Tangled Web
Experiences.
By the Empress of the Eclipse
Disclaimer - I don't own Digimon and I never will.
I've separated Ken and Yolei because when I started writing this, it was before I realised how evil Kenyako is. So I'm getting rid of it.
Matt woke up with pins and needles. He was beginning to heartily wish that the word 'sofa' didn't exist. He was tired of sleeping on them.
He sat up and blinked. Tai was leaning against the sofa, fast asleep.
"Tai?" Matt said.
Tai's eyes opened and he gave Matt a distinctly sheepish look. Since he'd gone to bed after the row with Matt, Matt hadn't expected to find him out there.
"What are you doing out here?" Matt asked, running a hand through his hair.
Tai shrugged.
"Came out to see if you were okay," he muttered.
Matt said nothing. He got up, pushing the blanket off. Looking at the clock, he mentally swore. Another problem with sleeping on the couch was that you always woke up early, no matter how tired you were.
"Matt, I..."
He looked at Tai. Tai swallowed and turned away.
"Forget it," he muttered.
The rest of the morning was spent in stormy silence until Matt left for work, pretending that he didn't care that he and his boyfriend weren't speaking.
* * * *
Tanoshii admired Sento's war-wounds profusely in school. He knew that Sento's pride was wounded because he'd not managed to fight the children off and made sure to give lots of praise about how he'd saved Shinji from getting hurt. By lunch, Sento was feeling happier about himself although not about everything else. He and Tanoshii sat in their normal place, nibbling at their lunches. Both were suffering loss of appetite.
"Mum likes health food," Sento said "I hate healthy stuff. I mean, Dad made me eat all my vegetables but at least I never had to eat health food."
Tanoshii shrugged.
"My lunch isn't much different," he said "Except when She's busy with the Baby. Then it's always those ready-made gunk snacks."
"Gunk snacks?"
"That's what Dad used to call them."
Tanoshii scowled.
"I told Her that but She wouldn't listen and got cross. She said She didn't have time to make us proper lunches."
Sento looked at him.
"I hate Her!" Tanoshii said "She pretends that Dad's not been calling but I know he has only She won't let us talk to him because She doesn't think he's suitable! It's not fair! I hate Her, I hate Her!"
Sento nodded his agreement about mothers. The two of them sat there for a while in silence.
"Tanoshii," Sento said at last "I've got an idea...."
* * * *
Tai called in sick for work and spent the day moping. He was trying to sort things out in his head.
He knew that he'd been wrong to say what he'd said to Matt. Why was he so determined to push Matt away? Matt was one of the only people who was sticking by him completely except Kari and he seemed determined to put Matt off being with him.
Maybe it was commitment. Maybe the commitment scared him.
Tai fell back against the pillows with a sigh. He was just screwed. Everything was just so awful. He was twenty-seven years old now and what had he made of his life? He had one broken marriage, he'd split up another one, he was involved in a violent custody battle to keep his son which he was almost certain to lose. He seemed to cause troubles no matter what happened.
Tai swallowed miserably. Why did he keep spoiling everything?
The phone rang. Tai answered it dully.
"Hello?"
"Hi Tai," Ken said. He sounded tired.
"Ken," Tai said "What's wrong?"
"Yolei and I have separated," Ken said quietly "I'm telling everyone because it's going to get round sooner or later."
"You and Yolei...oh no!" Tai said "Oh God Ken, I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay," Ken said softly.
"What happened?" Tai asked. He suddenly felt a sharp feeling of sickness.
"Ken," he said "It's wasn't anything to do with...?"
"No," Ken said quickly "No Tai, this wasn't anything to do with you. It was...it was sort of me and Davis."
"You and Davis?" Tai repeated.
"It's a bit complicated," Ken said "But...but we weren't exactly doing anything...but we were playing a game."
"Game?" Tai repeated.
"Yeah. It was...was last night. We...we used to describe fantasies to each other," Ken said "Descriptively. And it was...it involved other guys."
