Behind Closed Doors:
Chapter 13: Taking Chances
I do not own digimon nor do I own any of the characters in this story
Disclaimer: So yeah the last chapter was basically just to get everyone into the story and I realize it may have been a bit long I'll try to work on the length in the future, and I promise to have more content in each chapter from now on, so as I said before: Basically this story takes place around 8 years after second season ends, so the ages are: Tai, Sora, Matt are 22. Izzy and Mimi are 21. Joe is 23. Kari, TK, Ken, and Davis are 19. Yolei is 20 and Cody is 17
I have no idea what is taking me so long to update, I haven't been too busy, I guess my brain just needed a break to come up with some new ideas. ENJOY!
TK found himself in a room surrounded by some of his closest friends all giving him and Sora very disapproving looks, the longer their friends bared down on them the harder Sora would squeeze TK's hand and it was beginning to hurt. They were sitting in Izzy's kitchen Sora and TK sat at the table with Izzy and Mimi sitting across from them and the others standing behind Mimi.
No words had been spoken yet but the looks from Kari, Mimi, Izzy, Ken, Yolei and Davis were all enough to make TK and Sora both very nervous. Mimi had revealed to Izzy, TK and Sora's relationship and he felt it was his duty as Matt's friend to be there with the rest of the group who had decided they needed to sit down and talk with the two new lovers. And he was the first to speak up.
"So I think I would first like to know just how long this romantic entanglement has been going on"
TK wasn't really sure, he looked to Sora to see if she knew "About two weeks I guess" She said.
"And do you have any intention at all of informing Matt about what has transpired?" He asked accusingly
"Of course we do!" Sora banged her unoccupied hand on the table "We at least owe Matt an explanation"
"Then why haven't you done it yet?" Izzy asked
TK didn't know how to answer that question and he was pretty sure Sora didn't have any idea either.
Izzy's forehead wrinkled as he stared down the two "Well then I think it needs to be as soon as possible. You guys can't keep lying to Matt like this."
"We're not lying to anyone!" Sora shouted back
Izzy kept his calm but his voice was harsh "You may not think so, but I guarantee you're lying to Matt, you're even lying to yourself."
TK felt Sora squeeze his hand again and he wanted to get Izzy to back off but Ken spoke up first.
"I think what they're saying Izzy, is that they haven't intended to lead anyone astray, something is just preventing them from finding an opportune moment to inform Matt of their relationship"
Izzy looked from Ken back to Sora and TK "Would you say this is accurate?"
TK nodded "I do, neither of us meant to take a relationship this far without informing Matt first"
Izzy sat back in his chair clearly ready to continue what had become an interrogation when Mimi put a hand on his shoulder as if she was trying to tell him it was time to stop. TK saw Izzy look back and Mimi and sighed "Well I guess I can't force you guys to do anything, I just have to leave it up to the both of you to make the right decision" He looked behind him at the others in the room and now Kari spoke up "I hope you guys get how concerned all of us are about this situation, I mean you guys could have a huge impact on our group"
TK didn't want to say anything because he knew Kari only meant well, he looked at Sora who appeared to actually feel quite upset. He leaned in and whispered so only she could hear what he said "Everything is going to be ok, we're going to make this right by everyone"
That seemed to bring a spark of light to Sora's eyes "Thank you" She said resting her head on his arm. TK then looked at the rest of the room
"Look guys we know we've gone about this relationship the wrong way, and we plan to make it right, however we can"
Ken, Yolei and Mimi all smiled, Davis gave TK an encouraging nod but Kari still had a very concerned and almost sad visage. Izzy just looked like he was working at his computer, as if he were trying to solve a math problem. If it hadn't been such a serious situation TK probably would have laughed. Still holding Sora's hand he began to get out of his seat "Well now that we've got that out of the way I think Sora and I should be going home, Yolei would you mind giving us a ride?"
Yolei shook her head "Not at all, Ken are you coming?"
"I was thinking I'd stick around and hang out with Davis and Kari for a little while, I've hardly gotten to see either one of them since I've been home. Is that alright with you Davis?"
Davis gave Ken a thumbs up "Of course I want to hang out with you too"
Sora had still refused to let go of TK's hand as they walked out the door and headed to Yolei's van "Thank you for calming me down in there" She said quietly
"I'll do anything you need me to" He said confidently
"So if I needed someone to you know disappear you would do it right?"
TK jumped back a bit "What!"
She began laughing "What am I thinking of course you would"
"This is all hypothetical right?" TK asked nervously which made Sora burst out laughing
"I guess you'll never know" She quickly ran into Yolei's car making TK chase after her
Davis watched as TK ran into Yolei's van and waved as they drove away. He then turned to Ken and Kari who were climbing into Kari's mom's car "So guys what are we going to do today?"
"Well we've got a lot of time on our hands, how about a movie?" Kari suggested
Ken nodded in agreement "That sounds like a great idea"
Davis smiled politely "Should be a lot of fun" (Is it bad that I don't really want to hang out with Ken? I was really hoping Kari and I could just hang out alone together today. But I don't want Ken to think I don't want to hang out with him. Man this is confusing. I guess we already made a decision, time to just go along)
On the way to the movie theater Davis spoke very little while Kari and Ken were very chatty (I need to figure out how I can get Kari alone long enough to show her what a great guy I am) He was concentrating very hard when a soft voice broke his train of thought
"What are you thinking about Davis?" Kari asked him
"Uh-Uh Nothing" Davis said nervously
"Nothing new there" Kari laughed
"Awe come on Kari give him a break" Ken said from the back seat
Kari nodded and turned back to Davis "I'm sorry you know I didn't mean it right?"
