Blue Saturday

"Sorry, gotta go."

Suggestively wiggling his eyebrows, Tai grinned and slithered through Sora's patio door. Dumbfounded, Matt lightly shook his head; a tang upset though unsure why. Creeping closer to the rail he turned his head to the side and perked his ears. Hearing continuous ruffles and light murmurs, he frowned and looked down at his hands. Letting go of the rail he opened and shut them; having not realized how hard he was clutching the rod. Stepping back he inhaled and walked back into his room.

'What the hell?' He mentally cursed and flopped down on his bed. Resting his hands under his head he stared at the pitch black cealing. 'What the hell?' He repeated and sat up.

Maybe he should call her...but he didn't have her number.

He could knock...but then she'd get in trouble with the beast.

The only thing he could do was wait. Curling himself on his side he kicked off his shoes and scrounged his eyes shut, forcing himself to sleep. Hopefully he'd wake up the next day without recollection.

--

"Matt?...Maaatt...MATT!"

Lifting his heavy eye lids, Matt frowned and looked around. "TK?"

Rays of sharp light burned through the patio door, he had forgotten to pull the shades the night before. Shielding his face with one hand, he grumbled while resting himself on one elbow.

"Wake up." TK announced while vigorously shaking Matt's shoulder. "You slept in those clothes?" He questioned.

Matt sat up and flopped back down. Lapping his hand over his neck, he tugged at a loose hem from his blanket that always managed to wrap itself around his head at night. If he didn't know any better he'd swear the thing was trying to kill him. Roughly pushing it away, he sat up and creased the ruffle in his jeans.

"I don't remember falling asleep." He replied in a muffled tone.

TK snickered and sat at the end of the bed. Pulling on the blanket, he made casual conversation. The first since their arrival. "So, hw do you like Japan so far?" He began; impatiently awaiting for his brother's response. Instead, Matt simply got up and walked across the room in silence. "What about school? Have you made any friends?"

"Hmph." Replied Matt, scratching his head and pushing the bathroom door open. "If you can call them friends."

"Real jerks, huh?"

The faucet handles turned with a loud squeak, pouring water out in chunks before running smoothly. "No..."

"Superficial?" TK spoke louder to drown the stream of water, how ironic.

Matt shook his head as if TK could see even though he couldn't. While neatly pouring a pea sized dab of toothpaste on his toothbrush, he looked into the mirror and began brushing his teeth. "No..."

"Then?"

"I don't know; there's something weird about them. I can't put my finger on it...they're too close to each other; too much for my comfort."

TK mutely nodded his head, watching Matt roam through his closet, scanning for fresh clothes. "What about the girls?"

"What about them?"

"Any cute ones?"

Matt stopped and pondered. "Well, this girl that I hang out with is kind of cute."

"Kind of?"

"Adorable! What do you want me to say?"

"What's her name?"

Tilting his head to the side, Matt narrowed his eyes and silently walked back to the bathroom with a bundle of clothes in his arms. The door quickly closed and water began to run.

"I can wait!" Shouted TK, determined to get as much information from his brother. Lucky for him, Matt took quick showers. Fifteen minutes later the water stopped.

"How come you haven't unpacked everything?" TK rummaged around unopened boxes, pushing them aside with his foot. Without answering, Matt came out five minutes later, already dressed in a pair of dark jeans and black long sleeve shirt.

"Because..." He mumbled while drying his hair. "Don't feel like it."

"So...what's the girl's name?" Tk grinned.

"So..Mimi." He quickly responded, cursing himself afterward.

"Mimi?"

Matt looked away and bit his bottom lip. "Yeah, but she's got a boyfriend. Whatever though, something about her gives me the creeps. She's too giddy, it makes me want to barf."

Finding Matt's performance difficult to swallow, TK leaned back on the bed's head rest and switched topic. "Have you met Sora?" He noticed Matt visibly flinch. "I guess that's a yes."

Matt stiffly walked to his desk and sat on his chair, purposely giving TK his back while turning on the computer. "Yeah, I met her. She's one of the people I hang out with. She's nice...cool I guess. We don't really talk that much and she's got somebody too..." He babbled, causing TK to chuckle.

"Allright, spare me her life story."

"What's with all the questions?" Matt frowned.

