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Sora stirred in her sleep, the sun streaming through the white curtains of her room. She moved to stretch her arms above her head, stopping as she felt the heavy weight of an arm wrapped around her waist. Her eyes shot open. She stared at the ceiling and counted to five before slowly and stiffly moving her head to make certain it was who she thought it was.
Her eyes took him in. The familiar brown hair. The familiar nose. The familiar breathing that meant he was dead asleep. Taichi Kamiya. She silently mouthed an Oh my god, to herself.
Sora Takenouchi could not believe it actually happened. What did this make them? Was he thinking the same thing? She felt her heart rate quickly increasing, a beeping alerting her of her nerves. Sora quickly realized the beeping was her alarm blaring to wake her up for work. Her hand shot out, gripped the beeping phone, and chucked it across the room.
She took a deep breath, knowing the noise was nowhere near loud enough to awaken the deep sleeping Tai.
See, Sora wanted this… Right? Her dreams were hard to ignore, but now that it actually happened? She was a bit lost on how to feel. Their friendship meant everything to her and if they were to start dating, what would the others think? Sure, Mimi would be happier than a kid on Christmas, but would there be some weird divide? She couldn't have the others acting weird around them.
The redhead quickly bounced out of her thoughts. She was going to be late to work. She clenched her teeth, taking a deep breath, before slowly slipping from under Tai's heavy arm. She felt the breath leave her body as she freed herself from his grasp.
"Wow…" She looked at his sleeping form, "Wow. I mean… Wow?" Her words were quiet and frantic as she slipped a t-shirt dress over her body.
We can talk about this later, Sora glanced at him one last time, leaving him to his slumber as she grabbed her bag and quietly slipped from her room.
"Goooood morning!" Sora stopped dead in her tracks. She turned slowly, smiling innocently, "Oh! Mimi," she chuckled nervously, "I didn't think you'd be… Home!" Mimi usually stayed with Yamato on concert nights… She claimed that live music got her going.
Mimi was smirking, her hands balled into fists and placed on her hips, "Oh I'm home alright. How'd you sleep, Sora? Well I'm guessing from the looks of your hair…" Sora felt the heat rise up her cheeks. Almost reactively, Sora smoothed her hair down and hopefully into place.
"Well you know me… Always the heavy sleeper…" She cleared her throat, Mimi sipping from the cup of tea she had every morning. "Mhm," Mimi set the cup down slowly, "Is he in there still?"
Sora raised an eyebrow as she glanced to her door, "Who…?" She couldn't avoid Mimi's accusing gaze, "Okay yes. Please don't say anything okay? I'm not even sure what to think!" She whispered frantically as she quickly moved to join Mimi in the small kitchen.
Mimi's face lit up, an excited squeal quietly slipping past her lips, "How was it? Sora!" She jumped a bit, her voice lowering to a serious tone, "I've been waiting YEARS for this moment."
She pulled Sora closer, "So… Was he… You know…" Mimi used her hands to measure out a length, resulting in a blush from Sora. Sora slapped her hands down, shushing her.
"We'll talk later. I have to get to work," Sora moved to leave, "Don't make this weird… And keep your mouth shut. I know how much you looooove to talk."
Mimi rolled her eyes, waving her off as she faked a hurt look, "Sora… Okay fine. I'll keep my mouth shut. But just for you!" Sora mouthed a thank you as she hurried out into the hall of their apartment building.
"Whoa!" Sora turned, bumping into a groggy Yamato. Him, Tai, and Izzy lived in the apartment across the hall. "Why are you in such a rush this morning?" The blonde gave her a weird look.
Sora shrugged, avoiding his gaze, "No reason. I'm… Just you know… Trying to get to the office early," she gave him her best attempt at a smile. Yamato sighed, running a hand through his hair, "You know it's Saturday, right?"
"Saturday?" Sora smiled, the gesture not reaching her eyes. She never worked weekends, even during the busy seasons of the company. "I have work. I need to… Vacuum the elevator and… Yeah. You know how my boss can get."
Yamato wasn't buying it, but it was too early to question. He was out late from his concert the night before, Mimi egging him on to take two shots too many, "Right… She is a bit crazy about the crumbs that build up in the elevator. Hey," he fished his keys out of his pocket, "Have you seen Tai? He didn't come home."
Sora blinked, How do I get out of this… "Tai who?" The look on Yamato's face was the dictionary definition for confusion, "Kamiya. Tai Kamiya? About this tall?" His hand went a few inches over his own head, "Brown, bushy hair that needs to be cut? Your best friend?"
