Disclaimers: I don't own Digimon; I'm simply using the characters for my and my muses' entertainment…

It's Not That Bad by Yaoi Girl

'Where could he be? Did he go straight home? To Koushiro's house? Maybe the park…?' Yamato thought as he adjusted his backpack full of his overnight belongings.

He wandered around for a little bit, trying to think of where Taichi could've gone to, finally deciding to check out the park.

Walking around their usual spots, Yamato couldn't find him anywhere, not even a trace of the brunette's presence.

The snow was falling softly all around him; azure eyes looked sadly up at the sky, following a couple flakes with his eyes until they met their brothers and sisters on the ground, and it was then that he realized how cold he was starting to get as he began to shiver, wrapping his arms around himself in an attempt to keep a little warm. 'Maybe I should just go home. But I can't…I promised him. And I want to know, I have to know! Tonight.'

Now more determined than before, Yamato set off across the park, to Taichi's house, where he hoped the boy would be, but stopped at the main gates as he was hit in the back of the head with a snowball.

Frustrated, and trying to keep everything in check, he continued to walk, growling under his breath. But whoever it hit him the first time must've thought it was funny, and so, hit him with another one, then another.

Yamato simply couldn't take it anymore. He turned around, only to come face to face with a laughing Daisuke and giggling Ken. His anger vanishing, Yamato smiled warmly at them, as they had stopped hitting him and seen that something was wrong.

The pair walked over to him, Ken the first to speak. "Why aren't you wearing a coat? It's nearly fifteen degrees outside. You're going to catch a cold if you don't get indoors soon."

"I know, but I'm looking for Taichi. Have you two seen him recently?"

Daisuke shook his head. "Not since we seen him at your house earlier."

The blonde sighed and looked away. "Oh, well, thanks. I have to get going."

"Yamato…I was wondering…" Ken said hesitantly, his cheeks a rosy red, and not from the cold.

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Um…do you like Taichi? Like, as in, more than a friend?"

The blonde gave a half-hearted smile. "What makes you ask something like that?"

"It's just…that you two seemed so perfect when I seen you together earlier. But I noticed that you didn't kiss Taichi back when he was…"

"Stop nagging him, Ken-koi," Daisuke said as he gently admonished his boyfriend in the side with his elbow. "Your question was already answered when he said that he was looking for Taichi. Since he's running around with no coat on, Taichi must've run away, now he's trying to find him…"

Yamato nearly laughed, causing the pair to look at him, confused. "That's the most intelligent I've ever heard you speak, Dai."

The auburn-haired boy grinned goofily. "Why thank you!"

"Here," Ken said as he stepped up to Yamato, wrapping his own scarf around the boy's neck. "You at least need some warmth. Good luck."

"Thanks, Ken," the blonde replied as he turned and walked off, not seeing the happy couple running around like children, trying to catch snowflakes with their tongue, nor the young blonde that soon joined them.

After a few minutes of snowflake chasing, the chase ended in the snow itself, all three boys now on their back, staring up at the falling white flakes.

"You brother love him, doesn't he?"

Takeru smiled and nodded. "Of course he does; he has for a long time now, he just doesn't know that's how deeply he feels for him yet. But he will soon…"

"Why do you say that?"

The blonde just grinned, not saying a word.

"You're a natural blonde, aren't you Yamato?"

The blonde smiled sheepishly as Hikari stepped aside and let him. "Is your brother here?"

"Well, yeah. You're supposed to be spending the night with him, aren't you? So of course he'd be here."

"So he didn't say anything about sending me home if or when I got here?"

She looked at him confused. "Come in here and sit down. We can talk while you warm up."

Yamato followed her into the living room, sitting on the couch, jumping slightly as Hikari draped a think blanket over his shoulders. "Thanks."

"So, tell me what happened," she said as she took a seat on the other end of the couch, staring at him expectantly.

He told her about everything: the movies, the cake, the kisses, and Taichi running out.

"I see why you asked me that question earlier, but he didn't say a think about sending you home or keeping you away from him."

"And I also didn't say that he could take up the whole blanket by himself. It's freezing in here! Are you a freakin' penguin or what, Hikari?" he teased as he sat next to Yamato, playfully pulling some of the blanket off the blonde to wrap around himself.

The blonde sighed and looked sadly at the floor. 'How can he be so happy and act as though nothing happened, as though he didn't run out…?'

"Hey, Hikari?"

"Yeah?"

"Could you, um…?" Taichi requested, hoping that he didn't have to finish the sentence for her to catch on.

She smiled and stood, walking towards her room.

"Yama…?"

"Taichi?"

TBC

I'm feeling a little better than I was yesterday; I'm still having these depressing 'flashes' though, mainly at night and I don't know why. Oh, well. It's not the first time that this has happened; I'll get over it eventually. In the meantime, review please! ^_^

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