- Chapter Four -
It was a Friday night.
On Friday nights, youngsters would normally spend their time partying, or hanging out with their friends. Maybe get wasted, or get laid.
But Mimi is otherwise.
She was brought up well-mannered, and she had self-disciplined. Alas, around Yamato, the young girl barely had any self-control.
Yamato was one of her 'prized possession'. She couldn't keep him away from her. She couldn't breathe without him. She needed him around her always; Ishida Yamato was the one boy she fancied, although there were plenty of fishes in the sea.
The brunette sat at a pub near home, alone. It might have been a bad idea for her to be coming to the pub alone. If she wasn't well aware, there could be a chance she could be sexually harassed but not to fear, Mimi is the cautious type of person.
Sitting in front of her on the table was a tall glass of cranberry soda. Dressed in a pair of long black skinny jeans, an off-shoulder floral printed top and a pair of ankle boots, Mimi sure looked like she was ready to party for the night but that wasn't her plan at all.
She just wanted to sit there at the bar, alone, and do nothing but to just sit there and recall back to the last time when she was there.
"You look beautiful tonight, Meems."
"Eh? Yagami Taichi, are you trying to tell me I look horrible on other days?"
"What? No! No! I just... I just meant that you look lovelier today. You look lovely every day, of course. It's just that there is a certain glow in you today that I haven't seen before."
"Oh..." Mimi's cheeks turned into an obvious shade of red. "I'm sorry. I thought you were-"
"Don't worry about it, Meems. It's fine! Heh. It was my fault for not being specific."
"Okay, Mr. Yagami, enough talking..." Mimi motioned to the waiter for the drinks as she and Taichi sat at the bar, chattering away. "Do you have plans after this?"
"Plans?" Taichi asked her, his mind completely blank.
"Mhm," Mimi nodded. "Do you have any plans after this?"
"Well..." the boy scratched the side of his skull. "Not exactly. What do you have in mind?"
Mimi looked away from Taichi and a smirk crept on to her face, confusing her friend.
"Mimi, mind telling me what you have in mind instead of just sitting there, smirking away? Stop pulling my leg, will you?"
"Pulling your leg?" Mimi turned back to the boy and laughed. "No, silly. I just thought we could hang out somewhere after this; just the two of us. I told Yamato earlier today to join us but he told me he had plans with his band mates so I let him go."
The waiter came with their drinks and Taichi paid for them. The waiter thanked him with a nod and left to assist the other customers. Instead of getting a 'thank you' from Mimi, he was shot a glare.
"Err, Mimi? Why are you staring at me like that?"
"I can pay for my own drink, sweetheart."
"No, I mustn't let the lady pay for her drink." He gave her a smirk before tipping his glass up.
"Eh? There is no way in hell you-"
Mimi paused as soon as she spotted a familiar mop of blonde hair stepped into the pub when she looked over Taichi's shouder - it was Yamato. And he was not alone.
The smile on her face faded almost immediately when she saw him holding hands with another girl. She had shoulder-length hair, a strawberry-blonde, and Mimi recognized the girl very well - Sora.
The girl felt her heart dropped to her stomach and she felt sick. Yamato had lied to her.
The grief on Mimi's face concerned Taichi. He noticed she was looking over his shoulder so he turned around and spotted Yamato with Sora sitting at a private spot meant for two.
"That asshole," Taichi swore under his breath. He turned back around immediately, just in time to catch Mimi shed a tear. "Mimi..."
Mimi said nothing.
Instead, she rose to her feet, grabbed her hand bag and left the pub. Taichi did not stay there either. He took his things before dashing out of the pub to chase her. He was not going to allow Mimi to run off alone in the middle of the night. Heaven knows what could happen to her.
"Hey, Mimi. Wait up!" Taichi shouted from behind the girl.
Despite being in her high heels, she jogged her way down the pathway, wiping each tear that kept rolling down her face.
"Leave me alone, Taichi!" Mimi screamed over her shoulder.
"No! I am NOT going to leave you alone here! It's not safe!"
"To hell with it!" Mimi screamed again. "I don't care if anything happens to me! Nobody cares if I get raped or if I'm dead-"
"Mimi!" Taichi managed to catch up with her. He stopped in front of the girl and grabbed her sides, causing her to stop in her tracks. "Mimi, listen to yourself! Do you even hear what you're saying?!"
"Of course I heard! I'm the one saying it!"
"Don't give me this bull shit, Meems!"
"Don't even try to talk me out of this, Taichi! I have no time for any more talking!"
Mimi tried to set herself free from Taichi's grip but unfortunately, she couldn't. Taichi's grip was too strong.
"Let me go, Taichi..." The poor girl muttered as she wept.
"No..." Taichi wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a warm embrace. "You can't just tell me to go just because you saw Yamato with Sora in the pub."
"I'm just disappointed in him..." She hugged him back. "I can't understand why he has to lie to me. If there is something I've done to hurt his feelings, he should just come up to me and talk to me about it."
Taichi planted a kiss on Mimi's forehead. "I'm sure he has his reasons, Meems. Now please stop thinking about what happened." He pulled away from the hug. "I'm sorry if this sounds a little too blunt but you two aren't a couple. He is free to whatever he wanted. I know, it's his fault for lying to you, but you can't hang on to him all the time. He needs to breathe. He has other friends too. Rumour has it that he is dating Sora-"
"...what?" Mimi's voice was tiny when she heard Taichi's last statement.
"But then again, I said 'rumour has it'. It's just a rumour that has been spreading around the school. I don't know if it's true. Just don't put so much thought into it for now, all right?" Taichi glanced at his watch. "Look, it's already ten o'clock. Let's get you home. It's already past your bed time."
Mimi nodded and Taichi held her hand as they walked; just in case.
Mimi felt terrible. She was lied to and it may not appear to be a big deal, but to her, it is a big deal. She's plain simple. All she wanted was honesty in her friendships or relationships with anyone at all. But in her eyes, her best friend had changed into someone she never knew and it tore her apart just thinking about it.
Mimi sighed but she was strong enough to not shed a tear this time. She chuckled instead. She chuckled at the fact that Taichi was there for her when Yamato wasn't. She was thankful for a friend like Taichi. If he hadn't been there with her to at least calm her down, god knows what will happen to her.
- End of Chapter Four -