(August 1st, 2010)
Okay so even though I have no computer I spent forever on a library comp writing this, cuz I was in serious need of a creative outlet and this is what come up. Hope you like it!

Another note I want to add for those reviewers: This story is fictional; I had and still have no intension of this being a mind-blowing-best-story-since-Harry-Potter thing. It's purely for fun; yes it can be cliché at time but really how many stories are out there that don't have a little cliché in them? So I guess I'd like to ask that if you review, I don't mind constructive criticism but please refrain from flames, I don't appreciate it.

Anyways thank you so much for those that did review! I hope that my comp will be back in a few weeks so be alert for an update!

I'm trying really hard to wrap this story up, but there are a few loose ends that need to be dealt with first. Enjoy!

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Disclamier: As usual, I don't own Digimon or any of its characters. As well as any other brand name, magazine name, people, celebrities, objects etc.

Chapter 19: Birthday Surprises

~TaiPOV~

As Tai leaned againist the science building, he watched Sora and Matt talking in the quad. He saw them talking, Matt with his shoulders hunched, head down and Sora's hand on his arm. They had been there for over for half an hour, he'd watched as they passed words back and forth, jealously boiling up inside. Tai saw Sora drag Matt into a hug and his fists clenched. Then Sora let go, waving him goodbye and walking over to Tai. Tai pretended to be reading one of his textbooks, acting as if he was watching their exchange.

"Hey hun, ready to go?" She beamed at him, holding out her hand; he took it and they walked towards his amethyst Cayenne in silence, Sora could feel the tension rolling off of him. "Is something wrong?" Tai opened the door for her not answering, she got in and he went around the car getting into his seat and sticking the keys in the engine. "Tai?" She asked again trying to get his attention.

"So, you're pretty chummy with Matt eh?" Sora rolled her eyes.

"Yes, he's my friend. The same way I'm friends with Jyou and Izzy. The same way you're friends with Mimi." Tai gripped the steering wheel, attempting to control his temper.

"You seem to be spending an awful amount of time with him."

"He's been having some problems, and I've been trying to help him through them."

"What kind of problems?" Sora eyed him sceptically.

"You know I can't tell you exactly what, but the main one is that there's a situation that's arisen with his family and he doesn't know how to handle it."

"And the other problem must be that he's in love with my girlfriend." Tai growled, gunning it down the freeway. Sora threw her hands in the air.

"I knew you were going to bring that up! Jesus Tai don't you trust me at all?"

"I don't know what to believe anymore! It's always Matt this, and Matt that! You spend an awful lot of time with him."

"I told you he's having family problems!" She was yelling now, her anger escalating.

"Oh really? Then how come TK never mentions said 'family problems'? He's probably just saying that to get you to spend time with him."

"You're unbelievable! This is Matt we're talking about, you know that he's quiet guy, he doesn't like to drag people into his problems. And you should know TK well enough to know that he wouldn't say anything either, you don't know half of the issues TK had with his family. As far as the issue Matt's having, TK doesn't even know about it yet!" Sora was fuming, arms crossed her chest and she was staring out the window now. They were silent for a few minutes, Tai thinking about what she'd said, deciding what to say next. "I want you to drop me home." She spoke quieter now, but the anger was still there.

"Sora—"

"No, Tai I need to be alone tonight." Ten minutes later he dropped her at her place, she slammed the door and didn't look back. Way to go bud. He thought as he sped home. Going up the elevator he paced trying to think about what was said tonight. Do I believe her? Do I apologize? If so how? He got through his door and kicked off his shoes.

"Hello sweetheart! Dinner's ready!" His mother called out from the dining room, he could hear TK talking with his father and the last thing he wanted right now was to be around a Takaishi.

"Not hungry." He grumbled, making his way to his room. He lay on his bed in silence wishing, not for the first time, that he'd listened to Kari.

~TPOV~

November flew by and soon it was December. Exams were approaching and the weather turned sour; instead of the usual sleet of rain, snow took its place making it hard for Takeru to use his motorcycle at timesSurprisingly Daisuke had given them a wide birth since their run-in a couple weeks ago; everytime they passed each other in the hall they simply ignored each other. Occainsionally Dai would try to pull something on Takeru but he wouldn't get that far before someone caught him; therefore he was always in detention, which was a bonus. Hikari's birthday was today and he already had her gift ready to go; he planned on giving her the perfect birthday.

