Oh Tachikawa!
Chapter 08: Getting There
Mimi's Room-
She packed her things: clothes, toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, facial wash, soap, feminine wash, conditioner, lotion, night cream, brush, towel, sandals, slippers, powder, lip gloss, elastic bands and of course her snoopy plushie, given by Yamato when it was her birthday.
"There…now what could be missing…." She pondered. Then she looked at her computer desktop. "Erueka! My iPod!" she said, as she put it in her bag. Her phone rang.
"Hello, Tachikawa Mimi here." She said.
"Hey Mimi!" a boyish voice said. She bit her lip. "Who are you?" she asked.
"It's me, Yamato." Matt said, Mimi sighed in relief, but when she heard her dad's voice, she gave a soft, short scream, only Yamato can hear.
"Yamato! Why are you dialing my number and who the fuck gave you my number!" she asked. "C'mon Mimi, I don't have to answer question number two, when we were still seatmates, sometimes I peek at your slum book, first page is Sora, next is Miyako, then Hikari, Maui, TK, me, Tai, you, Joe, Erika, Izzy, Daisuke, Nina, Resha, Aya, Richi, Nakuri, Raia, Eri, Tahome and last is Aoi." He said, he heard Mimi sigh.
"Next time we're going to be seatmates, ask permission." She said. "But Meems…we're already finishing our college days!" Yamato said.
"Whatever. So why did you call?" she asked. "Well…I just wanna tell you can I now have your picture?" Yamato asked.
Mimi frowned. "You called me just to tell me that! Can't you just focus on your course!" she yelled at him.
"Jeez Mimi…you don't have to yell…" Yamato said. "And besides, a couple treats each other nicely." He added.
"When did we became a couple?" she asked sarcastically. "None." Yamato said.
"see, now there is no need to tell me we are a couple!" she said sarcastically. "I know, but it would be great if we are a couple…I mean, I'm perfect for you, you're perfect for me…got it?" he asked.
"I'm perfect right before I was born." She said promptly.
"Yeah…you're pretty, sexy, funny, if only you could treat me as your boyfriend, you're 100 perfect." He said sweetly but remained his cool.
She was flushed. Is he sick or something? "I gotta sleep now. Bye." She said and hung the phone.
She went to bed.
It was now 12 midnight ans she still can't sleep properly.
What do I feel for Yamato…? Man I gotta sleep now! By 12:30, she fell in a dreamless sleep.
Next morning…
Her digital clock alarmed, she snoozed it by hitting it with a pillow and got up.
"Retreat…" she muttered under her breath. She took a shower in her bathroom…still sleepy; she all got dressed up in black, (a black tee with white words, "Get off!" a black leather skirt, a pair of black knee socks, and a pair of black platform boots.)
She picked up her luggage and went downstairs. She went to the kitchen. "Good morning, mom." She said and sat. "Good morning sweetie!" Mrs. Tachikawa said.
She placed her breakfast in front of her sleepy daughter. "Thanks, mom." She said sleepily and ate. After breakfast, she took some snacks; raisins, gummy bears, marshmallows, chocolates, candies from Wonka, juice, chocolate milk and almonds.
And also, she brought her pillow. She pecked her mom and bid goodbye, went straight ahead to school.
When she reached there, she almost stumbled when she was walking to her chair. The boy at his back, Yamato chuckled. Maui gave her a retreat letter, so as Mimi gave her.
"Ey Mims! Happy Retreat!" Sora gave her letter. Mimi thanked and gave hers as well.
"Happy Retreat, Mimi." Yamato said shyly.
"Thanks, oh and here's yours! Happy retreat!" she said to him, Yamato messes her hair up. "Well, I guess we're both going to the funeral, right?" he said to her, reading her letters. "Why?" she asked him.
"Both black, dude." He told her. She looked at his clothes, black shirt, black cargo pants with a chain hanging from his pocket and black rubbershoes.
When Maui saw, she giggled. "Hey everyone! Look! Yamato and Mimi, both in BLACK!" Maui said. Sora giggled. "Well, I guess you two are going to the funeral, then to the church, right?" Tai said sarcastically. When Mimi stumbled off where Yamato was sitting, she ended up sitting at his lap.
"Man, Mimi, do you even eat?" he told her, she got up.
"Of course I eat! I eat everything edible!" she defended.
"Sorry, but you're really light." He said seductively.
"I don't eat fats." She said. She sat next to him, feeling tired and crossed her legs. He was so curious about her. "Hmm…fishy, I thought you're going to wear everything pink, but what's with the black platforms?" he asked.
She frowned.
She was so sleepy, especially now, her classmates were now going in circles.
"Please, Class A4, proceed to the bus!" the principal said. They chased each other with their things, wanting to be at the back seat. Mimi didn't care that much…well…she was the last one in line, when she arrived at the bus, she was looking for a seat, no more vacant seats except Yamato's side. She sat with him and threw her things at him.
