Here is chapter 7

This chapter is dedicated to KoumiLoccness ; I think you know why . I really do appreciate all your feed back

Vigatus : spoiler alert, yes she is. But there is a big story behind what happened. Which I'll reveal soon. I hope you'll like it.

Disclaimer : I don't own digimon

" Damien from class?" Izzy asked Hotaru as he spun around in the computer chair in her room.

Izzy had come over the day after, and the Kamiya children were filling him in on the events of brunch.

"Yeah." Tai answered as he sat on the floor of the girl's room, playing with a tennis ball. " Apparently, our parents knew each other before we were even born."

" Mom invited them over for dinner next week, but Damien's dad said he'd get back to us. " Kari said. She was on her D3, consistently texting TK

Izzy looked over at Hotaru. She definitely looked a lot healthier from the last time he seen her, but now she had the look she had when she was deep in thought. Izzy would bet his lap top that it was about Damien. He noticed that Hotaru was pretty uncomfortable around Damien, but didn't know how to approach her about it. The meeting with Damien's family must have really upset her.

" Kids! Your friends' are at the door!" Yuuko called from kitchen.

Kari hurried out to let them in. The digidestined had decided to meet up with at Tai's house to discuss what to do during Mimi's stay in Japan. Normally, the meetings would be held at Izzy's house, but Tai was feeling rather lazy, and asked everyone to come over to his place instead.

"Hi guys!" Mimi greeted, as she entered the girls' room.

Hotaru noticed that Mimi once again looked simply gorgeous with her blue skinny jeans, and frilled pink top. Mimi glided over to where Izzy was sitting and sat on the table. Her knees occasionally rubbed Izzy's elbows. Hotaru looked away, and went to sit next to Tai.

" So guys , I have 15 days of vacation left, and I don't plan on wasting a minute of it! We should plan things we want to do."

"You know Mimi, some of us actually have school and other commitments." Izzy said shaking his head fondly at Mimi. No matter how much time had passed, Mimi always remained the same.

" Jeeze Izzy, I'm not asking you guys to cut school. Although if any of you do cut, call me please. I get so bored when you guys are at school. I'm just saying all the computers in the school won't crash if you missed a few computer club meetings." Mimi teased Izzy as she ruffled his hair.

Hotaru looked straight at her shoes. This was not left unnoticed by Mimi or Kari.

" So, -" Mimi continued " the day before I leave, I'm throwing a big party at my house. And its formal wear, so you're going to get dressed up, SORA and TAI." She said as she glared at her two best friends, who both hated getting dressed up. No wonder they're perfect for each other.

" Which means we have to go shopping!" Mimi squealed in delight. At this, Yolie clapped her hands celebrating and Sora groaned.

" Also, I like to go to the carnival, and we're all going to Matt's concert, and on a picnic to the digiworld, and – " Mimi rambled on.

"Hold on Mimi." Izzy interrupted. " We can't go to the digital world."

" Why not? " Mimi asked, worried there was a new problem in the digital world that her friends had not filled her in on.

" Well, Hotaru doesn't have a digivice. So we can't go have a picnic there." Izzy explained. Mimi noticed that his gaze did not shift from Hotaru's face.

" No, no!" Hotaru objected. " I don't want to stand in the way. Please, I hope you all will go. " Mimi had to strain her ears just to hear the shy girl.

Everyone opened their mouth to object to what Hotaru said, when Mimi simply stated " Nonsense Hotaru. We're not going anywhere without you. We'll just bring the digimon to the real world."

Hotaru smiled at Mimi. Not only is she gorgeous , she's also very kind. Hotaru thought.

" Well now that's settled, we need to go shopping!" Mimi stated

" Now?" Sora asked, as she sulked into Tai's shoulders

"Yes , Now!" Yolie cried, as she jumped up. " Come' on Ken, you need a new shirt." The purple haired teenager pulled her boy friend up with her.

" If I'm going, you're going too Tai!" Sora said, as she looked stubbornly at Tai. Tai knew he had no chance at winning this argument

" TK?" Kari asked, flashing her charming smile at TK.

" Sure Kar. Maybe you can pick out a new hat for me."

" Are you going to go too Hotaru?" Izzy asked her.

" Of course she is! " Mimi answered for her, as Hotaru smiled in agreement.

" then, I'll guess I'll come too. Trigonometry trivia can wait." Izzy stated, as Hotaru laughed. She's beat him at that game five times in a row last week alone.

Mimi frowned. In all the years that she and Izzy had been dating, he never once volunteered to go to the mall with her.

" Well, if you're all going, I guess the rest of us might as well come along." Cody stated, as he too stood up.

