Vegetable Soup # 14: Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
By Shadow Catcher (formally Carter Tachikawa)
(I don't know why I was possessed to write this but I was. Maybe it's the spirit of Valentine's Day. It's a 2nd Daikari to this series and the first Daikari I ever wrote. And no, I am not bashing Davis with this song. For those who are wondering, you CAN have a Takari without bashing Davis and you CAN have a Daikari without bashing TK. It is possible^^.Speaking of which, I don't own Digimon or "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" by Frankie Lyman. It's one of my many fluffy Valentine's Day romances. Davis ponders about Kari and wants to show her he cares. Takari fans, don't worry. I'll have another Takari real soon. Well, bye!)
I can't help but think about one girl in particular. I still remember the first day that I saw her. God, she was so beautiful with short, brown hair and pretty brown eyes. I think this was the first time I fell in love with anyone. I'd do anything to make her mine.
But I'm afraid she doesn't like me at all. Anytime I pass her in the hall, she'll just give me a friendly 'hi' and then walk on. I've wanted to have a real conversation with her, not just a 'how are you' or 'what's the answer to number 7?' Maybe I'm trying too hard. Oh well. All I'm hoping is that things change for me on Valentine's Day. I'm hoping that Kari sees me for who I am and she will say more than just a 'hi'.
I walked over to the drug store yesterday to buy her a Valentine's Day card. I found the perfect one for my sister, Jun. I read the front, which had a guy on it:
"Since I love you so much, I decided to get a tattoo of your name", I opened the card and saw that the tattoo was on his butt. "I thought I'd emphasize the fact that you are a pain in the..." I think you can finish the rest.
Maybe Matt might like this, I thought. Jun is a real pain in the ass for him. I picked the card up and as I was leaving, I ran into Ken who was checking stuff out at the register.
"Hey Ken! How's it going?" I greeted.
"Um...well, I guess." he said shyly.
"What are you doing here?"
"Me? Oh..." Ken was turning red and I could probably guess why.
"Who's your secret Valentine?" I asked teasingly. Secretly though I thought, If you have any plans on taking Kari from me, I'm gonna kick your butt.
"Well..." Ken obviously wasn't giving me any clues.
"Nice running into you." I said. I went back to searching for Kari's Valentine's Day Card or something that said how I felt about her. "I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane" was playing in the store. I started singing to it as I looked around for the perfect card.
"There are so many times I let you down. So many times I played around. I tell you now they don't mean a thing", I sang. "Every place I go, I'll think of you. Every song I sing, I'll sing for you..."
"When you come back, I'll wear your wedding ring." I heard another familiar voice, much better than mine. Turning around, I saw TJ's brother...and Jun's personal God...Matt Ishida. As it turned out, he was looking for a card as well.
"Are you Jun's secret admirer?" I snuck up from behind. That made Matt jump.
"Davis! What are you doing here?" he asked.
"What do you think? Valentine's Day is tomorrow." I lowered my voice to a whisper. "Did TS get Kari anything yet?"
"It's TK and I don't know what he got her. You'll have to wait 'til tomorrow to find out." Matt said. "And for your first question...no, I'm not Jun's secret admirer. I'm thinking of another girl...a sweet girl living far from me."
"Jun's gonna get jealous", I pointed out.
"Let her get jealous."
I shrugged and smiled. I had a good feeling who Matt was gonna give his Valentine to. I said goodbye and went back in the aisles. Again, I ran into Ken. He held a bouquet of roses in one arm and a box of chocolate in the other.
"Davis! I'm glad to see you. I need an opinion. Which one do you think she'd like better, the roses or chocolates?" he asked me.
"First thing's first: who are you giving them to?" I asked.
"I'm not telling you!"
"That's cause it's Kari, isn't it?!" I accused.
"What?! No! You and TK spend half of your lives arguing over her. Why do I want to get involved?"
"I don't know..." I looked at him suspiciously. "Who else could you like?"
"Kari isn't the only girl in the world, Davis. But you helped me make a decision. I'm buying both of these things and I have something else in mind. See you tomorrow." Ken said with a wave. I stared at him.
Is he telling the truth? Does he really have someone else other than Kari in mind? I thought. Anyway, I still have to find Kari's card!
"Hi, Davis!" Another cheerful yet voice exclaimed. "What's up?"
"Oh...hi, TY", I said nonchalantly.
"Looking for a gift?" he asked.
"What do you think?"
"I'm still trying to find something as well." he said. "I have almost everyone's Valentine except for Yolei's."
