and greeted her daughter in a friendly way.
"Hello sweetheart! Where have you been so long? I thought you wanted to be back by six o'clock?" "Sorry, but I skated inline and met Matt. He's with us for a few more hours and then we did probably forgot the time. ", Sora explained and went with her mother into the kitchen, where the food was already ready." Delicious, sushi!"" Yes, I made it especially for you. Your father won't be coming for half an hour, but you can start eating. No sooner said than done. The redhead was already sitting at the table and putting some of her favorite food on her plate, while her mother just shook her head in despair. That was typical again. Matt opened the apartment door and feared the worst: his father would be at home and complain about why the meal wasn't ready. And that's exactly how it turned out. As soon as the boy had taken off his shoes and entered the kitchen, he heard his father cursing. "Matt, damn it times! Where have you been? And where is the food? ", Mr. Ishida greeted his son and looked at him reproachfully, while Matt looked guiltily at the floor." Sorry, but I was out with Sora. I know I promised to cook the meal today, but I totally forgot. I'll do something quickly.", answered the blonde and got to work. Mr. Ishida just shook his head over his son and gave him a hand. Together they had made a couple of pancakes within a short time, because first of all, they were done quickly , and secondly, they tasted good. Then they sat down at the dining room table, wished each other a 'bon appetite' and began to eat. It didn't take long and both of them were totally full. "Phew, that was delicious. ", said Mr. Ishida and began to clear the table." It was seen how you stuffed the pancakes into yourself. "Matt joked, grinning cheekily at his father.
"Touch your own nose," his father complained when the phone suddenly rang. The blonde was already up, picked up the cordless phone and picked it up.
"Ishida.", He answered and in the next moment his friend Sora answered.
"Hi Matt. What do you think if we go to 'La Vilette' tonight?"asked the girl on the other end of the line.
"Sure. When and where do we meet?"
"Around 8 pm at the entrance, okay? You don't have to take one with you. Tai and the others are coming too.", Sora answered.
"Yeah, sure. So, see you then. Ciao!" The two said goodbye and Matt immediately disappeared into the shower. After he had washed his hair, he walked into his room wearing only a towel and rummaged through the closet with black socks, dark blue boxer shorts, normal blue jeans and a black T-shirt with a red, curved font that had the English words 'rage' on it. Then he went back to the bathroom to put on his clothes and tame his wildly standing hair with gel, hairspray and the hairdryer. Finally he was finished around three quarters of eight, looked for his car key again, which he finally found in his room under his school uniform, explained to his father where he was going and said goodbye to him.Fifteen minutes later, Matt was sitting at an outdoor table reserved for the group, drinking a glass of Coke and waiting for his friends. For once it was the other way around. Actually, Matt was always one of the last to arrive, but today he was the first and has now spent five minutes waiting. The blonde leaned back and crossed his arms over his chest. Here they met as well as always. The 'la Vilette' was a very popular café and if you didn't come early enough it could easily happen that there were no more tables available. It was precisely for this reason that they always reserved a seat. In addition, it was in the middle of the city and in summer it was very nice to sit outside with friends at one of the tables and have a cappuccino or something else. The atmosphere was great too. In the middle of the square was a large, beautiful fountain. It represented an angel holding a jug from which clear water splashed into the large basin.A few holes had been left in the paved ground and filled with potting soil, in which there were beautiful trees. And the nice thing about these trees was that they bore beautiful pink flowers almost all year round, especially in spring, and the owners of the café had tied fairy lights around the thin branches, at night the place in front of the front door, where Matt was currently sat, immersed in a soft, white light. Matt used the time to think. All sorts of things crossed his mind, but mostly he was brooding over a new song he was about to write. It should be a very special song, not like all the others. But somehow he couldn't figure out what exactly he wanted to do differently.
"Hey Matt! Already there?", Suddenly a well-known female voice sounded. The person addressed looked in the direction from which she was coming and saw a girl with shoulder-length, red hair.
"Hi Sora!", He greeted his best friend, who also sat down next to him, "Yes, for once I'm on time."Then they were silent. Sora had noticed immediately that he had been thinking about something when she came and was now doing it again. And since she didn't just want to sit next to him in silence, she simply asked.
