Disclaimers: I don't own Digimon; I'm simply using the characters for my and my muses' entertainment…I also do not own Monsters Inc. or Veggie Tales. (Don't ask about the latter, you'll see; my friend Liz suggested it.)

It's Not That Bad by Yaoi Girl

Whirling around, Taichi met his mother's glare with one of his own. "What?"

"Don't you raise your voice at me!"

"Sorry…" he mumbled as he rolled his eyes.

"Sano-san has been knocking at the door for the past few minutes while you were in here goofing off."

"And?"

"And," she said, a pair of amber eyes and small nose peeking out from behind her legs. "You told her yesterday that you'd baby-sit for Satoshi this evening while she and her husband went out for their anniversary."

Taichi covered his face with his hand. 'I can't believe I forgot…and Yamato's here, so I'll have to hold everything back until later tonight when the pip-squeak's parents get home from their date, other wise, he'll repeat what we say and tell what we do. I hate five year olds…'

Yagami-san stepped aside, putting her hand on the back of the small boy's head, gently urging him forward, but he wouldn't budge; he simply stood their, hands folded together in front of him, eyes shyly peeking out through his teal bangs. She sighed. "Make sure he stays out of Hikari's room this time; we don't want another make-up mess like last time."

"Yeah, alright," he said, waiting for her to leave the room before he slid off the couch, sitting on his knees of the floor, holding his arms out wide with a smile.

Almost instantly, Satoshi took off running towards him, smiling all the while as he flung himself into Taichi's body, returning the brunette's hug. "I missed you, Tai-chan."

"I've missed you too. So, what have you been doing?" he asked as the boy stepped back from the embrace.

"Mommy and daddy took me to the zoo last week for my birthday! I even got to ride on an elephant! Isn't that neat?" Satoshi asked excitedly, bouncing up and down.

"Yeah, that's cool. Hey, have you met this good-looking guy before?" Taichi asked, pointing to Yamato, who was now sitting up on the couch, blushing.

"Taichi!"

Satoshi shook his head, once again becoming shy.

"It's alright, little man. He's my friend. His name's Yamato."

"Can I call him Yama-chan? Can I please, Tai-chan?"

"You have to ask him, not me."

The teal-haired boy simply fell silent and stared at the floor.

"What do you say? Can he call you Yama-chan?" Taichi asked the blonde, nodding to indicate the answer he should give, mouthing, "I'll get you if you don't. He won't talk or go away unless he can call you that. And you want him to leave us alone, right?"

"Alright, squirt. But just for tonight," he said, ruffling the boy's hair.

The boy smiled up at him before climbing up into the seat next too Yamato. "Hey, Yama-chan? Do you and Tai-chan go to the same school?"

"Yes, we do. We even have some of the same classes together."

"Some? I thought you stayed in the same class all day?"

The blonde glanced at the brunette as he sat on the other side of him, then back at Satoshi to see if he noticed Taichi lacing their fingers together. "Well, yeah, we do stay in the same class most of the time, but some classes we have to go to other rooms for, kinda like you do for gym. We just have more classes than gym that aren't in the same class. Do you understand that?"

The boy nodded. "Tai-chan?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I go see Kari-chan?" he asked hopefully.

"Not right now, little dude. She's doing her homework and wants to be alone. Maybe in a little bit."

"Oh. Can I watch a movie and have some popcorn?" he asked, grinning as Taichi usually would when someone mentioned food.

"Sure. What movie do you want to watch?"

"Um…Oh! I know!" Satoshi said as he slide off the couch and ran across the room to his bag, pulling out one of the movie that he brought with him, Taichi instantly groaning. "Please, Tai-chan?"

"Why don't you watch Veggie Tales or something? Anything but that again!" he whined.

"What's so bad about Monsters Inc?" Yamato asked as he looked at the brunette, whose head was thrown back against the headrest, eyes closed, and mouth open.

"Only the fact that every time he comes over, that's what he HAS to watch. I know the whole movie by heart, even the English version, word by word without reading the subtitles."

"Oh, I see."

Sighing, Taichi gave in early, as he knew he could never win against the boy's pleading. "Alright, already. You can watch the stupid movie."

The small boy ran across the room, the brunette holding the hand out that he had used to hold Yamato's hand to receive the DVD case, so the boy wouldn't see and think anything of it, but felt nothing. Taichi opened his eyes, only to see Yamato bent over by the entertainment center, putting the DVD in the player, before he stood upright and walked back to the couch.

"You ready to go make that popcorn, Tai-chan?" Yamato teased, grabbing Taichi by his arms and pulling him off the couch, neither boy noticing a small obstacle in the way until Taichi crashed into Yamato, their lips meeting briefly before Yamato turned away, blushing.

Taichi looked down, smiling, and kicked the tiny shoes across the room to land next to Satoshi's bag before following Yamato into the kitchen.

TBC

I've been kicking around the idea of whether or not to write a separate fic with them baby-sitting, or use it in this one, which I ended up doing. I've already got the next chapter figured out, and I'll probably have it up tomorrow night. ^_^

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