Author's Note: Whoa…it's part 5…okay, it gets better from here on in, and we spend a little more time in Yolei's house too. Things to expect, Davis and Kari spying, more Kenyako for those fans and…what's this?! An oh-so-reliable friend turns his oh-so-reliable back into the oh-so-unreliable world?! This is not good. Enjoy!
Our Little Secret
"Weather forecast for this week: Sunny, sunny, cloudy, rainy and on Saturday, which is, uh, tomorrow, we'll have a heavy downfall in the afternoon, and it will be sunny and calm for the evening that day. This is Weatherbee's Weather, and we're always right!-"
Ken switched off the TV at the irritating man. His mom looked at him, "Something wrong, Ken?"
"Nothing, I just can't stand that man." Ken replied, putting the control down.
"Well, if you ask me, that man is always wrong." Mr. Ichijouji interrupted. "No way will we have a heavy rain-shower tomorrow afternoon. It's too sunny outside."
"…right." Ken looked outside the window. "No offense, but the weather changes, dad,"
"Well, I…I know that, it's just too unlikely. Don't you think so, Hana?"
"No comment." Mrs. Ichijouji smiled. "Ken, it's almost dinner."
"Okay."
"Is anyone coming over?"
"…what?" Ken asked, confused.
"Well, are any of your friends coming over?" She asked again.
"…not that I know of, why?" Ken replied, walking into his room.
"Well, you had that one girl over, the mauve haired one, and she wouldn't stop talking." Mr. Ichijouji nodded.
"…I know." Ken said. "…believe me, I know."
"She's real nice to have around. We should probably have her in the family."
"…what?" Ken asked again, this time shocked.
"Well, not really but-"
"Dad, I am NOT marrying her, so STOP pushing me into it!!" He snapped.
Mr. And Mrs. Ichijouji were shocked, and sort of confused. "…Ken, I meant she'd be nice to have as a…cousin, maybe."
"…oh." Ken sighed. "Okay. Sorry about that, Dad."
"…n-no problem."
Ken walked back into his room, and shut the door.
"…that girl is a strong influence on him." Mrs. Ichijouji smiled. "He needs to open up a little."
"I know." Mr. Ichijouji nodded. "And it will be a wonderful wedding!"
"Wedding?"
"Yes, dear. It will have flowers, nice music and lots of decorations." Mr. Ichijouji smiled.
"Oh, and those nice balloons." She added. "It will be a glorious day!"
"We should start preparing for it!"
"Oh, good idea! You get the reservation book and I'll call for the food."
"…but…he's not getting married, Hana." Mr. Ichijouji stated.
"…oh." She replied. "…oh right. At least not for another…uh, 10 years."
"…it's not too late to plan ahead."
*****
The next day, Yolei was on her computer, typing aimlessly to get her mind off of Ken, Kari and Davis. They're gonna be watching us both, so nothing stupid better slip out of my mouth while I'm by myself or around him.
"Yolei," Her brother walked in. "Where have you been for the past 2 days? You're always out of the house!"
"Well, one of us has to leave." Yolei smiled.
"…you're smiling?" He gawked. "Okay, who are you, and what has that really cute guy done to you?!"
"Nothing." She replied. "I mean…it's none of your business! I don't always have to know everything about YOU, so why do you have to know everything about ME!!?!"
"Because I'm older."
"Please. Shove off."
"It's my responsibility to find out why you're never to home to grace us with your presence." He said.
"Whatever." She sighed.
"What'cha typin'?"
"Like you care."
"Right."
"Read if you must." She muttered.
He stared at the screen. Really cute guy will not be identified. P.S. - I think I like him! Ya! Ken-chan wa suki desu. Ken-chan wa atashi no dake hontou no ai da! Dakara hontou, dakara hontou. "…you're crazy."
"No comment."
"Let's print this pointless rambling, shall we?" He quickly pressed the print button.
"Wha- no!!" She snapped. The rambling had begun to print, and as it finished her brother quickly grabbed it and hugged it.
"Let's mount this!"
"Give it back!" She reached for it, but he moved it away. "Give it back, you idiot!"
"Let's publicize it!" He beamed. "Not." He crumpled it up, and threw it out the window. "My job is done."
"You're a moron."
"Thanks, I appreciate it."
"You are so gonna die for this!!" She snapped.
"Yolei!"
She shut her door, before her mother went into ramblings. "I can't believe him." She looked out her window. "…where did that paper go anyway?"
