A/N: Another one already? This time it's Takumi!! Whee!! (shot) I wanted to write a Takumi oneshot after reading don'tchaknowme4life's "Behind the Scenes" fic and she had mentioned Paramore in two chapters. This turned out longer than I wanted it to so there are two parts.

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon! I do own a few characters in this though (you'll see who they are). This is Takumi, so if you don't like, why the hell did you click on this??

Misery Business

Part 1: Surprise

Zoe woke up one morning a whole new girl. Today's the day! she shouted in her head with confidence. Today was the day! The night before, she had been tossing and turning with the thought of her all time crush being with her as more then just friends. She quickly dressed in her everyday clothes, a stripped blue and white shirt and jean pants.

She and Takuya had grown up so much since they had first met five years ago on the Trailmon heading towards the Digital World with JP and Tommy. She wasn't exactly smitten at first sight but it practically grew through out their journey. Since she had gotten back, she had been hiding the feelings. Now five years later, she was no longer afraid to run up to him, rap her arms around him and confess.

It was February the twelfth. Valentine's Day was on Monday. She would confess to him two days earlier. Zoe bounded down the stairs and into the kitchen and began eating. Her parents noticed she was much more chipper this morning and were glad for what ever reason it was. After eating, she waited until nine to call Takuya's house.

A few billion rings later, Takuya's mother picked up. "Hello?" she asked.

"Hi, Ms. Kanbara," Zoe greeted her. "Is Takuya there?"

"No, he's out at the park up the road with Shinya and their cousins," she answered. Then she mumbled, "The two had to do their homework."

"Well, thanks." Zoe hung up the phone. She got up and ran over to the door, slipping on shoes and her coat. Takuya had three cousins between the ages of five and ten. They must've just gotten over.

"Zoe, where are you going?" her mother asked.

"Out," she replied. "I'll be back soon." Zoe grabbed her cell phone and car keys. She got into the car and drove towards Takuya's house. It was only a ten minute drive and her heart thudded only faster as she neared the park that was up a bit farther. She parked her car in the parking lot and headed towards the play ground in the middle of the park.

She looked around and spotted Takuya with his back turned to her. Her smile deepened and she suddenly became nervous, loosing all her courage to tell him. "Oh, not now!" she whispered to herself, telling her legs to move and her heart to slow down a couple of beats. Her feet listened but her heart didn't.

She ran to him while shouting his name. Takuya turned to face her and waved. Zoe stopped in her tracks only a few feet away. Someone stood next to him. Zoe recognized her as Rin Yagami from her school. She was a tad shorter than Takuya with short blonde hair and big blue eyes. Rin had all the eyes of the boys (except Koji and Koichi) in the school but also the glares of all the girls in the school. Rin was known for stealing boyfriends and breaking them after a few weeks.

"Hi, Zoe," he said.

"Hi," she forced herself to say. She paled a little when she noticed the two were holding hands.

"Hi, Orihime," Rin said with a false sweetened voice that hid a sneer.

"Orimoto," she corrected in a hard voice, glaring at Yagami.

Takuya broke into the silence. "So what's up Zoe?" he asked.

Zoe lost control. "What's Yagami doing here?" she hissed, jabbing a finger at Rin.

"She's my girlfriend," Takuya said happily.

Zoe straightened out. "What?" she asked. Her heart stopped for a minute.

"He said that I. A. His. Girlfriend," Rin said slowly, making each word its own sentence. She hugged Takuya and gave Zoe a sneer that Takuya didn't see. Zoe's heart broke with every word.

Takuya looked at her for a minute. She looked pale and on the edge to tears. "Zoe, what's wrong?" he asked, breaking his embrace with Rin and walking over to Zoe. He placed his hands on her shoulders and looked her in the eye.

Zoe shook her head slowly. "T-Takuya," she whispered. Over his shoulder, she could see Rin sneering at her. Anger boiled through her and she pushed away from Takuya suddenly. Takuya backed away a few steps to regain his balance.

"What was that for?" he asked, nearly shouted.

Zoe jabbed a finger towards Rin. "Takuya! How could you, of all girls, choose her?" she shouted. Tears spilled down her face.

"Zoe, you know I've liked her! I just mustered up the courage to go talk to her a week ago!" Takuya shouted.

Zoe glared between the two. "How dense are you? She will just break you!"

"That's not true," Takuya said. "Besides why does it matter to you?! You're not my mother!"

"But I'm your friend!" she shouted back. "I care for you! I LOVE YOU! I don't want to see you broken when she leaves!"

Takuya backed away a step, dumbstruck. Rin on the other hand, grabbed Takuya's arm and said, "Why do you but in?" she asked. "Can't you see that he's happy? What a time to tell someone you love them, when they already have a girlfriend." She tightened her grip on his arm. "Besides, weren't you going out with Koji recently? You're just a vixen wanting some action as a rebound."

Takuya turned towards Rin. "Let's go," he muttered. The two walked away after they called their cousins.

"Takuya, WAIT!" she shouted. Takuya didn't respond. She stood there, numb and angry, for several minutes before finally walking towards her car. She fumbled with the keys and put it in ignition but didn't start the car. Zoe banged her head against the wheel, tears running down her face in buckets.

Finally, she was tired of just sitting there and started the car. To drown out the thoughts of what had just happened, she turned on the radio. A melancholy song sung by a woman met her. The bitter sweet lyrics reminded her too much of what had happened to her minutes before and switched the station. That song in which it fell on, too, was bitter sweet and sad. "No!" she shouted angrily, hitting the preset. No music that she wanted to hear was on so she turned it off and drove home.

