Yamato Ishida had his life just where he wanted it; he got good grades, was a talented musician and had a large group of friends. He was one of those people who you aspired to be like. He never expected his life to change so drastically. All because of one boy, a mister Taichi Yagami.

The day started off like any other, Yamato -Matt to his friends- stood in the foyer of the upper school building. Odaiba Prep was divided into three groups of students, upper, middle and lower school. Upper school consisted mainly of 16 to 18 year olds, middle 13 to 15 and lower 11 to 12 year olds. Yamato was a 16 year old teenager, blond hair hung down the back of his head, he animatedly talked to his friends about a party he had recently been to. "Then he was just like 'let's play strip poker?' and literally all the girls in the room slapped him!" Yamato finished his story with a reception of raucous laughter. A brunette boy with tanned skin entered the foyer, seeing laughter he groaned, "Matt, did you tell them?" the boy looked like the classic jock, muscular with perfect teeth and stylish hair.

"I'm sorry Jonas, but how could I not?" the blond received a light punch on the shoulder from Jonas, "Do you even remember the party?"

"I wasn't that drunk Matt."

"Jonas, you were wasted!" glee was evident in the blonde's voice, "Although I didn't see much of you after that, where'd you slink off to?"

The other boys face suddenly went very red, "N-Nowhere!"

Yamato picked up on this, "Yeah right! Now why don't you tell us what you really did, or who?"

At the last word Jonas flushed yet again, "I don't wanna talk about it now." Yamato was worried, Jonas just wasn't the sort of guy who hid things, he was an open book normally.

The subject was quickly dropped, however Yamato planned to ask his best friend about it again once they were alone. The conversation changed to the gossip that people had gathered over the weekend. One girl, Ella was particularly gossipy and found it extremely easy to get information. "Well I heard that there's a new kid joining this week. Apparently he's really hot as well!" she squealed in glee, as did her friend Lily. Both of them were notorious for being a bit boy obsessed.

Yamato interrupted their squealing, "How do you even know this Ella?"

"Mimi lives next door to him, she says he's gorgeous!" Yamato gave up and turned back to his other friends, writing off the gossip as pointless.

Taichi rushed down the street, pulling on his green blazer over his untucked white shirt, his tie was hanging low on his chest with the top two buttons on his shirt undone exposing his tanned flesh. "Late on my first day, great." His voice was full of sarcasm, he knew it was his own fault, he was just venting. Well at least they'll know what to expect Taichi wasn't exactly the most organised of people, he had woken up half an hour late and consequently hadn't showered or eaten breakfast and looked scruffy on his first day at the new school. He finally rushed into the school grounds as the first bell rang signalling students to head to their form rooms. Taichi sighed in relief until he realised that the building he was supposed to be in was at the very top of the hill at the back of the school. He once again took off in a run, muttering a variety of curses under his breath.

Yamato sat in form chatting to some of his friends; he sat on his own at a double desk, but was more than happy to talk to the people around him. The teacher Mr Arita was yet to arrive, he was always late on Monday's, much to the girls disappointment. He was seen as the most attractive teacher in the school. The door opened and there he was, he walked in and sat at his desk, a smile plastered across his face. "Morning class."

The class responded with a resounding "Morning sir." Mr Arita was a physical education teacher so he always wore fairly short sports shorts and a polo shirt. This received no complaint from the girls in the room. He had a thick head of brown hair and tanned skin similar to that of Jonas. Just as he finished registering the students a brunette with a massive head of hair that stuck on end as if defying gravity appeared in the doorway, he seemed out of breath. Yamato watched as a bead of sweat made its way down his cheek and over his lips, the blonde's gaze lingered on the boy's lips before he snapped himself out of the trance.

"Sorry I'm late sir, I got lost." The boy finally looked at our teacher properly and blushed, is he blushing, wonder what that's about? Yamato figured one of the girls would find out eventually,

"No matter, I assume your Taichi Yagami?"

"Yeah that's me, but can you call me Tai instead?"

