A/N : Yay! 2 month-versary!
Have this!
Chapter 60
Revitalize
A loud knock on the door caused Taichi to lazily open his eyes.
"Taichi! Your friends are coming!" his mother's voice echoed through the bedroom.
"Ummm…" Taichi gave a mumble as a reply, then grabbed the alarm clock beside him.
"What the hell with 5 AM?" he though, and let a sigh before grabbing a towel and walking to the bathroom.
Meanwhile, at the living room, Yamato and Sora were sitting patiently.
"Sorry if you two have to wait. Taichi is always like this,…" Yuuko, Taichi's mother smiled, feeling grateful toward them that they had always there for her son.
"It's not a problem," Yamato smiled back, and then whispered to Sora.
"As if we don't know him," Sora was practically chuckling at Yamato's statement.
"I'm done!" Taichi's yell came out from the room.
"Have finished now?" Yamato mocked him, which made the former leader grinned.
"I forget today is the day," he scratched his hair lightly, earning sighs from both Sora and Yamato.
"Well, Kaa-san! We're going!" Taichi exclaimed as he beckoned them to follow him.
"So early? Won't you stay for breakfast?" Yuuko asked, peeking her head from the kitchen.
"We'll get 'em outside! See ya!" with that, Taichi left his apartment, dragging his friends who were sighing loudly.
"No wonder he holds Crest of Courage…" Yamato mused to himself.
"Kinda weird though, that he had no spirit first, and then somehow gains it from nowhere," Sora added, and both of them heaved a sigh again.
After having some sandwhich for breakfast, the group left the market and strolled through the street.
"Where will we go first?" Taichi asked, but no one heard him. He began to open his note, and read the writing on it.
"Have some fun at Ice Palace, and then grab lunch," his words was earned with two nods of agreement.
"Guess it's fun!" Sora exclaimed, nudging the blond beside her.
"Well, I have just thought that Ice Palace will be crowded when the sun has risen. So, we better go now if we don't want the ticket run out," Yamato said.
"Good idea. Let's go!" an excited yell from the brunette boy was enough to made the three of them ran on the street happily. They were already teen, fourteen mostly, but when they were together, fun was rather at the first place than position and condition.
Reaching the place, it was still quiet. Like Yamato's expectation, it was still a bit early to go to that place.
Taking out some money, they managed to buy tickets and went inside, after having thick jacket and scarf wrapping them.
"Well, quite awkward when it's still summer and we can meet ice," Taichi chuckled.
"A good place for cooling ourselves when outside is hot like hell," Yamato chuckled too, earning laugh from Sora.
"But it's pretty cold…" Sora wrapped her arms around herself. She wasn't used to stay long time in a cold climate.
"Well, we can get some- ouch!" Taichi groaned when he felt a soft, but non-textured ball hit the back of his head. He spun backward rather angrily, and then smirked when he saw Yamato groping snow on the floor.
"Come on! Be a man and fight me!" he threw another snowball, which accidentally hit Sora. She giggled, and then gathered some snow around her, forming it into two small snowball and threw it to each of the boys. For a tennis player, Sora's throwing was quite precise as they hit them as a perfect 'headshot', knocking their balance and causing them to fall to the snowy and soft ground.
They laughed at the entire time, and time was spent so fastly that when Sora realized that it was getting crowded. She checked her watch, and it showed 1 PM.
"Guys! We've been here for a long time! Let's move out!" she exclaimed to the boys that were still tackling each other and sending snow to each other face.
"Just a second ago cool, and now is hot," Taichi quipped. He seemed wanting to spend his time more in the palace. Sure, it only opened for two days.
"We can go there tomorrow," Sora smiled, and soundlessly, but with some gesture, enough to make two boys gazed toward her, pointed a roasted-corn seller.
Yamato rose an eyebrow, and Taichi blinked his eyes in confusion. They exchanged a glance with a 'what-the-heck-roasted-corn-seller-appear-at-afternoon' look.
Ignoring the boys confusion, Sora had already rushed to the cart, her three fingers, not including thumb and little finger, pointed to the seller.
She paid them and ran back to her friends, shoving each other one, and waving her hands to get rid of their still confusion.
"Hey, just enjoy!" she giggled softly.
"Well…" Taichi glanced at the park, beckoning them to sit there silently. Knowing what the brunette boy meant, they moved to the bench and began to eat the corn slowly.
Throwing the leftover to a trashbin, they began to walk again, rather with no destination.
"What's more?" this time, Sora was the one who asked.
"I'm still hungry. It doesn't count a lunch, though…" Taichi whined, rubbing his tummy.
Yamato rolled his eyes sarcastically. He pointed to a platform, which was advertising a new theme park.
Taichi and Sora beamed ; it had been a long time since their last visit to a theme park, which the latest one was being disturbed by a sudden annoying announcement of forced-closing. They hung their arms up in the air, cheering in excitement as they threw their arm to each other, hugging and jumping happily.
Yamato sweatdropped, a faint blush appeared at his face. It then paled when he noticed that everyone was staring at them.
"Guys… you…" but the two of them were still cheering their happiness.
"GUYS!" the now red-face Yamato yelled, making both of them back to their sense, later blushing for embarrassment.
They silently ran away from the place. The one that broke a laugh first was Sora, and it caused them to stumble on their runaway.
So many laughters that the place was right in front of them ; a wonderful place with lot of playground. So many foodstands too, that Taichi started to drool.
"Well… where should we-" Yamato looked around, but the blond found nothing beside him. Taichi and Sora had already headed east, to a roller coaster, humming happily.
He smiled, they were so happy together. Yamato wasn't really a maniac for fun, but he knew that Sora loved to have fun, and so did Taichi. He just gave up, leaving Sora at Taichi for this time. He looked around, once again, to find some beverages for his friends…
But Yamato's face suddenly paled when he heard a familiar voice.
"Nee-san, what are you doing? Roller coaster is this way, not that one!" a high-raised voice from a younger boy could be heard.
And… it was Daisuke.
And whom Daisuke was talking with?
Just thinking about that made Yamato went away, running as fast as he could.
Ended in a classical restaurant, the group was having a nice dinner with the relaxing candles and the night wind blowing softly.
While Taichi and Sora were talking a lot about the theme park earlier, Yamato preferred himself to be quiet, giving them a space to laugh.
But, it was quickly noticed when Sora shifted her gaze, glancing at the blond beside him.
"Yamato?" she called softly.
Really, the tone Sora was always using was giving Yamato some sort moment of tranquility. He smiled, the charming smile he had hidden all of the time was given to the redhead girl beside him.
"What's with that smile, Yamato?" Taichi asked, with his usual asking tone.
Yamato blinked.
"What's with what?" Yamato asked again.
Taichi merely shrugged.
"Nevermind," he continued to eat his dinner slowly, which then everyone did.
It was already 9 PM, and the group headed to home.
"Thanks for everything!" Taichi slapped Yamato's back with his right hand, and his left hand was used to give Sora a firm squeeze at her shoulder.
Yamato looked from behind Taichi, shrugging toward Sora who noticed him giving her a gesture.
She then laughed.
"Pretty welcome," she quipped happily.
The day was spent so quickly, leaving some regret and whine of how fast the day had ended. But, there was always tomorrow for them, to be together … not forever, but at least until they were forced to separate.
Pretty long, but this takes just few minutes for me :p