A/N: I no own Digimon.
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With a deep breath, Hikari zipped her jacket back up and jogged out, towards the highschool. It wasn't too far away, and by keeping herself at a pace, and breathing the right way, and she made it to the highschool in one piece. The Jr. High was across the street, next to it. both were pretty big buildings.
Hikari sat down for a rest, sighing. Then she got up, turned right, and forced herself to keep jogging. She was very tired, very sore, and... very scared.
What would Yamato think? What would he do? She swallowed, paused long enough to yawn again, then focused on finding Totoro Street. It was hard, because the sun was finishing setting, and she was quite out of breath.
After a while, she found the right street, and again stopped for a rest. Sitting down, she looked up at the sky and frowned.
"No, please don't," she begged. The weather didn't listen, though, and after a crash of lightning and boom of thunder, it began to rain.
Hard droplets of icy cold rain, coming down in freezing sheets, soaking everything in an instant. Including Hikari. She pulled up her hood even though she was already soaked and got up. Wonderful. This was NOT her day.
Because it was now difficult to see period, it took her even longer to find the right house, but even so, the garage was closed, and there was only one light on upstairs. She doubted anybody inside would hear if she knocked or rung the doorbell. However, Lady Luck must have taken pity on her, because just then the door opened and a figure darted out.
"Thanks man, and don't drown yourself!" a figure in the door shouted, voice barely heard over the wind and rain.
"I won't!" came the shouted reply. The door to the house closed, and Hikari was quick to run up to the figure outside. He stopped short.
"Hikari?"
"Yamato?"
"Yeah, it's me; what are you doing out here?" then, seeing the somewhat blank look on Hikari's face, and deciding she looked like a drowned rat, he put an arm around her shoulders and steered her to the driveway and into the passenger seat of his car. Once in the dry and relatively more quiet place, Yamato waited to start the engine. He raised his eyebrows at his best friend's little sister.
"It's been a while, Hikari-chan," he said. "What are you doing here?"
"Anou, you're dad said that I could find you here..."
"And you walked all the way here? In the rain?"
"No, the rain didn't start until I said it couldn't get any more worse."
Yamato laughed. "But seriously; what's wrong?"
Hikari bit her lip, glanced out the window, and forced herself to look Yamato in the eyes. It only lasted a second, because she ended up on focusing on an invisible spot above Yamato's head. "Um, my parents and I sort of got in an argument, and they disowned me." she muttered.
Yamato blinked. "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that." He ran a hand through his hair. "Do you need a ride home?"
"No! no, I mean," Hikari now focused on the rain outside a window. "My parents hate me, they disowned me."
There was a moment of silence. At least from Yamato, because the weather didn't stop.
"What?" he asked after a moment of silence. When Hikari averted her gaze again and clenched her fists in her lap, he came up with a slightly more... humane answer. "Your parents didn't disown you, Hikari-chan," his voice became gentle. "And even if they wanted to, I think it's impossible for a parent to, you know, do something like that. Let 'em cool off."
"Cool off?"
"That's what I think. Whatever it was you guys were arguing about, I'm sure they just need to cool off a bit." He paused, then offered a warm smile. "Anything you'd like to confide in Uncle Yamato?"
Hikari offered him a shaky smile, still not looking him in the eye. "Yeah," she said. "What we were arguing about..." Hikari paused, glanced at Yamato, then shifted so that she couldn't see any part of him. She didn't want to know his reaction, in some way. "They, they wanted me to do something I didn't want to do; I told them it was my choice, or, I told my mom that, and she went into hysterics. She said that, that she and Otousan were my parents and knew what was best for me, and I got the impression that they thought they were in charge of my choices, but I didn't want to, Yama-kun, never! So after they threatened me with Disowning me for a while, I told them I hated them and ran out." Hikari paused, breaking into tears. "I jumped off the balcony." She choked incoherently. "I don't have a life anymore!"
Yamato leaned over and wrapped her in a hug. "It's okay, Hikari," he whispered. He had no idea what Hikari was talking about when she said things like she could never, they wanted her to do something she didn't want to do... what? What could make Hikari, YAGAMI Hikari of all people, get into such a bad argument with her parents that they threatened to disown her and she - what was it? jumped off the balcony? Yamato shivered, holding her sobbing form closer.
"So I take it you'd like to crash at my place tonight, huh?" he asked, then mentally smacked himself. Sure, go and remind yourself...
