A/N: Here it is, my Dirty Little Secret sequel. This chapter is just a pilot really, just to see how it's appreciated and what not and also to set out the basis for the story. It also contains a few moments of silliness. Heh. The rest of the chapters should be longer than this.

Oh, and the title may well change from Fragile Webs, I don't know.


Chapter One: Typical Day

"Toast?" Taichi offered as Yamato wandered into the kitchen.

Yamato grunted in response, sitting down at the kitchen table as Taichi slid a plate of toast toward him.

"Hikari's still here, mum's in work already and I have to go to soccer practice before school, okay?" Taichi explained.

Yamato looked up from his breakfast and realised Taichi was already dressed. He lazily watched the brunette as he bounded across the kitchen to pick up his school bag. How was it possible for one person to have so much energy at 7.30 in the morning?

"I'll see you in Maths," Taichi bounced over to Yamato, planting a kiss on the back of his head before gliding out of the door to head for soccer practice.

Yamato chewed at his toast slowly, wondering whether or not he'd bother showing up for school.

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Taichi headed into the school's empty changing rooms. Unsurprisingly he was the first there. He quickly changed into his soccer kit and was just pulling on his trainers when one of his team mates, Hiraku, strolled in.

"Taichi," The tall boy sneered, "How's that Captain's post treating you?"

"Great thanks," Taichi smiled genuinely, ignoring the envy that twisted Hiraku's words.

Just because Taichi was popular and nice to everyone in school (bar Yamato) didn't mean that everyone liked him. Hiraku in particular was jealous of Taichi's popularity, soccer skills and captain of the soccer team position.

"Hopefully not for long," Hiraku threatened.

Taichi just rolled his eyes to himself before flashing Hiraku a small smile. He'd lost count of the number of times the boy had threatened his position.

A silence settled between the two boys as Hiraku began to change. Eventually the rest of the team filed in and a loud chatter aroused between the group before they headed out for training.

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"I'm going to school now, you going?" Hikari strode through the kitchen.

Yamato shook his head, "I'm waiting 'til there's no one around outside to see me leaving,"

"Ah right, can't be seen leaving Taichi Yagami's apartment. After all, he's your dirty little secret," Hikari winked playfully. Yamato stared at her dumbfounded, a blush creeping across his cheeks, "Me and my brother are close you know," she smiled at Yamato's response. Hikari and the two boys attended different schools but she knew how they liked to keep their relationship secret. In fact, she and her mother were the only other people who knew about them.

"Right," Yamato grumbled, still tired.

"Well I'm off, have a nice day!" Hikari sang as she skipped out of the apartment door, letting it swing shut behind her.

Yamato stood up and stumbled from the kitchen back into Taichi's bedroom, flipping back on to the bed, resting his eyes. It didn't matter if he fell asleep and missed lessons. They didn't matter to him anymore. Ever since his father… No, nothing mattered. He felt his eyes slowly droop as sleep took over him once more, and he cuddled up to the sheets that smelt so sweetly of Taichi.

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After a boring, sweaty practice, Taichi changed back into his school uniform and headed toward his first lesson through the crowded school corridors.

"Hey Tai!" An upbeat feminine voice called from behind him as he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see his friend Sora walking just behind him.

"Oh, howdy you," he took a step backwards then fell in step with his auburn-haired friend.

"How's things?" Sora asked, linking her arm through his.

"Er, good," Taichi laughed nervously, unlatching his arm from Sora's. Sora and Taichi had always been good friends, and he really liked her, but not in the same way she liked him. They both knew that, but it was always awkward when she was acting a little too friendly towards him, "Yourself?" He added quickly, not wanting to sound rude.

"Oh, I'm okay," Sora sighed, looking hurt he'd pulled away from her.

"That's good," He smiled down at her openly, he cared about her and never wanted to hurt her but he couldn't help it if he didn't feel the same, and he wasn't the sort to lie to her just to spare her feelings. She respected that though, and smiled cautiously back up at him.

They walked down the rest of the corridor in silence until they reached Taichi's English classroom.

"Right, well this is my class. See you at lunch right?" Taichi smiled, striding into the class to take his seat.

