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Tai woke up in the early morning. He noticed that his arm was around her slender waist, as he slept on his side. She was cuddled up beside him. For once, Tai was happy, though he wondered if the others had been looking for him. It was kind of debatable whether he was responsible in his choice making. He decided that he should wake up Mimi, the one he had a crush on for a number of years. First he took his arm off of her waist, and began gently shaking Mimi awake.
Mimi at first yawned abruptly, and attempted to stretch, almost punching Tai in the face. He laughed in a weird way. Mimi, Tai knew, was a fighter, even though she usually tried not to. She was a girl, rather woman that knew how to take care of herself, and was glad of that. Finally after she stretched her sleeping muscles awake, she turned to face Tai, looking at him with very sleepy eyes. She placed her hand on Tai's semi scruffy face. She liked seeing face and always wondered what it had felt like. She was constantly curious of the texture Tai's face had.
Tai smiled as he felt the warmth emitted from the girls hand. He knew for sure that he would marry this girl some day it was only a matter of time. "Good morning!" smiled Mimi, as she gently kissed his lips.
Tai just couldn't help but actually smile. He had never smiled this much in his life, ever. She was indeed special. Unlike anyone else he knew. He quickly examined her face. All of her facial features almost seemed perfect to him. But then as his thoughts almost seemed to get lost, he remembered the rest of the group. "I think we should get up and find the others. I think they might actually be worried." explained Tai, as he explained his piece of mind.
Mimi nodded and sat up. Know it was Tai's turn to stretch and yawn. Mimi giggled at his fashion of waking up in the morning. She though it was cute. Tai blushed suddenly. He almost didn't know how to react to her intimate laugh. Tai then finally got up to his feet, offering Mimi a hand to help her up. As Tai did so, and Mimi accepted his efforts to be a 'gentleman', he noticed that she was in fact not as petite as he thought she was.
As Tai helped her up, she stammered in towards his chest and looked in his eyes. She almost got lost in his brown, beautiful eyes, as did he. They both seemed to be caught in a trance that was almost impossible to break. Finally Mimi was the first to end the moment. "We should probably go, Tai. I think you're right. They've probably been wondering where we were." added Mimi, as she planted a kiss on his cheek.
She finally Tai nodded and smiled. They both began to walk towards the direction where the rest had been. They held each others hand, comforting each other from the harms of the Digital world. They wondered in fact if really there were any dangers at all. Then, Tai had an idea. He started to run, as Mimi realized what he was doing. They both began to run at a much faster pace then what they had started in. The past by skinny alder-like trees and finally made it the site where the rest were located. Tents and sleeping bags were filled with people still sleeping, and some actually up.
Tai noticed that Yamato was indeed up, probably keeping an eye on the fire. "Where were you two last night?" as ked a cool and calm Matt, as he began to smirk.
Tai almost grew depressed at the question asked and then he decided walk off again. Mimi was aghast at the question. Even though she knew that he didn't know, she knew it hurt Tai a lot. "Matt, as of lately, everyone has been ignoring him. He doesn't need to be put down again. Please don't upset him." begged Mimi, as she gave Matt a vicious stare.
Matt then looked back down at the fire trying to keep its existence in the perimeter. Mimi walked off to the very direction where Tai had walked off in. Mimi caught a glimpse of the solemn figure. "Tai, Matt didn't mean to offend you like that… Tai wait up!" yelled Mimi, as she began running towards the wandering figure.
Tai turned around to see an approaching figure. He knew it was Mimi. Who else would it be? Matt surely woudn't get off his ass to do something like this, as well as anyone else. He stopped and waited for her arrival. Mimi finally made it to him, and looked into his big, hazy brown as she tried to comfort him. "Tai, they don't know what is going with you. You don't tell anyone anything. They're the ones that think you're the one that is ditching them all the time. Tai, there is a time where you do have to tell people how you feel. If you can't them, you can tell me, so I can at least warn them of mistakes not make when you're around." explained Mimi, as she held both of Tai's hands.
Tai felt like he was being immature at some points. Like what Mimi had said. But he did have reasons though. His old dad had threatened to viciously beat him when he wasn't spoken to. That's one reason why he was constantly quiet. Plus he always felt like he shouldn't give people his opinion on things. He felt that his opinion wasn't as equal or the same as everyone else's.
Tai then motioned Mimi to come and sit on a rock, as he explained some of these things to her. She fully understood where and what he was coming from.
"Tai! Your different now. He's gone! You have to let the past go… Don't dwell on it, because it only dwells on you. It only makes you weaker, because you let it take you over. Don't fall victim to your past. You're stronger then this Tai! And I know this! Trust me, you weren't the group leader because he had choose you to be. Your naturally a leader. I love you Tai, and I'll always be here for you and you only!" added Mimi, as she embraced Tai in a hug, as the both cried unto each other for several minutes, later returning back to the camp sites.