Patience, To Melt His Resistance

Ages: Iori 14

Ken, Takeru, Daisuke, Hikari: 16

Miyako: 17

Yamato, Taichi, Sora: 19

Mimi, Koushiro: 18

Jyou: 20

Momoe, Jun: 21

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. This story contains yaoi or shounen-ai. If you don't like stories with that, then don't read this. You have been warned. Don't flame me if you don't like the pairing.

A/N: Yes, I'm fudging Iori's age. This is a sequel to "Anger, To Win Her Heart," however, the ages, which were never explicitly stated in that work, are slightly different than those presented here. Also, in the other story, it's been 4 years after BelialVamdemon, but here it's been 5 years, but I'm fudging it. This takes place a few months after ATWHH is finished. Deal with it! I didn't even think of this idea until after I had finished, Anger, if I had thought of it before, I would have changed Anger, but I didn't and I'm too lazy to fix it now. Mantarou, Momoe and Chizuru are Miyako's siblings.

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1: Confessions:

Ken nuzzled Miyako's neck and kissed it, giving her hickeys. They had been dating for a few months and it had been heaven for both. Miyako was sitting in Ken's lap as his hands moved from her neck. One hand was on her breast, feeling its texture. Miyako grabbed his hand, "Not now," she said, pulling it away. Ken moved his hand back to her neck and made out with his goddess once more. As they started to really get into the mood, a knock was at the door.

Miyako climbed off of her boyfriend's lap and got the door. She found a panting Daisuke.

"What, did you run all the way to Ken's house?" she asked.

He tried to answer, but was panting too hard. Miyako got out of the way to let her boyfriend's best friend through. He ran to Ken's room. Miyako followed, laughing quietly at his antics. By the time she was there, Daisuke had caught his breath. "Ken, I need to talk to you," he looked back at the girl, "alone."

Miyako snuck past Daisuke and kissed Ken's lips. She grabbed her things, "I'm going to head back to Odaiba, I'll see you later."

Ken's arms wrapped around her waist, "Don't go, it probably won't take long."

Miyako sat on Ken's lap again, "No, this is a guy's thing, and I'm not a guy."

Ken smirked, "I know, and I like that." He wrapped his arms tighter and began to kiss her again.

Daisuke sighed and realized that it would be more trouble than it was worth to get rid of Miyako. "She can stay; she just has to keep her big mouth shut. And you have to stop making out, okay?" The lovers nodded and separated, Miyako sitting on the bed and not her boyfriend.

Daisuke sat across from them and sighed before beginning. "So, it's like this, I like someone. I can't get them out of my head."

"Why don't you just tell them? That's what you told to me before I got up the courage. I couldn't be happier." Ken smiled at Miyako who blushed.

"It's not that easy. I don't think he likes me back, Miyako likes all boys!"

"No I don't!" Miyako defended herself.

"Wait, wait, did you say, 'he'?" Ken stopped him.

"Um."

Ken confronted, "You did, didn't you?"

Daisuke admitted the truth, "I did, I like a guy, I'm gay, are you happy?"

"Why were you always hitting on Hikari?" Miyako demanded.

Ken thought for a moment, then said, "It all makes sense now."

"It makes sense?" both Daisuke and Miyako demanded.

"Yeah, you seem to look at guys more than girls. You also care too much about your appearance," Ken grinned at Daisuke after that last remark.

"What about Hikari?"

Daisuke relented, "I knew she wouldn't ever go for me, so I hit on her so people would think I was straight."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? We've been friends for 5 years?"

"I was scared to tell you, what if you didn't accept me? What if you thought I was going to hit on you? I mean, you're attractive, but it'd be like dating my brother. I was going to tell after you started dating Miyako, but I could never catch you alone. You two need to stop being so horny and give each other some room!"

Ken looked at Miyako and realized that they had been together a lot. "Daisuke, I would accept you, I don't care who you like."

"Or sleep with," Miyako teased.

"Miyako, be nice," Ken wrapped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her cheek. He let go of her and grabbed Daisuke's hand. "I'm sorry if my relationship with Miyako has pushed you out, or made you feel unappreciated. You're still my best friend and I'm sorry that I forgot that."

Daisuke smiled, "It's okay, I understand, she's your first girlfriend and you're going to want to spend time together. I was giving you 3 months before I started butting it."

"Why are you telling me? Something sparked this conversation," Ken enquired.

"Well, I realized that I love this guy. I really love him. This guy's great. He's patience, smart and cute. He doesn't speak a lot, but when he does it's important. He's shy at first, but he opens up when you get to know him."

"So, he's your opposite?" Miyako teased. Daisuke made a face.

"Do we know him?" Ken asked.

"Definitely. The problem is that I don't know if he's gay or not."

"Who has he dated?" Miyako asked.

"No one, that's the problem."

"Why don't you just tell us who is it?" Ken asked. Daisuke paused, debating whether he should say. "Come on, Dai, we can't help you if you don't tell us."

Daisuke knew he couldn't get out of this. "It's Iori," he admitted.

Ken spoke first after the pause, "I'm sorry, Daisuke, but I don't think Iori's gay." Miyako started laughing, "That's not nice, don't laugh at Daisuke."

This caused her to laugh harder, "I'm not laughing at Daisuke, I'm laughing at you!"

"What?"

"Are you both blind? Of course Iori's gay!"

"How do you know? Did he tell you?" Daisuke's eyes expanded. His heart was on the line.

"No, but I've suspected it for years. Sometimes, when he thinks no one's looking, I've noticed him checking out guys and practically drooling. Also, whenever I ask him who he likes, he never says a name and always says, 'they' or 'them,' never 'she' or 'her.'"

Both boys looked at her funny. "How do you know so much about Iori?" Ken accused.

"I've been friends with him for years, since we were in diapers. You're not going to be jealous now, are you?" Miyako rolled her eyes are her boyfriend's response.

"Miyako, are you sure? You better not be playing with my emotions," Daisuke begged.

"I'm sure; I wouldn't joke about something like this. I'm not that mean. Although, if I were you, I wouldn't make a move just yet," Miyako commented.

"Why's that?" Dai inquired.

"Well, he's not allowed to date until he's 15, and he's only 14."

"That's great!" Daisuke stood up and jumped.

"How is that great?" Ken was confused.

"His birthday is next month! What would be a better birthday present than a boyfriend!"

Ken rolled his eyes, "Just because he's gay, doesn't mean he likes you."

"But it's a start," the goggle boy said, optimistically, "You seem to know a lot about Iori," Ken growled quietly at that, "do you know if he's interested in me?"

Miyako thought for a moment before speaking, "Well, he is interested in someone, or he was last time we talked, but that was before me and Ken started dating. I haven't talked to him lately; I've been too busy with Ken. I could ask him if he's interested. But I can tell you he probably thinks you're cute. I have noticed that he likes to check you out, but then, he likes to check out a lot of the male Chosen Children."

"Miya, you aren't helping," Daisuke sighed.

"I'm not going to lie! I'll talk to him, see if he's interested in someone," she offered.

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Miya-chan? We all know how sometimes you say things you don't mean to," Ken tried to be delicate.

"But I want to help Dai and Iori! They'd be so cute together!" The boys rolled their eyes at that.

"Ken's right, it would be better if you don't," Daisuke agreed.

The female pouted, "But I want to help!"

Daisuke smiled at her grabbing her hand, "Miyako, trust me, you've already more than you know."