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A/N: Here's chapter 2 everybody! I just wanna say thanx for all the reviews. They made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside cuz they were so nice! I'm introducing the Kensuke in this chapter!! Yay for Kensuke! I really hope I get the uke/seme stuff right, so if it doesn't seem like I do, let me know!

I hope everybody is wondering what Sora wrote, cuz frankly, before I wrote this, so was I!!
Anywho, everything's the same as before, and it's still in flashback mode, until I notify otherwise
so... on with the show!!



I can't believe she wrote that. She doesn't understand Taichi. She doesn't know what he needs. She just wants him to improve her social status. She's just going to use him. She doesn't care about Taichi the way he needs to be cared for; the way I care for him.

The Birthday Banner
Chapter 2
By: Renegade Angel

----*Taichi POV*----

That's odd. Class has started, and yet Yamato isn't in his spot. I seriously doubt his backpack is going to figure out the central angle for him. Why would he have just left so suddenly, and without his stuff? Something is definitely wrong here. Looks like it's up to me to figure it out. Surely Yamato couldn't have figured out how I feel about him, and left because of it. I've only ever told one person about it, and he'd never blab, would he? I sure hope not. I guess I'll just go to Yamato's later tonight, and deal with the situation.

----*Normal POV*----

Yamato raced down the empty hallway, and burst through the front doors like a cheetah on speed. The bell had already rung, and so Yamato was glad nobody had noticed him, because they were all in class, or were they? Maybe there were two horny and rebellious teenagers inside the nearest broom closet, uhh, discussing... uhh... quantum physics.... yes.. quantum physics!!

"mmm, Ken-chan, that feels so good, don't ever stop." "Okay, why'd you stop?"
"Didn't you hear that Dai-chan?"
"All I could hear was your sweet heart beating, Ken-chan"
"Way to spoil the mood"
"I'm just not good at that romantic stuff, am I?
"Definitely not. But anyways, what was that? It sounded like a mix between running and crying."
"It was blonde, whatever it was. Must have been Yamato."
"Yamato? Why would he be running through the hallway like that?"
"I don't know Ken-chan, but I have a feeling Taichi might."

(A/N: If only Ken-chan could be my physics tutor!!)

----*Taichi POV*----

Well this is making out to be the weirdest school day ever. Yamato has still not shown up, and Sora is also absent. What's going on? Maybe they're planning a surprise birthday party for me!! Yeah, that must be it. No wait, it's most definitely not, because everyone else is still here, and I've already received a few presents. This is just getting so confusing. I'm really beginning to get worried about Yamato. I hope Sora didn't come on to him. That might explain the sudden disappearances. But I hope even more that Yamato didn't respond to her advances. That would just crush me into two. Why the hell am I hoping so much anyways, I'm not Takeru!! I should just go out there and do something about this!!

----*Normal POV*----

The bell rang to signal the end of the day, so Taichi went to his locker to pack things up. He had 2 backpacks slung over his shoulder: his own, and Yamato's. "It's a good excuse to see him, I guess," thought Taichi. He turned the corner of the hallway which led to his locker, and was not at all surprised to see it covered in white. He got a birthday banner again this year. Without reading it, he untaped it from the face of his locker, folded it and stuffed it into his pocket. He could read it at home, since it probably won't prove to be very interesting at all, seeing as he got one every year. On the walk home, Taichi couldn't think of anything other than how Yamato acted earlier in the day. He was extremely confused. There was an ounce of hope rising inside that maybe Yamato acted that way because he also felt the same, but chances are, he just forgot his birthday and panicked. Needing something to distract him, he eventually pulled out the banner and began to read. "Happy Birthday Tai-kun." "Happy B-Day Yagami Taichi!!" They were all the same. All of his friends had signed it, except for two he realized. After searching meticulously for Yamato's message, he failed to find it. He couldn't find Sora's either, but he didn't really care about that psycho hose-beast anyways (A/N: those of you who have seen Wayne's World, should understand that!!) He searched over and over, reading every message over, and still not finding that glorious Ishida handwriting.

----*Taichi POV*----

He really didn't sign it!! He had to have walked by it at least two times today when he entered and left the school! It was plainly there. Maybe he's trying to tell me something. Yeah well, fuck him. He's not getting away with a stunt like this. I'm still going over to his house tonight, but now it's to kick his ass!!

----*End Flashback*----

----*Normal POV*----

Taichi was now sitting in his room, pacing around. He was about to burn a hole into his bedroom carpet! He decided to take one more look at the banner, even though it would probably just make him even more angry. He scanned it from side to side, top to bottom, and didn't see.... wait. There it was. The lone message he had missed. It was incredibly small handwriting, and it was hidden inside the second P of Happy. He leaned in closer to read it.

Tai-chan:
I just want to tell you that I have a confession
Ever since we have known each other as digidestined, and as friends
I have kept this a secret
I love you. I am head over heels in love with you.
I have tried to show my affection as flirtatious, but
it is in fact much deeper than that
I sincerely hope that you feel the same way for me too.
And oh yeah, happy birthday.

There was the beginning of a signature underneath it, but it looks as if it was interuppted, so Taichi couldn't manage to read it. But this did not dismay his suddenly jubilant mood. His Yamato loved him! It was plainly obvious that he was the mysterious writer. Who else could it have been, Sora? Psshh.. the message said that it was a secret. Sora definitely did NOT keep her affection a secret, but she did flirt a lot. And that would also explain why Yamato was acting the way he did. He thought Taichi would reject him! So now Taichi really did have an important mission.

----*Taichi POV*----

It's settled. I'm going to wait until 7:30, when I know his Dad leaves for work. I'm going to go over there for three reasons. 1) to give him his bag 2) to kick his ass!!! and 3) to hopefully engage in another sort of physical contact.

----*Normal POV*----

Taichi practically skipped downstairs at 7:15, whistling and humming to himself. His sudden change in mood slightly bothered his mother, but she was used to his odd behaviour. Taichi grabbed Yamato's bag, and gave his mother a kiss on the cheek.

"Where are you going Taichi, dear?"
"To proclaim my love, and take what is rightfully mine!"
"Alright dear, just, be careful, and don't talk to strangers!"

Taichi bounded towards the door, and opened it, only to gasp in surprise. There in front of him, at his house, were Daisuke and Ken. But that's not what shocked him. In their arms was the unconscious form of Ishida Yamato!!




----*To be Continued*----

Alright everybody. If I get some more reviews, I'll put in another chapter, or two!
I tried to add some humor to this part, and I hope it worked.
'Til next time then
Ja ne!!

Renegade Angel