Yamato was sitting on the sofa at his house, trying to think of all the things that had happened to him during the past hour. "Sora has dumped you" a voice in his head kept on telling him "Sora has dumped you" Taichi came over to sit next him, offering him a cup of hot chocolate. Yamato turned to him, as if to say "No thank you, I'm fine". Taichi left it on the table in front of him.
"So…" Taichi began, looking for the suitable words to say.
"Taichi…" Yamato said, sighing as he said so. "It's over. Sora and I it's, it's…"
There was a silence between the two, as Yamato tried hard to hold back his tears.
"Yamato," Taichi said. "It's all right. I'm your friend, we stick-up for each other and help each other. Feel free to cry"
"No," Yamato replied. "I don't need to cry over something like this. It was her choice, I have no reason to regret over anything"
"Yamato," Taichi said again. "I…I love the way you can stay so strong, no matter how hurt you are"
"Did he just say love?" The thought entered Yamato's head quickly. He quickly shook his head. "No, he said he loved they way I can stay strong. There's no way he'd love me."
"Yamato?" Taichi said. "Are you all right? You're shaking your head frantically!"
"Eh, what!" Yamato spluttered, going red. "Course I'm all right! Ahahaha!"
"Fake laughs won't word on me" Taichi thought. "Still, glad to see he's forgotten about Sora already…which is strange"
"Anways," Yamato said. "Let's drink some chocolate"
There was silence once again, as the two boys drank. During this however, they couldn't stop wanting to look at each other. Something didn't feel right.
"This is probably the worst time to do this." Taichi thought. "But I hope Yamato won't hate me too much"
"Taichi" Yamato said, leaning over. "You have chocolate around your mouth"
"That was my excuse!" Taichi thought.
Taichi knew what was going to happen next. And there it came; Yamato leaned over and kissed Taichi on the lips. As the kiss finished, Yamato turned red, starting to wish he had never done that.
"It's all right" Taichi said. "To be honest, I had these feelings for you too. I, I…"
Yamato put a finger Taichi's lips.
"It's allright." Yamato said and his voice became soft. "You don't have to say anything I understand."
The two boys held each other for a moment, looking at each other. Kiss followed by kiss, the two boys embraced each other in each other's love.
"Hold me in your arms, forever"
…
It was midnight. Taichi and Yamato had fallen asleep in each other's arms, right on the sofa. As Taichi woke up, Yamato had woken up with him
"Yamato…" Taichi began. "If you liked me then why did you go out with Sora? "
Yamato's face turned red, as he was searching for the words to say.
"I-I didn't mean it in a bad way!" Taichi exclaimed.
"It's all right," Yamato said. "To be honest, I don't really know. It might have been that I wanted to know what love felt like, or that I wanted to try dating. But I can remember that when I first asked Sora out, my mind was once again blank and I didn't know what I was doing. Then when she dumped me, well my mind was blank again and I don't know why I felt so sad about it back then."
"Maybe it was because you felt the feeling of being dumped," Taichi said. "I can't explain why but even if you don't have real feelings for that person you can still experience some of the feelings you're meant to get"
"Or maybe I was using her as a substitute for you" Yamato said. Taichi showed an annoyed face. "Well, not really, I just…"
"Doesn't matter" Taichi said. "I'm just glad we expressed our feelings for each other"
"True" Yamato replied, smiling.
"Umm," Taichi began "Shouldn't we be sleeping in a bed?"
"Yeah, good point" Yamato said. This time Taichi smiled.