The pizza had disappeared almost as rapidly as the beer. The whole group was there and feeling fine. No one was drunk yet, but everyone did have a slight buzz that made the evening even more pleasant than usual. At some point they had tried to think of something to do other than reminisce about the digital world and someone had come up with truth or dare.
"Davis, truth or dare?" Yolei asked as she took another sip from her beer.
"Truth. A great leader like myself has nothing to hide," Davis boasted. Yolei grinned.
"Have you ever had sex with any of the digidestined?"
"Nope." Davis had a smug grin on his face, having gotten out easy. "All right TJ, truth or dare?"
"Truth. I'm too scared of what dare might be."
"What was your first time with Kari like? In detail." Davis' grin was broad as TK sputtered.
"I'm not answering that!"
"Rules, little bro," Matt laughed. "You chose truth, so 'fess up."
"Oh, just tell them Takeru. Otherwise they won't shut up about it," Kari giggled. "Besides, it's not like I mind hearing about it again."
"All right. It was right after we had lost Patamon and Gatomon in destroying Damon and Dragomon in the Dark Ocean. Kari and I had gone to Primary Village to try and find their eggs since, at the time, we thought they were going to be reborn. We waited there for a week, trying to find their eggs. Finally, Azulongmon and Gennai found us and told us that they weren't going to be reborn. We were kind of shell shocked at the time and ended up coming back to the real world. We wound up at my house and kind of ended up sleeping together."
"I said in detail," Davis pointed out.
"Dick," TK muttered under his breath. "Anyway, Kari and I had just come out of the digiport at the school."
Kari's body shook with quiet sobs as the full impact of Azulongmon's words embedded themselves in her heart. Gatomon can not be reborn. Her best friend and partner was gone for good. She felt an arm around her shoulder and heard a voice say that they should go before they got caught. She let the arm guide her out of the school and onto the street. She was numb to everything and everyone around her. Finally the arm shook her.
"Kari, we're at your building." She looked up into her friend's face. TK's eyes were haunted with pain and guilt, but there was also a determination to keep going despite it all. Then his words caught up with her. They were at her building. Where her brother was most likely playing with his digimon right now, and enjoying everything that she couldn't anymore.
"No! No, I can't go in there right now. Please, TK, I can't face him tonight. Don't make me go up there." She knew that her voice sounded hysterical, but she didn't care. Those arms came again. Crushing her to his chest, comforting.
"I understand. I don't think I could stand to be around anyone with a digimon right now either. Let's go to my place. You can spend the night if you want. Mom should be gone for the next two days." When her eyes looked up into his, they shone with hope and gratitude.
"You're the greatest TK." They made their way to his apartment building and took the elevator to his floor. They didn't wan to risk running into Cody or Yolei right now. TK unlocked the door and they made their way inside. They had remained quiet the entire way here, and Kari suddenly realized that TK had been too quiet. She looked at him and realized with a start that he was crying. She could have kicked herself. She had been acting so selfish, thinking of her lose, of how much she hurt. TK had gone through this once before, only before he had gotten Patamon back. This was his ultimate nightmare come true. She took his hand and guided him to his bedroom. They sat on his bed and simply held each other, taking strength in the other presence, trying desperately to fill the void that suddenly existed in their hearts.
She wasn't sure how it happened, but all of a sudden, they were kissing. Toe curling, heart stopping, hair raising, passion and lust fueled kissing. They broke apart for a moment, staring into each other's eyes.
"I don't know how this happened, but I don't want to stop," TK breathed. "If you do, I'll respect that." Kari grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him down onto her. The two remained locked in a passionate kiss for the rest of the night.
"So when we woke up the next morning we decided to keep it between us for the moment. We still weren't sure what was going on between us at the moment and we didn't want you guys to think that we were in love or anything," TK finished.
"But I thought you were in love?" Ken confessed.
"Not at all," Kari corrected. "We were two scared, lonely individuals who gave each other a sense of happiness in a time when we were both deeply depressed. It wasn't love at first, so much as comforting the other. I know that may sound sick, but it worked for us. Eventually it blossomed into love."
"But you loved Kari," Ken pointed out to TK.
"Like she said, love had very little to do with it at the time."
