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Shi-chan: >.< Computers hate me. I knew it.
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Sadness-Colored Sandglass
Part 10
~By Shimegami-chan
Music: "Tobira," (Yamato) from Digimon
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I've decided to attempt using HTML for the first time since I posted 'Trusting You.' This may or may not work. >.<
Warnings: Shounen-ai; it's Kensuke, Kekaizer, Daikaizer, Taito, yeah, I love having a kazillion pairings in my fics...
"There's something wrong with Ken." Daisuke held Chibimon tightly against his chest.
"Wrong how? He seems better than ever to me." Yagami Taichi, ever nonchalant, rolled his eyes at Daisuke and leaned back in his chair. "He's....cheerful. Happy."
"That's exactly it!" Daisuke argued, pushing his ice cream around the bowl with his spoon. "He's been so weird. I mean, I'm glad he's cheerful, and surprised to see him so...content. His emotion were something he hid from everyone but me. Now he looks like he wants to jump me every five minutes, and he never so much as frowns any more, and he wants to spend every waking moment with me. He's been blowing of Miyako and Wormmon all week, and that's not like Ken. Wormmon's worried. Nobody else seems to notice or care."
"People change when they get into a relationship," Taichi said carefully. "Yamatao has become a lot more open and friendly since we got together, you know that. Maybe it's just your influence."
Daisuke mulled over that for a long moment. "I don't think so."
//I thought I could talk to you, Taichi-sempai...but even you don't see Ken the way I do.//
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"Dai-chan!" Ken threw his arms around his lover's waist and pushed him back to the wall, crushing their lips and bodies together. "I missed you! Where did you go? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Matteyo, Ken," Daisuke gasped for air and smiled wanly. "I can't talk and kiss at the same time!"
"Fine. Skip the talking." Ken resuming his feirce kissing. Daisuke was still more than slightly concerned, but said nothing, sweeping a lock of Ken's dark hair behind his ear.
When they finally broke apart, Daisuke had to shake his head to clear it. Oxygen deprivation was not his strong spot. "I was out with Taichi-sempai. We just got an ice cream and talked soccer."
Ken stuck his bottom lip out. "I can talk soccer."
"You were sleeping." Daisuke said stubbornly. "Wormmon's been worried about you, I figured you two would hang out for a while."
"Bah. That worm..." A dark frown crossed Ken's face for a split second before returning to 'normal,' but Daisuke didn't miss the look.
"Are you mad at Wormmon?" Daisuke asked curiously.
"Hm? Oh, no!" The indigo-haired genius said cheeriy. "Now where were we?" He slid his hands around the small of Daisuke's back and down to his thighs.
"Ken..."
"I love you, Daisuke. Don't ever leave me alone again."
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In his prison of glass, a violet-eyed captive watched the screen in silent agony.
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"What did you and Daisuke do? Should I be jealous?" Yamato placed a hand on his hip and the other on Taichi's.
"Iie." Taichi shook his head. "He seems to think that Ken's going through some kind of personality change."
Yamato blinked. "Hontou ni? Interesting..."
"Yeah. I'm sure Ken's fine." Taichi sighed, unable to shake the feeling that his little protegé had been right--Daisuke usually was.
//He's always had good instincts.//
"...perfectly fine..."
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"Konbanwa, Ken-chan!" Ichijouji Ken--or someone who looked very much like him--tapped his elegant fingers on the glass, startling his semiconscious prisoner into awareness. "Did you have a good day? Anythign interesting on the television?"
'Ken-chan,' could only glare in reply. "I made a sand castle and watched my clone seduce my boyfriend. Nothing out of the ordinary." The boy inside the hourglass shifted a bit, sliding his tinted glasses up on top of his spiked hair.
"It seems you're running out of time," Ken said with a chuckle. He pointed someplace that his captive couldn't see, under the glass curves. "You're sure to be broken soon. I'm sure watching Daisuke fall in love with me will be enough. He'll never be able to go back to the old you once he's loved me--you're so weak, Ken-chan! You know your relationship could never have gone anywhere!
"Urusei, Kaizer," the imprisoned boy spat. "You'll never break me, and Daisuke will never love you."
The teen who was once the Digimon Kaizer smiled condescendingly. "Call me Ken, won't you? I won't tell you again...if you don't submit, you'll die."
"I'd rather die."
"Then I've already broken you, my Ken-chan."
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Shi-chan: The plot thickens!
