Author's Note: YAY!! 4th chapter! I just wanna say thanks to all those who reviewed, or who even bothered to look for this fic in the pile of millions! Thanks! You guys mean so much! AAAH!! ^_^ So sorry. Here's part 4. U remember what happened last time, right? Enjoy it!
As said in the last chapter, Yolei suggests they tell Cody about everything. Since he is the crest holder of reliability, he won't tell a soul…right?
Our Little Secret
Yolei thought, Okay, this better work, and Cody better not say anything or I will personally-- you know… She glanced over at Ken. He hasn't said anything lately. I wonder if he's thinking. "…Ken?"
He didn't reply.
She sighed, Yeah, he is. It's amazing one can think so hard they can't even hear. That's a little scary. She stopped walking. "Okay, we're at Cody's house now."
"…what?" Ken asked, looking up. "Oh, okay." He nodded. "Good luck-"
"Hey wait!" Yolei snapped, grabbing his hand before he left. "Where are you going?"
"He's your oh-so-reliable friend. Find a way to tell him that I kissed you…or you kissed me…or whatever." Ken said, releasing himself from her grasp. "…I'll just stand out here."
"I don't trust you." Yolei sneered, as Ken merely smiled. She knocked on the door, as Cody answered it.
Cody stared outside. He was wearing a thick robe, slippers and was holding a mug. "Hi Yolei." He said in a stuffy voice. "…Hi Ken."
"See."
"Quiet!" Yolei snapped. "…Cody, we need to talk." She said, pulling him inside, and shutting the door.
***
"Okay, Davis, it's like this," Kari began, outside of Cody's apartment. "You go talk to Ken, and get him away from the door. I'm gonna sneak in from the window and hear what they're talking about. Got it?"
"…almost." Davis sighed. "What do I have to do?"
Kari shook her head, "…get Ken. Bring him down here. Away from door."
"Got it!" Davis grinned. "Who told you I'm so dumb?"
"You're not dumb." Kari smiled.
"Thanks, Kari." Davis smiled. "…you know, maybe if you're not too busy tonight, that, uh-"
"One second, I think they're talking!" Kari interrupted, pulling Davis up the stairs. They met up with Ken who was twiddling with his fingers, aimlessly. "Ken!"
"Wha?" Ken looked up. "Davis? Kari? What are you guys doing here?"
"…uh…" Kari stuttered. She jabbed Davis in the shoulder, lightly.
"Right, uh- Hey Ken!" Davis began, running up to him and grabbing his hand. "I saw something downstairs! Come…uh…look at it!" He pulled him down the stairs.
Kari sighed, and spotted the window. She knelt down and looked through the window to see Yolei and Cody talking. So, what are they saying?
"As I was saying, Cody, you're not gonna tell, right?" Yolei asked.
"Nope." Cody sniffed. He coughed, slightly, "Uh, sorry about that Yolei. I'm not feeling well. Anyway, about that thing with you and Ken, of course I won't tell anyone."
"Thanks, Cody. Get better soon, okay?" Yolei winked, walking outside. She shut the door, to see Kari peeking in through the window.
"God, I better find Da-…uh…" Kari got up and gawked. "…hey Yolei."
"Kari?" Yolei snapped. "What were you doing here?!"
"…uh…D-Davis lost this…ring. And I'm looking for it here, while he and Ken went to look for it downstairs." She lied.
"…oh." Yolei giggled. "I got this funny idea that you were spying on me."
"Spying?" Kari asked, wiping sweat from her forehead, nervously. "Not me…never…come on, let's go." She grabbed Yolei's hand and pulled her downstairs, where Davis and Ken were staring at cars go by.
"Davis…" Ken began. "…I don't see hopping bunnies in the cars."
"They're there!" Davis protested. "Just…look harder!" I hope Kari found out something about…whatever's going on. He turned around and saw Kari and Yolei behind them. "Hey Kari! Yolei!"
"Hey Davis. What are you guys staring at?" Yolei asked, blankly.
"Davis said there are hopping bunnies in every two cars." Ken explained. "…frankly, I don't believe him."
Davis shrugged, "I saw what I saw. …but now, Me and Kari are gonna go."
"We are?" Kari asked. "I-"
"Of course-" Davis nodded, gesturing for Kari to follow him.
