Notes in the end of the chapter, please read them! Thank you~
Part 1: Yagami Taichi
"So, what do you want to do now, senpai? The soccer training is over" - Taichi looked at Daisuke, who was smiling and trying to start a chat with him; the goggle boy waited in silence for Taichi's reply, but with no response, Motomiya continued - "You know, Takeda said Sora-san was an incredible player in the team… Ah, I wonder why she left. I saw a match once, and I got impressed with 'that boy', and when I discovered that it was a girl, I was really surprised and happy. I never thought this team allowed a girl to play, and they were doing right by accepting her, right? Sora-san was, and still amazing, I'd love to play like her!"
"So you're saying I don't play well huh?" - teased Taichi, ignoring the first question - "I was the captain, watch out I can ask the coach to kick you out!"
"Would you do that, senpai?!" - Daisuke gasped, worried - "But I love soccer, and I'm not saying you're bad… Because you taught me everything I know…! It would be a disrespectful act from me to say you're a bad player! Please don't get me wrong, senpai!"
"Daisuke, I was joking…" - he shrugged - "Sora was really the best of the best players, I agree. But if she wanted to quit soccer, it's her own choice."
"And besides that… I thought you… Eh… I think I shouldn't say that…" - Daisuke blushed, holding the ball tightly - "Will you hate me if I confess it?"
"Confess what?" - Taichi frowned
"Y-you see… You and Sora-san were very close friends and I thought you two were a couple! But when I discovered she was dating Yamato-san, I got confused. I mean, you and her… You were a cute couple, I thought that it could happen to me and Hikari-chan someday, but… Now… I think it I was wrong."
"Sora and I…?" - Taichi blinked - "A couple? Where did you get that idea, Daisuke?!" - he tilted his head - "Don't you think it's creepy to have those kind of thoughts?!"
"I know, but I couldn't hold it anymore!" - Daisuke stopped and looked at the ground - "Because I'm still trying to befriend Yamato-san. I think he hates me, unlike you and Sora-san. Every time I try to talk to him or do something with him, he gets mad or replies with a grumpy face! I know we have the same crest, but he scares me!"
"So… You think Sora and I would be a better couple?" - Taichi stared at him, with narrowed eyes - "But Sora and I are friends and only friends. Yamato does not hate you, he's an idiot. That's all."
"But that idiot and you fought many times in your first adventure in the Digital World," - Daisuke innocently reminded him - "At least it was what you said when we found the Digimental of Friendship."
"I know, right? And that's why he's an idiot. Because you think he hates everyone and the reality is, he cares too much about everyone. I can say I thought the same when I met him for the first time, but later we had those fights and… We became best friends. You shouldn't judge him like that… Maybe it's your way to try to befriend him, some people don't like jokes or being cuddled like me."
"But I have no idea how to talk with him! He's more into music and I'm more into soccer! I have no idea if we have something in common besides the Crest of Friendship."
"Let me see…" - Taichi looked at Daisuke, from head to toe - "You both value friendship a lot, care too much about the others, are grumpy, lose your patience easily, can cook, likes to tease me, likes Sora, and… I think you have his height when he was 11 year old."
"I'm not grumpy!"
"Yes, you are." - Yagami giggled - "Just kidding, don't take it seriously. But I think you have something in common with him, besides being my friend and teasing me a lot."
"I don't tease you… Do I?! Do I annoy you, senpai?!" - Daisuke gasped again.
"No, you don't… Honestly, I don't mind people teasing me, except when they do that to hurt me."
"I would never be disrespectful, senpai! Ah, I need to go ask Miyako to fix my PC again! Bye!" - and Daisuke left Taichi, disappearing in the horizon.
Taichi stopped and watched Daisuke leaving until he crossed the street and went into the pink building; the Chosen of Courage kept thinking of that weird conversation they had, about how Daisuke seemed to feel scared about Yamato and the confusion about him and Sora being a couple. It couldn't make him feel bad, right? Sora was his friend and he was sure she was fine with Yamato; someone like Yamato is perfect to be a boyfriend, because Yamato understands people's feelings more than him. But he couldn't lie to himself about those unrequited love he had for Sora… He had chosen to accept her decision and support her relationship with Yamato, because they're friends after all. And he wanted to keep the "friend" status with both Yamato and Sora.
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"Tadaima" - Said Taichi, closing the door and taking off the shoes; he walked to the living room and found Hikari watching TV, alone - "Hikari? Where's mom?"
"Okaeri. She went to visit grandma" - she replied - "So, how was the training?"
"I thought you were going to watch it, like you used to do…!"