"Yeah?" I had forgotten about the rest of my friends. I needed their cards too! "Oh no! Thanks, TL! I just remembered something! Bye bye!"
I left the drug store...never buying Kari's gift.
* * *
I spent that whole night working on my gifts. They weren't the best things in the world but they would have to work. I made sure my spelling and grammar was correct at least five times. Some were small, the others a little longer. Then I began searching through the phone book until I finally found the number. I dialed it and waited for a long time. Someone answered me after five minutes.
"Hello? Singing Valentines? I have a request to make to a girl named Kari Kamiya..."
* * *
Today's Valentine's Day! Breakfast was a little unusual: bread with strawberry jam, strawberry flavored milk, and sugar cookies shaped like hearts with pink icing. I had made the cookies last night and had put special sayings on them. Okay, okay, I didn't make them, my mom did! But I helped! After talking with my family over the red and pink breakfast, I realized I had to be at school. Normally I don't mind being late but today I have to be on time. I grabbed some cookies and headed off to school. If three words could describe how it looked like today, these would be it: red, pink, and white. Girls and boys were walking hand in hand. Some were even holding roses. I took a deep and went in search of Kari. I saw her talking to TU.
"Hi, Kari!" I interrupted them. "Hi, TO!"
"Hey, Davis. Happy Valentine's Day!" Kari greeted me.
Yes! She said something other than 'hi'! I'm on a roll!
"What do you have in plan for today?" TM asked me.
"It's a secret." I said looking at Kari.
"Somehow I have a feeling that secret won't stay secret for long." She sighed.
Ken came in carrying the bouquet of red roses, chocolates, three heart shaped balloons and a lot of cards. I decided to help him.
"Who's all this for?" I tried to grill him again. And it better not be Kari, I thought.
"I thought I said I wouldn't tell you", he said glaring at me.
"I'm curious." I said.
"I thought Izzy was the curious one."
"Come on! It's Valentine's Day!"
"Sorry but you'll have to wait 'til later like everyone else."
Class was going by so slowly today. I kept looking at the clock on the wall. Those Singing Valentine's better be here soon, I thought. I'm gonna want my money back. I looked at all the gifts I was going to give everyone. Finally, the intercom went off.
"Mr. Fujiyama?"
"Yes?" my teacher replied. (Note: Mr. Fujiyama is probably the older kids teacher but let's pretend he teaches younger kids too, okay?)
"Could you please send Davis Motomiya to the office?"
A hush fell in the room as every eye turned to me. I gulped. What had I done wrong?
"Will do. Davis, you heard her."
I nodded and picked up my books. I couldn't have gotten in trouble...I don't remember the last thing I did! I still went to the office.
"Davis, I'm afraid I have some bad news", the principal said.
"You're expelling me, right?" I said anticipating the worst.
"No...I know you asked for The Singing Valentines to come in and sing for Kari Kamiya. Well...they can't make it. They had a flat tire."
"WHAT?!" I jumped out of my chair.
"I'm sorry, Davis. They gave you your money back", he handed me an envelope.
I couldn't believe it. The one thing I wanted to do for Kari...wasn't going to be done. Now she'd never know. Some Valentine's Day! Kari would be getting gifts from everyone...but me. I still had time to make her a little gift though. It would take my entire lunch period but it was worth it. I bet the others would be wondering what I was doing at that time by myself but I couldn't let them see, especially not Kari. No matter how much I cared for her, this would still mean nothing. I should stop before I hurt myself.
Class kept going on forever and I stopped paying attention. Finally came the moment to give everyone their Valentines. I had already snuck one in everyone's locker in the morning when no one was looking. Perhaps I might get something from them too. Of course, I wasn't keeping my hopes up high.
Mr. Fujiyama was still droning on about chemistry when a knock came at our door. He opened it and some people were standing there.
"Hi, we are the Singing Valentines and we have something for a...Davis Motomiya from a secret admirer." One guy said.
I almost fainted hearing that. I had a secret admirer? This better not be a joke.
"Here's the note from the secret admirer", a lady handed me this hand written note.
Dear Davis,
I really, really liked the poem you wrote about me. You wrote really nice things to everyone, even TK. The least I could do was give you a song. I'd like to quote from your poem now...
"I was a fool to fall in love with someone like you.
Someone whom I could never get through to
I wanted to say I loved you...more than you could know
But I'm just a fool. Who'd believe me?
Certainly not you."
Davis, you are not a fool. In fact, I think it's sweet when fools fall in love...
Your secret admirer...
