Last Time: It was a long night for Kari, TK, and (to a lesser extent) Davis. But a new day is here and that means…new problems. @_@*


Three's Always A Crowd: Part 5


Before Kari could even realize it, it was already ten in the morning and that meant it was time to wake up to a whole new day. And a new day would have been an appealing idea, if Kari didn't remember that she was attached at the wrist to both TK and Davis. Kari wished she could just stay asleep until the key to the handcuffs arrived. But she knew she'd have to get up sooner or later.

Kari opened her eyes and looked up to see Ken was on his feet. He took Wormmon on his shoulder and headed out, but not before looking back at the handcuffed trio.

"Should I bring you any breakfast?" Ken asked.

Kari thought about that. "Well…I AM pretty hungry."

"I don't think we can bring too much up here," Ken pointed out. "I wouldn't want my parents to get suspicious. But if you sit tight, I can bring up a box of cereal. Um…should we wake them up?"

Kari looked to each side of her to see that TK and Davis were both still asleep. She shook her head, wishing she could be sleeping so peacefully.

"Let's give them a few more minutes," Kari replied. "But maybe you should bring up that cereal, though."

Ken and Wormmon exited while Kari just laid back. But she didn't have the quiet for long, because Kari looked straight up to see Yolei standing over her.

"You tired?" Yolei asked.

"What was your first clue?" Kari moaned.

"I can already see the red cracks in your eyes," Yolei answered. "It must be tough to sleep on your back."

"It really is," Kari agreed. "Yolei…I can't take much more of this. Are you sure the key will be here soon?"

"I think we're down to one to two days. Well…unless the mail gets delayed. Then it could be weeks…even months."

"MONTHS? I can't survive like this for that long. I'd rather saw my arms off!"

Yolei looked at the sleeping Davis and shook her head. "Unbelievable. If anyone was ever capable of doing something so stupid, it's Davis." Then she shifted her gaze to TK. "But TK? That surprises me. Since when is HE a bonehead?"

Kari turned her head to look at the sleeping TK and once again thought about his actions as of late. His behavior had become a lot more different since they all came back from the mountain lodge. It led Kari to believe that something up there had changed TK.

"I think I know what it is," Kari said softly.

Yolei blinked. "Is it what I think it is?"

Kari looked at TK and then at Davis. She didn't want it to be what she thought it was. "I hope not."

A few minutes later, Ken and Wormmon came back in with a box of cereal and a carton of milk. Wormmon set the bowls and Kari shook her two friends awake. TK and Davis both sat up and yawned. Davis stretched, but that meant dragging Kari's left arm up in the air also. It wasn't bad, but it just caught her by surprise.

Wormmon poured the cereal and milk in the three bowls and Kari couldn't wait to dig in. But Kari knew the potential disaster that could happen, so she made sure to stop everything and compose a game plan.

"Ok…time out. Let's be organized this time. Let's all take our spoons with our right hand."

TK and Davis blinked, but did as they were told. They took their spoon with their right hand and Kari did the same.

"That's good," Kari continued. "Ok, let's eat with our right hand. NO moving your left hand whatsoever!"

TK and Davis nodded and they all started eating together. It looked like synchronized cereal eating in which the handcuffed threesome displayed solidarity and teamwork. It wasn't the chaotic scene that the Chinese food incident was. It looked like things were looking up and that made Kari feel much better.

Ken looked up at the clock. "Well…it's almost 11 AM and both my parents are gone. So I guess that means you're all cleared to take a shower."

The handcuffed trio all dropped their spoons simultaneously. They all blushed a deep shade of red. A very awkward silence followed.

Kari broke the silence. "No! Uh-uh! Forget it! Absolutely not! NO WAY!"

"You have to clean yourself up eventually, Kari," Yolei said.

"NO! I'll stink for the next few days if I have to!"

"Will you listen to yourself?" Yolei growled. "Kari, you can't just stay dirty! You have to be clean! Don't worry about a thing! Ken and I will both help!"

Ken sweatdropped. "We will?"

Yolei turned to Ken and grinned. "Come on, Ken! Let's work together on this one! You know how much I love working with you."

Ken was reluctant, but he couldn't argue with Yolei. "Well…ok…"

Yolei took TK by the hand and dragged the handcuffed threesome to the bathroom. "Trust me…this will all go smoothly."

Kari sweatdropped. Somehow, she didn't share Yolei's optimism.


The first one lined up to take a shower was TK. He stood right by the shower door, but the inability to close the shower door completely presented a real predicament. And it was a predicament that Ken and Yolei were both working to overcome.

"We COULD blindfold them again," Ken suggested.

"It's the only thing I can think of," Yolei concurred. "Let's do that. But first…how do we undress them?"

The threesome sweatdropped again.

Ken looked over at TK's shirt. "There's no way we'll be able to take this off with those handcuffs. I'm afraid we'll have to cut it."

TK gulped. "Cut it? This shirt?"

Yolei took out a pair of scissors. "I'm afraid so. Now stand still, TK."

Before TK could protest any further, Yolei began cutting the left sleeve of his shirt. Once the sleeve was cut off, Yolei was able to pull off the rest of TK's shirt. Kari couldn't help but notice the shirtless TK. Both of them blushed furiously. Kari turned her head to keep things from getting any more awkward, but she only turned to see Davis…who was shooting TK a death glare.

