Takeru unlocked the door and held it open for the Yagami family and Yamato to come in. 'Make yourselves at home.' He said closing and locking the door.
'You don't have to sleep on the couch, Takeru. I can just sleep in mom's room.' Yamato said. Takeru nodded. 'Tai and Hikari-chan will sleep in one room. Mr. and Mrs. Yagami will sleep in another. I'll sleep in my room. Yamato will sleep in mom's room. Is that right?' Takeru said. Everyone nodded and he smiled.
'I'll get the extra tooth brushes.'
A few hours later
Takeru opened his eyes and closed them again multiple times. He groaned. 'Why can't I sleep?' He looked down toward Patamon who was snoring soundly. He kicked the covers off and put his hands behind his head and rested upon his pillow. He shifted positions a few times, but found it impossible to find the perfect position.
Finally giving up, he stepped down from his bed and walked toward the kitchen. 'Maybe a glass of water will help…' He said quietly. 'Talking to yourself, eh Takeru?' A voice said. He spun around revealing Taichi and Yamato. Takeru raised an eyebrow. 'What are you two doing?' He asked. Takeru saw the grins on both of the older boys' faces. He began to panic. Who knows what Taichi Yagami and Yamato Ishida – two of Japan's best trouble makers were up to?
'Take a seat, Takaishi.' Tai said. 'Um… okay.' Takeru said, slightly freaked out that Tai had called him by his last name, and the fact that this was in the middle of the night. 'We're here to give you advice on girls – not just any girl, but Hikari Yagami herself.' Yamato began.
'What the hell? I… I… what are you talking about? I don't like her like t-that I swear!' Takeru said nervously. The older siblings rolled their eyes. 'Yeah… and one day I'll cut my big here.' Tai said sarcastically. (1)
'Anyways, we are going to help you win her over.' Yamato finished. Takeru eyed him carefully, and then at Taichi. 'Whatever happened to the over-protective brother, Tai?' He asked. 'You see, young boy; I don't want just anyone dating my little sister. Daisuke is well… too much like me and that would be scary. All the other boys after her don't know her well enough, and they only want her for her looks. You however, I know that you love her for her personality and just everything about her. You two have known each other since you were four years old. You are perfect for her.' Tai stated.
Takeru blushed at the older Yagami's response. 'She doesn't love me back though. She probably likes Daisuke or some one.' The younger teen said. Both of the siblings fell over laughing in hysterics. 'What… the… hell; are you really that dense?!' They both said in between laughter. 'What are you talking about?'
'I thought you were smart Takeru.' Yamato said wiping a tear from his eye from laughter. Takeru gave a confused look. He really didn't know what they were talking about. 'Whatever; anyways we are giving you advice and help on how to flirt with Hikari.' Taichi said.
Was this really Tai, or has some alien taken over his head? He would never let anyone date Hikari. Oh well, I guess I'm lucky. What am I saying? Hikari doesn't like way. I like her that way. No, I love her that way. Takeru thought to himself.
The rest of the night was spent on the boys teaching, or at least trying to, Takeru about girls. It was a pretty long night for him.
The morning came, and Takeru tired from last night blinked a few times before completely opening his eyes. 'What time is it…?' He murmured to himself. 'It's nine o' clock.' A voice said. 'Oh, okay; thank you.' Takeru replied back.
'Wait… Patamon can't tell time.' He said looking toward the voice. The source of the voice giggled. 'Oh, hey Hikari. What are you doing here so early in the morning?' The girl blinked a few times. 'OH YEAH! You live here for now.' He said in stupidity.
Hikari nodded. 'Get ready for breakfast. Yamato made bacon and sausage.'
'Okay, thanks. I'll be out in a minute.' Takeru said, as Hikari exited. He changed, headed for the bathroom for a shower, and then brushed his teeth. As breakfast came along everything was going smoothly. Except for the fact that Yamato and Taichi kept nudging him every few seconds; that was annoying.
He gave them a 'no-I-will-not-do-it' glare. Hikari noticed the three boys fighting over something. 'What are you guys doing?' She asked. She saw the boys' faces sweat drop anime style. 'Um… we're having a fight on who can nudge Takeru most until he explodes first.' Taichi said quickly. Hikari stared at the trio and gave them a weird look. She shrugged and started eating again.
'Boys are so weird…' She muttered quietly.
The phone rung moments later and Mr. Yagami picked up the phone, since it probably was the fire department.
'Hello?'
'Hello. Is this Mr. Yagami?'
'Yes, that is me.'
'We are to inform you that your apartment complex has been severely damaged by the front door and wall. The explosion was caused by another apartment renter's gasoline bottle for his car. It was left in the hallway when the fire hit it. The fire was caused by someone making popcorn in the microwave and it caught fire.'
'Popcorn…?' Mr. Yagami said wide-eyed.
'Yes, popcorn.'
'Do you know how much the expenses will be to repair it?'
'Yes, I have looked into your insurance and it pays for all the damage costs. The repair will take around a month or so.'
