realized their error…it was too late.
"What the heeeeeellllll…" was the only words they got to say until, "…THUD." They shot pass behind the chatting girls and crashed straight to the back of the elevator.
Fortunately the elevator doors quickly shut close. Matt and Tai were tangled with each other and the rope that was from the CAUTION SIGN.
"Ow…that went well." Matt groaned while trying the make sure his head was still intact.
Tai opened his eyes and right in front of them was large yellow sign that says "CAUTION WET FLOOR."
"Damn it!" Tai groaned, "The floor was wet."
"You think!" Matt retorted, "...you idiot!"
Outside, the girls were looking at each other after Zoe left. They heard the shrieking and the thud with the elevator and was puzzled of what happened. Then Sora talked...
"I could've sworn that I heard Tai's voice 2 minutes ago."
Mimi just shrugged and said, "It's just your imagination, c'mon let's go to that arcade you were talking about, I need to cool off some steam and take some sort of break as well for a while." Even though she could've sworn that she saw a blonde guy slipping towards the elevator.
The Guys
After plan A's fiasco, Tai and Matt decided to take a break for a while since both their backs hurt. Tai went and read the directory of the new mall to look for a bar or somewhere to get a drink, since they got dropped off by the elevator on one of the very top floors and they don't know where the hell they were. Tai finally saw a bar that was at the very bottom of the mall, almost like at the basement. The 'Red Flame bar and grill' was located just across the arcade 'Tilt' and Tai thought they could cool off in the arcade while trying to think of a plan to get the bag switched. He turned around and saw Matt still rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yo dude, let's take a break for a while. I found this bar at the very bottom of the mall and it's right across from the arcade too, let's hang around there for a while and think of plan B."
"Sure man, let's go." Matt replied. They both jumped back to the elevator and pressed down.
They made their way towards the bar with Matt still carrying the acursed bag. They are both trying to be cautious now 'cause they got busted a couple of times before by fans and if they get discovered here they might not get home alive.
"I think that this is not a very good idea Tai, I mean there are hell a lot people here, juat one slip of our names and we'll end up as fan bait."
"Then try to keep low profile." Tai replied.
"I can keep low profile, you're the one with the big hair and the one wearing a soccer jersey." Matt retorted.
Tai looked down at what he's wearing, sure enough he was wearing his soccer jersey from last year with a clearly written 'Kamiya 01" on the back. He scratched his head and grinned, "Whoops."
Matt just slapped his forehead but when he looked up again he saw the girls in the arcade and Mimi was still carrying 'his' bag. He grabbed Tai and pointed towards the girls.
"They're here dude and they still have MY bag!"
"I can see that they are here, Matt, very well without you shoving my face inside the arcade." Tai said after almost having his face squashed on the glass door of the arcade.
As soon as Tai saw that the girls were getting tokens, he started thinking of a plan to get the target (the bag). He noted that since the arcade is teeming with people and is dark inside, getting the bag would be alot easier this time around.
The Girls
Sora and Mimi are, of course, in the arcade, unaware that they are being followed and monitored by there close friends. Fortunately for the guys though, Mimi was a typical, doesn't-care-about-what-I-had-bought-as-long-as-they're-mine kinda girl to even think about looking inside the bag she's carrying or else things would get a lot more worse.
Looking around the arcade, Sora was actually amazed on what people can do with video games nowadays and was kinda excited to play them since she didn't have time the last few months because of the Wimbledon championships was on her mind. (AN: By the way Venus won the championships this year...yeah!).
After she got some tokens from the machine, Mimi went on her way towards Sora, who was waiting for her in the middle of the arcade.
"Here Sor, let's start playing, they have a lot of new games that I have never seen before in the U.S. Who am I kidding? This Japan for crying out..." Mimi went on babbling as Sora dragged her further in the arcade.
"Hey Meems, you feel competitive right now? 'Cause if you are I'm challenging you to a match in DDR." Sora asked with confidence.
"Are you kidding me? I'm in, though I haven't played it for a long while now." Mimi accepted.
