Well I hope you like this so far. I guess there must be some rule saying the author has to put a disclaimer before every piece involving Digimon characters, cuz everyone does it. Anyway, nothing has changed, I don't own Digimon and am just doing this for fun.
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Izzy lived in a high rise apartment similar to Matt's. Izzy's was a little smaller than Matt's, but it had a balcony, which being 12 stories up, provided a really nice view. The elevator doors opened to Izzy's floor, the halls covered in red carpet. Matt looked for Izzy's door, and saw it at the end of the hall :1207. He stood at the door, nervous to knock, but knowing that in a minute he would gather the courage. He rapped his knuckes on the door three times. He had been here a few times before, but it still seemed weird, going to Izzy's place. The door opened. It was Izzy. "Oh, hi Matt. What're you up to?"
"Oh nothing really," Matt said casually. "I called a few minutes ago but your phone was busy. Are you on your computer?"
"Yeah, I'm just downloading some songs, come on in."
Matt walked though the door and followed Izzy into the kitchen, where he was offered the usual endless supply of food the Izumis kept on hand. His parents weren't home, and they stuck some leftover food in the microwave. They took it to Izzy's bedroom, which looked like a laboratory out of a science fiction movie. There were four monitors (all on) attached to four computers Matt guessed. It was hard to tell because there were almost a dozen CPU's in the room, some running, some scrapped and saved only for parts. There was probably even more in Izzy's closet. Matt saw Izzy's laptop, the one he had carried with him in the Digiworld, on the bed. Matt sat down on Izzy's bed next to it while Izzy resumed his downloading.
"You care if I look at your Digimon pics on here?" Matt asked. He needed to remind himself of Gabumon, of the others, of just being there and what they all shared.
"Go ahead, I'm just gonna finish these downloads." Izzy replied. Izzy was probably the reason why Napster's in so much trouble, thought Matt. With his high-speed connection he had probably over a thousand songs by now. Right now he was downloading the Shonen Knife and a whole album by the Boredoms. Matt appreciated Izzy's taste in music, but Matt still liked his American bands better than anything coming out of his home country. Matt paged through the Digimon file and finally found a picture of Gabumon. He recollected the times they spent together, in the Digiworld and his own.
"You're looking up Gabumon, aren't you?" asked Izzy. Matt was surprised to see that Izzy actually had looked away from his computer to talk to him.
"Yeah." They were quiet for another minute, then Matt asked, "Do you ever wish you were back in the Digiworld?"
"Sometimes I do. I miss our friends and the time we got to spend together." Matt was sort of taken aback by that comment, and he showed it. Izzy was never really expressive about his feelings. Izzy saw Matt's expression, and replied to it. "Look, I know I can be a pretty private person but I'm trying to change that now. I don't think there was anything wrong with the way I was before, but I just think I'll be happier if I open myself up to others." When he finished, he sat there, looking down, maybe wondering if he sounded stupid.
"Oh, well that's cool." Matt replied. "I mean, I liked you the way you were before..." Oh crap, Matt thought. He needed to choose his words more carefully. He didn't want to sound...well...he got his train of thought back, and realized he was having a real conversation with a friend for the first time in months. Better make the most of it. "But I'm glad that you're changing." He smiled at Izzy, hoping that he wasn't revealing too much.
"Thanks Matt. That means a lot to me." Izzy smiled back and turned back to his computer. Matt hoped he had made some kind of connection there. He had never heard Izzy talk like that before, what was up with that?
"Hey, you wanna go watch Sora's soccer game? I think she's playing at 2 at her school." Most likely Izzy would just want to sit at home and surf the net. That's all he seemed to want to do. So it was a total surprise when he said:
"Do I? Let's go! I gotta get out of this room and get some fresh air anyway."
"All right! You better finish oyur downloads soon cuz we only have an hour."
"No problem, they're all done! You wanna go now?"
"Yeah, let's go Izz!"
