100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
Mimato Fic
ミマト フィク
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Chapter Eighteen: I Think I...
Disclaimer:I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON or even the movie 100 Days With Mr. Arrogant!
Announcement: I'm on my way on creating the SEQUEL for Once Upon A September. Watch out for it:)
Sorry for the long delay!
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"Hai, TK-kun?" Mimi asked, still wondering why he wanted to talk to her privately. She gave him a sidelong glance, and she was glad he didn't notice it at all. TK was just looking at the ceiling, and a half-baked smile escaped his lips. Then he started narrating something.
"There was once a peaceful neighborhood at Tokyo's suburbs," he began. "Four children at that neighborhood are really close, but it's sad that one has to leave."
Mimi listened intently on what he's trying to say. "And then after 17 years, the person who left still remembers vividly the girl on his neighborhood--- his first love."
Is TK-kun talking about his first love? Mimi thought.
"But then, it seems that he failed to track her once he returned. She isn't living on the neighborhood anymore. He doesn't even remember her name and face, for they were so young back then. But her memories of friendship remained carved deep in his heart, as if it won't be removed forever..."
He faced Mimi with a childish smile. "However, things pass and times change. It doesn't mean that he must be stuck forever waiting for some news, right? Mimi-chan, I am that boy. Now that I don't think I can still have a chance to see her, I began to harbor some feelings for some special girl I know."
She blinked, still not getting anything. "I see," Mimi replied as she beamed a little. "I also agree with what you just said."
Silence passed by for a brief moment.
"Mimi-chan..." he muttered softly, getting closer to her. "If my aniki leaves you for someone, or if he hurts your feelings, you can always count on me. I'll be there for you, I promise."
Mimi was shocked to hear it from him. "What do you mean, TK-kun?" she asked.
He became serious. "I like you, Mimi-chan. I really do." He said in a casual manner.
Suddenly, a glass crashed on the ground. When the both of them searched where it came from, they saw Yamato--- the way they've never seen him before...
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"Are you having fun, Jun?" Mr. Ishida asked as he brought yet another bottle of wine.
Jun nodded. "Hai, ojisan. I am having a nostalgic afternoon here with the rest of you." She smiled. "By the way, if it's not rude to ask this, do you know how long Matt's dating Tachikawa-san?"
Mr. Ishida thought for a while. "Not less than 9 weeks."
"Wow," Jun muttered. "I didn't think Matt would end up having a relationship that long. When I rejected him, he dated everyone who liked him most to make me jealous. But he couldn't stand it, and he ended up breaking-up with the girls after a week."
"So you were the one who caused his playboy attitude, eh?" Mr. Ishida concluded. He laughed. "I really thought he's not serious into anything, that's why I took his music career in order for him to have a decent attitude towards love."
Jun was surprised to hear that. "You did that?" she almost shouted. "Oh my! That was everything to him!"
Mr. Ishida nodded. "Though I know that, he needs to learn. I knew that if he would keep a low profile during college, girls won't follow him around. Still, he remained famous. Till one day, he met Mimi in College. I heard from them that some College thugs tried to do something bad to Mimi when my son first met him."
Jun laughed. "It's not the Arrogant Matt's type to save a damsel in distress!"
"Just as I thought, love changes everything. Maybe it's the thing we call love at first sight."
"I bet Tachikawa-san is someone who deserves Matt equally. She has the looks, riches and fame." Jun replied. "I wish them happiness. I just don't know if Matt could remove his tendency to be jealous."
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Yamato acted differently, glaring at TK even more. He clutched his fists, moved towards them and gave TK a sudden blow with his right fist.
"You bastard! I trusted you! I just knew a while ago that you're my long-lost otouto. With that, I was assured you won't betray me!" he shouted with raging anger, loud enough for anyone on the mansion to hear.
TK wiped the blood trickling on his face. Mimi gasped. "TK-kun? Are you alright?" She glanced at Yamato. "Yamato-kun! What was that for?!"
