Last Time: Kari tried to get some assistance with her handcuff problem from Yolei and Ken, but the stubborn handcuffs won't break. With a replacement key coming in two to three days, Kari has no choice to but to hide out with Ken until then. But already we've encountered some trouble with being handcuffed. What else will happen?
Three's Always A Crowd: Part 3
Time was going by very slowly for Kari. It wouldn't be easy for her to stay hidden in Ken's house for the next few days, but it's what had to be done. But there was still something she had to do. She had to call her house and make something up.
"Uh huh…that's right, Mom. Yes, of course Yolei's mom said it was ok. I'll just be there for a few days. Yolei really needs my help with that project and she needs help fixing her laptop. … Why doesn't she call Izzy to fix her laptop? … Uh, Izzy…can't make it! We tried calling, but he's pretty busy."
"Kari…my arm's getting pretty tired," Davis whined.
With Kari holding up the phone with her left hand, that left one of Davis' arms dangling and it must have been taking its toll. However, that didn't mean Kari wouldn't snap at him.
"Shut up! NO, not you, Mom! … What? … I can? … You're the best, Mom! I'll see you in a few days. Bye!"
Kari hung up the phone and Davis breathed a sigh of relief. Not because Kari was cleared, but because his arm was finally put down and was able to rest. And since Davis and TK already got cleared, saying they would spend the night with Ken, that meant all their problems were solved.
Yolei then looked over the three linked kids again. "You know…maybe I should stay, too. You look like you're gonna need help, Ken. Please let me help you!"
Ken gulped. "Um…I don't know, Yolei. What would your parents say?"
"They wouldn't have to know," Yolei grinned. "I could tell them I'm spending the night at Kari's."
Kari thought about all that. "Ok…so I'm lying about spending the night at Yolei's. Ken's lying about having us over here. And Yolei's about to lie about spending the night with me. I just hope none of us gets caught."
"Me neither," TK added. "This could be really bad if we do. Thanks for helping us out, guys."
"Anytime," Wormmon smiled.
Kari liked that her friends were all willing to help her out. But that's when the worst possible thing that could have happened…happened. Kari started to twitch nervously.
"What's wrong, Kari?" Yolei asked. Then she sweatdropped. "Oh no…don't tell me…"
Kari nodded and confirmed the worst. "I have to go to the bathroom!!"
Upon hearing this, both TK and Davis blushed a bright red. Kari blushed too, out of pure embarrassment. She couldn't believe this was really happening.
Kari, her four friends, and Wormmon all assembled in Ken's bathroom. She saw the one thing she desperately needed at that point. She saw the toilet. But she also didn't want to go in front of TK or Davis. That was the dilemma. A dilemma that Ken and Yolei were both working on.
"Hmm…we COULD get some blindfolds," Ken suggested.
Yolei looked up at her bandana and took it off. She covered Davis' eyes with it and tied it up like a blindfold. Ken looked around for something he could use and found a workout towel. He covered TK's eyes with it and tied it like a blindfold.
"Is that good enough?" Yolei asked.
Kari shook her head. "No, it's not good enough. Ken, don't you have any earplugs?"
"Earplugs?" Ken repeated.
Kari blushed. "Well…I don't want them to hear me…well…you know…"
"I know exactly what you mean, Kari," Yolei nodded. "Well, Ken? Any earplugs?"
Ken reached over into the medicine cabinet and pulled out two pairs of earplugs. Why Ken even had earplugs in his medicine cabinet, Kari didn't know and she wasn't about to ask. Instead, she let Ken put the earplugs in Davis and TK's ears.
"There! That should do it!" Yolei said proudly. "So go ahead, Kari. Unless there's something else you're waiting for?"
Kari shot Yolei a cold stare.
Yolei sweatdropped. "Oh…right…let's go, Ken."
Yolei dragged Ken out of the bathroom by the hand and shut the door on her way out, leaving Kari alone with TK and Davis, who were both looking up in the air. Even with the blindfolds, they were trying to be gentlemen and look away. Kari at least appreciated that. But she ran into her next little snafu. She reached over to pull down her shorts…but noticed that it would bring their hands a little closer than she'd like. So Kari said only one thing.
"I swear…if EITHER OF YOU try to cop a feel, I will knock your blocks off!!"
Unfortunately, with the earplugs, neither boy was able to hear the threat. Kari was starting to have second thought about going through with this. But she couldn't go on like this, since she needed to go really bad. So she sucked it up and pulled down her shorts, but as she did that, Davis and TK's hands both briefly made contact with Kari's lower thigh. Kari saw that both Davis and TK were blushing very nervously upon making contact.
