"In Your Eyes"

By sumi_kawaii

A/N: This was originally a Kensuke/Daikeru, but I thought about it some more, and I finally decided on a Daiken/Taken. Actually turned out better then I expected. Heh heh heh.... Yay me! I finally got a story up! Took me bloody long enough~!!!!

Disclaimer: This is real simple, people. Just repeat after me...I...don't...own...Digimon....

Rated PG for yaoi content. Rating might be upped in future chapters.

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CHAPTER ONE

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It's getting worse.

Ken Ichijouji lay in his bed, having just woken up from a dream. It hadn't been a nightmare. But, he had still woken up terrified. It hadn't been remotely frightening in a scary sense. It had, in fact, been a very good dream. Probably one of the best dreams he could remember.

And that's what frightened him.

He rolled over onto his side and stared at the red, blinking light of his clock. 4:18am. He could hear Wormmon snoring from his usual place at the end of Ken's bed.

He lifted a hand groggily to rub the sleep from his eyes, and let the memory of the dream wash over him.

He was running through a city. Looked familiar, like Ken had been there before. People he knew but couldn't place how he knew them. Familiar, but alien.

The city turned into a field of wildflowers, each impossibly bright. He was no longer alone, a hand took his gently. As he turned around, he looked into eyes that projected pure love. He leaned forward and kissed him. The kiss lasted both seconds and eternity, as-----

Ken shook his head. A beautiful dream. But...

He sat up and buried his head in his arms. He had been dreaming similar dreams for weeks. The same place. The same feelings.

The same boy.

I thought I was over him, Ken mused, I thought I had accepted it...and moved on.

The person in the dream hadn't been his boyfriend, Daisuke.

Flashes of golden hair, so silky and soft. Sea blue eyes that betrayed even the deepest feelings...so full of love.

Takeru

"I have to stop fooling myself." Ken whispered sadly to himself. He was sick of pretending.

Ken had known for a long time that he was gay. Accepted it. But, soon after he destroying the evil part of himself, and taking his place as a digidestined, he had realized he was attracted to one of his new best friends....Takeru Takaishi. Over time...attraction became crush...crush became...love.

He knew that he probably had no chance with Takeru, who was obviously interested in Hikari. So, believing that there was no hope whatsoever, he resolved to get over Takeru. And that's when he started dating his other best friend, Daisuke.

Daisuke had told Ken that he loved him last Christmas, after they had saved the Digital World. After an painful evening of watching Takeru flirt with Hikari, Ken felt weary, heartsick, emotionally drained. He knew that Daisuke loved him. And right then, he needed someone to love him. To want him.

And so, he had told Daisuke that he felt the same. A big mistake. Daisuke was one of his best friends, and Ken had never stopped to consider what would happen to that friendship if he ever told Daisuke that he had never really loved him.

So he didn't.

Everything had been fine at first. Ken liked Daisuke. He was a good-looking guy, Ken would have had to been blind to not see that. And he loved Ken, with all his heart. Purely, deeply, selflessly. It hurt Ken that he could never return that love. Because, despite all that he tried, he was still very much in love with Takeru.    

And he couldn't pretend anymore. But....he didn't want to break Daisuke's heart. He couldn't do it. Their friendship...their bond.... meant too much to Ken. And he knew all too well what it was like to love someone so much and then have your heart broken and your hopes dashed.

But Takeru will never love you back. How can you break Daisuke's heart over someone who can never love you anyways?

Darkness and silence couldn't give the answers.

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"Davish!!! Davish, wake up!!!"

"Ugh...."

"Davish! You're gonna be late!!"

"Too...early..."

Demiveemon glomped his head. " Davish!!!"

"Okay, okay, I'm up!!!"

Daisuke pulled himself up and after glancing around blearily for a moment, yawning, glanced at the digital clock on his bedside table—and yelped. It was 8:24am.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Daisuke ran into the crowded homeroom, tired, but rather pleased with himself. He had ran as fast as he could, and he had two minutes to spare. He looked around, and saw Ken sitting in a back corner, with his head in his arms, obviously sleeping. Smiling to himself, Daisuke made his way over to the sleeping boy.

He gently shook Ken's shoulder. "Ken? Wake up love." Ken mumbled, then looked up at Daisuke, blinking his way back into awareness. "Ta.... Daisuke," He yawned, " Did I doze off?"

"Uh huh." Daisuke took the seat beside him, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Ken seemed to hesitate for a moment, then shook his head "I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't get back to sleep," he admitted.

Daisuke chucked. "Well, I hope you can make it through the day," he informed Ken, "Don't forget, we have that picnic in the Digital World this afternoon."

Ken nodded again, then turned to the front of the room as the teacher entered.

Daisuke looked at him as the teacher read the announcements. Ken was acting weird. He wondered if anything was wrong. Ken wasn't usually this reserved, and he didn't seem to tell Daisuke anything.

Maybe Daisuke should talk to Takeru. He might know what was wrong.

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TO BE CONTINUED....

Chapter Two should be up soon….after I finish exams.