With TK's shirt now off, Ken and Yolei focused on blindfolding Kari and Davis. Kari could now feel her right wrist being pulled into the shower.

"Um…Yolei…this is private," TK said tensely.

"Oh…sorry," Yolei giggled nervously.

Kari then felt her arm going up and down as TK must have been removing…the rest of his clothes. She felt her hand go all over the place as TK removed his socks, shorts, and…unmentionables. Kari blushed and was almost shivering. This was too embarrassing for her and she wanted it to be over soon.

The hot water began to splash all over Kari's right hand and TK began cleaning himself up. But it felt like TK was making sure to do most of his cleansing with his right hand, so as to keep things as less awkward as possible for Kari.

"Kari…" Davis whispered to her. "I know this has been really weird for you. It's been pretty weird for me, too. But maybe TK's right. Maybe it is my fault."

"Maybe?" Kari growled.

"Ok, it IS my fault," Davis sighed. "I just wanted to say I'm really sorry and I'll never do something this stupid again. Please don't be mad at me."

Kari wished she could look Davis in the eye, but she couldn't with that blindfold. "Well…it's not easy for me to forgive something like this. Why don't you ask me again when these handcuffs are off?"

Davis sighed affirmatively. It looked like it was the least he was hoping for. Kari couldn't lie to him; she was still upset with them about all of this and that wasn't going to change until these handcuffs were off. Kari had never felt so embarrassed and she would never forget this incident.

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, the water shut off and TK was finally fished showering. TK stepped out and Kari felt her right arm moving around as he changed into a new set of clothes. Of course, they were KEN'S clothes. Soon though, there was a sudden stop.

"Uh…Ken? Yolei?" TK called out.

Kari heard the bathroom door open, indicating that Ken and Yolei both came in. And apparently they found the sight safe to see, so they came over and removed the blindfolds. TK was wearing some of Ken's usual clothes, which was really quite a sight to behold. Unfortunately, she also saw TK was still without a shirt and that left Kari blushing furiously.

"You couldn't keep me blindfolded?" Kari whined.

"Oh, don't pretend like you don't like it," Yolei teased.

Kari and TK both blushed while Davis was also turning red…but for completely different reasons. They both examined TK and thought about the obvious dilemma that presented itself. HOW would they get a shirt on TK with his left arm inaccessible? That's when Ken got an idea and headed for his closet.

Ken brought in a terry-cloth robe and put in on TK's right arm, but left the left sleeve dangling. But Ken had the sense to tie the robe around TK's waist, so it wouldn't fall down.

"That's a great idea, Ken," Yolei smiled. "You got an extra one for Davis?"

"Let's hope so," Ken sighed. "Well, Davis. It's your turn."

With that, Yolei and Ken got the blindfolds and blindfolded Kari and TK. Then they cut a sleeve from Davis' shirt and took his shirt off before they walked out again. Then Kari felt her left arm move around as Davis undressed and then stepped into the shower. Once again, Kari felt the hot running water. And there was another awkward silence…until TK began speaking to her.

"Kari…" TK began. "Maybe Davis is right. Just because he did something this stupid didn't mean I had to follow along and do the same thing. And you're right, too. This really isn't like me. I want to apologize. Can you forgive me?"

"I want to forgive you, TK," Kari replied. "But that it isn't that simple. Do you know the embarrassment I've felt in these last 48 hours? Do you know how weird everything feels?" As if on cue, Kari felt her left hand running over Davis'…chest. "Davis, for your own safety, that BETTER be an accident!!" Then she turned her attention back to TK. "You see, TK? I've never felt this awkward before and I have no one to blame but you and Davis. Yeah, Davis started this but things wouldn't be as they are if you hadn't done the exact same thing."

"So…you won't forgive me?" TK asked sadly.

"Why don't you ask me again when this is all over?" Kari suggested. "I need to think about it."

Kari wasn't ready to forgive, but she did realize that TK was being very sincere with her. He really was sorry about doing this and Kari appreciated that. She knew he would never deliberately hurt her and maybe when this was all over, she would accept his apology.

Finally, Davis had finished taking his shower and stepped out. Kari once again felt her left arm move around as Davis dressed himself.

"Um…Ken? Yolei?"

The bathroom door opened again and Ken and Yolei removed the blindfolds. Kari turned her head to see that Davis was also wearing the same clothes that Ken usually wears…with the notable exception of a shirt. Davis was shirtless and Kari was blushing again.

Unfortunately, that went to Davis' head. "Kari, you don't have to feel weird about this. It's natural to react that way when you see the perfect body."

"Oh, DON'T flatter yourself," TK groaned.

Yolei, obviously also irked by Davis' ego, quickly put Ken's extra robe on him. The right sleeve was left hanging loose and she tied the robe by the waist. That's when the biggest problem of all came up. Ken brought up the obvious question.

"Ok…so what do we do about Kari?"

Kari sweatdropped. Since she was attached at both wrists, she couldn't get into the shower. That left quite the predicament.

How would Kari clean herself up?


Next Time: That's the big question. How will KARI clean herself up? Ken and Yolei get a new idea, but is it really THAT easy? This will be MUCH HARDER than it looks (and that's saying a lot)! So come back tomorrow and see what happens!


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