I had good feeling whom this letter was from! The Singing Valentines began to sing "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"
Ooh wah! Ooh wah! Ooh Ooh Ooh wah!
Ooh wah! Ooh wah! Ooh Ooh Ooh wah!
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do birds sing so gay?
Love is the way they make their day
Why do they fall in love?
Why does the rain fall from above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
Love is a losing game and love can't beat the shame
I know. I'm a fool you see
for that fool in me. Tell me why......
Tell me why?
Why do birds sing so gay?
Love is the way they make their day
Why do they fall in love?
Why does the rain fall from above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
Why does my heart skip a crazy beat?
Before I know, it will beat, beat, beat. Tell me why.....
Tell me why....
Why do fools fall in love?
Everyone cheered. I felt really, really happy at that moment. Maybe Kari cared for me after all. I met up with everyone after school to give them their cookies.
"Thanks, Davis", TH said when I handed him his cookie. On it, in white letters, was "THANKS FOR BEING A GOOD FRIEND, TG!"
"Delicious!" Cody exclaimed. His read "YOU'RE TOO COOL FOR WORDS"
"Where's Yolei?" I asked.
Yolei came by holding a million things: flowers, candy, balloons, etc. Ken was with her, holding her hand.
"So that's the girl you like? I thought. At least it's not Kari.
"Thanks for your cookie, Davis!" Yolei yelled. I had put "LOTS OF LOVE FOR A GOOD FRIEND" on hers. Ken had "BEST FRIENDS FOREVER" on his.
"I liked your cookie, Davis", Kari said. I had gone simple with her: "BE MINE."
"I really enjoyed the poem, Davis", TG said. "And for once...you got my name right!"
"It was beautiful", Cody added.
"Never you had talent", Kari finished off. I blushed.
"It was nothing. Kari?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you my secret admirer?"
"What do you think?"
I knew she wasn't going to answer. And she didn't say a word to me for the rest of the time. School was officially over and I was ready to go home. Kari and TD went home together. Then Cody left. I was the only one standing. I got the books I needed for homework that night. As I was about to close the door, a pink note fell out of my locker and I picked it up.
Davis,
Thank you very much. Happy Valentine's Day!
Lots of love for a fool,
Kari
"YAHOO!!!!!!!!!"
By Shadow Catcher (formally Carter Tachikawa)
(I don't know why I was possessed to write this but I was. Maybe it's the spirit of Valentine's Day. It's a 2nd Daikari to this series and the first Daikari I ever wrote. And no, I am not bashing Davis with this song. For those who are wondering, you CAN have a Takari without bashing Davis and you CAN have a Daikari without bashing TK. It is possible^^.Speaking of which, I don't own Digimon or "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" by Frankie Lyman. It's one of my many fluffy Valentine's Day romances. Davis ponders about Kari and wants to show her he cares. Takari fans, don't worry. I'll have another Takari real soon. Well, bye!)
I can't help but think about one girl in particular. I still remember the first day that I saw her. God, she was so beautiful with short, brown hair and pretty brown eyes. I think this was the first time I fell in love with anyone. I'd do anything to make her mine.
But I'm afraid she doesn't like me at all. Anytime I pass her in the hall, she'll just give me a friendly 'hi' and then walk on. I've wanted to have a real conversation with her, not just a 'how are you' or 'what's the answer to number 7?' Maybe I'm trying too hard. Oh well. All I'm hoping is that things change for me on Valentine's Day. I'm hoping that Kari sees me for who I am and she will say more than just a 'hi'.
I walked over to the drug store yesterday to buy her a Valentine's Day card. I found the perfect one for my sister, Jun. I read the front, which had a guy on it:
"Since I love you so much, I decided to get a tattoo of your name", I opened the card and saw that the tattoo was on his butt. "I thought I'd emphasize the fact that you are a pain in the..." I think you can finish the rest.
Maybe Matt might like this, I thought. Jun is a real pain in the ass for him. I picked the card up and as I was leaving, I ran into Ken who was checking stuff out at the register.
"Hey Ken! How's it going?" I greeted.
"Um...well, I guess." he said shyly.
"What are you doing here?"
"Me? Oh..." Ken was turning red and I could probably guess why.
"Who's your secret Valentine?" I asked teasingly. Secretly though I thought, If you have any plans on taking Kari from me, I'm gonna kick your butt.
"Well..." Ken obviously wasn't giving me any clues.
"Nice running into you." I said. I went back to searching for Kari's Valentine's Day Card or something that said how I felt about her. "I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane" was playing in the store. I started singing to it as I looked around for the perfect card.
