Hey, I'm back with chapter six. Yippee. Anyway, before I go any further,
thanks to Clear Skies, Sarah-chan, queenrandom, Nine, and Quantum Weather
Butterfly. Your kind words are really appreciated. It shouldn't be too
much longer before Tai enters the picture, Clear Skies, maybe this chapter,
likely the next one. Still want to know if I was Kou-chan or TK? I'll put
it at the end. And now without further adieu, chapter six. Oh, one more
thing, I just downloaded a bit of evolution from Digimon Frontier (the next
season which I believe is now showing in Japan) and it looks awesome!!! I
love my tamers and my Tai and Koushirou, but this looks great!! Okay, now
on with chapter six…
The two boys arrived at Friday's (I know there aren't Friday's in japan, but I love Friday's at night so that's where they are…) and got a table back in an alcove. After the coats were removed, they sat down and looked over the menus.
"So Koushirou, how long have you liked Tai, if you don't mind me asking."
"I guess that it's been for a good two years now. Ever since our adventures in the digital world."
"Wow. And you've been hurting this whole time?"
"I've been hurting longer, technically."
"What do you mean?" TK asked him, puzzled.
"Well, I've known that I was this way now for many years. I've never wanted to like a girl that way, if you know what I mean."
"I understand. I just can't see how you've kept this inside for so long, Koushirou. I can't imagine the pain you've been through. How come you never said anything before now?"
Koushirou didn't answer right away, taking a second or two to organize his thoughts. "This will likely sound weird, but there are two reasons. One, I decided that the pain I was going through was nothing to what I'd go through if everyone knew. The second one, and this one you probably won't understand is that I felt that I was supposed to suffer for having these feelings." Koushirou looked at TK's face and could see that he didn't understand it. "People have always said that it is wrong to be like this, this way, you know? Everywhere you go, people put gay people down." Koushirou stopped talking as the waitress came up and took a drink order. When she left he started again.
"I guess I bought into the idea that it was wrong and I was feeling bad as a punishment."
TK looked at him with the most caring face in the world. "Kou-chan, it is definitely not wrong, you need to understand that." The waitress set down their beverages and walked away, telling them that she'd be back in a few minutes for their orders. "People are so stupid, you know, if they'd only stop and think for a minute before they opened their mouths, this world would be a much better place."
"That is exactly why I never told anyone before you today and Tentomon a few days ago. I am already enough of a misfit and I don't need another stigma added to me right now."
"Koushirou, you know that none of the DigiDestined would ever let anything happen to you, right?"
"That is what I believe, yes."
"Then you know that you suffered that long needlessly."
"You might be right, but I saw it as penance, not plain suffering."
"You don't see it that way now, do you?"
"No. I've accepted that I am the way am."
"Well, I guess that is a start. Now, let's order," TK said as the waitress came around again.
Their food came out in record time and the chat returned to the issue at hand. "Okay, so what are you going to do about all this, Koushirou?" TK asked with his mouth half full of quesadilla [[yumm!!]]
Koushirou politely waited until he was finished chewing before he answered. "Do about what?"
"Do about you liking Tai, of course."
"Well I can't just walk up to him and say, 'hey Tai, I'm gay and I like you.' I don't think that would go over too great."
"What if it did?"
"Please TK, get real. Life isn't that easy."
"Then I guess we need to think of something, don't we?"
"We?" Koushirou said between bites.
"Oh yeah. I'm going to help you get to the end of all this, just so you know."
"I don't really have a choice in the matter, do I, TK?"
"Hmmm…no, I guess you don't." The rest of their meals was TK spouting off one grand idea after another, and Koushirou shooting them all down, a few times with a huge blush on his face and an exclamation of 'No Way!'. They finished their meals and when the waitress laid their checks on the table Koushirou took them both.
"Hey, what are you doing?" TK asked.
"I'm buying your dinner. It's the least I can do after everything you've done for me today."
"All I did was listen and then make you blush a few times, Koushirou, you don't have to do that."
"Yes, I do. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be right back." Koushirou got up and went to pay, leaving TK to shake his head. He had to get Tai and Koushirou together, somehow, but the million dollar question was 'what chance is it that Taichi Kamiya, soccer star, is gay?'.
