Chapter 4: Arguments and apologies

After putting Patty to sleep and cleaning the broken plate from the floor, Patamon thought that "Heck, this whole place needs some cleaning!" and decided to tidy his house.
While working, the doorbell rang. "Who could it be?" Patamon wondered. He went to open the door, and was surprised to see T.K. and Kari. "Hiya Patamon!" T.K. greeted the mammal digimon. "Oh, hi." Patamon said, while little surprised. "We decided to came here to see if you're okay, after all that's happened..." Kari stated. "Thanks..." Patamon said. Suddenly, a faint cry came from upstairs. "Uh-oh..." Patamon said. "Patty, right?" T.K. asked. Patamon nodded. "Sorry." T.K. said to Patamon. "Looks like we woke her up..."
"Oh, don't worry, I can handle this." Patamon said and grinned a little. "I'll be back in a minute!" He said. "Wait!" Kari said after Patamon was going to go upstairs. "Umm... Could you bring her here, please?" She asked quietly. "I, uhh, I would like to see her." "Yeah, me too." T.K. said. Patamon nodded again. "Poor Patamon..." T.K. whispered.
"What do you mean?" Kari asked him. "Oh, you didn't see it, right?" T.K. replied. "I have some sort of ability to sense when people are sad from the inside. And let me tell you, Patamon's REEEEALLY sad." Kari looked a little sorry. "Aww, poor Patamon..." She said quietly. Nobody noticed Demidevimon spying behind the window. "I can't believe it!" He said.
"They're both in the same place! I'd better tell my master!" Demidevimon took off.

"Here she is!" Patamon yelled in order to make sure T.K. and Kari would hear, thanks to Patty's loud crying. Both T.K. looked excited. "Whoa, she's still beautiful..." Kari said quietly. "She really looks like you, Patamon..." "Apart from her eyes." T.K. replied. "She's got Gatomon's eyes." Patamon shuddered a little. "I'll just put her to sleep, then..."
Patamon said. He looked at the crying Patty, and started to sing the song again.

"Lullaby, and good night. Patamon loves this sweet Patty."

Kari looked shocked. "What is it, Kari?" T.K. asked her.

"Lullaby, and good night. Snuggle close within my arms."

"This... Song..." Kari said. "My mom used to sing it to me when I was just a little kid..."

"Close your eyes, rest your head, time to go nighty-ni~ight."

A tear came from Kari's eye. She decided to join the song.

"Let your heart be at peace, as you slee~ep within God's sight!"

After hearing another voice, Patamon stopped singing the last verse. Nevertheless, Patty was sleeping "Oh, right... You knew the song, right?" Patamon asked Kari. "Y-yeah... Sorry."
Kari said and blushed a little. "Where did you hear it yourself, Patamon?" T.K. asked him. "Well..." Patamon started, but stopped suddenly. He couldn't tell he personally asked Gatomon to sing it to her. "Well, I... I heard Gatomon singing this song once." Patamon said. "She said she had heard the song from you." "Yeah. I used to sing it to her myself after the night Wizardmon died..." Kari said quietly. "OH..." Patamon said surprisedly. He felt embarrassed about only telling partially the truth. "Yup. She was seeing nightmares about Wizardmon getting killed, so I just decided to ease her pain a little." Kari stated. Patamon felt even more embarrassed. "I'll take Patty back upstairs, okay?" He said quietly. "You do that." T.K. said.
After putting Patty back to her craddle, Patamon stayed upstairs a little while. "So... Gatomon wanted to hear the song for the same reason as me..." He thought to himself. Suddenly, he felt like he was going to be sick. He sighed, and returned back downstairs.

"So, you wanted to see me, right?" Patamon asked. "Yeah. I'm sorry we couldn't come earlier, we've been kinda busy..." T.K. apologized. "It's okay. I've been busy myself, too." Patamon replied. "We are... We are both sorry about what happened to Patamon." Kari said with a sad tone. Patamon looked like he was about to collapse. "We, we miss her too. A lot." T.K. said.
Patamon started to cry quietly. T.K. stepped next to him. "Hey, it's okay, Patamon..." T.K. comforted him. "No..." Patamon sobbed. "No, it's not okay. Nobody... Nobody can understand my sorrow." T.K. gently patted his back, and Kari stepped closer to Patamon. "Listen, I feel just as bad as you do-" "NO!!" Patamon yelled. "You don't... You CAN'T understand! I, I have nightmares about it, I feel like I want to die, and if it weren't for Patty, I wouldn't even BE here anymore!!" Patamon had to let it all out. Both T.K. and Kari looked shocked,
and a little hurt, too. "Patamon, there's nothing to worry about..." T.K. tried to comfort him. "Oh really..." Patamon sobbed. He sounded rather cold. "Yeah, you can say that all you want. How many times YOU have lost a loved one?!"

T.K's anger was rising. "Oh, let's see... For Kari, just about five days ago, and for me... About at the time when SOMEONE decided to save my life by killing a big, old, evil Devimon!"
T.K. said in a sarcastic tone. He looked vigorous. "I cried... I still have nightmares about it... I was 8 years old, and I was forced to see my best friend sacrificing himself! So don't you even DARE TO SAY THAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS YOU!!" He screamed. Patamon looked up. He looked both sad and extremely angry at the same time. "Do you think THAT'S the same thing?! Losing a friend and losing your girlfriend are two totally different things, T.K!" He yelled. "Hey guys, cut it out..." Kari tried to calm the two. "CUT IT OUT?! Kari, he's acting like we don't have feelings at all! Like we're just cold machines..." "He never said such a thing, T.K. Right, Patamon?" Kari said gently. Patamon looked cold. "No, I didn't." He replied. "But I meant it." Kari was shocked, but T.K. snapped. "FINE!!" He yelled outrageously. "If you want to be on your own, fine for me. But don't you dare to come and cry us that 'oh, I lost Gatomon, I want to die, nobody understands me!!'"