"There are so many times I let you down. So many times I played around. I tell you now they don't mean a thing", I sang. "Every place I go, I'll think of you. Every song I sing, I'll sing for you..."
"When you come back, I'll wear your wedding ring." I heard another familiar voice, much better than mine. Turning around, I saw TJ's brother...and Jun's personal God...Matt Ishida. As it turned out, he was looking for a card as well.
"Are you Jun's secret admirer?" I snuck up from behind. That made Matt jump.
"Davis! What are you doing here?" he asked.
"What do you think? Valentine's Day is tomorrow." I lowered my voice to a whisper. "Did TS get Kari anything yet?"
"It's TK and I don't know what he got her. You'll have to wait 'til tomorrow to find out." Matt said. "And for your first question...no, I'm not Jun's secret admirer. I'm thinking of another girl...a sweet girl living far from me."
"Jun's gonna get jealous", I pointed out.
"Let her get jealous."
I shrugged and smiled. I had a good feeling who Matt was gonna give his Valentine to. I said goodbye and went back in the aisles. Again, I ran into Ken. He held a bouquet of roses in one arm and a box of chocolate in the other.
"Davis! I'm glad to see you. I need an opinion. Which one do you think she'd like better, the roses or chocolates?" he asked me.
"First thing's first: who are you giving them to?" I asked.
"I'm not telling you!"
"That's cause it's Kari, isn't it?!" I accused.
"What?! No! You and TK spend half of your lives arguing over her. Why do I want to get involved?"
"I don't know..." I looked at him suspiciously. "Who else could you like?"
"Kari isn't the only girl in the world, Davis. But you helped me make a decision. I'm buying both of these things and I have something else in mind. See you tomorrow." Ken said with a wave. I stared at him.
Is he telling the truth? Does he really have someone else other than Kari in mind? I thought. Anyway, I still have to find Kari's card!
"Hi, Davis!" Another cheerful yet voice exclaimed. "What's up?"
"Oh...hi, TY", I said nonchalantly.
"Looking for a gift?" he asked.
"What do you think?"
"I'm still trying to find something as well." he said. "I have almost everyone's Valentine except for Yolei's."
"Yeah?" I had forgotten about the rest of my friends. I needed their cards too! "Oh no! Thanks, TL! I just remembered something! Bye bye!"
I left the drug store...never buying Kari's gift.
* * *
I spent that whole night working on my gifts. They weren't the best things in the world but they would have to work. I made sure my spelling and grammar was correct at least five times. Some were small, the others a little longer. Then I began searching through the phone book until I finally found the number. I dialed it and waited for a long time. Someone answered me after five minutes.
"Hello? Singing Valentines? I have a request to make to a girl named Kari Kamiya..."
* * *
Today's Valentine's Day! Breakfast was a little unusual: bread with strawberry jam, strawberry flavored milk, and sugar cookies shaped like hearts with pink icing. I had made the cookies last night and had put special sayings on them. Okay, okay, I didn't make them, my mom did! But I helped! After talking with my family over the red and pink breakfast, I realized I had to be at school. Normally I don't mind being late but today I have to be on time. I grabbed some cookies and headed off to school. If three words could describe how it looked like today, these would be it: red, pink, and white. Girls and boys were walking hand in hand. Some were even holding roses. I took a deep and went in search of Kari. I saw her talking to TU.
"Hi, Kari!" I interrupted them. "Hi, TO!"
"Hey, Davis. Happy Valentine's Day!" Kari greeted me.
Yes! She said something other than 'hi'! I'm on a roll!
"What do you have in plan for today?" TM asked me.
"It's a secret." I said looking at Kari.
"Somehow I have a feeling that secret won't stay secret for long." She sighed.
Ken came in carrying the bouquet of red roses, chocolates, three heart shaped balloons and a lot of cards. I decided to help him.
"Who's all this for?" I tried to grill him again. And it better not be Kari, I thought.
"I thought I said I wouldn't tell you", he said glaring at me.
"I'm curious." I said.
"I thought Izzy was the curious one."
"Come on! It's Valentine's Day!"
"Sorry but you'll have to wait 'til later like everyone else."
Class was going by so slowly today. I kept looking at the clock on the wall. Those Singing Valentine's better be here soon, I thought. I'm gonna want my money back. I looked at all the gifts I was going to give everyone. Finally, the intercom went off.
"Mr. Fujiyama?"
