Comes the Rain
By: nightmaiden
AN: Hey people…Sorry it told long. This is the second chapter. Please enjoy. Oh, THIS IS NOT, I REPEAT, NOT A SEQUEL TO 'FILLING THE SPACE'! It's just a little story I thought up.
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon…I own the plot and the guy whose lost and can't remember his name…don't worry, he will have a name. He won't go nameless…
Chapter 2
Lost
Soft breezes drafted around the warm living room, replacing the tired AC. The slow sun peeked over the hill mountains and drawing away the night's darkness. Yellow and orange beams of light filter through the clear, breeze blowing curtains to a tidy small living room. Birds chirp over to the rising sun and flying free in the air in search of breakfast. Once the orange sun was high enough, its' rays washed away the gray shadows, which claimed the living room to the lone figure resting on a couch. The light reached his face. His blue hair shined brightly as the sun reached his hair. He stirred and slowly sat up. His piercing green eyes scanned around the unfamiliar room. Confused, he rubbed his temple, by doing so he felt a wet cloth. Remove the cloth, the stranger stared at it for awhile.
"Good, you're finally awake. We thought you were dead or something."
Startled, he stared at the girl strangely.
"Who are you?"
"Sorry, my name's Kari. What's yours?"
He tried to think, "It's…" he took a minute. "I…I don't know."
"Hmm, that can be a problem. Here, drink some hot cocoa." Kari passed him a cup.
He looked at the brown drink, the stream floating away up to nothing.
"Where am I?"
"This is my apartment." Kari smiled.
"Oh." He nodded.
"Well not really 'mine'. I have two other roommates. We share the rent."
They drank in silence.
"We gotta give you a name because I don't want to address you by 'you'. Do you a name in mind?"
He slowly shook his head, drinking the cup.
Smiling, "Hmm, how about Tai?"
"That's a strange name."
Laughing, "Yeah, that's what I keep telling my brother."
"Oh, is that his name?"
Kari nodded.
"Sorry."
"Don't be. Anyway, how about Bryan?"
"Bryan?"
"Yeah, that's my friend's, Mimi's friend. I like it."
"Bryan? I like it too."
"Okay, now that we settled that. How about telling me how we found you on the road?"
"I was on the road? I don't remember…"
"I guess you don't know where you live too, right?"
Bryan nodded his head.
"Hey, he's awake." T.K. came into the room.
"Is he your husband?" Bryan asked Kari.
Kari smiled, "Sometimes."
Davis came into the room, with the same clothes he had on, "Oww…feels like I got hit by a dictionary."
"Hard covered, exactly." T.K. laughed.
"Is he your husband?"
"Sometimes, yeah I like to have two husbands. You know…No, I'm just kidding. They're my friends, T.K. and Davis. Guys meet Bryan. I named him."
"What, now he's your pet?" T.K. smiled.
"Wait. What's going on?" Davis asked, rubbing his forehead.
The air smelled of hot cocoa and fresh pancakes. Rain sprinkled softly outside, letting off a beat that reminded the teens a song, but had no idea what. T.K. gave Bryan extra clothes to wear. The teens talked about themselves from telling Bryan where they found him to talking about how Kari smacked Davis on the head with the hard covered dictionary.
"You hit me with the dictionary?"
"Hard cover dictionary." T.K. laughed
"I need to head to the grocery store. You wanna go?" Kari stood up with her dishes and placing them in the sink, changing the topic.
Davis frowned, "Can't, I have to head to the mall to meet a few friends."
"I wish I could come, but I gotta pick up something at Matt's." T.K. informed.
"Okay. Wanna go, Bryan?"
"Um…sure."
"Let's go."
~o~
"Cereal, eggs, sugar, bread, milk, and…playboy? Stupid boys, I'm crossing that off." Kari scanned over the list of what they needed.
Bryan smiled, "What kind of cereals they want?"
"I pick the cereal this time. They had their turn."
Bryan again smiled. He really liked hanging around with Kari. He knew he didn't know Kari very much and this was the first time going somewhere with her, but something about her made Bryan feel comfortable around her. She was very smart, funny, and wits that he also very liked. She held interests on everyone. Whatever she had to say was very interesting to him. And plus she was very beautiful. He couldn't help, but stare at her.
"What is the difference between brown and white eggs?" Kari held two eggs of different colors.
Bryan shrugged, "I think I would like the white better."
"Me too."
"I think we're done. Hold on, let me check. Cereal, check. Eggs, check. Sugar, check. Bread, check. Milk, check. Yep, we're done."
Once done paying, Kari and Bryan headed to T.K.'s car. The rain had started heavy as the two walked in the parking to the car. Laughing, Kari ran to the car and tried to fit the key in the lock. Bryan hurried after her, protecting the brown bags from the rain as he held it against his wet shirt.