Koushirou returned and they bundled up for the return trek home. TK insisted on walking Koushirou all the way to his door and then declined an invitation for a ride home from Mr. Izumi. Koushirou shut the door as he left, feeling good for the first time in ages. His parents noticed it too.
"You look a lot better than you did a while ago, Koushirou. Are you feeling better?" his mom asked him.
"Oh yes. Much better. I guess that being out with TK was what the doctor ordered."
"Well I'm glad to see you are alive again, son," his father told him as Koushirou walked past. "You had a good meal, I hope?"
"Oh yes. Very delicious. Now if you two will excuse me, I have some work to finish up."
"Koushirou, you do know that there is no school tomorrow, right?" his father asked.
"I know," was Koushirou's reply as he walked into his room and shut the door.
"Maybe he has plans tomorrow," Mrs. Izumi told her husband.
"Those kind of plans?"
"He was beaming when he came back in, and he is about that age, dear."
"She better be a nice girl," Mr. Izumi said.
Koushirou sat on the bed and he was smiling. Tentomon hadn't seen a smile from him in ages. "Did you tell TK, Koushirou? You must have because you look better than you have in a long time."
"Yes, I told him, Tentomon. I thought it would be a lot harder and it was as simple as trigonometry."
"Wonderful, Koushirou, now what are you going to do next?"
"Well, I don't know yet. TK gave me quite a few interesting ideas, but most of them include rope or chocolate syrup." Tentomon gave Koushirou the world's biggest questioning look.
"Nevermind, Tentomon. Let's just leave it at 'I don't know' for now." Koushirou opened his books and started his remaining homework in much higher spirits than before. He finished everything at a quarter after ten and decided that it was bed time, since he'd not had a decent night's sleep in many moons. Koushirou slept the sleep of kings, not bothered by a single dream that night.
His sleep was finally interrupted the next morning by the persistent ringing of his cell phone. He turned over in his bed and reached out for the phone. On the fourth ring he picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Koushirou, it's TK, you awake yet?"
"I am now. What time is it?"
"It's a quarter after nine. Now get up."
"Why?"
"I have a plan," TK answered….
This is shorter than I planned on, but I promise that there will be no more boring talk about being gay. I've said my piece as has Koushirou. Now, next time, we'll find what TK's plan is, it can't be good, can it? And we'll see Tai, and hear him talk. Hooray.
Oh, and I was Koushirou, in case you care. Hope you enjoyed it.
energy
The two boys arrived at Friday's (I know there aren't Friday's in japan, but I love Friday's at night so that's where they are…) and got a table back in an alcove. After the coats were removed, they sat down and looked over the menus.
"So Koushirou, how long have you liked Tai, if you don't mind me asking."
"I guess that it's been for a good two years now. Ever since our adventures in the digital world."
"Wow. And you've been hurting this whole time?"
"I've been hurting longer, technically."
"What do you mean?" TK asked him, puzzled.
"Well, I've known that I was this way now for many years. I've never wanted to like a girl that way, if you know what I mean."
"I understand. I just can't see how you've kept this inside for so long, Koushirou. I can't imagine the pain you've been through. How come you never said anything before now?"
Koushirou didn't answer right away, taking a second or two to organize his thoughts. "This will likely sound weird, but there are two reasons. One, I decided that the pain I was going through was nothing to what I'd go through if everyone knew. The second one, and this one you probably won't understand is that I felt that I was supposed to suffer for having these feelings." Koushirou looked at TK's face and could see that he didn't understand it. "People have always said that it is wrong to be like this, this way, you know? Everywhere you go, people put gay people down." Koushirou stopped talking as the waitress came up and took a drink order. When she left he started again.
"I guess I bought into the idea that it was wrong and I was feeling bad as a punishment."
TK looked at him with the most caring face in the world. "Kou-chan, it is definitely not wrong, you need to understand that." The waitress set down their beverages and walked away, telling them that she'd be back in a few minutes for their orders. "People are so stupid, you know, if they'd only stop and think for a minute before they opened their mouths, this world would be a much better place."
"That is exactly why I never told anyone before you today and Tentomon a few days ago. I am already enough of a misfit and I don't need another stigma added to me right now."
