Operation: TAKARI PI
(I know Takeru and basketball was sort of cliché due to the girls-dance and boys-basketball in gym episode, so I ask you to bear with me. I tried to be original-ish.)
Oh, and I do prefer the Japanese names over the English. The sole exception being Hikari. But oh, well…
This is a multi-chapter, but the chapters are going to be extremely short, due to my dividing the story into phases.
Phase 01: Birth of the plan
The Chosen Children had grown up, Daisuke thought, a little sadly. Ken and Miyako were happy together, and though Hikari never did go out with anyone else, she hadn't gone out with him, either.
Daisuke thought that it was odd how she refused politely any and all invitations to a romantic date she received over the years. She was dedicated. Not flighty. She sticks to what she belives in and is strong.
There were tiny, odd things too, though. Hikari had flashes of depression. Odd, short times where she looked depressed and not-vibrant and not-happy. Like she had lost something important.
Actually, they were all in the same middle school, senior year. Ken had changed schools to a more 'normal' one. Daisuke was positive it was to stay close to Miyako, though she'd graduated last year. It was fun when all of them were there. He plucked at the green fabric of his uniform offhandedly. Iori had to move last year though, but they saw him now and then. He was planning to be a lawyer.
Takeru? Takeru was still with them, on and off. He joined the basketball team. The Chosen Children had never missed a match.
He was good, Daisuke had to admit. But Hikari...
Hikari was happy for him, sure. But she did not appreciate the fangirls fawning over her best friend. That was all they were, she insisted, best friends, but no one in the team believed her. Least of all, herself.
As far as Daisuke was concerned, they were both blind. Hikari did not notice that Takeru was trying to escape the girls throwing themselves at him. Takeru didn't notice that Hikari was getting hurt by his distance.
Gah! They were both so blind it was painful to watch them dance around each other.
Next year, they might end up going to different high schools. They might drift even more apart. And though Hikari won't find happiness with Daisuke, he wanted to make sure she was with the person who made her happiest.
Takeru.
As much as he disliked the prospect, it was time to pull out the big guns. Daisuke smiled suddenly as his mind whirled with ideas, some plausible, some impossible.
Who was he kidding? He liked pulling out the big guns, it was exciting. Pulling out the big guns occasionally proved he was conniving, if the plan didn't fall to pieces.
But since there was too much risk this time...
Looking solemn, he grabbed his cellphone and punched in some numbers.
"Taichi? Yeah, it's me, Daisuke. Can you please round up the others except Takeru and Hikari? No. We can't meet at your house. Hikari might hear us. We have to plot. Oh, okay, the coffee shop on the other side of town? After school tomorrow? Great. Um, wait. Doesn't Takeru have practice for the championship tomorrow? Oh well, even better, both of them will be occupied..."
As Daisuke put down the phone, he heard Taichi laughing. It sounded a bit like evil cackling.
Like a witch.
And thus, Operation: TAKARI PI was born!
Takeru
And
Kari
Are
Really
Inseparable
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