HELL YEAH! I'm done with finals! Anyways as promised here's a new chapter.

Disclaimer: I owned finals but Digimon belongs to Toei.

Catching Up

Tai's POV

For some odd reason I totally froze up when I looked at her. I was completely mesmerized. She was wearing a pure white dress and looked like a true angel. I watched as she sipped on her tea. Then some weird waiter came and started talking to her. I suddenly felt angry. Why the hell was he talking to her?

Furious I step inside ready to wring the guy's throat out. Suddenly a voice in my head told me to stop. What the hell was wrong with me? First off, the guy was probably just asking her if she needed something and second even if he was flirting with her why would I care?

I just needed to take a minute and calm down. Unfortunately, I didn't even get five seconds before I heard someone call my name.

"Tai! Over here!" Mimi said loudly half-rising from her seat and waving to me.

"Hey Meems!" I reply enthusiastically. As I reached the table I gave her a big hug. When I finally registered what I did, I turned red and quickly said:

"I missed you."

At this point I saw how red she was. Now that I considered it, this was the first hug I'd ever given her. I always used to give hugs to Sora but never once did I give one to Mimi. I felt a twinge of guilt and even a little irritation towards myself.

I felt bad for not giving Mimi any hugs before this one. But even more than that, I felt bad for giving so many to Sora. What a waste those were I thought to myself.

"I missed you too Tai! I didn't get a chance to see you the last time I was here." She says regretfully.

"Oh yeah sorry, about that I was up in Kyoto for a soccer camp."

"Oh, is that where you met that really sexy soccer player?" She teases.

"Hahaha yeah it was actually. I'll introduce you guys tomorrow." I say with a laugh.

"I look forward to it. By the way make sure you apologize to Yolei for what you did."

I look at her incredulously.

"H-h-how did you know" I stutter.

"Well, it was kind of simple. Mr. Fujiyama was our teacher in middle school. He doesn't teach at the high school. Also, it is definitely something that you would do." She explains.

"Yeah hopefully Ken is able to calm her down so that she doesn't try and kill me until after the game tomorrow." I try joking.

"Is soccer the only thing that goes through your mind? No wonder Sora picked Matt!" She says teasingly.

"Wait, what? Are you saying that Sora picked Matt over me because I like soccer? What about his stupid band? This is such-"

"Relax Tai, I just wanted to see if you still liked her." She cuts me off.

"Huh? Why does it matter?" I ask irritated.

"Well, rumor has it that you're gay." She says with a smile.

I could not tell whether or not she was being serious. Sure she was smiling but it looked like a genuine smile. She even reached across the table and grabbed my hand.

"Look Tai, it's OK. I know plenty of people back in America like that. Like do you remember Michael? He came out of the closet a few weeks ago. Hey! Maybe I can introduce you two!" She says with that same smile.

"MIMI! I'm not gay! Who told you that?"

"Oh relax, I was just kidding. But seriously you got pretty upset just now. Are you sure you're not hiding something?" She continues to tease.

"Yeah Mimi, I'm sure. But out of curiosity why did you want to know whether I still liked Sora?"

"Hmmm, well she told me what happened at Matt's concert. Then, just a few days ago she mentioned something about how you stopped hanging out with everyone so much. When I asked her if you had a girlfriend she said that you didn't. I was wondering if all those things were related."

"Wait what does not hanging out with everyone have to do with Sora?" I ask confused.

"Well, we always stick together don't we? Being where everyone else is means that you'll be where Sora is. If you still have feelings for her it must be tough to be around her. Not to mention, you're excuses to not hang with everyone are plain awful." She answers.

"What do you mean plain awful?" I ask offended.

"Why would you go to a soccer camp in Kyoto during winter?"

"Oh, you mean that. Well uh it was an indoor camp." I try covering.

"Sora's dad works in Kyoto remember? He told Sora and I that there were no soccer camps going on in the first place and even if there were it wouldn't be possible to play in the snow."

"All right you got me. You were staying with Sora and I didn't want to be around her. Happy?"

"Not until you apologize properly Tai." She says with a pouting face.

"All right, all right. I'm sorry Mimi but I didn't ditch you this time did I?" I try pleading my case.

"No, you didn't. That's why you can have one of my sandwiches." She hands me a sandwich, which the waiter just brought out.

"Oh thank God! I skipped breakfast! You're a life saver Mimi!"

I took one bit of and felt like puking. It was awful. There were like vegetables in it. I didn't eat that stuff. What was I- a cow?

Mimi probably saw the look on my face and asked:

"Don't you like it? It's my favorite!"

"Uh Mimi, there's nothing but veggies in it."

"Yeah that's what makes it healthy! You have a big game tomorrow! You need to eat right so that you play well!"

"Uh it's ok. Agumon loves this kind of stuff, I'll give him the rest." I quickly lie.

There was no way I could ever do something so cruel to Agumon. I wouldn't feed this shit to a Digimon like Myotismon let alone my own partner.

"Oh well that's very considerate of you! You've really grown up Tai."

"Uh thanks Meems, you have too!"

Indeed she had. She was still shorter than me but she had definitely grown. I couldn't see her whole body because she was sitting down. But the parts I could see were definitely easy on my eyes. She was very well endowed. Not to mention, her face had definitely matured into that of a young woman's. Her features were very well defined. Her brown hair was beyond shoulder length and its soft brown color was very calming to look at. Then her big brown eyes. I honestly could get lost in them for a whole day and be content.

OK, I really had to stop thinking like that. She's my friend and I don't want to ruin that. She didn't come around often so I had to spend the little time I did have with her well. I couldn't make it awkward by trying to get it into my head that we were meant together. I convinced myself of the same thing about Sora and look how that turned out. Anyways, I had to do something nice for Mimi. Why not pay the bill?

I reach into my pocket for my wallet only to remember that I left it at home. Shit. I couldn't just tell her that I left my wallet at home. I would get lectured for being irresponsible. Suddenly an idea struck me.

"Hey Mimi, now that we're done eating want to head back to my place? You can meet up with Kari and I can call her and tell her to bring Yolei along."

"Sounds like a plan!" Mimi says excitedly.

"Awesome! Here let me go pull up the car. Just come out when you see me!"

"All right sure."

Perfect, she doesn't suspect anything yet! I casually get up and walk towards the door. I manage to get outside. I walk past the glass window and give her a smile and wave, which she happily returns. As soon as I get past that window I break out into a rain. I begin to count down 3…2…1… BAM.

"TAICHI KAMIYA! HOW DARE YOU LEAVE ME TO PAY THE CHECK!" I hear her scream from all the way in the parking lot across the street. "WAIT UNTIL I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!"

I begin to chuckle to myself. Oh Mimi, it was good to have you back.