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Daisuke: Well, it dose have us in it! *Points to Ken with a grin*
Ken: *Even bigger grin* Its so true…hehehe
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Fans of Kensuke: *Nod their heads*
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"Dai...?" Ken asked.
Daisuke turned to his best friend…not dead and not gone forever.
"Ken..." With another sob, Daisuke flung his arms around Miyako and Ken, hugging them as tight as his trembling arms would let him. Ken and Miyako hugged back.
"It's all right Daisuke," Ken said soothingly into Daisuke's ear. "It's over now. Shhh....it's over."
Daisuke shuddered from the crying. He leaned heavily on Miyako as he cried into her shoulder. Ken gave him one more hug before he shrank away out of Daisuke's grasp letting Miyako do the comforting for the time being. Miyako hugged him even closer stroking his soft, rusty hair until he started to calm down. The fever had made Daisuke SO tired that crying was the last straw. Cradled in Miyako's arms, Daisuke fell asleep once again. Feeling the security that one gets from one's mother, Daisuke was calm and relaxed. After all, next to Ken, Miyako was Daisuke's best friend.
Miyako looked to Ken.
"Can you get me the phone?" she asked quietly. Ken smiled.
"Sure." He walked over to the phone and picked it up. "Here," he said as he handed it to her. Without disturbing Daisuke she dialed her number. Her mom answered.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Hi, mom, it's me," Miyako whispered.
"Oh, hi, honey."
"Um...well, I think I'm going to be staying overnight with Daisuke and Kenny because the snow is too deep and its too cold to be walking home in. Is that OK with you?"
Miyako looked down at Daisuke and stroked his cheek lightly with her thumb.
"Oh, Miyako, I don't know about that...with two boys?"
Miyako frowned.
"Mom, its fine! Besides Daisuke's sick and Ken's too busy nursing him to do any thing, LIKE he would in the first place! Plus I like Koushiro remember?"
Miyako blushed when she saw Ken smiling at her over the Koushiro comment.
"Yeah, I guess you're right...fine, but you can't sleep in the same room."
Miyako rolled her eyes.
"Sure, whatever." Miyako continued to stroke Daisuke's olive skin. Daisuke smiled in his sleep.
Miyako snuggled up against Daisuke and moved ever so slightly sinking into the couch so Daisuke was almost lying down.
"All right, mom, I'll most likely see you tomorrow then. Oyasuminasai."
"OK, good night to you too, sweetie." They both hung up the phone. Ken started to do the dishes from lunch.
"So, what movies did you bring?" Ken asked quietly.
Miyako looked up from Daisuke.
"Um, Titanic, Sleepless in Seattle, and Erin Brockovitch." Ken looked up from his dishes.
"What...?" Ken sighed; he hated movies like that. He would rather watch a mystery or an action fic, but not a chick flick! Anything but that! He finished his dishes, walked over to her and sat down. He watched Daisuke breathe in and out in a rhythmic fashion. He reached out and touched Daisuke's soft hair with a sigh. Miyako saw the longing in his eyes.
"How long have you liked Daisuke?" she asked quietly. Ken looked at Miyako with sadness in his eyes.
"How...did you know?"
"It's so clear that you like him, Ken."
Ken could feel the tears trying to get out.
"It's so hard for me," he said, upset. "Why can't I just be normal and like girls?"
Miyako could see the tears brimming in Ken's big indigo eyes. She reached out and cupped Ken's face in her hand.
"Ken, hon, you are normal." Ken grabbed her hand holding it to his cheek.
"It's just so confusing. I'm seventeen! I should be going out with girls and having a good time but instead I'm ogling over my best friend and the two other guys from my soccer team."
Miyako smiled.
"Don't worry Ken-chan. A lot of guys and girls are in this situation right now. They all know what you're going through. You're NOT alone! I promise you."
Ken played with a loose strand of Daisuke's hair and thought about what she had just said. He knew it was true but he still felt like he was wrong. Ken nodded. He moved his hand onto Daisuke's forehead.
"Mmm....." he said with a little enthusiasm. Miyako perked up.
"What?" she asked hopefully.
"His fever seems to have broken," Ken replied. Miyako smiled.
"Good! To tell you the truth, he was scaring me there for a while."
"Yeah, me too," Ken said with a sigh of relief.
Daisuke stirred in his sleep. He'd moved down so he was now laying on Miyako's lap. He reached his hand out and it just so happened to land on Ken's. Daisuke squeezed it incoherently. Ken smiled.
"He's so innocent. At first glance it's hard to think that he's so strong. Without him I might still be the old Ken. I still wouldn't have you… or the others, I wouldn't have...him. That's why I'm so afraid to tell him. He's so good to me, and I can't afford to lose him...you know?"
Miyako punched Ken in the arm.