"Ok let's start with a warm up, is moderate good for you?"
"Sure." Mimi replied as she placed 'her' bag in front of the dancing pads and stepped on the 2nd player pad.
The Guys
Tai and Matt kept low profile in the arcade, having people stare at them for a while because they were wearing sunglasses in the dark arcade. Matt noticed this and took his off.
"Tai let's take the glasses off, they are attracting more people to us rather than the other way around." Tai acknowledged his friend's proposal and took his glasses off, still not taking his eyes off their query. He noticed that the girls took their glasses off too and are starting to play Dance Dance Revolution, he also noticed that Mimi dropped the bag in front of them.
'That's going to be hard to get...unless.' he thought.
"So now what, Tai?" Matt asked. After a few seconds he noticed that Tai is heading towards the girls without even hiding himself, Matt panicked since he doesn't know what Tai was thinking and ran towards him.
"What the hell are you thinking!" Matt hissed then turned Tai around to face him.
"Don't worry leave everything to me, I'll handle Sora you get the bag from Mimi." That was all Tai said.
Tai continued his way towards the girls, who was still playing. Clearly Sora was winning, Tai could only smile at the thought that they used to play the older versions of the same game all the time during their college years.
'I guess she hasn't lost her touch yet, let's see about that.' Tai inwardly chuckled to himself.
Before he actually reached the girls he turned to Matt and said, "plan B, in session"
Matt can only guess what his best friend has in mind, 'He's going to distract Sora with the game...leaving me to deal with the princess...damn him.' he thought.
Just a few steps away from them Sora and Mimi's game just ended with Sora as the victor, Tai took this as a cue and called out to them.
"Hey girls! That's really unfair Sor you should've gotten easy on Meems, you're practically a pro in that game." Tai called out using their nicknames so that the crowd would not turn to them.
"A pro huh? Not as pro as you were Tai, you practically slept on the dance pad when we were still playing the game." Sora retorted.
"Oh hi Tai, what a coincidence to meet you guys here since the mall is practically the size of Rhode Island." Mimi greeted.
"Oh not really, we couldn't find anything to do so we decided to go here and since we spotted the two of you we decided to join you." Matt answered quickly since he thinks that Mimi is getting suspicious, which she was not.
"Yeah...what he said, so Sora are up to a challenge?" Tai smirked knowing that Sora wouldn't back out.
"Hell yeah, but this time you're going down!" Sora obviously accepted, "Hey Meems you don't mind do you? I just need to settle something once and for all."
"No I don't mind at all Sor, just kick his ass!" Mimi smiled.
"You really think you could beat me! C'mon I dare ya!" Tai proudly said.
"Dare accepted but warm up first I don't want you whining that you haven't got a chance to warm up after I win."
"Are you sure about that? I'm giving you an advantage but you just had to back down...well it's you're loss." Tai smirked.
Tai and Sora both warmed up with a moderate 'Max 2000' to have their blood running.
(AN: I'm not really sure about the songs in DDR but a friend of mine suggested that I should use this particular song, so I'm using it)
Mimi has her eyes glued on the screen and she thought that Sora was really going easy on her since the song that they danced to earlier was way slower than this one.
'She was missing those steps on purpose earlier. That song was slower compared to this and she isn't even missing a single step' Mimi thought in awe.
The dancing pair finished their 'warm up' with both perfect scores. People in the arcade are beginning to crowd around them to watch Tai and Sora face off. Matt wasn't paying much attention though, he had seen this mock battles a thousand times before so he was just focusing his attention to where the bag Mimi was carrying went.
"Okay enough playing Sor, let's get on with it." Tai said as he turned the setting to hard.
"Sure thing." Sora smirked.
Matt was still busy looking around for the bag until he noticed that his best friend and girl friend has started the dance in the hard setting. While looking for the bag he saw that more people were beginning to crowd around them again and thought, 'Tai...you dumbass if we get busted here these people will trample on us to death.'
