Thanks to those of you who stumbled thru the first chapter with me. I know
it sucked, first chapters always do, unless you're Stephen King or someone
like that (but Black House's first chapter sure did suck tho) anyway, on
with the show.
"Koushirou, wake up Koushirou," a rather buggy voice called to him. "You're having a bad dream." claws tried to gently awaken him. Koushirou sat up in bed with a start.
"Tentomon!" he cried out.
"It's okay, Koushirou, it was a dream."
"I hope so." Koushirou pinched himself to make sure he was awake now. The red mark on his arm and the quick shot of pain was all he needed to know he was.
"What was it about, Koushirou?" Tentomon asked.
"I really don't remember," Koushirou fibbed. "I just remember it was unpleasant." Tentomon gave him the Digimon Eyebrow and dropped the subject. Koushirou rarely lied, and never to him, so this must be something that he wasn't ready to talk about yet.
"Well, whatever it was, it's over now. You might as well get up, Koushirou, your alarm clock will be going off shortly."
"Thanks for waking me Tentomon, I don't know if wanted to see what happened to Tai--I mean anymore of my dream. I didn't say that."
"You didn't say Tai? Yes you did. I heard you very clearly."
"Oh man," Koushirou said as he crawled out of bed.
"You were dreaming about Tai again, Koushirou?"
"What do you mean again, Tentomon?"
"You've called out his name a number of times over the past few months while you were sleeping. They never seemed to be happy calls, either, Koushirou. Was something bad happening to Tai?"
"No, actually. Nothing bad happened to Tai." Koushirou wasn't lying about that, completely. He crawled out of bed wishing that his Digimon slept sounder. He left Tentomon in the bedroom while he took a shower and got ready for school.
"I do hope he is alright," Tentomon said quietly as the sound of the water started leaking from the bathroom. "And I wish that he'd not be so secretive."
Koushirou left for school and was haunted by his dream on the way. Just like before, he was in some sort of situation where either he or Tai died. He called out Tai's name as he died in sorrow, as he never told him how he felt. This time it was a car wreck. Tai was close, in the other seat, but it was too late. It was over. He managed to shake a few of the cobwebs out of his mind by the time he arrived at school.
He managed to go through his classes on autopilot today. He barely remembered a single thing of importance that a teacher told him. After school let out he was approached by Sora as he was gathering his things.
"Hey, Koushirou, what was going on today? You didn't seem like yourself at all."
"Well Sora, I was up during the storm this morning and I guess I am just tired. That's all."
"Are you sure Koushirou? Seriously, if something is bothering you, you can tell me, you know."
"I'm sure. I'm just tired. That's all. Watch now, I'll get a good night's sleep and then I'll be as good as new tomorrow. I promise."
"If you aren't, Koushirou, we're going to have a little chat, if you like it or not, got it?"
"I'll be fine. Just wait and see." Koushirou was smiling at her, trying to prove to herself and himself that he was telling the truth.
"Alright. I'll trust you. Anyway, I came to ask you if you wanted to come and hang out with us today. I think we're going to watch a few flicks and drink some cokes, eat a little pizza, you know, nothing much."
"I don't know Sora, I might go home and take a nap."
"Well, if you change your mind, we'll be over at Tai's place. I guess I'll see you later, Koushirou." Sora started walking away. Koushirou's mind raced. He'd be hanging out with Tai around. With Tai. Well, maybe that nap could wait for a while.
"Wait up Sora, I changed my mind," he called to her as he dashed to her side. He nearly knocked her over in his haste. "Sorry about that," he stammered.
"Sure. I almost get thrown to the ground all the time. No big deal. Come on. We don't want to be late."
"Who is picking the movies out, Sora?"
"I'm not sure, but I think it is Tai and TK." Koushirou groaned at that. "You know what that means, right, Koushirou?"
"Yes I do. It means either shoot-em-up violence if Tai picked them, or cheesy horror if TK picked them. Maybe next time we should pick the movies out." he rolled his eyes as he spoke and Sora laughed at him.
"What would you pick, Koushirou?"
"Well, I don't know. Whatever it would be, it would be better than some of their past picks."
[[A/N: we have banned two friends from ever picking movies for us to watch ever again, much like Tai and TK, they have absolutely no taste. Girl Interrupted. Need I say more? Okay, Soylent Green. There. I'm done now.]]