"I'm sorry, I had to work on my photobook" - Hikari looked at the floor, a bit down - "I wanted to go, but I couldn't finish it later…"
"That's okay, next time you will," - he sat by her side on the sofa - "It was fun, but… Yeah, it was fun. What are you watching…? Huh, isn't the Drama that Motomiya-senpai likes?" - He remembered of Daisuke complaining about how Jun watched 'boring dramatic dramas' on TV.
"Uh… Miyako-san said it's good. I think I'll go look for the DVDs while I go shopping next week."
"Sure… Hey, what would you do if… A friend of you were thinking another friend doesn't like that friend?" - he tried to not let Hikari discover that he was talking about Daisuke and Yamato, but of course the Chosen of Light already knew that. Daisuke hadn't been a mystery to her, because they're friends and it's very easy to know when Daisuke is upset, happy, etc. Daisuke is very emotional and always exaggerates about everything. Hikari glanced at her brother, expressionless.
"I'd try to make them get along," - Hikari said - "If you're talking about Daisuke-kun, I thought you know how he is. Daisuke-kun is a bit exaggerated, but everyone likes him, so I don't know who is this person who dislikes him… But I can't say all his methods to befriend people work with everyone…"
"No, he thinks that person hates him" - explained Taichi - "He was talking about that while we're going home, and I told him he was wrong and the person—"
"Yamato-san."
"How do you know?!"
"Because he already talked to me about it and I told him Yamato-san is nice and likes him" - she sighed, like if she was a bit tired of that subject - "It's hard for him to understand that Yamato-san is a bit different from you, who enjoys his jokes. I tried to help him once… But he didn't listen to me at all. Or he got confused and forgot about the advice I gave him."
"Oh… I see, so Daisuke came to talk about it with you too?" - Taichi know it wasn't exactly the same case, but it was similar - "And which advice you…"
"I told him to try not tease Yamato-san, that's all" - she looked for the TV's remote control, but kept talking - "I suggested him to not joke because Yamato-san doesn't like jokes at all. And I also told him Yamato-san is not 'grumpy'."
"Ah, he said the same to me" - Taichi got up and went to the kitchen - "I told him Yamato is not grumpy; Daisuke is always exaggerating about the others, geez."
"That's part of his personality" - Hikari saw the remote control and took it - "I'm used to him, especially at school. He lost a bit of his confidence when his best friend moved after Vamdemon's attack; I think Daisuke-kun is a lovely person, but…"
"He and Yamato are like the same to me. The difference is Yamato is three years older than him." - he opened a Coke can and drank it - "It can't be helped."
"But you're friend of them" - she gave a hopeful gaze to Taichi - "Maybe you can help them to get along!"
"Wh-what?!" - he almost chocked with the soda - "Me?! What the hell are you talking about?! Do you want me to go and make these two get along with each other?! That's…"
"Possible, because you know them very well" - she smiled - "I know you can help both Daisuke-kun and Yamato-san to be friends."
"Do you think so?! I have an idea, but I don't think it will work… I mean, both of them have a bad temper."
"Oniichan…!"
"I need to think about something where both could enjoy and know each other…! It shouldn't be hard… How about the Digital World? Gabumon and Agumon can help!" - he brought the soda to his room, closing the door; Hikari heard Taichi talking to himself, but she had no idea what he was talking about.
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Daisuke woke up on Sunday with his D-terminal beeping. He had brought his computer to Miyako to fix it and had kicked the D-terminal against the wall by accident; luckily, the D-terminal wasn't destroyed or something, and Miyako only had to open its circuits to reconnect the battery. But the Digimental and everything had been alright.
He got up from the bed and walked in the dark, looking for wherever he had left the D-terminal last night. When he found it, the goggle boy turned the lights on, waking the blue digimon up. Daisuke opened his inbox and saw a new message. Ah, it's Taichi-senpai, he thought.
"What are you planning to do, Taichi-senpai?" - said a tired and sleepy Daisuke - "Don't you think it's too EARLY to make me invited to check the Digital World…? And Sora-san said she was going to teach me how to bake a cake for Hikari-chan…"
"Daisuke, I'm still sleeping" - complained Chibimon - "Please."
"No, you can't sleep" - Daisuke give him a sleepy gaze - "Taichi-senpai called us. We're going… I'll send a message to Sora-san and explain what happened. Now get up and come, Vee."
"But I want to sleep!" - the digimon pouted - "That's unfair!"
"You slept the whole day yesterday, no complains!"