He looked at her with his eyes not glaring, but with his eyes that show hurt. "Mimi... I can't take this anymore. I cannot pretend any longer." He said calmly.
Mimi's eyes enlarged in shock. "W-What do you mean by... that?" Is our contract... over?
He came closer to her, and as soon as the distance was short, he pulled her closer to him. Mimi was surprised on the way he's doing things. She knew him as a gentle person, although he's an arrogant guy.
"Yamato-kun! Let go of me!" she cried, struggling to get away. But his grip was too strong for her.
"Listen... I think I..." Yamato began when TK regained his composure, grabbing Mimi away from his elder brother.
"Stay away from her!" he shouted. "You're hurting Mimi-chan!"
Yamato glared at him, "You don't have the right to say that..." he said, with his voice dangerously low. By that time, Jun and Mr. Ishida already heard the commotion from outside, probably a maid told them.
"What's going on here?"
They witnessed how the brothers jostled each other, and saw Mimi crying herself on the corner of the kitchen. Jun came to Mimi's aid. Mr. Ishida tried to stop the boys.
"Will you stop this commotion?!" Mr. Ishida bellowed. In an instant, the boys stood still, knowing that their father is mad and as a sign of respect for him. They instantly looked at Mimi who stood up and composed herself. She tried her best to smile.
"Otosama, I have to go. Thank you for today." She said. "Motomiya-san, nice to meet you."
She hurriedly walked out her way to the Ishida mansion. "Mimi!" Yamato called out. "Wait!"
He followed her. TK tried to follow them too, but Mr. Ishida grabbed his shoulder.
"Son, we need to talk." He said calmly. "Takeru, you know that Mimi is your aniki's girl, right?"
TK simply nodded, and he fixed his stare on the floor. "But I---"
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"Tachikawa Mimi!" Yamato shouted. "Where are you heading? Do you know the way out of this place? How to go back to our place?"
"Ourplace? Maybe it's your place now!" she said. "You said you can't pretend anymore, right? Well then, I think that it's time for me to leave you. You just terminated our contract, and I appreciate how you finally gave me my freedom just when you see me talking with your younger---"
Yamato stopped her talking by kissing her lips. Then he did not let go of her. She remained close to him, feeling his warmth. The sun's about to set and it's getting colder…
"That's not what I meant..." he said softly, far from how he was a while ago. "It's true that what I became was caused by what I saw and heard from the kitchen, but..."
"What is it then?" Mimi cried, and for the first time in a loud voice. "You knew there are still 20 or so days before it's over. And I… I don't want to---"
She was set free, while Yamato gazes at him. She could not look at him directly, and she can't tell what her true feelings are. Mimi knew Jun Motomiya returned to see Yamato. And with regard to his first love, she cannot interfere.
"I don't want to ruin what you and Motomiya-san had started." She simply stated. "Yamato-kun… I'm so happy that she's come back for you."
Mimi turned her back and walked as quickly as she could. Yamato stood in silence, watching her back turned against him. If only he had said something--- but he is still too blind to see what she's felt about him.
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"It's true."
"But why?"
TK stood up defensively. "I don't see in aniki that he's cherishing Mimi that much, and I am always ready to be with her at all costs." He announced. "Mimi doesn't deserve him at all. I believe I am the man who could make her happy."
Unknown to them, Yamato was just right around the corner standing and listening to their conference. All of a sudden, all of the memories he had with Mimi flashed in his mind, screaming the truth about what TK had said. For the past 9 weeks or so, he had used her as a doll for his father's deal. He thought selfishly and never thought of Mimi.
"He's not lying, dad…" Yamato muttered. "I do believe I was doing something wrong to her, and I was hurting her." He glanced at TK at that instant. "…but I'm making this thing clear: I think there's only one girl I'd like to spend my life with. And that would be Mimi."
He sauntered away and then out the door he went. After that, they could only hear his car's engine fading away…
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To be continued
つづく。。。