A Day in the Life by xDarcyDarknessx
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.
Warning: Boy x boy (whatever word you want to use for it), language, violence.
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A Day In The Life – Prologue
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Yamato Ishida curled up closer to the toned body next to him. He could smell his lover's hair, and was intoxicated on its scent. Everything was perfect. The blonde teen felt secure and safe in his best friend's arms.
He opened his eyes reluctantly and sat up a little. He wanted to watch Taichi sleep. He had seen the brunette sleeping before, but never before had he looked so calm, so at peace. A small smile graced Tai's lips, and seeing it made Yamato smile, too.
The sleeping boy began to stir. Yamato ran a pale hand through his friend's chestnut brown hair as Tai opened his eyes. Seeing Yamato, his smile grew wider. He opened his mouth. His voice was so beautiful…
"Yamato, I love y- BEEPBEEPBEEP!"
A still smiling Yamato woke up to the sound of his alarm clock ringing, snuggled up with his pillow.
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His best friend's dreams were less pleasant.
Taichi was on the soccer field, feeling the wind blow through his hair. It was the perfect day: not a cloud in the sky, and all of his friends in the stands cheering him on.
Suddenly, the wind turned cold. The sky turned dark. A shiver ran down Taichi's spine as he stopped running, and watched as his teammates stalked towards him. They seemed angry.
It was the right-wing, Francis, who shoved him down first. The others formed a circle around Taichi. Within an instant it seemed as though they were all on him, punching and kicking him senseless. He shut his eyes, trying to ignore the pain. He could hear what they yelled at him now, during the assault. Homo. Pansy. Faggot. The names almost hurt more than the physical pain.
Then, the attack ceased. His friends now stood around him, mournful expressions on their faces.
Daisuke was angry. I looked up to you, Taichi. Miyako and Iori just looked confused. Takeru stared down at his feet, refusing to make eye contact with Tai. Ken was the only one who looked at him with understanding, maybe even a little pity. He knew what it was like to be hated.
Mimi was crying. Sora looked heartbroken. I always thought we'd be together eventually, Tai. I guess not. Koushiro and Jyou were silent, for once in their lives facing an issue simple logic couldn't solve.
Hikari looked disappointed in her brother. Her eyes were brimming with tears. How could you, Taichi? How can I love you now? We had the perfect family. You've ruined everything. Why'd you go and fuck up like this? Tai gasped. He had never heard Hikari curse before, and he would never expect her to hate him. She didn't hate anything. Well, except for evil, but Tai wasn't evil… was he?
Tai didn't understand what he had done wrong. Was it really because he was gay? He hadn't told anyone, not a soul. How could they know?
He watched as the Digidestined slowly retreated, leaving him alone, beaten and bruised on the soccer field. A solitary figure approached.
"'Chi?" Yamato's voice was full of worry and concern for the brunette. Taichi could hear him struggling to hold back tears. "Taichi!"
Tai tried to speak, tried to comfort his best friend, but instead he coughed. His throat burned and he tasted blood. He couldn't stop coughing now.
Yamato was panicking. Taichi felt dizzy. He saw light.
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Taichi opened his eyes to the assaulting light and glanced across his room to see Hikari standing in the doorway. He guessed that she had been the one to turn on the light and save him from his nightmares.
"Come on, 'Chi, hurry up. You'll be late for school again if you don't get your lazy butt out of bed."
Tai bolted out of bed and raced to give his little sister a hug. "I love you, Hikari."
Hikari was surprised at the seemingly random display of affection, but smiled anyway. "Love you too, Taichi. Now go have a shower and I'll make you breakfast."
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Yamato couldn't remember the last time he had felt so happy, and couldn't find the reason for it. He had just woken up that morning with the feeling that everything was going right for once. He didn't remember the dream.
He showered, got dressed in his navy blue school uniform, then returned to the washroom to style his hair and do his makeup.
Yamato had started wearing eyeliner at Teenage Wolves gigs soon after joining the band. He didn't like that whenever his friends, or anyone else for that matter, took a picture, he felt like his eyes looked so tiny and dull, so he had started using the stuff. Just last year he had started wearing it to school, and using cover-up to hide his acne. The reactions from his classmates hadn't all been positive, but the fangirls loved it.
Yamato had to keep the fangirls happy. They were the ones who would buy the albums, wear the t-shirts, come to gigs, promote the band, and give him blowjobs after shows just because he was Yamato Ishida of the Teenage Wolves.
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Tai towel dried his hair after getting out of the shower. Wrapping the damp towel around his hips, he headed to the kitchen where Hikari had set out a plate of eggs and toast for him. She had already left for school. She really does care about me, he thought, grabbing the plate and heading for his room to try to eat and get dressed simultaneously.
He thought of Ken. As the Digimon Kaiser, Ken had done horrible and seemingly unforgivable things to the Digimon, but as kids they had all looked past that and helped him come out of his shell to grow as a person and realize who he really was. Would the Digidestined accept Tai over something more trivial, like sexuality? He was almost certain that they would. Most, if not all of them, would be there for him, and would talk some sense into anyone who wasn't. Tai smiled, realizing that his dream had probably been very far from reality.
Tai knew he'd have to face his fears sometime. It had always been easier when he was younger and had all of his friends by his side, and he knew that he might need them by his side to help him through this, too. He had to tell them. The worst thing to do would be to bottle the fear up inside him and risk slipping into the darkness, as many of the others had done. Being Digidestined meant that fear was always a very real threat.
He decided that he would tell Hikari first, since she was his little sister, but also because she was the most caring and understanding person Taichi knew. Hikari loved him unconditionally. Next, he would tell his parents, then Yamato, his best friend, then the rest of the Digidestined, and finally, the rest of the world. Oh, and the Digital World, too. He didn't know if Agumon and the others were even aware of what sex and sexuality were, but he knew that the little dinosaur would stick by his side no matter what.
Taichi headed down the stairs in his apartment to the parking garage. Climbing into his beat-up Honda, he drove off to school with a heavy weight on his shoulders.
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Yamato finished the last of his cereal, placing the bowl in the sink. He grabbed his blazer and school shoes from the closet next to the front door and pulled them on. Wrapping a black and grey striped scarf around his neck, he headed out the door and towards the bus stop, still unable to shake the feeling that something good was going to happen.
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Author's Note: How was it? This is the first chapter of my first story, so please review to let me know how I'm doing. The next chapter will be up in a couple of days (a week at most).