-.Epilogue.-

"Well aren't you two just adorable," Izzy smirked and grinned at Sora and Tai as they stopped at their seats. Sora just shook her head and let out a tiny laugh but Tai, well…

"First day we get back and already you're making jokes about me," Tai snubbed and picked his nose up in the air as he sat himself down. "You're just lucky I didn't beat you up that one day, Pal," he remarked and caused Izzy and Sora to smirk.

"You're accusing me?" Izzy placed his hand on his chest, putting on the most shocked face though unable to hide his smile, "Tai! And after I go through all that stuff, encouraging you to ask Sora and being there for emotional support, this is how you repay me? Why, my heart aches, Taichi Kamiya!" Izzy whimpered and turned his head away.

Tai laughed and nodded, "Alright, alright…I get it, thanks a million, Izzy—there, you happy?" he joked. Izzy averted his eyes and perked his nose up, Sora was having giggle fits already.

"Maybe…but you'll have to admit," Izzy grinned, "that face you made after finding out was priceless! Heh," the three laughed incessantly until they heard a familiar sigh from the far corner of the room. There sat Matt, as usual, sitting looking gloomily beside the window at his usual seat and staring aimlessly at the melting snow that dripped from the rooftops.

Sora's frown matched the others, "It's déjà vu all over again, oh I wish we could do something for him."

"At least when Yui was around she kept him happy," Izzy commented as they watched him.

Tai shook his head, "That might be but his happiness was merely fake," he looked at his best friend and sighed heavily. "I don't think we should bother him unless he wants us to, and I'm sure he'll be fine considering him and Mimi have patched things up—it's all just the distance that's killing them."

"Yeah…" Sora and Izzy nodded and went to their seats as the door opened and the teacher stepped in eagle-armed with books. Tai threw a small paper at Matt's desk that got his head spinning towards the front of the room and play like he was paying attention. Matt tried to block the teacher's words out and glanced down at the empty seat in front of him.

"Ahem," he cleared his throat and smiled to the class. "I hope you all had a wonderful vacation and Christmas, welcome back to those who left and to the ones who stayed I see you all had fun at the Winter Carnival."

Cheers and laughter and talk about what occurred at the carnival went around the classroom, "Alright, alright, settle down, it's good to—hear the events that went on with everyone but unfortunately break ended three minutes ago. Get your books out and we'll go right to the note jotting," everyone groaned and rummaged through their dusty books. The teacher went up to the board, "Okay, where did we end off—hello." Everyone turned their heads when the door opened.

"Excuse me, but I have a note for you, and someone you should meet," a plump woman came in and started talking to him incessantly. (Fooled you!)

Tai quickly leaned towards Matt and whispered, "Do you think you could meet me and the gang at the park after school today?"

Matt arched a brow and shook his head, "It's okay, Tai, I'm fine, really…or I will be. And I'm not really up for going out anywhere yet, sorry."

"Well, worth a try," Tai smiled.

"Mr. Kamiya, Mr. Ishida! Is there something you'd like to share with the class?"

Matt and Tai froze and both sighed as they swung their heads back to the front of the class and both their jaws dropped—much like Sora's and Izzy's gaping mouths and owl eyes. The teacher crossed his arms and shook his head as he read a parchment in his hand. Matt couldn't care for he already knew what he was going to say, he just smiled widely and fought the urge to run up front.

"We have a new student joining us," the teacher announced. "Though I guess she's not the new anymore considering she was here with us a while ago," he said and smiled at the chestnut-haired girl standing beside him. Mat ignored everything as she—Mimi, met his eyes and smiled lovingly at him.

"Everyone, please welcome back Mimi Tachikawa."

-.End.-