Hey there! Sorry for the short prologue, also for taking so much time to type again. It's just that I've been a little busy.
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"A Simple Melody"
Chapter two. – Sickness May Be A Bliss After All
-"I'm coming!"- Yelled back to a desperate Tai. But maybe Tai didn't believe that, 'cause he kept knocking and knocking...
-"You sure took your time! Where were you?"- Asked Tai when Matt finally opened the door, the blond only kept silent. –"Really, what were you doing that took you so long?"- Tai asked him again. –"I was seriously planning on throwing down the door if you took any longer, I mean, maybe you could have passed out and be lying on the floor unconscious or something like that."- Said Tai, and knowing him the way that Matt did, he wasn't joking at all.
Matt rolled his eyes annoyed, Tai watched too much television.
-"Too much imagination"- Muttered Matt –"You're just too stubborn, I said I'm ok."- Said Matt, as he struggled with his dizziness. He eventually won, but just to make sure he was leaning against the door for support in case his dizziness decided to strike back.
Tai got a good look at Matt.
He was paler than usual and his eyes had these tiny circles around them. His hair was a mess too, in any normal circumstances Matt wouldn't come out with his hair messed up. Actually, he'd never come out like that.
Even though, he didn't look that bad with his hair messed up...
Anyway something wasn't right, that was for sure.
He narrowed his eyes; it was obvious that he didn't fell for Matt's pathetic excuse. But he did not say a word.
Matt thanked the heavens that Tai didn't ask anything else.
-"So... Are you going to stay there or are you planning on moving so I can come in?"- Asked Tai, Matt just sighed and moved away from the door, knowing that Tai wasn't planning on leaving any time soon.
"There goes my plan of staying in bed all day" Matt thought "But... maybe having Tai here isn't that bad, is it?" Before he could continue debating with himself about the unexpected guest, Tai interrupted his thoughts.
-"So, if you're ok… Why did TK say that you were awfully sick? He said something about you being at the verge of dying."- Tai lied, he knew TK hadn't said that, but getting Matt angry always made him spill everything. It was a highly applied technique that always allowed Tai to know the reasons of Matt's sudden mood swings.
And since the blond wasn't helping, Tai felt he had to push him a little and apply his last resource at this situation.
Matt narrowed his eyes at the brunet, he was sure TK wouldn't do that to him, would he? Well, he HAD told Tai.
No, Tai was probably lying.
-"Tai, you're both making a fuss over nothing."- He said calmly. –"See? I'm okay, now go back to school! You shouldn't be skipping classes!"- Matt finished, he didn't want Tai skipping classes, he already was getting down with his grades.
It was now Tai's turn to roll his eyes.
-"Yeah, yeah whatever!"- Muttered Tai as he entered the apartment, closing the door behind him. Tai walked to the sofa and jumped on it, annoying the blond a little bit more.
-"I mean it Taichi! What if you're parent's find out? You should put more attention to what's important, school is... ugh!"- Matt couldn't continue since his stomach was going out again. He placed a hand on his mouth covering it and ran to the bathroom just in time.
-"I can see very well how "ok" you are Matt!"- He heard Tai sigh and yell at him as he ran towards the bathroom.
He wasn't up for replying to that, he didn't have an answer for it.
He entered the bathroom closing the door behind him; he launched himself towards the toilet and just let it out.
He could feel the things he had eaten leave his body, "Ugh what a disgusting feeling" he thought over and over as his gastric fluids escaped from his body.
When he finished, he just flushed the toilet and sat on the floor.
Ugh, he felt awful!
He felt nausea, his head was dizzy and he felt his body dizzy too. He was disgusted of himself, now he was also sure that having Tai there was a bad idea. He wouldn't let the brunette see him like that! What would Tai think?
No way, he had to make him go away quickly!
He raised himself a little, just to wash his mouth in the washstand. He looked at his reflection, and again, just like before, he felt sickened of himself.
He sat down, again in the floor, thinking of how to scare Tai away when he was interrupted by lightly knocking. Matt cursed mentally observing that he hadn't locked the door, but it was too late to lock it. The doorknob spun and Tai poked his head into the bathroom. Matt looked away immediately; he didn't want Tai to see him like that!
-"Hey Matt, aren't you going out? You've already been here quite a while"- Tai asked softly. Matt shook his head.
-"No"- He said lowly.
Tai sighed; he knew Matt was going to get difficult.
He entered the bathroom with out saying anything and sat next to Matt in the floor. Matt was still looking down, refusing to let Tai look at him.
Why was he so nervous? It was only Tai; yeah, probably that was the problem: it was ONLY TAI!
-"Matt"- Tai called softly –"Why won't you come out? Why won't you even look at me?"- He asked the blond softly. Matt shook his head again, but didn't say anything. Tai sighed; this was going to take time.
