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Ch. 3 Patamon's Talk

Kari was picking up her camera and going through some old photos in her room when there was a slight knock on the window.

She frowned and crossed her room to the window. She peered out the window, but she saw nothing there. "I don't see anyone there."

"Kari, it's me, Patamon!"

Kari's brown eyes grew very round and she opened the window. Patamon fluttered in through the window and sat down on the floor. "Hello Patamon. What are you doing here?"

"I…er, needed to talk to Gatomon," Patamon said, looking down at the floor.

"Why?" Kari asked, tilting her head as she looked at him.

Patamon opened his mouth to respond, trying to think of a good reason of why he was visiting at Kari's house, but was saved from having to answer when Gatomon walked in through the door. She stopped in her tracks when she saw him, her blue eyes going round with surprise. "Patamon! What are you doing here?"

"I needed to talk to you about something," Patamon said, shooting a look at Kari.

Kari laughed when she saw Patamon look at her. "Private Digimon stuff?"

"Yeah!" Patamon said a little too enthusiastically, nodding his head. "Very private. So private we can't have anyone else listening in."

"Okay, okay. I'll get out for five minutes and then you're all moving out on the couch in the living room," Kari said, picking up her camera. She got up and left the room, shutting the door quietly behind her.

Once she was gone, Patamon turned to Gatomon. "I have a serious problem going on."

"Why?" Gatomon asked, lying down on her back and batting lightly at Patamon with her paws.

"T.K confessed something very important to me," Patamon whispered into Gatomon's ear after a quick look around. Gatomon sat up, her eyes going wide as she stared at him.

"Does it have anything to do with Kari…?" Gatomon asked delicately, lightly running a paw over one of her ears.

Patamon gasped and fell flat on his back in shock. "How did you even know?"

Gatomon jumped, looking extremely surprised that her guess was right. "I was just kidding! Sort of, I mean." She ran over to Patamon, and extended her paw. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah…just amazed," Patamon muttered. He took Gatomon's paw and got back up. "So anyway…T.K told me that he's in love with Kari. He doesn't want to confess to her because he's afraid she doesn't like him back, and I think he's kind of scared of Davis' reaction."

Gatomon rolled her eyes at the mention of Davis. "Please. I can tell you that Kari doesn't like Davis in any way. She just finds his crush on her funny, and sometimes she does get really annoyed. He's way too overprotective of her."

"Did she tell you that?" Patamon asked. Maybe the job won't be so hard to get Kari to fall for T.K…

"No, but I know she's probably thinking that," Gatomon said. She briskly licked one of her gloved paws and rubbed it over her face. "Now, you're not sure if Kari likes T.K back, am I right?"

Patamon nodded. "I feel so bad for T.K! He looked so miserable when he was telling me he wished Kari would like him back."

"I don't know if Kari likes anyone," Gatomon said, putting her paw up to her face as she thought. "But I can tell you this. She's been really distracted since this afternoon and seems like she's daydreaming. Maybe she does have someone on her mind."

"How are we supposed to find out?" Patamon grumbled, lying flat on his belly. "We can't just go up to her and ask her if she likes anyone. T.K's right – it would look pretty fishy."

"Fishy as my dinner," Gatomon agreed. "I've got an idea. Let's pretend to leave the room. When Kari comes back, we'll stay outside her door and eavesdrop."

"Perfect idea!" Patamon said. "Let's go."

The two Digimon walked out of Kari's room. "We're done talking," Gatomon called to Kari.

Kari sat up, and yawned. "Okay, I'm just going to finish sorting my photos and go to bed." She got up and returned to her room, shutting the door behind her.

Tai then walked out of the bathroom, his hair dripping wet, and stopped in his tracks when he saw Gatomon and Patamon. "Uh…hi Patamon."

"Hi Tai!" Patamon said cheerily.

"What are you doing here at this hour?" Tai asked, raising his eyebrows at the little Digimon.

"Paying Gatomon a visit," Patamon said. "What else would I be doing?"

Tai shrugged. "If you want some food later, check the fridge." He walked off into the direction of his own room.

"Thanks, Tai!" Patamon shouted.

"That was a close one," Gatomon whispered to him. "Let's do a little bit of eavesdropping."

The two Digimon then hurried to the door of Kari's room, and put their ears against the door.

"I can barely hear anything," Patamon complained in a very soft undertone.

"Then hush and let me hear! My ears are better than yours," Gatomon hissed back at him.

"No need to rub it in," Patamon grumbled.

They heard Kari humming to herself softly. "It sounds like a love song," Gatomon whispered to Patamon.

"I know what a love song is," Patamon said back to Gatomon, glaring at her.

Gatomon almost fell over with laughter, but righted herself. She put her paws over her mouth as she shook with silent laughter.

"What's so funny?" Patamon demanded.

"You are not scary when you glare at people," Gatomon whispered. "You only look very cute."

If Patamon could've blushed, he would've been beet-red by now. He rolled his eyes. "Are we listening in or not?"

"Fine, fine!"

From inside, they heard Kari stop humming. She heaved a great sigh. "I wonder if he thinks about me…"

Gatomon and Patamon stared at each other in shock. Who on earth was Kari talking about?

"But probably to him, I'm just a sister," Kari continued in a soft voice. "I wonder if he would ever look at me in a way that's not just his friend. T.K, I wish you returned my feelings."

At this, Patamon's eyes went huge with shock and he fell over on his side with a thump.

Gatomon glanced at the door in alarm, and dragged him over to the couch. The two Digimon were sitting on the couch when Kari opened her door.

"What happened? I thought I heard someone fall," she said, looking around.

"Someone can't keep his balance when I'm pushing," Gatomon quickly said, shooting a fake glare at Patamon.

"Just because I have wings doesn't mean I can fly on command, okay?" Patamon said, rubbing his side. "That sort of hurt. I'm going home now."

"I'll walk you to the door," Gatomon said, getting up and walking out. Kari laughed, and returned to her room.

"We've made progress!" Patamon whispered as he flew up to open the door.

"I know. Let's discuss what we'll do in the morning," Gatomon said.

"Okay, good night!" Patamon called as he flew out the door and back home to T.K.