I'm like... 3 months late... Okay this is gonna be my last excuse. My internet was not working (yet again), but for Christmas, I got a new computer and Verizon Fios! Also, there was a death in my family and I had to get surgery so I really wasn't able to write anything. But I should be good. So therefore, no more excuses and everything should be on time.
I rushed the gift exchance part so that part is gonna be really crappy.
Okay here it is. I think one more chapter after this should finish it. Anyway, MERRY CHRISTMAS (and to all those who aren't Christian or Catholic), HAPPY HOLIDAYS! I was planning on to bash Matt, but it wasn't fair. Matt's not a bad person, and also, EVERYONE, should be happy on Christmas.
Anyway, enjoy!
Christmas
"Sora!" I was groaning as I opened my eyes. "Sora wake up!"
"Bi..."
"Sora, it's Christmas morning!" She was right. It was Christmas. I got up and opened the window. Snow was falling from the sky. It was a White Christmas! It was partly cloudly, but it was still bright, just the way how I like the weather.
I went downstairs a little bit after I changed, and found everyone there. TK and Kari were trying to sneak open some presents. Tai was fast asleep (obviously), Matt was helping Mimi cook, Izzy (as usual) was on his laptop, and Joe was watching TV.
"Sora, just in time! Help me put the dishes out on the table. I'm almost done making breakfast," said Mimi. I sighed and reluctantly took the dishes and laid them out on the dining table.
"Tai, wake up," said Joe. Tai stuttered awake. "Chelsea and Manchester United are playing. You wouldn't wanna miss this, Tai."
"Hurm... vut?" said the now awake Tai. "Food."
"No, Tai. Soccer. You. Watch. Soccer," said Joe.
"Foooooood. Where's Agumon?"
"Tai, would you quit drooling. Agumon is outside launching random Pepper Breaths up in the air with Tentamon. Food is gonna be ready. Sora, stop standing there and lay out all the dishes!" said the infuriated Matt.
"Oh right, sorry." I completely blushed.
"Oh morning Sora," said Tai.
If I could blush more, I did. How the hell does he forget about last night? "Yeah... you too."
With a concerned look, Tai responded, "Anything wrong?"
Yup, he's totally clueless. "Everything's fine." Boys, you could never figure them out.
Our stomachs were filled with french toast and pancakes when the big moment came. Gift exchanges. I looked at down at my gifts. A pack of tennis balls from TK, a cute bracelet from Kari, a Biyomon shaped USB Flash Drive from Izzy, a harmonica from Matt (like I'll ever be able to learn to play that), a new hat from Joe (because he scratched my old one from driving away the Bakemon), and of course perfume from Mimi. Tai and I haven't given out our gifts yet but it was my turn because Tai insisted that he went last.
"Here you go guys." I handed out the perfectly wrapped presents.
"Prodigious!" Izzy seemed to be really happy about his terabyte hard drive.
"Thanks I needed more of these," said Matt.
"Wow, thanks. My supply was running low," said Joe.
"Yes! The Raider! I don't have that one yet," said TK.
"Wow, I really like this!" said Kari.
"This is exactly what I needed. Now all I need is new nail polish!" said Mimi.
"What?" was Tai's response. "How did you get this?"
"Ha ha!"
"I'm sorry. I can't accept this if..."
"Don't worry. I know certain people." Tai kept staring at the soccer ball. "No, you're not dreaming Tai. That soccer ball's real. It won't disappear from your hands, don't worry about that. And you should take good care of it because I won't get you a new one if you lose it."
"What?" said Tai. "Sorry, this is too unbelievable."
"Tai, isn't it your turn?"
"Oh yeah, sorry Izzy." Tai rushed upstairs and came back downstairs with a bag. "Okay first off, I suck at wrapping so I couldn't wrap it. Plus, I think it's better if I give it to you. These took a lot of effort of being able to convince my uncle." Everyone nodded with agreement. "Okay first off, Joe." Joe got up and walked up to Tai. "I noticed your old bag has been weak and used well." Tai handed Joe a bag with the sign of nobility on it.
"Wow! This is unbelievable."
"Matt, come here you big idiot."
"Hey!"
"Okay, first off, sorry for stealing your harmonica."
"Why you..."
"Wait! Here it is. My uncle fixed it up and look." The harmonica had the blue, sign of friendship.
"Uh..."
"Your welcome. Izzy."
"Yes?"
"Here. I know your laptop has been pretty beat up. So here." Tai handed Izzy a case for his laptop. It was black with purple lines coming down the side, with the purple sign of knowledge.
"Prodigious!"
"Mimi." Mimi hastily galloped up to Tai.
"You get nothing."
"WHAT?"
"Just kidding. I found your pink hat that you left behind in the Digital World. Here." The hat had the sign of sincerity on the center.
"Wow, this brings back memories."
"TK. You're a big boy now, hanging out with the big kids."
"Yeah I know!"
"Then you deserve this." TK received the iPod touch.
"Wow, my mom would never get me this."
"Look on the back." TK slowly turned it over. "It has the sign of hope instead of the apple. All the big kids have it."
"Matt, you better not tell Mom." TK sat down with the rest of the DigiDestined.
"Kari. You know you've grown a lot also. So therefore, I got you this flashlight with the sign of light. Ha ha get it?" No one laughed. "Okay sorry for my terrible joke, but that's not my present for you. Here." Tai handed her new shoes with the sign of light right underneath the laces.
"How did you..."