The two of them reached Tai's place shortly before Tai and TK returned. The whole gang was there, even Joe had put away the books for the afternoon. The two movie boys returned shortly thereafter with a wonderful array of garbage. Of the three selections, only the parody of Night of the Living Dead looked promising [[I love that]].
Places were taken on the couch and chairs, Koushirou practically sitting on top of Sora to sit next to Tai. "What? I like the couch. The chairs get uncomfortable after a while," he said to her, trying not to blush, and failing hard [[us redheads can't hide our emotions very well]]. The first movie was popped in and as the lights dimmed, the sounds of gunfire filled the room. "This was obviously Tai's choice," Koushirou whispered to Sora and they both quietly giggled.
"Quiet, someone's about to die," Tai admonished them, and sure enough, an automatic weapon filled a character with bullets. Tai was pumping his fist and cheering for the good guys, Sora was shaking her head, and Koushirou was busy watching Tai instead of the movie.
"He is wonderful," he thought to himself. "A bundle of something flammable just waiting for a spark," he mused and smiled.
The good guys defeated the evil communist bastards, and Tai cheered as the movie was ending. Pizza was ordered during the break and was hungrily devoured during the second pick, this time TK's. This was actually sort of spooky and more than a few times, Koushirou found himself nearly sitting in Tai's lap when he was scared out of his mind. Koushirou blushed thirty shades of red but thankfully the lights were still out so no one really noticed. "Thank heaven for small favors," he told himself as he moved off of Tai. He didn't watch as much of the movie as he wanted to, half from being afraid, and half for watching Tai.
A short break was taken between numbers two and three, and Koushirou again nearly fought to get his seat back next to Tai. Sora relented, reluctantly, and they settled in to watch the parody. This movie kept them all in stitches throughout. Matt was nearly crying at one point, and Koushirou at another. When it finally ended, they all split up and headed their separate ways.
Koushirou headed home basking in the glow that was Tai. He walked past his mother without even registering her presence. "Koushirou? Are you okay, son?"
He was jolted out of his reveries, "Oh, hello, Mother. I didn't mean to ignore you, I guess I was just wrapped in my thoughts."
"Well, Koushirou, don't get too wrapped up, dinner will be ready in a little while."
"I won't." Koushirou walked on by and closed the door to his room, immediately lost in his thoughts again. "Well, today sure was nice," he said to himself. "I hope I didn't offend Tai by sitting on him during that movie. He sure was engrossed in it, so he might not have even noticed." Koushirou settled onto his bed and lay back with his hands folded behind his head.
"It was nice, but why do I feel this way? I should be attracted to girls, not to Tai. This is so wrong. I don't know why I even bother thinking about it, since he'd never be interested in me, he's Taichi Kamiya, the popular guy, the one that all the girls drool over, just like Sora." Koushirou sat up in a rush and his eyes widened. "She kept trying to sit next to Tai all day, and I kept stealing her seat. Oh wonderful. Now she's likely mad at me since I ruined her chance to get close to Tai, especially during the scary movie."
"Koushirou, I'm sure she's not mad at you," Tentomon replied. Koushirou jumped even higher than when they were at Tai's and the zombie burst through the wall.
"Tentomon! You surprised me."
"I hope I didn't make you download, Koushirou," Tentomon said.
"No, you didn't, but almost. Tentomon, exactly how much of all that did you hear?"
"I heard everything from when your mother told you that dinner would be in a while up to when I surprised you."
"Wonderful. Then I guess you know I like Tai now, right?"
"It would seem so, Koushirou."
"You can't say anything to anyone about that, okay Tentomon?"
"If you say so, Koushirou, but why don't you just tell him?"
"If it were only that easy, Tentomon. Most people don't look too kindly on same-sex relationships, and that is putting it mildly. And besides, he'd never want to be with me."
"Do you know that for sure, Koushirou?"
"No, not definitely, but I'm rather sure. Besides, I can't just walk up to Tai and say that I like him."
"And why not?"
"It just wouldn't be proper."
"That is a horrible excuse, Koushirou."
"I know."
A woman's voice calls from the kitchen, "Dinner is ready, Koushirou."
