Author's note: If anyone feels that I pushed the boundaries with the last part, email me, and I'll write you a personal letter of apology. On with the show. I've been playing with this idea about a songfic that isn't based on the lyrics of any one song, but on compilation of different lines from different songs. //radio//
Dislcaimer: Don't own. Not the show, or the songs that I steal from in the following part.
Warning: Yaoi, shounen-ai, angsty Dai-kun, and a very pushy little bishounen. Take a guess.
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Author: Rae (penname)
Title: Undecided
Content: Yaoi and Dai* (in tech lingo, the * is the sign of indefinite letters after or before a word.)
At eleven-thirty the following day, Dai met Ken at the door a second before the blue-haired genius raised his hand to knock. Without so much as a good bye to the rest of the apartment's occupants, he shut the door, and pulled Ken away before he could ask questions.
They were in the lobby when Ken pulled his arm back and stopped. Daisuke stopped with him, but didn't turn around to face him. They were alone, a surprising event on a Saturday afternoon in such a public place, but neither really noticed.
"You haven't been completely honest with me, have you, Dai?" Ken crossed his arms, waiting for the reply he knew would come. He watched as his friend seemd to wilt, his energy seeping from his body as his shoulders hunched, and he lowered his head.
"What do you want to hear, Ken? What story would you like today? If you put it aside now, we can go on as before. There need be nothing more said, than what already occurred." He knew it wouldn't be that easy, and he knew he would have to deal with it better than he dealt with his father.
"I want the truth, Daisuke. Who are you? What really goes on inside your head?" Ken touched the brunette's arm gently, just wanting to remind his friend that he was there.
"I'm the same to day as I was yesterday. And the day before."
"But you haven't always acted like the person you are."
"It's easier, that way. Less expectation, less of the charade and facade of others."
"But more of an act for you. I don't understand." He admitted it easily. True genius was knowing when to ask questions, and realizing that you couldn't know everything. Koushiro had told him that once.
"Ken! Daisuke!" They looked up as the Yagami duo entered, followed by the Ishida/Takaishi look-alikes.
"We'll finish this later, Dai." Ken smiled at the quartet, cursing their timing while reminding himself that the lobby wasn't the best place to hold a private conversation.
Takeru jumped in with out prelimination. "Dai, we want to see the poem you wrote for class last week. Not the one you read, but the original you were planning on reading." Like a dog with a bone, he took a determined stance and waited for the rest to fall in line.
Everyone looked at him in silence, and then Daisuke smiled. "Later, T.S. You're not distracting me from lunch and dessert today. I skipped breakfast so that I'd have enough room."
Kari smiled, while Matt and Tai groaned. They had agreed to split the bill fifty-fifty, and it was known that Dai could pack the food down. "Let's get going then." Tai herded them out the door, pushing Takeru a little more than necessary when he opened his mouth to speak.
"We're going to an all-you-can-eat-buffet. That way, we keep the cost to a minimum, and you can still fill up." Matt opened the passenger door of his car, and pushed the seat forward so that Kari, Dai, and Ken could slip into the back seat. They sat Takeru between Tai and Matt in the front, with Tai driving, so that they could shut him up when necessary.
Conversation was kept to trivial matters, such as weather and food. Nobody wanted to bring up a touchy subject on accident, so most sentences consisted of two to three words. By the time they reached the restaurant, Dai was almost amused at the trouble they were going through to keep him at ease. He was also extremely touched. Ken remained silent, planning his next attack.
They unloaded in a disorderly fashion, and were soon shown to a table by a very harassed hostess. Dai was given last turn at the food bar, for fear that he wouldn't leave anything for anyone else. He tried pointing out that the plates were too small, but they ignored him, and filled their own. It seemed like old times, and they all soon forgot that there was more hanging over their heads.
Until a punk from school, who had made it a point to insult Dai at least once a day at school, felt it would be a perfect time to bump into Dai, and 'help' him by spilling food and soda down the front of his T-shirt. After the night before, the brunette managed to rein in his anger, and settled on glaring at his antagonist.
