"...and the Ace makes my hand a royal flush!"
*Groan*
"Awww, not again, Yamato! This has to be the fifth time this week you've beaten me and it's only Tuesday!"
Sitting around in their apartment playing strip poker after dinner was normally fun for Tai, but for some reason, Yamato was on some sort of hot streak this week and just kept on winning hand after hand. Course, maybe it had something to do with the fact they were playing on their bed this week...
/Curse you, Yama...you know how easily I get distracted by the bed./
"Don't be a sore loser, Tai. Besides, I still have to win one more hand before I really win. Just take off your pants." A little eyebrow shift, and Tai could see what was coming. "Unless you want me to remove them for you?" Yamato mischievously suggested.
A very close to being depantsed Tai decided to play along...if only to have things go his way.
"Oh, Yama, I need you to come here and take them off for me," he pleaded.
"Suit yourself." Yamato got off his side of the bed and started walking over to Tai's side. "But we will finish this game the right way today."
/Yama says that every time we play, and that has yet to happen./ Tai thought to himself with a grin. "Maybe we'll finish it the right way..." Tai suggested with a lustful look in his eyes. /...later.../
Yamato had just reached Tai's side of the bed when Tai reached out to steal a very long kiss from his lover. When Tai finally let go, they were both greedily trying to get fresh air into their lungs.
"Maybe... we... can finish ...the game... later..." Yamato breathed out as he leaned into Tai again. "For now, let's see what we can do about this..."
Yamato's hands inched down the beautiful body before him, getting ever closer to their destination. As his hands got closer, he could feel his love becoming more aroused under his touch. Yamato's right hand slipped under the waistband of Tai's jeans and started closing around Tai's...
* Ding-Dong! *
"Damn it! Who could that be?" Yamato scowled. Tai gave a moan of despair and fell over backwards onto the bed.
* Outside the Ishida-Yagami residence *
Ken glanced nervously at the door. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea coming here. Nonsensical dribble and doubts filled his mind.
/What if I'm making a big mistake? I'm not sure I really have a problem or anything at all for that matter...I mean, I've been able to deal with it by myself for this long.../
But it was too late to run away as the door opened and Yamato's irritated face appeared in the door frame.
"Ken! What brings you here?" Yamato said with a plastered smile. /...and at such an awful time...grrr.../
"Um...if this is a bad time, I can come back some other time..." /or not at all/ as Ken started mentally kicking himself all over again.
Yamato was about to tell Ken to come back later, when he noticed that Ken looked particularly troubled. The dark shadows that clouded the usually vibrant violet eyes threatened to swallow him whole. Whatever this problem was, it must have been stewing around in his mind for quite some time.
"Oh, no...it's alright. Would you like to come in for some tea and we can talk about what's bothering you?" Yamato offered.
"Are you sure it's ok?"
"Yeah, sure. Now get in here, Ichijouji."
/This is odd/ thought Yamato to himself as he closed the door behind Ken. /Ken normally talks with Koshirou about everything. I wonder why he's asking for help from us./
After calming down and getting over his frustration, Tai put on a t-shirt and stumbled out of their room, looking around for Yamato. "Hey, Yama, who was at the door?" he called out, and stopped when he spotted Yamato already engaging in conversation with Ken. Tai walked over to the table and took a seat opposite Ken, as Yamato came to the table with three cups of hot green tea.
"So what's up, Ken?" Yamato asked. "This problem is something pretty emotional if you can't talk about it with Koshirou."
Over the years, a few things have changed, but other things haven't. And Koshirou was one of those "other things". As constant as the length of Ken's hair, he is still as smart and curious as ever and wonderfully proficient with computers. /But when it comes to dealing with emotional things and people relations, he's still a little in the dark, sad to say./ Yamato mentally sighed at the thought.
Ken just stared at his cup, watching the steam rise until its vapors disappeared from sight. The lack of response was enough to confirm the answer to Yamato's previous statement.
"Have you tried talking to my sister already?" Tai offered.
"...no. I just...I can't talk to anyone about it. Not even her." Ken continued to watch the steam.
Looking straight at Ken, Yamato gently said, "Well, I hope we don't disappoint you, since you worked up enough guts to come and talk to us about it." He was starting to get a grasp on what this problem might be.
/If he's come to us about something that he couldn't even talk to Hikari about, then it could only be one thing./ Yamato gave Tai a glance to see if he had figured it out as well. Tai looked back with a mixture of confusion and curiosity.
"Ken, I think I know what's bothering you, but you have to be honest with me here," Yamato said. Ken gave a small nod and continued staring at the cup.
* sigh * /Here goes nothing./
"Are you in love with a guy?"
The reaction was instant as Ken immediately blushed painfully, and guiltily lowered his gaze until he was looking right at the table. Tai was at a loss for words. Somewhere between "Oh, gods what can I say to help" and "I wonder how long this has been going on" he managed to sigh a little sympathetic, "Oh, Ken..." and walked up to the younger digidestined and gave him a hug.
Yamato reached for Ken's hands. "It's alright. You can tell us. We will listen all night if you need us to."
"Thank you... Yamato... Tai," Ken sniffled out. He had started to cry when Tai wrapped his arms around him. The doubts started to fade as he realized he made the right choice in deciding to talk to these two.
The talk went well into the night, until Ken got up and politely left, saying that he had occupied them for too long, and that he had classes to attend in the morning. Now all that was left was to go back to the dorm that he and Daisuke shared and deal with things there.
Notes:
-Tai and Yamato are an item. I did that for two reasons. 1) I thought it would be better for contrast with the rest of the story and the other relationship in the story. Also, Ken needed someone to help him through things, since he tends to be a loner when things are bad (he blames himself for everything way too much and has waaay too much self-hatred when things go wrong.) And 2) I just like Taito (Tai X Yamato) as a pairing. They had so much potential in the show...I mean, come on, they're the only two out of the original set that could merge their digimon...how synchronized do you have to be to be able to do that /without/ Tailmon's tail ring?...and besides, they just seem so right for each other (fanservice...for me?... 0_o;;) Tai affectionately calls Yamato, "Yama" so that's not a typo :P
-sidenote* I just couldn't help but laugh at the thought of Tai falling over onto his bed in agony...I know I'm evil... ^_^ Course, the real reason why there's no sex is cause I can't write that sort of stuff well...-_-
-The idea that Ken talks to Koshirou a lot is from the episode when Miyako goes to Kyoto. That's the only time we ever see Ken talking alone and one-on-one with someone about something.