The next week or seemed too perfect for words for Takeru. One of his best
friends had unexpectedly shown up in town to stay. That alone would have
made him jump for joy much more than anyone would expect. Things got
better. Not only had his friend moved in a half dozen blocks away, but
this was the boy that he had secretly been crushing on ever since they'd
met by chance in New York. Not only had the boy he'd been crushing on
since they'd met in New York moved in a half dozen blocks away, but Willis
had told him in a moment of sincerity in a mostly empty restaurant that he
felt the same way that Takeru did. Not only had---
"Hey Takeru, do you want to join us in the place called reality?" Iori's voice called to him from across the picnic table, removing him from his reverie suddenly.
"Oh, uh, yeah. Sorry about that. I was thinking."
"Yeah, we noticed," Daisuke said and proceeded to crack up along with Iori. "You had the absolute stupidest face I think I've ever seen, except when I kicked the soccer ball and it hit Koushirou, well, you know where it hit him." Daisuke nearly fell out of his chair as he recalled the 'soccer ball incident', trying as hard as possible to not look at Koushirou in his fit of laughter.
Koushirou gave Daisuke the 'eyebrow of death' and subconsciously crossed his legs just a bit. "Oh, ha ha, Daisuke. That sure was fun." Sarcasm dripped off Koushirou's tongue like thick molasses.
"But Koushirou, it was priceless. Your eyes got all wide, and your nose scrunched up, and---" Daisuke could neither finish the statement nor stay on his spot on the bench. He was laughing too hard to breathe and then Koushirou punched him in the arm and sent him sprawling from his seat into the grass. The three boys still seated looked at the insane child on the ground for a few seconds before breaking into laughter themselves. Even Koushirou, though he was on the receiving end of the 'incident', couldn't help but laugh a little. Daisuke's laugh was extremely contagious and had no known cure.
Finally after ten minutes the kids finally began to get themselves under control. There were multiple false starts when they thought they were okay until they tried to make steady eye contact and broke up again.
"So, Takeru, where is your shadow today?" Koushirou asked once they were all breathing normally again.
"What are you talking about?" Takeru asked, not having the slightest clue as to what he meant.
"Koushirou means where is Willis. You two have been attached at the hip since he moved here last week," Daisuke told the clueless blond.
"Exactly. It seems wrong that you're here and he's not, like some sort of universal law has been broken," Koushirou said to him.
"Oh. He had to go out with his parents and do whatever bizarre thing they do. His parents are weird, by the way."
"We know, Takeru, you've told us all about their Feng Shui argument about four thousand times," Iori said.
"Well, that's only the tip of the iceberg. He said he'd meet us here in," Takeru checked his watch, "actually right about now."
"Can't you feel his presence in the Force yet, Takeru?" Daisuke joked.
"No, he's just a padawan, Daisuke," Iori answered, gesturing at the lone lock of hair that had escaped Takeru's hat, making him look like a young Jedi. After another short bray of laughter, the boys continued with a semi-rational conversation.
"So that means that we get to see him too for a change?" Daisuke asked a bit sarcastically.
"What? It's not like I tie him up in my closet or anything..." Takeru said and his face turned many colors of red.
"Sure you don't, Takeru. Sure you don't." Dai was laughing again. No, I don't, but I don't think I'd mind Takeru thought and blushed again.
Thankfully for Takeru, Willis chose that moment to walk across the field toward them. Takeru saw him and waved him over. "Hey Willis. Have fun with your parents?" He asked that question waiting for what Willis would answer.
Willis sighed deeply and rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, it was great. My mum decided that she needed a whole bunch of new furniture since everything we had was 'too American'. I don't know why they wanted me to go, since I just stood there and watched as they debated the different fabrics and things."
"Yep. His parents are odd," Daisuke told Takeru and the others, getting grins all around. "So what are you two going to do today?"
"I figured we could do something outside and enjoy this weather," Willis told them.
"Sounds good to me. Soccer is always nice.." Daisuke said hopefully.
"Well, since we have five people here that wouldn't make for even teams, Dai," Koushirou told him. "So, since I'm still a little sore from last time we played, I volunteer to sit out." Koushirou subtly slid a hand 'down there' as to protect it from any invisible rogue soccer balls.
Soccer was agreed on and Daisuke pulled his ever-present ball out and they headed to an empty space. Daisuke chose Iori for his teammate so that Takeru wouldn't be pressed to make the choice. It really wasn't that hard of a choice really, since Willis was about as good at playing soccer Daisuke was at solving geometry problems.
