I Swear I Do
A Digimon Fanfic
Summary: Matt and Sora are best friends that both work and live together. They swore three years ago that if they weren't married by the age of 25, they would marry each other. So what happens when that deadline comes to pass?
Disclaimer: I want the Ishida-Takaishi brothers, and I want them NOW. GIMME!
Chapter 2: Drama Makes Life More Fun
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Beep beep. Beep beep.
Not again.
Matt reached out of the blanket, his fist clenched, ready to beat the crap out of that stupid alarm clock.
He swung his fist down to the source of the noise and was rather surprised when his hand encountered something bushy and soft rather than hard and metallic. It didn't stop the downward path of his fist, however.
"OUCH! What the hell was that for?!"
Matt opened one eye warily. This was new. As thick as he could be sometimes, Matt was pretty sure alarm clocks did not protest when you tried to smash them into undefinable pieces.
His view was completely taken over by a brown mass of fur. Absolutely baffled, Matt opened both his eyes and realised that the brown fur hid a face with two furious brown eyes staring out of it.
"You are such an ass, Matt! Why the hell did you hit me?" Tai demanded angrily. Matt rolled his eyes.
"Next time, don't imitate an alarm clock," was all he said in reply.
"But Sora said-"
"Ah. Sora. That explains it."
Matt yawned and sat up, stretching as far as he could towards the ceiling. Tai, who was admittedly a little slower than Matt, took a few seconds to realise that Sora had set him up.
"You mean that she tricked me?"
"Tricked you, duped you, made you fall into her little diabolical trap like the conniving little minx she is. Now if you don't mind, I would appreciate it if you would leave so that I may change into something suitable to wear outside of this bedroom."
Tai simply looked blankly at Matt before standing up. "Can't you just say 'get out'?"
"Now what fun would that be?" Matt replied and proceeded to get dressed.
Tai stalked out of Matt's room, muttering to himself. He entered the kitchen to find Sora drinking her morning coffee, idly turning the pages of the newspaper in front of her.
"That was so not funny, Sora!"
"I can't help but disagree," Sora smirked. "I needed something to keep me entertained on a Saturday morning, and as Matty dearest wasn't up yet..."
"You owe me."
Sora raised an eyebrow. "I owe you? I was under the impression, Tai, that you owed me."
Tai flushed. "Fine. We'll call it even."
Matt stumbled past them, ruffling Sora's hair as he went, earning him a glare from the fiery red-head.
"Never...sugar...again...bad...never..."
Tai and Sora exchanged amused glances. When Matt would have a sugar binge the night before, he would wake up with a bad sugar withdrawal that was quite possibly worse than any hangover he had ever experienced. Sora shook her head and looked at Tai.
"So what are you doing here on a Saturday morning, Tai?" she asked curiously. Tai liked to sleep until noon on a Saturday unless he had to work early. A visit from him so early was quite an occasion.
"Well, you usually call me on a Friday night, and you're so OCD about it. You haven't missed a call for over six months, so when I didn't get a call last night..."
Sora gasped, shocked. "I forgot to call! Oh Tai, I'm sorry. It had been a rough day for Matt, and we ended up watching movies all night in his room. It completely slipped my mind that I had to call you."
Tai grinned. "Don't worry about it. I just got a little worried, so I thought I'd drop in and make sure evrything was okay. And, as per usual, I find you awake at the crack of dawn and Matt dead to the world. Nothing out of the ordinary."
Sora smiled. "It was sweet of you to worry. I really am sorry that I didn't call."
"Doesn't matter. It's not as if I sit by the phone waiting for it to ring."
"When it comes to that girl you met last week on the other hand..." Matt called from the kitchen. Tai blinked.
"How did you know about that?"
"I know everything."
Tai scoffed but Sora smiled slyly. "What girl?"
Tai began to slowly turn red. "No one..."
"The girl he interviewed for the women's state soccer semi-finals. She scored the winning goal for her team."
"That's it! I want to know where you get your information from, Ishida! No one knows about that!"
"Obviously I do."
"And how do you know?"
Sora laughed quietly while the two men bantered with one another. Their relationship hadn't changed much over the past few years.
"All right, then! I challenge you to a round of Tekken 4! I win, you reveal your sources. You win, you get to keep your secrets."
"Bring it on."
Nope, not at all.
