Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon or any of their characters. I really wish I did though *sigh*

A/N: Hey guys! First Takari FanFic here, also my first official FanFic. Hope you all would enjoy reading my FanFics, encouragements are always welcomed :D

Chapter 1

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Those painful words ran through Takeru's mind as he looked at the stars shining brightly is the vast night sky. He had never felt so defeated before. His radiant blue eyes slowly turn teary as he thought, "When was the last time I shed a tear?" Takeru is no longer a crybaby like he was when he was 8 years old. He is 15 years old now. His heart felt numb as he dragged his feet back into his room from the balcony. He threw himself onto his comfortable bed which seemed like his only companion left. He softly closed his eyes and reflected on what happened earlier today at school.

~Flashback begin~

"Hikari, wait up!" It was Ryou, the badminton club captain of Odaiba High School. "Oh hi Ryou, what's up?" questioned Hikari. This moment, Takeru just got out of classroom and saw the conversation between the two of them and he stood just out of their sight. Ryou is an energetic guy with a nicely built body with a height about 175cm. "I finally caught up, I thought I'd be too slow today!" claimed Ryou. "So what's going on?" asked Hikari in an innocent tone. "Hikari, I know we haven't known each other for very long, but I feel that you are a very nice girl, so I would like to ask… will you be my girlfriend?" Hikari stood rooted to the ground as that question was posed to her. All she could say was, "I…I…" and nothing else came out. "I know it's very hard for you to make a decision now, but consider this as a chance given to me, I promise I will do my best to make you happy." said the young man. "I guess…" "Is that a yes, Hikari?" Hikari gave a small acknowledging nod and Ryou was over the moon as he jumped and grabbed hold of Hikari's hand and offered to walk her home. Takeru saw all this while out their sight. The next thing he saw was a text message from Hikari. "I'm sorry Takeru, I have something on today, you can go back home first without me." "Th…This can't be true…" Takeru thought and his phone slipped out of his hand and the screen had a slight crack.

~Flashback end~

Takeru lied on his bed, feeling totally defeated. He questioned himself as to why he had not asked Hikari to be his girlfriend earlier. Now, it could all be over for him after today's incident. He stoned on his bed, motionless, other than his pair of eyes that seemed to be filled with tears. The room was still, no movement at all until Nancy Takaishi, Takeru's mother broke the silence. "Takeru, come out now, dinner's ready!" Takeru was unable to hear those words, he continued to lie down on his bed with that expressionless look on his face. Receiving no response on Takeru's end, Nancy called once again and yet again, no response from Takeru at all. All that Takeru felt now was a cold drop of tear running down his cheek by the side. Feeling that something was wrong, Nancy opened the door to Takeru's room and immediately felt the icy cold atmosphere that lingers in the room. All she saw was her son lying down on the bed with that pair of teary eyes. After a brief delay, Takeru sat up and insensitively told his mother off, "Why didn't you knock on the door before coming in?!" "I called you to come out for dinner twice and you decide to just keep silent, does that justify my action of coming in without knocking?" claimed Nancy. "Whatever." said Takeru in an annoyed tone. "Why are you crying son? What happened?" asked Nancy in a concerned voice. "It's none of your business, besides you won't understand what I'm going through…" replied Takeru once again in the same annoyed tone.

Those words kept the room silent until Nancy decides that she should not interfere since Takeru had put it that way. "Anyways, dinner's ready, so you could you come out now to eat?" asked Nancy in a soft and patient tone. "Later…" replied Takeru in a weak voice. After Nancy left the room, closing the door, Takeru decided to get up and sit in front of his desk. He looked at his photo frame, it was a photo that Hikari and him took together after their final year in elementary school. He convinced himself that one day, he would ask Hikari to be his girlfriend and without question, she would willingly accept considering how long they had knew and been with each other since they were 8 years old. Looks like things were not going the way he had expected it to be, the girl that he liked for so long had accepted someone else. He dropped his forehead on the desk and closed his eyes tightly that a last drop of tear could fall out of his eye landing on the carpeted floor of the room. All he could visualize now was Hikari's smile, it was her beautiful smile that led to him feeling that she was the only one he could accept. Now, it appears that it may no longer be the case.

"Why Hikari? Why did you leave me alone? I thought we were supposed to be together…" Takeru thought to himself feeling indignant over the lost of his girl of light. Feeling heartbroken, we went to the kitchen to get his dinner and brought it back to his room but have no appetite at all. He was feeling so empty that all he felt was his breathing and there was nothing around him. Seeing her son so down and out, Nancy knew that she have to do something to cheer him up, but knowing that it could make things worse, she hesitated on making a move. Suddenly, something caught his attention, it was a vibration in his pocket. He took out his phone, still having that crack from the drop this morning and saw a text message. It was from Hikari. He opened the message and it read, "How did things go today Takeru? I'm sorry that I couldn't go home with you today, I hope you didn't mind. I see you tomorrow okay? :)" The naive girl still had no idea that Takeru had already known what was going on, but was just keeping silent about it. That message that he read hurt him even more but he could not bear to blame Hikari as she was so sweet to him every time and it had never changed since they knew each other.

Nancy decided to call up Yamato, hoping that as an elder brother, he could do something to help Takeru. Yamato agreed to drop by in a few minutes since he was not busy with anything that night. Yamato dressed himself casually and headed straight for the Takaishi's residence. Meanwhile, at the Yagami's residence, Hikari just placed down her phone. "Does Takeru know about my relationship with Ryou? If he doesn't, should I tell him? I may hurt him, but Ryou is a nice person, I can't bear to hurt either of them… What should I do…?" Hikari thought to herself, just starting to worry about the possible effects of her choice and action. As usual, she calmed herself down after taking a deep breath and started telling everything to her most trusty companion that keeps all secrets, her diary.