******
"…hello." Davis stated, as he picked up a paper off of his head. It was crumpled, as if someone wanted to keep it a secret. He opened it and read it aloud, "… Really cute guy will not be identified. P.S. - I think I like him! Ya! Ken-chan wa suki desu. Ken-chan wa atashi no dake hontou no ai da! Dakara hontou, dakara hontou….crap, I don't understand half of this. Well, let's see…P.S. - I think I like him…Ya….Ken…I like Ken. Ken is my only true love. So true, so true…This sounds like something Yolei would write." He scanned the letters. Ken…something Yolei would write…Ken…Yolei…Ken…Yolei… "…she did write this didn't she?"
He sighed. "I can get Kari to kiss me for it later, but something that really gets me is what Yolei told Cody. He might be a valuable specimen." He grinned, and ran off to Cody's house.
Luckily for him, Cody still had the flu. He knocked on the door as Cody answered it, still stuffed up. "Hey Davis. What's- ack…up?"
"We need to talk." He followed Cody inside. "…what did Yolei tell you?"
"Why?" Cody asked.
"I asked her, but she told me to ask you." Davis lied.
"Okay…" Cody muttered. "She said that she sort of kissed Ken, and she sort of liked it, and now she sort of likes him."
"That's it?"
"All that and that she has dreams about him." Cody nodded.
Davis grinned, "Oh so valuable."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, uh…thanks Cody." He got up. "Oh, and you're sure about this?"
"It's what she told me."
"Good, just making sure." Davis nodded. "Bye."
"Wait, Davis, I told you something," Cody began. "Now you tell me something. Why do you want to know?"
Davis gawked, "…w-w-well…I fear for Ken's safety."
"I thought we were talking about Yolei."
"We are. …were."
"Davis."
"Gotta go!" Davis quickly ran outside, and down the street. Thank god, or I would've had to tell him everything. My god, this is valuable information. Suddenly, a few rain drops started to fall. "…hey, isn't it supposed to not rain today?" Wait it's Saturday. The weather guy said so. "But he's always wrong." Not this time. "…crap."
****
The rain drops stopped falling for about an hour, as Yolei was walking outside. She decided to take a walk to clear her mind, of Ken…and whoever had that rambling letter she wrote. Hopefully, Ken didn't have it.
"Hey Yolei." Said a voice behind her. She turned around, and Ken was walking up behind her.
She smiled, "Hi. I thought you'd be at home before the rainstorm."
"Actually, I called your house, and you weren't home, so I might as well not be." He stated.
"That's really nice of you." …did I actually say that?
"…I know." Ken sighed. Suddenly, the rain started falling, and not just sprinkling this time. Ken sighed again, "…well, I better get going. I'm gonna see a movie sometime soon."
"You're still going? Even if the rain is gonna be pouring like hell!"
"…of course." Ken smirked. "Who do you think I am?"
"You're stubborn, that's exactly what you are." Yolei nodded, smiling. "…I'll see you later, anyway."
"Sure, bye."
Yolei muttered as the rain started falling, heavier, "I better start leaving too." She quickly rushed home, and upstairs to her apartment. In 10 minutes, she was finally there and soaking wet. She knocked on the door…and no one answered. …this is sort of strange. She knocked again. Then, she spotted a note at the corner of the door. She picked it up and read it, "…Yolei, sorry for not telling you, but we went somewhere. We'll be back after the rain storm. See you later. P.S. - From your brother, Why don't you go to that really cute guy's house?" She grumbled and scrunched up the paper. "No good family! I am not going over to Ken's house in the pouring rain!" ...it's not like I have anywhere else to go. She grumbled again, "Stupid guilty conscience."
*****
She knocked on Ken's front door, as Mrs. Ichijouji answered it. She gasped, "My, Yolei, it's good to see you here again, but-"
"It's like this, my family ditched me and so I decided to come here, if it's okay with you guys. Just until the rain passes." She nodded.
"Oh, that's awful. Well, sure you can stay here." Mrs. Ichijouji smiled. "Would you like a towel, you're soaking wet."
"No, that's alright. I'll…uh…dry." She replied, walking in, and squeezing her clothes dry on the living room carpet.
"Welcome back, Yo- Good lord, what happened?" Mr. Ichijouji walked in.
"Got caught in the storm, and my parents weren't home." Yolei sighed. "…it's horrid outside."
"I know, and Ken's still going to the theatre."
"You mean…he hasn't left yet?"
"Of course not." He replied. "We can't really make him change his mind."
"Ah…" Yolei sighed. "…that sounds…nice."
"I'm sure. Can I get you something to drink?"
"No, I'm fine." She stated. I'm also really cold but it's not like they'd care. Ugh, I should've taken the towel when I had the chance! No way am I gonna go up to her and ask for it now. That'll seem like I'm begging for it. I'd never really want that to happen.