"Okay Mom, I'm coming." he turned to Tentomon, "I'll think up a better excuse later," and headed for dinner. The Digimon sat there and shook his little buggy head at him.
"Koushirou, wake up Koushirou," a rather buggy voice called to him. "You're having a bad dream." claws tried to gently awaken him. Koushirou sat up in bed with a start.
"Tentomon!" he cried out.
"It's okay, Koushirou, it was a dream."
"I hope so." Koushirou pinched himself to make sure he was awake now. The red mark on his arm and the quick shot of pain was all he needed to know he was.
"What was it about, Koushirou?" Tentomon asked.
"I really don't remember," Koushirou fibbed. "I just remember it was unpleasant." Tentomon gave him the Digimon Eyebrow and dropped the subject. Koushirou rarely lied, and never to him, so this must be something that he wasn't ready to talk about yet.
"Well, whatever it was, it's over now. You might as well get up, Koushirou, your alarm clock will be going off shortly."
"Thanks for waking me Tentomon, I don't know if wanted to see what happened to Tai--I mean anymore of my dream. I didn't say that."
"You didn't say Tai? Yes you did. I heard you very clearly."
"Oh man," Koushirou said as he crawled out of bed.
"You were dreaming about Tai again, Koushirou?"
"What do you mean again, Tentomon?"
"You've called out his name a number of times over the past few months while you were sleeping. They never seemed to be happy calls, either, Koushirou. Was something bad happening to Tai?"
"No, actually. Nothing bad happened to Tai." Koushirou wasn't lying about that, completely. He crawled out of bed wishing that his Digimon slept sounder. He left Tentomon in the bedroom while he took a shower and got ready for school.
"I do hope he is alright," Tentomon said quietly as the sound of the water started leaking from the bathroom. "And I wish that he'd not be so secretive."
Koushirou left for school and was haunted by his dream on the way. Just like before, he was in some sort of situation where either he or Tai died. He called out Tai's name as he died in sorrow, as he never told him how he felt. This time it was a car wreck. Tai was close, in the other seat, but it was too late. It was over. He managed to shake a few of the cobwebs out of his mind by the time he arrived at school.
He managed to go through his classes on autopilot today. He barely remembered a single thing of importance that a teacher told him. After school let out he was approached by Sora as he was gathering his things.
"Hey, Koushirou, what was going on today? You didn't seem like yourself at all."
"Well Sora, I was up during the storm this morning and I guess I am just tired. That's all."
"Are you sure Koushirou? Seriously, if something is bothering you, you can tell me, you know."
"I'm sure. I'm just tired. That's all. Watch now, I'll get a good night's sleep and then I'll be as good as new tomorrow. I promise."
"If you aren't, Koushirou, we're going to have a little chat, if you like it or not, got it?"
"I'll be fine. Just wait and see." Koushirou was smiling at her, trying to prove to herself and himself that he was telling the truth.
"Alright. I'll trust you. Anyway, I came to ask you if you wanted to come and hang out with us today. I think we're going to watch a few flicks and drink some cokes, eat a little pizza, you know, nothing much."
"I don't know Sora, I might go home and take a nap."
"Well, if you change your mind, we'll be over at Tai's place. I guess I'll see you later, Koushirou." Sora started walking away. Koushirou's mind raced. He'd be hanging out with Tai around. With Tai. Well, maybe that nap could wait for a while.
"Wait up Sora, I changed my mind," he called to her as he dashed to her side. He nearly knocked her over in his haste. "Sorry about that," he stammered.
"Sure. I almost get thrown to the ground all the time. No big deal. Come on. We don't want to be late."
"Who is picking the movies out, Sora?"
"I'm not sure, but I think it is Tai and TK." Koushirou groaned at that. "You know what that means, right, Koushirou?"
"Yes I do. It means either shoot-em-up violence if Tai picked them, or cheesy horror if TK picked them. Maybe next time we should pick the movies out." he rolled his eyes as he spoke and Sora laughed at him.
"What would you pick, Koushirou?"
"Well, I don't know. Whatever it would be, it would be better than some of their past picks."
[[A/N: we have banned two friends from ever picking movies for us to watch ever again, much like Tai and TK, they have absolutely no taste. Girl Interrupted. Need I say more? Okay, Soylent Green. There. I'm done now.]]
