DISCLAIMER: Ojamajo Doremi © Toei Animation, 1999-2004. Ojamajo Doremi 16, 17, 18 and 19 series (light novel) © Kodansha, 2011-2015. Digimon Adventure & Digimon Adventure 02 © Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, 1999-2000, Digimon Adventure Tri. © Akiyoshi Hongo, Toei Animation, 2015-2016. I don't get any commercial benefit from this fic.


Blue and Red

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Chapter 11 – The Crush


"What?! So someone trapped Onpu-chan in Tamachi last week and then, someone else tried to do the same thing with Doremi-chan and Kotake-kun last Friday?" concluded Momoko in disbelief when she had her usual video chatting routine with the other ex-ojamajo, "and even though Doremi-chan and Kotake-kun could escape from the trap, they were…"

She looked at the redhead's face which appeared at a corner of her laptop screen and continued, "You were doing that thing with Kotake-kun?!"

"W-well, yeah… even I was afraid that it would make me pregnant," replied Doremi nervously, but then she sighed in relief as she added, "but fortunately, I found out that my period started a bit earlier this month. It just started this morning."

"You're so lucky, Doremi-chan," envied Onpu, "My last period was over just when Mika told me about her friend's party two weeks ago, so I'm still afraid if later, I was pregnant because of Ichijouji-kun."

"Then, I suggest you to check it tomorrow with a pregnancy test kit, Onpu-chan," Momoko said to the purplette, "and it's better if you check it in the morning."

"Actually, I've already bought a pregnancy test kit this afternoon, when I was shopping alone," Onpu admitted, "I'm just not sure if I should check it this week or next week."

"Does the package contain the instruction or something about the usage?" asked Momoko, "Like you should use it a week or two weeks after you had your intimate session or something like that?"

"Uh, they just wrote that the pregnancy test kit can be used for at least eight days after ovulation…"

"It means that you even can check it today," cut the blonde, "but it's still okay for you to check it tomorrow."

"Well then, I'll check it tomorrow morning," Onpu smiled, "Hopefully, I'm not pregnant either."

"By the way, Momo-chan, your suggestion for Onpu-chan makes me wonder about something," Doremi changed the topic a bit, "Where do you know about the pregnancy test kit thing? I mean, even you know that it's better to use it in the morning."

"You know, I visited all of my friends in New York two months ago, and there, I found that Mary was pregnant."

"What?!" her magenta eyes widened, but then she realized something else, "Wait, you said that she 'was' pregnant. Did she abort it or something…"

"Well, she was shocked to see the result of the pregnancy test and fell downstairs, and the doctor said she miscarried."

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that."

Right after she said it, someone knocked Doremi's apartment door. She then asked permission from her best friends to sign out for a few minutes to see the visitor and then walked out from her bedroom, opened the door, "Daisuke-kun? It's so rare that you come here at night."

"Well, I just want to return this scarf to Miyako, as she left it at the cafe this afternoon," Daisuke entered the apartment and looked around, "Where is she now?"

"I think she's in the living room. She said to me that she wanted to do her task there," Doremi glanced at the living room once and noticed her roommate there before she added, "Well then, I want to continue chatting with my best friends now."

"Do they know about what you did with Kotake-san last Friday?"

"Uh, I told them," she admitted, then turned around and started to walk back into the bedroom, "Anyways, my best friends wait for me. You just need to return that scarf to Miya-chan, right?"

Daisuke nodded, "I'll just return it and go home."

"Well then, go ahead," said the redhead before she closed the bedroom's door, left her cousin who walked into the living room to meet the mentioned girl.

"Oi, Miyako what are you doing… here?" the maroon haired boy were going to asked something to the glasses girl while he noticed that she was asleep while sat down there. Her head laid onto the table in front of her.

'She must be so tired after finishing her task…' he thought, while looked at the book on the table, 'I wonder if she should finish it before tomorrow…'

The goggle boy then put the mentioned scarf onto the table, near the task book, then he turned back his attention to the older girl's face.

'Does she always wear her glasses even when she sleeps? Doesn't she feel uncomfortable with that thing on her face?'

He carefully removed the glasses from Miyako's closed eyes and put it onto the scarf from earlier and looked at her face once again, and he suddenly realized that her face was so beautiful without her glasses, made him blushed and just stood up right there in a few minutes until his phone cell rang and he quickly left the apartment.