"Dear Diary,

Today was a normal day for me at school, except the things that happened was unusual. The badminton club captain Ryou asked me to be his girlfriend and I accepted him. But I really wasn't sure of my choice. I really like Takeru, he had been my best friend for so long but he had never asked to be my boyfriend before, maybe he wanted us to maintain our friendship and not go any further. I was hesitant about my choice. Will I hurt Takeru if he knows that I am going out with another guy? I really don't know now, maybe I shouldn't let him know so we can still be friends, but will he mind if I keep this from him? Diary, please help and guide me. I am really lost…"

Completing her diary entry, she closed that pink book of her personal life away onto her bookshelf and decides to finish the assignment given today which Takeru had yet to touch at all since he was devastated by today's incident. Yamato arrived at the Takaishi's residence not long later and Nancy lets him in and Yamato told her that everything would be fine. Yamato knocked on the door a few times. "Mum, please don't bother me now, I want to be alone…" said Takeru. "Takeru it's me, Yamato, could you open the door please?" asked Yamato. Takeru, hearing the voice of his dear brother, opened the door and lets him in. Yamato decided to strike up a conversation as soon as possible before the silence dampens Takeru's spirit even further. "So Takeru, what's going on? You didn't even eat your dinner." asked Yamato in a concerned voice. "I don't want a lecture from you too, I just don't feel so good…" replied Takeru. "Are you sick? Mind telling your brother what is wrong? Maybe I can help you." claimed Yamato. "You probably can't help me *sigh*" replied Takeru in a low voice. "But could you at least tell me what happen?" questioned Yamato. "Okay, but please don't tell mum, I don't want her to bother about this…" said Takeru. "Okay, I promise I won't tell her now shoot, telling me may make you feel better." Takeru proceeds to tell his trustworthy brother about today's incident and how he felt towards it.

Hearing Takeru's heartbreaking story, Yamato decided to say something in the attempt to cheer him up. "Takeru, it's okay. Give Hikari some time, maybe she will be yours one day, just don't give up okay lil bro?" Sure enough those words though sound encouraging, did not help to raise Takeru's current self esteem after what he personally consider being a terrible defeat. Losing the girl that he liked for so long just because he did not gather the courage to make a move and someone else did. What's worse, Ryou only knew Hikari for barely half a year. Yamato could not help to intervene with this issue, all he could do was to cheer his little brother up, just like Takeru said, he cannot help him with this problem. Yamato soon left Takeru's room to let him have sometime alone as he feel that he needs it considering it to be a relationship issue. Yamato personally already knew that Takeru had liked Hikari for a long time and had shown a lot of concern to her. It is no surprise that the incident presented itself as a huge blow to Takeru, both directly and also to his ego. He would have felt the same if something similar happened to him.

After a rather short chat with his mother and telling her that it was time that Takeru needs, he said goodbye and went back home, hoping that things turn out better for Takeru. At the Yagami's residence, while Hikari was trying to finish her assignment, she could not get her mind off the issue as of yet. Taichi walked in and saw the troubled look on his dear sister's face and jokingly asked, "What's on your mind? Takeru again is it?" That was simply asking for a rebuttal and he received one immediately. "Tai, go watch your TV or play your computer game and stop bothering me. And even if it's about Takeru so what?" replied Hikari. "So you admitted eh?" asked Taichi, purposely trying get Hikari's attention. "Tai, please, I have homework to finish and okay if I admit it could you stop bothering me? At least for today?" requested Hikari. "Okay, I was just concerned Hikari, you just look so troubled to me, heck not just me, anyone could tell that you are troubled." replied Taichi. "Thanks Tai." commented Hikari as she got up from her seat, walked over to Taichi and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Well that was sweet…" smiled Tai. Hikari went back to finishing her near completion assignment while Taichi just lie down on his bed reading a comic book which caused him in falling asleep not long after.

It was getting really late, and Takeru knew that he would probably be given detention for not completing his assignment but that could not bother him more than Ryou being with Hikari. Just as the digital clock showed 23.30, Takeru decides to just sleep and try to forget the pain of in his heart for the day. Simultaneously, at the Yagami's residence, Hikari's phone lighted up just as she was about to clear her desk after finishing the two hours long assignment. It was a message from Ryou. "I know you're still awake Hikari, have a sweet dream tonight, I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!" That message had Hikari feeling better about their relationship, but how will it turn out between her and Takeru? Hikari hurried and get dressed for bed and was hoping things would turn out fine.

"Takeru…" the last word that Hikari whispered just before her sleep.

With barely six hours of sleep, the next day of school came and both Takeru and Hikari did their morning routine and prepared for school. Just as Takeru pick up his bag on his bed and was about to leave his room, the photo frame on his desk with the same picture caught his attention briefly and reminded him of everything. Talk about a sleep to forget the pain when all it takes is a photo and you remember the pain. On their way to Odaiba High, they met each other at a turn just before reaching school.

"T…Takeru…"

A/N: Well guys, how was it, this is only 1 chapter of a potentially long... or maybe short story, I have no idea. If you enjoyed the story please tell me and if you disliked the story in anyway tell me as well. Reviews and PMs are welcomed, I hope to write better in time to come :P Well, I'm off to preparing Chapter 2.