Soccer was played for a good hour before the kids got way too sweaty and tired to do anything but half-heartedly kick the ball back and forth. What had been a nice late morning turned into a humid, muggy afternoon.
"Well, it's official. I suck at soccer," Willis told the others as they sat under a large, shady tree. Dai had some sort of witty comment on the way but a glare from Takeru made him swallow it. Touchy touchy, Takeru Daisuke thought.
"Hey, let's go get an Icee," Willis said, pointing to the little stand across the field. "I've not had one of those in years. The consensus was that none of the boys had had one in a long time so they walked over to get one. Willis chose grape, Takeru lime, Iori orange, Koushirou black cherry, and Dai of course got a suicide. They walked back to their shady tree and sat back down and the conversation turned trivial, so we shall skip ahead.
"Well, I need to head home and get to my Kendo practice," Iori said as he got up and brushed the dirt from his rear.
"Yeah, I need to get home as well before Jun throws an absolute fit and has kittens," Daisuke said as he stood up as well. He got a bunch of questioning looks and waved them away. "Don't ask."
"Okay, we won't," Takeru said, speaking for the group.
"Well, Koushirou, what are your plans for the rest of the day?" Willis asked.
"I honestly don't have any. What are you two going to do?"
"First of all, we're going to find someplace air conditioned," Takeru said as he pulled on his shirt to unstuck it from his chest
"We can go back to my place and watch a movie or something," Koushirou said. "My mum is out doing whatever she does with her girlfriends today."
"Sounds like a plan. Let's go, Takeru," Willis told him. Takeru didn't argue and stood up, joining everyone else.
The group split up and went their separate ways. The three boys soon arrived at Koushirou's and followed him in. Koushirou's apartment felt like an icebox after being outside for the last few hours. Koushirou pointed to the couch and the other two fell on it in a heap. "I just got the new Lord of the Rings, how about that?"
"How'd you get that, Koushirou? It's not on video yet." Willis asked.
"Oh, Willis, Koushirou is our resident software pirate. Thanks to him, we've not bought any music or whatever in, what? Three years, Koushirou?"
"Something like that."
"Sounds good to me then," Willis said as Koushirou popped a ripped DVD into his player. He hit the lights and sat down on the other side of the couch.
They became engrossed in the story (and who wouldn't ^_^). each time one of the characters would mention something about love, Willis and Takeru would exchange quick glances. This wasn't unnoticed by Koushirou. Oh no, he was quite perceptive. He gave the two of them a glance every now and again and about halfway through the movie he noticed through the dim flicker of tv light that their hands were oh so slightly entwined.
Well, that explains why we've seen so little of the two of them since Willis moved. It's sort of cute, I guess. Although I have to admit that I wouldn't have guessed Takeru would go that way. Daisuke for sure, but not Takeru. Cute. Koushirou was lost in his thoughts, thinking about the two boys sitting next to him, watching as they jumped simultaneously whenever something sudden or scary happened. Watching as Willis leaned slightly into Takeru as the orc riders attacked the refugees from Rohan. Watching Willis' hand nearly crush Takeru's when Aragorn fell over the cliff.
If they could be any cuter together it would be unfair. I wonder if they've had their first kiss yet? Koushirou stopped thinking about the two of them and reminisced for a few seconds about his first. He was jolted back by an orc bellow and then watched the two lovebirds again. Oh, go on and kiss him, I know you want to!! Koushirou rolled his eyes as he saw them steal quick smiles repeatedly.
Finally, he'd had enough. Koushirou picked the remote up and paused the movie and turned to face the surprised boys. "For the love of god, will you two just kiss and get it over with?" Willis and Takeru looked back at him in utter shock. "Come on. You two have been doing the exact same thing that Tai and Sora did, just not as sneakily."
Takeru and Willis were at a complete loss for words. "Uh..." was all Willis could spit out.
"I've seen the two of you being all mushy since the movie came on."
"Hey, Koushirou, I, uh, can explain. You see, uh.." Takeru started but trailed off.
"Takeru, I could care less who you like. It isn't important to me at all. If you like Willis, and I do believe that you do, that's perfectly fine with me."
"So, you're not mad or anything, Koushirou?" Willis asked, still a little startled at the sudden turn of events.
"Of course not. Why would I care?"
"Um, well, it's not the most usual thing, you know," Takeru said.
"Yeah, well we're not the most usual people, you know. We are Digi- Destined, after all." They all sat in silence for a moment or two. "Well, should I leave the room or what?" Koushirou asked with a smile after he saw their nervousness.
"No, I don't think that will be necessary," Takeru said and glanced at Willis. Willis nodded back to him and they slowly moved their heads closer to each other. Koushirou was about to give a few pointers when they finally made contact.
