By Amai
Disclaimer- Digimon and all it's characters are not copyright me, but copyright Toei Animation/Bandai (there probably are others, but I can't remember offhand). I wish they were, but sadly, not all wishes come true. The only thing that's copyright me is this fanfic, so no stealing, kiddies.
Author's Notes- So cute! Fluffy with some Kouyako and Jyoumi hints at the end. Oh, and Takari too. I couldn't help m'self...poor Daisuke gets his heart a bit beat up, but it's fluff now isn't it? Oh, before I forget again...I think I may need a co-writer for "A Tale of Fools" maybe. Do you think you're up to it? If so, add that in your review and I'll consider! Also..I'll be listing some ideas for people to pick their favorite for a fic later, so be looking for that (I'm just pressed for time now..so..). As always PLEASE read and review!
"So you really are gonna dance, ne Daisuke-chan?", Miyako laughed as the boy got up to join the crowd. He gave her a crooked smile,
"Like I said...Motomiya Daisuke never lets down an opportunity to show off his dance skills!"
"We'll just see about that...I'm gonna go get some more refreshments, ya need anything?"
"Nope, just fine here!", Daisuke said as Miyako left. He was actually having a good time, and hopefully it would get better. He glanced around, looking for Hikari. Maybe he could ask her for a slow dance, he thought, relishing the thought in his mind.
Looking up, he saw Hikari seemingly alone. There was his chance. And he wouldn't mess up...not now. He made his way over to the child of light, hopes high as the slow music started, much to his delight.
"Hikari-chan! May I have this dance?", he bowed, grinning foolishly at his "charm". Luckily, this seemed to amuse Hikari as she smiled and said,
"I don't see why not, Daisuke-chan!", she took his hand, still smiling. Daisuke could have shouted for joy at that. She had actually called him "chan"...this was actually going to be a good dance after all.
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The more Ken watched, the more disgusted he got. It was like Daisuke really wanted to hurt himself. Daisuke seemed to always contradict himself like that...a masochist that didn't like pain. How...disturbing.
"Yes, go on Daisuke..just dance away all of those dreams you were talking about. Destroy them. It may feel nice now, but you're just in the eye of the storm..the calm. Soon the storm will hit you with so much force you won't know what to do. But you set out your wooden house to be blow away didn't you? You know this is going to happen..you just refuse to believe it.", Ken muttered under his breath.
Where was Takeru? He wondered...he had expected the first dance to go to him, rather than Daisuke. He figured Hikari was just being nice..like all the times before.
"I know you mean well, Hikari..but you do not have the courage to be doing this. You're too nice to tell him that you could care less about his crush.", he sighed, still looking in dismay at the two dance, Daisuke grinning and blushing while he danced with his "love".
It wasn't right.
It just wasn't right. Ken was losing his patience every second that passed. He didn't notice that he was scowling towards the two dancer's direction until he heard a voice behind him.
"Why don't you just ask him for the next slow dance?", Ken turned to the speaker. Mimi? Of all people....he never had really talked to the girl that much. That was most of the reason that at first he wasn't going to come. Mimi Tachikawa was just the type of person Ken intended on avoiding...happy, on the ditzy side..pink.
The embodiment of teen fads. He raised an eyebrow at her and began to speak,
"I'm sorry, but I didn't know you were psychic.", he bluntly said. Mimi put her hands on her hips and retorted,
"You know just what I'm saying! It's really obvious you're jealous you know. Just look at that glare on your face every time you look at Hikari-chan and Daisuke-chan.", this caused Ken to narrow his eyes at the girl and cross his arms in defiance, despite knowing that everything she was saying was true.
Ken didn't like giving in.
"Excuse me? I don't think you know the meaning of jealously Tachikawa Mimi. So I wouldn't try to pry into my mind to find out if I really am.", he growled out. This obviously struck something, and Mimi left haughtily.
Seeing Ken's attitude of this......they had a whole to of work ahead of them. But she knew that Ken was just lying. He was just to stubborn to admit to it.
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"You're a great dancer Hikari-chan!", Daisuke gushed out after the song was finished. This was a dream come true...his light, right there..in his arms dancing.
He was never going to miss another dance again.
"Well I don't take dance lessons for nothing, now do I?", she giggled, "You were pretty good yourself", and with that, she gave him a small peck on the cheek.
