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Friend's Opinions and Spending Time With You
Once again, I was in Yamato's car along with Kari, T.K, Akira and Cody. We were headed to Jou's for the whole sleepover idea and it took a bit more time than it did when we went to Yamato's house. When we got there I noticed that the house was near a hospital. It occurred to me that this was probably the hospital that the Kido family owns.
Once we got there we went out of the car and went inside. It was surprisingly a bit bigger than expected since Jim lived here alone and everything, which didn't come out as much of a surprise to all the others since they remembered that Jou's family does own a hospital and such. We went inside the house and soon Jou gave us the instructions. "Okay guys, since it's about evening now let's set your stuff down to your rooms first so we wont make a mess out of things."
We nodded in agreement at his suggestion, and then suddenly Davis asked "Which rooms do we put them in?"
"Well this place has two spare rooms since my parents don't live here, they come to visit though. So if you count my room here then there's a total of three. This is the only house big enough to hold lot's of people even though it's not that big." Explained Jou "Jim usually lives here alone but when our relatives come to visit they stay here, so they made the house a bit bigger."
"So…if there are three spare rooms including yours…who stays with who?" asked Davis again.
"Good point there…we haven't really thought about that have we?" asked Tai and we noticed that he was right, considering that our plan for a sleepover was a bit too sudden we didn't plan anything at that.
We soon decided that all us girls would be staying one room, since there were only four of us anyway. Yamato would stay with his band mates, Takeru and Taichi in another room and Davis and the others would occupy the last room.
"Now that we have rooms why don't we drop our stuff off first?" suggested Cody and we all agreed.
The girls and I walked over into our room and set our stuff down. I sighed and went back outside to the living room. I saw Jou there trying to contact Jim through the phone…I think. I went to Jou and asked "Jou? Where are the others?"
"In their rooms, most of them were already tired so they wanted to rest." He told me
"Oh…so if you don't mind, can I make dinner? I mean, Mimi and the other girls are pretty tired too and I have nothing to do right now so…" before I could finish, Jou cut me off.
"Sure thing, if it's no trouble. But I think you'll find him in the kitchen by now." Said Jou and I looked at him confused.
"Him? Who's him?" I asked
"You'll see, he should be there now." Replied Jou and I just nodded.
"Okay…" I couldn't say anything else since I really didn't know what else there was for me to say.
I walked over to the kitchen and then surprisingly I saw Yamato there and he was…cooking? No way…even Tai doesn't go as far as cooking for himself when he's hungry, well seeing as Tai doesn't really have any cooking skills to start with. But Yamato being here? Now that was a bit of a shock. The fact that he's cooking makes the shock grow even bigger.
"Y-Yamato?" I asked and he turned around to face me.
"Sora?" he asked back and then all of a sudden we both spoke at the same time "What are you doing here?"
I know, I asked a pretty obvious question, but I was curious so I couldn't help it. I ended up laughing after we spoke at the same time and he seemed to lighten up a bit too. "You go first." He told me
"Alright, sorry about that. I just never imagined you to be here right now." I told him. Truthfully, I really didn't.
"Why's that? I'm not permitted to cook food?" he asked in a half teasing tone, but I could tell that a part of that was really asking the question.
"Not that, I just…well it never seemed to fit your character I guess. I mean, you don't really look like the type of person who would be good at H.E. Music is your field right?" I told him.
"Is that so? Well, I do know how to cook. And yes music is more my field, but I do different things every now and then." He told me then asked "What about you? What brings you here? I would have thought that you wanted to rest like the others since they were all wiped out from today."
"Well, I was bored and I told Jou that since I couldn't do anything else I'd just go to the kitchen and cook us some dinner. The surprise for me was that I never expected you to be here, Jou tole me someone was already here but as I said…I never would have thought that I'd be you." I explained
"I see, why is that…haven't you seen a guy cook before?" he asked
"Hmm…I've seen a lot of guys cook, none that had that much skill though. Anyone can try and cook right? But not everyone can make something edible in the end." I told him
"I can assure you that I won't poison you with my cooking. Besides I think I have enough talen in this kind of stuff." He told me with confidence found in his voice.