Finally he saw the bag, it was beside Mimi's right leg, who was standing right beside him.
'Alright I found the bag but how to get it...damn these people.' Matt cursed to himself.
Since they were surrounded he can't just go around Mimi and switch the bags, he'll have to reach towards it and that's what he's going to do, 'I'll get that bag, even if it's the last thing I do.' Fortunately for him, Mimi has given her full attention to game and didn't even notice Matt standing right beside her, who trying with all his might to reach the bag on her other side.
Matt already has his hand well behind her and hasn't touched her...yet, he has his hand well below her back and thought that things are going according to plan.
Unknown to Matt, Tai and Sora's 'game' was reaching it's climax and the two dancers decided to impress the crowd. Tai used his hands for some parts of the steps making him look like he was doing some sort of street dance, while Sora did some moves that hard to describe which involves intricate turns. This moves, of course, amazed the people making them go closer towards the dancers. With Matt's hand just behind Mimi's...well behind...you know what happens next.
"MOTHER F-...who the hell groped me in the ass!" Shouted the fuming Mimi.
Matt realized his mistake the second his hand touched Mimi's err ass and retracted it towards his pocket then act as innocently as possible, he even consoled her. Fortunately for him the place was dark or else everyone would see his VERY RED complexion.
(AN: ooooh perverted Matt lol)
Tai and Sora's game ended with a draw since both of them got distracted when Mimi shouted.
"Meems be quiet! If we get caught here we'll ended worrying more than your ass...for example the hospital bills." Matt hissed.
"Don't you get it doofus somebody groped me!" Mimi hissed back.
"But Meems there are a lot of people here and maybe somebody touched you without even knowing it." Matt partly lied.
Mimi calmed down a bit and ironically moved closer to Matt.
Tai noticed that Matt hasn't gotten the bag yet and that Sora was on her way to Mimi's side, he acted as quickly as posible and called out, "Hey Sor that was a draw, let's have a rematch we both got distracted back there and I believe that everything alright now."
Sora was about to declined but the people shouted 'Encore' and 'Rematch' over and over again that she can't refused. She turned back to Tai and said, "Sure but this time let's go to the extreme."
"Sure milady...if you can keep up" Tai made a mock bow while Sora took her place back on the dancing pad.
Matt couldn't believe what he heard, 'Damn you Tai...I almost got caught there and you're still going through with the plan!' He almost decided to give up for now and wait for another opportunity but Tai shot him a you-better-get-that-bag look. Matt just hung his head in defeat, 'Here I go again.'
The dance started again using the same song 'Max 2000' but in the extreme level. The song was still on it's intro but the steps are already complicated. Tai and Sora matched the song with exactly the same moves and they're doing it at the same time. People stood there in awe of what they were watching, except for Matt, who was trying to figure out how to get the damned bag.
Mimi was amazed on what her friends can do and wondered if they had played the game for a long time, she didn't want to ask Matt but curiosity was killing her so she asked, "Hey Matt, do they play this game alot?"
Matt was startled at first 'cause he was still busy figuring things out but got back to his composure quickly and answered, "Yeah they practically owned them in the arcade near our campus during college, they never got tired of that game."
Mimi chuckled, " You may have the looks Matt but Tai has the moves."
"What's that supposed to mean?" He replied sarcastically.
Mimi was about to give a retort when suddenly the two dancers started doing all kinds of stuff during the dance but still following each others moves. Their points were practically the same although Tai was on the lead by a few hundred points.
"Oh they're doing 'that' again." That was Matt's only reaction.
"What do you mean 'that'?" Mimi asked.
"Just watch, it's something that they invented a few years ago. It was for a different song but I guess they are adapting it to fit this one." Matt explained.
Tai and Sora continue to match each others' moves then unexpectly during a slight pause in the steps, Tai grabbed the rail behind him and lifted his feet up towards the screen. Sora reacted quickly to Tai's movements, knowing that this is the part they switch pads and made her way under him towards the the other dancing pad. Tai landed to the Sora's former pad with both his feet on the right and down button, his back towards the screen.