"So I have a question for the two of you," Tai broke in. "Kari, you called home the next day and said that you had ended up staying at a friends house the night before and were going to stay there that night as well. But when Matt and I found out about you two and confronted you, you said that you had only had sex twice."
"Yeah," TK admitted sheepishly. "Two days straight." Tai's jaw hit the floor while Davis began to laugh.
"Lot of stamina there bro," Matt grinned. Sora, Ken and Yolei were all laughing with Davis by now.
"It's not funny," Tai tried to defend.
"Yes it is," Ken countered.
"Fine, fine," Tai muttered. "Everyone turn against the leader. Whose turn is it?"
"Mine," Matt grinned. "Tai, truth or dare?"
"Truth." Tai grumbled.
"Since we seam to be playing true confessions instead I might as well
follow along."
"Alright, out of all of the
digidestined, who do you like the most?"
"What, like dating material?" Tai asked, slightly bewildered.
"No, like a friend or confidant, you know. Now stop stalling. And Kari doesn't count."
"Shit," Tai swore under his breath.
"No easy ways out," Kari chimed in sweetly. "Of course you like me. I'm your sister. Now answer." Tai sighed.
"I guess you, man," he said turning to Matt. "You're like the brother I never had and we always had a kind of connection. Even when we fought and argued, there was always that connection. So, I guess I'd turn to you in a pinch." Matt grinned before TK hit him with a pillow.
"You're head was getting kind of big there bro," he smiled.
"Ass-hole," Matt grinned back. "Who's next?"
"Me," Sora chimed in. "Ken, truth or dare?"
"Truth. Why are we even asking that question anymore?" Ken wondered.
"On the off chance somebody begins to chicken out," TK shrugged.
"Alright Ken, out of all of the digidestined, who do you feel the closest connection to?" Ken smiled.
"That's easy. TK."
"Why TH?" Davis wondered.
"TK and I have both been consumed by darkness," Ken explained. "We can understand each other better that way and it gives us someone to talk to if the darkness ever creeps up on us again."
"For a moment I thought you were going to say me," Kari admitted.
"I'm sorry, Kari, but you and I aren't that similar. We both tend to hide our feelings, but so does TK. He's just better at it. He makes everyone think that he's showing how he feels, but he's usually hiding his true feelings under that mask."
"That psych degree is coming along well," TK noted, bitterly.
"What's wrong?" Ken asked.
"Sorry, I just don't like being psychoanalyzed. For some reason it triggers my claustrophobia."
"You're claustrophobic?" Tai exclaimed. "Since when?"
"Why do you think I love flying so much?" TK shrugged. "I've always hated small spaces. You mean you haven't noticed how uncomfortable I am in massive crowds?" Tai shrugged.
"It must have been murder in that cave," Ken sympathized.
"Not an experience I care to repeat," TK admitted. "Anyway, whose turn is it?"
"Mine," Kari piped up. "Alright, Sora truth or dare?"
"I'm starting to agree with TK about that question," Sora grumbled. "Truth."
"Why Matt?"
"Pardon me?"
"Why did you pick Matt? Why out of all of the guys did you fall in love with Matt?"
"You mean instead of Tai?"
"If you want to answer that too." Sora took a deep breath.
"Why Matt? How to explain. I always felt a connection to Matt. During our original adventures in the Digital World, he was always there for me, with a kind word or something. Remember when I couldn't get my crest to glow? Matt knew exactly how to handle that. When we were on our way to fight Piedmon Matt knew exactly how I felt and helped me get out of that cave of despair. Then we came back to the real world and I didn't see him that much. Then the thing with the Digimon Emperor started and I started seeing him a lot more. By then, he had refined his image of cool lone wolf, but I always knew what was lying underneath. I remember one night after Agumon had been kidnapped, he called me up and admitted how scared he was of the idea of the same thing happening to Gabumon. I guess I fell in love with him with out really thinking about it. After a while, we just kind of knew each other so well. And then everything happened at Christmas and, well, here we are."
"What happened at Christmas?" Yolei broke in. Sora looked to Matt.
"Go ahead, if you want to," he shrugged.
"Well, right after his concert got trashed by the digimon and after we walked Ken to the train station we all split up, remember?"
