A/N: I'm really getting into this fic, aren't I...oh, boy. It is a heck of a lot of fun to write, though. And if you haven't heard "Cats on Mars" by Yoko Kanno yet, and you like slightly annoying songs to sing along to while annoying your friends, family, or people you don't know, then I recommend it. The darned song is so addictive.

Disclaimer: Don't own Digimon or Cats on Mars, the song belongs to Yoko Kanno.

Cats on Mars

Ken's pencil rolled on the floor until it reached TK's foot. TK stared nervously into his friend's eyes, searching for any sign of hatred, but it was as if Ken was hiding his emotions. He remained motionless for awhile, but then he closed his eyes and broke into the widest smile he'd ever seen.

"So you finally admit it?"

TK fell out of his chair and onto the floor. A few kids turned in their seats to laugh at him but then he climbed back onto his chair and they turned around.

"What?!" the blonde whispered fiercely.

"I already sort of had an idea," Ken explained, grinning. "Yesterday at your house...well, it was more than a little obvious after you reacted to my statement. I hadn't known before that, though. I was just teasing you. I'd seen you look at Dai, but...I didn't know I was right."

TK cringed. So Ken hadn't really known? Well, he'd blown it.

"Uh, so you aren't grossed out or anything?"

"Why should I be? Have you forgotten we already have two gay friends who are more than willing to show it off to the whole world?"

"Oh yeah, Tai and Matt. I forgot about them."

Ken smirked. "So what are we going to do about this crush?"

"We aren't going to do anything," TK said, narrowing his eyes at Ken, who was now smiling mischievously. "Right?"

"I don't know, it would be fun..."

"It's *my* love life."

"Well, you didn't tell me earlier that you have been crushing on our best friend. Don't you owe me something for that?"

"No! It's my decision who I tell about anything that has to do with me."

"Okay, okay, I won't try and get you guys together."

TK smiled contentedly and lifted Ken's pencil. He tossed it onto Ken's desk and Ken brought his hand down on it so it wouldn't roll off the other end.

"But I think you should," Ken added as an afterthought.

"Should what?"


"What else? Tell him how you feel."

"Are you completely bonkers, Ken? In case you haven't noticed, our dear friend Daisuke is head-over-heels in love with Queen Bitch of the World."

"I like that word, bonkers."

TK stared at him in exasperation and Ken laughed and patted his head.

"Alright, you can do what you want to with your love life. But I still think you should mention it to him. Who knows? Maybe he flirts with Kari to conceal his hidden feelings for you."

TK rolled his eyes. "Dai isn't the type of guy to take crap from people he doesn't care for, so why would he take so much from Kari if he wasn't blind enough to still like her?"

"Because he's plotting a great revenge on her and is letting her treat him horribly until he can wreak havoc upon her life?"

"Yeah, I wish."

~ ~ ~ ~

Daisuke bounced in his seat at the lunch table, grinning widely. TK and Ken stared warily at the open and empty packages of sweets littered around Dai's lunch plate and then looked at each other in concern. Daisuke had gotten a hold of some sugar, again.

He brought out a small radio that he had stolen from Biology and set it upon the lunch table, then he got a CD out of his CD player and slipped it into the one on the radio.

Instantly, "Cats on Mars" came out, and everyone groaned.

"He had to put the most annoying song on that CD on during lunch for everyone to hear," Sora said, grinning.

Tai laughed and bounced in his seat. "I like this song!"

Matt groaned and rested his chin in his hand. "I know, oh boy, do I know."

Soon, the catchy tune of the song made them all bob their heads to the beat. Everyone except Hikari was now dancing in their seats at the lunch table, singing the song as best as they could.

Hikari grumbled and said loudly enough for all of them to hear her over the music, "That has to be the most annoying, stupid song I have ever heard."

"We know, that's why we like it," Matt answered her, grinning.

"One of our favorite hobbies is annoying people," Daisuke explained.

Mimi giggled. "Is there anything better to do?"

Kari rolled her eyes. She began to eat again but a piece of mashed potatoes hit her on the forehead. She shrieked and stood up, glaring around the table. "Who did that?"

They were all to busy laughing to answer her, so she stalked off to the bathroom. Miyako followed her, laughing.