The others, releasing breaths that they were unaware of holding, sagged in relief when Dai made to walk past without comment, or retort. Only Ken saw the murderous rage in the brown eyes, or the almost unperceivable movement of the bullies foot as it swept out, and sent Dai sailing forward.
In a flash, Ken had caught him, and grabbed him. Chocolate eyes met amethyst as Ken tightened his grip, and looked at Dai wordlessly. Instead of giving into his rage and turning to face the target of his fury, he swallowed, and closed his eyes.
It was Takeru who hauled off and knocked the bully flat, his blue eyes flashing as he let his fist fly. Tai looked on in approval, Matt shook his head in disapproval, and Kari cheered before she realized that they were getting a lot of unwanted attention. The other two remained locked in their trance, lost to the world. It took Tai gripping both their shoulders and pulling them apart before they remembered the world.
"Maybe Tai will adopt you, T.K., since you seem to have found the 'Yagami way' of dealing with things." Matt lead everyone back to their booth to collect their things. The manager was giving them dirty looks, and they had managed to fill the floor with six plates worth of food. Not a good thing in under five minutes.
"Thank you, T.K." Dai smiled at his blonde friend, who was grinning rather proudly, and pained, as he rubbed his knuckles.
"My pleasure, Davis. Always glad to help." Kari and Matt shook their head and mumbled about his bloodthirsty ways. Tai had run up ahead, and was having problems figuring out the locking mechanism of the car doors. Ken walked behind them all, as silent as he had been on the ride there.
"Well, lunch is out. How about ice cream?" Matt took the keys from his boyfriend with an indulgent smile, and unlocked the door with a simple twist. "We can go back to my place, and eat in peace."
"Sounds good." Tai jumped into the driver's seat, and smiled sweetly at Matt.
"Your just agreeing so that you two can makeout in his bedroom." Kari gave them a decidedly disgusted and magnaminus smile. "But as long as you have Ben and Jerry's, I'll be happy!"
"Such a sweet, and simple gal. Like any woman will ever be content with a pint of ice cream." T.K. took the punch in the arm with grace as he got into the back seat last, Ken in the middle.
"More content than a man will ever be. At least we get what we expect. A man is never pleased." Kari shut her mouth without continuing her tirade, realizing belatedly that she was outnumbered. "Never mind."
She was placed against the passenger door so that Matt could hold Tai's hand as he drove. After having been ousted the day before, neither saw the reason in pretending that they weren't going out. Matt had been apprehensive, but Tai had managed to convince him that everything would be fine.
Kari reached over the blonde and turned on the radio. It blared out loudly, an indistinguishable sound that disrupted the quiet. Ken, Dai, T.K. and Kari covered their ears. The older two seemed unaffected by it. She turned it down, and then flicked through the stations until something familiar came on.
//We'll never see eye-to-eye, as long as our tongues are tied.//
"Collective Soul!" Kari squeeled in delight, and then blushed as her brother and T.K. laughed at her. "They're good! Their music is really distinctive!"
That just earned her more chuckles.
//...we'll never walk hand-in-hand, until we let old wounds mend. And we'll never sing songs as one, until we find loooooove...//
"They really are pretty good." Matt smiled at Kari, who gave him a grateful grin. "They've got about three CD's on the market, at least. Their newest has a really good song, but I don't know what it's called. I was impressed."
"In a moment. In a moment." T.K. started to mimic the lyrics. Kari turned in her seat to glare at him." It just keeps repeating itself. Over and over and over and over..."
"Just shut up, Takeru!" She hmphed and turned back around, crossing her arms and assuming a pout.
"Looks like you aren't her favorite today, T.R." Dai grinned as the younger blonde rolled his eyes. "Better watch out, or she'll start flirting with Ken to spite you."
"She wouldn't dare!" T.K. looked at Kari, who smirked back over her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Hikari. I didn't mean to insult them, if you like them."
"Thank you, T.K. I appreciate your apology."