As they pulled into the movie theater Davis still hadn't figured out a way to get Kari alone. (There's got to be something I can do, something spontaneous and romantic. *That's not like you Davis, she won't like you if you don't act like yourself* I'm right! I've just got to be myself)
Davis leapt from the car and hurried inside the theater
"What on Earth has gotten into him?" Kari asked. Ken simply shrugged
After the bought their tickets and entered the lobby they saw Davis standing with arms full of food and drinks "I got the snacks!" He shouted happily
"So you did" Ken said eyeing the mountain of junk food "But you really didn't have to" He grabbed a bag of popcorn from Davis' hands and walked into the theater.
Davis shifted his arms so the pile was facing Davis "See anything you like?"
She giggled softly as she grabbed a box from Davis' hands "How generous, thank you"
He smiled proudly (Brownie points oh yeah!) "Anytime Kari"
They walked into the theater and found a couple seats next to Ken, they sat down just as the movie started, Davis hadn't even paid attention to what movie they had decided to see but as the opening rolled he could tell it was going to be a chick-flick (why would Ken voluntarily come see this movie?) Suddenly Ken's phone began to ring and he answered it. Much to the dismay of the people around them, Ken tried to whisper into the phone but Davis caught some of it "Yeah we're about 4 rows back"
Davis looked down near the entrance and saw Yolei walking in the door (I guess Yolei didn't want to go home) Davis watched as she walked up to where Ken and the others sat, grabbed a plastic container of Nacho's from Davis' junk pile and took the hand of Ken as they walked further up the theater. Ken looked back and gave Davis a small wave and a smile, then winked. Davis looked back to Kari and then Ken again and saw his friend simply give him a small nod (Thanks Ken) Davis leaned back in his seat and tried to watch the movie.
The movie dragged on for a very long time and Davis just could not pay attention, he often spent most of his time watching Kari out of the corner of his eye, seeing how she was reacting. After what felt like hours Davis saw Kari tearing up, unsure how to react he reached out to touch her hand, she didn't seem to react to it at all, Davis wondered if he should remove it but when he began to move she gripped his hand.
Surprised Davis let her take his hand and sat back in his chair not long after the movie ended and Kari let go of his hand again and they exited the theater. As Ken and Yolei caught up Kari turned to Davis.
"Wasn't that moment between Akane and Gorou beautiful Davis?"
Davis looked back at her confused (Oh man I barely paid any attention to the movie) "Oh yeah that was really….something?
Kari apparently didn't notice his unsure tone "It really was" She turned around to look at the couple walking behind them "So Yolei what made you decide to come to the movies with us? And why didn't you sit next to us?"
Yolei folded her arms, "I wanted to see this movie, but why we moved I don't know, you'll have to ask Ken about that."
The foursome walked around for an hour or so talking and laughing when Yolei looked at the sun setting over the city "It's getting late, I think I should be taking Ken home now"
Kari just nodded "Well Davis it looks like I'm taking you back to your house then"
Before they left Davis made sure to pull Ken aside "Dude thank you for that alone time with Kari but how did you know?"
His best friend just smiled at him "Of course Davis, and I'm just going to say that this is my little secret"
"Well whatever is going on I want to say thanks"
Ken and Yolei walked off in the direction of Yolei's van. Ken held his girlfriends hand "Well it looks like you were right after all"
"About Davis anyways" She said proudly "Now we just need Kari to see what Davis has to offer her"
"You don't feel like puppet master playing matchmaker with our friends?"
"Nope" She smiled widely and got in the driver's seat of her car
Meanwhile in the other car Davis was listening to Kari about how much she liked the movie. "It had just the perfect ending didn't it?"
"Yeah it was really something else"
"I'm surprised you liked it so much Davis, by the way I want to thank you for holding my hand, I almost balled my eyes out in that kissing scene and if you hadn't taken my hand I just may have cried in front of everyone"
Davis felt a little warm inside "It was nothing"
"You keep saying that" She laughed warmly, they spent most of the ride back to Davis' talking about other things, Ken and Yolei and how weird it was they wouldn't sit with them even though Davis was aware of the reason, then they talked about their siblings for a little while. Soon enough they were sitting outside of Davis' door
"Well" Kari said "I guess this is where you get off"
"Right I guess so, I had a lot of fun today" Davis said solemnly as he stepped out of the car "Bye Kari"
"Bye Davis" Kari began to drive off when Davis jumped in front of the car startled Kari slammed on the brakes and rolled down the window "D-D-Davis what are you doing?"
"Kari will you go out with me?" Davis shouted
Kari wasn't really sure what to say she was still so shocked from Davis jumping in front of the car, she simply nodded still unable to really speak "uh sure"
Tai and Matt found themselves sitting in a bar once again Matt wasn't drinking nearly as heavily this time, but Tai was. His job found him exhausted very often and unable to sleep at the same time. The only thing that was able to change that was a couple drinks every now and then.
Tai downed another beer and turned to Matt "So are you going to propose to Sora or what?"
Matt wiped the condensation off his glass "I guess"
"You guess? You love this girl right? So man up and do it already"
"I'd have to do something that she would think was romantic and I can't think of anything that is a big enough gesture" Matt sipped his beer slowly when suddenly he realized how he was going to propose
"Tai I've got it, I'm going to have everyone over for a party at our apartment and I'm going to get on one knee if front of everyone"
Tai raised his glass to his friend "That sounds like a plan" They made a toast and downed their drinks Matt felt better than he had in a long time.
Apparently Davis is the only person who realizes that ** means they are speaking to themselves go figure