Here is our favorite computer nerd.
Izzy was typing away on his computer, like always. He was currently working on a new program that would enhance the digital sanctuary for the Digimon and also…something else that he would rather die than admit he was doing. Even during a camping trip, he could not take a break from his work. As the computer genius of the group, his work was never truly done.
The sixteen-year-old heard a giggle to his right. He looked over and saw Mimi eating s'mores with Palmon. He smiled a little as he watched the two of them enjoy themselves. Mimi turned to look at him, having felt his eyes on her. After their eyes made contact for a split second, he turned away with his face turning bright red. Why had he been doing this ever since Mimi came back? It felt like he would always get tongue-tied around her and act like a fool. He didn't know why because he had never felt that way before around her.
He heard the familiar buzzing of Tentomon fluttering beside him.
"Izzy, what are you doing?" He asks. Tentomon then notices Izzy's red face. "Why is your face all red?"
"No reason." Izzy sputtered, trying to look for a good explanation. "Allergies. It's just that time of year."
"What are allergies?" Tentomon asks curiously.
Izzy groaned. "Never mind."
Tentomon looks over at Mimi and sees her looking at the two of them once again. She giggles when Tentomon notices her looking at them.
"Is it Mimi?"
Izzy nearly dropped his computer in surprise. If he had a drink in his hand, he would have spit out whatever he sipped.
"What? No!" He squealed a little too dramatically, his face turning even redder.
A few seconds of silence fell over the two of them, for which Izzy was thankful. He wanted to get the program done as soon as he could so that when they returned to Tokyo, the Digimon would enjoy their new digs.
"Do you like her, Izzy?"
"No!" Izzy screamed, a little too loud because every single one of his fellow Digidestined looked at him with looks of concern.
"Sorry, everyone. I guess I was so consumed by my game that I got into it a little too much. Go back to your business." He chuckled nervously.
With shrugs, everybody else went back to what they were doing already. Izzy could not be more embarrassed than he was at that moment.
"Did you have to do that, Tentomon?" He chastised. "What if Mimi had heard you?"
"I'm sorry, Izzy. I was just trying to help." Tentomon apologized.
"It's fine," replied Izzy. "Could you leave me alone for a while? I need to finish this work. It's kind of important that I finish it."
"What are you working on?"
"I'm working on a program that would make the digital sanctuary I created for you all a little more comfortable." He explained before blushing once again. "That and a research project I'm doing."
"What kind of research?"
"You don't want to know."
"Please, Izzy. I want to know." Tentomon begged. Why was Izzy being so secretive with him?
Taking a deep breath, Izzy can see that there is no point in hiding what he was doing.
"I'm really just trying to look up how to ask a girl out." He admitted, almost as if in shame of it.
His Digimon burst out laughing. Shushing him, Izzy tried to quiet him down before the others heard them again.
"What for?" Tentomon asks, wiping tears that were collecting around his big green eyes.
Izzy sighed. He looked around and made sure no one was listening before whispering, "Fine, it's for Mimi."
"Why didn't you say so before, Izzy?"
"Because I find it embarrassing." He replied. "There's no way she could be interested in me. She's fashion, I'm computers; she's outgoing, I'm reserved; we just are not compatible."
Tentomon laid an appendage on Izzy's shoulder.
"You never know if you don't try, Izzy," he encouraged. "Anyways, I'm going to try those s'mores that you all keep talking about. I hope they're scrumptious."
I love writing Tentomon and Izzy together. They are too perfect. Izzy is starting to grow up now. The one scene in the movie where it occurred to me just how bad he has it for Mimi was when he made his first appearance and Tai gave him that look that screamed 'You've got it bad.'
