A/N: Finally another chapter! I have final exams coming up, starting next week and my last one won't be till Dec 18th, so I'll be pretty busy. But I just HAD to upload another chapter. Hopefully you guys will enjoy it. Just so you know, most of the stuff in italics are Yamato's thoughts. It took a while to do this since I wasn't quite sure how to introduce the idea I wanted to go with. Plus, after re-reading it a few times, it seemed to me that the events were occuring to quickly so I had to try to add some more dialogue and filler-thoughts hehe! If you feel it needs more, I'll be sure to work on improving that for the next chapter.

This chapter is dedicated to my cousin, Karen. She's the one that came up with the idea for the ending:) Well Enjoy!

"So I walk into the bathroom, and BAM! Tai's all wet and hot coming outta the tub," I explained to Mimi, illustrating the 'bam' effect by smashing my fist into the small table we were sitting at in the club. "Then we started arguing and yeah...sheesh, why's he...why's he gotta be like that for?...why's he gotta do that? Huh? Like piss me off and crap." I sighed loudly for the umpteenth time today. I was drowning my sorrows in alcohol, which was obviously having an effect on me. I guess that was alright, my bottle was empty now so I wouldn't have to worry about passing out or anything. Slurring my words unintentionally, I told Mimi about the series of uncomfortable events that occurred today.

"Aww my poor baby, come here, let me nurse your wounds!" Mimi took out a half-empty mini bottle of Tequila from her purse and tried to put the bottle to my mouth as if I was some kind of alcoholic baby. One had to wonder what this woman was doing carrying alcohol so casually in her purse.

"Mimi!!! I don't want more alcohol! I've had enough already!" I shoved the bottle away, latching onto her arm, "Meeeemsie? What should I do about this situation I'm in? Tai thinks I'm a pervert, not just from the dream, but from the magazine I bought and walking in on him in the bathroom." Mimi pulled me up from my chair and dragged me to the dance floor.

"You should just shut up and dance with me!"

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After a few hours of dancing and frequent washroom breaks, I grew weary and decided it was time to go home. Mimi and I went to her car outside. "It's too dark for you to walk home Yama, you'll get raped or something! Lemme drive you home." Now Mimi was fairly drunk too, but not quite as drunk as I was.

"Mimi, you can't drive! You're drunk, come one, gimme the keys...I'll drive you home." No, I was not making any sense, was I?
"NO! Yamatoooo, you're drunk, you can't. Look, it's ok, it's ok," she assured me in slurs, "I'll drive slow. Not too slow, but just the right speed." Giving in, I decided to just sit in the passenger seat and play the role of driving instructor.

Twenty minutes later, I arrived at my apartment safe and unharmed. Before I got out of the car, Mimi turned to me and looked me in the eyes with her somewhat glazed-over eyes. "Oh my gosh, Yamato. I know."

"Know what?" I asked her, confused.

"What you can do to fix this thing with Tai!" she replied enthusiastically.

"And... What exactly do you think can be done?" I asked, still very confused.

"Tell him that you're having your period!" Mimi exclaimed. A moment of silence passed between us. Was she crazy or something? My period?

"Do I LOOK like a woman to you?" I asked. Mimi gave me a sloppy smirk and giggled.

"Well…a little in column A, and a little in column B!" she replied smartly.

"Um…right….Goodnight Mimi, drive safely." I got out of the car and staggered towards the lobby of the apartment. I sure felt dizzy! I heard Mimi speed off, the tires leaving skid marks from where she left. Hmm, looking back on that, I probably should have just asked her to stay put and let me call her a cab. Pushing the thought aside, I thought about Tai as I waited for the elevator.

"Hmm…how to fix this." Maybe I should make a peace offering being attempting to talk to him. Bring him a sacrifice or something. Naw, that's just morbid. I entered the elevator as it opened with a ding.

"Oh! I know," I exclaimed raising an index finger in the air, "Maybe I can give Tai a few beers and he'll loosen up! Then he won't be all weird around me and things will go back to normal!" The light bulb in my brain faded just then. That wouldn't work either…Tai doesn't drink. I sighed, closing my eyes. It was then that I realized I was still standing in the elevator after it had stopped.

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When I reached the apartment, I fumbled with my keys to open the door. After I finally managed to get inside, I noticed Tai lying on the couch asleep. I wonder what he was doing up so late...Waiting for you, Yamato, my drunken thoughts spoke. Me? Could it be? Hmm, he was shirtless too. And damn, he sure looked hot! His tan skin was gleaming under the moonlight that seeped in through the blinds in the living room. The room had this blue aura that just made him look all the more beautiful and serene.