" Maybe I'll see a hot girl, and her number." Davis said to Matt

MIMI'S POV

She remembered when she first met Izzy summer camp. He was a short red haired kid, who had his lap top glued to him. During their first adventure in the digital world, Izzy awed her with his intelligence, and his logical approach. They never had much to bond over because they were too different. While he was logical, and cautious, she was spontaneous and loved to explore. They even had different likes and hobbies. Izzy's idea of fun was stay at home, upgrading his computer, and playing trigonometry trivia. Mimi liked to shopping, dancing, and to have an adventure. She always feared that Izzy thought she was too dumb.

That all changed towards the end of middle school, when Izzy told her about searching for information about his biological parents. He wanted to find out more about them, but didn't want to hurt his parents by asking. Through this quest, Mimi discovered a whole new side to Izzy. He was sensitive , and vulnerable. When he was alone with Mimi, he liked to try new things. Slowly, but surely Mimi started to fall in love with the computer nerd. He made her feel more complete. She feared that Izzy wouldn't return her feelings. She had never been in that situation before, and she didn't know how to handle it. To her surprise, a week before they were finished middle school, Izzy kissed her and asked her to be his girl friend.

Mimi had watched shows on TV where they described kisses to be magical and seem like they could move the world. She always thought that was just made up, to emphasize the romance of the two characteristics. Then Izzy kissed her, and it was every bit magical as Mimi heard. Mimi had yet to feel that with anyone other than Izzy. Once they started dating, Mimi was scared that Izzy would find her too dump, or too boring. But that never happened. Izzy found Mimi's ignorance to be refreshing, and told her, and once she knew about something, he loved how she gave it her whole heart. He told her that she always made her want to try new and different things.

Things were going great, and Mimi was happier than she had ever been, when her dad suddenly got a promotion to America. Mimi was devastated, but it was Izzy that convinced her that that everything was going to be ok. He set her computer up so she could skype and talk to her friends whenever she wanted. He told her not to worry about the distance, and they would make it work. After her move , everything was going fine, just like how Izzy had said it would be. Until she met Michael.

Michael was movie star handsome. All her American friends kept saying they would make a great couple. They also had the same interests, and he made her laugh all the time. She didn't have to worry about being seen as superficial or materialistic, and Izzy was across the pacific ocean whereas Michael was right across the street. Regardless of how hard she tried, she started to have feelings for Michael.

Determined to be honest and fair to Izzy, she took a trip over to Japan, and explained the situation to Izzy. At first he was disappointed and mad. Mimi felt devastated, having lost Izzy as a friend. However, before her flight back to America, Izzy asked to meet up with her. He excused himself for walking out on Mimi the other day because he was upset. He said he understood he feelings, and thanked her for being honest. He wished her all the best, and hoped that they could remain friends.

Mimi was happy as she boarded the plane but found that she soon was miserable. All she could think about was Izzy. Needless to say, the relationship with Michael didn't last for long, and they remained good friends. Even though Izzy said they'd remain friends, Mimi talked to him significantly less. She went from talking to him more than 3 times a day, to barely 3 times a month. She missed him terribly. Breaking up with Izzy was the biggest mistake of her life.

She wanted let Izzy know that she made a mistake, and that she wanted him back, but she was just too scared to approach him. She thought maybe if she gave him time, he'd come back to her on his own. And so she waited. She went out on a few dates, but she never felt the way she did when she was with Izzy. Plenty of guys at her high school had feelings for her. Some of her friends were jealous because the guys they liked had crushes on Mimi. Mimi had always encouraged those guys to go for her friends. This helped her get her nick name "Cupid". Mimi knew that her soul mate was Izzy, and even though Izzy hadn't come back to her yet, she felt some hope in knowing that Izzy never had feelings for anybody else. She had made up her mind that on this visit to Japan, she would explain herself to Izzy, and hopefully win him back.

And then she met Hotaru. Her Izzy was a completely different person when he was with Hotaru. Mimi noticed how protective he was of her, and how he always kept looking at her. Sora had told her that nothing was going on between Izzy and Hotaru , but she wasn't too sure. Mimi had to admit, Hotaru was a pretty girl. She had an innocent glow to her. Mimi could definitely see the appeal she towards Izzy. If it was any other guy, Mimi would jump at the chance to hook Hotaru up with him, but this was her Izzy. Mimi knew she wasn't a self-fish person. She always put the happiness of her friends and family first. But this was Izzy. He was more than family and more than a friend. She just hoped Hotaru was right about not wanting to stand in the way. Mimi was never going to let Izzy go again.