"Confident arent we? If that's so then you wouldn't mind showing me this skill of yours then?" I asked him and he just looked at me with a smirk.
"Of course, in fact, I'd be delighted to cook for such a lovely lady." He told me
I blushed at his comment and spoke "Then if you will, stop trying to flatter me and let's se what's you've got Yamato Ishida."
"Direct to the point arent we? Alright then, would you care to help me? Since you did say that you yourself wanted to make dinner right?" he asked
I nodded at his request and spoke "Sure I'd love to help."
Yamato and I spent our time in the kitchen and well…made dinner. Other than that though, he and I were talking and I was enjoying my time with him. While we were together it did seem like he knew how to cook, in fact, he was really good at it too.
Soon enough, the food was done and well prepared and it was time for me to call the girls while he called the guys. I headed for our room to call the girls out to eat dinner.
Mimi's P.O.V.
I was talking to the girls about the whole Sora/Yamato issue. I really do think that those two have something special. "I'm telling you guys, we have to do something to get those two together."
"Shouldn't we leave these things to them? Leave them to realize that, it's their love life anyway." Said Yolei and I shook my head.
"There is no way that's going to work. I want to make sure those two get together if it's the last thing that I do." I told them, which was completely true.
"I know that, but maybe we can wait just a little more. Sor's not even sure of her feelings yet so we need to give her some time. We can't rush her into anything big all of a sudden. It would be better that way wouldn't it?" asked Kari and she did have a point.
"I guess that's true…" Then all of a sudden a knock was heard.
"Who is it?" asked Yolei
"It's me Sor." Sora soon came in with a smile on her face, just like always.
"Hey Sor…so what's up? Where have you been?" I asked her.
"Oh, I was cooking dinner with Yamato." She told me with a smile.
"With Yamato? He cooks?" I asked a little surprised that the guy can actually cook food.
"Yeah, he beat me to the kitchen, he was already there before I even got there. Jou warned me about a guy already being there but honestly, I never expected it to be him." She told me with a light laugh escaping her lips.
"Looks like you enjoyed it." I told her with a smirk
"Of course I did. I love cooking." She told me
"I don't think she meant the cooking…" said Yolei "She meant something other than that Sora…" and she was right.
"Eh? What do you mean then Meems?" she asked me
"Looks to me like you enjoyed Yamato's company more than doing the little house chore." I told her and I could have sworn that a blush spread through her face.
"W-well, I…I mean….of course I enjoyed his company, i-is there something wrong with that?" she asked and her voice was cracking, oh this is good.
"Nothing at all Sor. Nothing at all…." I replied
She had a confused look on her face and Kari was the one who broke he silence between us "So…so Sor….dinners ready?" she asked
"Huh? Oh yeah, it is. We just finished actually…I came to call you guys to eat." She told us snapping back to reality.
"Alright, lets go then shall we?" I told them as I stood up from my position, since I was lying down. The others nodded and got up too.
We walked with Sora out of our rooms and I saw the guys there with Yamato. Tai was the one who spoke first among them. "Hey, what took you guys so long?" he asked with a confused look.
"Well, we just had a little talk. Hope it didn't make you guys wait too long." I gave Tai a look and he quickly understood what I was thinking. He and I agreed that Sora and Yamato had something clicking and I'm sure he wants his rock star friend to figure things out too.
"Okay you guys, time to go eat!" said Tai with excitement in his voice. Of course, Tai's favorite pastime, anything to d with food…*sigh*
We sat down on the table and ate together. We were talking to each other about different types of stuff and some were surprised that we actually had a lot in common. It was a nice chat.
Once we were doe eating we decided to draw lots on who gets to clean the plates and other utensils. Cody and Davis got the job and since it was fair they really couldn't object. Us girls went to our room and the guys went to theirs, if things go as planned then the guys should be talking to Yamato by now…
Yamato's P.O.V.
I went into the room with Akira, Takashi, Yutaka, Takeru and Tai. Tai laid down on the bed and sighed. "That was some dinner, I am so full."