“What are you thinking about?” She looked curiously at Matt from the side and waited eagerly for an answer. Matt leaned forward and propped his arms on the table.
"About a new song. I want to do something completely new, something different, you understand?", He replied and smiled friendly while Sora nodded understandingly, "It should be something special." And again there was silence between the two, but which was soon interrupted by the waitress who took Sora's order. A few minutes later she brought the girl a cappuccino and disappeared back into the café.
“May I ask what exactly you want to do differently?” Interested, she watched Matt as he took a sip of Coke, then put the glass back down and grinned cheekily."Don't be so curious!" Complained Matt with a smile, "You will see that as soon as the song is finished." That was the end of the subject for him and leaned back in his chair. And no sooner had he done that than he saw Joe, T.K., Kari, Davis and Yolei. The five greeted Matt and Sora and sat with them. And as with Sora, a waitress came to them after a short time, only to disappear again immediately and then bring them the drinks they had ordered.
"Where's Tai? I thought he'd come too?" Complained Matt, grinning, "You were really late. And that, although I was on time today for once. Shame on you!"
"Sorry. It took Kari so long again, so I was forced to wait," said Joe, who had had his driver's license for almost a year and whose new hobby was driving around, "And Tai did at short notice canceled. He's not doing so well, he said."Matt just nodded understandingly. He knew why he hadn't come and certainly not because he wasn't feeling well. However, Matt left it at that and didn't go into the subject of" Tai ".
"Typical women!", The blonde said, which he immediately regretted, because in the next moment he caught a small slap on the back of the head from Sora. He rubbed his head in pain while Sora grinned triumphantly. The others couldn't help but laugh either. Only Matt didn't find it all that funny and looked at the group with a 'that's-not-at-funny-look'. After they calmed down, they told each other stories about school or how they wanted to spend the holidays and kept sipping their drinks. It was nice to sit with friends and just forget everything that was bothering you at the moment for a while. Suddenly the conversation between the digi knights was interrupted when a young man with light brown hair of about 21 years and the typical waiter's clothes stepped out of the inside of the café and greeted two of the group with a particularly warm welcome."Well, if these are not my two favorite cousins? Hello Matt and T.K.!", He said happily and went to the table where the eight teenagers were sitting. T.K. smiled pleasantly while Matt grimaced as if he had seen Jun, Davis' sister.
"Hi Takeshi!" Said the two siblings at the same time, only that T.K. in a good mood and when Matt sounded rather quiet and almost a little bit in a bad mood.
"What's going on, Matt? I really like you!", Said the waiter, scurrying around in his cousin's hair.
"But I don't. And please stop!" Matt tried very hard to get the older man to leave his hair alone, which he finally succeeded. When the remaining six digi knights saw the two of them like that, they couldn't help but laugh, just like Takeshi. Only Matt sat at the table with his arms crossed and was silent. Logically, all of this didn't suit him at all. And while it actually looked like Matt hated Takeshi, it wasn't, quite the opposite.In fact, they got along very well, and everyone knew the little arguments were just for fun.
"Well, then I have to go back to work. If you want to pay, just tell me.", Said the young man and went back to his work, but not without messing up Matt's hair again.
"He's driving me crazy!" Complained Matt and tried to straighten his hair somewhat.
"You are pretty vain, you know that?", It came from a grinning Davis, but only earned a questioning look, "You should see yourself trying to save your hairstyle."
“I can be vain about my looks.”, Matt said arrogantly, “And at least I have something like a hairstyle, you spiked head.” Again everyone burst out laughing, only Davis grumbled something to himself and drank offended his cup of cappuccino.
There were still enough small discussions and fits of laughter that evening until they finally decided, around 11 p.m., to go for a little walk and then go home.They paid at Takeshi, who gave them a generous discount, and then strolled through the streets of Odaiba. Yolei was chattering like a waterfall again, but the others listened with interest because she was telling really amusing stories from home or school. The purple-haired woman was telling a joke when Matt suddenly saw a woman in her early