"Oh," Tai said slowly.
"And...and we were getting into it and...and I kissed Davis," Ken blurted.
"You kissed...!"
He heard Ken give a sort of half sob.
"I don't even know why!" he wailed, his calm facade cracking "But...but I did. I just sort of kissed him and he was just letting me. I think he was shocked, I don't think he even knew what was happening. And then Yolei came in and caught us...and she just screamed the place down."
"I can imagine," Tai said, remembering Sora's yells when she'd caught him and Matt kissing.
"And she's kicked me out...and she's going to tell Kari...and I'm going to have destroyed Kari and Davis's marriage!" Ken wailed.
He started to cry, his sobs echoing down the phone.
"Ken!" Tai said "Ken, it's okay. Please don't cry. Listen, where are you?"
"A phone box."
"Right," Tai said "I'll come and get you okay? Just tell me exactly where you are."
Ken told him.
"Just stay there," Tai ordered "It's going to be okay, I promise."
Ken's phonecall had come just at the right time really. It had stopped him moping which was really what Tai sorely needed.
* * * *
Kari got home from work to find Davis sitting on the sofa.
"Hey Davis," she said. Then she frowned. Davis looked really odd.
"Kari," he said "Kari, I've got something I've got to tell you."
"What's up?" Kari asked.
Davis tugged his hair.
"I...I didn't mean to do it!" he said "It wasn't on purpose!"
"What?" Kari asked.
Davis gulped.
"Ken...he kissed me," he blurted "We were talking...just talking...and then Ken kissed me...and I didn't push him away and then Yolei came in and I think she's kicked Ken out and now she'll be calling you and I'm so sorry!"
He started to cry. Kari blinked.
"Ken kissed you?"
Davis nodded.
"Kari, I am so, so sorry," he said "I never meant for it to happen, I swear. I know you must be really mad but I love you, I never wanted anything like this."
Kari swallowed.
"I know," she said softly "I know you didn't. It's okay Davis. I know that you don't want us to split up. And I don't want to either."
"Really?" Davis said "It's...it's okay between us?"
Kari nodded. She hugged him tightly.
"It's all right Davis," she said "I love you and I trust you. I know that you'd never cheat on me. What happened was a mistake. I trust both you and Ken."
Davis smiled in relief. Kari hugged him tightly, wishing that Tai could solve his problems like this.
* * * *
When Matt came in, he found Tai and Ken sitting on the couch. Ken was crying and Tai was patting him on the back.
"Hey Matt," he said softly.
"What's happened?" Matt asked.
"Yolei and I have split up!" Ken sobbed "And it's all my fault!"
Matt sat down immediately.
"Matt," Tai said softly "Can you take care of him for a while? I urgently need to phone Kari."
Matt nodded.
"Sure," he said.
Tai shot off into his bedroom. Matt hugged Ken, not sure what he was supposed to do. Ken just huddled there crying.
"I kissed Davis!" he cried "I kissed him and Yolei caught us and she wouldn't believe me that I hadn't meant to and she kicked me out and now I've ruined everything!"
"It's okay," Matt whispered soothingly "It'll be all right, I promise, it's going to be okay..."
He just sat there until Tai came back.
"I've been talking to Kari," he said "It's okay Ken. Davis told Kari everything and she's not dumped him. She's forgiven him and she trusts you both."
Ken looked at him.
"Really?" he said "She and Davis are okay? Really?"
Tai nodded. Ken started to cry again, this time with relief. Tai and Matt both struggled to comfort him. Both were thinking about the same thing, although they didn't know it.
End of Part 6
All right, all right, this is really short, fairly crappy and pointless and it's taken months to come and you're all going to hate me. Be patient. I've been having a hell of a time with this fic and I'm trying my best to manage it and everything else in my life (I'm doing my Trident and then it's my mocks and then there's the GCSE's). I will try to get this fic finished, just try and be patient. Please review me, you give me strength!