"Did you make that stuff Yamato?" asked Yutaka "If you did…well I send my congrats to the chef then."
"Yeah I did, Sora and I…" before I could finish Tai shot up from bed and spoke.
"Woah, hold it right there. Sora and you?" he asked me and I could tell that he was hiding a grin that he wanted to display in that face of his. Not just that, the others, heck even T.K was smiling at me.
"What? Something I said? Yes, Sora came and told me she wanted to help…so I let her. It's not like it's anything big, so why are you guys smiling like that?" I asked confused, if they kept smiling like this, it would definitely freak me out big time.
"It's just that…it came to us as a surprise that's all. So you and Sora were together while we were in this room?" asked Takashi
"Yeah, we were the ones who made the food. Seriously guys, what is up?" I asked, I really wanted a clear answer.
"Simply put…I think you like Sora my dear friend." As Tai said this my eyes widened. I stood there wide eyed and totally surprised.
"W-what?!? You…you guys think that…." Once again I was cut off. This time it was Akira who cut me off.
"Actually Yamato…we're quite sure of it." He told me and I saw the others agree with him instantly.
"Once again….What?!? Are you guys serious? Where would you get this idea?" I asked
"Oh come on Yamato, it doesn't take a genius to figure this out. It's actually pretty obvious don't you think?" asked Tai
"I am not making anything obvious. When did you guys come up with this stuff anyway?" I asked
"Yamato, let's just face facts here. Sora's the first girl you've ever paid this much attention to and even you can't deny that." Said Yutaka
"Just like I said, it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. If only you'd let your feelings take over and start to realize it yourself." Said Tai
"I'd be a whole lot easier that way, if you wouldn't bottle all your emotions up." Said Akira
I stared at them for a while and then looked at T.K. "Please tell me that you don't agree with this. Do you T.K?"
"On the contrary, of course I do. But I can't do anything if you don't right?" he told me "Listen big bro, it's time you figure this one out on your own. Besides, who knows we might actually be right about this. Or you can also prove us wrong. It's your choice."
I was a bit shocked about what he said. First things first… "Did my little brother just lecture me about my love life?" I smiled at T.K and spoke "Wow I never thought you could be so mature T.K."
"Very funny…" was his only reply but he did smile back.
"So let me get this straight, you guys think that I have a thing for Sora right?" I asked and they just nodded "Alright then, even if I did….not saying that I'm admitting that….why would she even bother to like me back?"
"See? This is why we say you like her. If you didn't why would you even want to know weather or not she likes you back?" said Tai, which was new because this was actually making some sense.
"…." I was speechless at the moment hoping someone would just talk.
"Look in case I haven't told you, Sora hasn't had a boyfriend and she has not been in any type of relationship whatsoever. She's not used to this kind of stuff so weather or not she likes you…I have no idea." Why do I have a feeling that Tai was somewhat lying about a part of this…
"Thing is, you are on your own man. We have no concern about this whatsoever…well, maybe we do, but just a little. She is my best friend you know." Said Tai
"Whatever…" I sighed in defeat. Whatever I do there was certainly no getting through with them. I wonder if Sora's experiencing something similar?
Sora's P.O.V.
I cannot believe that I was called here to talk about this. Mimi and the girls were lecturing me about my love life…again. I sighed and listened to Mimi lecture me. "Sor, just admit it. You like him and that's final."
My eyes widened a bit and I asked "I like who?"
"Oh don't play dumb. Yamato duh." Replied Yolei
"Hold on for a second, where did you guys get this idea all of a sudden?" I asked confused.
"From you of course. I shows that you like him, you just can't admit it that's all." Said Mimi
"Guys, didn't we talk about this already?" asked Kari as she interrupted.
I was confused. "What did they talk about when I was gone anyway?" then I hear Kari's voice again. "You guys agreed to leave them alone remember?"
"But Kari…." Mimi was about to protest when she got cut off again.
"Please? I'm sure Sor will realize it soon, let's just leave her be for now." Kari tells Mimi and Meems just sighs in defeat.