He blinked a few times. He placed her things at the top case. "Wake me up when we're there." She told him. She took her pillow out and hugged it. The bus was now moving. She wasn't sleeping though. She can't sleep because of the noise.
"Look, if you want to sleep, you can lean on me." He told her. She nodded.
But when a loud noise cam from the back, she wasn't sleepy anymore.
She took some marshmallows from her bag and ate. "Hey Mimi, Yamato, picture-picture!" Erika said with her camera. Snap! Mimi smiling, Yamato with his arm around her and his head leaning to hers. Snap! This time, Mimi and Yamato in a hug.
"aww…that's so cute!" Erika said dreamily. Mimi shrugged. "Well, at least now there's a moment that can last forever." He said. "You know what, I'm really hungry." She told him. Matt sweatdropped.
"Instead of eating, what about a game?" Yamato said, she nodded.
"Okay, we play. Rock, scissors, paper. In my version, got it?" he said, she nodded. They held each other's one left hand. And played. Mimi stroked scissors, Yamato stroked a paper. She smiled at him then slapped his hand very hard.
Then Mimi again stroked scissors, but Yamato now stroked a rock. He grinned. He slapped her hand really hard. She looked at him and pouted. "You're a scissors fan, yah know?" he said to her, she glared at him.
Next is now Yamato stroked a rock again, but Mimi stroked a paper. She put her tongue out. "Bleh!" then she slapped really, really hard at his hand. Yamato removed his hand from hers, comforting his reddened hand. He rubbed it.
"That hurts you know!" he told her. She arched a brow. She took his reddened hand and looked at it.
"Hehe…Sorry!" she apologized nervously then started to rub his hand.
He was floating in Cloud Nine….too exaggerated…but that's what he really feels anyway. She stopped rubbing his hand and ate a bellyful pack of marshmallows.
"I thought you don't eat fatty foods," he said to her. She looked for an answer.
"Well, except for sweets." She said with a smile. She was eating her snacks silently, but Yamato got her into a tickle fight.
"S-stop it!" she said, trying to remove his hands away from her. But he kept ticlking her, poking her waist. She dropped her bag of marshmallows and was scattered to the floor. She almost cried, then at a second, she gave him a killer glare. How high is her temper now! He patted her head nervously.
"Okay Mimi, no need to grudge, it's just a bag of fuckin' marshmallows, so don't worry," he said, but she eyed him more.
"Okay, I promise after this retreat, I'll treat you fie bags of that fuckin' mallows!" he said. Mimi calmed down, then nodded.
"Make it seven." She said, he nodded.
Then Sora popped out from the back of them. "Yamato, stop cursing, Mimi, stop being a mallow-lover." She said then sat back. "Hey Sora, look! Marshmallows all over the floor!" Tai said happily, Sora arched a brow. "Yeah…I knew that." She said.
Then Yamato and Mimi popped out from their front.
"Tai, stop being a baby and Sora, stop being a know-it-all," Mimi said and Yamato grunted. Then they sat back, Sora heard their laughs.
"C'mon Yamato, I told you who I like, now it's your turn!" she said, but Yamato put his tongue out. "I'm not an idiot who would do that." He said.
"You're suck a sly fox! Wait, I meant a sly wolf!" she accused.
"1 Sora, 1 2, Erika, 1 2 3 Mimi." Yamato told her. Mimi never got a clue when it's boys' language. "I don't know what the hell is that." She said.
Tai popped out from their backseat.
"1 means he'll give Sora a kiss, 1 2 is he'll give his best 16 seconds to Erika and 1 2 3 means he loves you, he wants to marry you and will give all of the time of his life with you on his bed." Tai said then plumped back in his seat.
Mimi gave him again a killer glare. "You know, you've changed." She said with a calmer voice.
"Change? I thought conversions are good." He said.
"Not all. Back when we were still kids, you weren't like this, being a too proud guy and all, and I had trusted you back." She said.
"C'mon Mimi, I mean, back when we're at the Digiworld…" he lost from words.
"Yeah, I can tell you…you were cold, lonely, and you don't even smile a bit, did some trip to the Digiworld made you change?" she said with a smile.
"Gabumon did so…and also a girl changed me," he thought aloud. Mimi giggled.
"What?"
"Who's the girl!" Mimi asked excitedly.
"What if again I don't want to tell?" Matt asked flatly. "C'mon, you can trust me!" she pleaded.
"I know who's the girl! It's Sora!" Mimi stood up and pointed to Sora.
"I can't even change a finger when I'm around her!" Yamato stood up and told her.
"Weird…why can't you tell me who's your love or who changed you, but in other girls, you tell!" she demanded.
"It's because…" What would be her reaction if I told her that I do love her? And what would she say when she was the one who conversed me?
