Chapter 21. Please R&R!

WARNINGS – Story was rated 'M' for a reason. There is a lot of explicit content, cursing, yaoi and LEMON!

DISCLAIMER – I do not own Digimon, only the plot of the story and a few extra characters, that's it.

Takuya's POV

I don't know what's happening but I can hear someone singing a lullaby. Huh? There's somebody standing next to me and I can actually see him. Everything else is shrouded in darkness. Everyone except for him.

Takuya…

He's calling me. Who is he? He's crying.

Takuya I am you.

That's not possible. I'm Takuya.

So am I.

You're me?

Yes.

This darkness is something you created.

This darkness represents your heart. You may be still alive but you body is slowly declining.

So are you here to tell me I'm dying?

No, I'm here to tell you that you have a chance to save yourself.

A chance?

Yes. Do you see the light shining above you?

Yeah. It's small but I can see it.

Reach for the light.

The light?

Yes. The light. Reach for it Takuya.

Kouji's POV

Room 216…217…218… Room 219! Finally! Right as I was about to turn I bumped into someone and fell to the ground.

"Oh my God! Kouji are you alright?" The person dressed in nurses clothing held his hand out to me.

"Dammit!" I was rubbing my skull vigorously considering the fact that my skull just collided with the floor. Ugh, serves me right for running like crazy through a hallway. The male nurse pulled my up.

"Ow…huh?"

"Is something wrong?" he asked me.

"Kouichi!? What are you doing here?"

"Oh didn't I tell you?" Kouichi was smiling his same old stupid smile.

"Tell me what?"

"I work here part time as a male nurse." His smile grew wider.

I sighed. Shoulda figured he'd have a job here…after all he has a habit of working weird jobs after school anyway.

"So where were you rushing off too?"

"Where was I rushing off to? Oh crap Takuya!"

I stormed into room 219 and saw someone was already by Takuya's side.

"Yue?"

"Oh hey Kouji…I heard about what happened to Takuya so I came over. I figured you'd have gotten here first but I guess I was wrong." Yue's jacket was draped over Takuya.

"Well since you're here I guess I'll take my leave." He walked away with his hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Hey Kouji what was that about?"

"I'll tell you later Kouichi, go call Takuya's parents."

"Alright."

I went over to Takuya's bedside and held his hand.

"I'm so sorry Takuya…for everything."

"Reach…for…the…LIGHT!" Takuya finally spoke.

"Takuya…I love you…" I leaned down and kissed him gently.

"Kouji…" Takuya opened his eyes and clenched my hand, "I love you too."

I could feel tears well up in my eyes.

A doctor walked through the door behind me.

"Hey kid" I turned around, "Kanbara pulled himself out of his coma and stabilized so you can take him home in a couple of hours."

"Really?" I wiped away my tears as the doctor said his piece and left.

"Takuya? Did you hear that? You're alright. We can go home. We…can be together…"

~a few months later~

It's been three months since Takuya got out of the hospital and well things have been pretty well…normal. Takuya had to be in a wheelchair for the first couple of weeks and while he was still recovering so I decided to tell my parents about us. My mom took it a little better than my dad. Father was shocked and all but he didn't do anything to separate us. So I guess our parents supported us more or less. Takuya and I went through a lot but in the end that just made us closer. I got a job too. I'm working with Yue at his uncles' garage. Takuya stops by every now and then to hang out. He's also best friends with Yue like I am. Kouichi still works at the hospital as a male nurse. Oh yeah, Nami called a while ago and called off the bet, said it was too dangerous. So essentially everything's like I said pretty normal. The End.