Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, or anything associated with Digimon. The only thing I do own is Takahiro.

Author's Note: I hope you enjoy this. Please leave some comments on whether or not I should continue with this. It will probably be long if I decide to continue on with it. Thanks again.

The Right Way to Handle Things
By Ryku

"If I ever said that I hated myself, I was lying, that wasn't hate. This is. I can't believe what just happened, I don't understand how I could be so stupid. Why do I have to feel this way, why can't I close everything off and not care?" A very disgruntle Taichi, or Tai, sat on the couch with his fist clinched into his insanely messy dark brown hair. He had his head lowered toward the ground while murmuring something incoherent to himself while Kari, his younger sister, sat more confused than she had ever been in her entire life.

"Uh...Tai? Can you please calm down and explain what exactly happened. It's hard to make you feel better if you don't tell me why you hate yourself so much." Something was seriously up and Tai didn't seem to be in the right state of mind to talk about it. There was one thing for sure though, it involved a blond that went by the name of Yamato, also known as, Matt.

"I just don't understand...he was right there, RIGHT THERE! Why do things have to go wrong all the time?" His sigh was the embodiment of sadness and it broke Kari's heart in two; she hated seeing her brother like this. She couldn't handle the fact that something was wrong and she had no way of fixing it because she couldn't get her emotional brother to confess anything. There was one thing she could do though, and that was talk to the man who caused all of this. Kari's brown eyes took in the sight of her brother's sad figure for a few moments and then she got up and walked toward her room, while grabbing the cordless phone. With one last glance at Tai she walked into her room and closed the door. Her fingers dialed the number quickly and then she heard a few rings. "He better answer his pho-"

"Hello?" Matt asked while another male in the background was laughing and saying something to Matt.

"Um...Matt?" Kari was confused, the only male that was normally at Matt's was TK and his father, that voice didn't belong to either of them.

"Yes?"

"What's wrong with my brother, Matt?"

"Why? What do you mean?"

"Who is that guy?"

"What guy?"

"Why are you answering like that?"

"Like what?"

"Matt!"

"What? I haven't understood a single thing you've asked me since this conversation started."

"Okay, let me start over. What is wrong with Tai? He came in a few minutes ago and was really upset, I figured you would know what was wrong with him."

"I don't have a clue, I didn't know anything was wrong with him. He acted a little funny when he left about thirty minutes ago, but I just figured that was because it's Tai."

"That's weird...who is that guy at your house?"

"It's my boyfriend, Takahiro, actually just Hiro." Matt said causally as if it was an every day occurrence.

"Your...boyfriend?" Kari tried to contain her astonishment at this news, but it was too incredible. She always figured he was at least bisexual, but it was shocking to see how calm he was about the whole thing. "What...when did it start?"

"Last week, but it took me a while to actually tell people. I felt horrible about not telling people so I told Tai today." Matt continued talking but Kari's mind was busy working out the puzzle.

"Wait a second, when you told Tai, how did he react?" She was starting to figure it out. The whole thing made perfect sense now. She always figured Tai had a huge crush on Matt. That's also one of the reason she felt he didn't have a girlfriend, even though half the girls in school were in love with him.

"He stared at me with a shocked expression, which I was expecting, and then he said congrats and then said he had to go home to do homework. That's why I said he was acting weird. He never stops doing anything so he can do homework. Tai hates homework." Matt chuckled a little bit and then he turned serious all of a sudden. "Hold on, why are you asking all of these questions? Is something wrong with Tai?"

"He was just acting stranger than normal and I figured you would know why, but I can handle Tai from here, I think he's just being weird like normal. Sorry for bothering you, thanks Matt." Kari spoke quickly and then hung the phone up as she walked into the living room where Tai still sat. "Tai...do you feel like talking about Ma-"

"Honestly, Kari, I don't want to talk about it. I don't think you would understand." Tai spoke without looking at her.

"Are you sure? Because I think I can understand what's going on. I believe this has to do with Matt and his boyfriend, doesn't it?" Kari smirked because she knew she had hit the nail on the head, by the way Tai looked at her with his eyes bulging.

"There's nothing to talk about. He's going with Takahiro and he's happy. If he's happy then...wait, how did you know?" Tai suddenly stopped talking and glared at her. "Kari! How do you know anything about Matt and why do you think that's why I'm upset?!"

"I called Matt so I could figure out what was wrong since you wouldn't even hardly speak to me." She stopped speaking for a few seconds to see Tai glaring daggers toward her. "So when I called him I heard Hiro in the background and I asked who he was and Matt told me about how they were dating." Kari suddenly looked at Tai funny. "Why do you call him Takahiro?"

"Because...I just want to call him Takahiro." Tai stared at her stubbornly.

"Tai, why are you lying to me? You know you can tell me anything, right?" Kari smiled at Tai as she sat down beside him on the couch. "I promise you. I'm always here for you especially when you need to talk about something that's hurting you." She took his hand in hers and smiled at him again.

"Okay...thank you, Kari. I know you're always going to be there for me. It's just there are some things that I'm sure you don't want to know about your brother because it can cause a lot of conflict. It will completely change the way you think of me. I couldn't stand it if you started hating me. Even though you say you'll always be there, I have small doubts, because this is a huge secret that has been buried deep inside of me for a long time now." Tai took a deep breath, not completely ready to spill his guts to his younger sister, when all of a sudden he was interrupted.

"Can I take a guess at what it could be, Tai?" Kari smiled at him again trying hard to contain her laughter, she couldn't help if she knew her brother that well. He should know that something like that would never change her views of him. She decided to take pity on him though and just confess that she already knew he liked boys and that he was a little jealous that Matt is with a guy so easily. It's obvious.

"A...a guess? Um..sure I suppose. You'll never guess what it-"

"You're gay, right?" Kari couldn't help but giggle a little at her brothers stupefied expression.

"Ho-how did you know that Kari?!" Tai couldn't help but let his mouth hang open.

"I can just tell, I know my older brother very well. I also know why you're upset with Matt." Kari continued to smile as Tai looked horrified.

"You do? How? Did he say something?"

"No, I just put the pieces together. Why would Matt have said something anyway?"

"Because I told him...that I was in love with him." Tai said at the same exact time Kari said.

"Because you told him you were jealous because he has a boyfriend..." They both stared at each other for a few minutes. "You're in love with Matt!?" So many questions ran through her mind, so many images, and just how wrong she had been this entire time.

To be continued...

Ryku