A/N: Sup Guys! Silver Tongue Joe, back with yet another one shot! Having some writer's block with The Dark One, and the reaction to my first one shot was really good so I figured why not throw another one out there? Anyway, this is a much more light-hearted one, and let's be honest; there's not enough Daikari out there as it is, so a fluffly one shot is something all of us fans could use! Anywho, as always please read and REVIEW!

Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, but I do a pair of goggles.

The Walk Home

"Thanks, come again!" the manager of the ice cream parlor called out as two teenagers exited his shop. One was a taller boy, his burgundy shade hair cut short, and a pair of goggles hanging around his neck over his green high school uniform. Walking next to him was a shorter brunette girl with a short ponytail, a thin gold bracelet with a strange symbol on it adorning her wrist. They enjoyed their ice cream in silence, walking along the mostly empty streets as the fall breeze blew, keeping them cool as leaves fluttered down around them. The brunette sighed contentedly, looking over at her companion and smiling brightly "Thanks for the treat Davis. You were right it was just what I needed."

The boy, now identified as Davis, grinned toothily at her "See? I told ya so. You should really take my advice more often Kari."

The girl, known as Kari, giggled "I guess so. Especially after that pop quiz Mr. Nakatara pulled on us. I mean come on! We only started learning about the Edo period last week! We've barely covered any material!"

Davis chuckled "Aw, come on, it wasn't that bad. And that's coming from me!"

Kari pouted at him "That's because somehow you're the only one who even passed it! Seriously, did you cheat? You know what'll happen if you did and I tell Tai..." she trailed off, narrowing her eyes playfully.

Davis waved a hand at her, grinning "Naw, nothing like that! I just really like samurais, that's all!" He struck a martial arts pose, making a face and some funny noises as he treated his now empty ice cream cone like the hilt of a sword, making the girl beside him laugh at his antics. He grinned wider at her "Anyway, if you need help studying, at least you know who to ask!"

Kari shook her head "Never thought I'd see the day. Wonder what TK would say to all of this?" she teased, winking at him.

Davis smiled at her, rubbing the back of his head "He'd probably laugh and say it was about time I used my head for something other than hitting a soccer ball."

Kari giggled "Aw come on, you've done a lot better in school the last few years! I'm sure he'd be happy with that!"

Davis nodded, munching on his cone and letting his mind wander to thoughts of his other friends from the time he spent in the Digital World. Yolei's family had moved closer to where Ken lived the previous year, not that the lavender haired girl minded, as she was now closer to her boyfriend. Cody was in his last year of middle school, and was always busy with his Kendo studies (he won the national championship two years running). Tai, Matt, Sora and the rest of the older kids had all moved on to college, and Matt was working hard on his band's success on the side. Mimi and Izzy were dating, and Izzy had decided on attending computer school in America to be closer to her. TK had moved to Kyoto with his mother, in an effort to bring her and Matt closer and try to repair some of the damage done to their family. That left only Kari and Davis left as they continued on into their final years in high school. Speaking of Kari, Davis was snapped out of his thoughts when snapped her fingers in his face, causing him to shake his head, blushing a little when he noticed how close she was "Huh? Oh sorry, Kari. What's up?"

Kari frowned at him, raising a brow "Honestly Davis, where does your mind wander off to?"

Davis chuckled, embarrassed at being caught. Not too long ago, he might have flirted with her, partly out of reflex and partly out of his crush on the girl, but now he was older, knew better. He had decided two years ago that pursuing his crush was eventually going to destroy his friendship with her, so he had come to the conclusion that laying off and just being her friend was the best thing to do. Of course, it didn't help that not long afterwards he had realized that he was in love with her, underneath it all. Still, he buried his feelings, knowing that nothing good would come of succumbing to them. Shaking his head once again to focus his attention back to the conversation at hand, Davis grinned awkwardly at Kari "Sorry, guess I got lost in my own mind. It's a scary place you know."

