I don't think Hikari loves him.
He'll never see that, though.
She is my friend. But sometimes...it's so unfair of her! Can't she see she's leading him on? I want to grab her by her shoulders and shake her. Tell her that he won't ever be able to let go of her until she makes her feelings crystal clear. Tell him you'll never love him, Hikari! Or...if you do love him...let us all know now, so I can let go.
Daisuke seems to be a tortured soul. There's something sad always hiding behind those deep brown eyes. As if there's something he's longing for, searching for eternally. Am I foolish to believe that it isn't actually Hikari?
He wants...love. Acceptance. But he's afraid, maybe. Of rejection. So he obsesses over someone he can't have.
You could have me, Daisuke! I would love you! Don't you know that?
But he doesn't. And maybe it really is just Hikari he wants, after all, and I just choose to believe otherwise.
Hikari is sitting next to me. Daisuke is across from us. Iori next to him. I can't concentrate on my food; I'm watching the way he's looking at her. With such raw emotion and want. Is she made of stone? How can she just sit there sipping her drink, oblivious?
It hurts. He loves her, and he doesn't love me.
Hikari suddenly asks me to come out side with her for a talk. Daisuke glares at us disapprovingly.
"Takeru...there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time..." she begins, once we're outside.
Oh, no. Here it comes. Either she loves me, or she loves Daisuke. Neither one would be good.
"Go ahead," I sigh. "We've been friends for a long time, you can tell me anything."
"Well..." she said. "This is going to sound crazy, but...I think I'm in love. With one of the Digidestined."
I sigh audibly.
"Don't worry, it's not Daisuke...but, I'm sorry, it's not you, either. It's...Sora."
"Sora!?" I can't hide my shock. My relief. "Hey, well...that's cool. Maybe you should just tell her how you feel. I mean, I know she likes Tai, but she has no chance with him for...obvious reasons."
"Tell her? Gods...I suppose it's the only way, isn't it?" she says.
"Yeah. Otherwise you'll never know what might have been," I say, internally wondering if I should heed my own advice.
"Thanks, Takeru. I guess I'd already decided to tell her, but I just wanted to tell you first...you are my best friend, after all. I hope you're not hurt by this in any way."
"No, I'm not, really. But Daisuke might be. How are you going to tell him?" I ask.
Her face clouds. "I guess...the same way I told you," she says, "just come out and...say it."
I agree that this is best, and then excuse myself to go home. She'll want to have him alone for this.
I was wrong. She told him flat out, but he still didn't let go. Didn't let go even when he saw Sora and Hikari kissing one day, when he chanced upon them in the park. Just came to moan about it to me...
"Takeru, I don't know what to do! Seeing her like that...she...she...thinks she loves Sora! But I know she doesn't! It's me she belongs with! I just...know..." he whispers the last part.
I don't know what to say to him. He'll go on loving her till the end of time, won't he? No matter what...he won't believe.
I take a deep breath. "Look, Dai, I know you don't want to hear this right now, but there's someone else out there for you. There's someone in the world to love you...it's just not her."
But he'll never believe it. Just like I won't believe that he'll never love me.