Kari finally finished going number one and quickly pulled her shorts back up. This time, she noticed that TK and Davis were desperately trying to keep their hands from touching any part of Kari's skin. Kari smiled. They were both trying their best to be perfect gentlemen and that meant a lot to her. Finally, Kari reached over and undid TK's blindfold. And she saw that TK also had his eyes closed. It warmed Kari's heart to see him going out of his way to respect her privacy.
"You can look now, TK," Kari said gently, as she removed his earplugs.
TK opened his eyes and blushed upon seeing Kari's face. "Um…about me…uh…and your leg…I…"
"TK, it's ok," Kari assured him. "It was an accident. Now help me undo Davis' blindfold."
Kari turned to her right to allow TK more access to reach Davis. They both undid his blindfold and much to Kari's surprise, Davis also had his eyes closed. He was also respecting her privacy and that meant a lot to Kari.
Kari giggled. "Davis…you can open your eyes now."
Davis opened his eyes and also blushed upon seeing Kari. "I…I…your leg…I'm so sorry!"
"Davis, it's ok," Kari said comfortingly. "You didn't mean to; it was an accident."
"Oh, that's good," Davis sighed. "I didn't mean anything, Kari. It's those stupid handcuffs. You know I would never ever reach down there…unless you really want me to!"
Kari groaned and stuffed the blindfold in Davis' mouth. "Maybe you should just keep your mouth shut!"
It was all going nicely until Davis opened his mouth. But even his big mouth couldn't take away from the fact that he was respectful of Kari's privacy. And that made Kari happy.
Now that this latest obstacle was cleared, Kari could focus on getting through the rest of the night. So she tried walking out of the bathroom, but TK and Davis stood still and that meant…everyone fell over.
Kari sighed. "We need to be a little more coordinated."
"You aren't the only one who has to go to the bathroom, you know," TK pointed out.
Kari sweatdropped. Before she could even react, she saw TK blindfolding her and Davis putting the earplugs in her ear. Kari sighed and felt her left hand going down…where Davis was obviously undoing his zipper. Kari shivered.
This was more awkward than she thought.
"Kari…I think you're overreacting."
Kari felt so…dirty. "You don't know what happened, Yolei! I almost touched their…you know."
TK and Davis both blushed a deep shade of red.
"You almost did, but you didn't," Yolei pointed out. "Don't be so melodramatic. You couldn't just ask them to hold it in." She tried wringing out her bandana again. "Kari, did you have to stuff this in Davis' mouth? I have to wear this on my head, you know. If you wanted to shut him up, you should have slapped him or something."
"Kari…I'm sorry if you feel embarrassed," TK said nervously. "I didn't mean to make you feel awkward."
"I just can't believe all this is happening," Kari said for the hundredth time. "And I have no one to blame but you and Davis!"
Davis pointed at TK. "It's more TK's fault than mine!"
"And how do you figure that?!" TK asked angrily.
"Well…nobody TOLD you to handcuff yourself to Kari right after I did," Davis explained calmly. "If you could have just controlled yourself, then it would just be me and Kari handcuffed. But right now, Kari's stuck in the middle and it's all your fault."
TK shook his head. "That…is the most TWISTED explanation I ever heard! Why don't you just admit that you messed up?!"
Ken cleared his throat calmly. "Um…my parents ARE in the other room."
TK sweatdropped. "Oh, sorry. I just hate it when I get these one-sided explanations when it's clear as day that it's all Davis' fault. Isn't it, Kari?"
"Right now, I don't want to look at either of you," Kari growled. "I'm mad at you, Davis, for handcuffing yourself to me in the first place. And I'm mad at you, TK, because you had to follow along! What's wrong with you? That's not like you at all!"
TK turned his head away, obviously taken aback by what Kari said. But Kari meant every word. This was very unlike TK. In fact, TK had been doing a lot of things lately that were unlike him. It was like he was becoming a whole different person and Kari couldn't understand why. Why was he acting so differently?
"I'm sorry," TK said softly. "You're right…this isn't like me. I don't know what's been going on with me lately."
Davis' shot TK a cold glare. "I think I know what it is."
Kari blinked. She didn't know what Davis was talking about, but from the look on TK's face, it looked like he did. Kari didn't understand. Was there something she was missing?
Ken cleared his throat. "Um…it's getting pretty late. Should we make sleeping arrangements?"
Suddenly Kari, TK, and Davis all put their arguments aside and they all gulped simultaneously. Another new obstacle had reared its ugly head.
Silence.
"Well?" Yolei pressed on.
Silence.
Wormmon grinned. "I'll get the blankets."
Kari moaned softly. Sleeping wouldn't be an easy thing for her. Not with Davis stuck to her left wrist and TK stuck to her right one.
This wouldn't be easy. Especially with Ken's room now holding five of them.
Next Time: Sorry this chapter was short, but it now sets up…the first night. How will sleeping work? Will ANYONE get any sleep? Come back next time to find out!
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