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My apologies for the shortness of this chapter! Sorry!
I'm working on the third (also last) part, but it's taking me longer than I thought. You'll see it when it's done!
Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon. Shocked, aren't you?
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Decisions
Chapter 2: Kari and Yolei's Decision
It's already been a week since I've confessed the truth to Davis and I haven't seen him or spoken to him. My schoolwork is going down; I'm hardly eating or sleeping. I know my parents are worried, but I can't tell them what I'm going through. Even though they understood the DigimonKaiser part of me, they can't understand this. I…I tried not to think about him, but it's too hard…
Just as I put my head into my hands and let two single, bitter tears fall on the table, I hear the doorbell ring and my mother answering it. My heart pumps blood faster, giving birth to hope- but hope dies almost immediately, as I see Yolei and Kari standing in my doorway.
"Ken? Is it okay if we come in?"
I nod my head-what else is there to do? - and they enter my room.
"Could I turn on the light?" asks Kari in a shy voice.
"Mhm", I reply.
A flip of the switch, and the white light coming from the ceiling invades my room. It seems so strange to me, to see light in my usually dark room. And the Child of Light, as well. Who isn't exactly a child anymore.
"So why are you here?" I find myself asking.
"Well" answers Yolei, "we haven't seen you in so long, we were wondering I you were all right."
"Oh." I say casually.
Yolei and Kari exchange glances and the latter begins:
"Ken, you know that we are your friends, don't you?"
Why? Why this question that reminds me of the past?
"And you know that we like you and we, err…, accept you for what you are, don't you?" continues Kari.
What's this? Where is this leading? Does this have something to do with the DigimonKaiser?
They probably notice my uneasiness, because they exchange even more concerned glances, looking nervous.
'What is going on here?' my mind screams.
"Ken" says Kari, "it's nothing to worry about. We…we know you're gay."
Silence falls upon my room. Never in my life have the light or the Light seemed so disturbing to me. I feel I have to say something, but what? Should I deny? No, that's probably useless. Should I confirm? They don't look like they need it, I think sourly.
"How do you know?" I finally manage to say something. And then…the words escape my lips without even thinking: "Did Davis tell you?".
"No. We figured it out by ourselves. We noticed the way you were looking at Davis and the way you were acting and we put two and two together."
So it has been that evident…As much as I've tried to hide it, they've still seen under my pretence. Or maybe I'm not that good at pretending…Who knows…I certainly have no idea.
"We realized who frustrated you had become, but since you weren't telling Davis anything and he was so obviously not aware of what was happening, we didn't consider it our place to interfere", said Kari.
"I'm sorry", added Yolei. "I don't know if that was the right thing to do. Maybe…maybe we should have said something…insinuated something. Seeing Davis like that simply hurt me."
What? Oh, God. I've hurt Davis. Worse yet, Yolei apparently had feelings for him! No, wait, what am I thinking? It's not for the worse--they'll surely be happy together. And if he's happy, I'm happy…hurtfully happy!
"What happened to Davis?" I ask in an unsteady voice.
"You see, he seems so distracted. And if we ask him what's wrong, he gives us this weird look, that's so full of despair, it makes my heart cringe. Sometimes I wonder if he's still sane", answered Yolei.
Davis…my poor Davis. What have I done? This is all my fault!
"I started questioning him, 'Is it that? Or that?'. When I mentioned your name, he said 'yeah' and left the second after. So I talked to Kari and we decided to come over and talk to you, because you hadn't shown up in the last few days. We were thinking…wondering if you had told him your true feelings…"
"Yeah, I did." I say looking somewhere to my right.
"And are you all right?" asks Kari with obvious concern in her voice.
I look at her hopefully, as if I am expecting salvation from her.
"No, I'm not all right. I haven't been for such a long time. But now it's worse- I hurt him! I messed up his life! How could I?" I put my head in my hands and start crying. The pain inside me, and the guilt, is too much.
"There now, it's going to be all right", says the Angel of Light, as she advances and puts her hands on my face, tilting it up. "Don't worry. Everything will be fine."
Her brown eyes seem to radiate light, and hope, and kindness. (AN: No, I'm not insinuating anything!). Any being in any world, be it real, digital, dark or another, would trust her on the spot.
Only I don't. I wish I could…
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