He too became quiet, thinking of what else he could say to cheer his blond and sick friend.
-"I don't want you to look at me."- The blond finally said. Tai smiled a little, he knew where was that going to, but he just played on. This was important for Matt; he had to play on.
-"And why is that?"- He asked calmly. The blond didn't say a thing. –"You're not going to tell me?"- Tai asked again, as calmly as before. Matt nodded, and Tai kept on. –"I see, well, I'll just wait here until you're ready to tell me."-
Matt panicked; he wasn't going to leave? But... he had to! If he didn't then he would see his state. He didn't want that! He looked awful!
-"What's wrong Matt? You seem troubled."- Tai said, as a-matter-of-fact, again disrupting his thoughts. –"You know you can tell me everything."- Tai continued.
"Yeah right, I don't think so Yagami!" Matt thought.
Matt sighed; Tai wasn't leaving, that was for sure, so he had two options. He could either tell Tai what was going on, or he could wait until the brunette made him spill it.
He decided for the first one.
-"… Tai?"- He called softly, almost as a whisper.
–"Yes?"-
-"Do you still want to know?"- Matt asked, Tai nodded, already knowing what he was talking about.
-"Of course Matt, I still do."- He answered calmly. He could see the blond fidgeting with telling him, but something seemed to pull him back.
-"I... I don't want you to... look at me... not like this."- Matt said almost in a whisper. From the corner of his eye, he saw Tai smile.
-"Like what Matt?"- Matt frowned, why was Tai making it so hard? Tai already knew very well what Matt was talking about, that was for sure.
-"Like I am now... a mess! I look awful! You'll feel repugnance when you look at me like this. I don't want you to feel like that! I don't want you to feel disgusted at me!"- Matt said, his voice rising; Tai smiled again, wider than the last.
-"Why would I feel like that? You don't look bad to me; you hardly ever look bad to me."- Tai said, the last part barely audible. But Matt heard, even so, he thought that Tai was just trying to cheer him up.
-"Liar."- Matt said, and with out him noticing, he raised his head to look at Tai's eyes. –"You're just trying to cheer me up"- Tai laughed a little. That did not help the blond at all, Matt just felt worse. And Tai noticed it, because Matt started to glare at him.
-"Silly Yama, why would I do that? Besides, I haven't run away, and I'm already looking at you."- He said softly, the blond realized he was looking up and blushed. Matt looked down quickly, still blushing. He felt rather stupid.
Tai lifted Matt's head slowly.
-"C'mon you silly, my butt's going numb; let's talk this in the sofa... please?"- Tai gave Matt the puppy eyes. The blond just smiled at the brunet's attempts to cheer him up. –"Pretty please?"- The brunet kept insisting.
Finally, after fighting the urge to kiss the boy, Matt gave in.
-"Oh... ok Tai."- Tai's smiled turned into his goofy grin again and stood up quickly.
-"All right!"- He said loudly, proud of himself for being such a great friend. He pulled Matt by his arms and helped him up.
With out the brunet noticing, when he lifted Matt up, his faces were for some seconds just a few inches away. Matt of course, DID notice it, and he lost himself again in the chocolate brown pools that were Tai's eyes. His pale face was lighted by a faint pink that covered his cheeks; Tai, failed to notice that, or if he did, he just brushed it away.
Tai ran towards the sofa and again, jumped on it.
Matt walked out of the bathroom quietly; he decided to try again one last time.
-"Tai."- He said as he joined the brunet in the sofa. –"You do know you're worrying a lot more than what you should? I'll be okay in a day or two; I just need some peace and a very long rest."- He said, but it seemed to the blond that Tai didn't quite catch the "GO AWAY" hidden in his words.
-"Oh, I see... well, you don't have anything to worry about! Now that I'm here I'll take care of you, you'll sleep as peacefully as a baby."- Tai answered smiling. Matt again, just sighed in defeat; it was going to be a long day.
-"Come here"- Said Tai, as he pulled Matt near him.
Once they were close, he motioned the blond to lay his head in his lap. So now, Tai was sitting while the blond was resting his head on Tai's lap.
Tai started playing with Matt's hair, caressing it.
"It feels so good" That was all that Matt could think; he felt so comfortable in Tai's lap. He closed his eyes and relaxed, letting the other boy do whatever he wished with his hair.
-"You know Matt."- Tai said softly, as if he was afraid to wake someone, even when no one was asleep. -"You aren't going to get me to leave. You should stop trying to shoo me with hidden messages and with those tiny rocks you've been throwing me."- He said smiling. Matt smiled too and opened his eyes; he giggled a bit as he looked at Tai.
