*Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or anything related to it, I'm merely dabbling in that world.
A/N: This chapter is mostly a prequel to the rest of the story. I'm getting a lot of the intense stuff out of the way here, so keep that in mind. I apologize ahead of time to any Davis fans.
Update: I've reread this story, and found myself cringing at a lot of the writing, so I'm going to edit all of the chapters before I post any new ones.
Strong arms circled around Kari's waist, pulling her back closer to the warm chest. His chin rested on top of her head, then moved to the side so that his lips were touching her ear.
"I," Davis whispered, "am going to miss you, sooooo much!"
Kari giggled and maneuvered herself so that she was facing her friend. "Davis, you're going to have so much fun with Willis, you'll barely remember to write!" she said with a smile.
All of the DigiDestined, old and new, were gathered in the Kamiyas' apartment for a goodbye party for Davis. Willis had invited Davis to America for a month-long backpacking trip in the Rockies. Davis claimed that it was going to be hard to be away from his friends for that long, but everyone knew that he was literally counting down the days until he could go. While none of his friends in Japan could understand what was so fun about it, Willis shared Davis' love for the outdoorsy activity.
"N-no, I'm ssserious, Kari," Davis insisted, his words slurring together. Kari could smell beer on his breath, and realized that Matt hadn't been joking about spiking the punch. She gently peeled Davis off of her, and he stumbled slightly.
"Davis, go on and enjoy your party," she told him. He nodded, and lumbered off toward his best friend, Ken.
Kari surveyed the room, trying to find her brother. Cody, Izzy, and Joe were on the floor in the living room, trying to teach Mimi some elaborate card game. Mimi's face was pinched tight together in concentration as she watched the boys move the cards around. In the armchair next to them Matt was playing his guitar. Sora sat on an armrest, her head resting on his shoulder. Davis had just entered the kitchen to find Ken and Yolei, who seemed too busy throwing each other shy glances to notice his arrival. Davis turned to the bowl of chips on the counter, stuffing handful after handful into his mouth. TK and Tai were standing and talking next to the punch bowl. TK's arms were gesturing grandly, like he was in the middle of telling some exciting story. Kari headed towards them.
"Tai," she interrupted without preamble, "Matt spiked the punch."
"I know," he responded nonchalantly, not even turning away from TK, who'd paused his story.
"Well, are you going to do anything about it?" Kari wanted to know.
"It's no big deal. We're all friends, and we're in a safe place." Tai turned to face his little sister. "Just relax. Anyway, I know we've got Little Miss Straight-Edge to watch out for us," he added with a playful nudge.
Kari narrowed her eyes, not appreciating the nickname. There wasn't anything wrong with not wanting to drink.
"You realize, don't you, that no one can drive home now," she reminded her brother in annoyance. "Plus, most of us are underage. We can't be drinking."
Tai appeared equally annoyed at having TK's story continually interrupted.
"Kari, they can stay here overnight," he told her in exasperation. "Mom and Dad won't be home until late tomorrow afternoon, anyway. They can help us clean in the morning, and then head out. And as for drinking, it's not like you guys won't be doing it once you get to college. And doesn't Davis deserve to have some fun before he's completely cut off from civilization?" Tai challenged.
Kari groaned, defeated. "Fine, but this better not get out of hand."
"It won't," Tai promised.
One last thing. "Cody," Kari called across the room. "Don't drink any of the punch!"
The youngest DigiDestined looked up at her in confusion, but nodded his head seriously before turning back to his card game.
"What was that for?" Tai asked bemusedly.
"Look, I'm not going to stop the rest of you, but I won't sit and watch while a 14-year-old gets drunk." Kari crossed her arms, daring the older boy to defy her.
Tai sighed and nodded in agreement. He then turned back to TK to hear the rest of the story, when a voice interrupted them once more.
"Who wants to play Spin the Bottle?" Davis yelled.
"Inside voice, Davis," Ken reminded him quietly.
"Sorry," Davis replied in a stage whisper.
"I'm in," Matt replied with a grin, setting his guitar carefully against the armchair.
"Me too!" Sora added immediately, throwing Matt a cheeky smile.
"What the hell," Joe shrugged. "This could be interesting."
There were sounds of affirmation from the rest of the group, and they gathered around the discarded card game.