Kari frowned for a moment, not really buying his excuse. Ever since he had stopped always trying to get her attention, Davis had become her very best friend, even closer than TK. She could tell Davis anything, and he would always help her when she needed him. Especially recently, when she had began to have increased nightmares about thee Dark Ocean. They weren't like the visions she had when she was younger, but they nonetheless terrified Kari, and through it all Davis had been her rock. More than once he had come running over in the middle of the night, staying with her while she slept in an effort to comfort her. At first her parents had been a little cautious about how much time their daughter was sending with the boy, but after a while they had come to accept the situation, especially when they saw how genuinely happy their daughter had become. And since all their other friends were either too busy or too far away to hang out on a regular basis, the pair had become even closer. Kari smiled softly at Davis as she thought about this, noting silently how good he looked with that haircut, and how the afternoon light and tree shade cast a mysterious and handsome shadow on his face. "Whoa, where the heck did that thought come from?" Kari shook her head, looking up to see that they were back at the apartment complex where both their families lived. Kari sighed, quickly downing the remainder of her ice cream cone before turning to smile happily at Davis "Thanks for walking me home Davis. And the ice cream. Tai should be home, do you wanna say hi?"

Davis shook his head, smiling back at her "Nah, I really gotta get home and do my homework. Jun's gonna be home later than usual tonight, so I'm gonna make her a nice dinner before she gets in. She deserves it honestly, just don't tell her I told you so."

Kari smiled fondly at him, before frowning a little "Wait, what about your parents?"

Davis shrugged, trying not to think too hard about his parents, or rather, their constant absence from his life "I dunno, they were supposed to be back days ago, but I guess they had to extend their stay or something."

Kari sighed, knowing that despite the armor Davis was throwing up, he was hurting inside. However, there was nothing to be done about it now, so she merely settled for smiling at him again, leaning up and planting a kiss on his cheek, saying softly "Well then thanks for the ice cream Davis, I'll text you later okay?"

Davis, still stunned by the presence of her soft lips on his cheek, just nodded, a light blush on his face. She giggled, unlocking her door and walking in, locking it behind her. She sighed a little, slipping off her shoes before walking into the living room, where she found her brother (who was home from his studies for a short break) sitting on the couch watching TV. He glanced up at her, grinning and giving her a wave "Yo! What's up Kari? Good day at school?"

Kari nodded, plopping down next to her brother and sighing "Yeah, for the most part. Except history. Mr. Nakatara hit us with this insanely difficult pop quiz on the Edo period. But that's not even the messed up part! Davis, of all people, got a perfect score on it! None of the rest of us even passed the thing, but he aced it! You should've seen the look on both our teacher and Davis' faces, it was priceless!" Kari giggled, lighting up as she continued "I swear, he may act like a dope sometimes, but it's like I always tell him; you can do anything you put your mind to Davis, you're a lot smarter than you give yourself credit for!" She smiled happily as she talked, unconsciously running her fingers over her bracelet.

The golden band had been a birthday gift from Davis a year ago, and was encrusted with small sapphires, the Crest of Light engraved in bright pink. She treasured it above all else, and hardly ever took it off. It had cost her burgundy haired friend quite a bit, but he had told her that it was nothing, and that she deserved it. It was weird, but around Davis, Kari always felt like she could really be herself, no pretending or trying to make others happy. He knew just how to cheer her up when she was sad, or how to make her laugh when she really needed it. He had changed so much from the loud mouthed, bull headed, dim witted boy who had saved her from that Monochromon so many years ago. He had matured into an intelligent, thoughtful, caring, handsome young man. "Handsome? Davis? Jeez, what's going on with me? I've been having these thoughts so often recently, I wonder why?"

Tai grinned at his sister, trying not to laugh at her expression. When TK had first moved to Kyoto, Kari had started to retreat into herself, having never been good at talking to people about her own problems, about letting them in. Both he and his parents were beginning to get really worried about her, but then Davis really stepped up, stopped trying to make himself look good and started to be the reliable friend Tai always knew he could be. He glanced at his sister again, noticing her as she ran her fingers over the bracelet she always wore. This made him grin widely at her and when she finally stopped babbling, he asked her "So...just ice cream? Or did you finally make a move?"

Kari's face was priceless, and Tai almost died when her face turned so red he thought she could pass for an overgrown tomato. "TAI!" she squealed, trying and failing miserably to hide her blush. Her brother merely grinned at her, and she threw a couch pillow at him, yelling "He's my best friend Tai! Not my boyfriend!"

Tai laughed, saying "Is that so? Well that was a lovely goodbye kiss you gave him outside the door earlier, dear sister. Must be some friendship."

Kari blushed even further "Tai, it wasn't like that!"

Tai just smiled at his sister, and asked her calmly "Kari, how long are you going to keep lying to yourself?"

This caught the brunette by surprise "What do you mean?"

Tai sighed, turning his attention back to the news "Look at the background on your cell phone. I mean, really look at it Kari."