"Just wanted to talk."

"Well, I don't. I'm not in the mood."

"You better get into it; we have people coming over."

Swinging the chair over, Matt incredulously gasped. "Who?"

"A friend of mine." TK proudly declared with a faint blush.

"A girl." Matt smirked and TK's rouge burned deeper. "You work fast. What's her name?"

"Hikari, but everyone calls her Kari. I have her for most of my classes. She's into photography and she likes-"

"Alright, spare me her life story." Matt joked. "So when is she coming over?"

"One."

"Does dad know?"

"Mmhm. Told him before he went to work."

Matt sighed and crossed his arms. "Alright, that's cool." He watched TK get up and walk to the door.

"She has an older brother; he's your age. I told her to bring him along so you two can meet."

"Why'd you do that for?"

Shrugging his shoulders, TK sheepishly smirked. "I don't know."

Matt huffed and rolled his eyes. "I'll say hello but that's it."

TK waved his hand in the air and stepped out. "Don't be a jerk; it'll be fun."

--

It was about 1:05 when the door bell rang.

"It's her!" Galloping across the apartment and nearly knocking Matt over, TK quickly halted before the door and shook his head; shredding his excitement; he didn't want to look like a dork. Taking a deep breath he casually opened the door. "Kari! Come in." He greeted her as if the visit were an unexpected surprise.

The young girl sweetly smiled and took a small step into the aparment. She wore yellow bermudas and a pink shirt with a camera around her neck. Politely ushering to the side to allow her brother inside, she spoke. "Hi TK, this is my brother."

TK gulped and nervously shook the boy's hand. Trying to keep a collective tone, he called out for Matt with a small squeak in his voice. "Matt!"

Matt hesitantly poked his head through the corner of the hall and frowned. "Tai?"

Tai instantly smiled and carelessly walked deeper into the apartment. "Matt!" He gailed and patted the boy on the back. "TK's your brother?"

"Kari's your sister?"

Nodding, Tai folded his arms across his chest and huffed. "I was getting ready to kick this guy's ass but now that I see he's your brother, I guess he's cool." He jockingly mocked, making Matt awkwardly chuckle.

Racking his fingers through his hair, Matt looked around and cleared his throat. "Let's go into my room; I'm sure these two love birds want to be alone." He joked, causing both Kari and TK to furiously blush. With balled fists, they protested in unison.

"We're just friends."

Tai snickered and followed Matt into his room. "Yeah right." He mused under his breath and arrogantly walked toward Matt's full bed. "Pretty nice, man. Better than mine." He flopped down and lightly bounced.

Matt blankly watched him while sitting down on the chair. Mindlessly fiddling with the computer mouse, he whistled. "Sooo...what happened last night?"

"What do you mean?" Tai pondered, fully laying down with his hands folded under his head.

"You know what I mean." Matt impatiently huffed.

Tai inwardly chuckled and stared at the cealing. He knew exactly what Matt was talking about. Why he wanted to know boggled his mind; especially with the agressiveness in his tone. He sat up and furrowed his brow. "Why do you care?"

Aghast, Matt shrugged his shoulders and spun his chair in a lazy circle. "Just wondering."

"Do you like her?"

"What? No!"

"Then why do you want to know?" Tai stressed, grinding his teeth.

"I was just worried."

"About?"

"About that lunatic she's living with. Is he her father?"

Visibly relaxing, Tai turned his head. "If you're worried about me getting her in trouble- don't. We're very careful; been doing it for years and no, it's her stepfather."

Finding Tai's words difficult to swallow, Matt nodded. For years? "How do you do it? You actually climb all those floors?"

Tai gaped and laughed. "I only live one floor below you."

"Oh."

"You know." Tai began with weary eyes. "We've only known each other for a couple of days; it's a little early for you to move in on my girlfriend."

Now it was Matt's turn to laugh. He swung around and belowed. "Your girlfriend?"

"That's right."

"You said you weren't together."

"It doesn't matter; Sora's mine so back off."

Standing up, Matt angrily walked to the balcony door. "Take her! I wasn't trying to do anything anyway."

"Uh huh." Tai stood up and followed Matt outside.

"Whatever." Matt muttered under his breath as the patio door next door slid open.

