Stand By Me
~Disclaimer: Digimon are not mine…
Edited: 11/30/'10
Chapter 10: Girls Are Weird
One more 'Bang!' came to our ears before we spotted who it was.
And there were Matt and Tai, laughing like idiots. The evidence of explosion was all over Kamiya apartment. The ceiling was full of black and white spots, the kitchen was a mess.
"WHAT HAPPENED?" Kari yelled furiously. At that moment, they stopped laughing and realized that there was someone else in the room.
"Hey, Kari, we were just making popcorn. It kinda exploded."
Kari shot them both a deadly glare.
"Did you even bother to read the instructions?"
"Well, it is simple and, um… I guess… no-" Tai started speaking, trying to send Kari an apologetic grin.
"No, because you're both IDIOTS!" I put my hand on her shoulder.
"Kari, calm down. I'm sure they didn't-"
"Oh, yes they did. And you know what? You are going to clean that up. I'm not doing anything to help you," She turned to me, with that same deadly glare in her eyes.
My heart became smaller and filled with fear.
Ah, crap.
"T.K., I'm glad you came here, but this is a situation-"
"C'mon Hika, invite him to join us, we'll need an extra hand." Said the older brunette, still scratching his head and trying not to burst into laughter.
"I actually don't mind. I usually do all the housework since my mum isn't home." She gazed at me with gratitude in her eyes. Then she turned to the boys.
"Okay, here's the plan. Mum and dad will be home in exactly," She glanced to the clock, "Two hours and nineteen minutes. We have to clean this mess 'till then. Tai, you get the microwave."
Tai sweat dropped.
"Why do I have to do all the hard work?" But he sighed and started scrubbing.
"Matt," She glanced to my brother, who jerked in fear, "You will clean the counters. T.K. and I will try to remove those things off the walls. May God help us. C'mon get to work!"
-x-
After hour of scrubbing, cleaning, moping, washing and polishing, the kitchen actually looked better. The microwave was clean, with the exception of little black holes inside.
Hey, that's the consequence of giving high explosive corn to two teenage dumbasses. The walls were pretty much cleaned, they too had little black traces, but Kari was convinced that they weren't visible.
Matt, too, did a great job and the counters were shining. There was only one thing left to do. Vacuuming.
"Okay guys, I think that'll do. Matt, T.K., thank you, you may leave. My idiotic brother and I will finish the job." Tai poked her shoulder with a weird expression on his face.
"Um… Kari? I kinda have to pick Sora up… Can you-" She sighed.
"Okay." She pointed us to the door and waved goodbye.
-x-
Matt and I walked in silence until our paths parted.
"Did you talk to him?" I silently whispered. His blue eyes turned darker when he spoke.
"I-I didn't have time. I tried to get on the subject and then… It went 'boom'." He chuckled to himself ironically.
"I will, T.K. I promise." I nodded and waved to him in silence. Still five days were there to survive.
-x-
Monday. The worst day of the week. I rolled my still drowsy eyes and sighed. Another day, another drop-dead-early wake up. But I didn't intend to be late today.
Why? A little secret.
I smirked and remembered last night.
-x-
My cell rang for the fourth time that evening. The screen flashed the same number all over again.
You got message from: Kari 3.
I smirked to myself. I cherished this small moments chatting with Kari.
U going on the bus tomorrow?
I pressed send and waited. It rang again couple of moments later.
Didn't intend to. Y?
I started typing, but I heard some noise from the kitchen.
"Teeks, you home?"
"Yes mum." I finished writing my answer.
U'll see. Gotta go. See ya :D
-x-
So I packed myself up, went through my usual morning routine and rushed at the bus station. I let out a facilitating sigh when I made it. Nothing could spoil my plans today. Not that I had plans. The bus stopped on the next station and she came in.
"Kari! Come here. I saved you a seat." She stared at me, her eyes widening.
"You aren't actually late?" I grinned at her. She still looked a little bit dazed. We soon got to the final stop- the school and she waved me goodbye.
"See you, um… third class? English, isn't it?" I nodded and Took couple of deep breaths.
"Kari… I was wondering…"
"What is it Teeks?"
The blood rushed to my cheeks.
"Oh, nothing. I gotta go."
I gathered my courage and kissed her cheek.
And then I headed to the gym.
