"Onii-chan, how much do you think these cost?"

"Ehhh, too much so I'm not buying them for you…"

"Wha-no! They're not for me stupid! They're for-"

"Stop beggin' Hikari…I didn't even know you played basketball, do something more girly…"

Lying on the floor of his bedroom Taichi rolled off his back and onto his stomach, face stuck in the latest volume of Naruto whilst simultaneously ignoring his younger sister. Hikari was desperately attempting to push a sports magazine in his face with a photo of a pair of basketball shoes on it but was failing miserably.

Hikari, straightening up and putting her hands on her hip, quipped at Taichi, "you play soccer so shouldn't you know how much these cost? What kind of soccer fan are you!"

Taichi turned around with a disgusted face. "They're completely different! That's like me saying to Koushiro that gifs and photos are the same! Pah, nice to know you're still a naïve kid, hahahahah!" Nonchalant, Taichi went back to his manga, a frown forming on Hikari's face.

It's either kicking a ball or bouncing it, there can't be that much of a difference…

Hikari kept this thought to herself since she needed to suck up to her brother and making anymore comments on the dynamics of his favourite hobby wasn't going to help…

It was Takeru's birthday soon and Hikari had been saving up from her part-time job at the café for months in preparation for an awesome birthday present. After all your sixteenth birthday is meant to be special, right?

After months of pondering what to get her best friend, from the trendiest new hipster-style scarf to a designer hat he had his eyes on, Hikari had finally decided on a pair of basketball shoes. Ever since middle school, Takeru had developed a love for basketball and she had ended up keeping pretty up to date with everything related to it thanks to him.

Hikari, use to attending most of her brother's football games when she was younger, made sure to attend all of Takeru's basketball ones now that they were in highschool. It was one of the reasons Hikari never joined a sports club at school – she felt as though she attended enough sports games as it was thanks to the two of them.

So there she was, trying to find out how much these shoes cost. She didn't even know if these were any good but with her limited knowledge and her brother's unwillingness to help, Hikari was just going to have to go along with it.

"I'll help you.", Taichi declared suddenly.

Hikari gasped and crouched down on the floor, her face lighting up.

"Really!"

I knew it! Onii-chan really is the bes-

"If you promise to do all my chores for the next week – wait, no MONTH! I mean depends on how much you want it I guess…" Grinning, Taichi waited for Hikari's response. After a few seconds of staring at Taichi in disbelief, Hikari got up and stormed out the room.

"Onii-chan really is the worst!" Taichi laughed as Hikari slammed the door behind her. Sighing she made her way to the couch and slumped down on it.

Tailmon, who was previously napping on the balcony, leapt onto Hikari's lap hearing the slam of the door and her sigh.

"Asking Taichi didn't help huh?" Tailmon peered up at her partner, large eyes blinking.

"Nuh-uh…" Aside from her useless brother, why Hikari was even so bothered in the first place nagged her too – it was only Takeru! Plus, with all his fangirls he would probably be getting enough presents as it were…

Frustrated, Hikari groaned and fell back on the coach, staring at the ceiling with her forearm laying across her forehead. Tailmon appeared in front of her, hopping onto the arm chair above her head.

"Is there another reason you're so occupied with the whole present thing Hikari? Do humans really care that much about birthdays?" As intuitive as always, Tailmon always seemed to know if something was up with her digi-destined.

"Hmm, it's okay Tailmon…I'll just buy them and give them to him…it doesn't matter that much…" Hikari closed her eyes whilst reaching up to stroke Tailmon's ears, trying to get rid of any thoughts about cute cheerleaders in short skirts and long legs flirting with her -

"I'm home!" The front door suddenly opened. Mrs Yagami walked in, her hands full of groceries.

Another door opened a second later with Agumon sprinting out to hug Mrs Yagami's legs, asking her what she food she had bought while Taichi started digging through bags.

Interrupted in her thoughts, Hikari slowly got up and went to help her mum with the shopping, casually asking how her trip to the store was. After finishing up with putting everything in the right places, Hikari stretched and started to make her way out.

"Still moody huh?" Taichi nagged Hikari in the kitchen, leaning against a counter with a newly bought ice lolly already in his mouth.

"Still mean huh!" Hikari mumbled back turning around and making her way to her room.

"What happened to my cute little sister who would run around screaming 'Onii-chan' all the time?! The one who respected me! PUBERTY RUINED YOU!" Taichi's voice faded away as Hikari closed the door.

Sitting at her desk and opening the drawer where she kept all her savings, Hikari sighed. Tomorrow she would buy those damn shoes and be done with it! No more worrying about something so small after all…right?