Title: Tarry
Author: AppleL0V3R and ZOMGiwantspieNOOAAWW
Beta-reader: ZOMGiwantspieNOOAAWW
Fandom: Digimon Season 4: Frontier
Pairing: Kimura, Kouichi and Minamoto, Kouji
Rating: T
Type: One-shot – Complete
Summary: "Sit back down!" Izumi told the two who were trying to sneak away. Both boys sat down as Takuya and Izumi continued their argument about their relationship.
Theme: Set 408 – Tarry
Word Count: 1,355
Disclaimer: If you've heard of it before, then it's obviously not mine.
Note: I don't know if there is an off hour for students in japan, and if there isn't my apologies and just go with it. Also this is going to be Kouji's perspective. Lastly, there will be a sequel to this one, it was not intended and so it will not be a prompt.
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Tarry (tarree)
To remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn.
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"Are you kidding me? Kouji's totally on top." Takuya stated flatly.
"Nu-uh. I'm telling you it's Kouichi." Izumi rebutted.
The two unfortunate subjects looked back and forth between their friends. How had Takuya and Izumi gotten into this argument again? Oh yeah, boy relationships and how apparently the two of them had one. Which Kouji would flatly deny they did not, because they didn't, but would the other two listen? Nope. They just seemed intent on arguing who was on top in a nonexistent relationship between his twin brother and him. And they were stuck in the middle, since they sat side by side at the lunch table while Takuya and Izumi sat across from each other.
Thankfully it was an off hour an no one was around to witness, not even the two remaining members of their odd group.
"How? Have you seen Kouji's temper?"
Izumi snorted. "You're the only one on the receiving end of that Takuya. But even if you weren't Kouichi wouldn't be because if you haven't noticed he never directs his temper at Kouichi. Ergo Kouichi's on top."
Or maybe I just don't like snapping at my twin, Kouji thought drily. Though, Izumi did kind of have a point. Even when he was pissed off, he never took it out on Kouichi. That did not, however, mean there was anything sexual going on between the two.
"No way. I just don't see it."
"That's cause you've clearly never seen Kouichi when he's one of his devious moods."
That's two to zero in Izumi's favor now. Kouji knew better than anyone that between the twins Kouichi was the real trouble maker. Not to mention the older twin had stalked him for a fair amount of time before they'd ever even met. Damn it. Why couldn't he have normal friends, one's who didn't debate such things as his sexuality, who he's with and whether he's on top or not in front of him. Then again, he supposed it was partially his fault considering he did willingly become their friends, being in a different world aside. Maybe that infected things. Never make friends in a different world even if you are from the same planet as they are, it only causes more problems than it's worth later on.
"But I just don't think Kouji would let himself be on bottom even if his partner is his twin brother and devious."
"And I'm telling you that because it's Kouichi that he would."
"Would not."
"Would too."
Oh make it stop, Kouji complained inside his head. Or better yet, he could make it stop himself because he did not need to, have to or even want to hear this. Without thinking about it, he grabbed Kouichi's hand and said boy jumped a little causing the younger of the two to suspect that the other wasn't even paying attention. Good, at least one of them wasn't suffering such insanity.
He stood quickly and quietly, but before he was more than a half step away from where he'd been seated, "Sit back down!" He didn't know how Izumi could be completely focused on the goggle head and still catch the both of them before they got anywhere. Both boys sat down and the argument continued. Kouji wondered idly if he could get away with banging his head on the table and use it as an excuse to go to the nurse's office or something.
"Would not."
"Okay fine. I've provided at least two valid points, now it's your turn Takuya. What's your other reason Kouji's on top, huh?"
"Yeah, my other reason is pretty obvious. Do you really think Kouji would let himself be dominated."
End, Kouji pleaded under his breath silently, end this conversation right now. Kouji shifted slight, adjusting his hold on his brother's warm hand since the boy had squeezed slightly, the younger of the two didn't even bother to glance at Kouichi, it wasn't really necessary since he'd already confirmed that he wasn't paying attention.
Izumi snorted and Kouji wasn't quite sure how to take that except to know that he wasn't going to like what she had to say. "Oh, please." Izumi rolled her eyes with a look of exasperation, Sure, with virtually everybody he'll run to the end of his chain and bark, but when his master comes home he'll wag his tail and look cute."
Kouichi's hand spasmed slightly right then but Kouji ignored it in favor of actually absorbing what the only female of the group had just stated.
Three to zero, his subconscious told him, but he didn't want to even really think about how Izumi had a valid point. That meant admitting a few things he didn't want. A few thing really didn't even want to think about.
To make matters worse Takuya was quiet for a moment. The boy opened his mouth, lifting a gloved hand with an index finger almost pointing but not really, then he dropped his hand and when nothing came after another moment he closed his mouth. He repeated this process a few more times, unsuccessfully in every attempt. Finally he threw both arms in the air and let them fall into a crossed position over his chest. His sulking clear and also signaling that he was losing this argument.
Kouji had to admit, for being best friends with the teen since they were still in grade school made this appear a pretty poor attempt to support him. And honestly, the raven haired boy didn't know whether to be insulted or otherwise.
"Will the two of you knock it off? There isn't a relationship like that between Kouichi and I." He all but growled the statement out, hoping that they'd finally get the fact through their thick skulls.
He got twin incredulous looks. Why in the world did he even bother? Again he cursed himself for giving them the chance to be his friends and he was never, never inter-world traveling again. Granted he got his twin out of the whole mess and four other best friends that would stick with him through thick and thin, but he was not going to chance getting into even more situations like this. Of course with his friends and his luck, they probably already had humiliation covered.
"Are you blind?" This line belonged to Takuya because the moron was the only one who would respond like that.
"Kouji…I know you have street smarts and book smarts, but how can you not have noticed these past few years?" No matter what anyone said Izumi could avoid the subject and still hit the nail on the head.
Kouji groaned, "Kouichi, help me out here?"
Silence. All three looked at the eldest twin who was staring at the table with straight face and a slightly distracted expression. Which was just more proof for Kouji that the other simply wasn't paying them any mind.
"Kouichi?" Kouji prompted, still nothing. He blinked, beginning to get a little worried. But before he could do or say anything more,
"Kouji?"
"What, Izumi?"
"If you two aren't in a relationship how come you're still holding his hand?"
He cursed Izumi and her attentiveness to everything he didn't want her to see so keenly.