She furrowed her brows, but did as she was told. Flipping open her cell, she typed in her passcode, and was met with a sight that made her smile instantly. It was a photo Yolei had taken a few months ago, before Davis had cut his hair. The pair were sitting on a park bench, in the heat of the summer, and Kari was braiding her friend's hair, laughing at whatever jokes he was cracking at her. It was such an innocent scene, the two of them wrapped up in their own little world, forgetting about everything else and just living life. It wasn't uncommon for the two of them, certainly not lately, as they spent almost all their spare time with each other. She was so caught up gazing at the photo that it took her a while to realize Tai had been watching her closely. He sighed, and muted the volume on the TV, turning to face his little sister, and saying 'Listen Kari, I know you and Davis are close, but don't let that stop you from taking that next stop with him. We can all see it y'know; you're both head over heels, you just won't admit it."

She didn't respond at first, thinking instead about everything that had occurred between her and her friend recently, and her mind came to a memory from a few weekends ago, on a Saturday night. She had been having more trouble than usual falling asleep, and woke up in a cold sweat, only to find Davis there, pulling her into a warm hug, calming her down almost immediately, holding her gently while she cried into his shoulder. She thought back to the words he spoke to her, the smallest of smiles gracing her lips.

"Hey, come on now, it's alright. You're alright Kari. I'm here, you're okay. Let it out Kari, I'm not going anywhere." Davis cooed softly, rubbing small circles on her back.

Kari sobbed into his shoulder, clutching the material of the hoodie in front of his chest. After a while, she calmed down a little, and said, between shallow breaths "Th-thank you D-Davis."

The boy smiled at her, gently kissing the top of her head. Not a romantic gesture, more a soothing one, but nonetheless it made her heart flutter. She pushed it aside however, when he said quietly in her ear "It's alright Kari, deep breaths, calm down. No one's going to take you away. I'm right here, I'll stay right here as long as you want."

Kari wrapped her arms around him, burying her face into his shoulder, leaning on him for support. He continued to rub circles over her back, pulling her back onto the bed, lying down and letting her get comfortable. She sighed, feeling safe, secure with him there. She cried a little longer, before slowly drifting off to sleep, and sleep she did; soundly, and all through the night.

It wasn't the first time he had come to her rescue in the middle of the night. It was, however, the first time her own mother had called the burgundy haired boy, after failing to get her daughter to settle down. That stuck out to Kari; the fact even her mother had come to appreciate Davis' importance. Kari bit her lip, and looked at her brother "I'm scared Tai."

Tai blinked, having not expected that answer at all. "Wait, what? What are you scared of?"

Kari sighed, rubbing the back of her neck "He's my rock, Tai. With all the crap that's happened recently, what with TK and the others moving away and my stupid nightmares, I don't know how I would've gotten through it all without him. Besides, I'm not even sure he feels the same way anymore, he hasn't shown any signs of liking me in over two years."

Tai snorted "Oh please Kari, you can't possibly be that dense."

Kari frowned "What do you mean?"

Tai sighed "Y'know, sometimes being a good friend means putting your personal feelings on a back burner. Look at me with Matt and Sora. Sure I was upset at first, but they're my best friends, so I worked through it on my own. Davis has been into you for as long as he's known you Kari. He probably figured that with everyone else leaving you needed a friend more than anything else. Which also means that there's no way he's gonna make a move. So, if you want to take the next step with him while he' still interested, then you need to be the one to do something about it."

Kari looked at Tai for a moment, then said "When did you get so wise?"

Tai laughed "Studying everything I need to know to become a UN Ambassador takes a lot of reading into old people and what they said Kari. You should try it sometime, you'd gain some wisdom too."

Kari giggled "Yeah, sure. When pigs fly Tai."

Tai raised a brow "You mean Patamon?" That had both of them laughing, and Kari smiled at her brother "Thanks Tai. I'll figure something out, I promise."

He smiled back at her "He's a good looking kid, Kari. Pretty sure he won't go unnoticed by the ladies for much longer." At this he stood up to go fix himself something to eat, leaving Kari to her thoughts as she walked up to her room, trying to plot out way to let Davis know exactly how she felt.

A week had passed since Kari had talked to Tai, and in that time all that she had done was drive herself further into a deep hole she just kept digging. Every tim she plucked up the courage to say something, he would do something, say something, that would set off the butterflies in her stomach. That's how she ended up sitting in the bleachers at his soccer game, wishing she had said something already. It was just after the halfway mark in the game, and the sweat made his uniform cling to his body, highlighting the taut, sleek muscles underneath, and making his tan glisten in the early evening light. Kari was mesmerized, staring at the way he moved, almost like he was dancing across the field. The dirt on his legs, and the smear on his cheek added to the effect, and she was caught in the moment so deep that it took Yolei literally shaking the girl to snap Kari out of it. "Sorry, what?"

