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A/N: I love Taichi... I absolutely love him. ^^;; Okay, just had to get that confession out of the way. I read back through some of the chapters, and it's becoming more and more evident (especially in the last chapter). ^^ Oops, hadn't even realized I was doing it. @_@ Anyway, last chapter seemed like a really good one according to the nice reviews I got. Thanks, guys! Love ya much! ^^
Crossing Paths - Chapter Seven
"Why the fuck are you in my bed!?"
The body stretches and looks at me through brown eyes. "I got cold last night." Taichi says, a grin playing across his face.
"So you decided to sleep in my bed. With me it in no less! Why the hell didn't you go home!?" Thank goodness no one is home... But I feel bad for all the neighbors. I know they have to be wondering what the hell is going on. With all my yelling, that is.
He sat up, his back up against the head board of my bed. "Hey, calm down." He says.
"Oh, don't even." I spit out at him. "Don't give me that shit." He grins in response, then yawns. "Why didn't you go home?"
"You were sleeping. You were my ride, remember? And, I got cold. I didn't think you'd go berserk when you woke up." He responses, and yet that freaking grin is still plastered on his face.
"I don't like you." I say slowly. "At all. None, notta. Zip, zilch." I watch him for a few seconds to see his reaction. My comment doesn't faze him. Bitch. I sigh angrily and stalk out of the room. I throw myself down on the couch and grab the remote for the television. I stare at it, but don't turn it on. I hear Taichi get out of my bed. After a few moments he's sitting next to me. I don't look at him. I swear if I see him grinning at me I'm gonna punch him in his eye.
He's silent for a few minutes. Then he finally speaks. "You can't dislike me that much." He pauses for a few moments. I don't give him any kind of reaction. "If you did, you wouldn't of let me sleep on your couch."
I half laugh, half groan. I lean forward my head falling into my hands. "You practically begged me to let you stay."
"But still. If you didn't like me you would have taken me home. Right?" I can hear his grin. Bastard. "Plus, I'm cute."
I feel my head lift up and I look at him. I raise my eyebrow, his expression is unreadable. "You amaze me." I mutter, laughing slightly.
He breaks out into a grin. "Thanks." He says triumphantly.
I shake my head. "It wasn't a compliment, so don't take it as one. You're just plain annoying."
He leans back on the couch and grins at me. "It's works out then, doesn't it?" He says, his hands going behind his head.
"How do you figure?"
"Well, you feel better when you insult me, right?" He asks. I nod, half smiling. He's such a moron. "Right. And I don't mind your insults. So it works out. We'd be perfect together."
"T-together?" I feel the smiling slipping off my face.
"Yeah," He says, leaning up, taking his hands from behind his head and resting his elbows on his knees. "We'd make a good team. We already do."
I shake my head clean of any thoughts that were haunting my brain. "You have it stuck in your head that we're friends, don't you?" I ask, laughing. It sounds foreign to my ears. I don't usually laughing around Taichi.
"Well, I figure you'll give in sooner or later."
I laugh again. "Right. What makes you so sure?"
He shrugs, but doesn't say anything. What could possibly going through that head of his?
He lounges around my apartment the rest of the day. He kind of grows on you after a while. He's not as bad as I thought he was at first. Still, there's the occasional times I want to rip his throat out, like this morning, but other than that he's okay. Holy shit, there must be something wrong with me.
"You know, I should probably get home." He says after about the two hundredth music video we watch. "My mom will probably think I got kidnapped or something."
"Use your fingers then." I mutter not looking away from the television.
"What?" I hear him say, the tone in his voice is unreadable, and I'm too lazy to look at him.
I sigh. "There's a phone right there. Use your fingers and dial it." This is one of those times. He's just so dumb I can't take it. This is one of the times that I hate him. Definitely. "Or have you forgotten your phone number...?"
"Don't be an ass, Yama." He says as he rises from his spot next to me on the couch. Yama. He's been calling me that for a while. What is with that? No one ever calls me that. "You know, I should be as sarcastic and blunt as you are... Too bad I wouldn't have anything to be sarcastic or blunt about."
I laugh at his comment. "You mean, I don't give you enough shit to be sarcastic and blunt about... Maybe I should step it up a little."
"What would you do if you called me a dumbass or something and I started to cry?" He asks as he picks up the phone.
I turn in my spot on the couch. "What the hell?" I say, "If you can't take the truth then leave."
"I didn't say..." He trails off and sighs. He speaks again after a few moments, but not to me. "Hello, mom?....Yeah....I'm at Yamato's....Ishida....No you don't....Mom....I'll be home in a while....Bye." I heard the phone click when he sets it down on it cradle. He comes and sits next to me again.
"What did she say?" I ask before I can stop myself. Damn it. I don't give a shit what she said.
"Nothing." He replies. After a few seconds he speaks again. "I'm just gonna catch the bus home, that way you don't have to go out."
"It's fine. I can take you home." I argue, and why am I doing this?
"No, I'll ride the bus." He moves and it looks like he's about to lay down, but instead he sits on the arm--facing me.
"I'll give you a ride. The bus sucks." I state. I'm giving him a ride home, I don't care what he says.
"I'll ride the bus! Why do you need to give me a ride home!? Just let me ride the damn bus!" He yells. I flinch automatically, but then anger surges through my body, and I lunge at him--pushing him. He disappears, and I realize that he's fallen off the couch.
I laugh. "Tai, are you okay?" I ask, leaning over the arm of the chair and peer down at him. He grins at me, and I raise my eyebrow.
"You called me Tai." Is all he says.
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Aero-Grrl: Okay, so this chapter wasn't very long, and I'm sorry. I have a headache, and I'm tired of typing. Next chapter is probably going to be another boring one... I dunno, maybe not. ^^;; I have to let everyone know, just because...! I'm a very happy camper right now. Just got center stage, 5th row seats for my favorite singer's concert, but I won't say who because people might throw rocks at me. Or something. But yes, everyone be happy for me, for this doesn't happen to me very often. ^^ Oh, and please review! And, thanks to everyone who has! -Ciao