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Michi Week 2023 - Day 1: Tie the String

WELCOME TO THE THIRD EDITION OF MICHI WEEK. ☆彡

THE EVENT

This event has been organised as a dedication to Michi. Michi is the shipname for the pairing of Taichi Yagami and Mimi Tachikawa from the Digimon franchise. It’s a fun way to shine more light on this underrated but wonderful ship. It will take place from September 25 to October 01, so mark your calendars.

THE PROMPTS

Monday, September 25: TIE THE STRING aka soulmates/roommates au

Tuesday, September 26: POUR THE COFFEE aka office/shops au

Wednesday, September 27: STRIKE THE POSE aka celebrities/idols au

Thursday, September 28: DEFEND THE WORLD aka superheroes/spies au

Friday, September 29: UNDER THE SEA aka pirates/merpeople au

Saturday, September 30: RESET THE TIME aka time period/time travel au

Sunday, October 01: EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN  aka free choice

THE GUIDELINES

There are guidelines to ensure this week runs smoothly, so please be sure to follow these:

Be sure to use #michi multiverse as one of the first five tags and/or tag with @taichixmimi! That way it’ll be easier to find your post and reblog it here for all to enjoy!

Everyone is free to chose any kind of art form: edits, gifs, fanfiction, fanart, fanvideos, cosplay, etc. Creativity is always encouraged!

You can add other ships and characters, such as their digimon partners. Just be sure the focus remains on Taichi and Mimi.

This does NOT mean you can bash any other ship or character. This event is meant to celebrate Michi, but not at the expense of others. Spread love, not hate.

You can submit more than one entry per prompt if you want to.

Early submissions won’t be accepted. So please wait until the new prompt has been posted on the taichixmimi blog.

Late submissions, on the other hand, are welcome.

Last but certainly not least, HAVE FUN!!!!!

For more guidelines concerning this event, please check out this page.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I’ll do my best to help you out.

For Michi Karaoke Week @taichixmimi - Day 1: Score

Lesson learned: Never go to an arcade with both Mimi and Taichi at the same time, unless you want to see two extreme competitive sore losers get into a scoring battle.

So apparently I felt like completely going outside my comfort zone for this Michi week (and end it with something more comfortable) but ah, I just want to apologize for my upcoming half ass edits, crappy fanarts and 5th grade fanfics in advance.

prompt: rhythm [day 6 of 7]  aka the Michi COYOTE UGLY au. aka the AU no one asked for but i’m doing anyway.

For his friend Daisuke’s birthday, law student Yagami Taichi is dragged out to one of Tokyo’s most notorious bars: Coyote Ugly. The floors are sticky and the décor is gaudy, grungy western but the women behind the bar are beautiful. One of them in particular: the one with a pink rhinestone rimmed cowboy hat, leather pants and shining brown eyes. He watches as some fast-fiddling country song comes on and she, along with the other women, hop on top of the bar and start to line-dance at a breakneck speed, all the more impressive for their high heels. He is spellbound as Pink Cowboy Hat rolls her hips, her body fluid and in perfect rhythm with the music. He can’t tear his eyes away for a second.

Later, when he surreptitiously slinks his way to the front of the line, he first asks her name (Mimi) and then asks her out as she pours him a Johnnie Walker. He knows he is just one of many men who will attempt but hey, he has to try. She laughs prettily, winks a practiced wink, tells him she can’t date customers. He slides his yen back into his wallet – what if he doesn’t pay? Can she date thieves?

She laughs more, he pays, and accepts that it’s not going to happen. But he continues to show up once a week or so. He loves to watch her dance, relishes the occasional opportunity to chat with her at the bar, and particularly loves the nights when she takes the microphone and sings for the bar. She has a beautiful voice, rich like honey. It’s the only time he experiences the usually raucous crowd slowing down.

One night, to his utter surprise, when she serves him his drink she also slides over a slip of paper with her phone number. They go out on one date, then two, three, four and he gets to know everything about her. Her refreshingly positive attitude on the world. Her aspirations to become a singer. How her parents didn’t support her – so she was out here on her own, trying to make it in the big city. How she is grateful for her job at Coyote Ugly – and she doesn’t feel demeaned, she feels empowered. She is proud of her sexuality. It’s not forever, but she likes it. Especially because it pays triple what she’d make anywhere else.

