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Chapter 7

"How come you never listened to the song!!!" a pitious irritating wail coming from Miyako reproached him.

*It's the fifth's time,* Ken thought.

"Well, if a guy ever wrote a song for me, I would ... I would..."

*Yeah. A guy. That's it,* Ken put his hand to the forehead. It was burning. Must be the general excitement getting to him. And he knew the reason everybody (alright, not everybody - Takeru and Hikari were simply not aware, and Mimi was hundred miles from here) was excited: something was suspiciously wrong with Yamato and Taichi.

But if Yamato and Taichi had something, why did everyone mock Ken? Was was wrong with him? Overreaction? Fever? Stress?

Everybody was having fun with the idea that Yamato was going to dedicate a song to Ken.

*Sadists...*

Ken turned away from Miyako and saw Sora staring into space...

Miyako hit him lovingly on the back.

"C'mon! Do you really have to be so damn nervous! .. Or did you hear the song after all?" she suggested. "Tell me the details!!!"

"Funny," retorted Ken furiously.

"Easy, man," Iori said.

"It's not easy! I'm fed up! I'm going home!" Ken stood up. It was pretty unusual of him to be so angry. These rare moments he reminded of Digimon Kaiser, and Iori half-expected him to go 'bwahahahaaaa...' and take a Tyranomon out of his hat. He stomped on Ken's foot and yanked him down to his seat.

"Hey, guys! Lookit here!" Daisuke jumped three rows to get to them. Taichi was right behind him. There was a big can of beer in Daisuke's hand...

Ken's heart fell..

The Sea of Darkness didn't seem to be a bad place after all.

Beer caused a great excitement, but it was false to assume the booze could be the reason, and Ken noticed that most glance were glued to Taichi. Taichi, who was grinning his winning smile, blushing and couldn't settle down. Taichi who had just returned from Yamato's room and was now palpably the centre of attention.

Sora was crestfallen.

Koshiro and Jyou stopped chatting and looked at the redhead and the brunette.

"How's Yamato?" Takeru asked cheerfully.

*Does he kiss good?* Ken thought and that question was in everybody's eyes.

"Great... you know, he promised to kill us after."

"Glad for him," his brother shrugged.

Koshiro and Jyou were sitting behind Ken and the boy heard every word they exchanged.

"Oh, so it is true, after all. What'd you think, Jyou?"

"What are you talking about? Oh, that!! Well, I.. never expected.. But, well, it's okay... You understand what I mean."

"Yes." Koushiro shrugged his shoulders. "I agree perfectly. But they are still my friends. I think it was hard for them, too."

Miyako pushed the can of beer to Ken. Ken was already bored with being the centre of Miyako's universe.

"Drink it. If you dare."

"Don't worry.. We'll catch you, if you decide to fall," Takeru added and chuckled.

Hikaru joined him. "Somebody will take you home, so no problem."

"And do you know, that drinking alcohol at such a young age is bad for health?" commented Koshiro and Ken acknowledged his help with a nod.

"Thank you, Koshiro."

"Fighting Vamdemon can also be deadly," Takeru said and tapped Ken on his shoulder. "Ken, go ahead."

Nobody had any more objections.

*It can't get worse, can it?* Ken thought as he put the can to his lips.

tsuzuku...