//And that concludes our Saturday doubler of Collective Soul. Next up, Fuel. We have a request for Hemorrhage, of course, as well has Innocent.//
"Is this another of your favorites, Kari?" Tai grinned at her over his boyfriend's head.
//Satan, you know where I lie...//
"Down, down, baby..." Kari glared at T.K. as he started singing a song by Nelly. "Sorry." Ken watched as Dai shut his eyes, his hand tapping to the music.
//Gently, I go into that good night. All our lives get complicated, search for pleasures over-rated.//
"Stop arguing, you two." Matt gave them both dirty looks.
//...We were innocent. Innocence. Angels, lend me your minds...//
"You guys are so annoying." Kari turned to the window as Matt looked her, speechless. He had tried to defend her. Tai turned the station. "Hey! I was listening to that!"
"No, you weren't. You were arguing with Takaishi, and not letting anyone have any peace." Matt nodded in agreement, and T.K. looked smug. "If you promise to behave, I'll turn it back."
"Yes, Tai."
Hemorrhage had started. //Memories are just where you need them. Drag the waters to the...//
"Can you change it please?" Five eyes turned to Dai as he asked the question in a voice loud enough to be heard over the radio. "This song is kind of depressing, in case you haven't noticed."
Three hands reached out to comply with his request, and Tai, Kari, and Matt grinned sheepishly at each other. Kari turned the station.
"Thank you." The volume was turned down so that T.K. and Matt could talk about Matt's band and their latest accomplishment. They were both understandably proude of it, since Matt had let his little brother become a roadie, and backup vocalist.
Everyone else listend as the brothers talked back and forth. By the time they reached Matt's building, Dai was dozing with his head back against the seat, Ken was resting in a similar position, and T.K. had somehow managed to find a position between the front and back seats. So much for seatbelt laws.
Again, they crawled over each other to get out. Ken had to wake up Dai, who jerked up and away, cracking his head against the window. "Sorry. We're here."
"'Kay, thanks." Matt was already halfway up the walk, T.K. and Kari right behind him. Tai was trying with little success to lock the doors. Ken reached out, twisted the key, and smiled to himself as all four doors locked. Dai grinned at them, and ran up to the other three. Same old Dai.
Dislcaimer: Don't own. Not the show, or the songs that I steal from in the following part.
Warning: Yaoi, shounen-ai, angsty Dai-kun, and a very pushy little bishounen. Take a guess.
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Author: Rae (penname)
Title: Undecided
Content: Yaoi and Dai* (in tech lingo, the * is the sign of indefinite letters after or before a word.)
At eleven-thirty the following day, Dai met Ken at the door a second before the blue-haired genius raised his hand to knock. Without so much as a good bye to the rest of the apartment's occupants, he shut the door, and pulled Ken away before he could ask questions.
They were in the lobby when Ken pulled his arm back and stopped. Daisuke stopped with him, but didn't turn around to face him. They were alone, a surprising event on a Saturday afternoon in such a public place, but neither really noticed.
"You haven't been completely honest with me, have you, Dai?" Ken crossed his arms, waiting for the reply he knew would come. He watched as his friend seemd to wilt, his energy seeping from his body as his shoulders hunched, and he lowered his head.
"What do you want to hear, Ken? What story would you like today? If you put it aside now, we can go on as before. There need be nothing more said, than what already occurred." He knew it wouldn't be that easy, and he knew he would have to deal with it better than he dealt with his father.
"I want the truth, Daisuke. Who are you? What really goes on inside your head?" Ken touched the brunette's arm gently, just wanting to remind his friend that he was there.
"I'm the same to day as I was yesterday. And the day before."
"But you haven't always acted like the person you are."
"It's easier, that way. Less expectation, less of the charade and facade of others."
"But more of an act for you. I don't understand." He admitted it easily. True genius was knowing when to ask questions, and realizing that you couldn't know everything. Koushiro had told him that once.
"Ken! Daisuke!" They looked up as the Yagami duo entered, followed by the Ishida/Takaishi look-alikes.