I paused to think for a second and then I asked "Wait….that means that you agree with them too Kari?"
"Well, kind of. But I just want you to do this on your own. I wouldn't want it if we would be the ones to interfere." Said Kari
That means that she thinks I like Yamato too? Ahhh talking to them about this is not going to cheer me up. "Mind if I pass today's talk of the day?" I asked
"Sure thing, just don't stress out too much…" said Yolei
I sighed to myself and thought of some things, hopefully I get to sort things out soon or else his kind of talk will never end for me…
~Later that Night~
Mimi and the rest of us decided to get some sleep and rest. It was nearing midnight already and we needed the sleep anyway. We played cards with the guys just a few hours ago and since we got bored we stopped and decided to get some shut eye. Today was pretty tiring and I was still trying to avoid talking to the girls about Yamato.
When we got inside our room Yolei was the one to go to sleep, then Mimi soon got some Z's too. Later Kari and I were the only ones who were left awake. "Kari? You still there?" I asked
"Yup, still here Sor." She told me
"*sigh* Tough day wasn't it?" I asked
"Sure was, but still, it was a whole lot of fun you know." She told me and I agreed "It was so good to be able to spend some time with Tai again."
"So Kari, would you mind if I asked you something?" We were talking in a soft voice so that we wouldn't wake Meems and Yolei.
"Sure thing. What is it?" she asked
"How was your day with T.K at the mall? I mean I was surprised when Tai let him go with you alone. You know how Tai is." I told her.
She sat up from her position and was now sitting on her bed. I noticed a light shade of red in her face and I just smiled. "It was nice getting to know him better, he's a really nice guy. It surprised me too, I didn't quite understand why Tai would let me go with him when he wouldn't even let Davis get near me without his permission."
"You know Davis, he likes you right? Tai seems to have noticed that, maybe that's why he's so protective of you. He doesn't want you to end up with the wrong guy that's all." I told her
"I know that…hey Sor…why don't you ever try to get close to guys?" she asked me
"What do you mean?" I asked back.
"Well, you know. Tai said you've never had a boyfriend…and you never dated anyone before…so why's that?" she asked
"Honestly…I don't know myself Kari, maybe it's just because I don't want to get hurt or anything like that. I'm not saying I want a perfect relationship, there isn't such a thing, I just don't want to go out with some guy then later on find out I'm being cheated…to cut it short I want to find the right guy." I explained and she just nodded.
"How long do you think it takes for someone to find their perfect match Sor?" she asked me. It was kind of shocking that Kari was asking me these types of questions.
"Actually, I don't think there's a actual time for that. I think that it comes naturally you know. No one can really tell you when you're going to fall in love with someone, sometimes it just happens when you least expect it. I guess that's one of the surprises that love leaves you to understand." I told her.
"That's like you to say something like that Sor, so do you think you've found him yet?" she asked.
"Me? Not really…I don't know…." I replied, the weird thing was, after she asked me that, Yamato was the first thing that popped into my head. "Wait…why am I thinking of him?"
"You okay Sor?" asked Kari with a concerned voice that snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked at her and nodded.
"I'm peachy Kari." I told her
"You sure? It looked like you were spacing out a bit a while ago." She told me and I shook my head.
"Just some thoughts that ringed into my head. It's nothing big." I replied with a smile.
"Are you sure you aren't hiding anything?" she asked
"There's nothing much to hide is there?" I told her.
"Well…we better get some sleep soon, or we might be the one's who wake up late tomorrow." She told me and I nodded in agreement.
"True, we wouldn't want to wake up last, since Tai's already got that spot covered." I told her.
Still, I tried my hardest to sleep…but I failed miserably. Every time I closed my eyes and try to get some decent sleep Yamato would suddenly pop into my head, either that or that talk I had about with Kari would do a replay over and over again. It was giving me a headache.
I decided that I wouldn't be able to get any sleep lying around here anyway, so I got up and went out the room. I closed the door behind me, trying hard not to make noise. I didn't want to wake anybody since it was really late. It was pass midnight already, I rarely sleep this late at home except when needed.
