kenyako7

Author's Note: This is the last chapter of the fic!! ^_~ Tell me if you like it. The rain idea popped up again seeing as though it is POURING BUCKETS in Canada…literally. So, let us begin. Please review at the end of the fic! ^_~ Thanks to all those who read and reviewed throughout the fic. Enjoy! Oh yeah…uh…TK's in this fic too. Sorry if I forgot about him or abandoned him completely.

Our Little Secret
Part 7: Fill Me in

Yolei aimlessly flipped channels on her TV on a cloudy day, bored to death. She dare not walk outside because she knew Davis and Kari, Cody or even Wormmon might be out there watching her every move. She knew it wasn't even safe to think aloud anymore, so she kept quiet. Which her family found utterly strange.

"She's…not talking." One of her sisters sighed. "I think she's in love."

"Really?" Her brother asked. "I think she's bored. Who wouldn't be? There is never anything to watch on Sundays!"

"Not with the TV, you idiot!" She snapped again. "…with that guy she keeps talking about."

"Oh, is it that obvious?" He asked. "All she ever does is talk about him."

"Oh yeah, what's his name?"

"Ken Ichijouji."

She gasped, "You mean the guy on TV?! The smart, athletic, cute guy from TV?!"

"…I wouldn't know. I'm not a girl. He just looks like any other guy to me."

"Oh my god!!!" She beamed.

Yolei stared up from her intensified stare with the TV screen to her sister who was turning red by the second. "What's wrong with you?"

"AAAH!!" She screamed, running over to her. "I can't believe you out of all people have good taste in guys!"

Yolei sighed, slamming her head against the arm of the chair. "Who exactly are you talking about?"

"Ken, of course!"

"…you know who he is?"

"Yes, but no! I've never actually met him, but I heard that you like him!"

Yolei glared at her brother, who was very casually drinking an expresso coffee. "…what?" He asked, simply.

"AAAAAHHH!!" Yolei screamed. "I've had it with you people! Stop trying to interfere with my private life!" She walked into her room, and shut the door.

Her sister smiled, "Oh, so she does like him."

******

"And now the weather forecast for today! Sunny, sunny partly cloudy, cloudy and another rainstorm to fall this afternoon, until tomorrow morning. Plus, the windchill is picking up so it'll be mild during the storm. I advise you all to stay inside during the storm. This is Weatherbee's Weather, and we're always right!-"

"Bummer." Davis muttered. "Rain. And lots of it too. I'm supposed to be following Ken this afternoon. How am I supposed to get to his place before the storm?"

"You could unexpectedly crawl there at 1 o'clock." Demiveemon smiled.

"…oh yeah." He glanced at the clock. "But it's only 11. I can hardly sit straight for two hours."

"Then why don't you slouch instead." He chuckled.

Davis glanced at his giggling Digimon partner. "…what have you been drinking?"

"Not coffee. Nope. Never." He smiled.

"Davis…" His mother walked into his room. "Have…have you seen the rest of the coffee? Our jar is empty."

Davis slowly turned to Demiveemon, still giggling, "Nope, never, no coffee. Nope."

"No." Davis replied, throwing a pillow at Demiveemon, causing him to fall off the bed. "Maybe Jun's been drinkin' it."

"Please, Davis! You know caffeine makes people fat, and I don't want to blow up like a balloon!" She snapped, from the living room.

"Oh…w-well maybe Toshihiko knows where it is." She walked out.

"You-- rest." Davis stated, picking Demiveemon back up from the floor. "I'm gonna find Ken, before the rainstorm."

*****

"And in other news, it's going to rain today-"

"A heavy downfall in the afternoon-"

"Showers, showers and lots of them too-"

"It'll be raining until tomorrow morning-"

"-Windchill."

Ken stopped flipping channels, finally, after he found a weather channel that decided to talk about something else that didn't include rain at all.

"Of course, there will also be rain this afternoon."

He shut off the TV, and sighed. Mrs. Ichijouji brought out a pie from the oven and smiled, "Ken, if there's nothing on TV, you can always do other recreational activities."

"Like?"

"…like playing soccer outside."

"Can't. It's too cloudy and it's gonna rain soon."

"Well, son," Mr. Ichijouji began. "Your mother seems to believe in sunny skies all day, and so, don't really pay much attention to her sunny-side-up persona."

"I heard that." She stated.

He chuckled, nervously, "How about a harmless game of chess, son?"

"Fine."

