Karilovya- Hello! I am finally going to post this chapter. I am terribly sorry for the long wait. I had gotten so busy, being in a new country and all. Anyway, I really hope you like this chapter. I also know that this story is going slow and I hope you understand my reasoning. You definitely do not have to agree with my reasoning, but I hope you understand my point of view.

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The next day, Mimi woke up by seven thirty and she was thrilled. She was finally going to buy the necessities. She was grateful for Sora giving her this air mattress, but she really missed having an actual bed. This was one thing she missed about New York, her apartment. Her old apartment was just perfect for her. It was stylized how she liked it and it really portrayed her personality. This new apartment is definitely more spacious than the one in New York; however, the apartment was too gray and white for her tastes. She wanted to add some brightness to her new home.

Mimi was incredibly excited to meet up with Koushiro, after all he does have a car and that makes things a lot easier. Except of course the big furniture. She might as well just order that at the store and get it in later. She did, however, want a new bed as soon as possible. Mimi decided she needed to make a list before she met with Koushiro. After all, he's a lot more organized than her and if he notices that she has no plan he wont exactly be thrilled. So to avoid the heartache, Mimi decided to plan out what she wanted to get before she went up to his apartment to fetch him.

First things first, she needs cooking supplies, she needs pots, pans, utensils, and many more. Then she needs to go the furniture store to buy a table, some chairs, a couch, and hopefully a bed. She might as well go to the mattress store as well and get some lamps for her apartment too. She also might as well go grocery shopping too, but she might do that on her own later. After all, she knew she was having lunch with Koushiro and that Sora later tonight wanted to have dinner with her. Therefore, there was really no point in her getting groceries just yet. Mimi figured she could do so tomorrow.

It's a good thing her new employer emailed her about having the week off so that she can get settled, because lets be honest Mimi would be incredibly stressed if she had not only work, but had to settle into a new apartment. As well as, changing countries can be a hassle too. All that paperwork was a nightmare moving from America to Japan. Now she knows why her parents complained so much when they moved back to Japan and then back to America and then back again. After she graduated from high school, her parents did in fact decide to stay in Japan while their daughter went off to fashion school in New York. Her parents now were incredibly happy that Mimi is now back in Japan and most likely for good. As long as Mimi did well at work, she was positive that they where going to keep her in Tokyo after all she is fluent in not only Japanese but English as well. Meaning, it might be good to have her at the office in Japan because not a lot of Japanese learn English as fluently as she has.

Mimi started to get dressed for the day now that she has finished her list. She decided to wear her new blue dress she got last week and black shoes. The dress was very fitting because it showed off her curves and the white long sleeves made it look classy. It was great that the dress was also dressy enough to be worn at work as well. Meaning, she was going to wear this dress to its full potential. Mimi may like to shop, but now that she actually works and pays bills she watches how much money she spends. Now, she just goes to stores that have good deals and great quality. It's a good thing Sora likes to do the same.

Mimi headed up a few floors to Koushiro's apartment. Once she reached his penthouse she rang the doorbell.

"Koushiro! I'm here! Open up!" Mimi yelled in the intercom. She could hear a groan from Koushiro as he came to the door to open it for her.

"No need to yell. I knew it was you." Koushiro said as Mimi just grinned largely at him. He let her into his apartment.

"Hold on a sec. I'll get my things and then we can go. Where are we going first?"

"Kitchen supplies!" Mimi said cheerfully. Koushiro nodded as he grabbed his car and apartment keys. They left his apartment to head to the elevators down to the car garage.

"Thank you so much, Koushiro! It's a huge help, especially since you have a car." Mimi winked at Koushiro. Koushiro rolled his eyes, but nodded in agreement.

"You're just using me as an excuse to have a car to lug around you stuff." Mimi gave him a pout as Koushiro chuckled a bit. Then Mimi smiled and once they got to the car sat in the passenger seat. Koushiro sighed as her turned on his car.

Koushiro actually really hated getting early in the morning and right now it was 9 o'clock am. He wasn't exactly thrilled about that, but he should be used to getting early by now. Thank god, he can take days off once in a while since he practically is the chief programmer, though not in title.

The day actually was going by pretty fast, Mimi knew exactly what she wanted. Koushiro only found her pickiness to be a bit annoying especially since she wanted to get all these different colors, however they had to be the right shade of certain colors. That made certain parts of the shopping a bit tedious and boring. It made the day go a bit slower, but he was glad it was about time lunch. This meant Mimi was running out of steam and she will definitely want food soon. It really is amazing how well you can know someone.