Mr. Yagami cringed. 'I see… thank you. Do you know if we can get any of our belongings?'
'Yes, since no damage was done to any of the bedrooms. You can get your clothes, etcetera.'
'Thank you again, sir. Goodbye.'
'Goodbye.' The phone clicked and the line went dead.
'Well, what's going to happen?' Tai asked as Mr. Yagami turned around.
He explained.
'Oh…' Taichi said quietly.
'I am sure that Takeru cannot allow us to stay for a month!' Mrs. Yagami said with a worried look on her face.
They all turned the younger blonde-haired boy. He gave a lopsided smile, and his eyes showed uncertainty. 'I'll call mom and ask.' He said picking up the phone.
Punching in a few buttons, he waited for the ring. Yamato, Taichi, Hikari, Mr. Yagami, and Mrs. Yagami eyed him carefully. It was hard to tell what was going on the phone, until finally Takeru put down the receiver smiling. Hikari ran to him jumped up and hugged him tightly. He blushed, and spun her around causing her legs to aimlessly float around. 'I guess that means you know that you're staying here until the damages are fixed?' He said smiling.
As Hikari got down, she blushed realizing what she had just done. The older brothers couldn't help but grin like idiots while they whispered quietly to one another. 'You two boys stop gossiping like little girls and go with me to get some of the stuff.' Mr. Yagami said.
'You all can stay here and discuss the… details.' He said to Takeru, Hikari, and his wife. With that, they older 'men' were out the door.
The three that were left sat on the couch. 'Let's get started on the bedroom details.' Mrs. Yagami began. 'For the week that my mom is gone, we'll keep the same arrangement as last night. And, how about for when my mom comes back Yamato and I will take turns sleeping on the couch.' Takeru said.
'I really don't like the idea of you sleeping on your couch, but I guess that's what we have to do. Thank you Takeru.' Mrs. Yagami said. 'Now let's discuss the food/grocery shopping.' Mrs. Yagami stated.
Hikari and Takeru groaned. They hated grocery shopping. Mrs. Yagami couldn't help but laugh.
Suddenly, an orange pig-like animal flew out of his bedroom door. Luckily, Mrs. Yagami was facing the opposite way. Takeru noticed this and motioned his hand across his neck back and forth a few times while pointing at the door to go back in. 'What on earth are you doing Takeru?' Mrs. Yagami asked.
Hikari and Takeru looked at each other and sweat dropped. 'I was… um… testing my hand signals.' Takeru said nervously. Mrs. Yagami tilted her head, but then she shrugged. Both the teens let out a nervous laugh. 'How about… one person buys the grocery for the week every week; Takeru this week; myself next week; Mom the week afterwards; Taichi and Yamato the week after that since I don't trust either of them going by themselves; and Dad the final week.' Hikari suggested. 'That's a good idea Hikari.' Mrs. Yagami said.
'Now let's discuss laundry issues.'
'Eh… do we have to…?' Hikari whined. Mrs. Yagami laughed. 'Yes, we do.'
'Let's just put it as each person does they're own laundry.' Takeru said shrugging. Both of the women nodded. 'Yamato will do the cooking…' Takeru stated. 'So I guess that settles everything.' Mrs. Yagami stated. Ironically, the three males came back as soon as she said those words.
Takeru explained the systems to the boys, while they unpacked everything. Soon enough, everything was settled and packed. Taichi and Yamato huffed as they launched themselves onto the couch at around 3'o clock – the time the workload was finished.
Suddenly Tai had a huge grin on his face and then whispered something in Yamato's ear and caused him to mischeiviously grin also. 'Is it okay if Hikari, Takeru, Yamato, and I go out to the park for a bit?' Tai asked. The parents shrugged.
'We'll invite the girls.' Taichi said.
As everyone met the usual spot, they took an attendance check. Everyone was there – Tai, Yamato, Mimi, Sora, Takeru, and Hikari. It was like the old gang again, excluding Izzy and Joe of course. Yamato whispered something into Mimi's ear who whispered it into Sora's ear. Sora stared wide-eyed at Yamato, and then at Tai. She knew whose plan this strange thing was.
As Tai passed Takeru, he quickly whispered, 'Get Hikari jealous.' At first, Takeru didn't hear it. Then he made sense of it. He shook his head no. The boys kept on insisting. The reason they came here was obvious – they were carrying out one of the lessons that Taichi and Yamato had taught Takeru the other day – jealousy. The boys had come for the enjoyment of seeing this plan being carried out. They invited the girls because well… Tai missed Sora and Yamato missed Mimi. Simple?
Finally Takeru gave in and spotted the first attractive girl he saw. He was amazed at how Tai was the one that suggested this. He always thought that Tai was the overprotective one. Takeru guessed that he really wanted Hikari and himself to be together. The girl would never be as pretty as Hikari, but he went along with it anyway.