"Matt? Tai?" Sora squinted her eyes and pulled her bathrobe close to obscure her body from the breeze. Her hair matted against her skin, darker and denser, damp with driblets of water sprinkling beneath her.

"Hey Sora." Tai walked to the rail and grinned. "Nice shower?" He badgered and Sora rolled her eyes.

"Shut up."

Chuckling, Tai looked over his shoulder and eyed Matt walking towards him. "Did you know that the TK Kari's been babbling about is Matt's brother?"

"Yeah." Sora calmly replied while Tai shot Matt a sideways glare. "I've met him; he's really nice."

Matt sheepishly smiled. "Everybody loves him."

Sora blinked a couple of times before grinning and walking closer to the edge. Matt nervously ran his hand through his hair; she wasn't mad at him anymore.

"So what's up Matt?" She questioned.

"Nothing." He coughed.

"Hey Sora." Tai angrily interrupted. Watching Matt from the corner of his eye, he smugly commented. "I think I left some clothes in your room."

"Tai, you always leave something in my room." She softly responded, having been oblivious of Matt. Closing the topic as quickly as possible, she turned around and headed back to her room. "Pick them up later." She waved and disappeared.

Silently looking down, Matt felt Tai nugde him on the side. "Something wrong?"

"Shut up." Matt pushed him aside and walked back into his room with Tai on his tail.

"What'd I do?" Baffled, Tai deffensively held his hands in the air. Watching Matt sourly sit back down on the chair, he crossed his arms and chuckled. "I'll tell you what." He began, walking towards Matt. "Let's see who gets her first."

Surprised, Matt blankly looked up at Tai raising an eyebrow. Inhaling, he stood up and offered his hand. "Deal."

Speculating, Tai clicked his tongue. "I thought you said you didn't want her."

He cocked an eyebrow and Matt kept a firm gaze without a word with his hand still suspended in the air. Nodding, Tai finally shook his hand and walked away while laughing. Turning the knob, he looked over his shoulder.

"Just to let you know she's already mine but good luck anyway."

Baffled, Matt rushed to the door and pressed his ear against. On the other side, he could hear Tai calling on Kari like a puppy. After a few protests, Kari apologetically bid her farewell and seconds later TK came barging through the hall.

"What'd you do?" He barked, barging into the room.

Stepping away from the door, Matt sat back on his bed. "Nothing! Tai's just a jerk. I don't want you hanging around with his sister."

"You can't tell me what to do."

Rolling his eyes, Matt sighed. "Fine, do whatever you want."

Glaring, TK relaxed and began to walk out.

"TK." Matt hollered and TK looked back. "Sorry."

TK slouched and smirked. "It's ok." He grabbed the door knob and closed the door behind him. "Just don't do it again."

Alone again, Matt angrily bit his bottom lip. Just what exactly was Tai trying to insinuate? Getting up, he walked out into the balcony and looked down. The complex's parking lot structure was in perfect view beneath him and to the far right, he spotted a large man he recognized stomp into a black car and drive off. Without hesitation, Matt ran out of his room, through his apartment, out the the door and to the left. Standing outside Sora's door, he was about to knock when he noticed the door was slightly open. The lunatic must have carelessly left it like that.

"Sora?" Matt poked his head in then stepped inside.

Slowly walking inward, he looked around. Everything eerily resembled his place only on opposite angles and ends. Taking a left, he walked down the hall and noticed a door with a scripted 'S.' Walking toward it, he opened the door.

"Sora I..."

"Matt?" Sora twirled around, still in her bathrobe. Behind her stood Tai, folding his arms.

"What are you doing here?" Matt declared. Tai smirked and shrugged his shoulders.

Sora shook her head. "What's going on?"

"Nothing." Tai cleared his throat. Picking up his clothes that Sora had neatly folded, he walked toward the door. "I gotta go, my mom wants me to go with her to the mall so I can help her pick out a gift for my dad."

Sora smiled. "Tell him I said happy birthday."

Without looking back, Tai nodded. "Will do. I'll talk to you later Sor, bye." Slithering past Matt, he whispered. "You're too slow." He chuckled and walked out.

Matt stared at Sora as she closed her robe. "What's wrong?" She inquired, nervously searching her closet for more appropriate attire.