Experiences.
By the Empress of the Eclipse
Disclaimer - I don't own Digimon and I never will.
I've separated Ken and Yolei because when I started writing this, it was before I realised how evil Kenyako is. So I'm getting rid of it.
Matt woke up with pins and needles. He was beginning to heartily wish that the word 'sofa' didn't exist. He was tired of sleeping on them.
He sat up and blinked. Tai was leaning against the sofa, fast asleep.
"Tai?" Matt said.
Tai's eyes opened and he gave Matt a distinctly sheepish look. Since he'd gone to bed after the row with Matt, Matt hadn't expected to find him out there.
"What are you doing out here?" Matt asked, running a hand through his hair.
Tai shrugged.
"Came out to see if you were okay," he muttered.
Matt said nothing. He got up, pushing the blanket off. Looking at the clock, he mentally swore. Another problem with sleeping on the couch was that you always woke up early, no matter how tired you were.
"Matt, I..."
He looked at Tai. Tai swallowed and turned away.
"Forget it," he muttered.
The rest of the morning was spent in stormy silence until Matt left for work, pretending that he didn't care that he and his boyfriend weren't speaking.
* * * *
Tanoshii admired Sento's war-wounds profusely in school. He knew that Sento's pride was wounded because he'd not managed to fight the children off and made sure to give lots of praise about how he'd saved Shinji from getting hurt. By lunch, Sento was feeling happier about himself although not about everything else. He and Tanoshii sat in their normal place, nibbling at their lunches. Both were suffering loss of appetite.
"Mum likes health food," Sento said "I hate healthy stuff. I mean, Dad made me eat all my vegetables but at least I never had to eat health food."
Tanoshii shrugged.
"My lunch isn't much different," he said "Except when She's busy with the Baby. Then it's always those ready-made gunk snacks."
"Gunk snacks?"
"That's what Dad used to call them."
Tanoshii scowled.
"I told Her that but She wouldn't listen and got cross. She said She didn't have time to make us proper lunches."
Sento looked at him.
"I hate Her!" Tanoshii said "She pretends that Dad's not been calling but I know he has only She won't let us talk to him because She doesn't think he's suitable! It's not fair! I hate Her, I hate Her!"
Sento nodded his agreement about mothers. The two of them sat there for a while in silence.
"Tanoshii," Sento said at last "I've got an idea...."
* * * *
Tai called in sick for work and spent the day moping. He was trying to sort things out in his head.
He knew that he'd been wrong to say what he'd said to Matt. Why was he so determined to push Matt away? Matt was one of the only people who was sticking by him completely except Kari and he seemed determined to put Matt off being with him.
Maybe it was commitment. Maybe the commitment scared him.
Tai fell back against the pillows with a sigh. He was just screwed. Everything was just so awful. He was twenty-seven years old now and what had he made of his life? He had one broken marriage, he'd split up another one, he was involved in a violent custody battle to keep his son which he was almost certain to lose. He seemed to cause troubles no matter what happened.
Tai swallowed miserably. Why did he keep spoiling everything?
The phone rang. Tai answered it dully.
"Hello?"
"Hi Tai," Ken said. He sounded tired.
"Ken," Tai said "What's wrong?"
"Yolei and I have separated," Ken said quietly "I'm telling everyone because it's going to get round sooner or later."
"You and Yolei...oh no!" Tai said "Oh God Ken, I'm so sorry!"
"It's okay," Ken said softly.
"What happened?" Tai asked. He suddenly felt a sharp feeling of sickness.
"Ken," he said "It's wasn't anything to do with...?"
"No," Ken said quickly "No Tai, this wasn't anything to do with you. It was...it was sort of me and Davis."
"You and Davis?" Tai repeated.
"It's a bit complicated," Ken said "But...but we weren't exactly doing anything...but we were playing a game."
"Game?" Tai repeated.
"Yeah. It was...was last night. We...we used to describe fantasies to each other," Ken said "Descriptively. And it was...it involved other guys."