Meanwhile, in her bedroom, Doremi still talked with her best friends via internet, and now they talked about her cousin who just recently came to her apartment.

"Well, I think it was Kotake-kun who came there to make sure that you aren't pregnant," opined Momoko, "What is he going to do in your apartment?"

"He said to me that he wanted to return my roommate's scarf which was left at the cafe this afternoon, when they met there with the other chosen children there."

"Didn't they invite you?"

"They invited me, but I refused it. I intentionally finished my task earlier so that I can chat with you all now."

"Well, they're good friends, and I was so happy to meet some of them in the marathon last week," Aiko admitted, "I think it doesn't wrong for you to hang out with them sometimes."

"I did it before, and it was fun. I did tell you all about the movie which I watched together with them that day."

"I know it, and I just want to say that you should walk around with them more often. You also can ask them to accompany you and Kotake in your date."

"Eh? What do you mean?" Doremi protested, "Why should they accompany me in my date with Kotake?"

"Just to make sure that you both won't ever do the same mistakes anymore," replied the young athlete, "Honestly, I still can't believe that you both could do something like that before you both get married."

"I told you it accidentally happened," the redhead retorted, "Both me and Kotake never wanted to do it intentionally."

"Really? I doubt it."

"Oh come on. I should give up to become a teacher if I intentionally did it again."

"Whatever," Aiko sighed, but then smiled, "I trust you."

They kept talking until the redhead noticed that it was 12 AM in her current town and they decided to end their chat. Doremi then walked out from her bedroom to call her roommate in the living room, woke her up.

Miyako noticed that someone put her glasses off from her and put it onto the table, along with her scarf which she exclaimed was missing a few hours ago. Doremi then told her that Daisuke came to the apartment to return her scarf, and probably, he was the one who put the glasses off from Miyako's eyes.

'So he returned this scarf then…' the lavender haired girl thought, 'but why didn't he wake me up?'

'Well then, thank you, Daisuke.'

.O.

In the morning

"So, what do you want for today's breakfast? Sandwiches? Omelettes? Or maybe, should I cook omurice for us?"

"…"

"Maybe a cup of warm tea? Or chocolate milk?"

"…"

"Anou, Daisuke?"

"…"

"Oi, Mr. Big Help*!" shouted Kotake to his roommate as the said roommate didn't respond his offer, "Don't you want to have breakfast today?"

"Eh, what do you ask, Kotake-san?" the goggle boy finally snapped out from his thought, "Sorry, I'm just… thinking about something, so I don't hear what you say."

"Seriously, what are you thinking about, Dai?" Kotake shook of his head, "Are you still thinking about Inoue's scarf? You already returned it last night, right?"

"Well, I returned it, and actually, I don't think about that scarf," Daisuke sighed before he continued, "It's just… now I realize that Miyako's face is so beautiful without her glasses."

"Wait a minute. Are you going to say that your little crush to her are coming back? I mean, the one which caused you afraid to reveal that you were Doremi's cousin to Inoue back then…"

"Uh, I don't know if I recently have a crush on her or not, but… I feel something different. It's really different with what I felt when I just recently knew that Miyako is Doremi's roommate," replied Daisuke, "I feel like I just recently saw a beautiful angel, even though I know that she often mad at me whenever I teased her."

"You know, maybe my relationship with Doremi isn't really like your relationship with Inoue, but… I think now you feel something that I felt when I saw Doremi's long hair long time ago, when I was still a little kid," Kotake opined, "It was before we studied in kindergarten. I saw her at a park near my house, and she was playing with some of her friends. She was so cute with her long hair, and I liked it. I liked to see her long hair."

"I see. You're so lucky that you could see her untied hair that time, while I just remember that I met her for the first time when my aunt already tied her hair in odango," Daisuke smiled while talked about his cousin, "and now, as she entered college, she decided to untied it again."

"Well, actually, she also have ever untied it in middle school, but it was because she cut it short… because of me," Kotake sighed, "Even so, I was glad that she tied it again in our first elementary school's reunion later."

