For The Love of a Gatomon
Chapter 6: Unmentionables Mentioned
Candy canes decorated the glorious land of sweets. Gummy bears danced with gingerbread men and clouds of cotton candy floated across the ice cream sky. Veemon, having recently arrived in this magical place stared up at the biggest marshmallow in the world. He drooled slightly as he gazed at its magnificence. Squealing with joy, he clung onto it and began climbing. After a little way up he latched onto it with his mouth and began his glorious feast of sugar.
Gatomon's eyes opened as she felt something tugging at her ear. She glanced back and saw that Veemon was apparently climbing her in his sleep and nibbling on one of her ears. He wasn't biting hard enough for it to hurt so it only tickled. She snickered to herself as he continued to playfully chew on the tip of her ear.
"Maaaarrrrshmaaaaallooooowww," he mumbled.
Back in Veemon's dream, the huge marshmallow began to shrink in size.
"Hm??" he said, watching it shrink down to his size. The marshmallow slowly shape-shifted into the familiar form of Gatomon. The marshmallow Gatomon leaned up against him, petting his ears back. Veemon sighed deeply.
"Gaaaatoooomooooonnnn," he sighed. Gatomon slothfully rolled over and hugged him.
"Are you dreaming about me?" she whispered in his ear.
The marshmallow Gatomon leaned in closely to Veemon and kissed him gently on the lips. Not being one to receive but not give, Veemon kissed her back.
Gatomon watched Veemon move in and kiss her in his sleep. She smooched him back, thinking how funny he looked.
"Mmmm.... Gatoooomooonnnn, sweet in so many ways....," mumbled Veemon.
"Thank you!" she said, startling him awake.
"Wah!!" he yelped, shocked. Gatomon snickered.
"You were dreaming," she said, tapping his nose, "It was very cute."
"Ewww...You've got morning breath," said Veemon, smiling.
"Blegh.. so do you," she retorted, still smirking.
"But hhhhhhhhhow can you be sure?" he asked, breathing all over her.
"Gaaahhhh!" she said, and fell off of the couch, feigning death. Her legs stuck straight up and she draped her tongue out of her mouth.
"Gatooooooo!" said Veemon, like Stanley from A Streetcar Named Desire. He jumped down next to her, holding her left front paw in his hands. "No! What have I done? Is there nothing I can do to bring you back? ... Oh wait, I know." He grabbed her by the waist and raspberried her tummy. Gatomon broke out into hysterics, holding onto his head.
"Sto-hop hi-i-i-t!" she laughed out.
"Haleluya! I ayam a mirical workah!" he said, raising his hands and sounding like an Evangelical priest.
"Oh yeah, I bet you're ticklish too!" she said, grabbing one of his feet.
"Wah!" he yelped, falling on his back. Her tail whipped out and tickled the bottom of his foot making him squeal.
"EEheeheeheeheehee," he giggled, flailing around. Gatomon's eyes opened wide as she stopped tickling him and covered his mouth.
"I forgot, Kari doesn't know I got rid of Patamon," said Gatomon.
"Wfmtr mpht?" asked Veemon.
"What??" she said, removing her paw.
"I said, 'What's the matter with that?' Just tell her."
"Mmm.. you don't know Kari like I do, Veemon."
"Oh I get it.. You're ashamed of me."
"No no, it's not that. See, Kari told me that I was just denying my feelings for you back when I was tricking you. I told her she was wrong and, well, obviously she wasn't. See Kari kinda gets this little attitude when she knows she's right that really rubs my fur the wrong way. Just do me a favor, let's not tell her quite yet, okay?"
"Okay.." said Veemon, not liking it very much.
"Don't be so blue, I'll tell her eventually."
"I can't help being blue," he said, smiling.
"What about that smell?" she asked, holding her nose, "You still smell like noodles and pork." Veemon sniffed one of his arms and made a face.
"Heh, I guess so. Well, I'll go home and take a bath," he said, getting up.
"Just a minute," said Gatomon, her tail wrapping around his waist as he headed in the direction of the door.
"Hm?"
