Takeru was trying to hold his laughter as much as he could. If it got away it would ruin the perfect mood he created to scare his brother. Although everyone was a bit scared because of Meiko story, the mood was so much better than it was moments ago. He felt pretty proud of himself for helping to cheer Hikari up even if it wasn't in a conventional way. I mean, everyone. He reprimanded his own thoughts. He was glad he make everyone feel better. Right?

Takeu was so lost in his little internal debate he stopped listening to what Meiko was saying. Even Yamato's face could catch his eye anymore. So he was pretty surprised when everyone cringed at something Meiko said and suddenly Takeru felt a weight hanging from his arm.

He looked down and could see the top of Hikari's head. Her face was buried on his arm as her hands firmly grasped him.

Takeru felt his heart skip a beat.

He couldn't understand why. Hikari and him have touched each other a million times before, still in this particular evening he couldn't stop a dizzy feeling from taking him over from the inside out. Her eyes were shut and her lips pressed against each other making her have a weirdly funny expression in her face. Even so, Takeru couldn't help but to think how he never realized she was this pretty.

NO! Takeru told himself. That was not the time or place for those kind of thoughts. Actually, she was his best friend for as long as he can remember. He couldn't think about her in that away, so he did his best to force those feelings out o him. His body became stiff but his face was giving way how nervous he was feeling. Well. at least he was happy Meiko was still telling her story because his strange looks now definitely were making he fit right in with the other.

Meiko was getting to the end of her scary story. Takeru knew that because Hikari was getting closer and closer to him. Takeru began lean his face towards her. He didn't even know what he wanted to do, he just knew he wanted to be closer to her's. Closer. Closer. Closer.

Suddenly, the light turned on.

Takeru hold his breath for a minute. Then put his arm down. That was close, too close. What the hell was happening to him? He almost. I mean, wasn't almost. But he wanted to. With Hikari. Hikari Yagami. His Hikari. What the hell was he thinking?

As Daigo entered the run, Yamato got to the climax of his scared mode causing everyone to break into laughter. His brother funny scared face offered a good distraction, enough to make him laugh. But Takeru wasn't at 100% just yet. Because even though lights were on, everyone was laughing and her face was up. Hikari was still holding his arm.

Maybe Taichi was right after all, they were growing up. And they were about to face a lot of thing the never even dreamt of. Takeru always thought he meant evil digimons or treats to the world, he never knew that his biggest challenge yet was going to come from within his own heart.

Hey,

This is a series of cute drabbles I'm doing for various Takari moments. For now they're going to be a little more focused on Digimon Tri and how I would like to reimagine some moments of the OVAs. But they're probably are going to evolve after to Digimon Adventure or Zero Two or even their future life.

Also, english is not my first languange so please let me know If I made any mistakes!

Xoxo