A/n: So, you are back for more, eh? I suppose I am also back for more, since I am posting another chapter.
Thank you to the reviewers! I enjoy your comments tremendously. A certain few have been faithfully clicking that button, but…. I have noticed that their numbers have been dwindling in the past few chapters… this makes me a sad panda… I wonder if it is too much Taiora?
Maybe I should throw in some love triangles… Don't twist my arm… even though the story is finished and I know where I want to go with it, I can still edit things… maybe North Korea decided to bomb Japan (heaven forbid, since I live in Japan at the moment). Or maybe it will become a Korean Drama and they find out that Tai is dying of some kind of brain cancer and that Sora is his long lost sister… don't believe that story line ever happens? Watch a Korean Drama… it happens ALL the time! Ah Korean Dramas… you piss me off so much with your crappy story lines and cliché everything! Yet, I still seem to watch them… go figure.
Ok- long enough rant. It is Monday- yes, we are back to Mondays! Taiora Mondays!
PS- I decided to put the rating at M, if you had not noticed, just to be safe incase it gets hot and heavy in the future... don't think that will be a problem. But just covering my butt!
As Sora abused the warm water in the shower, Tai was in the kitchen cooking away over the stove.
He wanted the meal to be perfect. It was only right to end the date with a romantic meal, right? Thus he worked the whisk with skill and created the best omelets he could. Thankful that there was still fruit in the fridge, not to mention juice, he had a nice place set for her when she finally exited the bathroom.
Tai smiled at her when he saw she was wearing his bathrobe and using his towel to finish drying her hair.
"Sorry, I didn't have anything to put on." She said feeling a little awkward using his things. At least she hoped they were his and not Matt's.
"Well, you do look good in my bathrobe." He smiled, "But I can get you some normal looking clothes." He showed her into his room and gave her a clean track suit to wear. Leaving her to change, Tai returned to the kitchen area to find something that made him want to cry.
"Morning Tai. I'm back." His blond roommate smiled as he sat down at the counter. Thinking the omelet was for him, he almost began to dig into it hungrily.
"NO!" Tai screamed and rushed over to the counter pulling the plate away from Matt.
"Tai, what's wrong with you?" Matt asked looking at Tai. His brown haired buddy was acting a little weird this morning... then Matt took in the sight and comprehension dawned on him.
"Wait a minute... there is something off about this picture. Two plates with an extra special meal prepared, you are in a tee shirt and boxers... your hair is extra messy, red marks up and down your neck and arms... bite marks, hickies, and dare I say nail marks... Taichi, you old dog, you slept with her didn't you?"
"Quiet!" Tai shushed his roommate as he heard Sora ask if everything was ok from behind his door. Pushing Matt over and into the blond's room, Tai silently pleaded with his friend to stay quiet and out of sight for a little while.
"Tai? I thought I heard another voice out here." Sora asked as she finished buttoning the jacket and exited Tai's room.
"Nope, no one here, but us. So how about some breakfast?" Tai smiled and laughed nervously.
Sora shrugged and allowed him to pamper her with a delicious meal.
Matt had been quietly listening in on the breakfast conversation and he was being a real good sport about it, but nearly thirty minutes had passed and he was getting sick of waiting.
"Look Tai you need to ask her out for another date and just get it over with." Matt said exiting the room, he couldn't take much more of Tai failing in his attempts to come out and ask Sora to go steady with him.
"MATT!" Tai was mad, his anger only grew as he saw the embarrassed face Sora gave for being there.
"I think I had better go." Sora smiled awkwardly as the two men had what seemed to be a silent conversation with each other.
"Wait Sora, I..."
"I'm sorry. Don't go because I came out. You two have a good morning and forget I am even here." Matt said kind of regretting his actions. But Tai was clueless with these things, more so than usual.
"No, really. I have to be getting home." She said as she grabbed the bag Tai had used to collect her things.
"I want to drive you home." Tai said grabbing his pants and jacket.
Sora nodded thinking that it would be hard to go home by train from the location and a track suit with Tai's name on it and high heels, might be asking for some interesting press.
The car ride was awkward, until Tai stopped at Sora's apartment.
"Can I see you again? Maybe dinner tonight or something?" Tai asked hopefully.
"Tomorrow?" She asked not knowing if she could take seeing him again that day... she needed to sort out a few things. Moving over to kiss him on the lips she breathed in his scent one more time.