Suddenly, Ken came out of his room, adjusting his watch. He looked up, "Hey Mom, hey Dad. I'm leaving, I'll be back around 7, see you-" He glanced into the living room. "…Yolei?"
Yolei looked up, and smiled. "Hey."
"Why are you soaking wet?"
"Because it's raining outside." She replied. "Also the fact that my parents went somewhere for the storm, leaving me with the only option of coming to your place."
"…you're not gonna stay here with my parents, are you?" He whispered. "They can get sort of weird."
"I figured that," Yolei said. "But I really don't have anywhere to go until…7."
"Well, you could always come with me if you want to."
"…seriously?"
"Sure, I wouldn't mind paying for an extra person." Ken nodded.
"…you're crazy."
"I'm serious. Either that, or you could stay here with my parents and talk about…whatever random topic pops into their mind."
"3 reasons why I can't go with you. One-- My clothes are soaking wet, Two-- My hair is really screwed up and Three-- I am drenched…"
"…that's okay, you still you look beautiful." Ken smiled. "Are you coming or not?"
…what did he say? Did he just say that I look beautiful? If he did, he probably didn't mean it. It sounded like it was true…b-but it can't be…can it? A-And- "…sure." She smiled, following him to the door.
"Okay, we're both going, then. See you later." Ken replied, heading for the door.
"Wait!" His mother called. "Will you be okay?"
"Sure, it's only rain."
***
"I hate the rain." Yolei grumbled. "I want to kill whoever the hell invented rain. I want to strangle their little neck and wrap it around my finger. Then snap it like a dry piece of macaroni. Crush it like I would crush Davis' mind, and torture it living my life! Oh yes I would, Oh yes-"
"Yolei," Ken interrupted. "…are you done yet?"
"…not entirely, but we can forget about it." Yolei replied. "…so Ken…I've been meaning to ask you…w-when you said I looked beautiful, what did you mean by that?"
"Exactly what I said," Ken smiled. "What did you think I meant?"
"I thought you were being sarcastic." Yolei sighed. "…sorry, I shouldn't've taken it so seriously."
"That's okay."
"You're pretty crazy yourself…going out in the middle of a rain storm." She said.
"You agreed to come along with me." Ken smiled.
"Yes, well…you're very persuasive…" Yolei stated. "But, please…a rain storm?"
"Yes, I am aware it's pouring buckets outside, and that it is sorta cold, but I don't care." Ken shrugged. "I do like the rain, and it doesn't bother me."
Yolei smiled, "If you like the rain, then…I like the rain too!" She hugged him. "…I can learn to like it." Ken smiled, too, and kissed her on the forehead.
*****
Yolei arrived home around 9 that day, and the rain had stopped. She was practically the only one in her whole building who was soaking wet. She knocked on the door and her brother answered it, "Holy!! Where were you!?!"
She smiled, "At the movies, with Ken!"
"Ah…so that's the guy's name." He snickered. "Opportunities."
"Lay off it, you idiot," She snapped. "I have more important things to think about."
"Like that guy you like?"
"Shut up!" She snapped again, shutting her door. Minutes later, her sister burst in the door, smiling. "…what happened to you?"
"No time for that!" She replied. "Is it true that you have a boyfriend?"
Yolei sighed, "No…of course it's not. Ken is just my friend."
"Right." She scoffed. "You hardly spend any time with us at home, you unimportant family member,"
Yolei ignored her, and walked to her closet to get dry clothes to wear.
"Oh yeah, and Mom wanted to talk to you," She added. "Something about…staying out too late."
"It's only 9."
"To her it's 2 in the morning." She giggled. "Gotta go!"
Yolei sighed, and fell back on her bed. Not only were Kari and Davis spying on her every move, but so was her family. It seemed like the relationship with her and Ken would never last, so should she forget all about it? She couldn't though. She liked him, and she was pretty sure that he liked her too. Or did he? She'd no right to believe that, so she got up and walked out into the living room where her mother was waiting to talk to her.
"…yes?" Yolei asked, when she walked inside.
"We have to talk…" She began, silently. "It's come to my attention that…well, you don't really spend much time with the rest of the family."
"…oh."
"And so, just to be safe, I wanted to ask…why?"
"Why?" Yolei asked. "…well, let's see…why…uh…well, there could be the fact that my brother's still home…or…that I'm with the rest of my friends…doing stuff."
"Stuff like what?" She asked. "And by the way, where were you today? I thought you'd have the nerve to stay somewhere inside during the storm."