"…oh yeah!" Kari muttered. "Bye Ken, bye Yolei!"
Davis grinned at Ken, "Hey Ken, give her another kiss for me, kay?"
Ken smirked, "I will."
"What was that about?" Yolei asked.
"…I-it's guy talk." Ken shrugged. "The stuff Davis likes to hear or he'll gang up on you."
"Oh…" Yolei sighed. "Anyway, just to tell you, Cody said he won't tell anyone."
"…was there a point in telling him to begin with?" Ken asked.
"I needed to tell someone!" Yolei replied. "Or I'd die thinking about it."
"…thinking about what?"
"Must you always ask questions?"
"Yeah."
"Fine." Yolei shrugged. "Thinking about…you…and me…and Davis."
"And Davis?"
"What, you thought it was just gonna be both of us?"
"I didn't say that."
"It could be…if you wanted it to be."
"…I didn't say that either."
"You could've."
"God."
"If you had to."
"…no comment." Ken shrugged. "…okay, I'm gonna go now. I have to get home early. Oh yeah, and I wanted to ask if you could come over tomorrow to fix my computer."
"Computer? But you know how to fix computers."
"I know. Just…not if they're broken." Ken replied. "…so, are you coming or not?"
"Are you going to kiss me for it?!" Yolei asked, grinning.
Ken sighed, and began walking home.
"Fine, fine! I'm coming! I'll come!! And you might not have to kiss me for it!!" She hollered. She then turned back and headed for home.
******
Davis and Kari walked down the street, not bothering to talk, since none of them could think of anything to say. Davis sighed, "…I was hoping you'd tell me what happened with the window."
"Just as soon you tell me what you meant by give her another kiss for me!" Kari said.
"Well-"
"Wait a second…" Kari muttered. "…another kiss means…another kiss, right?"
"I think so." Davis said, cluelessly.
"…as in plural…and so…he must've kissed her before, right?" Kari gawked.
"Bingo." Davis muttered.
"You knew?! Why didn't you tell me?!" Kari snapped.
"…forgot?" Davis shrugged. "But it's still all gravy!" He smiled.
"…it could be." Kari muttered. "…Davis…hasn't it occurred to you, that maybe, just maybe, that's what Ken and Yolei are being so secretive of."
"…sometimes."
"That's it then!" Kari beamed. "We finally found out their secret."
"We have no proof." Davis shrugged. "…well, I do." If I don't screw up on this, Kari might actually kiss me!
"Tell me, then."
"In return for something." Davis nodded. "…if you kiss me, then-"
"No." Kari protested. "It's okay, I'll find out by myself." She turned and walked off.
Davis grumbled, "Dang, it was actually working too."
******
The next night, Yolei arrived and after greeting the "joyful" Ichijouji's walked into Ken's room, where he was reading some kind of book. He smiled, "Hey."
"Hey." She replied. "…so…where's your computer?"
Ken pointed over to the far wall, without looking up.
"…right." Yolei giggled, nervously while walking over. She bent down beside it, and took the hood off, after unscrewing a few screws. She pressed the power button on the computer, and it looked to have booted up just fine. She was puzzled at the fact, too. She turned it off, and started playing with the wires.
After awhile, she sighed, "…you know…this is weird."
"What is?" Ken asked.
"The fact that there is…nothing wrong with your computer."
"Oh?" Ken asked, nervously. "…okay, sorry, for wasting your time, then."
Yolei smiled, then walked over to where he was sitting on the bed, reading the book. "…the reason you called me over here wasn't about your computer was it?"
"…no…It wasn't." Ken muttered.
Yolei gasped seconds after, "…it's about the kiss isn't it?! And I thought I was the only one thinking about it!"
Ken slowly nodded his head, slightly embarrassed.
"…so…what did you want to tell me about it?" Yolei asked.
Ken sighed, "…okay…this might sound a little…weird, but I'm a weird person so--"
"You're not weird."
"Everyone says that. Okay, what I wanted to tell you was…" Ken began. This shouldn't be so hard. Just pretend I'm talking to Wormmon…he's easy to talk to. He sighed. And this is all gonna come out fluently. Good. Be calm. Be very calm. "Okay, it's like this. Not only have I realized that kissing you was a part of my free will, but I actually sort of started to like it after that hypothetical talk."