Well, that sure takes me back Koushirou thought as he watched the moment unfold in front of him.
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"Hey Takeru, do you want to join us in the place called reality?" Iori's voice called to him from across the picnic table, removing him from his reverie suddenly.
"Oh, uh, yeah. Sorry about that. I was thinking."
"Yeah, we noticed," Daisuke said and proceeded to crack up along with Iori. "You had the absolute stupidest face I think I've ever seen, except when I kicked the soccer ball and it hit Koushirou, well, you know where it hit him." Daisuke nearly fell out of his chair as he recalled the 'soccer ball incident', trying as hard as possible to not look at Koushirou in his fit of laughter.
Koushirou gave Daisuke the 'eyebrow of death' and subconsciously crossed his legs just a bit. "Oh, ha ha, Daisuke. That sure was fun." Sarcasm dripped off Koushirou's tongue like thick molasses.
"But Koushirou, it was priceless. Your eyes got all wide, and your nose scrunched up, and---" Daisuke could neither finish the statement nor stay on his spot on the bench. He was laughing too hard to breathe and then Koushirou punched him in the arm and sent him sprawling from his seat into the grass. The three boys still seated looked at the insane child on the ground for a few seconds before breaking into laughter themselves. Even Koushirou, though he was on the receiving end of the 'incident', couldn't help but laugh a little. Daisuke's laugh was extremely contagious and had no known cure.
Finally after ten minutes the kids finally began to get themselves under control. There were multiple false starts when they thought they were okay until they tried to make steady eye contact and broke up again.
"So, Takeru, where is your shadow today?" Koushirou asked once they were all breathing normally again.
"What are you talking about?" Takeru asked, not having the slightest clue as to what he meant.
"Koushirou means where is Willis. You two have been attached at the hip since he moved here last week," Daisuke told the clueless blond.
"Exactly. It seems wrong that you're here and he's not, like some sort of universal law has been broken," Koushirou said to him.
"Oh. He had to go out with his parents and do whatever bizarre thing they do. His parents are weird, by the way."
"We know, Takeru, you've told us all about their Feng Shui argument about four thousand times," Iori said.
"Well, that's only the tip of the iceberg. He said he'd meet us here in," Takeru checked his watch, "actually right about now."
"Can't you feel his presence in the Force yet, Takeru?" Daisuke joked.
"No, he's just a padawan, Daisuke," Iori answered, gesturing at the lone lock of hair that had escaped Takeru's hat, making him look like a young Jedi. After another short bray of laughter, the boys continued with a semi-rational conversation.
"So that means that we get to see him too for a change?" Daisuke asked a bit sarcastically.
"What? It's not like I tie him up in my closet or anything..." Takeru said and his face turned many colors of red.
"Sure you don't, Takeru. Sure you don't." Dai was laughing again. No, I don't, but I don't think I'd mind Takeru thought and blushed again.
Thankfully for Takeru, Willis chose that moment to walk across the field toward them. Takeru saw him and waved him over. "Hey Willis. Have fun with your parents?" He asked that question waiting for what Willis would answer.
Willis sighed deeply and rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah, it was great. My mum decided that she needed a whole bunch of new furniture since everything we had was 'too American'. I don't know why they wanted me to go, since I just stood there and watched as they debated the different fabrics and things."
"Yep. His parents are odd," Daisuke told Takeru and the others, getting grins all around. "So what are you two going to do today?"
"I figured we could do something outside and enjoy this weather," Willis told them.
"Sounds good to me. Soccer is always nice.." Daisuke said hopefully.
"Well, since we have five people here that wouldn't make for even teams, Dai," Koushirou told him. "So, since I'm still a little sore from last time we played, I volunteer to sit out." Koushirou subtly slid a hand 'down there' as to protect it from any invisible rogue soccer balls.
Soccer was agreed on and Daisuke pulled his ever-present ball out and they headed to an empty space. Daisuke chose Iori for his teammate so that Takeru wouldn't be pressed to make the choice. It really wasn't that hard of a choice really, since Willis was about as good at playing soccer Daisuke was at solving geometry problems.
Soccer was played for a good hour before the kids got way too sweaty and tired to do anything but half-heartedly kick the ball back and forth. What had been a nice late morning turned into a humid, muggy afternoon.
"Well, it's official. I suck at soccer," Willis told the others as they sat under a large, shady tree. Dai had some sort of witty comment on the way but a glare from Takeru made him swallow it. Touchy touchy, Takeru Daisuke thought.