Matt blinked and walked behind her. "What was he doing here?"

"What?"

"Why did he spend the night with you?"

"How do you know?"

"And why do you have his clothes?!" Matt angrily demanded. Sora frowned and pushed him back.

"Look Matt, I don't know who you think you are but you don't know me."

"Yes I do."

"We've spoken to each other about three times since you moved in; what makes you think you can barge into my house and interrogate me? No, you don't know me and I don't know you."

Matt nodded and sighed a quick response, almost in one jumble of words. "My full name is Yamato Ishida and I'm half Japanese and half French. My parents divorced after TK was born and we've lived with my mother in Paris for about ten years. She died of cancer about six months ago and after that, TK and I had been living with relatives in London until my dad recently took full custody of us. He's always busy at work so we don't talk very much but I don't mind. TK's well adjusted already and I've been going crazy since the day I met you."

Razzled by the abundance of infomation, Sora fluttered her eyes. "Crazy?"

Matt coughed and looked away. "I...I...I mean I'm just worried about you; you're stepdad's a jackass." He grunted, obscuring a faint blush.

Sora blankly nodded. "Ok...first of all..." She began; leaning into Matt and placing her hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry about your mom and second, you don't have to worry about me, I'm fine."

"Really?" Matt looked at her and narrowed his eyes. With one hand, he pated the outer section of her left eye, rubbing away what looked to be make up foundation hiding a small yet visible puncture; purple and slightly green.

"Hey." Sora yelped and turned around.

"Why do you let him do this to you?"

Shrugging, she noncahalantly whispered. "Because my mom loves him."

"Does she know about it?" Matt frowned, realizing that this was indeed the first time he's heard of her mother. Quietly, Sora lowered her head.

"No."

"Why not? She needs to know."

Looking up, she huffed. "She's in a coma."

Matt froze and gulped. "Oh...sorry...I didn't..."

"No." Sora shook her head. "Don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong."

Matt inhaled and raked his fingers through his hair. "Listen, I want you to know that I really was worried about you. I don't know why or how but...I can't stop thinking about you."

Looking up, Sora snickered. "Are you trying to pick up on me?"

Offended by the tone of her voice, Matt bit back. "Psh, yeah right."

"Then why are you so interested about me and Tai?"

"Well...I didn't want him to get you in trouble with your stepdad."

"Uh huh, and the kiss the other day under my bed."

Rolling his eyes, Matt crossed his arms and looked away. "I was just trying to stop you from crying." He arrogantly replied. When Sora gave no response, he slowly turned back to see her dumbfounded.

"Wh..." She choked and then glared. "Get out." She demanded and Matt inquizzitively lowered his arms.

"What?"

"Get out!" She screamed and pointed at the door.

"Wait, I didn't mean..."

"Get the hell out of my house Matt!!" She screached and bluntly pushed him toward the door.

Clashing with the wall behind him, Matt stumbled forward and quickly left the room, slaming the door behind him. Looking back, he paced down the dark hall and bumped into an obscured figure.

"Shit!" He hissed, afraid it was her stepdad but instead, it was Tai crossing his arms and towering over him but not by much. "I thought you left."

"You kissed her?" Tai angrily questioned. "You're dead." He grabbed Matt by the collar and pushed him against the wall when a loud clamp vibrated through the walls, coming from Sora's room.

Releasing his grip, Tai shoved Matt out of the way and walked toward her room. Matt watched, certain that Tai would face the same feat as he did but instead, he effortlessly entered the room without a complaint. The door slowly closed behind him and everything was quiet. Matt grimaced, standing still for a couple of seconds and then agrily marching out and back to his apartment.

"What's wrong?" TK called out from the couch and still, Matt continued to march.

He reached his room, slammed the door and looked around. Finding his english book the closest object in reach he grabbed it and flung it across the room. It clashed against his patio door, creating several hair line cracks in the center.

"Fuck."

He walked toward it and examined the damage. It looked stable, nothing to worry about, he concluded and slowly closed it behind him. As he walked away, the entire glass cracked and shattered. Tensing up, Matt sighed and looked at the clock.

2:30pm...was it too early to go to sleep? He grunted and crawled under his blankets.

Idiot...

TBC