Patamon looked like he could blow up any second. Kari was terrified. "Okay then." Patamon said angrily. "If you truly want to understand my pain, what if I kill HER?!" He screamed and pointed at Kari, who was shocked. "Maybe that'll teach you a lesson. BOOM BUB-" WHAM!! T.K. punched Patamon right into the face. "T.K!!" Kari yelled. T.K. was panting out of rage. "If you dare to touch her, I swear, I'll hunt you down, and obliterate you." He said quietly. Patamon was angry, but looked very calm. "Fine." He said. "If that's your attidute, SO BE IT!!" He screamed, ran upstairs, and slammed the bedroom's door shut loudly. It was a miracle that Patty hadn't woke up. "Fine!" T.K. yelled at him. "Just flee, you stupid little-" SLAP! Kari had slapped T.K's cheek. "Snap out of it already, T.K!!" She screamed. T.K. rubbed his chin, and was shocked. "There was no need to hit him, and you know it!" "B-but..." T.K. started. "He was going to hurt you, what else could I have do?" T.K. asked. Kari didn't reply. "Come on, Kari, let's get going." Kari grabbed T.K's arm and looked at his eyes. "T.K." She said. "If you now dare to step through that door before apologizing Patamon, I'll swear I will never talk to you again."

T.K. sighed. "You're right." He said. He looked sad. "I shouldn't have yelled at him." "Don't worry. It was good for him to just let it all out." Kari replied gently. "It's good for everyone to be a little mad sometimes. Now go there and talk to him!" T.K. was about to go upstairs, but he stopped at the first step, and looked at Kari. "Could... Could you come, please? For mental support..." "Yeah, and in order to stop you from hitting Patamon again." Kari replied. The two chuckled, but Kari nodded, and the two went upstairs. T.K. knocked on the bedroom's door. "PATAMON?"
he asked. "Are you there?" He heard nothing but faint sobbing. He decided to open the door quietly. He saw Patty sleeping in her craddle and Patamon lying on his bed, crying on a pillow. "Go on."
Kari cheered him. Carefully, T.K. walked next to Patamon's bed, and sat on it. "Hi." He said quietly. Patamon looked up, saw T.K, and all of a sudden hugged him. T.K. was surprised about his sudden movement, thinking that Patamon might hit him. "Oh, I'm so sorry T.K!!" He apologized and cried against T.K, while still hugging him. "Hey, it's okay pal." T.K. comforted him. "Listen, I'm sorry about shouting at you and... And hitting you."

"No, I deserved all that." Patamon sobbed and looked at him. Kari was standing next to Patty's craddle, and looked happily at this heartwarming moment. She showed thumbs up at T.K. "I'm sorry at not understanding you." Patamon continued. "And Kari, I'm TERRIBLY sorry about trying to harm you." "No hard feelings." Kari said with a smile, and Patamon looked relieved. "Friends again?" T.K.
asked him. Patamon just nodded. "Listen, I... I want to make sure that you understand how much you mean to me." T.K. said quietly. Kari started to look rather curious. "What... What do you mean, T.K?" Patamon asked and sneezed. "Well..." T.K. said. He sighed a little, grabbed Patamon and kissed him. Kari's jaw dropped. Patamon was utterly stumped. "Uh... Just so that you know, I love you."
T.K. said, and quickly added "As a friend." after he saw Kari's and Patamon's shock. "T-th-thanks, T.K." Patamon stuttered. "Well, I guess we should leave you and Patty in peace. C'mon Kari. We've got a lot of work to do." T.K. said "What? Oh, right!" Kari exclaimed. "See ya later." T.K. said to Patamon. "S-see ya..." Patamon muttered, as T.K. closed the door.

"Err... Looks like I overdid it a little." T.K. said to Kari after he and Kari left Patamon's house. "You KISSED him." Kari said shockedly. "I can't believe it. You actually KISSED him!!" "So...?" T.K. asked. "I kiss you all the time, and nobody sees anything wrong about it..." "Do you think that's the same?! I'm your GIRLfriend, and HE is your FRIEND!!" Kari yelled. "Well, is there any kind of law that prevents you from kissing your best friend?" T.K. asked him deviously. Kari looked a little upset. "I, I guess not..." she muttered. "Hey, do I sense that SOMEBODY might be jealous?"
T.K. asked her. Kari started to look happy and angry at the same time. "WHAT?! No I am not!!" she yelled. "Well, we'll just see about that..." T.K. said, and kissed her. At first, Kari was surprised,
but then she closed her eyes and kissed him back. "I love you." T.K. said to her as they stopped kissing. "I love you too." Kari replied as the two stepped through the portal to real world.

"Oh, hello there master!" Demidevimon greeted someone in a dark cave. "What is it?" A voice asked. "Well, I just so happened to see both Patamon AND T.K. at the same place! You might execute your plan now, boss!" Demidevimon replied. "We'll see about that..." The voice asked. After a moment of silence, the voice growled. "Wh-what is it, master?" Demidevimon asked nervously. "YOU IDIOT!!" The voice yelled. "He's gone already! Why didn't you just SUMMON me?!" "S-summon you?" Demidevimon was stumped. "I, I totally forgot!" "Well, THIS should better be a reminder!!" The voice growled, and approached Demidevimon. "NOOOO!!!" Demidevimon screamed in agony. After his torture was over, he was completely exhausted and scared. "Next time, make sure to do everything right..." The voice warned him. "O-of course, sir!!" Demidevimon replied, saluted, and flew off.