Kari gave Tai a look that said, What happened to keeping this under control?
Her brother shrugged, as if to say, It's Davis' night, let him have his fun.
"We'll play!" Tai called back, and bounded towards Davis before either Kari or TK had a chance to protest.
"Well, this should be fun," TK decided, throwing Kari an easy smile. Her stomach felt fluttery and her cheeks grew warm, and it was all she could do to give him a shy smile in return.
"Hey, bring the punch over, would you?" Tai called. Kari gave him a death glare, but TK just grabbed the bowl and walked towards his friends. With a feeling of foreboding, Kari followed.
The game was just starting when they got there. Ken had been elected to go first, and he was positioning an empty beer bottle on the carpet. He started to spin it as Kari took a seat between Yolei and Cody. It slowed near Cody, but didn't stop until it landed on Yolei. She blushed scarlet and started to turn away, but Ken leaned over and captured her lips with his own. Yolei seemed to melt into Ken as they kissed. After a few seconds they broke apart, looking equally embarrassed and pleased.
Sora took a big swig from her cup before spinning the bottle. It moved a couple feet from her force, knocking into Mimi. Sora grinned.
"Good enough for me," she said, then grabbed Mimi by the shoulders, pulling the girl close. The kiss was long, and Tai and Davis wolf-whistled as the seconds dragged on. Kari felt a pang of embarrassment, and turned to the side, only to see Cody also turned away, a look of disgust on his face.
Matt gracefully spun the bottle next, giving an amused smile as it landed on Joe. Before the older boy could say anything, Matt had leaned over, given Joe a quick kiss on the lips, and returned to his seat, cool as a cucumber. Kari laughed with the others as Joe spluttered in response.
It was TK's turn next. It took him a few tries to get the bottle spinning (Kari decided that he had spent too long with the punch), but everyone cheered when he got it going. It landed on Kari. Her mouth went dry, and she couldn't ignore the somersaults in her stomach. TK leaned over and placed his lips on hers. His breath tasted like beer and his lips were chapped and their friends were watching and it was nothing like Kari thought their first kiss would be, but it was perfect. She gave a small sigh as he pulled away, a goofy smile on his face, which Kari guessed was from all the beer.
Davis crossed his fingers after he spun the bottle, and began muttering something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like "Kari." The bottle stopped at Tai. Davis stared.
"Looks like Fate gave you the wrong Kamiya!" Yolei teased, and the others roared in laughter as Davis turned to face Tai.
Kari breathed a mental sigh of relief. The last thing she wanted was to have her first kiss with TK tainted by a kiss from Davis. Besides, the idea of watching the two Goggle boys kiss was very entertaining.
Davis was still pouting, unable to accept the twist in his plans. Tai rolled his eyes. "Oh, for Godssake," he puttered, then pulled Davis close, gave him a quick peck on the lips, and pushed him back to the right.
Tai then grabbed the bottle and spun it softly. Kari could tell he was trying to push it toward Sora, but luck wasn't with him as it landed on the opposite side of the circle to face Izzy. Tai facepalmed.
"Tai, you don't have to – " Izzy began, but Tai, determined to play the game through, took Izzy's head in his hand and knocked their foreheads together in his rush. Izzy laughed as Tai clumsily placed a kiss on the boy's mouth. They both kept laughing as Mimi rolled her eyes and picked up the bottle.
"Aw, Cody!" she cried as the bottle swung to a halt. The fourteen-year-old blinked in surprise, and Mimi placed a kiss on his forehead, earning her a round of "awws" from the group.
She rested her head on Tai's shoulder as Joe took his turn. The bottle landed directly across the circle to point at Sora. Joe pulled at his collar nervously, but the drunken girl grinned and stumbled over to pull her friend into a tight liplock. The others laughed and clapped when Joe finally pulled up for air, looking frazzled.
Izzy was still chuckling as he took the bottle and watched it spin around the group, finally resting on Ken.
"Genius kiss!" Yolei clapped in excitement. Ken smiled at her before turning toward Izzy with a focused look on his face, mirroring Izzy. The boys tried to make their kiss look as intellectual as possible, but Kari thought they looked more constipated than anything else.
