I'm five years old, it's getting cold, I've got my big coat on….
"Alright, we're here!" Yamato "Matt" Ishida announced at he pulled the family van into the abandoned driveway. Stretched out in front of them were miles and miles of lush, green, rolling hills; perfect for a young child to run wild in.
Matt looked at his wife sitting in the passenger seat next to him, smiling. Sora Takenouchi's eyes lit up as she smiled back.
"Should we let Romi loose?" Matt asked her, a slight smirk on his face.
Sora was about to answer him, but was interrupted by a small, excited voice from the backseat. "Yes! Let me loose!"
Sora turned her head, laughing. Her and Matt's eldest daughter, Romi, was alive with excitement. Her big blue eyes mirrored her father's exactly and her sandy blonde hair was the same shade as her father's, too. In a way, Sora knew she was Matt all over, personality and appearance. Next to her in the opposite seat, was a small baby boy, MJ, with Sora's shade of auburn hair. His innocent cinnamon brown eyes were wide with questioning; the innocent look of a newborn baby. Far in the back, Gabumon and Biyomon, Matt and Sora's Digimon partners, were sitting in the back, with Tsunomon, MJ's Digimon, and Yokomon, Romi's partner.
Clicking their seatbelts off, Matt and Sora climbed out of the car into the biting, winter air. Matt pulled open the van door and climbed inside. He unclipped Romi's seatbelt, and managed to grab her before she could run off.
"Nah uh, no you don't," he teased as he grabbed her small arm lightly. "It's cold, Rom. Make sure you're wearing your jacket."
"But Daddy!" Romi whined.
Matt laughed. "But nothing!"
Romi pouted. "Okay, fine!"
Romi jumped out of the car and Sora had her jacket in her hands. Romi surrendered as Sora pulled her jacket over her small arms and onto her shoulders.
Sora stood up and put her hands on her hips, studying her daughter with a slightly amused look. "Well, the jacket may be a bit too big."
At her words, Matt turned and snorted as he tried to hold in his laughter at the sight of his little girl. She had a huge winter coat on that was obviously too big for her little body. She looked like she had instantly increased in weight, looking like a little Michelin man.
I hear your laugh and look up smiling at you, I run and run,
Past the pumpkin patch and tractor rides, look now, the sky is gold…..
Matt couldn't hold the laughter in any longer. "Yes, it is just a tad too big."
Romi looked up at her father laughing, and grinned at him. "Come and catch me, Daddy!" she called as she began to run past the abandoned pumpkin patches and tractors.
Matt looked at Sora, who was watching Romi fondly. When he caught her eye, she smiled shyly, shrugged her shoulders and gestured at Romi's retreating back. "Go on," she commanded.
Matt walked to her side, wrapped one arm around her slim waist and gave her an affectionate kiss on the side of the head. Then he took off running after Romi, laughing along with her.
Sora smiled as she watched the two of them in the distance.
"Where's Matt going?" She heard Gabumon at her side. She looked down and saw him and Biyomon and the children's Digimon there too.
"It's alright Gabumon," Sora replied, smiling down on him. "Matt's just playing with Romi. He'll be fine."
Gabumon nodded and ran off with Biyomon, Tsunomon and Yokomon, playing near the car. Sora sighed in content as she watched her husband and her little girl running together care-free through the fields. She watched as Matt and Romi rolled together on the grass, and then went to the back door of the van to get MJ out of his seat. Wrapping a blanket tightly around him and holding him close to her chest to keep off the cold, she sat down on the grass, leant on the back of the car and relaxed, waiting for Matt and Romi's fun to wear them out……
I hug your legs and fall asleep on the way home.
I don't know why all the trees change in the fall
But I know you're not scared of anything at all.
Don't know if Snow White's house is near or far away
But I know I had the best day with you today…..