Digidestined Heero - Chapter 6: A Digital Dream
What the...? TK has just started to eat when someone's foot started running itself up his leg, beginning just above his ankle. He froze. As his thought process began unfreeze, TK picked at his food to cover his lapse. OK, TK, think this through rationally. It's not Davis, the touch is too feminine, and that leaves two choices. He glanced at Kari. She had just started in on her pasta and her eyes were closed in apparent bliss. Her face was otherwise unusually expressionless, not like it normally was when she was flirting with him and trying to hide it. So, it still could still be Kari, as Blake would have no reason to... TK glanced at Blake. Oh my God, it is Blake. Why would she...? And Kari's right here, what do I do? TK's mind again froze like a deer caught in headlights. Blake wasn't touching her food, and the look of sheer concentration on her face, combined with the slight movements of her shoulders, had TK adding two and two while getting five.
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Davis, too, was having problems. His food forgotten, and stomach ignored, he concentrated only on the feminine foot running itself up and down his leg. So that's why Kari asked me here. She really does like me! He continued to ignore Blake, and his mind refused to wonder why TK even bothered to come. He grinned, content to enjoy Kari's affection.
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Oh, this is so going well now. Kari was enjoying herself. The food was the best she'd ever tasted, especially the Tomato Pesto Alfredo. She would so have to convince TK to bring her back here, at a time when they could be alone. She glanced at Blake. She's over-doing it, but Davis doesn't seem to mind. Indeed he didn't. He had the most ridiculous grin on his face... What is TK so nervous about? TK had jumped at a sudden pressure from her foot. He's not normally like this. Maybe I should turn up the heat a little...
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Ugh, flirting is so much harder than it looks. Why can't I ever get this right? Blake glanced at Davis. He seemed to be enjoying it, but... Try harder, Blake. Think strategy. Blake hazarded a look at around the table. Davis was off in a world of his own, and TK looked really nervous. Kari had no outward facial expression, and it kind of reminded Blake of the look her sister could get sometimes... I really don't know why I was so worried about this, Davis is enjoying himself, and I think he might actually be coming around. I owe TK and Kari an apology for not believing them.
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TK's mind was in chaos. He could deal with Blake trying to flirt with him, but something didn't seem right. We're supposed to be cultivating a relationship between Davis and Blake, so how can I say something? I'd embarrass everyone, Blake especially, and she won't be able to take that. TK knew he fell into that category labeled 'cute', the constant flirting from Kari's friends on the cheerleading squad had proven that to him ages ago. How do I get her to stop without being obvious? Move? TK was about to move away from the pressure when it suddenly became more daring. It ran up his leg, over his thigh and... That's it! TK stood. Everyone immediately turned their attention to him. "Blake, stop it." She just looked at him in utter confusion. "You thought it was Blake?!" Kari was furious. "How could you think that? It was me!" TK fell silent and dropped back into his seat. He'd justify himself later. Now he had to deal with a pissed-off Kari. Not good.
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True to her intentions, Reliana used Izzy as her pillow, and as she fell asleep a shadow passed over Primary Village. Dismissing the odd vision as a daydream, she closed her eyes and slept.
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Davis was still trying to catch-up with the situation. Being delirous with joy is all well and good, but you do tend to miss out on a lot of things. "I thought it was you, Kari. Are you saying it wasn't?" "Get it through your thick skull, Davis, I like you only as a friend. I'm going out with TK, regardless of how mad at him I am right now." "Who was it then?" "Me, Davis." Blake was flushed crimson. All this time I thought he was starting to like me, and he thought it was her?!?! How could I have not seen his feelings for her would outweigh mine. This isn't fair! "Why would you do that, Heero?" Davis' question combined with he nickname caused Blake's emotional damn to break. She burst into tears and bolted from the restaurant. Kari glared at Davis, then at TK, and ran out of the restaurant in pursuit of Blake. It was then that the long unused and rather dusty wheel of Davis' mind finally clued in.