"I don't understand with you, Kotake-san," Daisuke shrugged, then took two pieces of bread to prepare his sandwich, "Firstly you implied to me that you loved my cousin after you saw her with her long hair, but then you said that you were glad to see her tied her hair…"

"At least, it was better than when I saw her cut it just because of me," Kotake also prepared his breakfast, "Alright then, time for breakfast."

Both of the spiky haired boys then took their breakfast silently, while Daisuke thought about his 'little crush' which Kotake mentioned a few minutes ago.

'Am I really falling in love… with Miyako?' he thought, 'but she was…'

The goggle boy realized about their recent condition, but then he decided to not think about it further and finished his breakfast.

Even so, on his way to his campus, he thought about the same thing again, longer and longer, until he couldn't take it anymore.

'I should talk about it with someone.'

Right when he arrived at his campus, he called someone with his phone cell…

"I need to talk with you, this afternoon, at the cafe."

.O.

"So, what do you want to talk about with me?"

Someone walked to a table in a cafe where Daisuke already waited for a few minutes, and she quickly took a sip of her favorite beverage before she said, "By the way, I'm glad to see that you already ordered my favorite Strawberry Milkshake here, Daisuke-kun."

"Well, that's because I know that you always order it anytime you come here, Doremi," replied the maroon haired boy, "and now, I want to talk about… Miyako."

"Hmm?" the redhead looked at her cousin's face, "What do you mean about her? I mean, is there something beside her scarf which was left here yesterday?"

"No no. I don't want to talk about her belongings," Daisuke quickly shook of his head, "It's just… I think… her face is so…"

"… beautiful without glasses, right?" guessed Doremi, caused Daisuke's face blushed immediately. She giggled, "So you did remove her glasses from her eyes and put it onto the scarf which you returned yesterday, right?"

"Oh… that's right," the goggle boy's face still blushed, "I just… wondered if she felt uncomfortable while she slept with her glasses on, so I removed it."

"Then, now you realize that she's so beautiful, right?"

He slowly nodded.

"And, are you thinking that maybe, you're starting to love her?"

"I don't know…" he slowly replied, "I mean, I know that it's possible for me to fall in love with her now, but… I'm just afraid if she couldn't believe with my feeling towards her."

"Alright, I understand," said Doremi, "You know that when I recently knew about her, I've ever compared the relationship between you and her with my complicated love story with Kotake, but it was when she became Ken's girlfriend, so you said that you wouldn't ever love your best friend's girlfriend back then."

She gulped her Strawberry Milkshake a bit before continued, "Now, she isn't Ken's girlfriend anymore, so it's okay for you to fall in love with her, but at the same time, you're afraid that she won't ever accept your love, right?"

"Yeah, I think so?" stated Daisuke, even though it sounded like a question, "Should I reveal my feeling to her?"

"No, I don't think you should instantly say your feeling right now, because I can see that you also still doubt with your own feeling."

"Well, maybe you're right," he sighed, "I'll think about it, whether if I really fall in love with her or not. I'll find it out myself."

"Then, if later you're already sure with your own feeling, you can ask my help to make yourself nearer with her," added Doremi, "I'll do everything to make my cousin happy."

"Thank you, Doremi. I know that I always can trust you for this thing, rather than…"

"Hey, don't make a comparison anymore. We already talked about it before."

"Fine, I know it."

Both of them laughed together before the goggle boy started a new topic, "By the way, Kotake-san told me that you'd ever cut your hair because of him… What happened?"

"Well, just a misunderstanding between us. He was surprised to receive my love letter so that he didn't have idea how to respond it, while I waited for his answer so long until I thought that maybe he didn't love me anymore, so I decided to cut my hair, as a symbol of my broken heart."

"Wait, so you already knew that he loves you since a long time?" asked Daisuke, "but how can…"

"Firstly, it was my fault that I was too dense and didn't notice that he cares about me," explained the redhead, "Then Hazuki-chan told me that Kotake loves me, so I started to notice him, and day by day, I'm falling in love with him."

"So that's what happened…" concluded Daisuke, "Then your problem was resolved gradually when you both were in high school, right?"

Doremi nodded, "That's why, I want you to make sure that you'll love her forever, like when I tried to understand that Kotake actually still loves me even though he hadn't answered my love letter yet back then. I'm sure that someday, you'll find it out gradually."

"I know it," he smiled, "That's why I call you here."