Okay, sooooooo a better carry on from where I left off. By the way my apologies for the long wait, I had certain matters to attend to. Any hoo on with the fic!

As they sat back down in a circle formation, there was a tense atmosphere lurking between the teens. Yolei glared at Tai then looked towards Sora, trying to see a clue to what had just happened. Tai could still taste Sora's lip gloss and it was driving him insane, along with his heart beating in his ears, the clammy feeling of his palms and the urge to throw her down onto the sofa and kiss the living daylights out of her. Sora, meanwhile, was dealing with mixed emotions. Did he love her? Did she want to risk their friendship? What if they did become a couple, what would happen if they broke up? And most importantly of all, what would it feel like to kiss him properly?

Tai couldn't keep his eyes off her. He wanted her so bad. Her was staring for so long, and so intently that he didn't hear Matt asking him truth or dare till around the third or fourth time he was asked.

"Pardon?" Tai asked dumbly.

"Jeez, Romeo, do ya think you could keep your eyes off Juliet long enough for me to ask you truth of dare?" Matt cuffed Tai across the back of the head.

"Huh? I thought it was Davis' turn."

"Davis dared T.K to drink a glass of Tabasco sauce upside-down. Then T.K dared me to do a strip tease for Meems."

"Dude, I missed a shit load of fun didn't I?"

"Yup, now answer the god damn question, truth or dare?"

"Dare!"

Matt thought for a second, before an evil grin graced his handsome face.

"This dare is a joint dare."

"A joint dare?"

"Yup, a joint dare for both you AND……Sora."

"uh-oh I don't like where this is going." Sora gulped before looking at Tai for help.

Tai grinned sheepishly before mouthing "sorry".

"Okay, I dare Tai AND Sora to……" Matt paused grinning, clearly enjoying the look of anxiety on their faces.

"Matt, would you quit stallin' and dare us already." Tai shouted, anxiously and wanting to get what ever it was over with.

"I dare you two to…full on make out for over 30 seconds. Tongues, hands up the shirt and butt feeling included."

Sora gulped nervously. Of course she wanted to kiss him, but in front of everyone? What if she messed up?

Tai was feeling the exact same feelings. He wanted this so badly, but right now, right here? He decided that, being the chosen of courage he had no other choice.

He smirked.

"Easy" he had to do this, he had to know what it felt like to hold her. He had to know whether she felt as strongly as he did. He wasn't going to let his crest, or his heart down.

Sora looked at him for reassurance, and found it upon his lips. They were so soft and so sweet. She was surprised at how lips that could encourage, that could insult, that could utter a word of complete stupidity or curse, were capable of performing acts of such passion. She circled her arms around his neck, letting her fingers run through his unruly mass of hair.

Tai had never felt such bliss before. It felt even more wondrous than expected. He let his hands wander her petite frame, lingering at the base of her spine. His fingers played with the hem of her shirt, before caressing the skin beneath.

The kiss lasted around a minute before the two parted for a breath. They longed to continue, but were stopped by a loud applause. They turned, his hands still up her shirt, her fingers still entwined within the thick chestnut stands of his hair.

"OH MYGOD!!! THAT WAS THE SINGLE MOST SWEET AND ROMANTIC THING I HAVE EVER WITNESSED!" Mimi squealed at the top of her voice.

"Man, Tai you two were on fire, you lasted well into a minute. I never thought you had the balls dude." Matt congratulated.

"Matt, it aint like we're getting' married or anything. It was just a kiss between friends, we did it for the dare remember."

Sora's heart cracked and splintered, like a stone shattering through the little façade she held within her head.

Just a kiss between friends? Is that all I am to him, a friend? All that passion, and it meant nothing to him, just a stupid dare.

Kari watched the girls face lose its glow of happiness and love. She felt the disappointment and heartbreak, as if it were her own.

Oh Tai, how could you be so careless towards Sora's feelings.

Sora's eyes welled up, tears threatened to fall from her crimson eyes. But no, she refused to let them see her cry, she refused to sit near the young man who could fill her with so much hope then break her already weakened heart. He raised her up so high, then let her drop, plummeting towards the cold, perished ground that was her fear. The fear of being alone.

She rose to her feet within seconds of Kari attempting to put forward a comforting word. She glared at Tai, straight into his eyes focusing all her pain towards him within those agonising seconds, before she swiftly ran towards the door leading outside. She hurried out of the warm lodge, into the frigid night air. a blizzard was on its way, but her instincts were to involved with running from him, running from the pain.