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"Ring ring." Tai quickly ran into the living room and picked up the phone.

"Hello?" He sniffed, he was still crying.

"Tai? What's wrong?" It was Yamato. Tai managed a small smile because of Matt's voice.

"I just miss you Yama." Yama was Tai's nickname for Matt.

"Well, don't worry. I'll be home in a week. We're heading to NYC tomorrow morning, okay?"

"Okay," Tai whispered softly Matt barely heard.

"Oh, Tai," Matt sighed, "I miss you too, but I'm making us money, and I'm sure you'll be fine alone for only one more week. You still have Meeko, right?"

"Uh-uh," Tai nodded. He did still have his cat even if he was never around except at meal times.

Matt had been so nice about Meeko. Even though he hated cats, he had let Tai keep her because it was all the family Tai had left. Tai's mom died when he was three and his dad had recently gone to jail for drunk driving, the same accident which had cost Kari (Tai's sister) her life. Tai was okay though, the only one he had truly loved and that had been nice to him was his mom and he barely remembered her.

"Don't worry Tai. I'll call you when we get to New York tomorrow, ok?"

"K. Thanks Yama."

"Bye beautiful."

Tai blushed before responding, "Bye."

He hung the phone up slowly and sighed deeply. There was another long week ahead of him. At least Matt's band was so good. It had been his dream for so long to be this successful. And then Tai realized Matt was doing everything. He was making the money, cooking, and paying the bills and rent for their apartment.

"I should get a job," Tai said to himself. He reached for his jacket, where he had left it the previous night, slipped it on, and set outside.

He first went to the nearest newsstand and bought a paper and a bagel. He sat down on a nearby bench and quickly turned to the classifieds. Even though he was done with college he still had no idea what he wanted to do. He scanned his eyes down the page.

Tax Accountant

No, he sucked at math.

Tutor

No, didn't have the patience to work with teenagers.

Army

No, he could never leave Yamato.

Pilot

No, could barely drive a car.

Desk Clerk for Producer

Oh, maybe, he read on.

Needs to schedule appointments for tryouts/ideas.

Tai smiled to himself. This sounded perfect! There were many agencies in Tokyo. Who knows, maybe it was someone famous. He quickly stuffed the rest of the bagel into his mouth and got up. He walked to the address mentioned and went into the office.

"Do you have an appointment?" asked a girl about his age, with the fakest smile he'd ever seen.

"No," he said and held up the paper, "I just was wondering if…"

"Yeah," she interrupted, "Sorry, I already got that job," she flashed him a triumphant smile.

"Oh, thanks," Tai politely replied as he stepped out the door, even though he felt like punching her in the face causing her to lose some of those perfect teeth.

He started to keep scanning the classifieds as he walked down the sidewalk. Each thing seemed wrong for him, it made him fell dumb.

Model

"I guess I could try out," he thought to himself.

Tryouts At 12:00 (NOON) Today!

He checked his watch, 11:00, he could make it. he smiled and headed in the of the store, forgetting to look both ways before he crossed the street, only to hear a honk and be quickly pushed to the ground.

"You need to be more careful," said an unfamiliar voice. "do you need a hand up?"

Tai looked up. It was a guy about maybe two or three years older than himself. He had baby blue eyes, not as pretty as Yamato's, and long black hair in a pony tail. Tai was speechless, this guy who didn't even know him had saved his life.

"Thanks," Tai stuttered, he was still in shock, and refusing the stranger's hand stood up on his own.

"Your bleeding, you sure you don't need help?"

Tai looked down at his arm. He was bleeding, and it looked pretty deep.

"No, I'm fine," he replied and started to head home, he would never make the tryout now.

"Hey wait," the stranger called as he ran up next to Tai. "I saved your life, can't I at least have the reward of knowing your name?"

This was true….wait, "Reward?" Tai accidentally let his thinking our loud.

"Yeah," the stranger replied, "Who wouldn't want to know a beautiful guy like yous, name?" Tai was really freaked out now.

"It's Tai, if you really must know," Tai stated, not trusting the guy but did want to thank the guy for saving him.

"Why thank you, mine is Stanley. Now was that so hard?"

Tai resisted the urge to say yes and instead replied, "No, but I'm sorry I need to get home now."

"Oh, do you live by yourself?"

SKETCHY! This was way weird, Tai thought. His hands started to shake, so he gripped them tightly. "No, my boyfriend's waiting for me," he lied. It was a little true, Matt was waiting for him, well he was waiting for Matt. Well, the boyfriend part was true at least.

"oh," Stanley said, as his friendly smile vanished, "Well, hope to see you around."

Tai didn't respond, but instead started to run home. He knew wasn't following him, but he wanted to be safe in his and Matt's apartment.

He unlocked the door with shaking hands, went inside, slammed the door, and quickly locked it behind him. This had not been a good day so far. He grabbed a soda, sat down on the sofa, and turned on the TV. About 10 minutes later he heard a knock on the door. He hesitated, fearing it was Stan, but slowly walked toward the door and looked out the peephole. It was none other than his friend, Izzy.

Tai unlocked than opened the door. He was going to give Izzy a hug, but stopped when he saw the extremely sad look on his friend's face.

"Tai," I said slowly, like he was talking to a kid. "You can't freak out, you need to stay calm, and Matt will be home soon."

Tai was really worried now. "What is it, Izzy?" He asked, not sure if he really wanted to know the answer.

"Well, it's Meeko, I found her like this in backyard." He handed the bundle in his arms to Tai.

Tai slowly opened the blanket, hoping to see Meeko with a cut or crying for him, but he only saw her dead body. All Tai saw after this was darkness as he fell.

When he next opened his eyes, he was on the couch with a worried Izzy hanging over him, and a cold cloth on his head.

"You fainted, Tai," Izzy blurted out before Tai could say anything, "and I noticed a pretty deep cut on your arm, I don't know what happened to you but I cleaned it up."

Tai looked down at his arm and sure enough there was a bandage on it. He looked back up at Izzy with drooping eyes. "I don't know if I can go another week without Matt," he managed to croak out despite his dry throat.

"Don't worry," Izzy said as he walked out the door, "it'll go faster than you think!"

That night, Tai cried himself to sleep and dreamed of Matt sleeping next to him only to wake up often and find him not there.

TBC

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