He looks like an angel.

I knelt down beside him and caressed his cheek, his warmth emanating from his skin onto my hand. I couldn't help but feel like prince charming leaning over my beloved Snow White. Maybe, just maybe if I kissed him, he'd wake up and fall in love with me? And then we could live happily ever after.

No, that's impossible. Even I, in my drunken stupor, knew that that was a crazy idea.

But seriously, maybe we could talk things out tonight. Maybe I could tell him just what in the world was going on in my mind. I felt so bold, so certain that he would understand and forgive my weirdness this week. "Ok, it's decided! I will wake him up, and confess my undying love for him!"

And so…I proceeded to shake the life back into my darling Sleeping Beauty! "Taiiiiiiiii! WAKE UPPPPP!" I yelled.

Tai opened his eyes drowsily upon hearing my voice. "Huh, whaaa..? Yama?"

"Tai my sweet, you have awakened from your peaceful slumber!" I crooned, slurring my words slightly.

"Yama….are you…" Tai looked at me with this strange look in his eyes. My thoughts screamed, He's giving you the look of love! But I knew better. Tai was merely confused, the sober part of my brain told me. He could tell I was drunk. Pushing that aside, I placed my hands squarely on Tai's shoulders and looked him straight in the eyes so that he could see that I was serious.

"Tai, I'm sick of you avoiding me and us fighting. We really need to talk." Tai gave me a look of understanding.

"You're right," he sighed, "You're absolutely right. I've been doing a lot of thinking myself lately and-" I cut him off then telling him to shut up and listen, not really caring what he was going to say. I probably should have listened though, but I wasn't finished saying what I had to say yet! And when a drunk man wants to talk, you gotta let him talk!

"There is something I have to tell you. Come and follow me onto the balcony. I want to say it to you under the stars!" I stood up, beckoning to sky. Staggering towards the balcony, I slid the door open roughly and sat on railing, crossing my legs in the sexiest pose I could make without falling over and giggling like a schoolgirl. Tai had a look of horror on his face and jumped off of the sofa towards me. What was he so freaked out about? Did he know what I was going to tell him?

"Yama…look you've obviously had a bit too much to drink tonight, ok? Come inside" He snatched my wrist and tried to pull me off the balcony.

"Why should I?" I retaliated, snatching my wrist back.

"Because, you're gonna fall over the damn railing, now get inside!" Being as stubborn as ever, I shook my head furiously.

"NO! I have to tell you something! Now let me talk!" I yelled, pouting deliberately. Why was he being so mean, I just wanted to tell him that I'm in love with him!

"Yama…whatever you have to say, I'm sure you can say it without sitting over a balcony railing!" He tried to grab me from around the waist, but I smacked his hands away and held my arms behind me.

NEVER!!!" I shouted while staring him down.

Suddenly, a wave of dizziness overcame me and I lost balance on the railing, falling backwards!

For that moment, everything seemed to move slowly. I could feel the cold air as it rushed against me as I fell backwards. As I stared at Tai, my vision seemed to pan up and then I was staring up at the stars! I was scared as hell. My life flashed before my eyes. My parents. My little brother, T.K. My friends. My music career. And my beloved Tai.

I was going to die. I could feel my life escaping me. I was going to die. And there was nothing I could do to stop it.

Suddenly, I felt myself hit something very hard, landing on my face. Was I dead? No, not quite…yet.

"Ugh! Uhhhhhhh!" I cried out. OH MY GOD THE PAIN! It was like nothing I had ever felt. I whimpered. I couldn't move, but I could tell that I was lying on something metal, and it had crushed under the force of my impact. My left leg was in excruciating pain. My chest was numb. My head was tilted to the right and I could see my arm with a piece of silver metal covered in blood protruding from my right forearm. I started to cry. Where the hell was I? What the hell happened? One minute I'm sitting on the balcony railing, the next I'm lying on a sheet of metal, unable to move.

I could hear all sorts of sounds around me, none of which I could identify, except for a loud scream from someone that sounded a lot like Tai. Tai… It was becoming harder and harder to breathe. My vision was blurring. Tai… I could feel my heart slowing. The sounds were fading around me. Tai…It hurt to cry. Everything faded to black.

Tai…

A/N: Did you like it? Quite an ending huh? Try to imagine yourself in immense physical pain, so painful that you can't move or speak. That's what Yamato's going through at the end. I tried to convey that as best I could, but it was a bit tough. Please review!