The Saturday morning of her eighteenth birthday he met her at her place to have lunch with her family. He knocked on the door and looked down at his outfit nervously; he sported dark dress pants and a smart light blue Ralph Lauren dress shirt. Even though it was just lunch he was never sure what kind of resturant Hikari's parents would choose. The door opened and Hikari looked stunning in a red and black polka dotted dress, Takeru's mouth dropped and she blushed furiously.

"Happy birthday Kari!" He said once he found his voice again. He stepped forward and tilted her chin up for a kiss.

"Oh look Takeru's here!" Yuuko came to the door and interrupted them. "Tai! Susumu! Let's go!" She called over her shoulder.

"Wow TK you look sharp." Tai and Susumu opened the door in similar attire as Takeru. "Alright let's head out." They took Yuuko's Range Rover to a little French resturant downtown where they had a fancy lunch for a couple hours. Takeru thought it went well over all, although he definetly felt out of place; he'd never spent much time in expensive resturants before. By the time they finished and got back to the condo it was well past four o'clock. Her parents got out of the car and lead her over to a large mass cover with a black sheet.

"For your birthday we got you this." Susumu pulled the cover off to produce a beautiful carrera white 918 Spyder Porsche. "Since your brother got his Cayenne on his eighteenth we thought it was only fair we gave you a car as well." Hikari was completely speechless as she walked around the fanominal machinery; she looked shell-shocked. Susumu held out the keys and placed them in her hands. "You deserve it. You're grades are stellar, you're responsible and also this is to help make-up for the things we've missed out on." She stared at him then hugged him tightly, followed by her mother. She slipped into the car, Takeru following. He was anxious to give Hikari her present over dinner. Although he couldn't afford a meal as expensive as lunch was he took her to a small place on the outskirts of downtown. They sat in a small booth and shared sushi over chitchat; Hikari was still surprised by her parent's present but thrilled none-the-less. Finally when their plates he fidgeted as he started to talk, his words were rushed and embarrassed.

"Here's you're present Kari; happy birthday." He took out a small box and handed it to her. She looked at him curiously and opened it to see a garnet heart ring with a white gold band surrounded by a few small diamonds on either side. "It's a promise ring; to let you know that I'm always there for you, no matter what." He was turning pink as she continued to stare at it. "I know that you're probably use to fancy gifts but—"

"No it's beautiful, thank you. I love it." She leaned over and kissed him; he returned it enthusiastically, happy that she was pleased with her present. He pulled away thirty seconds later, grinning like a fool. "Can we go back to your place?" She asked as he paid the bill, he nodded and they left the resturant holding hands and laughing.

~KPOV~

Twenty minutes later they standing in front of his apartment, lips locked and hearts racing. Takeru opened the door, and Hikari giggled as he pinched her bottom. He dragged her inside and kissed her fiercely; she reciprocated more than willingly as she pushed him againist the now-closed door. She helped him shed his coat and he, hers. He lifted her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist; he moved his lips from her mouth to her chin, her neck, down to her collarbone where he bit down gently; she gasped in delight. They started to move from the entranceway until Takeru heard voices from the living room. He froze and Hikari looked at him, tilting her head to the side.

"Is something wrong?" He placed a finger to her lips, then his signalling for silence. She slid off his waist, planting her feet back on the ground. He took her hand and led her behind him as he walked to the living room. A woman with long blond hair in a black pants and a blue shirt sat on the couch; she was talking to a man with brown hair seated with his back to the door. The woman, his mother, looked up and beamed whole-heartedly.

"TK! Oh it's so wonderful to see you! It's so nice to be home again." She got up and looked at Hikari. "You must be Hikari, TK's been telling me so much about you, I'm so happy to finally meet you." They both moved forward and Natsuko embraced Takeru and kissed his cheek then hugged Hikari. Then the man that was sitting down stood up and turned around. Immediately Takeru hissed and pushed Hikari behind him.

"What is he doing here?" His voice was menancing; that same tone that gave her chills. His features were beyond angry and for the first time Hikari was scared of him. Hiroaki Takaishi was a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes like Takeru, although unlike his, Hiroaki's eyes were hard and unkind. He lifted his hands in a gesture of surrender and smiled. Hikari thought he would have been a handsome man if she didn't know anything about him. The memory of her and Takeru in his apartment nearly three months ago came flooding back to her and fury pulsed through her veins.

"Well you're mother and I have been talking over the past few weeks and we've decided to give it another shot."

"I think this sounds like a one-sided decision to me." Takeru said between his teeth, rage colouring his usually calm face. His mother looked from his father to Takeru confused, Hiroaki waved his hand at her.

