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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2: Dancing:
Iori arrived at the party with Takeru and Hikari. When the door opened, he was surprised at what he saw. Music blared loudly as people danced in the middle of the room. He hadn't expected this at all. Chosen Children parties had never been like this, or maybe they had and he just hadn't been invited. He was the youngest, so it was conceivable that they hadn't invited him. The three entered and looked around. Takeru saw Mimi and went to her. "Thanks for inviting us," he shouted at the host.
"Oh, it's no problem," she shouted back.
Iori grabbed Hikari and asked, "Are there a lot of Chosen Children parties like this?"
"Only Mimi's, we figured since you're going to be 15 soon, you could come. That's when we started to come to hers."
"But the party's at Koushiro-san's house."
"She's throwing the party, to celebrating all the new couples among the Chosen Children. Normally, her parties are in the Digital World, but since Izzy made it that she could come to Japan, she decided to through it here instead, knowing Koushiro wouldn't mind," Hikari explained.
Hikari looked at the dance floor to see Sora and Taichi dancing together very close. She nudged her boyfriend, "When did Sora and Taichi start dating?"
"Last week, Sora decided to give him a chance, considering Yamato's dating Jun," Takeru yelled over the music. Yamato was dancing with Jun, which still surprised everyone. They had started dating recently. No one had believed it. Yama claimed that Jun had changed a lot and was less annoying, but a lot of the Chosen Children didn't believe it yet. Jyou was dancing with Momoe, Miyako's sister. He looked very awkward while Momoe seemed to be enjoying himself. Iori looked for the tan god that haunted his dreams. He was standing around the food table. The youngest Child went there, hoping to be close to his crush. With Daisuke at the table were Takeru, Hikari, Miyako, Ken, Koushiro and Mimi. The pink haired girl was busy convincing Koushiro to dance with her.
"Come on, it'll be fun, Jyou's dancing. You said you'd dance if he did," Mimi persuaded.
"I never said that, you wanted me to say that because you knew he would," Koushiro crossed his arms defiantly.
"Please, it would make your girlfriend happy!" Mimi draped her arms around her neck.
"I don't dance, Mimi, you know that."
Miyako was trying to do the same with Ken. She grabbed his arm and tried to drag him. "Ken, it'd be so much fun dancing! Please!"
Ken sighed, "I don't like to dance, I feel like an idiot when I do."
"If you dance with me now, maybe I'll do something for you later." She leaned over and kissed his cheek.
"Look, Miya-chan, if you want to dance so much, why don't you dance with Mimi," Ken spoke.
"That might be interesting to watch," Koushiro added. Both men smiled at their girlfriends, hoping not to get hit.
Miyako gave Ken a dirty look and got an evil gleam in her eye. She grabbed Daisuke, dragging him to the dance floor. Tai and Yamato went to the table to get punch for their dates. As they looked back they saw Miyako grinding against Daisuke, who seemed to be enjoying it.
"Wow, Ken, I didn't know Miya could dance," Yama said.
"Yeah, I can't believe she dancing like that with Dai," Tai laughed.
Yamato's eyes widen as Miya wrapped her arms around Daisuke and pulled him close, "I wish Jun would do that."
Tai nodded in agreement. "You should probably stop that, you don't want to lose your girlfriend to your best friend."
Ken sighed, "It's okay, I don't mind her dancing with Daisuke. She asked me before she did."
Takeru butted in, "No she didn't, she didn't even ask him. I think she's trying to make you jealous."
"Don't worry about it, I know Miyako and this is fine."
Taichi looked shocked, "No, it's not! Those are things you should only do with a boyfriend."
Yamato agreed, "Yeah, and girls like guys who dance. As Tai said before, you should do something before you lose Miya to Dai."
Miyako who was the center of attention at the moment stopped dancing with the tan goggled boy and came to the food table. "Iori," she said, "would you like to dance with me?"
"I guess," but before he finished talking, the violet haired girl grabbed his arm and dragged him too to the dance floor. She began to dance with both guys, constantly switching who got more attention. Iori didn't know how to dance to awkwardly stood trying to mimic Daisuke's movements.
All the guys laughed as she gave Ken a grin. Takeru spoke first, "Okay, she is officially trying to make you jealous." Ken admitted defeat and stormed over to the dance floor.
"Why are you doing this?" the blue hair boy demanded.
She stopped dancing and turned to her partners, "You two dance with each other while I talk to the party pooper." Iori and Daisuke stopped dancing and looked at each other awkwardly.
"Miyako, stop this, I know what you're trying to do!"
"I'm trying to have fun! Is that so bad?"
Ken grabbed her arm and dragged her into the corner so they could talk privately. "You're not trying to have fun, you're getting involved and you already told Dai you wouldn't."
"I know, I shouldn't have grabbed Iori, and I'm sorry, but that was to make you jealous. But I want to dance! You said I could dance with Mimi, so why can't I dance with Daisuke?"
"Because dancing with him makes me look bad. All the guys were teasing me about losing my girlfriend to my best friend."