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At the Digital World, Taichi was waiting for Yamato and Daisuke; he had no idea if they will accept his invite to take a look in the Digital World and check if everything is fine, and he was pretty sure both wouldn't like that idea. It was too early, even Agumon wasn't happy.
"Taichi, I'm hungry" - the orange digimon poked Taichi's hand - "Can't we take the breakfast first? I think they will not show up here at this hour."
"Come on, Agumon… I'm trying to make these two get along! I can't let Daisuke keep thinking Yamato hates him! And you can eat, I'm not hungry" - Taichi showed him a small plastic bag with some cookies - "Here, take your breakfast."
The digimon took the cookies and ate them very quickly. At the horizon, Taichi saw two shadows approaching: One was yawning and the other was grumbling. The Chosen of Courage knew who they were, it were Daisuke and Yamato (respectively).
"Good morning!" - Daisuke waved, still yawning - "Senpai, I'm here— Uh?" - the goggle boy looked at Yamato, frowning - "Yamato-san? Why are you here?"
"Because your senpai said he got a mayday signal from the Digital World!" - Yamato explained, staring at Taichi - "But if you called Daisuke, why am I here?!"
"Because I want to check the Digital World with you two" - Taichi replied - "We have a little kouhai, Yamato. We should spend more time with Daisuke!"
Yamato and Daisuke looked at each other: It wasn't normal from Taichi to say something like that. It sounded like a plan… What had happened to Taichi?
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"See… Everything is okay here" - Taichi smiled at the other two, who hadn't talk to each other since the time they had met Taichi- "We could play soccer… Hey do you guys agree?"
"He's too weird today" - mumbled Yamato to Daisuke
"Ah, I agree" - the goggle boy nodded.
"What's wrong?" - Yagami frowned - "Are you two exhausted?"
"No, we're just wondering what's behind the door number one" - Yamato teased him - "You're suspicious, Taichi. You wouldn't call us here when you could solve it alone."
"I agree with Yamato-san, senpai" - Daisuke glanced at Taichi with narrowed eyes - "I'm sorry for agreeing with him, but you're acting too much suspicious. Is like you want something from us."
"S-something?" - Taichi blinked - "I want to spend my time with you two!"
"He planned to make this trip to" - Agumon almost told them, but Taichi covered the digimon's mouth. Daisuke and Yamato kept finding Taichi's behavior abnormal.
"To spend a time with you two, haha!" - Taichi lied, fighting Agumon. The orange digimon was trying to talk and Taichi was shutting his mouth.
Yamato grabbed Daisuke's shoulder and whispered - "Oi, we should keep an eye on Taichi. If we want to know what's going on here."
"Sure," - Daisuke murmured back - "I'm curious now about why he wants to spend time with us."
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Notes:
Tadaima = I'm home (you say it when you come home, if my memory is right. If there's someone at home, they reply saying "Okaeri", which if I'm not wrong means "Welcome back". PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, my Japanese is very limited and I can't translate too many stuff! I only know a bit, and I like to use it to hear the characters' voices in my head.);
Oniichan = Big brother, that's how Hikari calls Taichi;
Senpai/ Sempai = title which suggests that the addressee is one's senior in a group or organization. It is most often used in a school setting, where underclassmen refers to their upperclassmen as "sempai". It can also be used in the workplace, such as when a newer employee addresses an employee who has seniority in the company
Kouhai/Kohai = is the opposite of "sempai" and is used towards underclassmen in school or newcomers in the workplace. It connotes that the addressee is of a lower station
A writer's thoughts:
Hello, I'm Nina/Ni/digitalgate02 and I guess you have seen me around tumblr before, or just noticed that I have those old fanfiction (in Portuguese, needing someone to help me translate them to English) in this profile... But I'm back. Now with my first English fanfiction, with a help of one of my best friends Gabriel (MC_Gado/embers-frontier) to check grammar ;w;
Well, I'm not good at explaining stuff... This fanfiction starts as comedy and things get intense (you'll notice when you reach the newest chapter). And yes, I started this fic before tri. part 1, so this is not a "coincidence" but intentional. I'm still deciding if I'll continue it following my own assumptions/theories for tri. or just put it on a small hiatus until Daisuke comes back. Because Daisuke is part of the main cast of this fic, and perhaps an important character in the plot.
You will also notice that I use the original names plus portrayal and a bit of my own headcanons. Yes, I use suffixes and I have a chart of all the main characters (except for tri.) and how they call each other. I also ask you to be patient with me, I'm not very expert and I'm always re-writing my stuff when I find something inaccurate (story or cultural-wise). Again, English isn't my first language but I do my best to write something "understandable".
Thank you for reading and please tell me your thoughts~