***

"Checkmate." Ken said.

"…another game?" Mr. Ichijouji asked.

"I beat you 5 times…in a row."

"Another game. I'll show you that I'm…not a pushover."

"Okay." Ken shook his head, slightly.

"Actually, what about cards? A harmless game of…war wouldn't hurt, would it?"

***

"What's the score?"

"12 to 1." Ken replied. "…it's been really fun playing with you dad."

"One more game!" He said. "I can win! I can-"

Suddenly, the phone started ringing. Ken sighed, "I'll get it." He walked into his room and shut the door behind him. He searched around his room for the phone, but couldn't find it. Then he heard whispers coming from the closet. He walked over to it and pushed open the closet door to uncover Wormmon sitting down whispering into the phone.

"…Wormmon?"

"Ah- Ken!" He gasped. "It's…it's the mattress people."

"Mattress people?"

"The garbage man!" he replied, panicking. "Please just shut the door and pretend nothing happened."

"Wormmon, who are you talking to?" Ken asked.

"I'm talking to…the person at the end of the line?"

"Give me the phone."

"But the call's for me."

"I'm so sure." He muttered. "Does it happen to be Davis, Kari or Cody?"

"No, it's only one of them." He blurted out. "I mean.."

"Who is it?"

"I won't tell you." He replied. "…and it's definitely not Cody or Kari."

"It's Davis, then."

"No…not really…it could be, but how would you know?"

"Because you just said it wasn't Cody or Kari, which means it could be Davis."

"Stop using so much logic on me!" Wormmon cried, holding his head. "It hurts. Here, hold the phone for me."

"…sure." Ken said, taking the phone as Wormmon crawled back to Ken's bed, climbing up, and lying down. Ken held his ear up to the phone, "Hello?"

"Ah- Ken!!" Davis gasped. "Uh…what a nice surprise…I think. Hey, can I ask you a question?"

"Fine."

"Where will you be during the rainstorm?"

Ken hung up, and put the phone back on his table. He walked out of his room, leaving Wormmon in "utter pain" on his bed. His parents stared at him, as he walked into the living room. "…what?" He asked.

"Who was on the phone?"

"Uh…one of my friends."

"Oh, was it that girl you like?" Mr. Ichijouji asked.

Ken glanced over at his dad, "…what?"

"Never mind." He muttered.

This is completely annoying. Ken sighed. Even my parents know about everything. I wonder who they were talking to, or if Wormmon was forced to tell them everything. I used to think Wormmon was reliable…I used to think Cody was reliable. I think the only one who doesn't know about any of this is any of the older kids. Imagine if they were to find out…wait a second.

Kari knows everyone and Tai, who knows everyone else. Davis knows Tai, who knows everyone else, and Jun, who knows Matt, who knows everyone else. Cody knows…his grandfather. Wormmon knows…me. The only person who's trustworthy is…TK.

He knocked on TK's front door that day, a few minutes before the storm. TK opened the door, puzzled, "…hey Ken. You look depressed."

"I am. The world is after me." He said, walking in.

"What's wrong?"

"Everyone is practically hunting me down just because they know I like Yolei, and I won't say anything about it."

"…you like Yolei?"

"I hope you're trustworthy." He replied, nodding. "And you are not going to tell anyone at all, because Cody, Kari, Davis and even Wormmon are gonna be climbing all over you if you say anything, anything at all." There was a very evil pierce in his voice.

"…oh." TK stuttered. "Okay, I won't say anything. …so, why'd you tell me anyway?"

"Because I was literally going to explode if I didn't say anything about it." He said. He stared outside the windows.

"Uh…if you wanted to know, the storm starts in an hour or so."

"I know that, but if one of them followed me here, they're never gonna let you live to see another day. Hope you don't feel disturbed in any way." He glared at him, while writing something on a paper on the table.

"…nope. Never disturbed…"

"Okay." Ken got up. "Remember, don't say anything." He opened the door to leave, as he stared around for any clues one of them might be there. Then, he left.

TK sighed, and stared around his apartment. He walked over to where Ken was writing something. He picked it up and read it.

I'll be watching you...

TK screamed.

*****

It started raining a few minutes after Ken got home that day. Mrs. Ichijouji repeated again, "Now Ken, remember. Please try not to go anywhere during the storm. Why don't you stay inside and…talk to us for awhile?"

"Talk?" Ken asked.

"Yes. Talk. Converse. Whatever people call it." She smiled. "What's going on in school?"