"It's because I can't tell you." He said. "Why not?" she asked. He didn't reply, instead, he put his discman on, full volume. She grunted.
No one to talk to, since Yamato was gazing on the discman. She was sent to boredom, on their way and fell asleep. He jerked suddenly when he felt her head leaning on his shoulder. She was unconscious that she can't feel the weight of his stare.
She was so peaceful, so elegant. He felt her fidgeted. She was hugging his arm tightly, feeling for warmth. He was still listening to his discman. He took his jacket out and covered her shaky body. "Man…she grew up so fast." He said, remembering the old precious days. He closed his eyes.
Flashback
"C'mon Yamato! It would be great, don't you want a picture of me before we go back to our world!" Mimi pleaded.
"Tsk…I don't need a picture to remember you." He said coldly. "Mimi! Do you want to take a picture or not!" Hikari yelled from their backs.
"Will be there!" she yelled back. "C'mon Yamato…unless…wait…you don't know how to smile!" Mimi taunted, he glared at her. "I know how to smile, pinky." He said.
"Why can't you smile onfront of the camera then?" Mimi asked sarcastically.
"Why can't we settle this? What about a game of rocks, papers, scissors?" he said.
"Easy to me!" she said. "No, in my version, when you lose one, I'll slap your hand, in five times who gets the most reddened hand loses, got it?" Yamato said, she nodded.
The held their left hands, then played. Mimi striked a scissor, Yamato striked a scisso, Tie. Then Mimi again striked scissor, Yamato striked rock. He grinned and slapped her left hand. The game went on…Mimi won.
"I won! You get to take a picture with me!" she said. "No wonder you won! You're a girl! You slap pretty well!" Yamato complaint. Then so he was so pissed of getting a picture, at the sound of the snap, He put his hand on her head then smiled. Then another when he this time pulled her to a friendly hug. To come to think of it…it wasn't just a friendly hug…he wasn't just FOND or LIKE her…there are some telling him…he's already falling.
End of FlashbackHe remembers a lot of the Digiworld. The age when he changed, the place he was conversed. A lot of thanks to Gabumon. "It's been a long time…since I thought of Gabumon." He said quietly to himself, still his arm around her shoulder. "I'd like to watch Advent Children please," Mimi mumbled unconsciously, he looked at her and held his laughter.
"No Advent Children? Yamato…play Final Fantasy VII…dozo." She mumbled again, still asleep. He laughed softly. "Aerith…and Cloud is made for each other." she mumbled again, and yes, asleep. He looked at her again, giving her his heavy stare.
Then she moved back and forth, until her eyes fluttered and got up from her sleep.
She looked at Yamato deeply; he looked to those amazing brown eyes. She yawned then leaned her head against his shoulder again.
"Could you turn the air conditioner a little warmer?" she favored to him. He switched it to a low number. "As you were saying…you want to watch Final Fantasy?" he asked her sarcastically. "Hai…I wanted to see Cloud and Aerith again…have you ever heard that you look a lot like Cloud when you were eleven?" she said, she rubbed her head on his shoulder. "I can feel the cold from outside…" she said to him. He never saw her like this. Instead he granted the warmth she wants.
His gaze fell on her, as his stare was beginning to weigh heavy. He leaned his head against hers and snugged her up, continously he fell asleep.
Anyway, behind their seats, Sora and Tai was having a racket. "Tai! Quiet! Can't you see there are others sleeping!" she whispered to him angrily. "Sorry, but it's like really fun to play with these marshmallows!" Tai exclaimed. "Shut up!" she said, then noticing something silent that wasn't supposed to be. She peaked at their front…there was Yamato and Mimi snugged in each other, sleeping. Sora was about to scream, but she smiled at both of them.
"Aya! Aya! Look over here!" she called quietly. Aya looked back…seeing them both. "Aww…wait a sec." Aya said, revealing her camera. Aya took a photo of them, making two copies of it. Then sticked the photos at the back of her seat. Sora giggled. The way to the retreat house was a long, cold one…almost everyone fell asleep. Yamato and Mimi slept the longest.
"Ehem, A4, we're here." The principal said, waking them up with the megaphone. The some woke up easily, some has to wake their classmates. Yamato woke up before her. "Mimi wake up." He said sleepily, shaking her shoulder. "Mimi (yawns)." He slapped his forehead. He pecked her cheek. She suddenly jerked. "We're here?" she asked. "Hai…pick your things up." He said, then carried his own stuff. He was about to exit the bus…but noticng Mimi's too slow…he went back to her and helped her with her luggage. "arigato, Yamato." She said shyly.
"whatever." He said and together exited the bus.
"Woah…what a lovely retreat house! Who's my roommate!" Mimi asked the principal. "Depends. Girls sharing a room with boys is a big no-no." he said, Yamato sighed. "And I only wanted to share a room with Mimi!" he demanded.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Ishida." The principal said.
End of Chapter 08: Getting There.
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