The two of them reached Tai's place shortly before Tai and TK returned. The whole gang was there, even Joe had put away the books for the afternoon. The two movie boys returned shortly thereafter with a wonderful array of garbage. Of the three selections, only the parody of Night of the Living Dead looked promising [[I love that]].
Places were taken on the couch and chairs, Koushirou practically sitting on top of Sora to sit next to Tai. "What? I like the couch. The chairs get uncomfortable after a while," he said to her, trying not to blush, and failing hard [[us redheads can't hide our emotions very well]]. The first movie was popped in and as the lights dimmed, the sounds of gunfire filled the room. "This was obviously Tai's choice," Koushirou whispered to Sora and they both quietly giggled.
"Quiet, someone's about to die," Tai admonished them, and sure enough, an automatic weapon filled a character with bullets. Tai was pumping his fist and cheering for the good guys, Sora was shaking her head, and Koushirou was busy watching Tai instead of the movie.
"He is wonderful," he thought to himself. "A bundle of something flammable just waiting for a spark," he mused and smiled.
The good guys defeated the evil communist bastards, and Tai cheered as the movie was ending. Pizza was ordered during the break and was hungrily devoured during the second pick, this time TK's. This was actually sort of spooky and more than a few times, Koushirou found himself nearly sitting in Tai's lap when he was scared out of his mind. Koushirou blushed thirty shades of red but thankfully the lights were still out so no one really noticed. "Thank heaven for small favors," he told himself as he moved off of Tai. He didn't watch as much of the movie as he wanted to, half from being afraid, and half for watching Tai.
A short break was taken between numbers two and three, and Koushirou again nearly fought to get his seat back next to Tai. Sora relented, reluctantly, and they settled in to watch the parody. This movie kept them all in stitches throughout. Matt was nearly crying at one point, and Koushirou at another. When it finally ended, they all split up and headed their separate ways.
Koushirou headed home basking in the glow that was Tai. He walked past his mother without even registering her presence. "Koushirou? Are you okay, son?"
He was jolted out of his reveries, "Oh, hello, Mother. I didn't mean to ignore you, I guess I was just wrapped in my thoughts."
"Well, Koushirou, don't get too wrapped up, dinner will be ready in a little while."
"I won't." Koushirou walked on by and closed the door to his room, immediately lost in his thoughts again. "Well, today sure was nice," he said to himself. "I hope I didn't offend Tai by sitting on him during that movie. He sure was engrossed in it, so he might not have even noticed." Koushirou settled onto his bed and lay back with his hands folded behind his head.
"It was nice, but why do I feel this way? I should be attracted to girls, not to Tai. This is so wrong. I don't know why I even bother thinking about it, since he'd never be interested in me, he's Taichi Kamiya, the popular guy, the one that all the girls drool over, just like Sora." Koushirou sat up in a rush and his eyes widened. "She kept trying to sit next to Tai all day, and I kept stealing her seat. Oh wonderful. Now she's likely mad at me since I ruined her chance to get close to Tai, especially during the scary movie."
"Koushirou, I'm sure she's not mad at you," Tentomon replied. Koushirou jumped even higher than when they were at Tai's and the zombie burst through the wall.
"Tentomon! You surprised me."
"I hope I didn't make you download, Koushirou," Tentomon said.
"No, you didn't, but almost. Tentomon, exactly how much of all that did you hear?"
"I heard everything from when your mother told you that dinner would be in a while up to when I surprised you."
"Wonderful. Then I guess you know I like Tai now, right?"
"It would seem so, Koushirou."
"You can't say anything to anyone about that, okay Tentomon?"
"If you say so, Koushirou, but why don't you just tell him?"
"If it were only that easy, Tentomon. Most people don't look too kindly on same-sex relationships, and that is putting it mildly. And besides, he'd never want to be with me."
"Do you know that for sure, Koushirou?"
"No, not definitely, but I'm rather sure. Besides, I can't just walk up to Tai and say that I like him."
"And why not?"
"It just wouldn't be proper."
"That is a horrible excuse, Koushirou."
"I know."
A woman's voice calls from the kitchen, "Dinner is ready, Koushirou."
"Okay Mom, I'm coming." he turned to Tentomon, "I'll think up a better excuse later," and headed for dinner. The Digimon sat there and shook his little buggy head at him.