Life as a Café

                                                                          Third Chapter

What to do? Ken thought as he took the subway home. He was thinking again, lost, no doubt about it. He knew that she probably liked him; just by the way they had so much in common. He also knew that she liked him before, when he was, simply, a celebrity. The famed "Rocket." It was truly plausible that the mild young teenage desire was still there, but, again, they were teens, and girl's feeling towards the male species could change, either rapidly or slowly.

His soft lips emit a soft, tired sigh as he left the station, another as he opened the door to the lobby of the apartment complex, and yet another before he entered his small little home.

"Hey Momma. Hey Dad."

"Ken, where have you been?" his mother asked in her usual worried tone.

"Just... out. Helping a few friends along the way. I'm fine, Momma, really..."

Again, in her usual worried tone, "All... right... Ken..."

He entered his small, seemly lifeless room, and sighed, yet again today. A caterpillar-like insect crawled (can't think of a better word) over to him and spoke in a soft mumbling.

"Ken, all you alright? You sighed. Are you sad about something?"

"You could sort of say that I'm sad, Wormmon, but, I'm more of anxious. Just, lost in thought..."

"Do you want to talk?"

"I don't know if Digimon understand much about human girls."

"Veemon and Patomon told me that human boys to stupid things for human girls because they care about them..."

"Most of that was Veemon?"

"Patomon. Veemon and Davis don't know much about human girls..."

"Especially Davis."

There was a moment's pause, then Wormmon spoke up.

"The human girl... was it, by any chance, Yolei?"

"Possibly."

"Ken..."

"Yes."

"If you want to do something to make her like you more..."

"Go on, Wormmon. You have my UNDIVIDED attention!"

He said a few things that were totally inaudible, seeing as the digimon likes to mumble, but the audible things were the most relevant.

"Take her alone to the Digiworld. Go to a café. See a movie. I dunno, I'm just the 'mon..."

Ken scooped Wormmon up into his arms and set him on Osamu's bunk.

"Wormmon, I can't believe it! I've been stumped for the whole day – and you picked the obvious choice! Djali could help me, since I've helped her!"

Ken went to sleep, a happy boy. Soon, all will be one with the worlds....

Broadwaypoetess: Guess what lysergic acid diethylamide-25 is.

Kaiser, Ken, and Osamu: The medical term for LSD.

(Kaiser screams)

Kaiser: Nonono! I'm not related to you!

Ken: Sure...

Kaiser: Stop! You're not the inner voice I hear! AHHH!

Osamu: *to B'waypoetess* Why does he remember this now?

Broadwaypoetess: Dunno, guess the horse tranquilizer ran off... Damn, I was going to...

(Meanwhile, the Kaiser is running around the room, holding his head and screaming whenever Ken goes to speak)

Ken: Do what?

(Kaiser screams)

Broadwaypoetess: *innocently* Nothin'...

Kaiser: WHY ARE THOU TORTURING MEEEE?!

Broadwaypoetess: Because... you're cute?

Kaiser: The voices! I'm hearing more!

Sam: *to Ken * Why were you once that...?

Kaiser: Osamu! You're not dead?!

Osamu: No, I'm very dead, Kenny-boy!

Kaiser: I'M HALLUCINATING!!!

Broadwaypoetess: Yeah... Horse tranquilizers have that effect...

Osamu: And how would you know?

(Kaiser screams and runs off the fic)

Broadwaypoetess: *quite loudly* Don't own Digimon. If I did, Kaiser would have STAYED drugged.

Osamu: Poetess....

Broadwaypoetess: Would you like a soda?

Osamu: Okay.

(The drink has horse tranquillizer, obviously. And 'Samu gulps it down!)

Broadwaypoetess: You'll be in MY room!! *mutters* Boy genius my arse!

(Ken runs)