Ok, the results from what Mimi should send them are in. Four votes for Rings. Three votes for Lockets. 1 Vote for Earrings (YAY EARRING PERSON!). So, it is going to be rings. Unless you think that Mimi should continue to send them stuff over the 4 times Taichi visits Sora. Then I might use all. Who knows? Anyways, the rings won't come for a while because it would take a while to reach Tai, and even then he would have to wait before he decided he wanted to give them to Sora. Ok, so here is my next long neglected chapter.
They say love visits the heart in many ways. My visited me through a common love of soccer. I often wonder if it was true love. If it was meant to be. Back when we met, I would have scoffed at the idea. Now, I don't think that there is anything more true, than love at first sight. If only I could somehow make him remember the first time we laughed together.
- A Thought of Love by Sora Takenouchi
"Soren! I'm going out!" cried Sora.
"To do what?" came the suspicious reply.
"Give the jacket back and go play some footy in the park." she hollered back and ran out the front door of her apartment before she could be further questioned. The day was still grey and cold, but at least it wasn't raining. Sora ran down the same street she ran down yesterday. Past the newspaper cart and past Digi Cyber Café , until she saw the old faded shop. She loved how it looked, always the same and ready to welcome you.
"Good Morning Mr. Jones! I brought Taichi his jacket back!" She huffed, for she had ran down here as fast as she could to get more soccer playing time in. Mr. Jones smiled.
"Thank you Sora. Taichi!" he called. The brunette ran to the front of the shop.
"Yes Grandpa? OH, hello Sora." he smiled. It was such heart warming smile.
"Erm Taichi, here is your jacket back and thanks so much for letting me borrow it the other day. It was very kind of you." She said nervously. Sora was usually at ease with boys. Her best friend in the entire world was a boy, Yamato Ishida, but something about Taichi made her knees grow weak and a faint blush crawl to her cheek whenever she saw him.
"Thank you for returning it so promptly." He said kindly and too the jacket. Mr. Jones observed how Sora was acting. He smiled.
"Sora, I don't suppose you could take Taichi around the town? Show him where everything is. Maybe play a game of soccer with him." Sora smiled and nodded. She had been planning on going out anyways.
"Sure Mr. Jones. C'mon Taichi!" she grabbed his arm and they ran out of the shop, Sora holding her soccer ball of course. Good thing Taichi was still holding his jacket because it was bitter cold outside.
"Sora, where are we going?" Sora smiled.
"To the park, I assume you know how to play soccer working at Mr. Jones's store."
"Are you kidding me? Soccer is my life!" Sora laughed. Eventually they stopped running and slowed down into a walk.
"So who is your favorite player?"
"Hmm, definitely Beckham. You?"
"Same! He's amazing. I love the movie Bend it Like Beckham. Really great."
"Yeah, same. Are we close to the park?"
"Yeah, see that gigantically tall tree?" Sora said pointing. Sure enough, above the roof tops of many buildings, there was the top of a tee.
"Wow yeah, that incredibly high!"
"Yeah, that tree has been there since before the city was founded. No one has the heart to cut it down. All the couples inscribe their names in it. I found my grandma's and grandpa's once."
"No way, really? Do you think I might find my grandpa's?"
"Sure worth a shot, and here we are. Right next to the tree." Taichi looedk up and whistled. It was a tall, tall tree.
"Wow."
"Right, so anyways, let's play. One on one. And watch me kick
your ass." Taichi raised his eyebrows in surprise. He didn't
think Sora cursed. "Sorry for the language. But I'm serious, I
will beat you!" Taichi smiled.
"You really think you can? Fine. My goal is that trashcan, yours is this bush. About equal size." Sora scowled.
"The bus is much bigger! Mine is the other trashcan! And I'm warning you! Don't play easy on me just because I am a girl!"
"Fine then, I won't. C'mon, put the ball down and lets have a go." Sora dropped the ball in between them.
"One, two three!" and they raced towards the ball. Taichi caught it and juggled around for a while, evading Sora's attempts to snatch it. He laughed. He wasn't going easy on her, she was good. He was playing hard, despite how it might've looked. But, the second he let his guard down, the ball was off his foot and being dribbled down the "field". He caught up with Sora, but she nutmegged him. Right through the legs. She picked it up, caught it with the foot. Ding. Off the trashcan. Taichi starts with the ball. Decides not to play around like he did last time. Strait for the goal on the other side. Sora tries to slide tackle him but he easily evades it. 1-1. Sora starts.
"This goal wins it all!" she declared. Taichi ran up to her. "And I intend to be victorious!"
"Not likely!" He said, he accidentally stuck his foot out a bit to far though, and Sora tripped and fell on him. The ball hit Taichi, currently on the ground, on the head and miraculously hit his trashcan. Ding.
Sora was on top of Taichi who was trying to crane his neck to see the ball. They stayed there for about 19 seconds, and burst out laughing. It was one of those times when nothing was really that funny, but you just had to laugh. Sora got up off of Taichi.
"I'm sorry Taichi." she said. Taichi was still laughing.
"T- Tai, call me Tai." his voice shaking from laughing so much. Once he calmed down, he flashed his smile.
"You
know, I haven't laughed like that in a long time. In fact, I don't
know what I was even laughing at. I just, had to laugh." He said.
Sora smiled and looked up. His eyes were so warm and kind. So nice
and loving, she found herself starring. Tai looked puzzled. He ran
his fingers all through his hair. "What, is there grass or
something in my hair?" Sora blinked.
"Eh no. I have an
idea, why don't we go to the Digi
Cyber Café! Great food there! Anna, the lady who runs it.
Is always happy to see me and any of my friends!"
"So we're friends then?" Tai asked looking almost hopeful. Sora smiled.
"Yeah, I believe we are."
"Good, because I don't know what I'd do if there was a girl as good as you that I wasn't friends with." No when you say good? Sora was wondering if he meant at soccer or… something else. So they walked out of the park, still laughing at nothing. Sometimes, that's the best thing to laugh at.
Right, so next chapter will be at Digi Cyber CaféRun by the esteemed Anna. Who I just made up. Right now, seriously. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter. However long or short it may be. I don't know which one it is, it's all your opinion. It did take up 2 and a half pages so I figured that was enough.