"Tomorrow then?" He smiled.
"Call me." She said as she got out of his car.
"I love you." He added before she closed the door, getting a smile from her and a wave.
Mimi was already in the apartment when Sora unlocked the door and entered.
"Sora?"
"It's me." She replied. Suddenly her roommate rushed to her and hugged her tightly.
"I was so worried when I came back to find you gone... what happened..." She stopped talking noticing the track suit with Tai's name on it. "You didn't?"
Mimi squealed and hugged Sora even tighter. Jumping up and down, the brown haired girl finally calmed down.
"You have to tell me all about it!" She said pulling Sora to the couch and sitting down next to her roommate.
"Well, what about you?" Sora asked trying to change the topic.
"I'll tell you later, first YOU!"
"Um... we left the party and went to a park to star gaze... but it wasn't working. There were too many clouds... so he said he knew another place, but he was not sure I wanted to go there because it was his condo's balcony and all... I said I wanted to go..." Sora said thinking back to both of their nervousness. "We weren't even thinking about anything but the stars and talking and then... I... something in me told me to go for it... we were out on his balcony and then on a mattress... it hurt at first, but... it was wonderful... Oh Mimi, I don't want to mess this relationship up..."
"Sora! Oh my! That is wonderful!" Mimi hugged her again. Sora was beginning to wonder if this is how girls reacted normally after telling their friends of taking the next step and all in a relationship, or if it was just Mimi.
"So, what about you?" Sora asked holding her hand instead of hugging the girl.
"We... we didn't..." Mimi said looking down.
"What? But you... and Joe..."
"We went to his apartment and then... I just couldn't. I've ruined so many relationships by jumping the gun and all... we had a fight... I came back really late last night." Mimi's eyes began to tear up. This made Sora feel bad. While she was gushing about her wonderful night, Mimi was at home alone after a night that went from wonderful to horrible.
"I'm sorry Mimi... I didn't know... you should have called me... I would have come home." Sora said hugging the girl who was visibly distraught.
"No!" Mimi said pushing away. "I couldn't ruin the night for you too! Especially since you deserve to be happy... I can survive... somehow."
"I'm sorry Mimi. I am sure things will work out. Joe is not the kind of guy to call it over because of something like this." Sora said comforting her roommate. "Let's do something fun today, just the two of us and the girls. No boys, no boy talk... just the girls!" Sora suggested.
"Ok." Mimi murmured still crying. Sora stood up and went to the phone, she had a few calls to make, and she knew exactly who the first one would be...
"Tai, you have moved up in my book." Matt smiled as Tai returned from driving Sora home. "I underestimated you my friend."
"Shut up Matt." Tai said not wanting to hear his friend belittle what he and Sora had shared.
"Now come on my friend. You scored and technically on the first date. It took me several girls to get that good."
"What Sora and I did was NOTHING like what you do to those girls. I love her. I really love her- not lust, LOVE." Tai said getting angry at Matt.
"Calm down boy!" Matt said holding his hands up in surrender. "I'll back off. I didn' mean anything by it, honest! Anyway, I am glad you are finally over Ami. And I hope you too work out, really I do."
Tai nodded as he went to the kitchen and began cleaning up breakfast.
"So, does your favorite roommate get an omelet?" Matt smiled as he saw a few eggs left in the fridge.
"I suppose, but you have to promise to not do anything to hurt or make Sora uncomfortable." Tai said pointing a spatula at his roommate who was still looking in the fridge.
"Yes, yes. I promise." Matt said handing Tai the eggs and then going to sit on the stool to wait. "But can I at least ask a few questions?"
"Depends..." Tai replied.
"You know, how was it?"
"Denied." Tai said mixing the eggs and other seasonings.
"Come on Tai. Judging from her performance on the field, and the way you look this morning... I would put her in the hell cat category... Bingo!" Matt smiled seeing Tai blush. "I'm happy for you. Just remember to pace yourself. We need you to still play a good game of soccer. Although you might be practicing less. You have found a better form of exercise now, right?"
"Oh, shut up and eat your omelet."
A/n: Sigh.
Another chapter done… so now it is your turn. See that little button down there? Click it! Click tt good! Click it now, you know you should!
I had sugar this morning, can you tell?