Setting: Odaiba during "France"
Character: Daisuke, age 15
"For the last time, Jun, I don't know where he is," Daisuke said over the phone, completely annoyed that his sister still bugged him on occasion for the boy-of-the-month's number/location/name though she had already left for college earlier that year. He hadn't even bothered to listen to which boy she was infatuated with this time before explaining to her again that he wanted no part in her stalkish tendencies.
He slammed the phone back into the cradle and escaped to his room, having a great need to rant to someone about this. He quickly ran through his closest friends (the Digidestined) in his mind. Both Taichi and Yamato had threatened to inflict great and terrible things to Daisuke if he ever brought up Jun to them again. He couldn't rant to Ken without risking reminding him of Sam and opening that particular can of worms again. Miyako was out of the question since she would probably quickly overtake any complaints that he had without her own about her multiple older siblings. Iori wasn't really someone you complained to, not to mention the kid would give him that disapproving stare (rivaling any "mother's stare" Daisuke had ever seen) the next time they met that he seemed to have perfected in the recent years. Jyou was way too busy to bother, since he was preparing for medical school. Koushiro was probably knee deep in some technological problem and likely not to taking to being disturbed well. As for Sora and Mimi, they would both probably try to suggest he try to get along better with his sister, which was not the advice he was in a mind to hear at the moment.
Which left him just two other options, but he realistically ruled one of them out as not really an option at all. He wasn't stupid, despite what Miyako seemed to broadcast. He recognized that Hikari hadn't exactly been herself lately, not really depressed, but just always seeming so sad all the time. He had tried to find out why, but Miyako had vehemently blocked any attempt. He had an idea, but it seemed the only person that could answer his questions hadn't talked to him in almost two years. Which brought him to his final option.
Takeru.
As he picked up his D-Terminal and started writing the email message, he wondered why he still wrote to someone who never replied. Every time he sent a message to him, he asked himself the same question and still only came up with one answer; he couldn't stop. That would be like giving up on him, and that was something Daisuke could not do.
The stupid guy never did anything without a reason. It may have been a stupid or dumb reason, in Daisuke's opinion, but in all the time he's known him, Takeru's never done anything without a purpose. Daisuke knew there had to been some reason for this, and he couldn't give up on him. He was part of the team, just like everyone else. And the Digidestined stuck together, no matter what.
Daisuke sent the finished rant/message. The D-Terminal confirmed that the message had been received. Daisuke didn't know if the stupid guy ever read his messages, but thought that he might. And for Daisuke, that was enough.