"Aw, you sentimental bastard!" she giggled and so did Ken, careful not to wake Daisuke up.
Feeling a bit better Ken leaned back in his seat and yawned. For a few minutes Ken and Miyako said nothing, and just enjoyed each other's company. Their silence, on the other hand, was interrupted by a SMACK, on the window. They both turned their heads to see a big snowball sliding down the glass. Ken rolled his eyes and let go of Daisuke's hand to take a look out the window. What he saw was Taichi and Koushiro. Ken laughed as he watched Taichi get a mischievous look on his face before picking Koushiro right off the ground. He began to spin around with Koushiro obviously laughing his ass off. Taichi fell onto the ground and Koushiro landed on top of him. Taichi looked up and spotted Ken standing there watching them. Ken smiled and waved. Koushiro waved back as Tai gave him a nuggie.
"Who is it Ken-kun?" Miyako asked in a whisper. Ken chuckled.
"It's Taichi and Koushiro-san," he stated. Ken jumped back as another snowball collided with the window. He looked down at them again. They were waving him to come out. Ken glanced at Daisuke and Miyako.
"Hey, Miya?" he asked. She looked up.
"Mmm?" she replied in a sleepy tone.
"Would you mind if I went out for 20 minutes or so?" Ken looked at her with a pleading expression.
"No, I don't mind...just don't come back blue this time...OK?" Miyako said.
Ken chuckled as he got on his now dry coat, gloves, hat, and other snow items.
"Thanks!" he said. "I'll just be right outside so if you need me just call me in. OK? Bye!"
"OK, bye, Kenny. Have fun!"
Ken slipped quietly out the door and down the stairs that led out of the apartment building. He opened the door and was struck in the face with a snowball. Ken wiped the snow away with a bitter laugh.
"Ha, Ha, Ha, Tai, very funny! Hilarious in fact!" Taichi was on the ground with laughter.
"Where's Daisuke? I was hoping to peg him as well!"
Koushiro and Tai looked past Ken to see if Daisuke was behind him. Koushiro's smile faded.
"Where is he?" he asked. Ken frowned.
"He's really sick with the Chicken Pox and I'm taking care of him for the time being." Tai got up and stood beside Koushiro.
"Aw, that's too bad."
"Yeah," Ken stated. "But, he's sleeping right now. Miya's with him."
Tai was standing under a huge branch that was bowing over from the three pounds of snow on it. Tai opened his mouth to speak but the snow started to move and Ken saw this and gave Tai an evil glare.
"What?" Tai asked. No sooner did he ask than a huge pile of snow fell on him.
Koushiro burst into laughter alongside Ken as they watched Tai dance around like a baka trying to get all the snow that had fallen down his coat.
"NOT FUNNY!" Taichi cried knowing all to well that it was.
Ken looked up into the sky and watched the snowfall all around him. His mind was too preoccupied to be laughing at Tai for long. A hand startled Ken as it was placed on his shoulder.
"Worried about Dai-chan?" Koushiro asked as if he was stating it more then asking. Ken looked down at his snow covered feet.
"Yeah," he replied in a mellow tone.
"That's not all, is it? There's something else that's bothering you, isn't there?" Koushiro smiled at Ken.
Ken nodded slowly.
By this time Taichi had joined in on the discussion.
"It is Daisuke...it...so...well..." Ken couldn't believe what his body was doing but it seemed that he had no choice. Ken started to cry, unable to hold his tears back any longer. The day had been so long and he was so tired that he just couldn't deal with such a big problem. Ken turned to Koushiro who was starting to feel guilty for bring it up.
Koushiro held out his arms and Ken hastily jumped at the chance for an embrace. He needed one.
Taichi and Koushiro looked at each other exchanging worried looks. Tai put his hand on Ken's head as he cried into Koushiro's coat.
"Ken, what...what is it?" Koushiro asked. Ken sucked in a sharp gasp.
"It's Daisuke. I...I..." Ken took some more short gasps and backed up a little and away from Koushiro, suddenly feeling very strange. He looked very spaced out and then, to Taichi and Koushiro's surprise, he crumbled limply to the ground.
"KEN!"
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MOOhahahahha!!! I'M SO BAD!!! I hope you liked it! It was FUN TO WRITE! A person that reviewed me asked how I get my chps all done so fast. And the answer to that is...I HAVE NO CLUE! Dude, I don't have enough time for ANYTHING! I'm in grade 12 and I work hard! But its just that my stories are VERY important to me. I can say a lot about how I feel in one of my fics…so I write them a lot. Sorta my way of writing a journal. OK, well, the next chp will be up soon! REVIEW! And PLEASE read my others! You should read 'I'm not just some Plaything' and, 'The Beach'; those are some of my best shorter stories. Bye! Moumantai! Oh, and I'll be getting up the last chp of 'Don't cry Juny-chan', so be sure to read it!