"Of course, now the only free seat is next to Yamato over there, so go sit with him." The new boy sat next to Yamato who turned to face him,

"Nice to meet you, I'm Yamato, but you can call me Matt, everyone else does." The blonde held out his hand, yet again Tai blushed what the hell is with this guy? Yamato didn't understand what was going through the other person's mind as he shook his hand and sat down.

Taichi could feel his face flushing, for god sake Tai just cool it; you have to sit next to this guy for the rest of the year! Tai regained his composure and realised Matt was talking to him, "So you new to the area or just the school?"

"Uh… the area, I used to live a few hours away."

"Cool, it must be quite different living near the coast?" It was true Yamato and now Taichi lived in a coastal town, surprisingly there weren't all that many tourists in the area despite its obvious beauty.

"Yeah, I used to live in this massive city so it's completely different. I mean my house even has two floors, that was almost unheard of where I came from." Tai's amazement made Yamato laugh, "What?" Tai sounded hurt,

Trying to catch his breath Yamato stammered out, "Its... it's just… for us its so normal but for you its amazing!"

Taichi blushed yet again, "shut up." He pouted; gradually Yamato's laughter began to settle down, only the occasional giggle escaped.

Yamato rested his hand on Taichi's arm and leaned in to him, he looked extremely feminine, "Aww, Tai please don't be mad." Taichi flushed yet again, Yamato thought he knew what was going on and lifted his hand off Taichi's arm.

"Fine, I guess I can forgive you this one time." Taichi's voice was teasing, Yamato found himself inexplicably drawn to the new student.

"You know I like you Tai, I'm sure we'll be friends." His smile was returned by the brunette next to him. "Now let me see what you have next, English Lit, I have that with you so you can come up with me."

Taichi followed Yamato up the three flights of stairs, admiring his ass the whole way up. He knew he would have to tell Yamato about being bisexual soon before they got to be friends and it would be weird for him to come out. Of course for now he would just enjoy the view. Eventually they reached the top of the stairs, Tai was fine but Matt was catching his breath, "Matt you're so unfit!"

"Hey, Tai?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up." The two boys started laughing as they walked into their English Literature class.

Yamato insisted Tai sit on his table. The classroom was arranged so that four people sat around two double desks pushed together. "Guys, this is Tai. Tai this is Jonas and Sora." Tai greeted the pair, he found he had a lot in common with Sora, she was sporty and kind. However Jonas seemed to be a bit perturbed, he didn't really say much.

Yamato whispered in the brunette's ear, "Don't mind Jonas, he's been off all day." Tai just nodded and returned to the conversation.

Taichi and Yamato left the classroom after their lesson and parted with the promise that Yamato would come and pick up Taichi from his next class so they could spend break together. The next lesson Taichi had was drama so he made his way down to the bottom floor and over to the drama studio. He entered the room, the walls were black, a grey carpet covered the floor and a number of lights covered the ceiling, they looked like they were operated from a room to the side of the studio which looked in on it through two windows. The students seemed to be grabbing chairs and arranging them into a circle. It was then that Taichi noticed someone he knew, he ran over to her "Mimi!" she turned and smiled,

"Tai, you're in this class to?"

"Yeah!" a small cough alerted Tai too the other people with Mimi. One was a girl who looked to be a couple of years younger and the other was a thin girl with blond hair and pale skin.

"Oh sorry, Matt, this is Yolei," she gestured to the younger girl with purple hair,

"Hi, nice to meet you."

She replied, "Likewise, how do you know Mimi?"

"I live next door to her."

"Ah, ok then."

Mimi cut in, "and this is Ella."

The blond girl smiled provocatively at him, "So you're this handsome stranger I keep hearing about."

"I guess so, although I'm surprised I haven't heard of someone as pretty as you yet."

She blushed, "Keep this up and I might jump you." She winked and walked away with Yolei to sit down, leaving Mimi and Tai alone.

"Well aren't you mister charming."

"Well what can I say, girls just find me utterly irresistible." The cockiness that was normally present in Tai's voice was returning to him as he became more comfortable in his new school. The pair sat next to each other and the lesson began.