"Ken, I'm either dancing with you or with Daisuke, it's your choice."
"I'll dance with you, but only if you promise to leave Daisuke and Iori alone." Miyako squealed with delight at her boyfriend's compromise and kissed him hard to thank him.
Iori watched Miyako and Ken fight in the corner. This was new for them. Then again, they hadn't been dating that long. Ken looked like he was about to ring her neck when they kissed. They wandered back over to the dance floor when Miyako looked at both the youngest and leader who have been standing since she left.
"I'm sorry about how I acted," she announced giving both men a kiss on the cheek. "I think I'm going to dance with Ken for the rest of the night, but I had fun with you guys."
Ken looked even more anger, "Miyako!" She didn't respond to her boyfriend's scream, she just grabbed him and started dancing with him close. His face immediately changed as her hands wrapped around his neck. He didn't realize dancing could be so much fun. Miya's previous partners were dumbfounded and wandered over the table with the other Chosen Children.
Iori made an attempt at conversation with the boy walking next to him, "Miyako-san sure is acting weird tonight." Daisuke always made Iori self conscious. He was so energetic and knew what to do next. He was a leader and a good one at that. Well, by the end, he was. Why did he have to be so cute? When I look at him, why does my stomach to flip flops? Does he think about me the way I think about him? Iori thought as he looked up at the brunette beside him. Iori steeled his mind; he couldn't feel that way about Daisuke. He couldn't. Daisuke's head turned to look at him. The younger boy quickly looked away, afraid his eyes would reveal his true feelings for the older boy. He had never felt this way until after they had fought BelialVamdemon. Why did I have to feel this way over a guy who would never want me, because I was a guy? Iori had known he preferred men for awhile, but falling for a guy who liked girls had never been planned. Daisuke was always optimistic and never worried about things like he had. The first time he had felt something for him was fighting BelialVamdemon. He was the only one of the group who wasn't afraid and that inspired him to not be afraid himself. If only I had remained inspired! Why did the feelings have to turn into love?
Daisuke smiled at the child of knowledge and sincerity beside him, "You know Miyako, she's always crazy. I'm going to get some punch, I'm thirsty from dancing, you want some?" As the boy next to him nodded, Daisuke got some punch for two and watched the girl who was going to die, if he had any say. Why did she have to grab Iori? He had had fun dancing with the violet headed girl, but grabbing Iori had made it awkward. She said she wouldn't meddle, and that was meddling in his book. He watched Iori drink his punch and wondered, not for the first time if Miyako was right, was Iori gay?
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The party had been going on for a few hours and by now, everyone was on the dance floor, except Daisuke and Iori who had no one to dance with. It was a slow song and all the couples were pulled close. It was rather cute to watch, Iori mused. He wished he could dance like that with Daisuke, but knew he couldn't ask. He looked at the time, it was getting late and his mother and grandfather would be worried soon. He gathered his coat and said good bye to his Daisuke.
"Where are you going?"
"I should be getting home, it's late."
Daisuke looked worried, "You shouldn't walk back by yourself."
"I don't want to bother Takeru-san and Hikari-san; they seem to be having fun." Said couple was dancing cheek to cheek.
"Why don't I walk you home, we don't live that far apart. I just need to grab my coat and let Ken know. I don't want him to wait for me when trying to leave."
"I'll tell Takeru and Hikari. Thank you Daisuke-san." The short boy bowed in gratitude.
"Oh, don't mention it," the tan boy gave a big smile.
He made his way over to Ken and Miyako. Her head rested against his chest with eyes closed and a smile on her face. Ken smiled at the girl in his arms and kissed her head. When the blue hair boy looked up to see his best friend, he was surprised. He smiled at him and joked, "Sorry, you can't cut in." Miyako looked up to see Dai giving her boyfriend a look and smiled.
"Very funny, I just came over to tell you that I'm going to walk Iori home and then I'm going home myself."
"Have fun, you two," Miyako said grinning before quickly returning to her former position.
"You sure about this?" He stopped dancing with Miyako, but wrapped an arm around her, "We can go too."
"I'm sure, besides, it looks like you two are having fun. Just remember to get a room before going any further," Daisuke teased, noticing the male's hand on the female's behind. Both members of the couple blushed deeply as the hand moved away slowly.
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"I hate to interrupt you, but I'd like to inform you that I will be going home." TK and Kari, who had been in their own world, looked at the small boy in front of them.
They separated, "Let me just get my stuff, it'll only be a minute." Takeru was slightly annoyed at having to leave. He was having fun with Hikari. He looked at Iori and realized that he probably wasn't having any fun.
"Don't worry, Daisuke offered to walk me home. No need to leave on my behalf. I hope you two enjoy the rest of your evening," Iori bowed to the couple and left before they could respond.
"So, you ready to go," Daisuke knew he sounded too excited about this.
Iori nodded, afraid his voice would betray him. They left the party, both silent, and walked home without speaking a word. Neither knew what to say to the other.