I don't own Digimon, unfortunately.

"So tell me now if this ain't love then how do we get out?" Rise Against, Savior

I stood out in the rain, too nervous to go in. I knew I looked like an abysmal wreck after my total lack of sleep last night, but it was nothing I could help. After Takeru had left, I had sobbed for hours. I had assumed that we were done with this. We were in our twenties, he was married and I was engaged and had a son. I should have known though. Love doesn't always work as it did in fairy tales and definitely wasn't black and white. We had loved each other for nearly two decades. Even when we'd been seperated for all of those years, we'd still held out hope of getting together. When we reunited, it was like magic, until my lies caught up to me that is. I was so ashamed of myself for not telling the truth that I broke up with him. We had been a sort of on again, off again without ever truly being back on. We'd discussed it many times, but it had always fallen through due to one thing or another. The last time had almost killed our friendship.

We were older now, I was older. I wasn't expecting us to work it out. Still, I had to try. Just like the last time, I had to try.

The tinkling of the bells from the door made me jump. When I saw who it was, my stomach dropped to the floor. Takeru was finally out. I silently hoped that he wouldn't see me, but I had no such luck.

"Kari? What are you doing out here? Are you trying to make yourself sick?" he said, pulling me close to him. He pulled me close, trying to cover us both with his small umbrella. He ushered me down the street and inside a small coffee shop before I could protest. I was thrust into a booth while he went to buy us coffee.

"Takeru..." I said as he walked away. He didn't hear me though and continued to the front to order. This wasn't going at all as planned. Not that I had one, but this definitely wasn't it.

He came back, handing me a latte. I took a sip. Caramel. My favorite.

"So what brings you out here? I didn't think I would see you again after last night," Takeru said, smiling. Although his face was happy, I could see the darkness behind his eyes. The darkness that tended to consume us both if we weren't careful.

"I, uh, wanted to talk about that. Did you mean what you said?" I sipped on the drink, but I couldn't taste anything. The heat helped some though. Takeru, for his part, looked suitably embarrassed.

"Yeah, but I understand that I was way out of line and-" I cut him off. I didn't need to hear any more.

"I'll do it." We both fell silent. That wasn't what he had expected to hear. It took a moment, but he collected himself.

"What?"

"I'll do it. We'll have one day. Its just us. No wives, no fiancés, no kids. Just us. When do you leave?"

"Early Monday morning. Like three am."

"So we've got a day and a few hours then? Good. We can start this off now then. No waiting, no talking ourselves out of it. We finish this coffee and we go have the day we always wanted." I let the authority that I was used to wielding with my class weep into my voice and, just like they always did, Takeru listened.

"Of course."

A/n: So, next chappter. I have also decided to choose a song for each chapter and provide the lyrics that inspired it. Chapter one has been changed to reflect this.

Digi Yo- I decided to continue this, obviously. I'm not really sure how this story is going to end. Looks like we're all along for the ride. ;)