Friendly Lovers
Disclaimer : I don't own Digimon and its characters. Bandai© owns them. This story is credited from 'My Little Bride'.
Chapter Two : All These Difficulties
Yamato went to a bar the following night to meet up with his friends.
Taichi and Kyoushiro sat in both sides of Yamato.
Each of them holding a shot glass in their hands, they enjoyed the night away.
"Heh, so you're getting married, huh?" Taichi asked.
"Is the girl hot or what?" Kyoushiro asked.
Taichi and Kyoushiro were both childhood friends of Yamato. They maintained their communication 'til now and also maintained their strong bond.
"Remember Mimi Tachikawa?" Yamato asked.
"I've had a crush on that girl before!" Kyoushiro declared. "You're marrying your best friend?"
Yamato drank his vodka from the shot glass and dropped it harshly on the table.
"It's an arranged marriage, damn it," he said.
"And you agreed? Come on," Taichi commented.
"Grandpa's sick," Yamato said softly. "Our family owed him a lot. When my true grandpa died, he considered us as his own."
"Family sucks," Kyoushiro said.
Taichi drank his vodka too.
"So off the marrying topic," he said. "Are you dating someone?'
"A College classmate from America," he replied. "She's Japanese too. Her name's Sora."
Kyoushiro chuckled.
"You can't pursue her anymore," he said. "You're getting married."
Yamato frowned and sighed.
Mimi arrived from school when she saw the house empty.
"No one's home," she murmured as she placed her things on the table.
She browsed her daily organizer notebook when a small picture fell from it.
It was a picture of Yamato and her.
She was just three years old then while Yamato was four.
Mimi looked at the picture sadly.
"I can't believe this," she said. "I'm marrying kitsune-chan."
The phone rang.
"Moshi-moshi," she answered.
"Hi, it's me Michael," the voice from the other line said.
"Oh, hi," she grinned upon hearing his voice.
"Are you avoiding me?" he asked.
"N-no," she lied.
"Then, why did you go home immediately?" he asked.
"I…felt tired, that's all," she said.
But the truth is she just can't spill her secret to him.
It was already 10:00 PM when Yamato reached home.
When he was at the doorstep, he could sense his parents hurrying.
TK opened the door.
"Hey, okaeri nasai," he greeted.
"Tadaima," Yamato said. "What are they doing?"
"Mimi-san's grandpa is at the hospital," he said.
"Yamato, is that you?" Mrs. Ishida asked.
"Hai, ne," he replied.
"Come with us to the hospital," she said. "We'll be picking up Mimi too."
TK chose to stay at home.
The three of them drove off.
Grandpa lied on the hospital bed.
An oxygen mask is over his mouth.
The door opened vigorously.
"Grandpa!" Mimi exclaimed and approached him.
Mr. and Mrs. Tachikawa were behind her.
Mr. and Mrs. Ishida chose to stay outside while they forced Yamato to go inside to check on the Tachikawas.
"Grandpa, are you okay?" Mimi asked.
Mrs. Tachikawa turned to leave.
"Honey, let's leave for awhile," she murmured to her husband and both of them disappeared.
"Grandpa, it's us," Yamato said.
Grandpa held Mimi's hand.
"I…am…o-kay," he managed to say.
Mimi's eyes are welling with tears.
She pitied her grandpa's condition and yet she showed him an unpleasant behavior yesterday.
"Sorry," she said, almost choking in tears.
Grandpa gripped her hands.
"It's…al-right," he said.
Suddenly, the cardiac meter beeped.
Mimi was aroused, so was Yamato.
"Grandpa!" Yamato exclaimed.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!" Mimi called, now the tears flowed down her eyes, afraid that her grandpa would pass away.
"Wake up!" she said.
She shook him.
Yamato was about to go out and call the nurse when Mimi suddenly shrieked something.
"Okay, okay," she said in tears. "I'll marry Yamato-kun! I will!"
She wasn't aware of what she's saying.
All she knew was, she wanted her grandpa alive.
The nurse rushed inside the room, brushing against Yamato's shoulder.
The day after, Mimi and Yamato saw each other in a restaurant.
Mimi was awkward while Yamato sat there in front of her calmly.
"You were the one who agreed…remember?" Yamato broke the silence.
"You were right," she told him. "Grandpa has two years to live and yet when he asked me of only one thing, I refused to obey…still he's so kind to me."
Yamato stared at her.
"Princess, I also admit that what he's asking of us is very difficult to deal with," Yamato confessed. "But you have a boyfriend, I am seeing someone---this is so bad."
Mimi looked up.
"What if we just divorce as soon as Grandpa dies?" Mimi suggested.
Yamato thought for awhile then he shook his head.
"Then we'd disappoint our parents," he said. "I don't want them to think that we're hypocrites."
Mimi sighed.
"I guess I have to break up with Michael and get married," she joked.
Yamato gave her a weak grin.
"We have to sacrifice over that silly pact our grandparents made," he said.
"What if they never met? Would things be easier?" Mimi asked.
"No," Yamato replied.
"Why not?" Mimi asked.
Yamato laughed and pinched her cheek.
"Then we wouldn't meet each other, right?" he asked. "I can't get through my childhood years without a princess by my side."
Mimi smiled and leaned in to pinch his cheek too. Yamato's hand still pinching hers.
"And I can't live without a kitsune-chan," she said.
They paused, looked at each other and laughed.
They both removed their hands from each other's cheeks.
"We both look crazy!" Mimi said and laughed.
Yamato smiled at his 'princess'.
I hope they would always like this forever.
But it's hard to learn how to love somebody you grew up to be best friends with.
Very hard.
Their orders came.
Mimi ate her spaghetti while Yamato sipped his cup of tea.
"Good luck to us," Yamato said.
Mimi rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, right," she said.
a/n : Nice, huh? Well the wedding and honeymoon scenes are on the next chapter. Review! Jaa ne! I truly believe that this piece I'm currently doing is a lot better than my first one…just my opinion.
