Chapter 5: Sora's

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Warning: This is shounen-ai aka male/male so if you're offended/disgusted/plain hate it, leave now!!

A/N: I'm back!!! Ok, after 10000 years¡­ Sorry 'bout that. Anywoo, this chapter's nice 'n long (at least longer than the last chapter)¡­though it's not too important. But helps build Matt and Tai's relationship. And plus I need to write a relaxing chapter. Well, READ AND REVIEW!!!!!!! THANX!!! And thanks for all you faithful readers and those others who reviewed!

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~Tai's POV~

I walked down the street, smiling to myself. I was going to have lunch with Matt again! We've been spending so much time together now. It makes me feel so happy. Just looking at his intoxicating blue eyes and angelic face was enough to make me happy for the whole day. The problem, however, still remained. If Matt loves Sora and if I really loved him, then maybe I'll just live my whole life single. But I did say that Kotsuki was my husband, so now he is busy preparing for our wedding day--which is 4 days from today. It's also the news I must tell to Matt today. I sighed. I wasn't sure if I would be able to do it.

Kotsuki has done a lot for me. He was always there for me when I was down. It would absolutely break his heart if I broke up with him. No matter, I'll think about that later. For now I was set on marrying him. I waved hi to Matt, who was sitting at the restaurant table waiting for me.

"Hey koi!" I greeted. Big mistake. The words just kind of rolled out my tongue. It was as if I said it everyday to him, like it was natural. At first I thought he didn't notice, for he kept smiling, but soon he wore a shocked expression on his face. Inwardly I was already going through all the curse words. Why'd I have to do that?

"Um...what?" he asked, still not fully recovered. Luckily, there was an indoor pond at the entrance of the restaurant.

"That just came out wrong. Sorry. What I meant was that there are a lot of big koi (A/N: is there a plural form for koi?) in the pond," I managed to say convincingly. His face relaxed, and he immediately told me to sit.

~Matt's POV~

I watched as Tai entered the restaurant. He waved and said, "Hey koi."

It took me a while to remember that I'm supposed to be shocked by that greeting. At first it seemed normal, and I felt very comfortable. In fact, I was about to reply with the same thing when I remembered that we weren't even dating in the first place. Of course after that my mouth flew open, and I finally managed to ask, "Um...what?" Then he explained what he really meant, which both relieved me and disappointed me. For once I wished he would say something that would make us more than friends. I scolded myself for thinking these thoughts again. After thinking about it yesterday, I decided that although I didn't make the right choice in marrying Sora, I was going to stay with her for the rest of my life because of our kids. I felt guilty for staying with Sora just because of Yoshi and Akina. It was like using her to be close to my children. If only things weren't this way. But then again, Tai is bound to marry someday. If not Kotsuki then some other lucky guy--

"Matt? Are you okay? You haven't talked ever since I got here."

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Anyways, what was the important thing you were going to tell me?" I asked, shaking myself out of deep thought. Why do I think so much anyways?

"Well...it's like this," Tai started. There was a long pause, as if he was struggling with himself to tell me or not to tell me. "MeKotsukimarry4days," he said so quickly that I just sat there staring at him, dumbfounded.

"Huh?" was all I could produce.

"I'm getting married in 4 days," came the slow version. It landed on me like a 100-ton weight, crushing my heart. I told myself I'd be ready for it, but when it really came it still hurt. If only he could stay single forever... But that was my selfishness talking, for he's happy with Kotsuki...or at least I think he is. Ever since our talk in my bedroom, he's never again mentioned his uncertainty about his love for Kotsuki. I wanted to bring it up again, to ask him who that other person is. Of course that was impossible now.

"Great!" I faked a grin.

"And...and will you be my best man?" Tai asked shyly.

"I'd love to," I said. What I really wanted to say was, "How about being your husband?" We sat in silence, eating. I guess both of us had a lot on our minds. Finally, after finishing lunch, I said, "Tai, that's a very short notice."

"Huh? Oh, that. I know. It's just that...it's just that I wasn't ready to tell you before."

"Oh?" I wondered, lifting one of my eyebrows in amusement. I was still sad about the marriage, but I couldn't go on being selfish forever. "Were you not sure you wanted me to be your best man?" I joked. Tai mumbled something, and then his cell phone rang.

"Hello? Kotsuki! Uh-huh... Yeah, Matt's going to be mine. OK, I'll be right over. Yeah. Bye!" I listened to his half of the conversation carefully. Obviously they were talking about their wedding plans. "Gotta go Matt. See ya soon! Oh, and here's an invitation to my wedding. Bye!" he said, then ran off.