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The lesson itself was fairly boring, just making notes on another poem. Taichi spent much of it gazing out the window thinking about Yamato, until half way through the lesson when he stared at his watch and smiled to himself cunningly.

"Right. About. Now," he whispered, amused, as his watch flashed over to 9.30.

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A loud, inconsistent and extremely irritating series of beeps woke Yamato from his short-lived sleep. He rolled over and glared at Taichi's alarm clock in disgust.

"Stupid fucking alarm!" He shouted, thumping down on the off button before sheepishly realising he'd just been yelling at an inanimate object. He glanced at the clock to check the time; it was half past nine exactly. Half an hour until Yamato and Taichi had a math lesson together. So that was why the alarm went off. Yamato smirked to himself as he stood up and wandered out of Taichi's bedroom, picking up his school bag as he went. He grabbed the spare keys from the stand near the door and left the apartment, locking the door behind him and carefully pocketing the key before making his way to school.

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"Oh look, the loner's actually in," someone sneered as Yamato stood opposite the line that was queuing up waiting to get into the maths class.

"What a shocker," Taichi joined in; eyes locking with Yamato's for just long enough to cast him a cheeky look of amusement at the tired expression on Yamato's face that was all due to him keeping the blonde up all night then setting the alarm to make sure he got into school in time for Maths.

"Dude, what's with the muddy trousers? It's like he hasn't changed since yesterday," Someone else scoffed.

"Yeah, maybe-"

"Come on in now class, sorry I'm late," The math teacher interrupted the insults, unlocking the classroom door. The class barged their way in, Taichi slamming into Yamato on the way.

"Hey watch it jackass," Yamato growled loudly before taking his seat at the back corner of the room. He unpacked his books and dropped his bag on the chair next to him. With his hands under the table he slowly unravelled the screwed up piece of paper Taichi had artfully slid into his hands as they'd slammed into each other. The note read:

'Last night was great. Mine again tonight?

- DLS

P.S. Sorry about the alarm. Didn't want to go the whole day without seeing you though.'

It was scrawled on a scrap piece of paper more than likely torn from his English book and was signed with a smiley face and a heart. Yamato allowed himself a brief smile before crumpling the note back up and shoving it in his pocket. He considered starting their occasional argument in an attempt for them to get thrown out of class together but decided against it. They'd done it too often recently, and people may start suspecting.

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The rest of the morning went by quickly, other than in Maths the boys didn't see each other until lunchtime when Yamato pursued Taichi in the boys' toilets. As Taichi was at the sink washing his hands, Yamato turned on the hand-dryer so no one else in the toilets would hear him as he walked past the brunette and growled a response to his note.

"I'll be there, oh, and as for the alarm trick? I hate you," He joked, then walked back out, heading for his usual hang-out behind the sports sheds as Taichi went his own way and joined his popular friends in the lunch hall.

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Yamato opened his bag, carelessly removing a full packet of cigarettes. He lit one up and lent against the wall, taking a deep drag and looking up, blowing the smoke skywards. He watched it as it slowly disappeared into the atmosphere, still there, just gone from human sight. He kept his eyes on the clouds for a good few minutes before being brought back to earth by the sound of a human voice growing louder as the owner came closer, eventually merging into sight.

Before Yamato stood a girl he hadn't ever seen around school before, though that came as hardly a shock to him considering his attendance. She had blue-black hair that seemed short at the back but grew longer toward the front. Her school uniform looked new but she'd clearly adjusted it herself, the skirt hitched up so that he could almost see every inch of her pale thin legs, the shirt tied in a knot almost cowgirl style, showing off her toned stomach and pierced navel. She held a phone to her ear as she talked into it before taking notice of Yamato, who simply stood frowning at her, as he took another puff of his cigarette. His loud exhalation drew her attention to him, and she quickly said her goodbyes to whoever she was talking to and hung up her phone.

"Can I help you?" Yamato scowled as she stood there watching him.

"Shit, sorry, um no, just looking around for a good place to smoke," She smiled knowingly and he watched her lips perk at the corners, noting the piercing below the centre of her lower lip. Her face was small and delicate, but her eyes were green, large and alive, lined neatly but heavily in black kohl.

"Right," Yamato shrugged, he really couldn't care less.