Mimi waited with Tai at the end of the lesson; apparently she was friends with Matt as well. He entered the drama studio as Tai listened to Mimi complain about how clingy Yolei was. "Mimi you aren't scaring off Tai already are you?"

Mimi looked offended, "What no! Of course not," she wrapped an arm around Tai's shoulder, "we're just bonding." Tai laughed nervously as the trio left the studio for break. Matt lead them to a classroom with a large group of people in it, they sat around on tables and chairs talking casually, they all paused and turned to look at the new person. A boy with burgundy hair spoke up, "Matt, are you aware you're being followed by that boy?"

Matt sighed "Never been known for tact have you Izzy? But yes I do know that he's with me, his name is Tai and he's my friend so be nice." Matt then went to sit down next to Izzy and began talking to him and a tall boy with blue hair that was styled similarly to Matt's except less stylishly.

Tai stood awkwardly, but was quickly pulled over by a girl he recognised, "Hey Sora."

"Honestly Tai, you look like a stray lamb." She chuckled at her own joke, "Just come and sit with us." She led him over to a group of people, he recognised Jonas in the group, "Hey Tai." Just as blunt as he was this morning then, "Hey Jonas."

Tai spent the 20 minutes with the group; he gradually began to become friends with a girl named Lily who was apparently Ella's best friend. He could see why, they both flirted with him, although Tai didn't flirt back to Lily in such a large group he didn't want a reputation yet. The bell rang to signal that lessons were starting soon. Sora looked over Tai's shoulder as he examined his timetable, "Double Biology, hey I have that with you so does Matt."

Sora, Matt and Tai all sat around a table in the Biology lab, Tai and Matt on one side and Sora on the other. The trio chatted quietly, mostly trying to learn more about Tai as he was new. It was about halfway through the lesson when Tai felt it, Matt was shaking his leg, it was rubbing against Tai's thigh. It wasn't much but the contact got Tai excited, he had to push his stool further under the table to hide how excited he truly was by Matt's contact.

Despite Tai's little mishap the lesson progressed without event, similar to the rest of the day. Tai spent lunch with Matt and his friends again he arranged to meet up with Mimi after school to walk home together. Then in the afternoon Tai was alone for a double lesson of Chemistry.

At the end of the day Tai found that for a lot of the way Matt, Sora and Yolei would all be walking home with himself and Mimi. Gradually as people reached their homes the numbers of people walking depleted, first it was Sora then Matt and Yolei turned off a different street, eventually Mimi and Tai made it home.

Matt and Yolei talked as they walked home, "So what did you think of Tai?" Matt inquired,

Yolei paused, she thought about it, "I don't know really, at break he seemed really shy, lunch he loosened up a bit but not a lot. But then in drama this morning he was really flirty with Ella, he just confuses me to be honest."

Matt did a double take, "Wait, do you think he likes Ella?"

"I dunno, it just seemed like flirting, nothing serious. Why?"

"Well to be completely honest, I thought he was gay."

"Really, what makes you say that?"

"Well he blushed when he saw Mr Arita, then when he saw me he was really red." Yolei looked sceptical, "Not like embarrassed red Yolei, like he was thinking things he shouldn't have been."

"Well I guess we'll just have to wait and see, but even if he is it doesn't matter."

That night Matt lay in his bed, his mind swimming with the events of the day, why can't I get Tai out of my head, I barely know him, but everything I think of eventually leads back to him. It's not like I'm gay, but when Tai talks to me I feel special. Like it's a privilege. Maybe it's just because he's new, yeah, that must be it. I'm just excited about having a new friend. Although deep down, Yamato knew that he was lying to himself, he just wasn't ready to accept himself.

A/N

Hey guys, ok so please give me some feedback on this. I absolutely love Taito, but if I'm honest I was kind of worried about writing this, I know it's just starting but please give me some first impressions because I really need them to help me improve.

So please R&R the next chapter should be up soon, provided I didn't mess this up too much :P