Yolei gawked, and fell back.
Ken looked over the bed, "…you okay, Yolei?"
She was quietly giggling to herself, on the floor, rolling back and forth. "…I'm fine." She managed to say after she had finished laughing herself silly. She got up, leaned over and kissed him.
"Uh…I…I…" Ken stammered. "…um, what was that for?"
"For being the first to admit it non-hypothetically." She smiled, wrapping her arms around him.
"…the first?" Ken asked. "…you mean you have something to tell me too?"
Yolei sweat-dropped, and moved away quickly, "w-w-w-w-why- no. No, o-o-o-f course not…I-I-I…c-can I check your laptop to see if it's not broken?" She pulled it out from under the bed, and began to type at it, lying on her chest on his bed. "…did you put up a firewall on this?"
"Yeah." Ken replied, taking the laptop from her. "…my dad has a constant habit to check up on school work, and since he can't seem to find it…he always checks on my laptop."
"What do you need a laptop and a computer for anyway?" She asked, resting her head on his pillow.
"I'm a creative person, and my computer is clogged already. I need another database to keep the rest of the junk I have." He explained.
Yolei sighed, smiling, "That's nice."
"Uh huh…" Ken muttered. "You know, if we try to expose this more than it already is, then everybody is gonna be climbing all over us."
"Oh…" Yolei sighed. "…expose what?"
Ken looked at her, blankly.
"…oh." She giggled. "That. Don't worry. I'll act completely as normal as ever!"
"Stubborn, loud, and somewhat annoying?"
"Hey!!"
"…good, just to keep it simple." Ken smiled, closing his laptop. "You better go, before someone else tries to call your house again."
"Oh god, I totally forgot!" Yolei gasped. "Kari said she was gonna call me!"
*****
"Proof," Kari nodded, talking to Davis who was sitting across from her in her room. "I called Yolei 3 times. She wasn't home. First time, her mother said she was at the library. Assumed, that's what Yolei told her. Second time, her sister answered and said she was out walking with some really cute guy, quoted by Yolei. It could be Ken, for all we know. Third time, her brother answered and said she was t that guy's house whom she was kissing the other day."
"Right." Davis nodded. "She's at Ken's. Probably is still there. I wonder what they're doing."
"Yolei told me she was going to Ken's to fix his computer." Kari added. "…this isn't adding up. Why don't we just go over there and see what they're doing."
"Good idea!"
"From the window. No way are we going in there." Kari stated. "Come on-"
"I have a better idea. Why don't you and I go somewhere together-"
"Maybe some other time." Kari smiled.
"Seriously?"
"Come on, or we might be late!" Kari stated. "We could be missing valuable information, valuable pictures-"
"Pictures?"
"Right! Bring the camera! We need all the proof we can get!" Kari beamed.
"Kari, you're getting way outta control now." Davis said. "We just wanna find out what they're doing-- not publicize this like a news article."
"…why not?"
"Because it's their private life."
"But what do they have to hide!" Kari continued. "…my point exactly! Now come on!"
"Us going to dinner would've been a better choice."
***
Kari finally got to the balcony where Ken's room was. She and Davis hid outside, on the corners, peering in at any chance they got. Kari snapped a few pictures, but to tell you the truth, nothing was happening. They were both on the bed, lying down and…uh…reading. Or what seemed to be ^_~
Ken whispered, "How much more longer do I have to stare at this page?"
"Just until they leave." Yolei said.
"What if they stay forever?"
"They have to leave sometime."
"…so do you. They'd wonder why you stayed here so long."
"Well, I'd go to my house, it's just that my brother's still alive." Yolei sighed.
"Do you think they know we're here?" Kari asked. "Ken hasn't flipped that page for…7 minutes, and Yolei's eyes aren't even moving."
"I think they knew we were here for a long time." Davis admitted. "Let's just invade-"
"Wait a second!" Kari gasped. "Look! Yolei's position is angled, and she moved an inch!"
Davis sighed, "You're too desperate. Let's just go-"
Suddenly, Ken got up and walked towards the door. He pulled it open, and sighed, "Hey guys. What are you doing on my balcony-- like I don't already know."
"Uh…" Davis stuttered. "It doesn't matter. What is she doing in your room?"