When I turned to wave to her, she was still standing there, her face bright pink.
-x-
I had P.E. first class. And second. I sighed. Who put P.E. this early in the morning?
Someone called me and I turned.
"Hey T.E.!"
"Very funny Davis."
The goggle head grinned at me.
"How are you today?"
"Great. I'm ready to kick your ass in volleyball." I smirked at him. We started volleyball elements earlier in the spring.
Davis was pretty good, but volleyball wasn't his kind of sport. I liked it pretty much, and I was good at it.
"Awww, T.K., do you have to?" I didn't get a chance to answer because the coach came in.
"Alright boys, here's the deal. You do whatever you want with this ball-"
A group 'Yay!' was heard. The coach frowned and continued.
"I didn't finish. You can do whatever you want as long it is volleyball."
Davis let out a sigh.
"Just my luck." He murmured.
-x-
Davis ended up on my team, but we were both on the bench because some students called us too good to need practice. Davis looked satisfied, so he was back in his regular carefree mood.
"I heard Tai and Matt blew up the kitchen last night. Man, that is so funny."
I nodded.
"I know, we had to rub the popcorn off for nearly two hours."
"You were there? Awww man! Why no one invites me to the party? But I couldn't make it anyway, so never mind."
I stared at him.
"And what were you doing?"
His face flushed a little and he put his hands behind his head.
"I was kinda… um…"
"You know, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"It's not a big deal. I was helping Jun with her shopping. And she insisted that she would meet my date. You know, for the dance. So Mari had to come too."
I smiled.
"Was it a disaster?" He shook his head on my surprise.
"Actually they talked a lot and got along pretty well. But something weird happened when I went on the bathroom. Some guy stopped me and said I shouldn't mess with Mari. That she isn't what she seems to be. I don't know T.K., but something gave me the creeps 'bout that guy."
I nodded as the bell rang.
"Hey, see you at lunch?" I waved to him.
"Sure, if I survive Computer Science." He lowered his head in worry.
-x-
I rushed to my locker to get my things and went to English classroom. Kari waved at me as I entered the room.
"P.E. ah?" She asked as she saw my sweaty face.
"Yeah." She was staring at me. "What?"
"Oh, nothing T.K., I was just thinking."
"And what were you thinking?" I asked, but didn't expect the answer.
"How cute you are." She said and blushed.
I opened my mouth to answer, but the teacher came in. It was a very long class, but the bell saved us and we went to the cafeteria.
-x-
Kari and I sat at our usual table. She was acting strange the whole time.
Did I do something wrong? Man, girls are weird.
The gang hasn't arrived yet, so only Yolei and Ken were there beside us. Yolei was in her usual over talkative mood.
"…and I couldn't believe that she would do that. Something was telling me that she was no good. Do you agree with me Ken?" Ken shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know, she's pretty nice to all of us. And-"
"Hi Yolei, hi Ken." Said Kari and sat at the table.
"Oh Kari, hello. Hi T.K." Replied Yolei. Ken frowned and simply said 'hi'.
"So where are the guys?" I asked.
"Well, Tai and Sora are somewhere doing… whatever they are doing. Izzy is helping Davis with computers. Mimi is off somewhere and I don't really know where Matt is."
I suddenly remembered.
"Matt's band has a reversal today."
"So it's just the four of us." Said Kari cheerfully. I smiled at the raven-haired boy and the girl with glasses.
"So, Yolei, who were you talking about before we came?" Yolei flushed a little.
"You heard that? Um… I had to tell Ken something…" Kari smirked.
"Yolei, I know you're lying. You always do that with your hair when you aren't telling the truth."
Yolei stopped twirling her hair between her fingers.
"Oh, okay. So we were talking about… that girl that Davis' dating."
"Mari? She is nice." I said and deserved a glare from both Yolei and Kari.
What is their problem?
I glanced nervously at Ken, who gave me an apologetic look, which confirmed that he though as I did.
"What is wrong with her?"
-x-
Author's note: regardless to the opinions, I am not dead. I finally got the computer and the internet (at the same time!) and updated this!
So, you were right… Matt and tai DID blew the kitchen up. NO BAD GUYS. Yet!
So I have one request…If it isn't too much xD
Write me in your reviews what you think about this chap.
~MB