"Natsuko, it's alright, why don't you go make us some tea? TK and I have some things to talk about." Natsuko still confused left the room to the kitchen. Takeru turned to Hikari and leaned down to talk to her.

"Kari, you should go home. I'll call you later okay?" Hikari eyes pleaded with him, she didn't want to leave him alone.

"Oh please don't leave on my account. Suko has told me all about you; you know you're much more beautiful in person." Takeru glared at him looking like he could tear his head off.

"Don't you dare talk to her. What the hell are you doing back here?" Hiroaki walked towards them, Takeru drew back wanting to stay as far away as possible.

"Well I decided that I missed being around your mother and she's missed me." The words that came out of his mouth were meant to sound pleasant but it came out sounding venomous. He stepped closer to them and Hikari glowered at him, Takeru restrained her as she tried to get past him.

"Well I didn't miss you and mum doesn't know what she's really missed; if she did she wouldn't even let you step foot in this room." Hiroaki was stunned as he stared down Takeru, their faces only inches apart.

"I warned you, do I have to remind you again?" Takeru held both of Hikari's hands behind his back trying to stay his temper. "With that bike you sealed your lips, especially from your mother."

"You sent the motorcycle? Why am I not surprised? Well you can take it back for all I care. I'd rather have her know the truth."

"Then why didn't you tell her when I left? You're words are empty threats TK, but threats none-the-less and I don't take kindly to threats. Now it would be a shame for something to happen to your lovely girlfriend. Hikari Yagami? You're the daughter of Susumu Yagami right? He's the CEO of Empress Advertising; I've worked with his company before although I haven't had the chance to meet the boss yet. They live not far from here." His voice was threatening and Hikari was disturbed about the amount of information he knew about her.

"I suggest you leave, I don't want to see you again. Just go. Or I'll her everything."

"Tell me everything about what?" Natsuko was standing with a teapot in her hand, brows furrowed, as she looked thoroughly confused at the scene in front of her. "What don't I know Hiro?" His fake smile was back in an insant and he clapped Takeru on the shoulder; Takeru flinched away from his touch and sneering at him.

"Nothing my sweet, I was just telling TK that we'll be having a family dinner tomorrow and to bring Hikari along." He stared at Takeru and with that sent a message to comply with him.

"Yeah sure whatever, we're leaving." Takeru grabbed Hikari's hand and turned to leave.

"But TK you just got here, I haven't seen you in months! Can't you stay for a little while?" Natsuko looked pleadingly at him and he sighed, his expression softening.

"Sorry mum but its Hikari's birthday and we only stopped by to pick something up. Don't wait up for me." Before he left the room he tossed the motorcycle's keys to Hiroaki. "I don't want this; it's tainted." Then they left without another word.

Hikari drove around, leaving Takeru to his thoughts; she knew it was best to let him think on his own for a bit. She didn't know where he wanted to go so she just kept moving. Finally after an hour of driving he motioned for her to stop. They had stopped on the side of a busy main street, in front of a bar entrance labelled "Sticky Wicket", tons of people hung around either drunk or waiting for other people. He turned to her, his door half opened.

"I'm sorry your birthday was ruined, I wish it didn't have to end that way." He got out of the car and she simply stared at him, mouth ajar.

"Where do you think you're going? To a bar? You really think that's the way to deal with this? Come on TK let's go back to my place and we'll talk it over." He laughed and suddenly he seemed like a different person.

"Look Kari, I don't mean to sound like a jackass when I say this, but this isn't something you can't fix. I need to be on my own for a bit. I'll talk to you later." He sauntered up to the stairs of the busy doorway, girls drooled as he pasted by, then the door shut and he was gone from view.

Author's Note:

Okay, so I'm just gunna say that yes, it's extremely unlikely and unrealistic that a girl her age would receive a half-million dollar car, but I really love the car and they do have a shitload of money and meh, the rest of the family has amazing cars so it's only fair…. Lol jk so please don't go flaming on the car. It's a beautiful piece of machinery and doesn't deserve to be hated on. Just humour me okay?

Hehehe now you know who sent the bike! Good job for those who predicted it!

I promise it won't be dark again but hey there had to be some conflict. I will be including a teeny tiny bit of Tai/Sora/Matt every once and a while, but it will not be a main plot line (sorry guys), just a subplot.

As far as the promise ring, in this case it is NOT an engagement ring or a chasity ring, rather a promise for commitment.
For an image of the ring Google image: "1 1/3 Carat Created Ruby and Diamond 14K White Gold Ring"

For a picture of Hikari's polka dotted dress Google image: "Hell Bunny Black/Red Polka Dot Vera Dress"

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