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Takeru is one of Sora:s few friends that knows her really well. They’re both more liable to keep their feelings to themselves in favor of handling the situation at hand. While they’re are only human and do of course lose themselves from time to time, they hold a lot of similarities in this regard. Sora enjoys spending time with Takeru because it’s very relaxing and the both of them like to have simple fun together or, from time to time, challenge each other to a good natured match in a sport of either:s choosing.

Because Takeru has a good understanding of Sora’s personality even though he wants to spoil her a lot he settles for letting her relax once in awhile. He feels that she may put a bit too much on her shoulders and needs to relax every once in awhile.

Due to her maturity, Sora rarely has people that cling to her. She takes care of people but people don't normally take care of her. It's one of the many reasons she has difficulty understanding that her mother's efforts aren't based from hate.

Sora just isn't the type of friend one clings to, she's the person you come to for help or to play with. This is the primary reason Sora was initially irate with Piyomon's clingyness, she had never experienced it before. She rarely felt spoiled or looked after, certainly not held onto like she was precious.

It was a disturbing emotion for her initially and she didn't like it.

Piyomon was the one who taught her that relationships could be equal give and take, rather than just giving everything she has to person, she would protect Piyomon and Piyomon would in turn protect her. And there was always cuddles at the end of the day.

Sora's crush on Yamato was a bit of a strange one. While she did like him romantically and was aware that he had similar feelings for her, she really didn't want to date anyone at that point in her life. She probably would have never initiated or accepted a relationship if her mother hadn't been hinting that she should do so.

Looking back she thinks her mother might have noticed that her sexuality wasn't totally the 'normal' and wanted Sora to choice a nice boy to settle for.

Yamato unfortunately did notice that she wasn't all that enthused to be dating him. At first he brushed it off because while Sora might be hesitant he was fairly confident she liked him too.

This confidence got a little shakier as time passed.

If given the time to come to terms with her feelings and pursue dating at her own pace, Sora's pretty sure it could have worked out, but she couldn't help often feeling reminded that she had felt pushed to pursue this relationship, making everything feel just a bit forced to her.

Finally, Yamato absolutely refused to be a source of her stress. She was, and always would be, first and foremost his precious friend. The break-up was only a bit tearful, they both knew it was beginning to strain, but they agreed to break-up on the terms of only pursuing such a relationship with each other again if both of them were ready for it.

Yamato didn't say he'd wait for her because, although he intended to, he knew it would pressure her all over again.

Sora can't begin to express how grateful this made her.

It was a bit awkward for awhile to see each other but then Jyou ended up dragging the hesitant Yamato to their study groups.

From there it was impossible to be awkward. No one can ever be the most awkward person in the room if Jyou's there, it's just impossible.

Their current friendship is stronger than ever and they have a deep trust for one another, there are of course some lingering romantic feelings and they like to toy with the idea of getting back together someday but neither of them are counting on it anymore.

One of the many things Sora appreciates about her friendship with Jyou is that he's realistic, occasionally to a fault. She has the tendency to think on her feet and many of her other friends just tend to go with the flow so his nearly inflexible regards for right and wrong, correct and incorrect, strike her as endearing. She has most all of the concerns he expresses but spends her time on the situation at hand rather than focusing on it, in a way she's envious of his ability to fight for his beliefs even when everyone looks down on him for it.

It's this and many other traits that makes Jyou a great senpai to her. In a strange world with no one to rely on, Jyou made a real effort to find logical explanations. When that failed he gave his all to help the team, Sora admires his honesty and sincerity.

Sora didn't really have time to get a first impression of Miyako when they first met. With all that was going on, Sora's mind had zeroed in on the prospect of meeting Piyomon again and Daisuke, Miyako, and Iori may as well have been one person at the time for all the attention she spared on them initially.

Hearing Mimi's words come out of the younger girls mouth on the other hand brought Sora's attention straight to the girl in front of her. Although first impression wise Sora couldn't really say, Miyako was the first of the new Chosen Children to make an impression on her.

The more Sora got to know Miyako the more she found herself amused by the girls antics. Miyako was emotional and active in an entirely different way from Mimi. Mimi was active when necessary, Miyako was active all the time. The girl only seemed to slow down when she was depressed. (something Sora doesn't specifically like letting her be)

Sora really wants to be a good senpai for Miyako, being one of the most emotionally mature of the initial seven Chosen Children, Sora remembers intimately the fear that there was no one bigger or stronger to help. That they were alone and worst of all, it was her responsibility to make sure everyone was safe.

If someone was injured, she'd often blame herself for not being capable enough to take care of them.

She was bigger and stronger now and she wouldn't let any of her kouhai's experience that fear if she could help it.

All the same Miyako has one of those fun personalities that drag you in and keep you, making it incredibly difficult for Sora to stay totally mature in the younger girls presence.

Although initially Sora wasn't quite sure how to befriend Mimi (their interests were so polarized it was ridiculous) they became still became friends rather quickly. Mimi has one of those amazingly sweet and friendly personalities that Sora absolutely couldn't resist. It never ceases to amaze Sora how much Mimi expresses herself. As someone who spends a great deal of time regulating her emotions and responses, someone as purely honest as Mimi was almost strange but definitely not unwelcome. Although Sora doesn't really cut loose around Mimi the way she does with Taichi, she really enjoys being patient for Mimi.

Mimi can be the sweetest thing on the planet one moment and the brattiest the next, despite herself Sora found this trait absolutely endearing and strove to protect the younger girl (sometimes even from her own ego).

Her feelings about her dad are definitely a bit conflicted. On one hand she knows that he cares and finds herself rather fond of spending time with him but on the other, she resents the amount of time he spends away from the family.

Sometimes, secretly, silently, and berating herself for it, she feels that if her father were home she wouldn't be the sole attention of her mothers expectations and blames him for the whole matter.

Her biggest conflicting emotion with her father is that she often doesn't feel particularly like he's her dad. For a great period of her childhood she didn't think of him as 'dad' but rather the kindly middle-aged man that came to visit sometimes. He takes very little interest in her life and doesn't really know much about her, nor does he put an effort to get to know her.

Taichi is one of her closest friends for many reasons but one of the primary reasons is she rarely ever feels the need to put on any sort of pretense around him. Often with her friends she plays mediator or maintains her own emotions silently in order to keep a situation from getting overly complicated. It didn't take long for Taichi to tear down that pretense around her.

When she's around Taichi she feels no need to hide her anger, sadness, or happiness. Although this often leads to friction between the two of them because Taichi is equally upfront  about his emotions, they become all the closer for it.

On the other hand, when someone is hiding their emotions, Taichi is not terribly talented at noticing. He doesn't really realize or notice that Sora feels suppressed and when he does he just thinks she's depressed about something. As he's not talented at comforting someone when they're upset he tends to give ill thought out comfort. Either pushing her to talk about it or giving meaningless advice such as 'feel better'. He does, however, mean all of this with the earnest intention of helping. He just kinda really sucks at it. His most successful comforting is when he'll decide Sora is far too gloomy and they're gonna go on a mini-adventure.

These adventures range anything from hitting up an amusement park to exploring an unknown part of the city, occasionally they're as simple as seeking out the tastiest ice-cream in the neighborhood.

While these silly adventures rarely actually solve her problems, she does feel a little better after them.