I decided to go outside and then I saw a ladder leading up to the roof of the Kido residence. Odd though…I never expected there to be a ladder leading straight for the roof. I climbed up and when I got there I looked up at the sky and saw the massive view of dozens, millions of stars. "Wow…." Was all I could say
"Amazing isn't it?" a voice asked, it snapped me out of my thoughts. I looked at the person who spoke and again, Yamato was there lying down on the roof, staring at the sky.
"Y-Yamato?" I asked and he looked at me.
"The one and only." He said, a smirk appearing on his face. "You know, you and I seem to have ways of always bumping into each other in unexpected places."
"Ah….y-yeah…." Was all I could say. Yamato got up from his position all of a sudden and then he sat down and spoke.
"Why not sit down? I'm not going to bite you, you know?" he told me. I nodded and sat down beside him on the roof.
"So…what are you doing here Yamato?" I asked, finally being able to speak again.
"I should be asking you that. It's pretty late you know, and since you're a girl shouldn't you be getting your beauty sleep by now?" he asked me
"I asked you first you know. But to answer your question…I couldn't sleep." I told him with a sigh "I couldn't fall asleep no matter how much I wanted to."
"Why's that? Is something on your mind? Were you thinking of something or someone perhaps?" he asked with a teasing tone.
I blushed so suddenly and I couldn't control doing it. "What is with me? I can't tell him that he kept popping inside my head whenever I tried to close my eyes and sleep! Darn it Yamato, what are you doing to me?" I was silent and was so occupied by my thoughts at the moment…I didn't even know what to say.
"Hey Sora? You alright?" he asked with a concerned and confused tone in his voice
"Huh? Oh yeah…I'm fine. Anyway Yamato, what were you doing here?" I asked, wanting to change the subject and get him out of my head.
"Well…I come to places like this when I want to think." He told me
We were silent for a moment and then out of nowhere I decided to ask. "Yamato…if you don't mind me asking….where's your dad?"
As I asked him this his facial expression changed into a shocked and a bit cold outer look. I simply stared at him not knowing what was happening. I patiently waited hoping that he wasn't angry or anything… "Maybe it would have been better if I never bothered to ask…but, come to think of it, this is the first time Yamato looked like this. Is this what Tai was telling me about?"
After some time Yamato spoke. "My dad and I aren't close. Not anymore that is. He minds his work more than anything now, it doesn't matter to me anymore. I don't even bother to try and get close to him again because it's not going to work."
I was a bit shocked at his words, his voice was colder than usual and not the same Yamato that I'm used to hearing. "Yamato? A-are you alright? Y-you don't have to answer if you don't want to…"
"It was his decision that kept me and Takeru apart for years. His job, that's what it was always about. Why couldn't he bother to think of his own family for once?" his voice was rising and I saw him clench his fist that his knuckles were starting to turn white.
I kept on wondering what he meant by the decision that kept him and Takeru apart. Other than that I wanted Yamato to calm down, I don't like seeing him like this.
"Yamato, please stop. You really don't have to tell me…I really…." Before I could continue he suddenly cut me off.
"But weren't you the one who asked about this stuff to begin with?!?!?!" his voice came out more of a yell than a simple question.
I was in deep shock that I think a tear fell from my eyes. I never intended for him to get angry and for some reason I didn't want him to be. I didn't like the feeling when he was angry at me…it hurt. He yelled at me… "I-I'm sorry…"
Yamato seemed to snap out of it because his eyes and expression turned back to normal all of a sudden.
Yamato's P.O.V.
"You idiot! Why, why, why, why, why?!? Why did I just yell at her like that?!? Agh, I can't believe this!" Sora started to cry a bit and I couldn't help but feel so guilty right now. I was mad at my dad but that never meant to vent my anger out on her. I should never have! Tai is so going to kill me!
Putting that aside, I went to her and wiped the tear from her cheek with my hand. She looked at e with a shocked expression and I spoke silently. "I'm sorry Sora, I never meant for that to happen. I must have shocked you by yelling at you that way. I never meant it really. I'm so sorry, please don't cry."
