Computer Blues
By: Megumi Mikage (みかげ めぐみ)
Disclaimer: Digimon isn't mine.
Warning: Shounen-ai and fluff.
Rating: PG-13 (and it will stay like that if I can help it.)
Pairings: Jyoushiro/Koujyou and a not-so-surprise one (meaning Taito/Yamachi). (Not sure of the others yet.)
A/N: I know. Corny title. Can't help it. 'Nyways, when I was surfing the net, found out that there's a lacking of Jyou+Koushiro-centric fics out there. The worst part is, I'm in love with the pairing. -_-;; I always check FF.Net (and a few other sites) for updates or what but… none. Disappointing, isn't it? Also, I'm in a crappy mood today and I dun know why. -_-;;;;; Pardon if the characters are OOC. I swear. I can't identify whether the characters are OOC until it's very obvious. It's not that I'm blind or anything, right? … Better yet, don't answer.
--Also, I know I still have two other stories to finish but… ;_; (Besides, I thought of this one up before them. It just so happens that I typed them before this one.)
Feedback, Reviews, Comments, etc. are very much welcomed with open arms!! If there's anything wrong with my grammar or spelling, please let me know. I don't have a beta and English is my second language. Thanx! (Oh, and that wasn't a typo.)
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Chapter 1
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Dedicated to Yana Rei (Who knew that she was into this stuff? I certainly was surprised myself.) and Inoue Aery (All-around good friend!).
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Koushiro Izumi, a young computer genius who has a scholarship to one of the most prestigious universities in Tokyo, looked one last time at the farm in which he was brought up in. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Izumi, was already in the car and just waiting for Koushiro to get in, Mrs. Izumi a bit misty-eyed with the events.
"Koushiro, we need to be going if we want to reach Tokyo before four o'clock."
Koushiro nodded, picked up his old, worn laptop and turning his back on his childhood to face his future.
(I know. The line's corny also. What? I'm in a corny mood today.)
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203, 205, There!
Koushiro rushed to the door of 207B, his new apartment. He quickly unlocked it to reveal a bare room with white-washed walls and a couple of doors. The small table at the middle of the room under the lamp-light and the small kitchenette at the side was clean. Koushiro took off his shoes and went to one of the doors. It was the bathroom equipped with a toilet, a faucet (with a small mirror above it) and a shower. The other room to the left had a closet (which held a pillow and a blanket) and a rolled up futon. The last door to the left of the bathroom was a broom closet of some kind. It is full of cleaning materials like rags, a broom, a metal bucket, a carton of wax, bathroom disinfectant,… the basics.
"Konnichiwa!"
Koushiro turned and saw a wild-haired brunette at the door.
"Who are you?"
The brunette grinned.
"I'm Yagami Taichi but you can call me Taichi or just Tai."
Koushiro nodded.
"I'm Izumi Koushiro but you can't call me Kou-chan or Izzy."
Tai pouted and a laugh resounded from the hallway.
"Don't mind Koushiro, young man. My son has always hated the nickname ever since he turned six."
Mr. Izumi suddenly appeared at the doorway, arms full of boxes.
"Koushiro, son, help me with these boxes. There's too many of them that I don't think I'll be able to untie my shoes and I don't think you like footprints littering on your floor."
Koushiro'hmph'-ed but moved to help his father.
"I'm not like mom."
His father, after being relieved of the boxes, smirked at him as if to say 'oh, yes, you are'.
Koushiro just stuck out his tongue.
"Cute. Very cute, Kou-CHAN."
"'TOU-SAN!!!!!"
His father just laughed before going back out.
"I think your dad a nice guy."
Koushiro raised his eyebrow at Taichi.
"… As if."
Tai smirked, making a carbon-copy of his fathers, before retreating in his apartment, 205B.
Koushiro just sighed and began unpacking.
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"Kou- Koushiro!!!!!!"
His mother wailed, throwing her arms around her son. Koushiro looked a bit uncomforable but didn't push his mother away.
"My little boy is all grown up!!!!! It feels as if it was just yesterday when you pee-ed in your pants and when you-"
"'KAA-SAN!!!"
Koushiro's face was quite red and he looked around the hallway to see if it was deserted. No such luck though. A blonde who was standing in front of Tai's apartment heard every single thing his mom said.
Koushiro groaned in embarrassment, resisting the urge to hide himself in his apartment and never come out.
Bloody likely though.