"I think there's something we should do first," she said, standing up as he turned to face her, "You know, something to culminate our new relationship?"
"Oh? Hmmmm.... Is it HOT?" he asked, stepping a bit closer.
"Mhmmmm," she said, a slight purr in her voice.
"Is it DIRTY?" he asked, stepping closer still.
"Oh, there is DEFinitely dirt involved," she said, suggestively winking.
"Is it STEAMY?" he asked pressing against her.
"Oh yessssss," she replied, pressing back.
".........You're gonna make me take a bath HERE, huh?" he asked, finally getting it.
"Yup."
A big cluster of bubbles with two eyes sat in the bath tub. Gatomon had her hands buried in it, rubbing Veemon's concealed head.
"This isn't so bad, is it?" she asked.
"What is this stuff?" he asked.
"Cherry scented bath soap," said Gatomon.
"..I'm gonna smell like cherries?"
"All the soap in the world couldn't make you smell like cherries. This should just cancel out the smell."
"There's one thing it can't get rid of!" he said, melodramatically, "A lonely heart! If only.. if only there was someone who could take this bath with me. Oh boo hoo!" Gatomon looked at him, deadpan. He looked back at her, not seeing her move. He gave her a big smile and batted his eyes only to be sprayed with the shower massager.
"Simmer down, stinky," she giggled. Veemon wrapped his arms around himself.
"C-c-cold!" he said, shivering.
"I'll go find you a fresh towel," she said, walking away.
"H-h-h-hurry! Wachooo!!"
As Gatomon walked away from the closed door, Kari tiptoed around the corner towards the bathroom. She was holding something in her arms but it was too dark to make out what it was.
Gatomon was in the laundry room, finding a towel for Veemon.
"How should I break this to Kari? Maybe I could tell her I just felt bad for him.. She might buy that. .. Maybe I should just tell her. I mean, who cares if she gloats a bit? You know what? That's exactly what I'll do," she said to herself, smiling proudly.
"Ahhhhh!!!!!!!" yelled Kari from the bathroom.
"Kari!" yelled Gatomon, running from the laundry room in a panic. When she made it to the living room, she didn't see anyone attacking Kari, but instead, Veemon racing out of the bathroom with his hands covering his eyes.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!" he said, running past Gatomon, "Call you later, Gats!!" That done, he zipped out the front door and slammed it behind him.
".....What just happened?" Gatomon asked herself.
******At the Motomiya residence******
Davis was fast asleep, curled up in his blankets and cooing to himself.
"I'm the greatest there be. I fly like a rock and I sting like a phone," he mumbled.
"Davis!!" yelled Veemon, rushing in.
"Waah!!!" yelled, Davis, "I'm up! I'm up! What is it? What happened?"
"Davis, I really messed up big time!" said Veemon.
"Dude, you woke me up at six thirty in the morning. You don't have a CLUE how badly you just messed up."
"Not about that! I... I... saw Kari.."
"..What's the big deal? You've seen Kari before."
"Uhh.. Not like I recently did.."
"What do you mean?" asked Davis.
******At the Kamiya's******
Kari was wrapped up in a bathrobe, sitting on the floor of the bathroom with Gatomon.
"You're SURE no one's going to come rushing in?" asked Kari.
"I'm positive," said Gatomon, "I told everyone that you were okay and they all went back to sleep."
"Thanks."
"Look, I'm really sorry. I had no idea you were going to take a shower right then and there. You usually go after Tai which is around ten in the morning."
"Well, I wasn't exactly in here to take a shower, Gatomon," said Kari, sheepishly.
"..Then why were you naked?" Kari sighed and pulled a cucumber out from her robe.
"You woke up at six thirty to run into the bathroom to eat vegetables? Is this some weird human holiday?"
"Oh, this is so embarrassing... Look, Gatomon, you have to promise me that what I'm about to tell you never leaves this room, okay?"
"Alright."
"Okay, see I was having this really.. um.. abnormal dream. In it, T.K. and me had been going steady for a while and we.. well we decided maybe it would be fun to fool around, you know?"
"Uh huh."