"…I don't know." Ken replied. "…what do you guys want me to say?!"

"Tell us how you're doing in school." Mr. Ichijouji nodded.

"…I'm not sure."

"Let's simplify this. Let's say…are you failing?"

"No."

"Good, we're getting somewhere." Mrs. Ichijouji smiled, happily. "How are your friends?"

"I wouldn't know. If I try to ask them, or get anywhere close to them, they always bring up the subject of-" He stopped talking. "…hockey."

"Hockey?"

Hockey?! "…yes, hockey." Ken replied.

"…is hockey a threat to you, son?" Mr. Ichijouji asked.

"…no, of course not, it's just that…" Ken stuttered. "…it's boring to talk about."

"Oh." Mrs. Ichijouji said. "Well, we haven't seen your friend, Yolei in awhile. How come she hasn't stopped by lately?"

"She's busy." He lied.

"Oh really…with what?"

Ken stared at his parents. What do they mean-- with what? How nosy can they get? "…her computer."

"…well, you can fix computers, can't you?" Mr. Ichijouji asked. "You can go over to her house, and fix it for her later. Maybe tomorrow, around 7?"

Ken looked at his dad, oddly. "…around 7?"

"Uh huh."

"…are you trying to set me up with her?"

"No, no, of course not." His parents replied, simultaneously.

"…is 8 fine?"

Ken grumbled, and headed for his room. It was completely obvious he couldn't talk to anyone without the subject of Yolei popping up.

Although, Yolei was having the same problems trying to keep it a secret around her 3 sisters, brother and parents.

"So you don't like him at least a little bit?"

"No!" Yolei snapped. "Even if I did, I wouldn't tell you."

"She does like him." Her brother interrupted. "You can see it in her eyes!"

"How?" She asked, dully. He shrugged. "Listen, can you guys just leave me alone?"

"Sure, sis." Her oldest sister replied. "…not in the least?"

"AAH!!" She grumbled. "Dad, tell them to shut up!!!"

Her dad looked over from reading the paper. "…uh, right. You kids should really leave Yolei alone about this whole boy obsession. After all, she's been like this ever since she was born."

"Oh yeah, I remember her first crush. Wasn't it that guy-"

"Oh yeah." Her other sister nodded. "That guy with the…blond hair named Yuki."

"Wha? The guy with the bad acne?" Her brother asked. "He was ugly."

"You wouldn't know."

"Yeah, you're a guy."

"Whatever."

Yolei carefully walked back into her room, and shut the door to keep away from all the dreaded memories. She collapsed on her bed, and pulled out a picture of Ken she had under her pillow, and began to stare at it. This is the closest I can get to sanity.

Unluckily for her, her brother noticed she was gone. He crept into her room and opened the door. "…hey. What'cha lookin' at?"

"Nothing." Yolei quickly hid the picture, and rested her head on her pillow, uncomfortably. "…can you go now?"

"Okay." He shrugged. "But it's absolutely amazing that the nothing you were looking at, almost looks incredibly similiar to that guy you like."

"I'm sleeping." She lied. "Get out."

He walked back out, and shut the door. Yolei got up, and walked over to her window seat. It was really raining hard. Almost as hard as the last rainstorm. …it's okay, you still look beautiful. "…I can't believe it. He actually told me that." She turned back to her door, and then continued to stare at the window, watching the rain pour. "…I hate the rain." No you don't. "Yes, I do." You don't, if Ken doesn't… "…oh yeah. I promised I'd learn to like it. But it's just so hard. Everything is so…so wet." Yeah, well, you were soaking wet when Ken told you that you were beautiful. "…oh…that's right!" She quickly grabbed her jacket, and was about to race off the balcony and down the stairs, when she realized where exactly she was going. She dropped her jacket and left off her balcony into the pouring rain, and down the street.

"Oh, and of course there was that other guy. Let me ask her," Her sister walked into her room. "Yolei, who was other guy-- ah!" She scanned Yolei's room. "…Yolei! Yolei, where is she?"

"Wha?" Her other sister popped into her room.

"She's gone, Yolei's gone!" She cried.

"Where did she go?" Her other sister asked, searching her room. She spotted the balcony door open, and her jacket left on the floor. "We shouldn't've taunted her about who she liked! Now she ran away!"

"She did not run away," Her brother snapped. "She went looking for that guy she likes."

"…oh…she'll be fine then."

*****

"Ken!" Mr. Ichijouji called. "Someone by the name of TK is on the phone for you!"

