WHOA! ANOTHER CHAPTER! I bet you're all spinning around in your little swivel chairs from shock. I know I am. Anyways, I have to say that I have been REALLY busy, and so as of now all my stories are on semi-hiatus. Until November anyway. I am just SO busy with school work, and when I'm not busy there I'm busy with the school play, and things are pretty hectic. HOWEVER, because this is only a SEMI-hiatus, if I have five minutes free, and I'm feeling creatively inclined, I may write something and post it for all you loyal reviewers. The only reason I can add this chappy is that I'm home sick from school. Can you believe it? I'm at school for four weeks, and I've already been seriously sick three times. Some immune response.

Anyways, this is a nice little taiora chapter for taidigimon. You see, you give a little, you get a little. Enjoy.


Mimi reached for a paintbrush. She was currently painting one of the backdrops for the set. A night sky. She sighed as she looked at the board. It was so difficult to get exactly the right depth of blue. Was the night sky ever really one colour? The play, as so many are, was a tragic love story. Finding love, keeping love... losing love. The backdrop she was designing and painting was for the scene when the two young lovers meet for the first time. Mimi wanted the sky to be a recreation of the sky she had realised her feelings for Matt under, that magical night at the base of Mount Theisa. Somehow that all fit.

Finally satisfied with the blue, she dipped another paintbrush into a pot of silver. Flicking it, constellations suddenly appeared on the board. She paused and thought. The people of the theatre company were very willing, happy even, for them to join as volunteers. They showed very little care regarding their backgrounds and identities, content to remain on an 'ignorance is bliss' relationship. Mimi supposed they really needed the aide.

Matt and Tai, naturally, had been given the job with the hardest physical labour. They were making the stage and the props, carrying heavy boxes of equipment, and other various manly jobs. Izzy had a job reading supply lists, and recording what had and had not been used. Joe, with his glasses and long lanky stride, had been appointed to general supervisor. Mimi found this a humorous choice, as she could simply not see that cautious, anxious, worrying man to be any kind of disciplinarian. Nonetheless, he was a smart guy, so she knew he would find a way to handle the job. TK and Kari had been made runners, sending messages from Baku and Barrett, the two bosses, to everyone else. The cast and crew alike soon learned to love the twosome, because they were always bright and bubbly and ready for a laugh, regardless of the circumstances.

She and Sora were the Detail Design Team. They perfected the rough ideas that Baku and Barrett, or BB as they were collectively called, threw at them, and then were in charge of set decoration. This meant painting, polishing, and making sure the right props were installed in the right places in order to give that authentic look. It definitely wasn't easy, but Mimi enjoyed it immensely. Sora seemed to also, especially considering she was constantly in close contact with Tai.

Sora was painting columns white when Tai came up behind her. Giving her arm a light stroke, he smiled and said, "I've been waiting all day to get a break so that I could come and talk to you."

Turning to face him, she put down her paintbrush and reached out a paint- stained hand to brush his cheek.

"I've been waiting all day for you to get a break so that you could come and talk to me."

He took the hand she was holding his cheek with and brought it to his lips. Her skin, despite the paint and all the hard years she had lived, was still as soft as silk.

"Actually, I lie. I don't have a break. I just couldn't wait to come and see you."

Sora blushed so that even the tips of her ears were pink. She tingled all over. No one was ever so honest with her as Tai was. No one was as sweet as Tai was. No one was as caring as Tai was.

No one ever made her feel the way Tai made her feel. So happy she could float away and touch the sky. So full of light and joy that she could burst into song and the earth would sing with her. Each day was coloured something new, and when Tai was with her she could no longer see any of the bad in the world. It was as if someone had cast a magic spell on her.

Forcing herself back down to earth, she replied, "Matt won't be happy to see that you've wandered off and left him with all the work."

Tai grinned. "He won't care that much. We have an understanding, you see. He can leave whenever he feels like it to go and see Mimi, and I'll cover for him, provided I can leave whenever I feel like it to come and see you, and he'll cover for me."

Sora wondered if it was getting hotter out on stage, or if it was just her. "Nice understanding."

"Yeah."

He was getting close. Closer. Sora didn't know what to do. Did she want this? Should she run, should she stay? Was she ready? What would Tai think if she broke this? Deep down, she knew he wouldn't mind. But would she? Did she really want to miss this? She was falling into an ocean of him, and oddly enough, she wasn't afraid of drowning.

Then their lips met. All thoughts flew out of Sora's head as she melted into his kiss. Stars flew around her eyes, and Tai's hands burned her where they touched her hips. But in a good way. A very good way. She could feel her heart beating in her chest, and it echoed in her ears. And she could have sworn she felt Tai's heartbeat, drumming softly through his hands, slowly blending into her own.

It seemed an eternity before he pulled away. She could have stayed there all day. Nothing felt as warm as his kiss. He smiled at her, still lightly holding her hips, as if he didn't ever want to let her go.

"I should get back to work... I don't think Matt's gonna be pleased if I spend all afternoon with you."

Sora's lips still sparked from his touch. "Is that what you want to do?" she asked quietly

He laughed. "No... I want to spend eternity with you. I never want to leave." He stopped laughing as he let her go. His eyes locked on hers and his voice was passionate yet eerily quiet when he continued. "You are so beautiful."

Ordinarily Sora would have vehemently denied this. She didn't know how to accept compliments graciously. Her mother and father had taught her at an early age that anybody who saw any good in her was blind and anybody who vocalised these things was a liar. She had never been able to shake the feeling that maybe they were right. But coming from Tai, she knew his words were true. Whether or not it was a generally accepted opinion did not matter. She knew in Tai's eyes she was beautiful and that was all that mattered to her.

"Thank you." She whispered in response.

He lightly kissed the top of her head and then turned to leave.

"Wait!" Sora called after him. "I... I don't think I've told you... but I love you Tai."

He swivelled on his toes to face her, his eyes smiling. "I know. I knew it was hard for you to say, and because I love you I was prepared to wait until you were ready to hear it. But I knew."

He then left the stage to find Matt, leaving Sora confused and surprised, but extremely happy. She scuffed her paint-stained toe on the floor, then quoted one of the lines of the play to the stillness around her.

"Love... it is the sweetest joy and the wildest woe."


Well there you have it. If it doesn't make much sense, remember I am sick, and possibly delusional.

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