Sora on the other hand was, of course, on the same position as Tai but she is facing the screen, after a fourth of a second of standing still they continued with Tai doing a back flip to get his feet to the left and up button. Sora just hopped to the buttons then continued to dance, her's and Tai's movements identical.
Since they are keeping scores they had to go back to there original platforms, so sensing another good pause in the steps Tai did another backflip from the left and down button of Sora's pad to the right and down buttons of his original 1st player pad while Sora did the same thing Tai earlier in the first switch at the exact time Tai did the back flip. Tai landed on the buttons with his hands and his feet up in the air, after a pause in the music he landed on the other two buttons with his feet. After this exhibition the two continued the dance with identical moves.
The crowd applauded as the two dancers picked up their pace for the fastest part of the dance.
Meanwhile, Matt was still looking for a way to get the bag then he thought of going down on all fours and try to get the bag that way. At least he doesn't risk himself accidentally gropping Mimi again.
Mimi was still transfixed on her friends to pay much attention to her companion, who she thought was also watching. Matt on the otherhand was there on all fours trying not to bump on Mimi's legs, which was sensitive of course since she was only wearing a skirt.
(AN: I'm so evil to Matt huh...lol)
Matt took a deep breath of relief when he got his hands on the acursed bag. All he has to do now was pull it toward him and leave the one he was carrying then pretend that nothing happened. Of course Mimi won't be that forgiving because as Matt was pulling the bag carefully towards him, Mimi unconciously stepped backwards not only startling Matt but also stepping on his hand. (imagine you're bare hand getting stepped on by 4in. platforms).
Matt wanted to scream right then and there because of the tremendous pain but he knew better. The only thing he can do now was punch the ground to forget about the pain and hope that Mimi would both not notice that she stepped on him and step off him before his fingers break.
Tai noticed Matt on all fours while he was dancing, causing him to loose concentration and making him miss a few steps. He tried to keep his focus on the game but when he saw that Matt's not moving from where he was and punching the ground, he tried to look closer. He realized that Mimi stepped on Matt's hand and began to try and keep his laughter to himself and continue the dance at the same time, not an easy task. Good thing for Tai, Sora was so into the game that she didn't notice he was missing steps. Tai coudn't hold the laughter anymore and started laughing his head off while dancing. He was still able to keep up with song but he was losing points.
Sora just took the laughter as a sign that Tai was enjoying the game but in her mind she was set on beating him.
'Ow, ow, ow... argh step off my hand already! Damn brat!' Matt cursed to himself. Luckily Mimi didn't notice that she stepped on someone and she did stepped off his hand when Tai and Sora finished the game with Sora as the victor by a few hundred points.
"I...beat...ya...Kamiya." Sora said while trying to catch her breath. Her hands on her knees.
Tai tried his best to stop laughing and faced Sora placing his right hand on her left shoulder then resting his forehead on hers, "That...was just...fluke..Takenouchi." he said while he too was catching his breath.
"Yeah right! I beat you fair and square just admit you lost!" Sora laughed while playfully punching him on the arm, still oblivious to the guys' plans.
Tai looked at her in the eye and said, "Fine I admit I lost but remember Sor I will reclaim my title." He smiled that famous Kamiya smile.
'Those eyes again...' was the thoughts that was running inside Sora's head. She couldn't answer right away when those warm eyes gazed at her, 'Whats up with those eyes...there is something about them, I just couldn't grasp.'
Tai noticed that Sora was staring at him straight in the eye and was not answering against his threat so he decided to ask, "Sor, you okay?"
Sora was snapped back to reality and answered, "Yeah let's get something to drink, I'm thirsty."
Tai smiled once again and turned when he heard Mimi screamed...
"Tai! Sora, you guys were awesome!" Mimi grabbed 'the' bag then ran towards her friends and hugging them leaving Matt there, who was still trying to get his hand to move.
"Thanks Meems, hey why don't you go with Sora, she wants something to drink while I talk to Matt over here." Tai said then made his way towards his best friend.