"Okay." Ken walked into his room and got the phone. "Hello?"

"Hi Ken." TK replied. "Listen, uh…I think Davis is on to me."

"How? Did he see me leave from your house?"

"Well-"

"Did you tell him anything?!"

"No, never, of course not." TK stuttered. "Listen, I've got some advice to give you about your whole Yolei obsession."

"Who says it's an obsession? I just love her, that's all."

"…uh…"

"Right." Ken blushed, slightly. "I told you too much. You better not tell them anything."

"Sure, never." TK nodded. "…uh…bye."

"Bye." Ken hung up and set the phone down on his table. He heard the rain coming down really hard so he walked over to his balcony door. He pulled aside the curtains and opened the door and stepped outside. The rain poured down, hitting everything in sight. Suddenly, he heard someone calling his name. He looked down and saw Yolei waving to him.

"Hey Ken!! Come down here!"

"Why?" He asked.

Yolei sighed and ran up the stairs until she got to his floor. She was out of breath and exhausted, "…hey." She smiled. "Let's go take a walk."

He gasped, "Yolei, you're soaking wet. You could really catch a cold like that. Here, come inside." He took her hand and led her into his room.

"Uh…no, I'm fine. Honestly." She nodded. She scanned the room. "…is your room always this dark?"

"Always." He smiled. He put his arm around her, and pulled her closer to him.

She pulled away instantly and cleared her throat, "Um…well, d-do you wanna take a walk?"

"In the rain?"

"Of course." She smiled, as she kissed him on the cheek. "You love the rain, don't you?"

"…yeah." Ken replied, blushing slightly.

"Ken!" His mother called.

"Okay, let's go." Ken said, taking her hand and walking onto the balcony.

"But-"

"Ignore her,"

"Ken, I-" Mrs. Ichijouji walked in and gasped. "Ken?! Ken, where are you?" She sobbed, "AAH!! Teiru, he's gone again!!"

"What?" Mr. Ichijouji walked in. "Where's Ken?"

"GONE!!!"

He looked at the open balcony door. "He'll be back."

"How can you say that?!!?" She snapped. "He's only a child!!"

"He's 14 years old." He reminded her.

"Oh, they grow up so fast…" She cried into his shoulder.

"I know…and it will be a wonderful wedding."

They both walked out, muttering things. Something started rustling in the closet. Suddenly, Wormmon fell out holding a…a notepad…and a camera. He cackled, "I've got you now! I have all the proof I need! Pictures and information!" He held up his notepad. "…t-too bad I don't know how to read what I'm writing…" He walked over to the phone, and picked it up, "Hello? Can I talk to Cody, please? …what? …oh, this is his friend…Jonathon. …what?! How can he say…h-he doesn't know anyone by the name of Jonathon? No! No, please don't hang up! PLEASE- …" He put the phone down. "…curses."

******

Yolei and Ken had been walking for hours in the pouring rain, and Yolei wouldn't stop talking. She gasped, "Oh my god, look!" She pointed over to this big willow tree with this bench under it.

"…it's a nice tree."

"Not that," She replied. "I always used to sit on that bench when I was little. I had an aunt in Tamachi, but she passed away because of Cancer. She always used to take me here while she…smoked. And I would always sit on the bench, watching people go by. It was really fun, considering I was only…7. But still,"

"Oh," Ken muttered.

"Come on." She dragged Ken over to the bench.

"You know, it's really dangerous to stay under trees during rainstorms." Ken reminded her.

"But there's no lightning." She smiled. "Besides, I'm sure we'll be fine."

"…right."

"Here, sit down." She said, joyfully pulling him down. "…it's a nice day."

"Actually, it's raining."

"It'd be a nice day otherwise." She nodded, leaning over on his shoulder. "…can I tell you a secret?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"…I'm scared."

"Of?"

"Of Kari…and Davis…and Cody…" She whispered. "What if we can't keep this a secret anymore?"

"We don't have to. We could just tell them."

"You're saying that like it's not a big deal." She sighed. "…it is, though. It's really hard to keep something secret around 3 of your closest friends. …should we tell them?"

"Maybe." Ken replied.

"I don't think so." Yolei protested. "…and what really gets me, is that…they already know, they're just bothering us for the fun of it."

"They need evidence."

"But they're not crazy enough to come out in the middle of a rainstorm just to find us bother under a tree, are they?"

"…who knows."