If Daisuke were ice, he would have melted right there. Oh yes, he would never wash his face again. He was still in shock when Miyako came running over, trying to get his attention. This plan really wasn't working..they should have informed Hikari about it before! What was this with the Yagami's and plan ruining? She waved her hands in front of Daisuke's face, but he was still out of it. This was bad.
"Daisuke! Snap out of it! She's gone!", she shooking him roughly. Luckily that got him out of his daze.
"N-nani..?", he murmured, looking at Miyako with a foolish grin. Oh yes, this was really bad. His grin became wider as he began explaining his experience to Miyako with much enthusiasm,
"It was great! I didn't fall over or anything..hell, I didn't even humiliate myself once! And she seemed happy too! I can't believe this, I'm never forgetting this moment, ever, Miyako-chan..!"
Miyako listened drearily to Daisuke's rambling about his short dance, as she glanced over at the still gravely frowning Ken. This really wasn't good. I didn't seem like anything could pull Daisuke out of his state, at all.
Both of them didn't seem to notice the music change back to a slow tone as Hikari and Takeru linked arms. Daisuke was too busy talking to notice, and Miyako was to busy listening to notice as well.
"This memory will be ingrained in my mind forever!", Daisuke said as he turned around....and got the biggest shock in his life.
Takeru...Hikari...engaged in a long kiss within their embrace from dancing. Daisuke felt his heart shatter and wash away as he stared....stared as his dream burned into ashes.
Dreams really don't come true.
"Daisuke..!", Miyako yelled as the boy ran..ran holding his head..away from it all. He rufused to cry in front of them all.
And Ken just nodded smugly, as he stood up to follow the boy's who's dreams had just been destroyed.
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It wasn't fair.
"..I knew it..! I was so fucking hopeful..!"
Why did he hope? He was contradicting himself right there. He never wanted to hope again, hope was Takeru's thing. Not his...he could never hope, because it would only bring pain.
He leaned against the wall of the house outside, just sobbing, sobbing for the fact that now he really did know that dreams would never be granted. At least not for him. His whole life had been a dream..and this was just a reminder to him that it really didn't exist.
"You brought this all on to yourself, do you know that?", the words pierced through his skin as Ken stepped forward. Daisuke simply didn't say anything...he had nothing to say.
Nothing to wish.
Nothing to hope.
Nothing to think.
"You won't speak..because you know it's right.", was all that Ken said, as if he was answering the silence. Perhaps, he was. Daisuke choked out,
"..I...I forced this out on myself because..because...I had wished...Dreams don't exist...I'm such an idiot...dreaming of Hikari..and warm snow..", he cryed out, knowing that Ken wasn't going to do anything about it. He had deserved this, and he knew it.
But to his surprise, Ken did the entire opposite. He embraced the sobbing boy.
"I believe you have the statement wrong, Daisuke-chan..", he empathized the "chan" in his sentence, "Not all dreams are granted...but, I must tell you...you really did warm your snow."
Ken was cold before. And now he was warmed....Daisuke had brought that on to the boy.
That was his warm snow. That was his dream.
And Daisuke didn't bother to push his former thoughts away about Ken this time..no while he sobbed in his embrace. He had realized what Hikari had in common with Ken.
Both of them had represented his light. His comfort he had yearned for since he was born...his selfish need to be wanted. His wish.
And Ken had been the one to grant it.
"A-arigato...Ken-chan..", he had stopped crying, and was now just laying in the arms of the boy. Enjoying his warm snow.
"No, Daisuke-chan...arigato.", was all the other boy whispered as they both enjoyed their granted wish together.
Daisuke would never forget Hikari, and the feeling she had given to him. But...but...at times..the light must be passed on.
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Mimi and Miyako looked outside. Their plan was completely ruined...but had still succeeded.
"A job well done!", Miyako grinned to the other girl. "Even if it didn't go how the way we had wanted it!" Mimi nodded, musing,
"I don't think Ken would have fit into any of my dresses in the first place...but this is just too cute!", she beamed, looking at the new couple.
"Yeah, yeah..well I'm done being cupid, where's Koushiro-chan!"
"And Jyou-chan too, don't forget!"
"Okay..you go that way, and I'll go this way- they will not escape!", Miyako pointed out ahead, laughing menacingly as the two parted ways for their own little special dances. Well...you can't let Daisuke and Ken have all the fun, now can you?
This was turning out to be a great Christmas for all of them, after all.
-End-