I hated it! I hated seeing her this way, I hated seeing her in pain but now that you think about it…what makes it even worse was that I was the one who caused the pain. Darn it!
Sora looked at me and her tears stopped, thank goodness. I don't think I'd want to see her like that again.
"Anyway, I just don't get along with my dad that much. I'm sorry for taking it out on you." I told her
She smiled again and I was happy about that. She spoke in a soft voice "What about your mother? Don't you still have her around?" she asked
I saddened remembering my mother. When was the last time I saw her? I didn't really remember. "My mom and I got separated when T.K and I did. You see, when Teeks and I were little kids our parents got divorced early. We rarely got to see each other then and I haven't seem my mom either for a long time. I still see her but only by chance. I guess that's why I'm so pissed at my dad. He separates all of us and he rarely bothers about his own son." I told her
"Doesn't it get lonely?" she asked
"What do you mean by that?" I asked her in return
"You live alone in that house and you and your dad don't really get along…doesn't it feel lonely?" she asked me
"Yes, it does actually. But I have T.K and the guys here with me so I don't mind that much. Plus now I've made new friends…and I have you here." I told her and I could see a blush forming on her face.
"I-I'm glad that you're happy here." She told me with a smile. I am never going to get tired of seeing her smile like that.
"So…what about you Sora? I mean what about your parents? What're they like?" I asked
Sora's P.O.V.
I finally found out some stuff about Yamato and I guess this unravels he mystery of why she and T.K have different surnames. I was happy to know that he wasn't mad at me. And I'm glad I got to know him too, at least now we were getting to know each other better.
Later he asked me about my parents this time and I felt a little hesitant at first, but I wanted to tell him since he told me about his family.
"Well, my mom works as a florist back in Japan. She and I were really close. She didn't even want me to leave the country." I told him with a smile. I missed mom a lot these days…
"That's nice, you're an only child right?" he asked and I nodded
"Yup, I am. That's why Tai is like a big brother to me and the rest of my friends are like one big family." I told him
"What about your dad?" he asked and I became sad all of a sudden.
Dad? How long has it been since anyone's asked me about him… "My dad…he died in a car accident when I was about seven years old."
"Oh…I'm sorry…I didn't know…" he told me and I just shook my head.
"There isn't a need for you to apologize. It's fine, I do miss my dad and I know that he's up there watching over me." I told him with a smile.
He smiled back ad spoke "You know what? I think that your dad would be really happy about you right now. He's lucky to have a daughter like you."
"Thank you…." I replied then I asked "Yamato, can I ask a favor from you?"
"Yeah, sure thing. What's up?" he asked me with a confused look
"Can I…can I call you Yama? I like giving people nicknames and I just want to call you Yama, I like it. But it's up to you, if it's okay." I told him shyly.
"Eh?" is it just me or did his face turn red all of a sudden? "Um…sure Sora, go ahead it's fine."
"Thank you! And you can call me Sor if you like." I told him with a smile.
"Okay…" we stayed quiet and watched the stars a bit more then soon Yamato broke the silence.
"I think we need to get to sleep now. It's really late, we might not wake up tomorrow if we keep this up." He told me and I agreed immediately I yawned and I really wanted to get some rest.
We got down from the roof and we both went back into the house and were headed for our rooms. I turned back at Yamato once more and spoke "Well, thank you for telling me about your family, good night Yama." I told him with a smile.
"Night Sor, see you bright and early tomorrow?" he asked
"Sure." With that response, we both headed to our rooms to get some well deserved and needed sleep. "I hope I'll be able to wake up tomorrow."
I laid on my bed and as I drifted to sleep, this time without thoughts clouding my head, I thought to myself "It was nice that I got to know him, it would be better if we could spend time together again…what if…Meems was right?" That's when I drifted to a deep sleep…
Authors Note: Done! I hope you liked this, if you guys have any new ideas please tell me alright. Please R&R and tell me what you think.