"We'll finish this later, Dai." Ken smiled at the quartet, cursing their timing while reminding himself that the lobby wasn't the best place to hold a private conversation.
Takeru jumped in with out prelimination. "Dai, we want to see the poem you wrote for class last week. Not the one you read, but the original you were planning on reading." Like a dog with a bone, he took a determined stance and waited for the rest to fall in line.
Everyone looked at him in silence, and then Daisuke smiled. "Later, T.S. You're not distracting me from lunch and dessert today. I skipped breakfast so that I'd have enough room."
Kari smiled, while Matt and Tai groaned. They had agreed to split the bill fifty-fifty, and it was known that Dai could pack the food down. "Let's get going then." Tai herded them out the door, pushing Takeru a little more than necessary when he opened his mouth to speak.
"We're going to an all-you-can-eat-buffet. That way, we keep the cost to a minimum, and you can still fill up." Matt opened the passenger door of his car, and pushed the seat forward so that Kari, Dai, and Ken could slip into the back seat. They sat Takeru between Tai and Matt in the front, with Tai driving, so that they could shut him up when necessary.
Conversation was kept to trivial matters, such as weather and food. Nobody wanted to bring up a touchy subject on accident, so most sentences consisted of two to three words. By the time they reached the restaurant, Dai was almost amused at the trouble they were going through to keep him at ease. He was also extremely touched. Ken remained silent, planning his next attack.
They unloaded in a disorderly fashion, and were soon shown to a table by a very harassed hostess. Dai was given last turn at the food bar, for fear that he wouldn't leave anything for anyone else. He tried pointing out that the plates were too small, but they ignored him, and filled their own. It seemed like old times, and they all soon forgot that there was more hanging over their heads.
Until a punk from school, who had made it a point to insult Dai at least once a day at school, felt it would be a perfect time to bump into Dai, and 'help' him by spilling food and soda down the front of his T-shirt. After the night before, the brunette managed to rein in his anger, and settled on glaring at his antagonist.
The others, releasing breaths that they were unaware of holding, sagged in relief when Dai made to walk past without comment, or retort. Only Ken saw the murderous rage in the brown eyes, or the almost unperceivable movement of the bullies foot as it swept out, and sent Dai sailing forward.
In a flash, Ken had caught him, and grabbed him. Chocolate eyes met amethyst as Ken tightened his grip, and looked at Dai wordlessly. Instead of giving into his rage and turning to face the target of his fury, he swallowed, and closed his eyes.
It was Takeru who hauled off and knocked the bully flat, his blue eyes flashing as he let his fist fly. Tai looked on in approval, Matt shook his head in disapproval, and Kari cheered before she realized that they were getting a lot of unwanted attention. The other two remained locked in their trance, lost to the world. It took Tai gripping both their shoulders and pulling them apart before they remembered the world.
"Maybe Tai will adopt you, T.K., since you seem to have found the 'Yagami way' of dealing with things." Matt lead everyone back to their booth to collect their things. The manager was giving them dirty looks, and they had managed to fill the floor with six plates worth of food. Not a good thing in under five minutes.
"Thank you, T.K." Dai smiled at his blonde friend, who was grinning rather proudly, and pained, as he rubbed his knuckles.
"My pleasure, Davis. Always glad to help." Kari and Matt shook their head and mumbled about his bloodthirsty ways. Tai had run up ahead, and was having problems figuring out the locking mechanism of the car doors. Ken walked behind them all, as silent as he had been on the ride there.
"Well, lunch is out. How about ice cream?" Matt took the keys from his boyfriend with an indulgent smile, and unlocked the door with a simple twist. "We can go back to my place, and eat in peace."
"Sounds good." Tai jumped into the driver's seat, and smiled sweetly at Matt.
"Your just agreeing so that you two can makeout in his bedroom." Kari gave them a decidedly disgusted and magnaminus smile. "But as long as you have Ben and Jerry's, I'll be happy!"
"Such a sweet, and simple gal. Like any woman will ever be content with a pint of ice cream." T.K. took the punch in the arm with grace as he got into the back seat last, Ken in the middle.