Cody decided to pass on his turn, so the game went to Kari. Hoping for TK again, she watched the bottle spin around until it reached the boy's older brother. Kari smiled at Matt, who'd given Kari her first, close-mouthed kiss a few years before when she'd confided to him her fear of being a bad kisser. His lips were gentle on hers and she relaxed for the moment of contact.
Yolei, impatient for her turn, pushed between them to reach the bottle. "My turn!" she yelled, and gave it a vigorous spin, which knocked it into the punch bowl. Her friends laughed as the now-empty bowl teetered over and fell upside down on Davis' knee.
"Ew, I am NOT kissing Davis!" Yolei argued, folding her arms across her chest. Davis pulled a hurt expression and Ken, sticking up for his best friend, began to list the rules of Spin the Bottle. Kari grabbed the punch bowl and brought it into the kitchen to refill with lemonade and Coke. By the time she got back, the game had disbanded, even though Davis was complaining loudly to anyone that would listen that he "didn't even get to kiss KARI yet!"
Cody had crawled up into the armchair and was nestled like Gatomon, his eyes closed in slumber. Mimi had returned to her card game with the other boys, joined by Tai. Matt was attempting to keep a drunken Sora awake until she'd sobered up a little more. Davis and Ken were discussing Davis' plans for his trip, and Yolei and TK were building a cushion fort with the cushions from the couch. Kari left the punch by Tai and crawled into the fort to hang out with her two best friends.
One by one they all started dozing off, until only Kari and, surprisingly, Davis were awake. Kari surveyed her friends who lay haphazardly across the floor, couch, and dismantled cushion fort, and smiled in spite of herself.
"I'm gonna go get some blankets," she told Davis, and headed towards her room.
Kari leaned over her bed to pick up the quilts that were folded on it, when strong arms came around her for the second time that night.
"Oh, hey Davis," Kari greeted him without looking up. "Wanna help me bring these to the living room?"
"Kari," he whispered, his voice huskier than she could ever remember hearing it.
"That's me," she replied, still gathering quilts into her arms.
"I love you," he breathed in her ear. "I love you so much."
"Okay, Davis," she responded, and made a move to leave her room.
He grabbed her roughly and turned her to face him, then forced his lips on her own.
He pulled away after a few seconds and looked in her eyes. "I want you so much, Kari."
Kari could still taste the alcohol from his lips. "Davis, you're drunk."
He shook his head, then nodded it. "Well I am, but I know what I want. You're the only one I've ever wanted."
He pushed her down onto the bed and began kissing her again. Kari tried to fight him off, but his many years of soccer training had made him much stronger than her. She finally gave in and let him continue. After all, what was the harm in letting him kiss her? He'd forget in the morning, and then he'd leave for his month-long trip to America. His mouth left her lips and moved down her neck, pulling on the tender skin there. His hands reached up to the buttons on her flannel shirt and ripped them off. Her eyes flew open.
"Davis, please don't," she begged in a whisper, terrified that too much noise would wake the others. He didn't seem to hear her, and continued his path down her chest. Although Kari had some experience with boys, she had never felt quite as exposed as she did now.
"Davis, stop," she tried again, her voice stronger this time. Once more the boy ignored her, returning his mouth to her own while his hands fumbled for the clasp on her pants. He undid it in a rush, and yanked her pants down her legs. Kari wanted to scream but she was terrified to make any noise, lest their friends find them in this compromising position.
"I want you so much," Davis murmured between kisses. "I want you to be my first."
And suddenly she was in pain, pain that was comparable to nothing. Kari could actually feel something ripping deep inside her, some part of her body that should never have been treated with such disrespect.
"Davis, please," she whispered, afraid to say any more in case she gave in to the urge to start bawling.
"Shh..." was Davis' only response as he continued to kiss her. Kari found herself wishing she was drunk, to dull the pain. Nothing had ever felt like this.
"I love you," Davis whispered over and over. Everything was coming out of focus for Kari, with sights and smells and tastes all blurring together. Davis' voice was all that Kari could recognize as she slowly slipped under.
A/N: So there's the first chapter! This is the first fanfic I've put on here, so please review and let me know what you think!
Update: Edited! I'm going to keep updating the rest of this, but new material probably won't be coming out until my semester ends, mid-May.