"Reading." Yolei said, blankly.
"…besides that!" Davis snapped. "Listen, I know something has been going on lately, and it involves both of you."
"So far we've come up with-" Kari brought out her list. "A- you're doing this to make fools of us. B- it's a huge bet, or C- you actually like each other."
Yolei shrugged, "…C is very stupid."
"Absolutely." Ken added.
"Positively."
"I could never possibly like her."
"You've got the wrong person."
"Never."
"No."
"Not in my life."
"What you have is probably…hypotheses that haven't been tested. What makes you think I like her?"
"You kissed her, for one." Davis nodded.
"Well, you like Kari and you haven't kissed her." Yolei smiled.
Davis snapped, "Shut it!" Kari glanced at him, and he just shrugged, "I don't know what she's talking about."
"…can't you guys just tell us the truth?!" Kari begged. "Please!"
"The truth is that we don't know what you're talking about." Ken nodded. "…can you guys go now?"
"You haven't convinced us yet!" Kari snapped. She walked up to him, "…Ken, you're wearing lip gloss."
Ken gasped, silently, "…I have a serious lip chap problem."
Kari scoffed.
"…we're not letting you off so easily." Davis added. "We'll find out. Seriously, we will."
Kari looked back at her clipboard. "…this isn't adding up?" She glared at Ken and Yolei who continued "reading". "Listen, I'll be watching both of you very closely! One of you are gonna crack and I know it's gonna be you!!!" She snapped, pointing at Ken.
Ken glanced up a few times, "…what, you mean me?"
"Yes!" She snapped again. "I know you can't handle this silence for any longer!"
Ken smirked, "Thanks for the warning."
"No pro-…ah!!" She grumbled. "Come on, Davis, we're leaving now!"
"Leaving. Right." Davis nodded. He and Kari walked back to the balcony, as Davis replied, "Hey Ken! Give her another kiss for me, kay?"
"I'm not answering that." Ken muttered. Soon, it was completely silent.
Yolei dropped the book, and rubbed her eyes, "Oh god, I thought they would never leave! I got so tired of the three words "biting his leg"." She got up. "I'll be leaving now, too. See you later, Ken,"
"Okay," He replied.
Kari and Davis listened from outside. (You thought they were gone, right?) Kari wrote something quickly on her clipboard. "They are definitely up to something. I intend to find out what."
"I could always tell you what I know." Davis grinned.
"And that is?" Kari asked.
"In return for something."
Kari grumbled.
"Unless you don't want to know." Davis smirked. "…well, we might as well be going then-"
"Wait, wait, wait…" She sighed. "…fine, I'll kiss you if you tell me."
"I have a better idea." Davis nodded. "What if I kiss you, and then I'll tell you."
"I have a better idea," Kari sighed. "I'll pay you, if you tell me."
"…how much?"
"$100 or more."
"Wow, you really are desperate." Davis gawked. "…$200."
"$400."
"Where do you think you're gonna get $400 from?"
"I can pay you back between now and this October."
Davis sighed, "$350."
"Fine." She grinned. "That, I have. Now what is it?"
"It was all a bet."
Kari gawked, "You mean…you mean…it…it…she…he…"
"Of course. Now where's my $350?"
"I can not believe it…"
"But to tell you the truth, something tells me it's way more than that now." Davis muttered. "They seem more attached than before."
Kari didn't reply.
"…Kari?"
Kari grinned, "I so have to rub it in their faces about this!" She ran down the stairs.
"Kari! Kari, wait!" Davis called. "You can keep the money, and you can just kiss me for it!" He ran down the stairs too. "Kari!!"
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End of part 4! This is getting longer…expect part 5 soon. Spoilers lie below, read if you wanna get a few hints of what's gonna happen! If not, skip the part in italics, and go straight to the review box! Thanks again! ^_~
***SPOILERS BEGIN***
No one should ever believe the weather man. They're always wrong. Well, not in this case. There happens to be this big rainfall that comes down, and Ken really wants to see this movie. And so, at that same time, Yolei just found out that all her parents and family ditched her in going somewhere without her. And so, like there is no other choice, she goes to Ken's house and he happens to be still going to see the movie. And…the story continues. Plus, Kari and Davis are still watching. ^_~
****SPOILERS END***