Everyone high-fived Koushirou, who held the spoon he had flicked the mashed potatoes with hidden behind his laptop, and Mimi slid him a five-dollar bill, grumbling, "I didn't think he'd do it."

~ ~ ~ ~

As they walked home from school, TK and Ken were talking and laughing about Kari getting hit with the mashed potatoes.

"The look on her face, priceless!" TK said joyfully.

"I know," Ken agreed, holding his stomach.

Daisuke pouted. "It was kind of mean. I mean, we all just laughed at her."

TK and Ken stared at him. "She totally deserved it, Dai. She was being downright rude."

"Well, it is an annoying song," Dai said slowly, rubbing his arm.

TK groaned and shook his head. "No, don't do that. Don't sympathize with her, Dai. You love that song, I know you do." He sighed and shook his head. "Why do you like her so much?"

Dai stared at TK for awhile, then looked at the ground. "I don't know," he replied, and looked away from them.

TK stared at him sadly and turned away as well. Ken looked at them both and frowned. He shook his head, wondering to himself why Daisuke bothered to stick up for Kari when all she did was put him down. He was hopeless.

He turned to TK. "Can I go to your house? I want to talk to you."

"Yeah, sure," TK replied, smiling slightly. They walked with Dai to his apartment and then went to TK's apartment.

~ ~ ~ ~

"So, what do you like most about him?"

TK thought for awhile, munching on chocolate chip cookies that his mother had made for them. "I don't know, I can't really pinpoint what it is. He's so carefree, you know? He's got this aura around him that sets you at ease, like you could talk to him about anything and be totally comfortable about it."

"So then why don't you tell him you like him?"

"That's different. That's the kind of thing that might destroy that ease that I feel around him, and I don't want that to happen," TK responded, staring at the pillow he was hugging.

Ken sighed and leaned back against the wall. "If you keep it to yourself, you'll always wonder 'what if', and you'll regret not telling him sooner."

"Oh, I will tell him someday, but not yet. I'm not ready yet."

They sat in silence for awhile, and then TK grinned. "I also love his body. He's got a great build, and his skin is the perfect tan." He giggled and hugged his pillow tighter, and Ken laughed, bonking him with another pillow.

"I bet his hair is soft," TK added, his eyes softening.

Ken smirked. "What gives you that idea?"

"I don't know. I just always imagined it to be."

Ken thought for awhile, and then shrugged. "It could be, I guess. It's just always so spiky. You'd have to touch his hair before he puts any gel on it or anything."

TK blushed. "You mean like when he wakes up in the morning?"

Ken laughed. "Is that all you think about?"

TK grinned mischievously. "No. I also wonder what he would make me cook for our breakfast the morning after."

Ken bonked him with the pillow again, laughing. "You are a bad boy."

"Yes, I am. And it's fun."

"I know."

~ ~ ~ ~

The Digidestined all gathered in front of Koushirou's computer, the way they did every Friday afternoon, waiting for their Digimon to come through.

Pretty soon, all of the Digimon had made it through the Digiport and they all thanked Gennai.

"Make sure that you have them back over here before midnight on Sunday," Gennai reminded him, for once remembering his own rules.

"Okay, I will." Koushirou closed his laptop and grinned at Tentomon. "Miss me, buddy?"


Tentomon hugged him. "I bet you missed me more, though."

Daisuke put Veemon on his shoulders and laughed, grinning up at him. "Hey, buddy. Now we can go get ice cream together again!"

"Yay!" Veemon answered, throwing his arms up into the air.

Kari and Gatomon rolled their eyes and Kari walked out of the room with her, Miyako and Hawkmon quickly following.

Daisuke and Veemon began singing "Cats on Mars", and everyone joined in as they all made their way to the ice cream shop for their first get-together of the weekend.

~ ~ ~ ~

A/N: That was so fun to write. Again, I'm sorry to all Kari/Gatomon/Miyako/Hawkmon lovers out there, but this fic needs someone as the bad guy (er, girl), and it works with the fic. You'll see later on. Anyways, thanks everyone that has read this fic so far.

In the next chapter:

1. Ice cream madness

2. TK and Patamon in dresses (of course, Ken's doing)

3. Tai, Matt, Dai, and Koushirou groove!

4. Koushirou repeats a classic Kou-quote from the series...I couldn't help myself.

See you all in the next chapter!