"Koushirou, you know that none of the DigiDestined would ever let anything happen to you, right?"
"That is what I believe, yes."
"Then you know that you suffered that long needlessly."
"You might be right, but I saw it as penance, not plain suffering."
"You don't see it that way now, do you?"
"No. I've accepted that I am the way am."
"Well, I guess that is a start. Now, let's order," TK said as the waitress came around again.
Their food came out in record time and the chat returned to the issue at hand. "Okay, so what are you going to do about all this, Koushirou?" TK asked with his mouth half full of quesadilla [[yumm!!]]
Koushirou politely waited until he was finished chewing before he answered. "Do about what?"
"Do about you liking Tai, of course."
"Well I can't just walk up to him and say, 'hey Tai, I'm gay and I like you.' I don't think that would go over too great."
"What if it did?"
"Please TK, get real. Life isn't that easy."
"Then I guess we need to think of something, don't we?"
"We?" Koushirou said between bites.
"Oh yeah. I'm going to help you get to the end of all this, just so you know."
"I don't really have a choice in the matter, do I, TK?"
"Hmmm…no, I guess you don't." The rest of their meals was TK spouting off one grand idea after another, and Koushirou shooting them all down, a few times with a huge blush on his face and an exclamation of 'No Way!'. They finished their meals and when the waitress laid their checks on the table Koushirou took them both.
"Hey, what are you doing?" TK asked.
"I'm buying your dinner. It's the least I can do after everything you've done for me today."
"All I did was listen and then make you blush a few times, Koushirou, you don't have to do that."
"Yes, I do. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be right back." Koushirou got up and went to pay, leaving TK to shake his head. He had to get Tai and Koushirou together, somehow, but the million dollar question was 'what chance is it that Taichi Kamiya, soccer star, is gay?'.
Koushirou returned and they bundled up for the return trek home. TK insisted on walking Koushirou all the way to his door and then declined an invitation for a ride home from Mr. Izumi. Koushirou shut the door as he left, feeling good for the first time in ages. His parents noticed it too.
"You look a lot better than you did a while ago, Koushirou. Are you feeling better?" his mom asked him.
"Oh yes. Much better. I guess that being out with TK was what the doctor ordered."
"Well I'm glad to see you are alive again, son," his father told him as Koushirou walked past. "You had a good meal, I hope?"
"Oh yes. Very delicious. Now if you two will excuse me, I have some work to finish up."
"Koushirou, you do know that there is no school tomorrow, right?" his father asked.
"I know," was Koushirou's reply as he walked into his room and shut the door.
"Maybe he has plans tomorrow," Mrs. Izumi told her husband.
"Those kind of plans?"
"He was beaming when he came back in, and he is about that age, dear."
"She better be a nice girl," Mr. Izumi said.
Koushirou sat on the bed and he was smiling. Tentomon hadn't seen a smile from him in ages. "Did you tell TK, Koushirou? You must have because you look better than you have in a long time."
"Yes, I told him, Tentomon. I thought it would be a lot harder and it was as simple as trigonometry."
"Wonderful, Koushirou, now what are you going to do next?"
"Well, I don't know yet. TK gave me quite a few interesting ideas, but most of them include rope or chocolate syrup." Tentomon gave Koushirou the world's biggest questioning look.
"Nevermind, Tentomon. Let's just leave it at 'I don't know' for now." Koushirou opened his books and started his remaining homework in much higher spirits than before. He finished everything at a quarter after ten and decided that it was bed time, since he'd not had a decent night's sleep in many moons. Koushirou slept the sleep of kings, not bothered by a single dream that night.
His sleep was finally interrupted the next morning by the persistent ringing of his cell phone. He turned over in his bed and reached out for the phone. On the fourth ring he picked it up.
"Hello?"
"Koushirou, it's TK, you awake yet?"
"I am now. What time is it?"
"It's a quarter after nine. Now get up."
"Why?"
"I have a plan," TK answered….
This is shorter than I planned on, but I promise that there will be no more boring talk about being gay. I've said my piece as has Koushirou. Now, next time, we'll find what TK's plan is, it can't be good, can it? And we'll see Tai, and hear him talk. Hooray.
Oh, and I was Koushirou, in case you care. Hope you enjoyed it.
energy