Observing the Enigma: Setting the Variable
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 – I like this one! Lot's of explosions. *grins* Tis fun to write. And only a few more days until I have my computer backso that means I'll have more things to write up and post! I would cry, but I don't think my writings' –that- great yet. In other news, I might be thinking of a contestwhat do you think about that? I'd love to know! Well, I'm done for now. Please review! And on to the tale
He stretched at looked up at his surroundings. Was it really the next day? Or had he been dreaming? His questions were answered when a cute blue bundle came crashing on to him.
"Daisuke! You're finally up! You must have been really tired where ever you went yesterday, cause when we got home you just fell right to sleep!"
Daisuke couldn't help but to smile faintly at his digimon. Chibimon had undying energy, it seemed. His smile somewhat faded when he realized that the other day was not a dream. The kissthe questionand he had no idea what to do. He gave out a little sigh at that. Noticing that movement, Chibimon frowned, prodding his friend.
"What's wrong Daisuke? You haven't been yourself lately. C'mon, tell me! I won't laugh or make fun of you!", he exclaimed. This caught Daisuke by surprise, as he looked down at Chibimon. Putting on a smile he dismissed the thought with a wave of a hand,
"Don't worry about it, I'm fine! It's just about that soccer match that well lost and all. Okay, I admit, I'm a sore loser." He wasn't sure if it would work, but seeing Chibimon relax a bit answered that question clearer than words. It wasn't like he was really lyingjust telling part of the truth. The soccer match wasn't really the only thing that had got him down. Maybe it was the fact that his dreams were almost nearly crushed when he found out the Emperor was in fact Ken. His semi-second crush. Semi because of Kari. He wasn't sure why he pretended to like her so much, when in reality it had just been him clinging on to her friendship. And in his foolish actions he was almost losing her friendship all together.
No, she wasn't a crush. His very first crush had been on, ironic as it sounded, her brother, Tai. In a way, he still had one, but it was more of admiration now than anything else. He knew that Tai already had someone in Matt. It was a good thing he didn't embarrass himself too much before he had found out.
Why did he always have feelings for someone he couldn't have? As he flashed a look at his clock, he realized he didn't have time for that seeing as school was about to start in 30 minutes- and the time it took to get there was 20.
"Oh, damn, we're late! Why didn't Jun wake me up?!" Typical sister. Never there when she's needed, but always there when she's annoying. Daisuke quickly threw on some new clothes from his closet and grabbed Chibimon. When he was about to place the digimon in his bag, he spoke up,
"But Daisuke, Jun did come in, but she couldn't wake you up! I had to stay quiet so she wouldn't see me. She said that something was dropped off for you, too!"
Daisuke froze at that. Something for him? At that, he made sure that Chibimon was in a comfortable position in the bag, and slung it over his shoulder, running as fast as he could to the kitchen, where the mail usually went.
And there it was, a single rose. Daisuke felt himself almost crumble to the ground. He knew whom it was from. One thought echoed through his mind.
"where does the hurt seem less?"
Indeed, where was it less was the question. As time when, he found himself asking that question over and over in his mind. He couldn't justleave them, could he?
How could he consider the idea, if it was so tempting to him?
He was so confused.
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It was already half past first period when Daisuke finally made it to class. As many schools, being tardy was frowned upon, and he had just gotten himself a detention. Not like that was much different than what he usually got. As he sat down in his seat, he looked at Kari, who was mouthing "Where were you?". Daisuke tried to answer back, but as usual the teacher got him before he could. Never Kari, always him. It was irritating sometimes.
"Mr. Motomiya, care to share what you were saying to the class."
Daisuke scowled. "No, teacher.", he mumbled. Why did teachers have to be so bothersome? It wasn't like he was doing anything truly badat least, not yet.
The teacher gave him a mocking look, "It must be important if you had to disrupt my class by it, now must it?" Daisuke felt the fury inside him boil up to the top. And this time, he couldn't control it.
"It isn't,", he growled out, "But if you have to know, I was just gonna say about how teachers like you get on my nerves!" The class seemed to freeze at that statement, including the teacher, who had a furious look on her face. Daisuke continued, not bothering to try to stop himself, he had been doing that for far too long.
"I don't see why you guys feel like you have to pry into our every thought, it's so damn annoying! And I'm tried of lying and saying "I'm sorry", because I'm not!"
He finally stopped when he noticed the teacher above him, her eyes a reflection of the fires of hell. What had he gotten himself into now?
"Office. Now.", she hissed out. Resentfully, Daisuke stood up and walked out of the class, taking a short moment to look at the surprised looks on his fellow peers' faces, and the almost embarrassed looks on both TK and Kari's.
Sometimes he regretted even being born with a mouth.
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Ken's eyes widened. The true observations were going quite well, but he was rather impressed by Daisuke's actions in class that day. He knew he would be able to spark something up on the boy with at least the rose, but he hadn't truly expected this! He relished in the fact of it.
"I know I can reduce the hurtbut love can only go so far. Only his own realizations on how bad the real world is for him can. I'm only helping as I can", he grinned.
"Soon, my Daisuke. Soon you won't have any excuses to stay thereand we'll be together, truly."
He was already halfway through his enigma. And to victory.
Now, this was his idea of a real experiment. Where the gains were plentiful for everyone involved.