Yolei sighed "Y'know, drooling over him's not going to get you anywhere Kari."

Kari blushed, looking down at her camera. "I got some good shots today" she said, hoping to change the topic.

Yolei rolled her eyes "Yeah, of Davis. Who you were definitely drooling over the entire game."

Kari sighed, looking at the boy in question as he raced back on to the field "I wasn't drooling. Just thinking."

Yolei giggled "I'm just teasing you girl. Honestly, I don't know why you don't just grab him and put a leash on him now. You've been giving him that same doe-eyed look for over a year now."

Kari scowled at her friend "Oh be quiet. Don't you have your own soccer player to go watch?"

Yolei grinned "He's having family dinner with his parents. Uh-oh Kari, looks like he's got his own cheer section too."

Kari followed her gaze to the field, where a group of girls in her class were crowding Davis, obviously flirting with him. A pang of jealousy went through Kari's stomach, and she narrowed her eyes. She only stopped when her lavender haired friend elbowed her gently in the ribs. Kari shot a her a questioning glance, but Yolei smiled warmly at her "You're so blind it's adorable. He isn't even looking at them Kari. You're the only person in this crowd he's looked at the whole game."

Kari looked back down at the field, and sure enough, Davis looking right at her. He grinned, and waved excitedly at her. Smiling brightly, she waved back, and in that moment she knew what she had to do.

"See you love birds next time!" the ice cream parlor manager called, as a bushing Davis and Kari left the shop. He sighed, taking a lick of his dairy delight, glancing at Kari "So what's up? You said you really needed to talk."

Kari nodded, looking up at the sky "Basically. Y'see, I tried talking to Yolei and Tai but they were no help. I'm having boy troubles Davis."

Davis internally cringed. He knew that one day he might he forced to have this talk with her, but he still didn't really want to have it. Still, he put on a smile and asked "Oh yeah? Anyone I know?"

Kari tried to hide her grin, casually eating some more of her chocolate ice cream "Oh yeah, very much so."

Davis sighed, apparently even from afar TK had won her over. Resigning himself, Davis pressed, eager to get the conversation over with "So, what's he like?"

Kari tapped her chin "Well, he's good looking to start. Really good looking actually. He's also really sweet, sensitive, reliable...I could go on."

Davis chuckled a little "No no, that's enough. He sounds perfect, what's the problem?"

Kari glanced at the boy beside her, and smiled softly, already imagining where his mind was going. "Well, he's super dense. Like, I mean really dense."

Davis nodded, still not wanting to have this conversation "If you're wondering how to try and get his attention...then just be direct. Some guys need the extra motivation to get the point."

Kari stopped then, finger on her chin, and said, still concealing her smile "So...something like this then?"

Davis turned to look at her, eyebrow raised, and nearly fell on his backside when he felt her lips on his. It was soft, gentle, yet full of need. After a moment of shock, he melted into the kiss, placing his free hand on the side of her cheek. As they parted for air, Kari grinned (very pleased with herself), and said "Mmm, Rum Raisin. Very nice."

He chuckled, and said cautiously "So...this super dense guy is...?"

Kari grinned "It's you, dummy."

Davis' smile was so bright that Kari swore it could blind someone. "I'm good looking huh?"

Kari blushed, swatting his shoulder "Seriously? That's what you took from all that?"

Davis laughed "Sorry, couldn't resist."

Kari sighed, still smiling at him "Davis, these past few years you've been my best friend, my rock. Now, I'm ready for us to be...more. Unless you don't want that..."

Davis quickly silenced her by planting another kiss on her lips. "Are you kidding? I've wanted a chance since the day I met you Kari."

She smiled at him, taking his hand and saying simply "Okay. Let's go home then."

They walked in silence, holding hands, faces glowing. Kari sighed in content, knowing that although it wasn't quite what she was expecting, it felt right. And to her, that meant everything.

And so another one shot comes to a close. Hope you all enjoyed it, like I said it was major fluff but that's all I was honestly looking for when I wrote it. Anyway it's late and I have work in five hours so, PEACE!

PS: Please review if you liked! Might do a follow up one shot if enough people want one!