Izzy disconnected from his computer and reached for his laptop. He thought about bringing it, but instead just shut it down and turned it off. Matt watched as Gabumon's face disapeared from the screen. They left Izzy's room, hit the lights and were out the door.
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Izzy lived in a high rise apartment similar to Matt's. Izzy's was a little smaller than Matt's, but it had a balcony, which being 12 stories up, provided a really nice view. The elevator doors opened to Izzy's floor, the halls covered in red carpet. Matt looked for Izzy's door, and saw it at the end of the hall :1207. He stood at the door, nervous to knock, but knowing that in a minute he would gather the courage. He rapped his knuckes on the door three times. He had been here a few times before, but it still seemed weird, going to Izzy's place. The door opened. It was Izzy. "Oh, hi Matt. What're you up to?"
"Oh nothing really," Matt said casually. "I called a few minutes ago but your phone was busy. Are you on your computer?"
"Yeah, I'm just downloading some songs, come on in."
Matt walked though the door and followed Izzy into the kitchen, where he was offered the usual endless supply of food the Izumis kept on hand. His parents weren't home, and they stuck some leftover food in the microwave. They took it to Izzy's bedroom, which looked like a laboratory out of a science fiction movie. There were four monitors (all on) attached to four computers Matt guessed. It was hard to tell because there were almost a dozen CPU's in the room, some running, some scrapped and saved only for parts. There was probably even more in Izzy's closet. Matt saw Izzy's laptop, the one he had carried with him in the Digiworld, on the bed. Matt sat down on Izzy's bed next to it while Izzy resumed his downloading.
"You care if I look at your Digimon pics on here?" Matt asked. He needed to remind himself of Gabumon, of the others, of just being there and what they all shared.
"Go ahead, I'm just gonna finish these downloads." Izzy replied. Izzy was probably the reason why Napster's in so much trouble, thought Matt. With his high-speed connection he had probably over a thousand songs by now. Right now he was downloading the Shonen Knife and a whole album by the Boredoms. Matt appreciated Izzy's taste in music, but Matt still liked his American bands better than anything coming out of his home country. Matt paged through the Digimon file and finally found a picture of Gabumon. He recollected the times they spent together, in the Digiworld and his own.
"You're looking up Gabumon, aren't you?" asked Izzy. Matt was surprised to see that Izzy actually had looked away from his computer to talk to him.
"Yeah." They were quiet for another minute, then Matt asked, "Do you ever wish you were back in the Digiworld?"
"Sometimes I do. I miss our friends and the time we got to spend together." Matt was sort of taken aback by that comment, and he showed it. Izzy was never really expressive about his feelings. Izzy saw Matt's expression, and replied to it. "Look, I know I can be a pretty private person but I'm trying to change that now. I don't think there was anything wrong with the way I was before, but I just think I'll be happier if I open myself up to others." When he finished, he sat there, looking down, maybe wondering if he sounded stupid.
"Oh, well that's cool." Matt replied. "I mean, I liked you the way you were before..." Oh crap, Matt thought. He needed to choose his words more carefully. He didn't want to sound...well...he got his train of thought back, and realized he was having a real conversation with a friend for the first time in months. Better make the most of it. "But I'm glad that you're changing." He smiled at Izzy, hoping that he wasn't revealing too much.
"Thanks Matt. That means a lot to me." Izzy smiled back and turned back to his computer. Matt hoped he had made some kind of connection there. He had never heard Izzy talk like that before, what was up with that?
"Hey, you wanna go watch Sora's soccer game? I think she's playing at 2 at her school." Most likely Izzy would just want to sit at home and surf the net. That's all he seemed to want to do. So it was a total surprise when he said:
"Do I? Let's go! I gotta get out of this room and get some fresh air anyway."
"All right! You better finish oyur downloads soon cuz we only have an hour."
"No problem, they're all done! You wanna go now?"
"Yeah, let's go Izz!"
Izzy disconnected from his computer and reached for his laptop. He thought about bringing it, but instead just shut it down and turned it off. Matt watched as Gabumon's face disapeared from the screen. They left Izzy's room, hit the lights and were out the door.