Tai was standing right front of Matt when turned around to see if the girls were still there, who weren't anymore, and started to laugh.
"Oh...my...God...dude...nice feat ...you did there." He said between laughs.
Matt wasn't very happy about the whole thing and knew that Tai wouldn't be too when he asks...
"So...you did it? Did you get the bag?"
Matt's only reply was, "No."
"What! You mean I lost to Sora for nothing!"
"You try and have your hand stepped on by a woman wearing 4 in. platforms." Matt replied in a COLD way.
Tai undestood that Matt was pissed now and held his hand in defeat, "Ok ok...sorry let's try another way."
"Another way! There can't be another way, let them know about switch for all I care!." Matt yelled.
"But dude if they found about this then Mimi would figure out that it was YOU who groped her on the ass and that won't be any more painless than that fiasco." Tai explain in a matter-of-fact way.
Matt's eyes went wide, "You saw that!"
"Yeah...your hand was pretty quick to hide too. Are you sure you haven't done that before?" Tai teased.
"What are you talking about? Of course I haven't done that before." Matt said trying to look innocent.
Tai just rolled his eyes and said, "Riiiiiight."
"But I didn't!" Matt retorted defensively.
"Uh huh...and Kari is not my sister. Enough of this let's get that freaking bag back."
As the guys were still arguing, the girls made their way towards a pretty nice restaurant. Sora said that after that exercise she was starving and considering she didn't have any breakfast too she wanted a hearty meal. Mimi just followed her inside, they sat down on a four sitter table, knowing that the guys would show up and eat with them since they are not really far from the arcade.
Meanwhile, Tai started thinking on how to get the bag back again. This whole thing was starting to frustrate him but it was fun. Matt on otherhand just...well followed him, not knowing what else to do. He was starting to get tired of this 'operation', if it was up to him would just give the damned bag back to the girls and get this over with. Matt was so into his thinking that he didn't notice the wire of a machine that the maintenance guys use to clean the hallways. And well you know what happens when those maintenance guys pull on those machines...
"Whaaaa!" Matt's foot got on the wiring and tripped while throwing the bag he was carrying upwards. If tripping wasn't bad enough the contents of the bag were flying every where, Matt has only one thing on his mind, 'The princess is going to kill me!'
Tai turned around when he heard Matt yell, only to be hit by a pink bra on the face and getting it stuck on his hair. He saw various panties lying around the floor. Tai also noticed that there are a lot of people flocking towards them and certain flash across the hallway. He heard Matt groaned from the floor and helped him up. Matt turned his attention to the people around them who have what-are-guys-doing-with-ligierie looks. Matt laughed nervously as he and Tai picked the underwear with haste put it back in the bag and then they stormed off.
"I swear today is really not my day." Matt said while walking as fast as possible away from the people. Fortunately they weren't discovered by fans or they would be dead by now.
"Same here, we really need to find the girls and give the freaking bag back to them...without getting caught of course."
"How can you even think about your 'plans' after all that! Let's just give it to them, I don't want anymore trouble." Matt protested.
"But my friend, what do you want? Giving the bag back to girls who I'm very sure wouldn't be very happy and would clobber us OR we find a way to give it to them unnoticed and we walk away like nothing happened." Tai asked.
"You're really having fun with all of this, aren't you?" Matt signed, "Fine but YOU must do the dirty work the next time."
"Fine." Tai answered then started looking for the girls. He spotted them inside the restaurant chatting, he then smirked.
"C'mon Matt they're there let's go."
"Huh? Where?"
"Just follow me."
They ran inside and then Tai told Matt about the plan.
"So okay I'll use my charms and distract the girls long enough so you could get the bag. When I call out to you try and get under the table that way they wont see you."
"What! I thought I told you that it's going to be YOU that does all the dirty work!" Matt once again prostested.
"But Matt I am going to do the dirty work besides I'm the one who doesn't have any beef against one of them." Tai pointed out the obvious, "Mimi won't let you near her sooo I'm the one who's going to be talking to them, if you ask me you have the easy end knowing Sora and Mimi."