"More content than a man will ever be. At least we get what we expect. A man is never pleased." Kari shut her mouth without continuing her tirade, realizing belatedly that she was outnumbered. "Never mind."
She was placed against the passenger door so that Matt could hold Tai's hand as he drove. After having been ousted the day before, neither saw the reason in pretending that they weren't going out. Matt had been apprehensive, but Tai had managed to convince him that everything would be fine.
Kari reached over the blonde and turned on the radio. It blared out loudly, an indistinguishable sound that disrupted the quiet. Ken, Dai, T.K. and Kari covered their ears. The older two seemed unaffected by it. She turned it down, and then flicked through the stations until something familiar came on.
//We'll never see eye-to-eye, as long as our tongues are tied.//
"Collective Soul!" Kari squeeled in delight, and then blushed as her brother and T.K. laughed at her. "They're good! Their music is really distinctive!"
That just earned her more chuckles.
//...we'll never walk hand-in-hand, until we let old wounds mend. And we'll never sing songs as one, until we find loooooove...//
"They really are pretty good." Matt smiled at Kari, who gave him a grateful grin. "They've got about three CD's on the market, at least. Their newest has a really good song, but I don't know what it's called. I was impressed."
"In a moment. In a moment." T.K. started to mimic the lyrics. Kari turned in her seat to glare at him." It just keeps repeating itself. Over and over and over and over..."
"Just shut up, Takeru!" She hmphed and turned back around, crossing her arms and assuming a pout.
"Looks like you aren't her favorite today, T.R." Dai grinned as the younger blonde rolled his eyes. "Better watch out, or she'll start flirting with Ken to spite you."
"She wouldn't dare!" T.K. looked at Kari, who smirked back over her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Hikari. I didn't mean to insult them, if you like them."
"Thank you, T.K. I appreciate your apology."
//And that concludes our Saturday doubler of Collective Soul. Next up, Fuel. We have a request for Hemorrhage, of course, as well has Innocent.//
"Is this another of your favorites, Kari?" Tai grinned at her over his boyfriend's head.
//Satan, you know where I lie...//
"Down, down, baby..." Kari glared at T.K. as he started singing a song by Nelly. "Sorry." Ken watched as Dai shut his eyes, his hand tapping to the music.
//Gently, I go into that good night. All our lives get complicated, search for pleasures over-rated.//
"Stop arguing, you two." Matt gave them both dirty looks.
//...We were innocent. Innocence. Angels, lend me your minds...//
"You guys are so annoying." Kari turned to the window as Matt looked her, speechless. He had tried to defend her. Tai turned the station. "Hey! I was listening to that!"
"No, you weren't. You were arguing with Takaishi, and not letting anyone have any peace." Matt nodded in agreement, and T.K. looked smug. "If you promise to behave, I'll turn it back."
"Yes, Tai."
Hemorrhage had started. //Memories are just where you need them. Drag the waters to the...//
"Can you change it please?" Five eyes turned to Dai as he asked the question in a voice loud enough to be heard over the radio. "This song is kind of depressing, in case you haven't noticed."
Three hands reached out to comply with his request, and Tai, Kari, and Matt grinned sheepishly at each other. Kari turned the station.
"Thank you." The volume was turned down so that T.K. and Matt could talk about Matt's band and their latest accomplishment. They were both understandably proude of it, since Matt had let his little brother become a roadie, and backup vocalist.
Everyone else listend as the brothers talked back and forth. By the time they reached Matt's building, Dai was dozing with his head back against the seat, Ken was resting in a similar position, and T.K. had somehow managed to find a position between the front and back seats. So much for seatbelt laws.
Again, they crawled over each other to get out. Ken had to wake up Dai, who jerked up and away, cracking his head against the window. "Sorry. We're here."
"'Kay, thanks." Matt was already halfway up the walk, T.K. and Kari right behind him. Tai was trying with little success to lock the doors. Ken reached out, twisted the key, and smiled to himself as all four doors locked. Dai grinned at them, and ran up to the other three. Same old Dai.