They continue dating and life seems so much sweeter. She bakes Taichi cookies when he’s studying for law exams and he helps her record singing demos. They are both supporting each others dreams. But - they are not without their fights. They are on opposite schedules for free time and seeing each other can be a challenge. Taichi gets jealous of hundreds of men ogling his girlfriend on a nightly basis. They almost break up over this, but she assures him that she loves him, only him. But he has to trust her. Does he trust her?

He trusts her.

(And, one night, she even teaches him the line dance to ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’. Though, he does not look nearly as good in leather pants).

I’m happy to see you so excited about the upcoming Michi Week! :D

~Hi  I am so sorry for posting this late but time! urgh! T_T   Anyway before we begin i should let you know a couple of things.  First, i never shipped Taichi and Mimi. I mean i never even thought of it when the digimon series were airing. But when i came across their fanart and stuff, i thought, they sure do make an interesting couple. Still that didn’t hook me until the Michi week arrived and i saw this prompt. I couldn’t resist writing for it :D Inspired from Jude-devir drawings about him and his wife. Follow him in instagram, his art is amazing! *w* Sorry for making this long and for the possible grammatical errors, but i hope you guys like it ^w^ 

Written for @taichixmimi week 2017.  Day#6: Balance. Rating: T for slight material. 

The Sun and the leaf 

Taichi woke precisely two minutes before the alarm ring. His half-closed eyes went towards the blue clock that was propped on the nightstand beside the bed.

If Mimi were to see that, she would have utilized those two minutes by bunching up the blankets to her chin and elapsing into instant sleep. But not him, no. What was the point? Taichi thought, his gaze fixed on the hand that was slowly inching its way towards 7. It was just delaying it and it wouldn’t even last long. The time will still move, no matter what.

‘Beep, Beep, Beep’

Mimi shifted under the covers, stretching her arms out, curving up so her torso got slightly lifted from the mattress while Yagami reached for the clock, pressing the button and shutting it down.

“Time to wake up” Taichi muttered, his tone infused with sarcasm” Jolly good”

Who the hell decided that the early hours of morning should be working hours? He pondered bitterly, throwing the covers away and swinging his legs to the other side of the bed. If it were to him, he would have established a system where the working hours would have started from late afternoon and ended till late evening. No laziness, no lethargies. In fact people would look forward going to their workplaces. Everyone’s happy!

But before Taichi could get up, a warm body pressed against him.

“Don’t go” Mimi mumbled sleepily, eyes still closed. “Mimi” Taichi groaned.

Mimi was hardly any better when it came to waking up. In fact she was far worse than her husband in this regard. Her track record was mostly stained with notices and warnings which all accused of her one thing; lateness. And if she were about to fail in any class, it wasn’t because she wasn’t studying well. It happened because the ‘l’s’ of late was piled up next to her name in attendance sheet, way past the limit. She slept in, thus prompting her to cross the threshold of broken rules. It was only in third year, did she register for afternoon sessions, so that she would stay safe.

Even after graduating and getting a job in culinary field, she chose the second slots to fill in. When asked why, she shrugged it off by nonchalantly saying;

 “I don’t trust myself…..besides I deserved to be pampered” As if she wasn’t already by her loved ones.

“Baby, I will be late for work” Taichi replied gently. “Five more minutes please” Mimi whispered, rubbing her cheek on his unruly hair” You are so warm”

‘And you are too soft’ He thought inwardly, feeling her breasts pressed against his back and suppressing a groan. This wasn’t going to be easy. He finally stood up but that didn’t stop his wife from wrapping her arms around his shoulders and her legs around his abs.

“Mimi don’t be difficult…..i have to go. If I don’t go, problems will arise” “Like what?”

Taichi rolled his eyes. His wife tends to act childish at times.