Every store they went to, Mimi found the elderly ladies tell her how kind have a husband she has and such. Mimi was slightly embarrassed by these comments and whenever she said that she isn't with him like that they give her this knowing smile. Then this one elderly lady at this one store would not give up on Mimi and Koushiro being together. This made not only Koushiro blush and die inside of embarrassment but Mimi as well.

"Mam, thank you for the compliment, but he and I are really not together." Mimi said as she tried to stay cool. This lady was incredibly stubborn.

"Oh, please! I know a couple when I see one! When are the kids?" This made Koushiro blush over the edge and just it actually started to annoy him. Who was this lady to ask about such personal questions? Especially about a relationship that is not even existent. Yeah, Mimi and him where definitely close, but they where not dating. Even if they where, this elderly lady was being way too invasive.

"Again, mam, please understand we are just friends and no I'm not having kids right now. Now, may I please buy what I need?" Mimi said as politely as possible. This lady was starting to piss her off. She's been trying to buy her damn bed sheets for the last twenty minutes and it didn't help that there was now a line behind her.

"Oh, alright if you say. That will be 22,000 yen. Have a good rest of your day." The elderly lady said and she winked at the two of them. Mimi and Koushiro just shook their heads. Koushiro sighed a relief was they go in the car while Mimi sat in the passenger seat to the left of him smiling in relief and closing her eyes. She finally relaxed. Now it was time to get lunch after that whole ordeal.

"Do you mind going to the café on the next corner?"

"Sure!" Koushiro just nodded and started to look for a parking spot.

They went to this small little Japanese café and it was mainly a soup café with some pastries. It was an interesting little café since it had all sorts of different foods from European to Asian delicacies. They definitely had a lot of French pastries, which brightened Mimi's mood greatly. As they ordered, they heard a voice behind them yell out their names.

"Mimi! Koushiro!" Mimi looked to see who it was and she found it to be Kari and T.K. They both were together holding on some bags from the shop next door. Mimi smiled largely at them as she waved to them. Koushiro just smiled as Kari and T.K. came and Mimi gestured them to sit with them. The waiter came by to ask if they would be eating with them and they nodded to the waiter. They ordered their drinks and began their conversation.

"I'm so happy to see you both! You guys out shopping as well?" Mimi said excitedly.

Kari laughed at Mimi's excitement and said, "Yes, I don't have classes today and T.K. has a lunch break from work at this time so we figured we'd go here. It's actually rather close to where we live."

"Where you live? I thought you lived pretty fair, Kari." Koushiro said to Kari and he was right to be confused. T.K. lived nearby, but not Kari. Kari has been living with Taichi for a while now. Everyone has always known that Kari and T.K. are together ever since they entered college, but that statement threw Koushiro off a bit. Mimi looked at Kari equally as confused.

"Actually, Kari moved in with me this past week." T.K. explained, he figured by both of Mimi and Koushiro's faces they did not hear about this.

"We didn't want to tell anyone as of yet due to them teasing us. Taichi of course knows since Kari was living with him. Before you ask Koushiro, yes I asked permission about it about 4 months ago with Taichi. He finally gave me the okay a couple weeks ago." T.K. said with a sigh. Kari smiled at T.K. and nodded. Mimi started to smile brightly as well. She looked to Kari and grabbed her hands saying her congratulations. Koushiro just smiled at T.K. and nodded.

"I see. Well, I guess it was bound to happen eventually. You two have been together for quite a while." Koushiro stated.

Kari nodded, "Yes. We've wanted to do this for about a year now and we finally go the big brothers approval. My god that was a ride with him."

Kari and T.K. both laughed and smiled towards each other. Mimi was just filled with joy. She loves to see couples like them especially because they clearly where very much in love with each other. Mimi thought about how she wanted to have someone too, but she figured she would just wait it out.

"Oh, I'm sure Taichi was just a joy getting him to say yes." Mimi joked and Kari laughed.

"Oh yes, he was thrilling! Not! My god, he became so protective. I mean he always has been, but never with T.K. I mean come on, but at least he finally gave the okay." Kari said smiling.

"How's Yamato taking it? I mean there were even talks about you, T.K., moving in with him." Koushiro asked.

"Yes, well, Yamato decided he wanted to try to get Sora to move in with him instead. I mean I think they are together right?" T.K. answered.

"Yes, they are together. That makes more sense for them to live together after all they've been together for years now." Mimi said. Kari nodded and T.K. smiled in response.