"Yes?" my teacher replied. (Note: Mr. Fujiyama is probably the older kids teacher but let's pretend he teaches younger kids too, okay?)
"Could you please send Davis Motomiya to the office?"
A hush fell in the room as every eye turned to me. I gulped. What had I done wrong?
"Will do. Davis, you heard her."
I nodded and picked up my books. I couldn't have gotten in trouble...I don't remember the last thing I did! I still went to the office.
"Davis, I'm afraid I have some bad news", the principal said.
"You're expelling me, right?" I said anticipating the worst.
"No...I know you asked for The Singing Valentines to come in and sing for Kari Kamiya. Well...they can't make it. They had a flat tire."
"WHAT?!" I jumped out of my chair.
"I'm sorry, Davis. They gave you your money back", he handed me an envelope.
I couldn't believe it. The one thing I wanted to do for Kari...wasn't going to be done. Now she'd never know. Some Valentine's Day! Kari would be getting gifts from everyone...but me. I still had time to make her a little gift though. It would take my entire lunch period but it was worth it. I bet the others would be wondering what I was doing at that time by myself but I couldn't let them see, especially not Kari. No matter how much I cared for her, this would still mean nothing. I should stop before I hurt myself.
Class kept going on forever and I stopped paying attention. Finally came the moment to give everyone their Valentines. I had already snuck one in everyone's locker in the morning when no one was looking. Perhaps I might get something from them too. Of course, I wasn't keeping my hopes up high.
Mr. Fujiyama was still droning on about chemistry when a knock came at our door. He opened it and some people were standing there.
"Hi, we are the Singing Valentines and we have something for a...Davis Motomiya from a secret admirer." One guy said.
I almost fainted hearing that. I had a secret admirer? This better not be a joke.
"Here's the note from the secret admirer", a lady handed me this hand written note.
Dear Davis,
I really, really liked the poem you wrote about me. You wrote really nice things to everyone, even TK. The least I could do was give you a song. I'd like to quote from your poem now...
"I was a fool to fall in love with someone like you.
Someone whom I could never get through to
I wanted to say I loved you...more than you could know
But I'm just a fool. Who'd believe me?
Certainly not you."
Davis, you are not a fool. In fact, I think it's sweet when fools fall in love...
Your secret admirer...
I had good feeling whom this letter was from! The Singing Valentines began to sing "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?"
Ooh wah! Ooh wah! Ooh Ooh Ooh wah!
Ooh wah! Ooh wah! Ooh Ooh Ooh wah!
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do birds sing so gay?
Love is the way they make their day
Why do they fall in love?
Why does the rain fall from above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
Love is a losing game and love can't beat the shame
I know. I'm a fool you see
for that fool in me. Tell me why......
Tell me why?
Why do birds sing so gay?
Love is the way they make their day
Why do they fall in love?
Why does the rain fall from above?
Why do fools fall in love?
Why do they fall in love?
Why does my heart skip a crazy beat?
Before I know, it will beat, beat, beat. Tell me why.....
Tell me why....
Why do fools fall in love?
Everyone cheered. I felt really, really happy at that moment. Maybe Kari cared for me after all. I met up with everyone after school to give them their cookies.
"Thanks, Davis", TH said when I handed him his cookie. On it, in white letters, was "THANKS FOR BEING A GOOD FRIEND, TG!"
"Delicious!" Cody exclaimed. His read "YOU'RE TOO COOL FOR WORDS"
"Where's Yolei?" I asked.
Yolei came by holding a million things: flowers, candy, balloons, etc. Ken was with her, holding her hand.
"So that's the girl you like? I thought. At least it's not Kari.
"Thanks for your cookie, Davis!" Yolei yelled. I had put "LOTS OF LOVE FOR A GOOD FRIEND" on hers. Ken had "BEST FRIENDS FOREVER" on his.
"I liked your cookie, Davis", Kari said. I had gone simple with her: "BE MINE."
"I really enjoyed the poem, Davis", TG said. "And for once...you got my name right!"
"It was beautiful", Cody added.
"Never you had talent", Kari finished off. I blushed.
"It was nothing. Kari?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you my secret admirer?"
"What do you think?"
I knew she wasn't going to answer. And she didn't say a word to me for the rest of the time. School was officially over and I was ready to go home. Kari and TD went home together. Then Cody left. I was the only one standing. I got the books I needed for homework that night. As I was about to close the door, a pink note fell out of my locker and I picked it up.
Davis,
Thank you very much. Happy Valentine's Day!
Lots of love for a fool,
Kari
"YAHOO!!!!!!!!!"