Her parents noticed she was crying and questioned what was wrong. Zoe didn't answer and went right up to her room. Monday at lunch when sitting with her friends, they noticed Zoe being depressed. Everyone at her table, even Koji, her ex-boyfriend, knew why right away. Koji and JP glared at Takuya who sat away from them. Koichi tried his best to comfort her but she was too sad about it.

Zoe was still depressed, even a week later. She had avoided contact with Takuya even when he was alone. On her way to her car after the last class of the day, Zoe heard someone in an empty classroom. It sounded like Rin. She slowly approached the door and quietly opened it. She noticed Rin's voice and a guy with his back to her. Zoe automatically recognized the guy's back. It was Haruto Nokamo, a boy that was in the rock band known as "The Black Hand". The two were having a make out session.

Zoe closed the door as anger seethed through her. How could she cheat on Takuya like that? She stomped towards her car and ran into Takuya. "Zoe, what are you doing?" he asked.

"Walking back to my car," she answered. Then the image of what she had seen earlier jumped back into her mind. "Takuya, I saw Rin and Haruto Nokamo having a making out in an empty classroom not too long ago."

Takuya snorted. "Rin was right about you being desperate," he said.

"No, really, Takuya! I'm not lying!" Takuya looked towards the door.

"Rin!" he shouted waving. Zoe turned to see Rin walking towards them.

Rin glared at Zoe. "What's she doing here?" she asked. Zoe glared back. Takuya told her what Zoe had told him. "What?" she asked in a sarcastic laugh. "I was finishing up a test in biology."

Takuya turned towards Zoe. "See? Rin would never cheat on me."

"But I-!"

"Zoe, back off!" he shouted. He turned back to Rin, kissed her, and they were on their way.

Zoe fumed. He should believe her! She saw what she saw. She unlocked her car and got in. She turned on the radio and a song was playing in the chorus. Zoe recognized it as a Paramore song. She found herself suddenly in love with the song and one of the stanzas caught her attention. "Second chances, they don't ever matter. People never change. Once a whore, you're nothing more. I'm sorry, that'll never change. And about forgiveness, we're both supposed to have exchanged. I'm sorry, honey, but I'm passing up, now look this way! Well, there's a million other girls who do it just like you; looking innocent as possible to get to who! They want and what they like; it's easy if you do it right. Well, I refuse! I refuse! I refuse!"

Then, she suddenly got an idea. Rin was a whore that was for sure! She was having a new boyfriend every other week. She also needed to get him to see what she knows. The question was how? She talked with Koji, Koichi, and JP the following Friday at the park.

"Any ideas?" asked Zoe.

"Well, there's going to be a karaoke party at the café in town tomorrow," Koichi said.

"How's that going to help, bro?" asked Koji, shaking his head disapprovingly at his twin.

"Maybe we could catch her and someone else making out on video tape and show it to Takuya?" suggested JP.

"That'd take too long," Koji said.

"Well, I don't hear you giving any ideas," JP shot back.

Koji sighed. "I heard Haruto bragging about having Rin as his girlfriend yesterday. Zoe could get Rin and Takuya to go on a date at the café and we could get Haruto to go there. He'd see the two together and walk up to them demanding what was going on. A huge fight, Takuya finds out and breaks up with little miss Yagami. End of problem."

Zoe narrowed her eyes at Koji. Koji must've still been mad that she likes Takuya over him. "You just want to have some revenge for me liking Takuya."

"Look, that idiot had no right to break your heart. He's practically lucky I haven't broken his nose," he said.

"No, you gave him a black eye. JP broke his nose," Zoe said. She remembered Koji and JP getting into a fist fight with Takuya that Monday. The three had detention the following day. Takuya wasn't on speaking terms with the two of them since.

The four decided that Koichi was the one to suggest the date and time. They all left for their homes. Koichi pulled out his cell phone and dialed Takuya's number. He had a plan but if the others had know; it would wreck the surprise.

"Hello?" answered Takuya.

"Hey, Takuya, it's me Koichi," he said.

Takuya sighed. "Look, I already am having a hard time with the others! Tommy won't stop criticizing me. Zoe keeps saying that Rin's cheating on me. Koji and JP attacked me and gave me a broken nose, black eye, and detention! Is there anything more you want to add?" he said in an aggravated voice.

Koji noticed the smile on his brother's face. "No, actually, I was calling to say why don't you take Rin to the café tomorrow night? It's karaoke after all. I'm sure Rin would love it with the entertainment and food."

Takuya paused for a minute. "Hey, that isn't a bad idea. Thanks Koichi! What time does that party start?" he asked.

"Six," he answered. The two said bye and Koichi hung up the phone. He gave his brother the thumbs up. Koji nodded and called Haruto.

"What?" asked the annoyed voice of Haruto. "We're in the middle of practice!"

"Hey, Haruto. It's me, Koji," Koji said. "Me and the guys are planning to hang out at the café tomorrow night. Want to come?"

Haruto paused for a minute. "Yeah, I'll call Rin to see if she wants to come."

"No," Koji nearly shouted. Haruto repeated him. "Well, don't you want to hang out with just us for a while without her?"

"Yeah, you have a point there," Haruto said. He hung up the phone as did Koji. Koji nodded his head towards his brother. It was all set up. Now their plan was good to go.

Koichi waved his goodbye to his brother and ran to the café. "Excuse me," he said to a man that was in charge with the party. The man turned to him.

"Yes?"

"I'd like to reserve two spots in the line. One at six-o-five for one and one at six-forty-five for a duet."

"So early?" asked the man. "Is there as special reason?"

"Yep," Koichi said with a grin.

TO BE CONTINUED . . .

What does Koichi have in mind? How will their plan work out? Stay tuned for part 2!