Tastes like Guilmon Bread
Digimon Tamers: Takato M. x Jenrya L.
Rated: T
What's Happenin': Ever since the Digimon left back to their world, Takato has been acting a little strange and always seemed to be left alone. Jenrya found it a little suspicious and decided to find out what happened to his best friend until stumbling to a familiar place that started to reveal secrets from the boy.
Tastes like Guilmon Bread
Jenrya's POV
I was just curious. Takato always seemed to be going of somewhere on his own and he always seem to have a face that seemed lonely and sad. He doesn't wait up with me to hang out anymore. So I thought, I'll talk to him and see where he's going and see if we could hang out even if we didn't have Terriormon or Guilmon with us. The last time I talked to him was like, last month and he had to go work at his parent's bakery. But then when I went over to buy some bread and asked where Takato was, his parents said that he went out.
I wondered if I did or said something to him, so I got worried. I just only wanted to talk to him, or have anyone talk to me. And I liked his company better than anyone else, except Terriormon. He's an exception, ignoring all the noises he makes, he's a great friend. But the way I talk with Takato was innocent and soft, not intimidating like Ruki or annoying like Kazu with his card playing with me. Maybe that's why I like him. Really like like him.
I waited for him one day near the school gates after school, hoping he'll notice and come by to say hi. It's spring and it's gone a little cold but warm too. It hasn't been that long ever since we had to say goodbye to our Digimon. It's so easy to notice him even when he doesn't wear the goggles on his head anymore.
"Takato!" I said with a loud voice that people looked at my way but really don't care, waving to him. I really haven't seen him in a while. He didn't seem to notice me at first but I think he did, seeing his eyes locked with mine for a nanosecond but looked away to somewhere else. It looked like he was nervous to see me almost. But he came over anyway and smiled when he saw me. I love seeing him smile. It's like I could be happy when I'm with him, just seeing him smile was like the life for me.
"Jen…How are you?" It was sort of weird, him being polite to me. Usually I'm the one who says the formal things but it sort of made him look calmer and mature wise. His eyes were sort of happy to see me though it looked like he was in a hurry from the impatient look in his eyes. That was interesting.
"Fine, a little tired from classes but yea. You?"
"It's okay. The same…just…" Glancing around him, it was almost as if he was searching for Guilmon again, like that first day I met him. That's when it hit me.
"Oh…I see what you mean." I was longing for Terriormon too. But it looked like he was more lonely than before. Of course that's because he created Guilmon.
"Yea…So how's Shiuchon?" I sighed heavily at the name of my sister that popped up.
"I guess you can say she's still crying over Lopmon… Nothing else changed though."
"Not really…Uhh, sorry Jen, I have to get to work at my parent's place." That excuse again. He's lying. I sort of feel angry but I let it go. He has to have a reason. This is why I could follow him, so I gave him a pat on the shoulder.
"Oh, well then, I'll talk to you another time okay?" I saw him flinch at the touch of his shoulder and I thought I gave him static electricity but then I saw his cheeks turn pink. I loved it when he blushed; it was so cute my heart skipped a beat for that. But that was kind of weird. He never did that before when I touched him.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He mumbled in a small voice and quickly looked away, walking fast away from me and waved back to me while walking.
I waited until he walked out of the gates then I started following. I wasn't just suspicious but just curious too. He lied about working at his parent's place and that's a bit of a blow. He was lucky I didn't tell his parents that he told me that he was working there. But I wouldn't tell on him anyway.
I see him walking at the street and started to walk about 10 to 20 feet away, since I could recognize his goggles and backpack from behind. He started walking near the bridge where we fought a lot of the Digimon and it trickled my memory of where we're going.
We're going back to where our adventure started, back to the old hideout where we hid Guilmon from his parents and everything from the world. I was surprised and at the same time wasn't, because really, it should have been obvious from where he's going.
The more we got closer, the more nervous and twitchy he got. Even looking back twice scared the heck out of me when I was started to follow him after hiding in an alley. He can really scare people without trying, makes my heart pound over fear and something else that I couldn't describe.
We're in the park now, almost where the dark familiar hideout was. Walking up the long steps, he kept looking around, almost like he's walking in a circle while walking backwards, his eyes darting to the trees as if someone would pop up and scare the heck out of him. But his eyes, those maroon eyes that were so nervous looking were receiving a sense of calmness as he approaches more toward the black creaky gates. It made me wonder what was inside. Last time when we were there, there was the digital portal but there shouldn't have been there anymore.
When he carefully opened the gates with one hand while the other was holding on to the strap of his backpack then closing it behind him, leaving me to get really close to the gates. I had to look at the ground to make sure I didn't kick any rocks or something, then he'll know I'm here.
This is feels like an adventure already or like I'm solving some big mystery that only I'll know about. Okay this was getting kind of stupid. Being near the gates already made me nervous and I don't know what to do next cause there's only a big space there and there's no space to tail him inside there is there?
I heard a thump, probably dropped his backpack then a scrape. I wonder what he's doing about to peek in but then heard mumbling or some muffled noise. Is he talking to someone? I couldn't really hear what he was saying but I heard him sit down on the rocks or the rubble there. I thought I could leave him here, thinking he just wants to be by himself or find out who he was talking to.
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Okay, just a peek… I turned my body to face against the wall so it looked like I was leaning on it for support and I took a small look, just between the gates. It was just for a second but it mad my heart beat fast if he caught me following him.
He was alone, and he was sitting. Just sitting where Guilmon was always laying and playing around with Terriormon. I thought I caught a small smile on his face or maybe it was just a frown. He was talking to himself, or at least he was pretending to be talking with Guilmon.
I turned back with the back against the wall and slumped down, just thinking about him sitting there, alone. Just thinking back about the old times. I wish I could be with him. I wish I could hear what he's saying. I wish he'll talk to me instead of talking to the air that might listen or give advice to. But maybe that's what he need, someone to listen to him.
I looked up with a jolt, having an idea that I could probably listen into his voice and his talk with 'Guilmon'. I was a geek after all. I smiled, hoping that maybe something good would come out of this.
(O.o) I don't know what do you guys think? Is it weird? Is it a bit…I don't know, ehhh…I just really don't know…..
Update- 2/15/12