I wanted him to repeat what he mumble before, but he was in such a rush. I skimmed the invitation quickly, then let out a deep sigh. Oh well, four more days and Tai may be going back to America. Part of me wanted him to stay, but part of me wanted him to leave. If he left, I wouldn't have to struggle every day with this feeling for him. As I walked home, I reminded myself about Yoshi and Akina. Anything for them.

~Tai's POV~

"Oh?" he questioned, lifting one of his perfectly-shaped eyebrows in amusement. "Were you not sure you wanted me to be your best man?"

"You could say something like that," I mumbled. I knew he was going to ask me to repeat that, but luckily my cell phone rang. It was Kotsuki's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey Tai."

"Kotsuki!"

"Hey listen, wanna come to the hotel? We still have a lot of planning to do."

"Uh-huh..." I didn't feel like agreeing. Planning a wedding seemed to be tedious work.

"So you have your best man right?"

"Yeah, Matt's going to be mine."

"OK, so come right now. I'll be waiting."

"OK, I'll be right over."

"Love you!" I looked over at Matt. He was staring intently at me. It then occurred to me that I didn't have the guts to say "I love you too" to Kotsuki while Matt was sitting right across from me. It would have felt weird.

"Yeah. Bye!" was all I could say.

"Bye."

I quickly gave Matt my wedding invitation and left. The hotel wasn't too far, so I decided to walk over. Diagonally across from the hotel was Sora's and Co., which was Sora's company/factory. Next to Sora's and Co. was Sora's, which was their store. It was a small store because the mall also carried her brand. I looked across the streets, and saw many people in the store. Apparently some new style just arrived, and the malls didn't carry it yet. I looked in the display window and a kimono caught my eyes (A/N: kimonos are for guys too, right?). It reflected Matt's personality perfectly. I looked up at the hotel, thinking about Kotsuki. I really wanted to go to Sora's, but I did promise my husband-to-be to meet him in the room. Just then my cell phone rang again.

"Hey Tai." It was Kotsuki again.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"I got a call from Motawa, so we'll be talking for a while. Take your time. Bye."

Motawa and Kotsuki were really close friends, despite what happened between Motawa and me. I knew Kotsuki would probably ask Motawa to be his best man.

As the light changed, I crossed the street. This would be interesting. Sora always had a name for each of her designs, and I was interested in what the kimono was called. I walked in the door, hearing a ching as the door hit a bell. Everyone was crowded in front of a fancy dress. I looked at the kimono, lifting the tag. It was called "Yama," or Mountain. My heart skipped a beat. Yama. I had always yearned to call Matt that. I had called him that occasionally in the past, but in general no one would call him that. I used to dream that when we got married, "Yama" would be my name for him, my own, special name for him that no one else would use. I blushed lightly. The bell on the door rang again.

"Tai." the voice came, so sudden that I almost broke my neck twisting it to see who it was. Of course in my mind I already knew who it was.

"Matt!" I exclaimed, dropping the tag and literally jumping up. He just stood there, smirking.

"So this is where you were running off to."

"Actually Kotsuki wanted to plan our wedding but something came up so I decided to come here."

"I see my kimono design caught your eyes," he said, still smirking.

"Yours?" I asked.

"Yeah. You can say it was part of a bet. Sora's friends were saying how someone so artistic and imaginative could marry such a boring astronaut guy. Of course they forgot my days in the band, but anyways I told them it was not true, and they bet me $40 each that I couldn't come up with a design that would sell out in two weeks. Tai my man, you're looking at a design that sold out in five days." I looked at him. He was so proud of this work. "Then they suggested Sora hiring me as her men's apparel's designer, but she got mad at me. She said that I wasn't supposed to come up with such a good design. In fact, she threw a tantrum. Funny thing is that she hasn't taken it off the racks yet." Matt continued.

"Really," I pondered. I never thought Matt would be such a good designer either. "Well I must admit I think it looks very good. It fits your personality, and in fact fits many people, now that I think about it."

"Anyways, I just finished visiting Sora. I had to tell her that I'm working late today. It's mainly because I didn't go to work in the morning. All your fault, Yagami."

"Me?" I gasped, trying to sound as innocent as possible. He just laughed and waved goodbye. I stood there and watched him as he disappeared into the streets.

I looked back at Yama, the kimono. "Wouldn't it be amusing to compliment Sora on Matt's design and pretend to think that she did it. Boy would she be jealous," I thought. Smiling to myself, I entered Sora's and Co.

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Whew. That took awhile. Yes, sorry. But anyways, REVIEW!!! I'll forever love you. Lol. J/k. And I don't know how long something new and hot sells out, so just pretend that five days is a big deal. I know there wasn't really anything going on in this chapter, but stay with me!! OK, bye bye!