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After listening to ten minutes of Tai whining that Matt had cheated, Sora became bored and decided to leave the boys to it. Re-entering the kitchen, she filled the sink with warm water and began to wash the breakfast dishes.
Ring, ring.
"I've got it!" Sora called to the boys, wiping her hands on a tea-towel. Their argument didn't even pause, and Sora assumed that they hadn't even heard the phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sora, how are you?"
Sora smiled. "Hey Kari. I'm good, what about you?"
"Absolutely great. Is my dork of a brother over at your place, by any chance?"
"He could be."
"Figures. He was meant to come over to our place to help us start to rennovate the baby's room."
Silence. Then, "Baby's room?"
"That's what I said."
"Excuse me for a few minutes."
Kari laughed. "Okay."
Sora put down the phone calmly, walked into the living room and ended the argument between Tai and Matt by hitting Tai across the top of the head. Hard.
"OUCH! Jeez, woman, you hit hard. What was that for?"
"Why didn't you tell me?!"
"About what?"
"About Kari!"
Tai paused for a few seconds. "What do you-oh. That."
"Yeah. That. How long have you known?"
"About a week?"
"And you didn't see fit to tell us?!"
"I'm sorry, okay? I forgot!"
Matt raised an eyebrow. "Am I missing something?"
Sora turned to him abruptly. "Tai apparently forgot to tell us that his little sister is pregnant."
Matt looked thoughtful. "You mean-"
"Yes, Matt. I mean that your brother is going to be a father, rendering you an uncle."
Matt grinned. "Awesome!"
"Now if you don't mind, I'm going to continue my conversation with Kari in the kitchen. Tai, if you don't wish to die a most painful death, I would advise you to high-tail it to your sister's house and start helping T.K. out with the baby's room."
"Oh, crap!"
Tai jumped up and almost ran out of the room.
"Don't forget your keys!" Sora called after him.
Without a word Tai ran back past them, swiped his keys off of the table and ran back out of the door. Sora rolled her eyes and walked back into the kitchen to talk to Kari. Matt followed her with his eyes before sitting down and leaning his head against the couch.
An uncle. Wow. That was something. He was surprised at his little brother, and quite proud. He'd always had faith that T.K. would be the one who would meet a girl, get married and start a family early in his life. T.K. was always the solid one, the one you could rely on. Unlike Matt, who was currently sharing an apartment with his best friend and has pretty much given up on relationships altogether.
"Matt! T.K. wants to talk to you!"
Matt smiled and stood up, walking into the kitchen. Sora held out the phone to him and he took it eagerly.
"Hey, Teeks, great news!"
"Yeah," came his brother's voice from the other end. "Didn't expect it so early, but it's good nontheless. I'm just glad it happened beofre Kari started working as a teacher at Odaiba Primary."
"Yeah, good timing. Hey, anytime you need some help or anything, just give me a call, okay?"
"Thanks, Matt. Knew I could count on you, bro."
For some reason the words made Matt feel fantastic. Not too many people had bothered to count on him before. The fact that T.K. was willing to was enough to make him feel as if he was on top of the world.
"I appreciate it, Teeks."
T.K. didn't need to ask what he meant. "No problem. I have to start hauling furniture, so I'll talk to you later, okay?"
"Sure. Talk to you later, bro."
"Give my best to Sora."
"Will do."
T.K. hung up and Matt placed the phone back on the cradle. He turned to Sora, a smile on his face. Sora replied with an answering smile and squealed as Matt picked her up and twirled her around.
"I'm going to be an uncle! This is the best news ever!"
Sora laughed. "That's great, Matt, but can you put me down?"
"Sorry!"
He set her down carefully, the grin not leaving his face.
It was a little dramatic, but it made Matt happier than he had been in a long time.
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Chapter two completed. ^-^ Thanks to everyone who reviewed!
ThatsWhatSheSaid07: Yeah, Sora is a little OCD. I think it's funny how particular she is about some things. Thanks for reviewing!
blackandblood: Nah, they're just friends. Tai has another interest... ;P
PrincessJaded: I hope this chapter adds a little spice to Sora. She'll get more interesting later on anyway.
Twilight Phantom Dragon: Ah, but I have changed what Tai might think. Remember, Sora's an early riser and Tai is definitely not. I thought it would get too cliche if I let him find them together. That happens too often, so I'll save it for a more appropriate time. =P
Signing off for now,
digitalmonster911