“Let’s say, for once I could go on probation. And that would eventually lead to firing. Can you imagine me being fired?” “No” “Well imagine it” Taichi continued, looking for his track trousers, Mimi still clinging to him” We won’t be able to buy grocery and pay our bills. We will be kicked out of our house. We won’t be able to buy your preferred branded dresses! Can you picture yourself without Vera Wang and DKMY?”

“It’s DKNY!” Mimi grumbled, now squirming lightly. The courage crest wielder smirked at this. Guilty Tachikawa was a rare treat to witness.

“Exactly!” Taichi nodded” So I really have to go, otherwise the nature would be deprived from the benefits bestowed by the sun. The system would collapse”

“The system would collapse” Mimi repeated, now fully awake” What system?” “You know the sun rising up and providing light and warmth to every living creature on the earth. Flowers blooming, the photosynthesis taking place on every leaf so that they can produce oxygen to everyone”

“Oh……” “So you see baby, if it weren’t for the sun, life would perish”

A moment or two passed, when Mimi finally loosened her hold on her beloved, slipping gracefully and landing neatly on her feet.

“That it would” She murmured softly. Taichi smiled. Glad Mimi can now see and understand his point of view. But his wife wasn’t done; not yet, no.   “It’s true that the sun is vital and is essential for our living as you say” The sincerity crest wielder said, padding her way towards the bed” But you fail to realize that the sun needs the living creatures too in order to survive”

“How come?” Taichi asked, his dark brown eyes narrowed in suspicion. “If creatures and things like humans, plants and leaves didn’t existed” Mimi answered, now resting upon the sheets and twirling her hair lock with nail painted finger” There would have been no purpose of sun” “What?” Yagami asked blankly.

“Yeah, like on whom would sun shower the light and warmth if there’s nothing there. The sun wouldn’t be significant anymore” Then she added “So if you think that it works one way, you are heavily deluded darling. Balance isn’t achieved until the scales are in a straight line”

And with that, Mimi turned sideways and closed her eyes, smiling; Waiting for the moment for the tables to be turned.

Taichi stood still, staring at his wife’s back, the black lingerie making her skin look paler than usual. The sun is might both in terms of strength and power but what’s the use of it if living creatures aren’t there to bask under its glory. The sun may provide life but it’s the existence of elements that define it wholly.

He might have a promising future ahead and have all the qualities that a diplomat has. This only defines his one side. The other side? It’s filled with people who he endears; his parents, his sister, his friends, his digimon and now his wife. If they aren’t there, Kami forbids, will he live?

‘Balance isn’t achieved until the scales are in a straight line……’ her words echoed in his mind.

Knowing the answer, Taichi smiled to himself.

Mimi felt the weight on the bed but before she could turn, Taichi wrapped his arms around her, bringing her close.  

“What? You are not going to office?” Mimi asked coyly. “No” “But what about the system? You said that it would collapse if you aren’t there……” “They can survive a day without me”

Mimi giggled “I didn’t know that sun has a softie side as well” “And I didn’t know that leaf can be very convincing”

Mimi finally laughed, unable to control it “Admit it! You yourself didn’t want to go. I just happened to show you the mirror”

There was silence for a while, until Mimi turned and saw her husband had dozed off. Tenderly she wrapped her arms around Taichi, cuddling him so his head rested on her shoulder. She stroked his messy hair, marveling at the silky texture. After a minute she too succumbed to slumber as well, escaping into the harmless world of dreams with her love.  

He needed her just like she needed him. Thus the balance.

A shout-out to my friend @princesssincerity for helping me out immensely! -The First Breakfast He Made for Her-

The sun was barely lighting up the morning sky, and the perennial late sleeper himself was up and off to the kitchen. He had to keep bringing his mind back down to Earth, considering who was sleeping as peacefully as can be down the hall. “Nattō. C’mon Taichi, you can make this. I mean, remember who you’re cooking for!” The rush was still fresh, even after the two of them had been dating for months. His girlfriend. He wasn’t sure how he didn’t make a complete fool out of himself, but he figured that even if he did, she wouldn’t mind. Her name felt more like a heartfelt song than “just a name”. He kept whispering her name as he pulled the ingredients out for her favorite dish. “Soy beans. Check.”