"Hey, let's go get an Icee," Willis said, pointing to the little stand across the field. "I've not had one of those in years. The consensus was that none of the boys had had one in a long time so they walked over to get one. Willis chose grape, Takeru lime, Iori orange, Koushirou black cherry, and Dai of course got a suicide. They walked back to their shady tree and sat back down and the conversation turned trivial, so we shall skip ahead.
"Well, I need to head home and get to my Kendo practice," Iori said as he got up and brushed the dirt from his rear.
"Yeah, I need to get home as well before Jun throws an absolute fit and has kittens," Daisuke said as he stood up as well. He got a bunch of questioning looks and waved them away. "Don't ask."
"Okay, we won't," Takeru said, speaking for the group.
"Well, Koushirou, what are your plans for the rest of the day?" Willis asked.
"I honestly don't have any. What are you two going to do?"
"First of all, we're going to find someplace air conditioned," Takeru said as he pulled on his shirt to unstuck it from his chest
"We can go back to my place and watch a movie or something," Koushirou said. "My mum is out doing whatever she does with her girlfriends today."
"Sounds like a plan. Let's go, Takeru," Willis told him. Takeru didn't argue and stood up, joining everyone else.
The group split up and went their separate ways. The three boys soon arrived at Koushirou's and followed him in. Koushirou's apartment felt like an icebox after being outside for the last few hours. Koushirou pointed to the couch and the other two fell on it in a heap. "I just got the new Lord of the Rings, how about that?"
"How'd you get that, Koushirou? It's not on video yet." Willis asked.
"Oh, Willis, Koushirou is our resident software pirate. Thanks to him, we've not bought any music or whatever in, what? Three years, Koushirou?"
"Something like that."
"Sounds good to me then," Willis said as Koushirou popped a ripped DVD into his player. He hit the lights and sat down on the other side of the couch.
They became engrossed in the story (and who wouldn't ^_^). each time one of the characters would mention something about love, Willis and Takeru would exchange quick glances. This wasn't unnoticed by Koushirou. Oh no, he was quite perceptive. He gave the two of them a glance every now and again and about halfway through the movie he noticed through the dim flicker of tv light that their hands were oh so slightly entwined.
Well, that explains why we've seen so little of the two of them since Willis moved. It's sort of cute, I guess. Although I have to admit that I wouldn't have guessed Takeru would go that way. Daisuke for sure, but not Takeru. Cute. Koushirou was lost in his thoughts, thinking about the two boys sitting next to him, watching as they jumped simultaneously whenever something sudden or scary happened. Watching as Willis leaned slightly into Takeru as the orc riders attacked the refugees from Rohan. Watching Willis' hand nearly crush Takeru's when Aragorn fell over the cliff.
If they could be any cuter together it would be unfair. I wonder if they've had their first kiss yet? Koushirou stopped thinking about the two of them and reminisced for a few seconds about his first. He was jolted back by an orc bellow and then watched the two lovebirds again. Oh, go on and kiss him, I know you want to!! Koushirou rolled his eyes as he saw them steal quick smiles repeatedly.
Finally, he'd had enough. Koushirou picked the remote up and paused the movie and turned to face the surprised boys. "For the love of god, will you two just kiss and get it over with?" Willis and Takeru looked back at him in utter shock. "Come on. You two have been doing the exact same thing that Tai and Sora did, just not as sneakily."
Takeru and Willis were at a complete loss for words. "Uh..." was all Willis could spit out.
"I've seen the two of you being all mushy since the movie came on."
"Hey, Koushirou, I, uh, can explain. You see, uh.." Takeru started but trailed off.
"Takeru, I could care less who you like. It isn't important to me at all. If you like Willis, and I do believe that you do, that's perfectly fine with me."
"So, you're not mad or anything, Koushirou?" Willis asked, still a little startled at the sudden turn of events.
"Of course not. Why would I care?"
"Um, well, it's not the most usual thing, you know," Takeru said.
"Yeah, well we're not the most usual people, you know. We are Digi- Destined, after all." They all sat in silence for a moment or two. "Well, should I leave the room or what?" Koushirou asked with a smile after he saw their nervousness.
"No, I don't think that will be necessary," Takeru said and glanced at Willis. Willis nodded back to him and they slowly moved their heads closer to each other. Koushirou was about to give a few pointers when they finally made contact.
Well, that sure takes me back Koushirou thought as he watched the moment unfold in front of him.
Okay, Libby-chan. No more pregnancy cards!!! I did it. I finished your fic. I hope you enjoyed it. It was brought to you by the numbers 4 and 9 and the letter Z.