//Author's Note: Hey everyone. So yes, here is another story by me… I haven't done much I know, but I've hit a rut and I figured that maybe if I start a start and focus on a short story, maybe it get some ideas flowing for some of my longer ones. Oh, and in case you may have no known, I deleted my other story 'The Year Everything Changed' because, well, it was terrible. I didn't like it at all to be honest. There are more details on that on my profile.

Summary: He was falling for her. He realized that. But the question was: Would he let her know? Or would she be forever blind to his love. They would never know until they tried.... A Takari love story featuring the songs of Lifehouse. Not a songfic.. well completely at least.

Couples: Takari, Sorato, Michi, Kenyako (others are mentioned)

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Chapter 1: Easier To Be

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You make it easier to be, Easier to be me
It's hard to believe

You make it easy...You didn't give up on me
Let myself go, You were still there
Like coming home
Coming up for air

We speak in silence, Words can't break
It feels like we are, Falling awake
In a place and a time
Of our own

"Come on Takeru! They're getting away!"

A 16 year old Yagami Hikari shouted out in glee to her best friend.

Takeru chuckled, before running after her. He had known her practically his entire life, and yet, to this day, she acted like the bright, happy little girl she used to be. Not that Takeru was one to talk about that, for he still acted that too. At least, with her she did.

"Takeru look! I caught one!" Running up to him in pure excitement, she carefully lifted her hands up to his face. Her hands were together, creating a small petite little cage. Peering inside every so carefully, as to not break her cage, he looked inside, to see a small jittering firefly, zooming around in her hands. Like all fireflies, it glowed a bright, warm glow, one that only nature could give.

Takeru laughed. She was cute, too cute sometimes. "Yup, you sure did. It's too bad we didn't bring any jars with us, we could've caught a whole bunch and put them in there."

He watched as her eyes grew, as they did whenever something hit her or she had what Takeru called, "startling" revelations.

"Aw, we should have! Oh well, we can still enjoy it, right?" She said, looking up at him with joy. He answered with a smile, to which, she smiled as well.

Hikari looked back down to her hands, and brought them closer to her face. With a child like amazement, she watched the firefly flying zooming around in her hands, looking at it was if she would never tire of it.

With the same sort of amazement and never ending interest, he watched too, only, he watched her instead.

The firefly's glow lit up her face, in such a natural and beautiful way, it left him breathless. It brought out every thing about her. Her warm cinnamon eyes that looked at every thing with honest care and love, and her smile seemed a thousand times more angelic, that smile that broke down even the most heartless of people, and creatures. Her whole face was just so warm and peaceful, it made him feel like home. And that's were he always was with her, home.

Maybe that's why it was so easy, so easy to just be free and himself, and not what the world expected him to be. That perfect and selfless boy he had somehow come to know as. It was an expectation he felt he had not once, had had ever achieved, and would never achieve in his life, at least, not with the constant mistakes he always made. But even those who knew he wasn't perfect, still expected him to be something.

For Yamato, it was the innocent little brother. The one that still cried at a drop of a hat, the one that still needed protecting, despite the many times Takeru had proven he didn't. To Yamato, he would forever be the little eight year old boy that held all innocence in the world and the one that Yamato constantly had to protect in their more adventurous days.

In Daisuke's case, it was the rival and best friend. The one with whom he rivalled and competed with constantly, in the (according to Hikari) most unhealthiest way possible. But no matter how much they competed, they remained friends, always laughing about it at the end of the day.

For the rest of the digidestineds, he was the hopeful one. The one that never gave up hope, no matter how grim and hopeless the situation may be. And he always was; he didn't know the meaning of giving up. He always had hope, no matter what.

But even with all the things the world expected him to be, when it came down to Hikari, he could be whatever he pleased. He could be that little eight year old boy, who still cried and was still hurt about his parent's divorce. Or he could be someone who cared less about competition and just wanted to have fun, which he always did when he was with her.

Or, in what seemed to be the more consistent occasion, he could be the hopeless one. Who thought that there really was nothing and no one that could save him. But in a split second, he always found, that was impossible with her around. That light that she held, the one that seemed to make her a constant target (which he understood, for he wanted to have what she had too), gave him this unrelenting hope, one that he couldn't deny if he ever made an effort too, which he never did. It was too inviting and safe to deny.

No matter what, whenever he was with Hikari, he was just pure, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi. He could be anything he wanted to be, anyone he wished to be in that moment, she accepted him, just as he did with her.

Yes, with Yagami Hikari, it was easier to be him. And he hoped, it always stay that way.

You make it easier to be, Easier to be me
It's hard to believe
You make it easy...

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//Author's Note: So this is quite different from my other fics. Different style I guess. All the chapters will be in this sort of style and length. So let me know what you guys think, reviews would be very helpful and encouraging! Let me know and so I'll know if you guys want more (which I hope you do…)

Oh and for my other fics… ignore the supposed "updates", I'm just going through my other fics and finally fixing the grammatical and spelling errors. If there really are any changes, you'll know. Thanks.

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