"Yeah sit down. Don't think I forgot about that prank you pulled on me last week." Kari silently sat down. "Well, who's the last person?" I got up really quietly. Tai muttered under his breath, "Crap, this isn't equal to the ball."
He cleared his throat and finally said, "You are a great athlete Sora. So I think you deserve this." Tai handed me a racquet. It was a Babolat Aeropro Drive GT with a sign of love shock absorber. What surprised me was how perfect the tension of the strings were done.
"How did you get the right string and tension?"
"I did my research."
"Matt, I wanna try out my gun," said TK.
"TK, not now, how..."
"Matt, please?"
"Matt, I think we can all use some fresh air... and work off these calories. It's not healthy if..."
"Yeah yeah Joe. Fine let's go." Everybody got up to their rooms to drop off their gifts.
"Sora wait." I turned around and heard Tai. "Wait for everyone else to go to their rooms." I nodded and waited. "Here. Put out your hands. I want you to have this." Tai laid a small box gently on my hand. "Now you can leave."
I walked gently up the stairs.
"Sora, what did Tai get you?" asked Biyomon.
I quickly put the box in my right pocket and said, "A tennis racquet."
"Oh that's cool... I guess."
"Yeah." I gently turned my door and found my room the way it was before I left it. "Bi, go on ahead. I wanna change into snow gear, because I don't want to get wet."
"Okay." Biyomon gently fluttered out of the room. When I heard no footsteps in the hallway I thought it was safe to open it. I gently opened it. The first thing I found was a note shaped like a Chinese fortune on top of my gift. It said, I know this really isn't your thing. But I hope you like it anyway. I took off the note and found the most absolutely beautiful necklace in the world. The crest of love was the pendant. The chain was legitimate silver and best of all, the pendant was made out of orange sapphire. I put it on over my neck and hid the pendant underneath my shirt. I quietly left my room.
By the time I was outside, Matt and Tai were throwing snowballs at each other while TK was shooting his, um... Raider at Joe.
"Oh Sora, what is that?" I looked up and saw Mimi walking towards me.
"What's what?"
"That!" She pointed at my neck where the chain was wrapped around my neck. "Let me see!"
"Mimi, it's something religious," I lied. I noticed Tai was watching the whole thing and smiled. I smiled back.
"Hey Tai! Quit staring at Sora and actually be a competitor!" WHOOP! A snowball nailed Tai right in the face.
"Matt. No fair."
"Well that's not my problem."
"TK, I know this may seem fun, but can we please take a break? I'm not exactly in the least"
"These Graymon cookies taste really good," said Patamon.
"I like the Gatomon ones," said Gatomon.
"Sora, these cookies are excellent," said Tentamon.
"My mom's secret recipe," I said. I gave a little wink to the Digimon and went and sat down on the couch in front of the television next to Tai and Joe. I looked at the television screen and I saw Real Madrid and Barcelona playing soccer (futbol). Score was 2-1... I looked under the television screen to see the fireplace.
"I'll get it..." Joe got up and got another piece of wood and tossed into the fireplace. After a couple of seconds, the flames got bigger. I could feel the warmth splash back on my face again. As the light illuminated across the room, people began to get quiet. It was so... peaceful, for once. Never can get much peace as a DigiDestined. We tried to savor the moment as best as we can. It was so... quiet.
Matt gave a loud yawn, to break the silence. "Sweet dreams my darlings." Matt got up and cracked his back and left for his room. Everybody else did the same. Mimi left for the bathroom and Tai was out as cold as a rock. I yawned and left to follow everyone else.
Ugh, I thought. Can anyone clean after themselves? I took all the plates and just dumped them in the sink.
"You need help with that?" I jumped startled and looked at Tai. I grinned and gave him a playful push.
"You don't need to pretend to be asleep you know."
"You know. Just wanted to keep the peace." I nodded and cleaned up the leftovers. Tai went back to sit down his back straight up against the couch. I did the same after I cleaned the crumbs up. I was sitting on the right side of him and I could see his face being half illuminated by the fire. The right side of his face was his normal color but as you could look over to the left his face was darkened. It was almost scary.
"Deja vu? Tai asked. I couldn't believe he had the nerve to say that. I was embarrassed and I had to reply.
"Yeah." I blushed a bit. "Only have two more days left here."
"Yeah."
"It was nice getting away for a little bit." Tai gave a small smile. It was cute though.
"Hey can I ask you something?" Tai asked.
"O' course."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"I think you know." I thought about it.
"Because I trust you."
"Huh? Your reason of kissing me was because you trusted me?"
"I trusted you because I knew you were loyal to me." I looked down at my hands and grabbed my hands together.
"I still don't get it." I continued looking down at my hands to show the redness of my face.
"Well, you make me feel warm. Like, if I'm surrounded by strangers in a huge crowd, I always look for you first."
"Hmm..." I looked up to see Tai's face. He was smiling. I gave a little grunt and pushed him over and was on top of him. We were pushing each and kept trying get them to ground. After we were out of breath, we were both lying down on top of the rug. I was on top of Tai, my cheek was resting on his chest. His arms were wrapped around my back and we were warmed by the fire. A new sensation was filled inside of me. It felt great. The rise and fall of his chest. His arms were muscular, but they still had a soft touch to them. It was me and Tai all alone. Snuggled up closely in front of the fires on Christmas. I was lying my stomach on top of Tai. His arms were wrapped around my waist. The warmth from the fire was hitting us as I fell asleep soundlessly.