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L ike I was when I began.
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M & M Forever

'… The only thing that makes you mad is the fact that you can't do anything to stop us.'

'Oh yes I can!'

'Like to see you try!'

'Watch me.' Matt vowed. 'I will, but first, I have something more important to do.'

'Like what?'

Making up his mind, he swam over to where Mimi had gotten out only minutes before, and clambered out of the water, ignoring the fact that if he wasn't so preoccupied, he would have been turning beet red with embarrassment over the fact that his boxers were clinging to him like a statically charge balloon does to hair.

Walking slowly into the field, Matt found her lying on a bed of multi-colored flowers, sobbing into her arms. He paused for a minute, unsure of how to go about making her listen to him explain his previous statement.

"Mimi…I…" he started.

"Just go away…." she cried softly.

"…."

"Please, just leave me alone…" she begged. Instead of listening to her pleas, however, he sat down beside her, hoping that she'd see that he wanted to talk and she'd change her mind. But as she still didn't speak to him, he began to worry that she might not listen to him at all ever again. And he was sure, that if it came time for them to leave, she really would stay, if he stayed to protect her or not. He sighed, turning his gaze to the other side of the river, letting his eyes wander along the jagged rocks that jutted out of the mountain. He took a deep breath and started talking, hoping that maybe, just maybe, she might be inclined to listen to what he had to say.

"Mimi, I just wanted you to know, that if it came down between you and T.K., it would be me who was killed, not you or T.K. If someone gave me the choice to choose between you two, I…."

'Say it! Come on, say it! Say it and give in already!' the words called, interrupting his little speech.

'NO. Never!' he replied and tried to shove them from his mind.

'You are so stubborn, you know you should, that you want to listen, yet you resist us!'

'That's what gets me ahead in life, not listening to you.'

'But are you sure you're ahead? Do you feel that empty spot, the missing void? That's what you're missing. Now do you really want to live the rest of your miserable life feeling that?'

'Over having you to deal with? Over hurting other people because of you? Over being hurt by other people because of you? Yes.'

'You can blame us all you want, but to tell you the truth, it's your fault.'

'Whatever…'

"… I wouldn't…." he finally replied out loud, very aware that the longer he paused, the less likely Mimi would pay attention to what he was saying. And he needed her to, or things would not end well.

"…You wouldn't what?" Mimi asked, unable to ignore him any longer. She got onto her knees, brushing away the tears that had fallen.

"I wouldn't be able to choose…. All of my friends are too dear to me to just let die by my word. Just as if it was a choice between Kari and Sora, or Joe and Izzy, or you and Tai…. Ok, well, maybe I might pick Tai to get rid of depending on how bad of a situation it was, even if Sora would kill me after, but that's not the point. The point is, I'd die myself if I could save someone I cared about. I know that might sound stupid…."

"How can that sound stupid? That has got to be the bravest thing anyone could say," Mimi declared, now staring into his eyes, trying to tell if he meant what he was saying. "I'd do the same for anyone I trusted…."

"…and do you trust me?" he asked, unable to take his eyes off of hers, no matter how much he tried.

"…yes… more than anyone else…" she answered, lost once again in his eyes, wandering around in them in hopes of finding a door or something that gave her the proof that she longed for. She wanted to believe that here was someone she could trust, someone who wouldn't leave her or talk about her behind her back. Both of them were so caught up in looking into each other's eyes that neither was even aware that she'd said what she had.

'Ok, this is better than a chick flick!' the words said, interrupting yet again. 'It's sad, it's dramatic, it's emotional and best of all, it's FREE! Now all we need is some popcorn….'

'Would you, for just once in my life, butt out please?!?! Besides, it's not like a chick flick at all.'

'Yes it is.'

'No, it really isn't.'

'Then what movie are you watching? 'Cause the one that involves you and Mimi is for sure a chick flick.'

'Yeah, right. I think someone has a few mental screws loose.'

'You're the one who's the blonde, not me!' they reminded him, and he nearly growled in annoyance.

'Whatever,' he spat back.

'You're not even paying attention to what you two are saying, are you?'

'Yes I am!' he replied.

'Then what did you say?' the words challenged.

'… Uh… I think it had something to do with trust?'

'My God… ok, your fault you didn't catch it, and you're on your own right now. We're done helping you for a while, you can't even see what's going on between you two, that's how blind you are with those stupid walls!'

'Hey, walls help people to not see if I'm worried or sad about anything!'

'Yeah? Well it also blocks out other things to, like something called reality? Remember reality?' they mocked.

'Reality is nothing but pain, torment, and having your heart smashed into millions of pieces,' he spat, becoming even more repulsed by the idea of listening to them. Why would he? What would it really accomplish, other than make him regret his actions towards Mimi yet again.

'Oh really? That's it? There's nothing else good about it?'

'No. There's nothing that is good about it. Absolute-'

'What about love?' Matt abruptly stopped mid-sentence. 'See? You do miss something.'

'You… said…' he whispered, the words echoing in his mind like a large cavern.

'Yes, we said 'Love', what about it?'

'I hate it! I hate it, that's the problem! I haven't missed it, I've been avoiding it like the plague it is! My family was ended because of it, and so was my will to speak of it unless I had to!'

'So what? So even if every girl in the universe came up to you and told you that they loved you, you'd still hate it?'

'Basically,' he said dryly.

'God, she was right about you, wasn't she? You are cold; you have veins of ice. We pity her now….'

'Why do you pity her of all people?! She's a spoiled little brat!'

'Well, from the way you keep looking over her like her guardian angel, you had us fooled!'

'I am not acting like her guardian angel!'

'Oh yeah? Then how come you even debated that you would really leave her alone without protection? Hmmm?'

'….'

'We told you, we know you inside and out.'

'I still think you're mad,' he proclaimed proudly, refusing to lose a figment of his tired and stressed mind. That had to be it; that had to be the only reason he was entertaining these two small words. They were of no matter to him, and he had no reason to listen to them. Words that tried to conquer his rational thinking with the logic of the heart would not be able to win. He'd never admit defeat to them, not after the heartache of losing his mother and brother. He and his logical brain were in charge, not them, and therefore he would not listen to anything they might suggest he should do, no matter how tempting it might be to do so.

'Just wait; you'll realize your mistake sooner or later. And for her sake, we hope it's not the later.'

'Just answer me this: Why are you tormenting me and asking me to do that to Mimi?'

'That's for you to discover, we're done helping for now…. Oh, and if we were you, I'd get going back to the cave. It's already two in the afternoon….'

"It's what?!"

"Huh?" Mimi asked, coming out of her trance. "What's wrong?"

"It's two 'o clock already! We were supposed to be back by now!" Matt said, jumping up in surprise. "Oh man, we are going to hear it from Tai! We better get going!"

Quickly he helped her get to her feet, and they were off, running into the water and swimming across as fast as they could to the other side. Not even really caring that they were changing only more than a few yards away from each other, they hastily changed back into their clothes and swiftly headed to the entrance to the cave. Automatically, it seemed, Matt's hand found hers, and they rushed farther into the mountain, hoping to somehow make up for lost time. After wandering around in the dark fro what seemed hours, they finally made it out onto the other side.

"I hope that whatever it was that screamed this morning is gone," Mimi muttered just loud enough for her friend to hear, and he nodded, agreeing whole-heartedly. Whatever it had been, it had made both of them very uneasy.

"I know that this might not be the best idea in the world, but do you want to see if we can just cut across country?"

"Like a shortcut?"

"Yeah, except this shortcut won't be like Tai's, it won't make any long delays."

"Alright, but if we get lost, it's your fault!"

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