"Well, as long as the two of them don't break up again like a couple years ago."

"No kidding, they can be such a rollercoaster ride. " Kari said.

"They really can be, but you know thye do love each other. They just tend to have misunderstandings a lot, but thye always tend to pull through in the end. As long as they communicate they should be fine. Honeslty, it might even be good for them to live together so that the silly misunderstanding that usually happen when not living together can end. I mean it's not as though they wont have fights ever again if they live together, but at least they will feel more secure with each other." Koushiro said. T.K. looked at him with wide eyes and just nodded.

"Wow, Koushiro, I never thought you knew so much about their relationship." Kari said.

"Well, sometimes Yamato comes to me instead of Taichi especially if it's about Sora. I mean come on we all know the drama between the three of them. It was like a living love triangle. " Koushiro said exasperatedly.

"it was a living a love triangle. But enough about the two of them, why are you two out here together?" Kari asked suspiciously.

"Oh not you too!" whined Mimi, "Koushiro is helping me shop for my apartment. He has a car and figured it'd be easier to do so. " Kari just nodded.

They got their food and they all started chowing down. Obviously, they where all hungry due to the fact the talking ceased due to them eating. They all where quite content with this, besides the four of them have known each other for years and years, what's a little silence going to damage? T.K. decided to pay for the whole meal mainly as a welcome back gift to Mimi, but of course Koushiro was grateful and said he'll buy him lunch sometime as a thank you.

The two pairs said their goodbyes and they walked away from each other in opposite directions to their cars.

"T.K., don't you think they'd be a good couple?"

"Uh, Kari, don't be getting any ideas. " Kari pouted towards T.K.

"But I mean! Look at them! They act like they are together, why not get them to actually be official!"

"It's not that I don't agree, but Mimi might not feel that way aobut Koushiro. We shouldn't mess with someone that might never happen or might fail miserably."

"I know! I wasn't going to actually matchmake them, but I think they would compliment each other well. I mean they both help each other out and their faults really compliment each other. Even when they argue they don't stay mad at each other for long and always end up forgiving each other quickly. Even quicker than us! We don't even argue that often too." Kari said to T.K. hoping that he would agree. She knew that he did, but Kari felt that it should be mentioned. After all, she was talking with Sora yesterday about how cozy Koushiro and Mimi seem to be with each other whenever they see each other.

"I'm not gonna deny they'd be perfect for each other. I've noticed how they gravitate towards each other during out friend outings, but Kari, if they did get together they would probably take it real slow. "

"You know, you're right. I just hope they do. It'd be great!" T.K. laughed and nodded in agreement. Kari leaned up to give T.K. a quick kiss and then linked arms with him as lay her head on his shoulder as they walked to his car. She really loves T.K. and she felt so happy they where together, even happier that they finally are moving in together. She can finally commute to work in a shorter distance and she'd be able to go with T.K. Kari had to admit she was pretty happy right now. Now to get Mimi and Koushiro together, Kari thought slyly.

Mimi finally arrived back to her apartment with a mountain of work to do. She was incredibly grateful to Koushiro for helping her bring her stuff up to apartment. She was so happy that they accomplished so much today. She has her furniture ordered and they said they'd come in about two to three days. That was amazing especially by her standards, usually it took about a week or longer, but this store was rather close and tomorrow was their big shipping day so things are working out quite well for Mimi.

Mimi smiled as she thought about how Koushiro was actually so cool today, especially at lunch. When they talked about Sora and Yamato, Koushiro had such a mature outlook on their relationship. She was glad she wasn't the only one who thought the same. Though, she may not have said much during that conversation, she was glad she let Koushiro talk about it. It had shown her a new side of Koushiro and that he understood relationships a lot more than people give him credit for. Although, how he executes his knowledge depends, she wished Koushiro would get himself a girlfriend. It would be good for him and Mimi smiled at that thought. She wanted him to be happy as most of her friends. Oh, I forgot to call Meiko! Mimi thought. Meiko and Mimi where slowly becoming closer as they emailed each other quite often when Mimi moved back to America. She realized she hadn't contacted her much and that she should get dinner with her. Tonight was Sora's night, so maybe tomorrow she'd get Meiko to go get dinner with her. As Mimi kept thinking she slowly drifted to sleep still working on her apartment.

Karilovya101- How was that? I hope that was a good chapter. Again I apologize for taking such a long time to post this chapter. I've been so busy, but here it is! I worked really hard on this chapter and I hope that shows. Thank you all for your support! Here is my reply to you all!

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