"…well, yes, but…you see…we went to the, uh, movies." She stuttered.
"The movies in a rainstorm?"
"Yeah."
"Yolei, please."
"I'm not lying this time." Yolei nodded. "We went to the movies, and then afterwards…I came…home."
"And who did you go to the movies with?"
"…My friend."
"Named?"
"Named?"
"Yes, you obviously know the person's name, right?"
"She does, but she just doesn't wanna say it!" Her brother called from the kitchen. "It's that really cute guy she's always around!"
"Shut up!"
"…really what?"
"Uh…" Yolei stuttered. "…you know, he is such a liar…" She giggled, nervously.
"Yolei, can you tell me what's-"
"Yolei, phone." One of her sisters called.
Thank god! She dashed over to the phone, and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hi Yolei. This is Cody. I've been trying to call you all day, but you weren't home."
"Oh, well…I went somewhere."
"Anyway, I wanted to ask you why you told Davis to ask me."
"…what?"
"Davis said that he asked you what was going on between you and Ken, and he said you said to ask me. Why couldn't you tell him?"
Yolei gawked. "I…I didn't tell Davis to ask you anything!"
"I knew it."
"Did you tell him?" Yolei asked. "Please Cody, tell me you did not tell him!"
"…fine, I won't tell you." Cody replied.
"You told him!"
"…I tried not too, and I knew he was lying about it."
Yolei sighed. Great, now Davis knows the truth. "…I'm sure he'll forget."
"I guess so." Cody sighed. "…in about 3 months. You know, this is Davis we're talking about. He still hasn't forgotten the time that Geri left the Spice Girls, and he doesn't even like that group."
Yolei began, "…I'll start counting. See you later, Cody."
"Okay." Cody hung up. "…it worked."
"What worked?" Davis asked.
"The plan, you moron." Cody snapped. "If this works, we might be able to get something out of Ken and Yolei."
"But Cody," Kari sighed. "We already know the truth. All we're missing is something from Ken and from Yolei. Connection bonds. I know Davis has that crumpled piece of paper with the connection bond for Yolei, but he won't show it to me unless I kiss him for it, and I'm not going to, so we might as well forget that-"
"You're making it seem so complicated." Davis muttered. "I say, we just stalk Ken, and he'll crack soon enough."
"I thought so, too," Cody began. "But it seems it takes longer for him to crack than I thought. …we're doomed."
"…not quite." Kari muttered. "We need another person on our side." She grinned. "…and I know who."
***
"So what do I have to do?" Wormmon asked.
"Just follow Ken when he's with Yolei, or if he's all by himself. Find out if he says anything about her, and report back to us."
"That's it?"
"Yeah,"
"What about my salary?"
"We discussed nothing of the sort!"
"I know, but I demand a salary."
"…how much?"
"Not how much, exactly. I just want my own bed."
"…"
"Cody?"
"We're not getting you another bed, unless we make it out of cardboard and straw."
"Deal, just use cotton too."
"Fine." Cody hung up. "…the worm's on our side."
"Good-"
"All we have to do is make him a bed out of straw, cardboard and cotton."
"Pretty cheap, if you ask me." Davis said.
"Unless you have $200 to buy a large quality mattress, bed rails, and pillows, comforter, bed sheets, mattress protector plus the new comfort system--"
"Okay, okay. We'll use the cardboard." Davis mumbled.
***
Unfortunately for them, Wormmon had no idea how to be a secret spy. He waddled up to Ken and asked, "Ken, do you like Yolei as anything more than a friend?"
Ken just glared at him, suspiciously. "…have you been talking to Davis or Kari?"
"No, I was talking to Cody." Wormmon replied. "…oops."
"What did they tell you?"
"They didn't tell me anything. They asked if I could spy on you for a fee of a nice bed!"
Ken sighed. Luckily for me, Wormmon doesn't know how to keep his mouth shut. "What else did they ask you?"
"Nothing, I swear!!" Wormmon cried, running back inside Ken's room, in attempt to shut the door.
Ken sighed, and sat back down in the living room. It's getting harder and harder to keep anything a secret around here. Even Wormmon's gonna be watching my every move. It's bad enough I'm practically gonna be stalked to death, but now Wormmon's against me. This can not be good…
******
End of part 5!! ^_~ Part 6 coming soon! No spoilers for the next chapter, unfortunately, so you're just gonna have to wait for it! The wait won't be so long, though. Don't worry, the next chapter includes a lot more Kenyako for those fans, Davis, Kari, Cody and possibly Wormmon spying and in the near future more cheesy weather reports! Don't forget to review!
