Chapter 2 - Bottled Feelings

Kouji held himself to not panic, and he moved his head down, placing it over Miyuki's chest. He could feel that the girl's heart was accelerated. Now he had absolutely no idea about what to do to help Miyuki.

"Miyuki.. Please wake up.." he just mumbled a few words as he held her close to him. ".. If anything would ever happen to you.. If I'd ever lose you.. I'd.." he broke his sentence, for he didn't want to think of the worst. Kouji closed his eyes as he held her a bit closer to him.

".. You'd wh-what.. Kouji-kun..?" a voice came up from close to the boy. ".. Wh-What would you do.. if I were.. gone.. Kouji-kun..?"

That soft voice made Kouji quickly open his eyes again and look below him. He saw the girl.. The girl that was always there for him, the girl who has been his friend for such a long time. That girl.. Miyuki.. Now he was beginning to understand what his feelings towards her were.

".. If I'd ever lose you, I'd.. I'd d-die, Miyuki.." Kouji spoke to her.

He then smiled towards her, but, it was in a way that the girl had never seen before, it was a soft smile full with tenderness in it. Kouji's soft smile made Miyuki's cheeks flush into a deep red as she gazed at his dark-blue eyes.

"Aah..? L-Liar.." Miyuki flushed a bit more red as she tried to look away, but she couldn't, because Kouji held her chin right on that same moment and he pulled her face towards him.

"I'm not lying, Miyuki.." Kouji looked at her, still with that smile.

Kouji wasn't fully sure about how the following event passed through. Was it his brain that had him do such thing..? Or was it his instinct..? He wasn't really sure.. Kouji quietly moved his hand away from Miyuki's chin, and moved it up to her blushed cheek, stroking it gently with his thumb, as he slowly and softly, moved his head a little lower, getting his head closer to the girl's blushed face.. closer and closer.. Then, he moved that last tiny little bit closer, and he pulled her face up, connecting their faces together in a soft and tender kiss..

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The DigiDestined of Light had kissed the DigiDestined of Love, but now.. How was she going to react towards that kiss form him? Kouji didn't knew himself neither how, nor why he had done such thing. Miyuki, herself, was in shock, for she wasn't expecting such action as that one from him. She was expecting anything from him, but not this.. not this kiss. And not like this either. Their lips were still connected together, but she couldn't respond to the kiss, because she still felt her heart aching too much from her earlier sadness.

Kouji took it as if she didn't wanted to kiss him, which made him feel a little sad over it. He then pulled away from the kiss and looked away, as if he was troubled, while Miyuki was feeling confused. She knew she wanted that kiss, and she wanted to respond to it, but she didn't knew if he loved her back, and he could just be doing that out of pity for her, which was something Miyuki didn't wanted to happen. Her feelings of love mixed up with the small happiness of that kiss, plus, the long-felt angst from all the previous years, weren't really something nice to feel all together and at once.

The girl shrugged as she hid her eyes again with her white hat. Kouji looked down at her again, and he noticed that she was struggling, not from lack of air, but she was struggling against her own feelings. He shrugged himself as well as he quietly held the girl from behind, placing one arm around her shoulders and the other one around her stomach. He found himself flushing a little red by being holding her in such way, and Miyuki just keep on shrugging and she didn't reacted to his embrace either.

"I.. I'm sorry.. Miyuki.." he spoke to her as he held her closer.

". . ." Miyuki couldn't reply, but she did listened to him.

"I would.. like to know.. how to make you smile again.. It's been such a long time now.. since you last smiled for me.. Since I saw your smile, Miyuki.." Kouji said.

".. D.. Do you.. mean what you are saying..?" Miyuki managed to slip out of his arms and sit in front of Kouji, yet, with her eyes still hidden. ".. Do you really mean.. what you are saying..?" she asked again. It was clear that she wanted to be sure of his words.

Kouji tried to place why was she asking such thing, but he couldn't and he went forward to answer to the girl. He grabbed her cheeks again and he just replied without think twice.

".. Yes, I mean what I said, Miyuki.." he said.

Miyuki didn't responded for a few moments, leaving Kouji worried about her, but she knew he was speaking the truth now. He tried to move closer to her, but he didn't got the time to do so. Miyuki moved her hands up and she grabbed Kouji's hands back as she looked up at him. Soon enough, her lips formed a sweet and soft smile. It was her smile. The same smile that Kouji saw when they were younger. That smile.. that would always cheer him up during his battles.