Sora nodded, "Ooooh Taichi… Yeah I don't know! I haven't seen him in days." Yamato eyed her, "Sora I saw you two last night… Are you feeling okay? Did you eat Mimi's cooking? She's great an all, but sometimes…" The woman shifted on her feet, "Matt I gotta go. If I see him I'll let you know." She patted him on his shoulder before hurrying out to her office.
Yamato watched Sora walk off, shaking his head as he turned away from his door to Mimi and Sora's. He walked in, "Hey is Sora feeling okay… I just saw her in the hall and…" His blue eyes landed on Tai, "… Huh. And you're here."
He looked between the two. Tai had the look he always had when he didn't get a lot of sleep. Bags under his eyes and a weird air about him that meant he was in need of coffee. Mimi cleared her throat as she walked to greet Yamato, her arms flinging around his neck as she greeted him with a kiss. "Tai was just looking for you! Right, Taichi?"
Tai shrugged, "No I was looking for So-" His eyes widened in realization, "Someone named Yamato who happens to be you, buddy!" Tai chuckled, scratching the back of his neck nervously.
Yamato pulled from Mimi and sat at the table, his blue eyes darting back between the two and then the door, "Everyone's weird this morning… Do you think there's something in the water here?" Mimi shrugged as she leaned against the table, "Beats me!"
"Yeah…" Yamato rubbed his eyes, "Sora is going to work to vacuum the elevator… Tai looks like he's performing with Lady Gaga with those eye bags… And you're… Off."
Mimi knew why Tai had those bags under his eyes. Sora kept him up. The girl was never one to sleep when she had a guy over, if you know what she means. I can't tell Matt, she fought with her thoughts.
"Taichi came over last night to…" she looked to Tai, her hand making a circling motion as she beckoned him to intervene.
"To sleep," Tai said quickly, "I forgot my keys in the apartment and you were out partying last night. I know how you get on concert nights." He smirked, earning an eye roll from Yamato. "Taichi, the girl's have a spare under their cookie jar."
Tai shrugged, "Nah. The couch was comfortable enough." Yamato nodded, the explanation good enough for him. Tai glanced at his phone, Sora's name flashing across the screen. He took a deep breath as he moved to step out into the hall, "Now, if you two will excuse me…" He slid his thumb across the screen, "H-Hey! What's up…" His voice muffled behind the wood of the red door as it closed.
"Weird ass morning, Meems," Yamato shook his head. Mimi sighed as she slipped into the chair next to him, "You have nooooo idea."
"Hey Sor," Tai cleared his throat as he heard her greeting on the other side, "What's… What's up?"
Sora nibbled her lips nervously, her phone pressed to her ear as she sat in her parked car, "N-Nothing… I just wanted to make sure nothing was weird between us since," she chuckled nervously, "You know…" Tai matched her chuckle, "Uh, yeah. Yep. Everything is great… So it was just attraction or…?"
"Yeah! Just physical attraction," Sora felt a small pain in her heart, Psh. It's just Taichi. Tai sighed, something Sora took as relief. "Perfect then," he mumbled as he juggled his keys in his hand, "Then nothing to be weird about. People sleep together alllll of the time."
He turned the key in the lock, opening the door to his apartment. "So we're cool?" Tai smiled to himself as he heard her calm voice return, "Yeah, Sor. We're cool… And hey…"
Sora smiled at the tone of his voice, "What?" Tai smirked as he switched the phone to his other ear, "I didn't realize you still had that stamina built up from soccer back in high school."
Sora blushed, her eyes widening. She wished she could slap the smirk she knew was on his face, "Taichi!" She heard his laugh.
"I'm kidding alright? No more comments," Tai threw his keys into the small dish that Izzy insisted they get to stay organized, "You still coming over for dinner? You know Mimi hates it when someone misses out on Saturday dinner."
"Ugh," Sora pinched the bridge of her nose, "I forgot about that… Yeah I'll be there."
Tai walked to the large window that overlooked the parking lot of the apartment complex, "Then I'll see you then. Are you going to sit in your car all day or are you really going to vacuum the elevator?" He smirked at her car from his window, giving her a small wave.
Sora sank into her seat, muttering a small no before stepping out of her car and waving back, "See you tonight, Taichi…" She hung up the phone, flashing his window a quick smile before she headed back into the building.