"What is it, Koushiro? Can't a mother worry about her son?"
"Worrying is one thing and embarrassing and fussing is another!"
"Fine! Be that way!"
His mother 'hmph'-ed and pouted, walking away with her arms across her chest[1] and her chin held high.
The blonde laughed.
"I can't believe we've met. New?"
Koushiro nodded, looking at his shoes as if they have the power to erase the memory of a certain person of a certain event if he stared at it enough[2].
"What's your name?"
"Izumi Koushiro."
"Ishida Yamato."
They were silent for a while then…
"What brings you to Tokyo?"
"I am granted a full scholarship in the Tokyo University[3] for any course I want."
"Wow."
"Yeah. Who would've thought that those supposedly wise people that handles TU were moronic enough to give me something big as that? ME. A small country boy who won a few awards. I think they really went overboard."
Yamato looked at him skeptically.
"You must be kidding me, right? There is no abso-fucking-lutely way that the TU will give that kind of offer to a, and I quote, 'small country boy who won a few awards'. What contests did you win anyways?"
"The first prize in the science and technology part of the HS inter-state regionals… the first prize at a programming contest held by I-School… Another gold in the Math State Competitions-"
"Okay, okay. You have said enough."
Koushiro just shrugged.
"… wait a minute. You aren't-?"
Koushiro's left eyebrow raised.
"Aren't- what?"
"Koushiro Izumi? The one JapToday[3] labeled as the 'youngest computer genius'?"
"I was?"
"You mean you didn't know?"
"Don't really watch TV nor read magazines and newspapers. Current events are such a bore, really. The only magazine I can stand is Sci-Tech[3] magazines."
"Oh, then I suppose you don't watch PopJap[3] too?"
"Nope."
"Oh."
Silence yet again then…
"YAMA-CHAN!!!!"
Yamato was nearly knocked over by a brown-haired bundle who suddenly jumped on Yamato's back.
"Tai."
Tai looked up and saw Koushiro.
"Oh. Hi, Kou-CHAN!!!"
Koushiro winced.
"Can you please not call me that?!"
"Now, now. Why won't he, Izzy-kins? Kareshi wa anata no tomodachi, deshou?" (He is your friend, isn't he?)
"Sou desu, Izumi-san!"
Mrs. Izumi smiled at the charming young man.
"Now, don't forget all the things I told you and make sure that you eat well and have proper hygiene."
"Hai, 'kaa-san."
"I don't want you to forget sleeping because you got a-hold of a new short-ware-"
"'Kaa-san, it's SOFTware."
"Yeah, whatever. Software, Shortware, Sureware, I don't care. Take good care of yourself. Don't go crossing the road before looking to the left and to the right."
Koushiro nodded.
"Oh, and we have a surprise for you!!!"
"And that is…?"
"Oh, be that way. Destroy the moment, why don't you."
"Aww… 'kaa-san. It's not that."
"I know." She smiled cheekily.
Koushiro sighed.
She'll never change…"Anywho, here's your father and your SURPRISE."
Koushiro glanced at his father, turned away, then turned back again, eyes wide as saucers.
"'KAA-SAN! That's- That's-"
"Yeah. A laptop. One with that Pen-ink 3-"
"Pentium 3."
"Uh-huh, and higher spacing disk-"
"Disk space."
"Whatever. Direct modeling-"
"Modem."
"built-in spoken and the rat thing…"
"Speaker and Mouse."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever those are."
"And it costs about a year's worth of paycheck so keep it in a nice condition. Only god knows when you'll get your hands on a new laptop."
His dad placed the box on the table and massaged his aching shoulders.
"Domo, 'tou-san."
"Nothing to it, kid. It was your mother's idea."
"Arigatou, 'Kaa-san."
"Iie. It's nothing. Thank me with a hug?"
Koushiro ran to his mother's open arms and hugged her.
"Awww… what a sweet moment."
"Tai!"
Koushiro blushed and separated from his mother.
Tai just grinned at him.
"Okay, Koushiro. We'll be going now."
"Ja ne, Koushiro."
"Sayonara, 'kaa-san, 'tou-san."
With one last hug, they left the building and Koushiro was left to his own devices.
"Kou-CHAN!"
Well, almost in his own devices.
"Shut your mouth, please, Tai."
"Okay then, Izzy-kins."
"Would you like to meet death right here and right now?"
Tai looked cautiously at the boy in front of him.