Yolei shook her head, slightly. "…can I tell you another secret?"

"…yeah."

She smiled, "…I love you."

Ken didn't reply. What am I supposed to tell her-- the truth? …I don't know.

Yolei quickly got off of his shoulder and looked at him. "…is there something wrong?"

Ken shook his head, "No,"

"Then, how come you didn't say anything?" Yolei asked, softly. "…is it because-"

"No, that's not it." Ken replied.

She leaned on his shoulder again, "…then what is it?"

"Do you mind if I tell you the truth?" Ken asked.

"No, not at all."

"Okay." Ken nodded. "You know that night when I kissed you, and then I told you that I sort of liked it and all… well, what I meant to say was that I sort of liked you, and now I love you and everything-"

"You love me?" Yolei asked.

Ken nodded, blushing slightly.

She smiled, "..good…now we're even." She looked up into the sky. "…the rain's stopped. We better start heading back now."

"Sure."

******

"Well, I'll see you later." Ken nodded, when he was at Yolei's door. "…uh, If I see the others, I'll be sure to tell them about…"

"Oh, sure." She smiled. "You better get going before someone sees you."

"Like?"

"My family." She replied. "My sister's are boy-crazy, and my brother is a moron."

"Oh," He smiled. "Okay, later, then."

Yolei giggled, "You have a great smile. You should smile more often."

"Right. Just as much as I should laugh more often?"

"Exactly."

He shook his head, slightly, and walked down the stairs

Yolei smiled to herself, and turned back inside. "Ah-"

"Who was that? Was that Ken?!" Her sister gasped. "Oh my god! Where is he?!"

Yolei shut the door. "Gone." She walked back into her room.

Her sister turned to look at her, "If you don't want us stealing your boyfriend, just say so."

She was about to say, "He is not my boyfriend!" but instead she smiled, "…okay. I don't want you stealing him away from me."

"Oh, so he is your boyfriend?"

She didn't reply.

***

Davis looked out his window. He saw Ken walking down the street. He's heading back from Yolei's house, right? Maybe I should ask him… "Hey Ken!!" He yelled from his balcony. Ken stopped to look at him.

"Davis, what do you want?"

"Where were you?" He asked.

"Uh…at the park."

"Oh…do you like Yolei?!"

He was about to say, "I wouldn't be that stupid to answer that," but instead he replied, walking off, "…you could say that."

"Wait! Come back! Say it into the microphone!" He hollered. "…forget it." He rushed over to his phone and dialed Kari's number. "Hey Kari, guess what? Ken just admitted that he liked Yolei."

"Really…" Kari smirked. "Mission accomplished. I'll call Cody."

********

20 years later…

"And that is the month, Teri, that Davis, Kari, Cody and Wormmon practically stalked us both." Yolei smiled. "Now go to bed."

"But mom," Teri smiled. "You said something else happened. Like-"

"I've told you that story a thousand times, now go to bed." Yolei said again. "I have to go make sure your brother is sleeping."

"Fine." Teri scoffed, hiding under her covers. "Can you tell me that story again tomorrow?"

"Aren't you getting too old for bedtime stories?" She smiled.

"Mom, I'm never too old. Remember that."

"…right. Good night, Teri." She turned off the light, and shut the door.

Yolei walked through the hallway until she got to Jiro's room. She knocked on the door, and opened it. "Jiro, are-…what are you guys doing?"

Jiro smiled, "Daddy was teaching me how to read people's fortunes. It's really cool. He said I would be an actor when I grow up. Isn't that right?"

"Yeah." Ken replied.

"Can you show me how to-"

"Tomorrow, okay? You have to go to bed." Ken nodded. "Good night."

"But…but how come Teri got to stay up?"

"Teri's not up…is she?" Ken asked.

"…I hope not." She muttered. She looked back inside Teri's room. "…Teri are you sleeping?"

"Ah, uh…" She quickly turned off her flashlight. "…yes. I'm in a very deep sleep."

"Good, let's keep it that way." She shut the door. "These kids never sleep."

Ken sighed, "Is Takuro asleep?"

"Babies sleep all the time. If he's not sleeping, he'll fall asleep soon enough." Yolei smiled.

"Right." Ken smiled.

"You know…" Yolei muttered. "Your parents were right."

"About?"

"About the wedding." She nodded. "…it really was wonderful…"

*******

That's it! It's over! All of it!! Bet you never expected it to end this way, huh? Review if you liked it! Thanks again for reading it!