Matt growled but went with the plan any way.
Tai walked up towards the girls, "Hey girls, what's up?"
At this time Matt was hiding behind of the adjacent tables and when he heard Tai greeting the girls he took that it was his cue to move. He hastily but carefully crawled under there table and saw the bag near Mimi's leg near the wall.
Tai saw the table cloth move and knew that Matt was already under the table. Sora noticed Tai looking downwards and wondered, "Tai is there something wrong?"
Tai got startled but got his composure back, "Nah, it's nothing."
He sat down besides Mimi for certain reasons. Matt who was now under the chair was struggling to move without bumping on either girl's leg. Tai crossed his leg and bumped Matt, Matt turned and saw that there was a note on Tai's shoe that read ' you better hurry up and be careful I'm the one who's in their full view right now.' He grunted and tried to reach the bag but it was still a ways from him so he decided to move closer.
Tai has had placed his order and started nervously chatting with the girls, who had already started eataing their salads. Mimi caught the nervousness of his voice,
"Tai are you sure you're okay? You're kinda giddy."
"Yeah I'm okay, I'm just happy is all." he made and excuse.
"Happy?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, it is wrong for me to be happy seeing one of my friends again?"
"No but it's kinda suspicious, you've not been acting normal since Mimi arrived."
"I told you I was just glad that she's here." Tai laughed nervously while scratching the back of his head.
'He's happy that I'm here?' Mimi thought.
Tai has something in his mind as well, 'Matt better hurry up...please. They're getting suspicious.'
Sora just lifted her brow and said, "Whatever you say Tai."
'That's weird, him and Mimi were never really close so what's up with the 'happy that's she's here'?' she thought.
Under the table, Matt has some problems. The girls started to cross their legs, giving Matt a hard time dodging them. 'Argh damn legs and what's Tai talking about up there.' He almost has the bag but Mimi's leg was in his way, seeing that he was trapped there for a moment he just waited when they move their legs again and listened to what they were talking about.
The three were busy eating, in Tai's case drinking. He just ordered a glass of rootbeer while the girls were munching at there salads.
"I was just wondering...where's Mr. Air Head?" Mimi asked breaking the silence.
"Yeah now that you mentioned it, where is he?" Sora added.
Tai panicked, he didn't know that Mimi would asked him that since she really hated the guy. "Umm...he's...somewhere, we got separated when we were walking on our way here. He said that he needs to get something. Maybe he's on his way here."
"Oh, great we should just wait for him here then we can go home." Sora said.
Matt who was listening to the whole thing cursed, 'Damn you Tai now I'm practically stuck here until they find out.'
Tai too, cursed inwardly, 'Damn it, me and my big mouth.'
"Tai you're sweating, are you really alright?" Mimi asked concerned.
"Ye...yeah I'm alright."
'She's concerned about him and he is not the one under the table on all fours.' Matt rolled his eyes.
After a few more minutes, Sora excused herself to go the restroom. Tai slightly kicked Matt signaling him to make a move already. Matt let out an annoyed grunt and he made his move, he went around Mimi's feet, which are now casually on the ground and grabbed the bag. He finally his bag back! He then took the bag that he was carrying and place it where his was and started making his out.
While all of that was happening Tai and Mimi just sat there in silence, Tai waiting for Matt's telltale signal that he finally has the bag and Mimi waiting for Sora to comeback. Tai was starting to get restless and started fidgetting his finger on the table. Mimi on the other hand senses Tai's uncorfortable state and decides to start a conversation.
"Hey Tai, do you have any news on the digital world?"
"No, nothing for a while but I did heard that there's a gate in Shinjuku that is protected by both the Digital Sovereigns and some company called Hypnos. Tk said that even the government doesn't know about the gate and that no one couldn't get through it without consent from Gennai or the Sovereigns. I bet it's really heavily guarded so I'm not worried about some psycho getting inside the digital world.
