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Chapter Two: Mimi the matchmaker!

Next day:

"Hey Tai!" Mimi greeted Tai.

Sora wondered why Mimi was so ecstatic to see Tai. She didn't know about Mimi's plans for Tai so naturally, she was surprised when Mimi pulled Tai to the corner of the classroom for a chat.

"Mimi, what are you doing?" Tai asked.

"I'm going to turn you into a real chick magnet!" Mimi said happily.

Tai didn't like the sound of that. "Er, Mimi…do you really think Sora's gonna like me if I become cool and everything?"

Mimi couldn't care less. "Oh sure, whatever. But only if you're going to do what I say and become really cool and stuff."

Tai stared.

"And you have to wear whatever clothes I tell you to and stuff…" Mimi went on.

"I WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO MY HAIR!" Tai demanded. "If you make me do something to my hair, then you are a dead girl…"

Mimi smiled weakly. "Oh sure, no problem."

Tai looked around nervously. If anyone suspects that I'm hooking up with Mimi then I'm so dead! Especially if Kari saw me like this!

After school:

Mimi went over to Tai's place. Mimi was dragging bags and bags of clothes.

"What the heck is all this?" Tai cried.

Mimi pulled the bags into Tai's room and emptied them on Tai's bed. Tai gaped. There were piles and piles of clothes.

"Clothes." replied Mimi, "Now try this on…and this…and this!"

"What?" Tai cried.

"Just put them on!" snapped Mimi and turned around so that Tai could have his privacy.

Tai grumbled but did as he was told.

Mimi turned around and clapped her hands together. "Oh wow! You look like a real hottie! The girls are so gonna fall for you!"

"Yeah, but will Sora fall for me?" Tai wondered.

"Forget about Sora," Mimi said exasperated, "There's gotta be another girl for you!"

"But I don't want another girl! I want Sora!" Tai bawled stubbornly.

"Shut up for cryin' out loud!" Mimi cried. "And get real! Sora doesn't want you, she wants Matt and that is why you have to forget about her and move on!"

Tai looked like he was about to cry. Mimi softened. She said quietly, "Tai, reality is reality and you have to face it. I'm sorry, Tai but Sora has Matt and she loves him."

Tai said nothing.

"Besides," said Mimi brightly, "you have a date with someone else!"

"WHAT?"

"Yup, you've got a date with Akiko!"

"AKIKO?" Tai repeated.

Akiko was a total nerd. She was really skinny and very stuck-up. She talked all the time because she was supposed to know everything.

"Why, oh why, did you set me up with her?" Tai moaned.

"Because there was no-one else who wanted to go out with you…" Mimi said.

Tai felt worse. He slumped down.

"But," Mimi continued, "I managed to find enough girls to keep you occupied all week!"

"AAARRRGGGHHHH!" Tai lost it.

Mimi ignored him. She walked over to his calendar and started writing dates in.

"See, you have a date with Akiko tomorrow, and then Masaki the day after, then its Moira and then it's Haruka. That's dates for the rest of this week. If you want some more, then tell me, I can organize for more of them!" Mimi smiled.

Tai felt like wringing Mimi's neck. "You…" he started.

Mimi gave Tai a wink and said, "Good luck!"

Next day, evening:

DATE no.1 with Akiko, the nerd:

Tai fiddled with his shirt collar. He didn't want to go on this date and he was going to kill Mimi the second he got back. I mean, he was standing there, dressed like a geek with a bunch of flowers in his hand, standing at Akiko's doorstep. (Please remember that all of this was Mimi's idea, okay?)

I can't believe I'm doing this… Tai thought as he rung the doorbell reluctantly. He stood there ashamed, waiting. He could hear footsteps running up to the door.

The door swung open.

"Hello, Taichi Kamiya-chan." Akiko greeted him formally, bowing her head down.

"Er…hi?" Tai replied.

Then he got a good look at Akiko. She was a bit on the chubby side; she wore glasses with thick lenses; she was wearing a straw hat; she was wearing a poofy pink dress and red high-heels.

Tai buried his face in hands. How embarrassing.

"Well, may I take the pleasure to accompany you on this date, Taichi?" Akiko asked primly.

Tai turned red. "Erm, sure."

Then turning, he hurried to his car and got in. Akiko got in after him. They sat in silence as Tai drove. When they arrived at the restaurant, Akiko and Tai walked in. Tai immediately felt sick. He could see Sora and Matt in there, smiling and cuddling each other.

Tai asked, "Um, let's go somewhere else, okay? It's pretty crowded in there."

Akiko gave him a look of disgust. "Have you already forgotten, Taichi? We have a booking."

Tai mumbled, "Great…"

He followed Akiko into the restaurant, hiding behind her shoulder, ducking his head. When they found their table, Tai reached for the menu and covered his face. Just my luck to be sitting at the table next to Sora!

Akiko lifted her hand up in an elegant wave. "Waiter, we'd like to order please."

A waiter in a suit and a polka-dotted purple bow-tie came to their table. "Yes, what would you like, ma'am?"

Akiko gave her order in a very nerdy way: "I'd like, if you please, to place an order for a serving of mushrooms and spaghetti and cheese sauce. I hope it will not be much of a problem…"

Tai bit his lip as he whispered his order to the waiter. He thought, If Sora sees me, and Matt as well, I am absolutely dead!

Akiko and Tai ate. Akiko talking all the time, "What do you think about the situation of the Australian Stock Exchange? I heard that the CityLink is doing well with traffic growing by 3.4 in the first half of 2005-06. Did you know that Revenue grew by 10 , aided by the recent introduction of invoicing for late toll payments and rear cameras at tolling points?"

For you info, I have absolutely no idea what this means, so don't think I'm a nerd, I'm just copying this from a random brochure about security holders.

Tai nodded politely and kept shoving food in his mouth. He wanted to get out of there immediately.

Unfortunately, this encouraged Akiko to continue talking. "Ah yes, and Transurban has continued its policy to increase distributions half yearly. Your distribution of 24.5 cents per stapled security for the six months to 31 December should've been enclosed, right? That's a 44 increase over last year's interim distribution and will be substantially tax deferred! How exciting is that, Taichi? It's going to be substantially tax deferred!"

Tai continued eating. "Uh-huh." he said.

Tai stood up, "Er, come on, let's get going now. I'm sure it's getting late now, Akiko." He looked at the bill and signaled for a waiter.

"Oh okay, Taichi." Akiko made a big show of getting up and said loudly, "That was delicious, don't you agree?"

"Shut up, Akiko!" Tai said, under his breath.

Sora and Matt were getting into it through their meal. Matt was just leaning over to Sora for a kiss when Sora said, "Hey, isn't that Tai?"

"Huh?"

Matt turned to look at Akiko and Tai. Tai was looking at Sora. Their gaze met and he turned beetroot red. Tai immediately shoved the money into the waiter's hand, grabbed Akiko's hand and got out of there pronto.

Sora and Matt stared. "Why was he with Akiko?" Sora wondered thoughtfully.

"Who cares?" and Matt leaned closer to Sora's face. "We're together and that's all that matters."

Sora giggled. Matt continued, "and we're never ever gonna break up."

Author note: Emichii:

There you go! That's chapter 2! Hahaha! I just like to leave people hanging but unfortunately, my own patience is no good either. Sigh… By the way, good for Tai, there will be no more Akiko in the story, but Tai has 3 more blind dates to go… (What are blind dates anyway?) Thankyou everybody for the nice reviews! Keep reading and reviewing! Thankyou!