Kari laughed as she kept missing the lock in the rain. "Man, we're really screwed."
"Yep." Bryan laughed.
The key went in and Kari opened the door. Bryan threw the bag in the back seat and he sat up front as Kari ran around the car to the driver's seat. Kari shut the door. She breathed in as she again started laughing along with Bryan. They were both wet from head to toe.
"T.K.'s gonna kill us both." Kari said as she and Bryan had wet the inside of the car.
"Oops."
Kari started the car and headed home.
"See if you could find an umbrella under the seat or anywhere."
Bryan checked under his seat and found nothing. He checked the around the back seats and haven't found anything.
"Nope. Can't find any."
"Great." Kari looked back on the road.
Kari parked and turned off the engine. The rain poured down heavy against the car window. Kari and Bryan placed their hoods over their heads.
"Okay, this is what we do," Kari put the keys in her pockets. "We're run and grab the bags, then run like hell to the apartment, okay?"
Bryan nodded.
"On the count of three…one…two…three!"
Kari and Bryan opened their door and the rain rushed into them. Kari ran around the car as Bryan opened the back seat door and grabbed one of the bags. Kari made a grab to the second bag, but on the process her bag ripped and most of the food dropped to the ground as the rain soaked everything on its' path.
"Oh, no."
Bryan came back and placed the bag on the wet cement ground, "Here, help me gather them." Bryan grabbed the end of his shirt and dropped the food into what looked like a pouch. Kari ran ahead to the apartment when they were done picking all the items with Bryan close behind. Which inside the complex, Kari and Bryan smiled and laughed how wet they were just to grab the grocery bags.
"That was one trip, huh?"
"Yeah." Kari said as she unlocked the door to the apartment.
"Woah, did you guys walk to the store?" Davis asked with a soda can in his hands. He helped Kari with the wet bag.
Bryan followed Davis to the kitchen to find T.K. cooking dinner.
"Hey guys, there's this formal party at my friend's place and I was wondering if you guys wanna come?" Davis asked as he cut a piece of his steak.
"A party? Do we have to bring dates?" Kari asked as she drank her soda.
"Don't have to, but it would be nice."
"Hmm…yeah okay, I'll go."
"Count me in." T.K. joined in.
"Bryan, you wanna go? It's just a party, not a school party." Davis told the blue hair teen.
"No, it's okay. I rather stay here."
"Hey, I'm forcing you, but that's cool."
"When is the party?"
"A week from now."
"Who you taking?" T.K. asked Davis.
Davis smiled, "Blaze Fisher, the cheerleader." He winked to Bryan.
Kari rolled her eyes, "You like her 'cause of her big boobs"
"That's not true," Davis defended himself. "She's…smart."
"Oh yeah, if I ask her what a brain is, I bet she won't know." Kari laughed.
Davis was about to argue, but stopped and shrugged, laughed with Kari. The others joined in.
~o~
A week had passed and the party was about to start in twenty minutes. Bryan and the others had become good friends, so it wasn't weird leaving a stranger at the apartment alone. The others were getting ready and Bryan still refused to go. He said was tired and needed to be alone. T.K and Kari thought it was okay to get their own dates to the party, then going together.
Ding-Dong
"Oh great, he's here and I'm not ready. Shit." Kari ran to the restroom and yelled. "Could someone get the door?"
Davis signed. He stood up from the couch and opened the front door. A guy from Davis and Kari's class stood outside the door, wearing a black tux with a black tie, and a rose in his hand.
"Hey, you must be Kari's date. She'll be right out."
The teen nodded a bit nervous.
"Take a seat."
"Thanks."
T.K. came into the room, placing his blue tie. His own tux was black and fitted firmly over his athletic muscular form. His hair brushed, but kept his style in place since it didn't want to obey the brush. He gave up and grabbed more gel. He exchanged his hand to Kari's date.
"Kari's almost done, just give her a minute."
"I'm done."
"Oh." T.K. smiled and turned around. The four teen boys stared and dropped their jaws in amazement. Kari stood outside the hall with her white dress. Her hair was folded into a bun and had her clip in place, holding her bangs.
I could tell I look good, right?" Kari smiled.
The boys nodded dumbly.
"Ready?"
Her date nodded and shyly gave her the rose. Kari smiled as he kissed her on the cheek. T.K. flinched, then he was taken aback. Shaking his head, T.K. wondered what he was feeling. Not understanding, T.K. pushed it away.
"We're leaving. See you guys at the party." Kari said as she and her date left.
"I don't like him." Bryan said as Kari left.
"Don't worry, Kari's not stupid. She can take care herself." Davis stood up. "Well, I gotta pick up my date. See ya later."
T.K. grabbed his coat, "You sure, you don't wanna go?" He asked Bryan to the party.
"Nah, I'll just stay here."
"You'll be okay?"
"Yeah. Just go."
T.K. nodded and left. He drove to his date's house and drove to the party. He opened the door for her and the two scanned around for their friends. The party was set up the same as the first place T.K, Kari, and Davis went, but this time it was formal.
"T.K., I'm so glad you took me as your date. My friends are like 'oh my god, I can't believe T.K. took you as his date'. Then I told them-"
His date talked and talked. T.K. wasn't listening. He took a glance towards Kari across the room. She was dancing softly with her date as the music took in the background. T.K. couldn't help, but stare at his best friend. He found himself wishing they were more than friends. Shaking his head in countless times, T.K. wondered why he was thinking this way. She was like sister to him. The music was over and the party called it a night.
"Well, I had a great time" T.K. told his date as they walked out the house. But he knew it was lie.
"Me too."
"Oh, okay. Well, I'll see you later."
"Bye." She waved and got into a car, which was no doubt her father's.
T.K. waved and watched the car go.
"Hey T.K."
The blonde turned around and found Kari alone.
"Where's your date? Isn't he driving you home?"
"No, I told him you're going to drive me." Kari smiled.
T.K. smiled back, "Well, I hope you like walking because I didn't bring my car."
"What? Why?"
T.K. rolled his eyes, "Because my date's father didn't trust me."
~o~
The night cold air blew gently against the dark neighborhood, rustling the dropped leaves to continue it's long journey of never ending tale. It whispered only the heavens could listen to and understand. Dimmed lights flicked, but held its power to lead the lonely figures along the streets. Small creatures retreated to their safety homes in trees, the dirt, and the basements. The lone streets carried no harm, but lead a path. Two figures sat on a bench by the park, gazing at the bright stars. T.K. and Kari decided to take a break from walking. T.K. had his arms resting on top of the bench. His blue untied tie hanged over his neck, resting wrinkling against his chest. His soft blue eyes lingered to one star to another. Kari sat by him, playing with a single flower, her date had gave to her. Her make-up bag sitting between the two. T.K.'s black trench coat clutched loosely over Kari's shoulders.
"Some party, huh?" Kari looked at the blonde.
"Yep."
"How was your date?"
T.K. smiled, "Pretty boring. She talked nothing but clothes and friends."
"Mine too. He was talking about how plants grow and spread. Just thinking about, gives me the creeps." Kari shook her body.
They both started laughing. After awhile, they continued watching the stars. T.K. looked from the stars and Kari. She didn't notice and kept watching the stars. T.K. didn't mind, he wanted to take the time to stare at her. Her brown hair ran along her prefect bare shoulders. She had taken her hair chip off and held her bangs over her forehead, over her eyes. T.K. thought she looked beautiful none the less. Her eyes reflected the whole sky, sending off an angelic glow around the girl, which T.K. felt more than luck. Along with her white dress, the puzzle fell into place in heaven. Again, T.K. felt the strangely hint of jealousy he had once at the party when Kari and her date danced.
"What's wrong?"
T.K. snapped back to reality, "Sorry."
"Wanna head home now?"
"Yeah."
Walking side by side, T.K. and Kari remained silence in the dark neighborhood. Once again, T.K. couldn't shake the feeling he had at the when he thought he should have been the one dancing with Kari as her date. He couldn't understand the feeling towards Kari. She was his friend since they were little. She was his friend he could share secrets with, he could play games on people with. But some how what he was feeling felt warm and right in him. He had to tell her.
"T.K.? What's wrong? We're home already." Kari waved her hand in front of his face. The door was in front of them.
T.K. blinked, "Kari, I have to say something to you and it's really important."
"What's up?"
"I…I…"
An alarm sounded off in the apartment, startling the two.
"Bryan." Kari whispered and unlocked the door.
Stepping inside the apartment, Kari and T.K. found gray smoke floating on the ceiling. They ran into the kitchen. The room was covered in black smoke. Choking was heard behind the black heavy curtain. T.K. removed his coat and braced himself as he was going into the smoke to retrieve Bryan, but was stopped as a dark figure emerged from the smoke. Bryan came into the open.
"There's no fire." Bryan choked, waving away the smoke.
T.K. and Kari signed with relief. Bryan was covered in soot from head to toe.
"What happened?" T.K. asked, turning off the alarm and opening all the windows.
"I was bored, then I had this urge to make dinner. But next thing I knew it, I didn't know what I was doing and then smoke came out of the stove and I burnt dinner." He held a metal plate, which held a black block.
"What was it?"
"Chicken." He looked down to the remains.
Kari smiled finally, then laughed. The others joined her. The door opened.
"Woah, what happened?" Davis coughed. The smoke escaped to the open air.
"Nothing, help us clean up." Kari said.
Please R&R. 'Til next time…