Chapter 56
Midnight
Hikari was asleep, but Taichi hadn't yet. Having some new games in his cellphone, in which made him looked like a maniac when he played it, made his eyes couldn't stop to stare at the gadget. The game that he played was known well as the most addictive game, so that wasn't a surprise to find him being attached crazily with the software.
However…
"Sandwhich…" Hikari's mumble escaped from her tiny mouth, through her peaceful dream.
Taichi sat up, watching the ceiling where his sister was asleep.
"Sandwhich?" Taichi repeated the word quietly. Then, he smiled.
"She must be hungry…" he then went out the bedroom and peeked in the refrigerator, only to slam it close soundlessly because there was no material to make a sandwhich.
"Wait a minute Hikari…" the brunette boy smiled to his bedroom's door. He grabbed his blue jacket and some money, and then went out the apartment.
Outside there was quite quiet. Just as Taichi checked the phone, he had just realized that it was almost midnight. He walked across the street calmly, his hands were in his pocket.
He reached a 24-hours minimarket, and even grinned when he saw the cashier was asleep. He wandered around, picking some breads, cheese, and some fresh tomatoes – which he was surprised to find some of them here – before going back to the cashier.
Not wanting to wake her up, Taichi used his phone to count how much it cost. Then, he wrote down what he bought and put his money beside it. Once again, he smiled and then went out the minimarket silently.
The temperature outside was going down a lot. Taichi even shivered through his thick jacket. The blue jacket, which had some of yellow bear's paw pattern on it, swaying lightly from the gushing wind.
Then, a rustling sound came from beside him.
Taichi quickly took a halt and spun toward the source of the sound.
"Who's there?" he asked firmly. He still believed that ghost was present in this world, but he had faced lot of things worse than them, including the Dark Masters, even the digimon that looked like ghost.
Even so, he felt himself shivering. He backed off a bit when suddenly two yellow orbs were in his vision, staring at him.
Taichi almost yelled out in fear when that things suddenly jumped out from the bush. It was Miko, his cat.
"Oh come on, you've almost given me a heart attack!" Taichi groaned, but then he collected his stuff that was thrown away during his freaking out time.
Miko then snuggled to his leg, and Taichi smiled. He had just remembered that cat food was out of stock too in his apartment.
"I'll get you some," the teen picked up Miko, but she leaped off from his grasp. It seemed like Miko wanted to walk together with him, so Taichi nodded toward the white-orange spotted cat.
"Well, whatever you want!" with that, they walked back to the minimarket, grabbing some cat food, and went home.
When Taichi reached home, Hikari was sitting in the living room.
"Onii-chan? Where have you been? I was worrying if you're going out and lost!" Hikari rushed toward her brother and gave him a hug.
"Well, since when I'm that kind of moron?" Taichi grinned, and handed her the stuff he had.
"Uhm, how do you know if I want sandwhich so much?" Hikari asked quizzically. As far as she knew, Taichi wasn't be able to read her mind. But, this one was a surprising one.
"Let's just pretend you tell me throughout your slumber," Taichi smiled as he took some frozen beef from the refrigerator, then put them on the frying pan.
"You even buy some cat food?" the child of light asked again, and her curious was doubled when she knew that.
"Haha, there are lot of things happened this night," Taichi laughed as he handed her the beef that was still warm, not cold anymore.
Hikari didn't want to ask more question ; she was happy having a big bro like Taichi. So, they had some late dinner together, including Miko, who was eating her food happily under the table.