Bite
"I'm such a big coward!" Davis shouted into the
mirror. He slammed his fist onto his desk, scattering his homework everywhere.
"What a loser," he muttered, glancing briefly at the mirror again. He looked at
himself, feeling nothing but pity. His brown spiky hair was limp, his clothes
wrinkled. His goggles had disappeared a few months ago, replaced by a visor.
His large, chocolate eyes were red from crying and his hands shook. On his bed
lay a couple of red and white pills, tossed there a few minutes ago. He sat
down, closing his eyes wearily and rubbing them. "Noodle shop, eh? What use is
having lots of money if the person you love is in love with someone else? Okay,
what use is having lots of money if NO ONE LIKES YOU?" He screamed this part
out loud, his voice echoing in the silent apartment.
He sat in silence for a few
minutes, listening to the last strains of the echo. All he could hear was, "No
one likes you…likes you…"
"Okay, that's it." He stood up
and grabbed his coat. "I'm not going to stay in here and mope. I need to go
outside…"
As Davis opened his apartment
door, he came face to face with a purple-headed girl. "Ahh!" she screamed,
dropping a tray on the ground. Davis' mouth dropped open. "Yolei? What are you
doing here?" She looked up at him. "I brought you some brownies…but now they're
ruined." She explained, calmly picking up the tray and composing herself. "Oh."
Yolei looked closely at him.
"What's wrong?" Davis pretended to look confused. "What?"
She glared at him. "You should
know. Your eyes are all puffy and you aren't babbling at all!"
Davis thought quickly. "Namida
wa egao wo fukaku suru."
"What?! You know I don't
understand Japanese."
"Tears deepen a smile."
"Where'd you get that?!"
"It's an old Japanese proverb," he said pompously. Yolei
didn't look convinced. "Sure…Anyway, where were you going?" Davis looked down.
"I was going for a walk in the park. To think about things…"
Yolei studied him critically. He
looks pretty down… "Are you okay? I mean, seriously." Davis looked up, a
big smile plastered on his face. "Why not?"
Yolei shook her head. "I'm
coming with you."
David
sulked. At least on the inside. He hadn't wanted Yolei to come anyway. But then
again, she wasn't really bothering him. He had expected her to babble and
chatter like she always did, but for now the maiden was silent. At least for
now, Davis thought with a slight grin.
Yolei
sneaked a quick glance over at Davis. He wasn't talking, for once. And he
actually seemed to be smiling, of all things! A little grin had worked itself
onto his face, and now he looked like he had heard a really funny joke but
couldn't laugh out loud for some reason. She couldn't stand it. "Okay, mister,
out with it. What's so funny?" He looked at her, slightly amused. "Nothing
about you…" and his voice trailed off, his mouth open, his eyes blank.
"uh…Davis?
Hallllo?" She waved a few fingers in front of his face. "Davis?" All she got
was a blank stare. "You know, this isn't funny. Stop it!" Her eyes narrowed.
"All right, you want to play? Fine." And she stood there, imitating him, blank
stare, open mouth, etc. Well, at least for a couple of minutes. She
straightened up, exasperated. "Davis, this is getting serious. I'm going home
now, if you don't respond. And uh…I'm going to call the police…and uh…your
parents! Yeah, your parents! And they're going to wonder why their son is
staring off into nothing-" Abruptly, she stopped. His eyes were warming up, the
dull brown colour livening up to a chocolate brown. His mouth snapped closed,
and he shook his head as if to clear his thoughts. He stared at Yolei, the
expression on his face a mixture of fear and pain. "Run! Yolei, get away from
here!" The girl noted the urgency in his voice, and looked at his face. It was
ashen and pale, and his eyes were dark and shifting. His eyes pleaded with her
silently.
Davis stared at her retreating back for a moment,
then ran the other way quickly toward a grove of dark pine trees. What have
I done?
Yolei
stopped running when she reached the intersection. Looking back, she could see
Davis running at full speed towards a grove of dark trees. What is he doing?
Okay, I'm really confused. Her curiosity overtook her and she took a step
forward. And another. Her feet seemed to be moving by themselves. But then she
remembered the pleading look in his eyes. She stopped. I really, really
don't get this.
I hope
she's safely away from here by now. Davis wiped some sweat off his
brow. He took off his visor carefully and quickly pulled out his digivice. He
could feel the changes starting already. Panicking, he shouted, "Digiport
open!" and ran towards it.
~Start Flashback~
"Now, here is the special grove where I have installed a
Digiport. I can only maintain it for a few minutes so you'll have to hurry.
Once you start feeling the symptoms, go!" Davis nodded, face grim. Izzy handed
him a visor.
"Here, take this off when you
need the Digiport, okay? I'll know. I picked something you would like." Davis
grinned for the first time in weeks.
"Thanks."
~End Flashback~
Yolei was
standing in front of the grove, biting her lip. Should I go in? She
smiled; her decision was clear. Without any hesitation she stepped in, pulling
aside branches and twigs. When she got to the middle, it was empty. Except for
a visor. "Davis?" her voice echoed, throwing her voice back at her. He was
gone.
A/N: I should probably explain some things here. But I
can't. The next chapter will explain all, I promise. It might seem a bit weird
here.
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon
