"Ah, what just happened here?" One of TK's teammates said, looking
at the others in the room in complete disbelief.
"I think we really pissed him off." Alex said and sat down, examining what had just occurred.
"Well no crap, genius. It's quite obvious he's pissed." The speaker, Kevin, put his head in his hands and shook it lightly.
"Did you have any idea? Any idea he was gay?" Alex asked the other boys. They all shook their heads. "Me neither. Oh man.."
"Should we go after him?" Kevin said and looked up, trying to offer a plan.
"Honestly, I think we should give him a little time to settle down," Wes, yet another teammate, said. "I sure don't want to talk to him now. He'd likely kill us all."
Alex was tying is shoes when he spoke up again. "Okay, we wait. But what the hell are we going to say to him when we see him? I don't think a simple 'I'm sorry' is going to work on this."
"I guess we tell him we were wrong to start with, and see where that leads," Kevin told the group, looking hopeful.
"Wait a minute. Who said we were wrong?" Rod stood up and looked at the others like they had plague. "We're surely not wrong. It is gross, it's nasty, and just plain wrong."
"Hold on. Think about what you're saying, Rod. He's been on our team for what? Five years now? What difference does it make?" Alex suddenly got a bad feeling about where the conversation was heading. The others took a subconscious step back, preparing for the butting of two heads. They'd seen this before and it might get ugly. TK was a balancing force that kept them on good terms.
"Well, let me see. He's a big flaming homo, for one. For another, how long has he hung out with us? Sleep over with us? And the worst, showered with us? Are you too blind to see the problem here, Alex?" Rod spat the words out like battery acid.
"The answer to your questions are five years, five years, and five years. Has he ever done anything in that time? No, I didn't think so." Alex was getting red-faced, his fight-or-flight mechanism kicking in, and he wasn't running anywhere.
"So? What's your point? He's still a fag."
"My point, Rod, is that you are a big fat piece of shit." Alex stood tall, trying to goad him on a bit further.
Rod looked like he was about to try and say something witty when the door to the locker room was thrown open and nearly off the hinges. All the boys turned to see a rather irritated Coach storm into the locker room.
"Would somebody tell me what just went on in here?" He stood with his hands planted on his hips and the boys knew that he didn't really ask them a question, it was a politely worded demand. "I am out collecting the equipment and I see Takaishi running out of the gym, bawling his eyes out." If it were possible, he got even madder. His only answer was absolute silence.
The boys' minds were all flashing the same thought right then "Ooooooh shit!"
"Today?" He bellowed, a vein pulsing above his left eye. The story finally began to flow once the boys decided that they might die if they didn't tell him.
"I can't believe you all did that," Coach said once he'd heard the story. "Why are you just sitting here? You'd best go find him and fix this."
"I'm not playing on the same team as him, Coach. He's a fag." Rod was trying to look as indignant as possible, crossing his arms across his chest and shaking his head negatively.
"Well, then," Coach said, turning to face him, "leave your jersey here and get the hell out." the other boys looked at Coach and then at Rod. "Go on, leave. And the rest of you had better settle this out quick."
Rod eventually closed his mouth and tossed his jersey on the floor and stormed out. Once he was gone, Coach turned back to the others.
"And why are you still sitting here? You have something to do, right?" The others grabbed their stuff and flew out of the locker room at nearly the speed of light.
Meanwhile, back at the Izumi's..
Mara was sitting on the couch, feeling her hand sting just slightly. Okay, note to self- don't hit hard wooden furniture anymore. She glanced at the clock for the seemingly hundredth time. Where are they? Same day delivery my -- Mara looked up as the doorbell rang, interrupting her thought. It's about time She rose and went to the door. Upon opening it, she saw two scrawny guys with a dresser in the hallway behind them.
"Ah, Mrs. Izumi?" One of them said after checking a slip of paper on the dresser.
"Yes, that's me. I was beginning to wonder if you guys were going to make it or not."
"Well, Nick here sort of got lost, and he wouldn't stop and ask directions."
"Sure. Anyway, come on in. put it by the other one in the back bedroom." Mara stepped back and shut the door after the two men heaved and howed the dresser through the doorway. She shook her head at their ineptitude and smiled. She followed behind them as they made their way past her bedroom.
"Uh, right over there, Mrs. Izumi?" one of the men asked her.
"Yes," she said sweetly. No, moron, put it next to the *other* dresser in here.
The two of them eventually got it into the slot and wiped their brows, glistening with sweat. "Well, enjoy it," the men told her on the way out. She shut the door behind them and leaned against it.
Why are so many men idiots? Knowing there was no good answer to her question she set off back to the bedroom and began putting Tai's clothes in the new drawers. How many pairs of soccer ball underwear does one boy need? Sheesh That done, she stood up and made her way back into the kitchen to fix a snack. The View was almost on and Mara never missed that unless there was a dire emergency.
Aha! Now back to Kouchan and Taichi-----------
The two boys walked down the street, pulling their coats close against the wind. Thankfully it wasn't anywhere near as cold as last night, but it was still quite chilly. Most of the way back they talked about everything except what happened the night before. They discussed everything from TK's game to the Christmas party that was rapidly approaching.
"So, do you want to go on and let everyone know at the party?" Koushirou asked his boyfriend, stepping a little closer.
"I guess we could. I'm sure that it won't be a secret much longer anyway. I'd rather they hear it from us than from someone else, you know?"
"Tai, do you think that they will take it well?" Koushirou wrapped an arm around Tai when he asked.
"Well, compared to last night, anything is considered well. Besides, they have to right? We're the DigiDestined. We stick together." Tai wrapped an arm back around Koushirou, hoping he sounded a lot more confident than he felt. Koushirou smiled at him and Tai figured he had succeeded.
A few minutes later they finally made it back to the Izumi's apartment. Koushirou turned the knob and the two of them stepped inside to the warmth.
"Hey boys," Mara called from the couch, too engrossed by Star Jones' witty remarks to really pay them much attention.
"Hello Mum," Koushirou said as he and Tai hung their coats and took off their shoes.
"Hi, Mrs. Izumi," Tai told her, "having a good day so far?"
"Oh sure. I had a bit of running to do this morning, but now I'm relaxing. I bet you boys are hungry, huh?"
"Well, now that you mention it, yeah," her son told her.
"There's the kitchen," Mara said, pointing. She laughed as she saw their faces. "I'm kidding. I'm hungry too. How about some sandwiches?"
"That would be great," Tai said as he patted his stomach.
"Alright then. You guys settle in and I'll get some." Mara got to her feet and made her way to the kitchen while the boys headed back to Koushirou's room so he could check his email.
"I know I've said this before, Koushirou, but your mum is odd."
"Oh yeah. I know." As they entered the room, Koushirou instantly noticed the change. Tai was a bit slower on the uptake, but did realize it once Koushirou pointed it out to him.
"Uh, that's new," Tai said.
"Yeah." Koushirou reached out to a drawer and pulled it open to reveal Tai's underwear.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Tai exclaimed and picked them up. He opened the other drawers and saw the rest of his clothes. "What the heck?" He and Koushirou shared a thought and both started back to the kitchen.
"Mum? Why are Tai's clothes in a new dresser in my room?"
"Oh. I went over to Tai's today and picked them up." Mara said this as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"You did?" Koushirou was looking a bit frightened. "Really?"
"Sure. I knocked on the door and his mum opened it." Koushirou and Tai were bracing for what they were expecting to hear. "I walked right past her and then asked your sister where your bedroom was. She's such a nice girl, Tai. It's hard to believe she's your mum's daughter. Anyway, I put your clothes in suitcases and walked back out."
"That's it? I was expecting more from you, Mum."
"Well, I did sort of threaten her with severe bodily harm if she ever tries anything like that again. It was really funny, Taichi. She was standing there with her mouth opening and closing like a fish." Mara was grinning as she mixed up tuna fish for the sandwiches.
"So, did she say anything at all?" Tai asked her, trying to imagine his mother reacting to a strange lady packing his clothes up.
"I really wasn't paying her all that much attention. She did say excuse me once, so I asked her if she farted." Mara started spooning tuna fish out onto bread while the boys cracked up into hysterics. "Here you go, Tai," she said, handing his a plate with two sandwiches.
"So I guess you weren't kidding when you said that Tai could stay here for as long as he needs to, huh?"
"Of course. I couldn't live with myself if I let you go home to that, Taichi," she said as she handed Koushirou his plate of sandwiches with the crust cut off.
"Thank you so much, Mrs. Izumi," Tai said as he hugged her.
"No problem, Taichi. Now we just have to set a few ground rules." The two boys looked at her with large question marks in their eyes. "They're simple, really." Mara picked up her own plate and headed back out into the living room. The two followed her like little puppies.
"Okay, here we go," Mara said as she plopped in the extra comfy chair and Tai and Koushirou sat on the couch. "Rule number one. Rule number one is quite simple. Under no circumstances are you to call me 'Mrs. Izumi' anymore. It makes me feel old. Mara will do fine, or anything for that matter, just not 'Mrs. Izumi.'"
"Okay, I think I can live with that, Mrs.- I mean Mara." Tai said, almost calling her 'Mrs. Izumi'.
"Alright, rule two. Rule two is as follows. Under no circumstances are the two of you to wake either myself or Luke at night." The boys looked at her, again with question marks. "It's within the rules for the two of us to wake you two up, but not the other way around." Mara took a deep bite of sandwich and watched as the realisation of what she meant dawned on her son and then Tai. Koushirou's face shot as red as his hair and his jaw dropped open. Tai's eyes widened and he grinned, also turning red.
"Mum!!" Koushirou said once he found his voice. "I can't believe you said that!"
"I just want to be sure that I covered the bases."
"Just so you know, Mara, Koushirou and I are barely playing ball, so there aren't many 'bases' to cover." Tai pulled Koushirou a bit closer while Mara smiled at the two of them.
"Well, I guess that's a good thing. That still gives us a chance to give Koushirou 'The Talk."
"Mum, I hardly think I need to have 'The Talk'"
"Of course you do, dear. It's in the contract. All parents have to give their children 'The Talk' and suffer through it. Although this one will be a little different than the one your father and I got," Mara said.
"Really, Mum, I'll be fine."
"Oh no, I have been waiting for your father to do this for years now. I'm going to sit back and eat popcorn and watch the festivities."
"You're evil, you know?" Tai asked her and Mara only grinned at him.
Alright, alright. I know I took forever getting this out, but it's been a long two weeks. I apologize profusely. I've taken a bit of time to actually read stories on FFN for a change. I'll get back to my regular schedule of updates in the near future, I promise. Let's see. in the next installment of ARW, we'll see: TK's team attempting to settle things with him. That ought to be interesting. I foresee mucho Iori cuteness in that chapter.. And maybe in the next (but by 28 for sure) the Christmas party!!! You know what that means, right? Dancing!!! Any ideas as what Koushirou and Tai's song should be? I already have a great one, but maybe you can give me a better song. And, should I have Luke give Koushirou "The Talk"??? It might be funny, but I don't know if I can write from the point of an oblivious person for that long.
Now, we have energy's plug section. These are the stories that have been keeping me away from writing for the last week.
When I Balance Again by Nine Perfect Hazzard by Black The Rabbit Games also by Black And if you want sweetness covered in more sweetness, check out anything by Yaegashi Yoshiki (I love Takori!! Also the phat Leekato he wrote)
Oh, and just for your information, the Coach didn't tell the kids to find TK just so he could win. I didn't make that very clear in the story, but it wasn't because of that. He just couldn't believe what they said.
Okay, nuff with the plugs and everything. I've got to get some sleep now, big day of partying ahead of me. Rum runners all day long..yummmmm.
energy
"I think we really pissed him off." Alex said and sat down, examining what had just occurred.
"Well no crap, genius. It's quite obvious he's pissed." The speaker, Kevin, put his head in his hands and shook it lightly.
"Did you have any idea? Any idea he was gay?" Alex asked the other boys. They all shook their heads. "Me neither. Oh man.."
"Should we go after him?" Kevin said and looked up, trying to offer a plan.
"Honestly, I think we should give him a little time to settle down," Wes, yet another teammate, said. "I sure don't want to talk to him now. He'd likely kill us all."
Alex was tying is shoes when he spoke up again. "Okay, we wait. But what the hell are we going to say to him when we see him? I don't think a simple 'I'm sorry' is going to work on this."
"I guess we tell him we were wrong to start with, and see where that leads," Kevin told the group, looking hopeful.
"Wait a minute. Who said we were wrong?" Rod stood up and looked at the others like they had plague. "We're surely not wrong. It is gross, it's nasty, and just plain wrong."
"Hold on. Think about what you're saying, Rod. He's been on our team for what? Five years now? What difference does it make?" Alex suddenly got a bad feeling about where the conversation was heading. The others took a subconscious step back, preparing for the butting of two heads. They'd seen this before and it might get ugly. TK was a balancing force that kept them on good terms.
"Well, let me see. He's a big flaming homo, for one. For another, how long has he hung out with us? Sleep over with us? And the worst, showered with us? Are you too blind to see the problem here, Alex?" Rod spat the words out like battery acid.
"The answer to your questions are five years, five years, and five years. Has he ever done anything in that time? No, I didn't think so." Alex was getting red-faced, his fight-or-flight mechanism kicking in, and he wasn't running anywhere.
"So? What's your point? He's still a fag."
"My point, Rod, is that you are a big fat piece of shit." Alex stood tall, trying to goad him on a bit further.
Rod looked like he was about to try and say something witty when the door to the locker room was thrown open and nearly off the hinges. All the boys turned to see a rather irritated Coach storm into the locker room.
"Would somebody tell me what just went on in here?" He stood with his hands planted on his hips and the boys knew that he didn't really ask them a question, it was a politely worded demand. "I am out collecting the equipment and I see Takaishi running out of the gym, bawling his eyes out." If it were possible, he got even madder. His only answer was absolute silence.
The boys' minds were all flashing the same thought right then "Ooooooh shit!"
"Today?" He bellowed, a vein pulsing above his left eye. The story finally began to flow once the boys decided that they might die if they didn't tell him.
"I can't believe you all did that," Coach said once he'd heard the story. "Why are you just sitting here? You'd best go find him and fix this."
"I'm not playing on the same team as him, Coach. He's a fag." Rod was trying to look as indignant as possible, crossing his arms across his chest and shaking his head negatively.
"Well, then," Coach said, turning to face him, "leave your jersey here and get the hell out." the other boys looked at Coach and then at Rod. "Go on, leave. And the rest of you had better settle this out quick."
Rod eventually closed his mouth and tossed his jersey on the floor and stormed out. Once he was gone, Coach turned back to the others.
"And why are you still sitting here? You have something to do, right?" The others grabbed their stuff and flew out of the locker room at nearly the speed of light.
Meanwhile, back at the Izumi's..
Mara was sitting on the couch, feeling her hand sting just slightly. Okay, note to self- don't hit hard wooden furniture anymore. She glanced at the clock for the seemingly hundredth time. Where are they? Same day delivery my -- Mara looked up as the doorbell rang, interrupting her thought. It's about time She rose and went to the door. Upon opening it, she saw two scrawny guys with a dresser in the hallway behind them.
"Ah, Mrs. Izumi?" One of them said after checking a slip of paper on the dresser.
"Yes, that's me. I was beginning to wonder if you guys were going to make it or not."
"Well, Nick here sort of got lost, and he wouldn't stop and ask directions."
"Sure. Anyway, come on in. put it by the other one in the back bedroom." Mara stepped back and shut the door after the two men heaved and howed the dresser through the doorway. She shook her head at their ineptitude and smiled. She followed behind them as they made their way past her bedroom.
"Uh, right over there, Mrs. Izumi?" one of the men asked her.
"Yes," she said sweetly. No, moron, put it next to the *other* dresser in here.
The two of them eventually got it into the slot and wiped their brows, glistening with sweat. "Well, enjoy it," the men told her on the way out. She shut the door behind them and leaned against it.
Why are so many men idiots? Knowing there was no good answer to her question she set off back to the bedroom and began putting Tai's clothes in the new drawers. How many pairs of soccer ball underwear does one boy need? Sheesh That done, she stood up and made her way back into the kitchen to fix a snack. The View was almost on and Mara never missed that unless there was a dire emergency.
Aha! Now back to Kouchan and Taichi-----------
The two boys walked down the street, pulling their coats close against the wind. Thankfully it wasn't anywhere near as cold as last night, but it was still quite chilly. Most of the way back they talked about everything except what happened the night before. They discussed everything from TK's game to the Christmas party that was rapidly approaching.
"So, do you want to go on and let everyone know at the party?" Koushirou asked his boyfriend, stepping a little closer.
"I guess we could. I'm sure that it won't be a secret much longer anyway. I'd rather they hear it from us than from someone else, you know?"
"Tai, do you think that they will take it well?" Koushirou wrapped an arm around Tai when he asked.
"Well, compared to last night, anything is considered well. Besides, they have to right? We're the DigiDestined. We stick together." Tai wrapped an arm back around Koushirou, hoping he sounded a lot more confident than he felt. Koushirou smiled at him and Tai figured he had succeeded.
A few minutes later they finally made it back to the Izumi's apartment. Koushirou turned the knob and the two of them stepped inside to the warmth.
"Hey boys," Mara called from the couch, too engrossed by Star Jones' witty remarks to really pay them much attention.
"Hello Mum," Koushirou said as he and Tai hung their coats and took off their shoes.
"Hi, Mrs. Izumi," Tai told her, "having a good day so far?"
"Oh sure. I had a bit of running to do this morning, but now I'm relaxing. I bet you boys are hungry, huh?"
"Well, now that you mention it, yeah," her son told her.
"There's the kitchen," Mara said, pointing. She laughed as she saw their faces. "I'm kidding. I'm hungry too. How about some sandwiches?"
"That would be great," Tai said as he patted his stomach.
"Alright then. You guys settle in and I'll get some." Mara got to her feet and made her way to the kitchen while the boys headed back to Koushirou's room so he could check his email.
"I know I've said this before, Koushirou, but your mum is odd."
"Oh yeah. I know." As they entered the room, Koushirou instantly noticed the change. Tai was a bit slower on the uptake, but did realize it once Koushirou pointed it out to him.
"Uh, that's new," Tai said.
"Yeah." Koushirou reached out to a drawer and pulled it open to reveal Tai's underwear.
"Hey! Those are mine!" Tai exclaimed and picked them up. He opened the other drawers and saw the rest of his clothes. "What the heck?" He and Koushirou shared a thought and both started back to the kitchen.
"Mum? Why are Tai's clothes in a new dresser in my room?"
"Oh. I went over to Tai's today and picked them up." Mara said this as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"You did?" Koushirou was looking a bit frightened. "Really?"
"Sure. I knocked on the door and his mum opened it." Koushirou and Tai were bracing for what they were expecting to hear. "I walked right past her and then asked your sister where your bedroom was. She's such a nice girl, Tai. It's hard to believe she's your mum's daughter. Anyway, I put your clothes in suitcases and walked back out."
"That's it? I was expecting more from you, Mum."
"Well, I did sort of threaten her with severe bodily harm if she ever tries anything like that again. It was really funny, Taichi. She was standing there with her mouth opening and closing like a fish." Mara was grinning as she mixed up tuna fish for the sandwiches.
"So, did she say anything at all?" Tai asked her, trying to imagine his mother reacting to a strange lady packing his clothes up.
"I really wasn't paying her all that much attention. She did say excuse me once, so I asked her if she farted." Mara started spooning tuna fish out onto bread while the boys cracked up into hysterics. "Here you go, Tai," she said, handing his a plate with two sandwiches.
"So I guess you weren't kidding when you said that Tai could stay here for as long as he needs to, huh?"
"Of course. I couldn't live with myself if I let you go home to that, Taichi," she said as she handed Koushirou his plate of sandwiches with the crust cut off.
"Thank you so much, Mrs. Izumi," Tai said as he hugged her.
"No problem, Taichi. Now we just have to set a few ground rules." The two boys looked at her with large question marks in their eyes. "They're simple, really." Mara picked up her own plate and headed back out into the living room. The two followed her like little puppies.
"Okay, here we go," Mara said as she plopped in the extra comfy chair and Tai and Koushirou sat on the couch. "Rule number one. Rule number one is quite simple. Under no circumstances are you to call me 'Mrs. Izumi' anymore. It makes me feel old. Mara will do fine, or anything for that matter, just not 'Mrs. Izumi.'"
"Okay, I think I can live with that, Mrs.- I mean Mara." Tai said, almost calling her 'Mrs. Izumi'.
"Alright, rule two. Rule two is as follows. Under no circumstances are the two of you to wake either myself or Luke at night." The boys looked at her, again with question marks. "It's within the rules for the two of us to wake you two up, but not the other way around." Mara took a deep bite of sandwich and watched as the realisation of what she meant dawned on her son and then Tai. Koushirou's face shot as red as his hair and his jaw dropped open. Tai's eyes widened and he grinned, also turning red.
"Mum!!" Koushirou said once he found his voice. "I can't believe you said that!"
"I just want to be sure that I covered the bases."
"Just so you know, Mara, Koushirou and I are barely playing ball, so there aren't many 'bases' to cover." Tai pulled Koushirou a bit closer while Mara smiled at the two of them.
"Well, I guess that's a good thing. That still gives us a chance to give Koushirou 'The Talk."
"Mum, I hardly think I need to have 'The Talk'"
"Of course you do, dear. It's in the contract. All parents have to give their children 'The Talk' and suffer through it. Although this one will be a little different than the one your father and I got," Mara said.
"Really, Mum, I'll be fine."
"Oh no, I have been waiting for your father to do this for years now. I'm going to sit back and eat popcorn and watch the festivities."
"You're evil, you know?" Tai asked her and Mara only grinned at him.
Alright, alright. I know I took forever getting this out, but it's been a long two weeks. I apologize profusely. I've taken a bit of time to actually read stories on FFN for a change. I'll get back to my regular schedule of updates in the near future, I promise. Let's see. in the next installment of ARW, we'll see: TK's team attempting to settle things with him. That ought to be interesting. I foresee mucho Iori cuteness in that chapter.. And maybe in the next (but by 28 for sure) the Christmas party!!! You know what that means, right? Dancing!!! Any ideas as what Koushirou and Tai's song should be? I already have a great one, but maybe you can give me a better song. And, should I have Luke give Koushirou "The Talk"??? It might be funny, but I don't know if I can write from the point of an oblivious person for that long.
Now, we have energy's plug section. These are the stories that have been keeping me away from writing for the last week.
When I Balance Again by Nine Perfect Hazzard by Black The Rabbit Games also by Black And if you want sweetness covered in more sweetness, check out anything by Yaegashi Yoshiki (I love Takori!! Also the phat Leekato he wrote)
Oh, and just for your information, the Coach didn't tell the kids to find TK just so he could win. I didn't make that very clear in the story, but it wasn't because of that. He just couldn't believe what they said.
Okay, nuff with the plugs and everything. I've got to get some sleep now, big day of partying ahead of me. Rum runners all day long..yummmmm.
energy