Chapter 7 (Edited!)

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"Takato, I love you too."

"You... love me... Henry?" Henry smiled

"I always have, and always will."

Takato smiled, and then they started leaning in for a kiss...

"Takato?" Henry was shaking Takato awake. He had been dreaming.

"Henry? What's wrong?"

Henry looked away. "Nothing. Can you take a walk with me?"

Takato nodded.

They walked away from the group not saying a word to each other, they just kept walking. They were walking in a different direction than Henry had earlier, and it was a place in the Digital World they had never seen. They reached a grassy hill, and they started to walk up it. It wasn't that high of a hill, but when they got to the top, the light came back. As they looked over the hill, they saw the grassy hill was full of beautiful flowers, and it was over looking a lake. It was very romantic.

After a long time of being quiet and avoiding each others gaze, they looked at each other at the same time.

Henry broke the silence.

"Takato... I wanted to talk to you about what you said yesterday."

Takato nodded.

"I'm sorry I did that." He turned away. "I just. I'm sorry you hate me now but... couldn't hold it in anymore. I just had to tell you. I'm sorry."

"Takato?" Takato turned back towards Henry just in time to see him leap forward and knock him over in a kiss. Henry kissed Takato passionately, while reaching for his hands and holding them. After a long drawn out kiss, Henry rolled off him, and they laid there holding hands, staring into each others eyes, and smiling.

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Back with the others, they had already waken up.

Rika looked around nervously. "Where's Takato? And Henry?"

Terriermon sat up. He knew where they were, but there was no way he was saying.

"They went for a walk. They should be back soon."

Rika smiled and winked at Ryo.

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"So.." Takato whispered. "Am I dreaming? Did you really kiss me?"

Henry smiled.

"I can kiss you again if you don't believe it."

Henry pulled him close and kissed him again, wrapping his arms around him.

They kissed for a long time, until they realized they better get back to the group. Takato sighed.

"I could stay like this forever. I wish we could."

Henry smiled. "Me too, but we do need to get back."

They stood up, looked back at the lake, and then kissed again. After they kissed, Takato spoke nervously.

"Henry? Are we boyfriend's now?"

Henry smiled, and held Takato's hand.

"Of course you are, I love you Takato."

Takato jumped in Henry's arms.

"I love you so much Henry."

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When they got closer to the group, Takato looked at Henry.

"Should we keep this to ourselves for now?"

Takato looked down, trying not to cry.

"I'm afraid..."

Henry hugged Takato tightly and comforted him.

"Guilmon will not think anything less of you."

"But.. how do you know? Aren't you worried about what Terriermon will say?"

"He already knows."

Neither one of them knew what to say, so they kept walking.

When they got there, they saw Guardramon.

Henry wondered to himself if there had been any trouble, like when he found Renamon.

They walked up to the group.

"You found Guardramon?" Takato asked innocently.

"He found us." Ryo said. "He had this weird diamond around him and he was trying to attack us. Guilmon attacked him, but Terriermon went right for the diamond, and now hes okay."

They could see Kazu hugging Guardramon. Henry remembered what happened with Renamon and realized he should have told them what happened.

"Guardramon," Kazu asked, "What happened? What made you act this way?"

Guardramon stood up and looked at the group.

"Do you guys remember when you found me?" Everyone nodded except Takato, Henry, and Terriermon, who weren't there.

"Well, I went back there to see how the Gekomon were. I wanted to make sure they had the same freedom they had after we defeated Orochimon. But they didn't. I saw a Digimon I had never seen before, and the next thing I knew, there were Gekomon with diamonds around their neck, and they put one on me, and next thing i knew, I was here."

"Thats horrible!" Takato said. "We need to help them!"

"Now wait a minute chummily, were here on vacation!" Kazu said angerly.

"But theres something wrong! We need to help them!"

"I'm with Takato." Ryo said. "We have to make sure our friends are safe!"

"I agree." Henry said.

"Me too." Said Rika.

Everyone turned to Kenta.

He gulped. "I don't have a choice do I?"

"Not really." Takato said.

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TBC