'Hey there…' Takeru began to flirt right in front of Hikari. The other girl flashed a flirty smile at him. 'Hey there hotshot. Mind telling me your name?' Hikari couldn't believe what was happening. She felt a huge tinge of jealous go through her. 'The name is Takeru. What's yours, pretty thing?' He said. He felt guilty about this… but Tai and his brother would never let him here the end of it if he didn't go through with this. Plus, he was pretty sure he saw Hikari's eyes show a hint of jealousy.
'I'm Abby.' The girl said twirling her hair. 'Would you like to—' Takeru's sentence was cut off by Hikari, 'I think we should go to the fountain over there!' She said quickly. 'Looks like I gotta go. Nice meeting you.' Takeru said. He really wasn't sure he liked that Abby girl much and he was glad. Reason number one being that he got to get away from her. Reason number two was that Hikari was jealous! Score one for Takeru!
The older siblings gave him a toothy grin while the older girls rolled their eyes. 'No more tricks for today, okay?' Takeru said quietly to the boys. The boys only nodded. The girls speeded up to get to where Hikari was. 'You know, Takeru only did that to get you jealous right?' Sora said quietly so the boys couldn't here them.
'No, that's not possible. He doesn't like me like that. He was all over that girl.' Hikari said looking down at the ground finding it very interesting. 'Think what you want Hikari.' Mimi said. She found it cute that the two best friends – Hikari and Takeru were in love but they wouldn't admit it. They were meant for each other in so many ways – light and hope, their digimon just matched, they're best friends, the way they complete each other; it all just fit.
The group found a nice spot on the grass and sat in a circle. 'It's sad that the party was cut short, right?' Mimi said disappointingly. The group nodded. 'It's even worse that Tai and Kari's apartment like… exploded.' Yamato added. 'Well, at least we have a place to stay.' Hikari said optimistically.
'Hey Takeru, I never gave you your dare.' Yamato said suddenly. Takeru sweat dropped not really wanting to know if he wanted to do the dare or not. 'Uh… yeah. Let's continue the game.' He said nervously. Everyone laughed at Takeru's scared look.
'Takeru I dare you to kiss the girl that you love.' Yamato said. Takeru went wide-eyed. 'What?! No way; I'm not doing that.' Takeru said giving a glare to him. 'Then you're a chicken.' Yamato said. He groaned slightly. 'What if the girl doesn't like me back? What then?' Takeru shot back, not really caring that there were other people there.
'Then I guess you'll just have to live with it.' Yamato said again.
Takeru was shocked. That was a good comeback. He thought it over. 'I'll pass…' He finally said. Tai and Yamato impersonated a chicken and included sound effects. 'Oh shut up…' Takeru mumbled.
Hikari looked at Takeru for a moment. At least I know he likes someone. What am I doing? I'm getting my hopes too high. He doesn't love me.
Sora scooted next to Hikari and placed her hand lightly on Hikari's shoulder. 'He's just shy. You'll find out one day.' She whispered. Hikari looked up into her eyes and smiled. She trusted Sora almost as much as Takeru and Taichi.
Both of the boy siblings continued to tease Takeru for a bit. 'I dare you, Yamato to go kiss the one you love!' Takeru said in anger. Yamato was taken aback. 'I was only kidding… I didn't mean to get you angry…' Yamato said quietly. 'I know. Now it's my turn to dare you to do something. And I dare you to kiss the one you love.'
Yamato shrugged and shifted over to where Mimi was. He wrapped his arms around her waist and then leaned in closer for a lip-lock. He was surprised that Mimi put her arms around his neck and kissed him back. 'I love you…' Yamato whispered. Mimi smiled and nodded.
'Aw… that's so sweet.' Sora said quietly. Hikari smiled. They were truly meant to be. Tai sighed. He couldn't believe it. Mimi and Yamato were opposites. Well I guess what they say is true when they say opposites attract.
As the kiss ended, Yamato turned to Takeru and Takeru was grinning. 'You owe me.' Takeru said. Yamato rolled his eyes. 'Truth or dare, Hikari?' Yamato asked. 'I'll pick… dare.' Hikari said.
Yamato sat thinking hard. He then turned to Tai and Tai nodded. 'I dare you to go on a date with Takeru.'
'WHAT?!' Takeru and Hikari shouted at the same time.
After calming down, Takeru finally asked, 'Are you serious?' He only nodded. 'Um… Friday night at the movie theater? I'll pick you up at 7.' Takeru said awkwardly.
Hikari smiled and said, 'Okay.'
The older kids – Mimi, Sora, Yamato, and Tai discussed their 'plan'. 'We're spying on them right? We'll help them on their first date, right?' Tai asked. Everyone smirked evilly and nodded.
Friday night was going to be one heck of a day.
Author's Notes –
1. Yes, I know that Tai really does cut his hair when he gets older. Everyone loves his hair though, right? So let's just say he never cuts it because that big glop of hair is just awesome.
Sorry it took so long. I actually finished this on Friday, but yet again I couldn't log onto FF. D:
