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Fandom: Digimon Frontier
Title: Seaside Strolling
Romance: Junpei x Izumi
Word Count: chapter 2: 500||story: 1,000
Genre: Romance||Rated: G
Challenge: Written for Pairing Diversity Boot Camp, prompt #47, sweetheart; written for 28 Days of Love, Day #11, (write about a pairing from a given list), Written for Diversity Writing, section C, #6, threeshot with all three chapters being 500 words exactly.
Summary: Junpei and Izumi go for a walk that features seashells, sodas, and ice cream.

Izumi turned the shell over a few more times, admiring the way that the light gleamed off of it before she put it away in her purse, not wanting to lose track of it. It was far too pretty to just lose, especially since she really did want to get it made into a necklace.

With a bit more of a lazy tilt to her stride, she started walking again, Junpei keeping up with her. She thought she noticed a glow in his expression as they moved along, one that he often wore when they were together. The more she got to know him – and it was amazing how much she had never gotten to know him sooner – the more she liked knowing him, and liked being around him. He made her feel good in a way very few people ever had.

The more she thought on it, the more she liked making him feel good as well. The way his eyes lit up at a kind word, the happiness that filled him whenever she suggested they spend some time together…

Sometimes she wondered a bit that she could make one person so very happy. But the more time that passed, the more the things that he did affected her the same way. He always knew what she liked to drink, and while he didn't order for her, he knew what to suggest that she might like as well. He knew when to call her when she was feeling bad and when to leave her alone as well.

He knows a lot about me. That only made her feel safer, in all honesty. It wasn't something she'd been very used to when she'd first returned from Italy all those years ago. People just hadn't wanted to get to know her, and she hadn't wanted to get to know them. But then the Digital World happened, and without even being aware of it, she'd ended up with friends. Friends who cared about her no matter what she did or didn't do.

"Hey, want to get something to drink?" Junpei asked, gesturing to a row of machines not that far away. "I think I've got enough for both of us."

Izumi's eyes lit up. "That sounds great!" As much as she enjoyed a pleasant walk on the beach, it was summer and it was hot, and she really did need something to drink. Ocean water wasn't good for that at all.

There was something else she thought she wanted, and she scanned down the rest of the beach as far as she could see until she thought she spied it.

"What about some ice cream? I could really go for some right now."

Junpei looked over and bit his lip even as he handed her bottle of soda over. "I think this is the last of my money." She hated the way that he sounded, so disappointed. She made up her mind in a single moment.

"Don't worry. This one's on me."

To Be Continued

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