"Thanks for the offer but no thanks."
"Yeah. We'll be going."
Koushiro then remembered something.
"Oh, and Yamato?"
Yamato looked at him.
"Please don't tell anyone of… y'know."
Yamato smiled then nodded before disappearing in 205B.
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Koushiro stretched before yawning. He finally finished unpacking everything and putting them in their right places.
Koushiro saw the box that held the laptop on the table.
… well, almost everything.
He saved the best for last.
Koushiro carefully opened and unwrapped the laptop (colored blue) and placed it on the table before placing the box on the floor. He unfolded it and the image that greeted him made him drop his jaw.
"Wow. When 'kaa-san said that this was what I wanted, I didn't expect that she actually gave me WHAT I wanted. She is so inarticulate whenever it comes to computer terms and his father doesn't care about those 'stupid, blasted things that costs a lot'."
He whistled before remembering that he had to charge the laptop first. He took the wires from the box and stuck everything in their place. There was a bit of a spark when Koushiro stuck the plug in the socket but Koushiro thought nothing of it.
…Probably just some charge because it hasn't been used for a long time.
After checking that every thing was okay, he locked the apartment door, shut the lamp-light, and went into 'his' room and slept.
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Meanwhile, a whirring sound came from the laptop and it started to glow…
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End of Chapter 1.
[1] I would've typed breasts but it sounded much better with the term chest. Besides, they are both the same.
[2] I know it's lame but at least it's original.
[3] I just made up these terms. I'm not really sure if there's a Tokyo University, nor a JapToday or PopJap or a Sci-Tech (cheesy!) but I don't live in Tokyo, or anywhere in Japan, so how will I know? And don't tell me to go there until you want to give me a couple of plane tickets from my home country to Japan and back, with complete lodgings, because if I'm to ask my mother or my father, it will definitely never come. They hate the fact that I'm spending money on J-pop and J-rock CDs and Anime VCDs and DVDs (not to mention the cost of the few mangas and doujinshis that I managed to collect and the posters and stuff) already.
A/N: And that is that. -_-;;; Tell me it's full of crap and I'll punch your face in.
-Just kidding. =^-^=
P.S. I would really much like it if someone can explain html to me. I know, I know. I'll eventually learn it from my school or some course but I'm impatient and since the whole fic screams 'TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!' I finally remembered to ask. I know some basic terms like how to put pictures and stuff, though. Also, if there's anything wrong in ANYTHING above, don't be shy. Tell me (and the reason why of course). I won't bash your head in. Told ya it was a joke, didn't I? (Besides, I suck at buying particular electronic gadgets such as laptops and palmtops and etcetera. I know, there's already a Pentium 4 but, as far as I know, there is still no laptop model that can handle the speed of Pentium 4, right? And was I right with the term, disk space? I use the computer very much but I just do some images with CorelDraw10 and Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and 6, type my ass off in MS Word and surf the net. See? All I care about are the softwares and Internet. I don't particularly care about the hardware, unless there's a quiz or an exam in Computer class.) And another thing, if anyone there knows how to do programming and is nice enough to have the patience (though I'm a quick learner) to teach me (and sometimes, I can get confused by the simplest things but understand the more complex things -_-;;;;;;), please teach me. Domo Arigatougozaimasu!!!
P.P.S. If anyone e-mails or reviews me about WHY this fic is Yaoi (or shounen-ai, or SLASH, or whatever) is disgusting or I'm sick because I'm writing stuff like this or whatever, I'll tell you a couple of things. First, I'm already in the verge of going insane because of my family, friends and acquaintances. Second, You are either blind or your so stupid that you can't read. That was WHY the WARNING was there in the first PLACE!!!!!!!!!!!! .*****!!!!!!
--The second chapter will be out after a while. How long that 'while' is? I dun know. Probably a few weeks? … or maybe days (probably days because I already started it). I dunno exactly. When I feel like typing my ideas, I guess. I think that you can guess what will happen next, though. If you wanna guess, go ahead. The clues are already in the chappie.
C&Cs, Reviews and Suggestions are welcome!!!!!! (Even flames that has a LOGICAL reason are accepted with open arms! ^^;; Mata…)
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Another note: (that you can go on without reading)
I can't believe I reached 10 pages including the warning, title, A/Ns and stuff (8 pages if you just consider the chappie). Well, I do write long but… wow.
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So, okay. I won't comment anymore. It might jinx the fic.