Chapter Three: Just For Sora
Next day at school:
Tai slumped against the wall, really annoyed. He really really wanted to kill Mimi. He really couldn't face Sora now. He sighed and tried to turn away as he saw Sora and Matt coming towards him, arms linked.
"Hey WHASSUP Tai?" Matt greeted his best friend.
"Hi!" Sora said.
None of them brought up yesterday's incident. Tai was relieved, but not for long as he could see Mimi running up to him.
"What now, Mimi?" he sighed. "You made me suffer enough already!" He was careful to be quiet so that Sora and Matt couldn't hear.
"I'm just gonna remind you that your date with Masaki is tomorrow at 4pm."
As if Tai didn't want to kill Mimi already. And in front of Sora, no less. No question whether Sora heard her, she said it so loud.
Tai looked miserable so he hung his head and nodded.
"Well, that's all!" Mimi turned to leave.
Matt gave Tai a slap on the back. "Oh I get it now! She's been setting you up and the only person you really wanna go out with is her!"
Tai couldn't be bothered to correct his friend. He waved him away and slouched off to class.
Sora stared after him as he went.
"Izzy, you are so stupid…"
Izzy, for once, was silent.
"I knew I shouldn't have called that stupid Mimi. She's ruining my life." Tai continued.
"How can your life be ruined? You don't have a life!" Kari said.
Kari, Tai and Izzy sat uncomfortably on the couch in a row, as if waiting for a doctor's appointment.
"I know, I know…" Izzy said.
"You know what's wrong with my life? I like Sora, she likes Matt. I can't get who I want and Mimi's making me date these stupid people. Now Matt and Sora think that I want Mimi which is not true 'cuz I can't forgive her for ruining MY LIFE!"
"Have you talked to Sora recently?" Kari asked innocently.
"Whaddaya mean?" Tai asked.
"Like heart-to-heart. You guys are supposed to be best friends."
"Yeah. Like, 'supposed to be'. No."
"When was the last time?"
"Humph…"
"When?"
"Three years ago, remember?"
Izzy seemed to be taking everything in. "I know!"
"Eh?"
"You gotta be straightforward! You go straight up to her, look her in the eye, tell her those three little words and sweep her off her feet!" Izzy said in a flash of brilliance.
No response.
Kari sighed. "You don't get it, do you, Izzy? Sora has a boyfriend. And that is Matt."
"I could get her something." Tai said suddenly.
"What?"
"I could get her something," Tai repeated. "I could write an anonymous letter and stick it in her locker!"
"Great idea!" Kari said. "But you have crap handwriting and your best friend would know that," she snickered.
Tai lost patience with this sister of his so he went upstairs to his bedroom.
Sora stuck the key into the lock and gave it a vicious twist. As she yanked the locker door open, she noticed a piece of note book paper stuck in the vent.
She shrugged and stuck it in her pocket. Probably just another note from Mimi. She grabbed her books and headed off.
She passed Tai and noticed that he was pointedly ignoring her. Weird. She walked pass him into the classroom, and then remembering the note in her pocket. She sighed and read in briefly.
Dear Sora, you don't know how hard it is to tell you this but because I'm just chicken…I can't tell you those three words I really mean to say. I…forget it…I give up. Maybe I already know you'll reject me then but it is too hard for me to tell you face to face. That is why I have to do it now. I love you, Sora Takenouchi.