"Oh," Tai said slowly.
"And...and we were getting into it and...and I kissed Davis," Ken blurted.
"You kissed...!"
He heard Ken give a sort of half sob.
"I don't even know why!" he wailed, his calm facade cracking "But...but I did. I just sort of kissed him and he was just letting me. I think he was shocked, I don't think he even knew what was happening. And then Yolei came in and caught us...and she just screamed the place down."
"I can imagine," Tai said, remembering Sora's yells when she'd caught him and Matt kissing.
"And she's kicked me out...and she's going to tell Kari...and I'm going to have destroyed Kari and Davis's marriage!" Ken wailed.
He started to cry, his sobs echoing down the phone.
"Ken!" Tai said "Ken, it's okay. Please don't cry. Listen, where are you?"
"A phone box."
"Right," Tai said "I'll come and get you okay? Just tell me exactly where you are."
Ken told him.
"Just stay there," Tai ordered "It's going to be okay, I promise."
Ken's phonecall had come just at the right time really. It had stopped him moping which was really what Tai sorely needed.
* * * *
Kari got home from work to find Davis sitting on the sofa.
"Hey Davis," she said. Then she frowned. Davis looked really odd.
"Kari," he said "Kari, I've got something I've got to tell you."
"What's up?" Kari asked.
Davis tugged his hair.
"I...I didn't mean to do it!" he said "It wasn't on purpose!"
"What?" Kari asked.
Davis gulped.
"Ken...he kissed me," he blurted "We were talking...just talking...and then Ken kissed me...and I didn't push him away and then Yolei came in and I think she's kicked Ken out and now she'll be calling you and I'm so sorry!"
He started to cry. Kari blinked.
"Ken kissed you?"
Davis nodded.
"Kari, I am so, so sorry," he said "I never meant for it to happen, I swear. I know you must be really mad but I love you, I never wanted anything like this."
Kari swallowed.
"I know," she said softly "I know you didn't. It's okay Davis. I know that you don't want us to split up. And I don't want to either."
"Really?" Davis said "It's...it's okay between us?"
Kari nodded. She hugged him tightly.
"It's all right Davis," she said "I love you and I trust you. I know that you'd never cheat on me. What happened was a mistake. I trust both you and Ken."
Davis smiled in relief. Kari hugged him tightly, wishing that Tai could solve his problems like this.
* * * *
When Matt came in, he found Tai and Ken sitting on the couch. Ken was crying and Tai was patting him on the back.
"Hey Matt," he said softly.
"What's happened?" Matt asked.
"Yolei and I have split up!" Ken sobbed "And it's all my fault!"
Matt sat down immediately.
"Matt," Tai said softly "Can you take care of him for a while? I urgently need to phone Kari."
Matt nodded.
"Sure," he said.
Tai shot off into his bedroom. Matt hugged Ken, not sure what he was supposed to do. Ken just huddled there crying.
"I kissed Davis!" he cried "I kissed him and Yolei caught us and she wouldn't believe me that I hadn't meant to and she kicked me out and now I've ruined everything!"
"It's okay," Matt whispered soothingly "It'll be all right, I promise, it's going to be okay..."
He just sat there until Tai came back.
"I've been talking to Kari," he said "It's okay Ken. Davis told Kari everything and she's not dumped him. She's forgiven him and she trusts you both."
Ken looked at him.
"Really?" he said "She and Davis are okay? Really?"
Tai nodded. Ken started to cry again, this time with relief. Tai and Matt both struggled to comfort him. Both were thinking about the same thing, although they didn't know it.
End of Part 6
All right, all right, this is really short, fairly crappy and pointless and it's taken months to come and you're all going to hate me. Be patient. I've been having a hell of a time with this fic and I'm trying my best to manage it and everything else in my life (I'm doing my Trident and then it's my mocks and then there's the GCSE's). I will try to get this fic finished, just try and be patient. Please review me, you give me strength!