"I see...I was actually looking forward on seeing the digimon again. I know that it's been almost 10 years but they have been part of our lives already." Mimi said her eyes glued on the plate in front of her.
"I know what you mean but at least we know they're safe, right?" Tai answered. Mimi turned toward him and smiled.
The two kept talking like that for a few more minutes, then something grabbed Tai's ankle. Tai already forgot about Matt being under the table and thus he got startled and accidentally kicked Matt...on the forbidden area...hard. The table rocked when Matt curled up in pain, Mimi was shocked when the table moved and the fact that she felt someone touched her leg. She...shreiked, Tai panicked and did the only thing he can do to shut her up, he pulled her face towards him and kissed her.
Matt was still there wincing, he wanted to scream and beat the crap out Tai but he's so close on accomplishing his mission so he just muster all the strenght he has at the moment and wandled out of the restaurant with people looking at him.
(AN: I just had to do that lol)
Sora chose the exact same moment to come out of the rest room and saw Tai kissing Mimi. She didn't know how she react, so she just stood there with her jaw hanging wide open.
Mimi was a different story, first she freaked out when the table move and the next thing knew was Tai kissing her. It all happened so fast that she didn't have time to react. She didn't even know if she should kiss him back.
After Tai saw Matt wadling out the restaurant he immediately let Mimi go. He then stood up, blushing furiously, then mouthed 'sorry' to her and ran off. Mimi was still in a daze to even talk.
Tai ran after Matt and found him in one corner still curled up in pain, that's when he understood why he was walking like that.
Matt noticed him standing there and cursed and him, "You bastard, do you have to kick that hard?"
"Hey I forgot you still under there so when you grabbed my ankle I got startled, sorry dude."
"If I don't have kids in future I'm blaming it on you...damn...that smarts." Matt whimpered.
"At least you got the bag, right?"
"I don't even think that this bag is worth everything we did."
Tai helped Matt stand up and said, "C'mon it was fun while it lasted."
"You know you don't have to kick me on the nuts just to kiss Mimi." Matt teased.
"Hey I only did that so you could get away." Tai said defensively but he was blushing.
"Yeah, yeah whatever you say. So I guess mission accomplished?"
"Yeah mission accomplished." Tai gave Matt a high five and walked off.
'But why am I feeling that that kiss wasn't the end of it?' he thought.
Back to the girls
"What happened!" Sora asked her best friend when Tai left.
"I don't know, first the table moved then he just kissed me." Mimi replied, blushing.
"The table moved?" Sora asked, trying to avoid the latter part.
"Yeah, he sort of freaked out then the table just...bounced."
"That's weird then he just kissed you?"
"Yeah, it was really out the blue, then after that he just went storming out of the restaurant."
"Yeah I saw him practically running out, so you ok?" Sora asked concerned.
"I could be asking you the same thing." Mimi smirked.
"What do you mean?"
Mimi rolled her eyes and said, "There was a tinged of jealousy coming from you a while ago, I can feel it."
"No there isn't, so are we going to continue our shopping?" Sora asked changing the subject.
"Nice try Sor, I wouldn't usually let you get away like that but yes let's get my shopping finished." Mimi said then started walking outside the restaurant, oblivious about the bag switch.
Sora just stood there dumbfounded, then the sight of Tai kissing Mimi flashed again in her mind, 'What was that? Am..am I jealous?'
Her train of thought was broken when Mimi called out to her, "Hey c'mon Sora we still have a lot to buy!"
"Yeah I'll be right there." She yelled back then she started jogging towards her friend.
Okay that's it for now. I have some annoucements to make first and foremost after this chapter this story's theme would be more serious and goes with writing style. There won't be alot of humor in it any more but there will still the sarcastic remarks and stuff.
Second, this concerns the next chapter what do you want to happen?
A. They get caught by the girls about the whole switch or
B. Let them get away with it unscathed and I will go on the story faster.
Your choice and this I promise that I will acknowledge your votes, until the next chapter. Ja ne!
Oh and make sure you guys review.