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The Lone Wolf and the Lonely Butterfly
By Akiya Arimoto

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Akiya: Hey minna-san! It's Akiya! I haven't updated for a long time.....

Readers: Like DUH!
Akiya: *SWEATDROPS* Ah, anyways, the long wait is over. Here's the next chapter!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN DIGIMON. PERIOD.
Chapter Seven: A Boy Plays Matchmaker Part 1B
As Izumi walked into homeroom, she noticed that Kouji wasn't there. She knew that Kouji was always there early. She wondered if he was all right, and blushed. Stop thinking anout him! she scolded herself. Although he is the Lone Wolf . . .
As Takuya walked into the room, he grabbed Izumi's notes. Then he told Izumi that Kouji didn't feel like going to school today. I must have embarrassed him two days ago, she thought bitterly. What was I thinking?
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Kouji woke up, feeling hot all over. He was only wearing his sweatshirt and shorts. Then he remembered his blackout. He tried to get up, and groaned. His head felt like a hammer was pounding it. He moaned, and as his world went black again, he thought, I can't go to school in this condition.
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As Kouji resurfaced, his stomach growled. Then someone knocked on his door. "Hello, Kouji?" a voice said. "Who's kncoking on my door at this hour?" he grumbled. Classes had just ended for the day. Students were walking around campus outside.
He stumbled out of bed, and opened the door. After several tries, he finally managed to get it open. Who was standing at his door? (It was Takuya!) Izumi was looking as innocent as ever. (haha, tricked ya! Or didja know?) As Kouji gaped at her, she help up the paper bag that she had in her hand. "I brought you lunch, " she said shyly.
"May I come in?" Kouji grunted and let her pass.
"Oh my god, it's so cold in here!" she exclaimed. Kouji barely remembered opening the window before going back to sleep.
"What are you doing here?" Kouji said. His head was sounding like pounding in his ears.
Izumi replied, "Takuya." Kouji remembered Takuya asked him if he like Izumi. Kouji blushed, but you can barely see it, because his face was already really red. "What Takuya do this time?" Kouji muttered.
But Izumi heard him anyway. "Takuya took my notes, and hid them somewhere, " she said. Then she had a glint in her eye. As quickly as it appeared, it vanished. "What notes?" Kouji demanded.
"My geometry notes," she explained. " I need them for Monday's test." Kouji was furious. Takuya would pay for Izumi's geometry notes. Wait a minute . . .why did I think that?! he thought to himself. I must be out of my mind today for thinking of her like this.
"Well, " the girl in mind said, "you have to eat. Takuya checked on you earlier, and he said you were slept all day." At the mention of food, Kouji's insides squirmed. He amde a motion that said all, and rushed to the bathroom.
After a minute of retching, she asked, "Are you all right in there?" When he didn't answer, she opened the door, and went in. Kouji was sitting on the floor, his face in the wastebasket. Izumi immediately got to work.
When Kouji tried to dtop her, she hed up a hand, and said only, "I was an intern. Let me handle this." She then wet one of the towels, which was blue, and wiped his mouth. Then she helped him to the bed, and told him to lie down. Waves of nausea still claimed Kouji.
He wondered what she thought of him after this. Will she think he's like this all the time? I'm not, he thought She put the wet, cool, towel on his forehead, after washing it, and then he went to sleep. An expression of peace and calmness appeared his face. Izumi used the mop in the bathroom to clean up. She then remembered that she forgot to let him eat the hotdog that she brought.
As she came near Kouji's bed, she noticed that the towel fell off when his head rolled over one side. She wet it again, and put it back in its place. She decided to spend the night trying to take care of Kouji. Anything to get back her geometry notes for the test.
She pulled a chair next to his bed, and began to wait. She lokked at his his serene face, and unknown to Izumi and Kouji, she unconsciously said, "I'll always be there by you." So quietly, nobody heard her. Not even herself.
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Akiya: Hello, minna-san. How did you think of this chapter? Please review, because you know I won't update for a long, loong time. Tee hee! ^_~