Friendly Lovers
Disclaimer : I don't own Digimon and its characters. Bandai© owns them. This story is credited from 'My Little Bride'. I used 'Tell Me Where It Hurts' by MYMP. It's not mine either.
Chapter Nine : Remember This Day
Morning again.
Yamato slept on the sofa again.
The acoustic guitar laid on the floor, stray sheets of paper surround the living room's center table.
Mimi got out of her bedroom in pink pajamas.
Her hair neatly combed back in a ponytail.
She knelt beside the sofa and looked at Yamato.
"I just can't be a good wife to you," Mimi murmured.
She sighed and was about to get up and cook when she noticed the sheets of paper in disarray.
She picked them up and piled them neatly then she placed them back on the center table carefully.
But then something urged her to read the papers' contents.
Why is that sad look in your eyesWhy are you crying?
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why you're feeling this way
I hate to see you so down, oh baby
She paused when she noticed Yamato's head moving slightly.
She quickly returned the papers back in the center table and silently tiptoed to the kitchen.
"Lemme see those songs of yours!" Tai exclaimed, his hands trying to snatch the papers from Yamato's hands.
Yamato tried to shove the papers away from him.
"Don't keep us waiting," Kyoushiro commented.
Taichi stopped snatching the papers.
"Okay then," Yamato said. "Just help me settle things with Mimi."
"You fought?" Tai asked.
"No…she's sad about something," Yamato said.
"We won't ask about it," Kyoushiro said. "So what do you want us to do?"
"How do you cheer up a girl?" Yamato asked.
Taichi sighed and rested his chin on his fist.
"I buy my ex-girlfriends some flowers and chocolates," he said.
"Doesn't Mimi like sweets and flowers?" Kyoushiro asked.
"It's too cliché you know," Yamato said.
Taichi smirked at him.
"So what do you have in mind?" he asked. "Sing her those songs of yours?"
Kyoushiro suddenly hit his back.
"Ow!" Taichi wailed. "What was that for!"
"Nice suggestion!" Kyoushiro praised.
Yamato sighed.
Mimi walked along the corridor, her head bowed down.
Miyako walked alongside her.
"Mi-chan---"
"Please," she stopped Miyako. "Not now."
Miyako fell silent.
"I don't know what's happening to you but you know, you should at least tell me," Miyako said as she walked nonchalantly.
When she turned, she found that Mimi has just stopped walking and that they are a few inches away from each other.
"Mimi!" she called.
"Excuse me," Michael excused himself as he made his way past Miyako and approached Mimi.
Mimi froze on where she was standing.
"You wasted our relationship," Michael said sternly.
Mimi's head is still bowed down.
"You shouldn't have lied to me," Michael said in a harsh tone. "Now you're the one who's crying?"
Mimi looked up silently.
"I did this for my family," she replied weakly.
"I know!" Michael exclaimed. "But why did you lie to me!"
Some people were watching them.
Miyako approached Mimi and Michael.
"Michael, please---"
"Can you do something about it if I told you about it!" Mimi shot back.
Michael fell silent.
Mimi ran away.
The fall of her dignity is slowly happening.
Miyako entered the comfort room for women.
She noticed a single bathroom stall closed.
"Mi-chan," she called. "Are you there?"
Mimi slid the bathroom stall's door open.
She hugged Miyako.
"How did Michael know?" Miyako asked softly.
"Yamato and I saw him in a restaurant and then…and then," Mimi sobbed once more.
Miyako rubbed her back.
"It's okay," she consoled her. "Let's talk this over some other time."
Mimi tried to open the condominium's door expecting that Yamato already got in which means she doesn't need to swipe the door keycard anymore.
But when she realized it was locked, she wondered why Yamato wasn't home yet.
It was already 7 in the evening.
She swiped the door keycard and opened the unlocked door.
She got in to find the condominium empty and dark.
When she was about to switch the lights on, a small light from a candle appeared.
A strum of the guitar could be heard.
Why is that sad look in your eyes?Why are you crying?
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why you're feeling this way
I hate to see you so down, oh baby
Isn't your heart
Ooh, that's breaking down in pieces
Making you cry, making you feel blue?
Is there anything that I can do?
Mimi walked closer to the candle's light and decided not to turn the lights on.
Two candles lit up illuminating Yamato and Taichi.
Taichi grinned at Mimi.
"I came to light the candles," he said.
He got up.
"Bye," he bid her goodbye and got out.
Why don't you tell me where it hurts now, baby?And I'll do my best to make it better
Yeah, I'll do my best to make
The tears all go away
Just tell me where it hurts now, tell me
And I'll love you with a love so tender
Oh and if you let me stay, I will love all the hurt away…
Yamato put the guitar aside and went near Mimi.
"I'm sorry," he said. "I don't have flowers, chocolate or anything to give."
Mimi looked up at him.
"Why are you doing this?" she asked.
"Coz I don't want you to get hurt," he said.
He cupped her face.
"You're my wife," he said.
Mimi's eyes closed, a tear spilled from her eye.
"I'm sorry for being a bad wife," she said as soon as her eyes flew open.
"Why are you saying this?" Yamato asked. "You weren't a bad wife."
Mimi hugged him.
"We didn't want to be a married couple, did we?" she asked. "Just considering the thought makes me blue."
Yamato hugged back.
"How funny," he said. "I married my best friend."
"Friendly lovers, huh?" Mimi said, looking up at him.
"I guess," Yamato grinned.
Mimi leaned closer to give him a quick peck on his lips.
"Will that kiss make us romantic lovers now?" she teased.
Yamato grinned and caressed her face.
"We have lots of days to come," he said.
Mimi sighed.
"I know," Mimi said and hugged him again.
a/n : Did I make you wait? Well you know, I've been busy these days. Will you give me suggestions for the ending? Hehehe, I'm clueless about this story's ending for the past few days…it seems that there are lots of endings but can't seem to satisfy me…please suggest…R&R!
