"Hey," Mimi called to Taichi who was waiting over by the popcorn stands, "Hope I'm not late," She laughed.

She had spent the majority of her day basically pampering herself with a massage, a bubble bath, and a pedicure. She had also spent about three hours shopping for presents and clothes. Half way through that though, she got an e-mail from Taichi saying that no one else could make it. Although she was half relived, she was also upset about it.

Relived that she wouldn't have to deal with them so soon, and upset because they hadn't wanted to come. Of course, she knew Taichi purposely wanted to keep her arrival as a surprise, but what the HELL! Had they all gotten so tangled up in their own lives not to want to hang out? But then again, she had gotten tangled in her life as well, so could she really blame them?

But on a lighter note, she had convinced the now really moody Taichi to come out anyways for her own sake. Not only had they decided on going to the Movies, but they were going to dinner and then walk around town to visit all of the sights where the Digimon had attacked, like a trip down memory lane.

She was very excited, but not for herself, it was more that she wanted to get the smile back on Taichi's face, as he seemed to only get more depressed as time went on. She knew that if their friends found them like this, they'd probably think that they were dating or something, but she didn't care. It was more important that Taichi got out of this slump before it becomes a bigger problem.

"Not really," Taichi smiled, throwing a look at the popcorn stand, "Want some,"

"Of course!" she clapped her hands together watching the employee busy themselves with filling customer's orders, "I'm gonna get some Ice Tea, and some Fuzzy Peaches for snacks,"

"I'm heading down the road for a slushie, and extra buttery popcorn,"

"Yummy," Mimi laughed, punching Taichi, while they waited in line, "You're gonna have a stomach ache later,"

"It'll be worth it," Taichi laughed, before admitting, "It's been a while since I've hung out with any of our friends,"

"Really?" Mimi asked, now shocked, "What's happened? I noticed that everyone doesn't talk a lot anymore,"

Shaking his head, Taichi let out a weak sigh, "Don't know, we've probably just drifted away since everything has died down. With no more evil Digimon to threaten us, I guess we don't have anything in common anymore,"

"Aw, Taichi, that's not true. We still have our crest, and our adventures in common," she laughed, rubbing his back, "Hey, now I feel bad too,"

"Why?" Taichi questioned, "You're not even involved in any of this."

"Exactly!" Mimi complained as they reached the container and placed their order.

After gathering their food, they headed for the Cinema the movie was playing in, "You didn't need to pay Mimi, I ain't that cheap," Taichi smirked, messing up her hair,

"I know, but you already brought my ticket for me so I thought that I'd get you back," she smiled in her defense. "I hear this movie's really good. I just want to see the fight scenes to be honest,"

"Since when do you like fighting?" Taichi laughed at her, as they found perfect seat, in the upper most centre of the spacious cinema, "I thought you hated fighting,"

"I still do, as long as it involves my friends. When it involves random famous people, I could care less," Mimi laughed, sitting with one leg underneath the other, "But anyways, like I was saying, I feel bad that I'm missing everything,"

"Don't," Taichi forced a laugh, "Its unnecessary annoying drama that really doesn't have a point to it,"

"Of course it does. I think we should go over and see Daisuke and Ken's soccer match on Tuesday. And of course, cheer them to victory."

Nodding, Taichi couldn't help by smile at her strength. Since when is Mimi so headstrong and encouraging; with this new attitude she could be the leader of the DigiDestined's if she wanted to. But when did she grow up so much? She was so strong in comparison to him now, that Taichi felt as though he could rest complete of her shoulders, if even for a little while. Wrapping an arm around her shoulders, he hugged her tight, "Yeah, we should." He agreed. Just because they were drifting afar from one another, didn't mean that he had to lay down and take it like he had been doing. "Thanks Meems,"

Nodding, Mimi rested her head on his shoulder, feeling completely content with herself that she's at least giving Taichi hope for their friendship and their future.