-"I guess you did catch me there."- Matt said giggling; Tai's smile grew a bit.
-"You know you can't hide anything from me."- Tai said smiling; Matt didn't say anything at that. "I hope you're wrong Tai, I don't want to loose your friendship. I can't bear with that." Thought Matt worried.
Tai noticed Matt's suddenly change and he too, became quiet. He knew there was something bothering the blond. Matt just wasn't the same, but he didn't feel like pushing the blond over to tell him if Matt didn't want to. It had to be something serious, to have Matt keeping it from him. He would wait until Matt was ready to tell him.
It was then, when he saw the hand being waved in front of his face.
-"Tai? You there?"- Asked Matt, he had noticed the brunet seriousness and didn't quite enjoy it at all. Tai smiled sheepishly.
-"Hehe… sorry, too much thinking for me."- He apologized. Matt shook his head and lay his head down again, back into Tai's lap. Tai continue to caress Matt's hair in silence; the blond had once again closed his eyes, enjoying the feeling of Tai's hand in his hair.
Again, Tai broke the silence.
-"You should've told me Matt. It was all my fault. And I'm supposed to be your best friend. You should've..."- Tai started, as he stopped caressing Matt's hair. Matt's eyes snapped open as soon as he started hearing Tai's words. He immediately lifted himself from Tai's lap rolling his eyes, and sat in the sofa staring at Tai.
-"But I didn't! Stop it Tai! You already know, please stop the lecture thing! It doesn't matter anymore, please stop this."- Said Matt annoyed. Tai sighed deeply and just nodded sadly.
-"Sorry Yama... I was just worried, that's all. I didn't mean to upset you."- Said Tai lowly, looking down. Matt sighed too, but he smiled at the sight. It was now him who lifted Tai's face to look at him.
-"You didn't, it's ok, thanks for caring though."- He said softly, Tai nodded again.
-"It's nothing, I'm sorry for the lecture stuff."- Tai said, smiling sheepishly again.
-"Forget it, you just worry too much. You know, if you keep worrying that much... You'll get bald"- Matt said, he giggled looking at Tai's face, then towards the bush that was Tai's hair. –"Although, I really don't know if it would be a bad thing."- Matt finished, Tai mock glared at him. He stuck his tongue at the blonde; Matt started to laugh at the childish attitude of his uncalled nurse.
-"It would be all your fault if that happens! It's you who keeps me awake at night!"- Tai said, and Matt just blushed, hard. But it was then, when Tai realized what he had just said, and he too blushed. A faint pink painted his cheeks, and he looked away from the blond. Matt's heart leapt in joy.
–"I... I mean... err, you know awake because, well, you're sick and that. I don't want that something, well, happens to my... best friend. Yeah, that's it! I have to worry for you; it's what a best friend should do."- Tai stuttered quickly, Matt felt a stab of disappointment in his chest. He placed a forced smile and muttered a cold "thanks", as his heart ached with disillusion.
But in his disappointment, he failed to note Tai's nervousness.
Silence came again, this time it took over both boys. Tai kept thinking about his quick escape, and Matt still felt disillusion cover him. Just then, Matt's stomach awakened from its sudden sleep and again, started moving. Matt instantly stood and ran towards the bathroom, putting his hand in his mouth in the way. As he reached the bathroom the sudden feeling stopped, and he was left with the dizziness that followed. He grabbed the washstand and leaned for support, he felt much dizzier than before. He felt himself falling, but before reaching the floor, he was caught by a pair of arms that encircled his tiny figure and brought him close to something soft and lifted his dizzy form from the floor. His feet weren't touching the ground anymore.
Tai had caught Matt seconds before crashing with the floor, he was now carrying the blond back to the sofa. He placed the dizzy boy carefully and softly on the sofa, and sat himself in the corner of it. He placed Matt's head in his lap and again, started caressing his hair, as if trying to soothe the other boy and lull him into sleeping.
-"You need rest Matt, c'mon, go to sleep. I'll be here to take care of you when you wake up."- Tai said softly, still caressing Matt's hair. The blond just stirred and shook his head slightly.
-"I'm not... yawn ... sleepy. I don't need to... yawn sleep."- Said Matt, as he tried to keep his eyes open. Tai laughed at this and shook his head.
-"Sure you don't Matt."- He just said. Matt yawned and answered half asleep already.
-"I told you... sigh ... I don't need..."- His eyes slowly closed, and he didn't finish. Tai sighed at the sight of the sleeping blond in his lap.
-"Oh Yama, you're so beautiful. I'm sorry angel, it's all my fault."- Tai said lowly, thinking that the blond was fast asleep, but to his disappointment, Matt's eyes snapped open.
-"What did you just say?"-
Hehehe... cliffhanger