Broken hearts
"Come on!" Sora impatiently waited for the light to turn green as she waited to cross the street.
She fidgeted on her feet and occasionally stood on her toes to peak at the lights through the crowd. Kitty was coincidently on the other side of the crosswalk; also waiting to cross. While on her toes, Sora caught a quick glance of her fiery red hair, but she dismissed it as the light turned green and permitted her and every one else to go on their way.
"Yes, finally." Sora sighed and crossed the street with quick short steps.
Kitty too crossed, but the crowd kept Sora out of view. They went their separate ways.
"I, Matt Ishida, just made out with Sora Takenouchi!" Matt's voice kept ringing in Tai's head as he ran through the crowd of people on the street, frantically searching for Sora.
He swiftly swerved and dodged the moving bodies, occasionally bumping into a person or two, followed by a rushed apology. The street lights turned on, it was getting dark. Tai continued his search until he reached an intercross and spotted Kitty on the other side of the street.
"Sora!" he shouted, cupping his hands over his mouth to make himself sound louder.
"Sora!" he hollered once more while walking in the same direction she was, but on the other side of the street.
Kitty didn't make an effort to acknowledge who was calling her. She was focused on her destination: Ken's house. Tai still followed and decided to cross the street and catch up to her.
"Hey kid, get of the road!" a frantic driver shook his fist out the window, yelling at Tai who scurried away.
"Sorry!" he yelled over his shoulder and not watching where he went, he tripped over a water hydrate.
He hit the floor with a heavy and hurtful thump. At least, he got to the other side! He picked himself up and clutched his stomach where the impact had injured him the most. He clumsily began to walk until the pain was no more and he was running once again.
Kitty continued to walk, ignoring everyone and everything; it was almost as if she had blinders on both sides of her eyes that shielded her from her surroundings and forced her to focus on her destination.
"Sora!" Tai shouted in frustration
"Jeez, is she deaf?" He took a short cut through the park which took him around the corner and conveniently in front of Kitty.
"I've been chasing you for like the last two blocks!" he spoke through heavy breaths as he clutched down and rested his hands on his knees.
He regained his posture and looked at Kitty who stared at him blankly.
"Can I help you with something?" she asked
Tai snorted at narrowed his eyes. "Don't act like you don't know me...I have to talk to you." He stepped closer to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.
Kitty winced at the touch and shrugged his hand away. "I have to go." she turned her heel to leave.
"Sora, wait!" Tai followed
"What do you want?" she asked as she took quick steps; trying to get away from her pursuer.
"Is it true?"
"Is what true?"
"About you and Matt."
"What about us?"
"That you and him..." Tai didn't dare to finish his sentence
Already knowing what he was talking about, Kitty smirked and quirked her head to the side and looked at him. "Yeah, it's true."
Tai felt daggers pierce through his heart. His pace slowed down as if the pain was too much to bear. He felt a knot in his throat that prevented him from speaking correctly. He spoke in a low whisper, barely audible to Kitty's ears. "Why?"
"Because I like him." she replied with a confident air
"Since when?" his pain turned to anger and it gave him courage to speak up
"I've always liked him."
Tai had stopped walking and stared at her departing figure. Kitty noticed that he was no longer following her so she too stopped and turned around to face him.
The sky was now a pool of darkness; night had arrived. Tai stood under a light pole where the light shown down on him as if he were the only one. His head was down which caused his bushy hair to cast a dark shadow over his eyes. Kitty walked towards him.
"What did you expect Tai? You didn't think I liked you did you?" she mocked
"Yes, as a matter of...you know what, forget it." he glared at her and walked away
Stunned by his look, Kitty stood alone, repenting what she had just done. She slowly turned away and kept walking.
Matt found himself running through alleys, taking any short cut possible that would get him to the flower shop and Sora as fast as it can. He clutched the forgotten cell phone in one hand as he grazed the side of a building with the other as he took a sharp turn around a corner. He then collided with a girl and took her fragile body down with him.
"Ow!...watch where you're going!" the girl shouted while struggling to recover her posture from under Matt's sturdy body.
Her voice sounded familiar. Found her!
"Sora!" Matt lifted himself up while positioning each of his hands at Sora's sides, as if trapping her.
"Yes, it's me." she squinted "Can you get off me now?" she looked up at him
They both got up and dusted themselves up, neither of them knowing what to say.
"Uh...oh yeah, you forgot this at my place." Matt handed Sora the phone
Sora examined the foreign object and rejected it. "This isn't mine."
"Yeah, it is, and why was Ken calling you?" Matt handed her the phone once more and spoke to her in a sort of demanding voice
"Ken? What are you talking about?" Sora mused
Matt squinted his eyes and skeptically looked at her. "Aren't you supposed to be at your mom's flower shop?"
"I was on my way when you literately crashed into me." she replied with a hint of annoyance in her voice
"It took a little while; I just came from Tai's place right now."
Matt raised a golden eyebrow. "Why were you there?"
"He needed help with his homework."
"Was he the one who called you? You left my place to go to his?" Matt fired questions at Sora
"What are you talking about? I spent the whole afternoon with Tai."
Matt's jaw dropped, had the kissing meant nothing to her? He grabbed her shoulders and brought her into a passionate kiss. Sora's eyes widened in surprise. She struggled a bit but her fidgeting only made the kiss stronger and deeper; there was no other option but to kiss back.
After a couple of seconds, his lips departed hers. "Do you remember that?" he smirked
Sora was as red as a tomato! She didn't know what to say and her next movement was just as shocking as the kiss.
SLAP!
Her hand made hot contact with Matt's cheek. "How dare you!" she exclaimed
"I thought you liked me." he caressed the sore spot on his face
"I like Tai!" and with that she ran away
"But I thought..." he mumbled
He watched her run until he could see her no more. Noticing he still had the phone, he pocketed it and walked home with silent tears trickiling down his cheeks.
TBC...
