You, Tai, and Matt have fairly different schedules. This is something that you came to terms with a long time ago. But while the three of you all being in the same place has always been a rare thing, it's been more than a year, and given that you're all
still friends, you think you could make more of an effort.
So you will. "Hey, Biyomon?" You sleepily ask your partner one night.
"What is it, Sora?"
"D'you wanna see Tai and Matt sometime soon? Like, both of them?"
"That sounds nice. You're happier when they're around, right?"
Well, they're only your human best friends. It'd be weird if you
didn't like having them around you. "So, you think I should start inviting them over more often?"
"Why are you asking me? They're
your friends." And you guess that she does have a point.
Mind made up, you decide to call your friends first thing in the morning.
It doesn't end up being just one visit, of course. It turns out that you
like having normal people around, even if they know bits and pieces about Digimon and their world. You
like being able to feel normal, even if it's just for a few hours every week or so.
You also like being able to turn Kazuya's somewhat sadistic idea of training on to someone else, just in case something like the Parrotmon incident happens again. Not that you do too much of that, what with it being winter and all. Nor would you be able to even if it were summer, what with them not having Digivices.
But you make it work. And if they glare at you a few times, it's covered up by smiles as you take your allowance to the cornerstore and load up on snacks, though you don't allow Biyomon to have any for the fact that, if you did, she'd eat it all.
She doesn't even deny it, though after so long she probably realizes how futile it is.
And in this daze of childhood happiness, you start to let the time run away from you, until you've stayed out until midnight and end up grounded for varying amounts of time, throwing off your synchronized schedules.
Matt blames Tai. So do you, sometimes, but you're mostly grown up enough to admit that you or Matt could have looked at a clock at any point during the day. Either way, with your planning shattered, it would probably take a while to figure out the next time you should all meet up, so you decide not to bother at the moment.
After all, this has been taking away from something that you really want to do.
You have 30 months remaining. Choose your next project.
[ ] You're impressed by how Daigo manages to talk his way through anything. You should see if he'll teach you. (Time: 4 months. DC 70. Gain Intimidate and Diplomacy skills, improve relationship with Daigo)
[ ] It's called a 'Digital World', right? Does that mean it has something to do with the computer? (Time: 6 months. DC 85. Results: ???)
[ ] It comes to mind that you've never met Joe's family. You should fix that. (Time: 1 month. DC 50. Gain Medicine skill, improve relationship with Joe.)
[ ] Apparently, Kazuya's sick and tired of Rikuto being a disaster in the kitchen. You might be able to eke out some lessons of your own, so long as you show up at the right time. (Time: 2 months. DC 45. Gain Cooking skill, improve relationship with Kazuya and Rikuto.)
[ ] Izzy and Haruka have been working on something lately. You're not sure what it is, but it's bound to be interesting. (Time: 3 months. DC 60. Improve relationship with Izzy and Haruka, ???)