"Right, so he tells me that he heard it hurts the girl the first time. I said I wasn't scared. Anyway, we get started and it turns out I'm completely wrong. It hurts like crazy and I bleed all over him and the bed. He gets all freaked out and runs away and then I woke up. Well, I thought, 'What if that really happens??' So I figured I'd just.. well.. take care of that little dilemma myself. Well, I guess you know the rest."
"Oh no. And Veemon was in here."
"Yep. He saw me....."
******In Davis's Room******
".....completely naked," finished a frantic Veemon. Davis's jaw, if it could be unhinged, would have touched the floor.
"W-w-w-w-w-wahh??? Are you sure??"
"Yeah and.."
"Are you telling me that you saw Kari, the girl I've spent over a year just trying to get to go out with me on one lousy date, completely and totally naked?!!!" yelled Davis, ready to strangle Veemon.
"Well, sorta," said Veemon.
"How is that a sorta??!"
"I actually saw.. a bit more."
******In the Kamiya's Bathroom******
"Look, don't be embarrassed, Kari," said Gatomon, "Trust me on this, I know Veemon and if I'm right, he barely knows what he saw."
"What are you talking about? He's not blind!" said Kari, upset.
"Well, Veemon isn't exactly, shall we say, educated in female anatomy. Chances are all he saw was a big blur of peach as you screamed and the doorknob as he fumbled for it to get out. I'll bet he didn't even know what you were doing. In fact, he's probably just as ashamed and flustered as you."
"Really?" asked Kari, hopefully.
"Really."
******Back with Davis and Veemon******
Davis was no longer trying to strangle Veemon, but was once again in a state of shock.
"I'm guessing she was trying to break her own hymen," said Veemon, "I didn't know it at the time, though. All I saw was that she was trying to come into the bathroom, so I hid behind the shower curtain. I just hoped she wasn't going to get in. Then I heard her taking off her clothes and lying down. After a bit, she yelped kinda loudly. I just thought she was hurt! I swear! I figured that hiding wasn't as important as making sure she was okay. And then.. well... you know."
"Habidah woobubidah biba wabababa.." beebled Davis.
"Davis? Davis??" said Veemon, "Snap out of it!! I need your help!!!"
"I-I-I'm sorry, I just ... wow. But..what does this have to do with you?"
"Do the math! What if she won't let me see Gatomon because she thinks I did it on purpose?! *gasp* Even worse, I left without explaining to Gatomon what happened! What if SHE thinks I did it on purpose too??!"
"........"
"Davis!!"
"Oh, sorry, I'm still stuck on the whole Kari/cucumber thing."
"......Why do I always come to you for advice?" asked Veemon, just realizing how much time he wasted, "Maybe Jun will know what to do.."
"No! No, listen. You shouldn't tell anyone else about this. Kari's probably really embarrassed as it is. I have a feeling she probably doesn't want me to know either. Don't tell her I know, alright? Now second of all, the best thing you can do is this: deny, deny, deny. Tell her you didn't see anything at all because.. I dunno, you were blinded by the light. You just heard her scream, figured you'd done something wrong, and ran out. Got it? If Gatomon thinks you did it on purpose, tell her the same thing. There. Problem solved."
"......I don't believe it. You actually helped me out! Thanks, Davis!" said Veemon, relieved... as well as a bit bewildered.
******With Kari and Gatomon******
"There's one thing that still bothers me, Gatomon. Why was Veemon even here?" asked Kari.
"OH!.. uhhh Well, I made a waiter dump soup on him at the restaurant and he got mad at me so he came over here and yelled at me. Then we made up and I let him spend the night. He still smelled like food, so I had him take a bath," Gatomon said, half-truthfully.
"But, that's all, right? I mean, you're not dating him, are you?"
"Veemon?? No! No, not at all," Gatomon flat out lied, "We're just back to being friends. I'm uhh dating Patamon. I dumped Veemon, remember?"
"Well, that is ONE little glimmer of hope. Because if there's anyone I never, ever, EVER want to see over in this house or hanging around you again, it's Veemon."
"Heh, yeah, lucky how things turned out, huh?" said Gatomon, sheepishly.
To Be Continued...