".. Alright then.." the girl flushed a little red as she spoke up. ".. Th-Then, you don't.. hate me, do you, Kouji-kun..?"

"Never did, Miyuki.." Kouji smiled back at her. "Never did.."

But what the two DigiDestined didn't knew was that they were being watched, not by the rest of the group, who were relaxing on the other side of the island, but something mean, something.. evil. It seemed to be ready to ruin the couple's moment..

Kouji passed his left hand over the girl's hair, while his other hand had removed the girl's hat off, placing it by her side. Miyuki blushed more when he suddenly pulled her back into his arms, wrapping his free arm around her back.

"A-Aah..?" the girl keep on blushing as she looked up at him.

As much as Kouji wanted to keep holding Miyuki for the rest of that day, he couldn't help but feel that they were being maliciously watched. It was watching with such stinginess that it made Kouji notice about it. His smile faded away by the moment he looked around them, but not being able to find who -or what- was watching them. Miyuki noticed about Kouji's looks, and it got her worried.

"K-Kouji-kun..? Is something wrong..?" she asked with a worried expression as she keep looking towards him.

"Something's watching us.." Kouji replied, still looking around. "But I just can't see it.." he added.

"A-Ah?" Miyuki's worried expression changed to a scared one as she heard him. "You think it's a rogue Digimon?" she asked.

"I don't know.." Kouji replied.

"Aah..?" Miyuki's scared expression deepened as the two of them stood up. "Kouji-kun..?"

"Stay here.. I'll be right back.. I'm going to check it out.." Kouji said as he took one step forward, but being stopped in the same minute.

"Ah! No, don't leave me..!" Miyuki dashed forward and held him form behind. "Kouji-kun!"

"Calm down, Miyuki.. It's probably nothing.." Kouji turned himself and looked at her with a sift expression.

Miyuki blushed as she looked back at him for a few moments, then, letting him go of her embrace.

"Alright.. But come back quickly, okay, Kouji-kun?" she asked.

"Of course I'll come back, don't worry." the raven-haired boy replied. "Sir down and I'll be back in a zip time." he added.

Miyuki just nodded as she sat back down on the sand and watched him leave.

"Be careful.." she just whispered to him as she looked at the ocean's blue color.

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Miyuki felt the hot temperature striking her head, even with her white hat on. She looked in the way that Kouji had went, and a worried expression filled her eyes.

"Kouji-kun.. He already went for some time now.." the girl said to herself.

To that, Miyuki heard noticed some movements in the bushes, (AN: Beach bushes that were behind her.) which made her shiver a little.

"Kouji-kun..?" she asked towards the movements. ".. Is.. Is that you..?"

Then, a form jumped out of the bushes and at full speed. It was a Tucanmon and it made Miyuki fall backwards, to the ground, with a shriek. The girl then held her breath as she heard something from behind her.

"What are you doing on the ground like that..?"

"Aah.. Kouji-kun.." the girl stood back up as she flushed a little red. "I.. Euh.. A Tucanmon startled me, and I fell.." she shuttered.

When Kouji didn't said anything to that, Miyuki also didn't said anything and she found the sand beneath her feet extremely interesting. Then, she saw his feet moving closer to her, and Miyuki felt a sudden cold rush through her spine. What could it be..? Then..

".. Well, where were we..?" Kouji asked as he moved in and, wrapping his arms all around her waist, he pulled her -very- close to him.

Miyuki froze there as a few thoughts ran through her mind, such as he had never held her in such a close way, and he wouldn't just ask "Where were we?", he'd more likely either flush a deep red or say any other thing instead of holding her like that. And that cold rush from before? Every time Miyuki would feel that, something bad would always happen next, but this was Kouji, her Kouji, right? Nothing could ever go wrong with him there with her. Or can it..?

End of Chapter 2

AN: Yaay, the second chapter is done! The third chapter is under construction and we'll upload it as soon as we finish it. Constructive criticism is welcome, along with reviews, so, please R&R. We intend to put some action in the following chapters, so please wait a little, because there will be some action and we'll do our best to make the chapters look good.

All I can say about the next chapter is that it is going to be kinda.. both cold and hot in same way.. Eheh. D

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