"I'm new here," She explained, "The name's Rei," She mindlessly adjusted her shirt, drawing Yamato's attention back to her outfit.

"Uh huh. Bit revealing for school, isn't it?" He gestured to her outfit with his cigarette hand before putting it back to his mouth, drawing from it once more.

"So? I don't hear you complaining," She winked.

"I just did," He growled, stubbing his cigarette out on the wall, throwing it to the floor as he walked away leaving the new girl standing alone, confused at the rebel's reaction. She would have been embarrassed if she ever gave a shit.

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"Ah, welcome home," Yamato greeted Taichi happily as the brunette bounced through the apartment door.

"Yama! You're here early!" Taichi beamed, jumping towards the blonde and hugging him lightly.

"I left school after lunch," Yamato explained, "After getting hit on by some new chick," He watched Taichi carefully to see his reaction.

"What?" Taichi's smile hardened into a frown.

"Don't ask me, I was as pissed as you are. She just walked up to me in some stupid sluttish adaptation of the uniform and winked at me and said something about me not complaining about it. I think her name was Rei or something,"

"Oh, her," Taichi's face wrinkled in something like disgust, "She joined my I.T. lesson this afternoon. Complete weirdo. Hit on Izzy of all people, then started to mouth off at the teacher,"

"Haha, Izzy as in Koushiro? What did he do?" Yamato laughed.

"Blushed and turned away. Anyway I'm going for a shower, haven't done so since practice," Taichi kissed Yamato's lips briefly before skipping off to the bathroom. Yamato looked around the kitchen and decided there was nothing else to do whilst Taichi was in the shower but make tea.

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"How's that meal coming baby?" Taichi asked from the door way, now fully dressed in jeans and a t-shirt with his drying hair sticking out in every direction imaginable. Yamato stood at the kitchen counter wearing Taichi's mothers pink apron as he chopped vegetables.

"Just fine," Yamato said, his mind more on the cooking.

Taichi smiled at his handsome boyfriend. He never knew what on earth Yamato was cooking, but it always tasted so good, better than anything his mother could cook anyway and come to think of it he looked damned better in that apron than his mother did.

Yamato slid the diced vegetables into a pan and then turned to face Taichi.

"Couldn't you have done something to tame that mess?" Yamato taunted, gesturing at Taichi's hair.

"Hah! Just cause you spend hours in the mirror fussing over your hair like a girl, Yama, doesn't mean I have to!" Taichi teased with a wink.

"Sometimes I think maybe you should Taichi," Yamato put on his best disapproving face.

"Meh, I don't really need products and effort to look gorgeous now, do I?" Taichi wrapped his arms around his boyfriend's slender waist as Yamato rested his arms on the slightly shorter boy's shoulders.

"Hmm, I'm not sure about that," Yamato joked.

"Hey!" Taichi protested before he was silenced by a warm kiss from Yamato, which was broken when they heard a key in the door and Taichi's mother Mae Yagami strolled in.

"Now, now boys, calm down in my kitchen," She laughed, walking through the kitchen as Hikari trailed in behind her. The boys jumped apart, blushing slightly.

"Sorry mum," Taichi mumbled.

"Don't worry. Smells great in here! Cooking for us again are you Yamato?" Mae smiled.

Yamato nodded and Taichi watched as his mother and his boyfriend conversed over what Yamato was cooking. He inwardly grinned, he and his family were the only people who ever saw this side of Yamato, and he loved keeping him all for himself. He was so different in school, and Taichi never really understood why, though it worked to keep their reputations intact. Yamato had only started attending the same school as Taichi six months ago, and Taichi knew nothing of his past. All he knew was that for some reason Yamato now lived with an uncle who was rarely around. Every time Taichi tried to talk to him about it, Yamato would cleverly steer away from the topic as a momentary look of pain and regret flashed in his eyes.


Yes, I gave Tai's mum a whole new name because I couldn't remember for the life of me what her real one was, or if she even had one. Even so, I probably didn't like it anyway. So from now on she is Mae. I'm allowed, it's my story, so there. :) :p

I'd wanted to end it on a cliffhanger, but hey, wouldn't have worked.

Review and let me know what you think please. :)

-- Even Gods Dream, 2007