"Could I? Oh, thank you, Yamato! I don't know what I'm going to do now..." Hikari just buried her face in his chest. Then she thought, 'What the heck??!?! What am I doing, I haven't even told Yamato yet!' she let him push her back slightly, and she fastened her seatbelt. 'I can't tell him, I can't, but I have to... oniichan! Where are you when I need you?'
"So what was it you were arguing about?" Yamato asked, casually enough, after they'd been on the dark slick roads for a few minutes.
Hikari blinked away more tears. She had to tell him... she had to...
"They wanted me to kill somebody," she said softly after a while. Whatever Yamato's reaction to that, she hadn't expected him to suck in his breath, swerve, and slam on the brakes. Hikari bit back a scream. He drove like Taichi!
Yamato fumbled with his seatbelt, and then twisted on Hikari.
"They what??" he cried. "Please tell me you're exaggerating, Hikari!"
Hikari was somewhat alarmed at Yamato's reaction to that. She bit her lip again to keep from stuttering, and struggled with her seatbelt (seeing as they were at Yamato's house) to avoid looking at Yamato.
"They wanted me to kill somebody... end a life. I don't even know if maybe it's two lives!" Hikari was suddenly shrill. "Or three!"
Okay, so she hadn't thought about that. That there might be more than one. Gulp.
"Hikari, tell me everything." Yamato ordered firmly. Hikari promptly burst into tears again. She couldn't handle this.
"Who was it they wanted you to kill?"
Cough, hiccup, sob.
"Do I know them?"
This got a slightly more explanational answer. "Yamato, you'd be shocked at how much this concerns you! they don't know it's you, and now I don't want you to know it's you, I just want to curl up and die, I want Taichi, I want Taichi!" Hikari paused to take a breath before breaking down to tears again.
Yamato reached over and held her wrists firmly in one fist, and forced her to look at him with the other.
"Hikari, tell me, everything." He ordered, but he softened when he caught the look of utter terror on Hikari's face. He let go of her. She pressed against the door, and brought her knees to her chest.
"Yama-kun," she choked out finally. "Do you remember around a month ago? When I, you know, had that big break up and I came over and spent the night?" hiccup, cough, sob. "Do you remember?" she lifted her gaze fearfully. Yamato had a funny look on his face.
"Yeah. Yeah, I remember, Hikari."
"Please don't hate me!"
"Why would I hate you?"
"Because!" Hikari took a deep breath, tensing herself for the next announcement. "I'm pregnant!"
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With a deep breath, Hikari zipped her jacket back up and jogged out, towards the highschool. It wasn't too far away, and by keeping herself at a pace, and breathing the right way, and she made it to the highschool in one piece. The Jr. High was across the street, next to it. both were pretty big buildings.
Hikari sat down for a rest, sighing. Then she got up, turned right, and forced herself to keep jogging. She was very tired, very sore, and... very scared.
What would Yamato think? What would he do? She swallowed, paused long enough to yawn again, then focused on finding Totoro Street. It was hard, because the sun was finishing setting, and she was quite out of breath.
After a while, she found the right street, and again stopped for a rest. Sitting down, she looked up at the sky and frowned.
"No, please don't," she begged. The weather didn't listen, though, and after a crash of lightning and boom of thunder, it began to rain.
Hard droplets of icy cold rain, coming down in freezing sheets, soaking everything in an instant. Including Hikari. She pulled up her hood even though she was already soaked and got up. Wonderful. This was NOT her day.
Because it was now difficult to see period, it took her even longer to find the right house, but even so, the garage was closed, and there was only one light on upstairs. She doubted anybody inside would hear if she knocked or rung the doorbell. However, Lady Luck must have taken pity on her, because just then the door opened and a figure darted out.
"Thanks man, and don't drown yourself!" a figure in the door shouted, voice barely heard over the wind and rain.
"I won't!" came the shouted reply. The door to the house closed, and Hikari was quick to run up to the figure outside. He stopped short.
"Hikari?"
"Yamato?"
"Yeah, it's me; what are you doing out here?" then, seeing the somewhat blank look on Hikari's face, and deciding she looked like a drowned rat, he put an arm around her shoulders and steered her to the driveway and into the passenger seat of his car. Once in the dry and relatively more quiet place, Yamato waited to start the engine. He raised his eyebrows at his best friend's little sister.
"It's been a while, Hikari-chan," he said. "What are you doing here?"
"Anou, you're dad said that I could find you here..."
"And you walked all the way here? In the rain?"
"No, the rain didn't start until I said it couldn't get any more worse."
Yamato laughed. "But seriously; what's wrong?"
Hikari bit her lip, glanced out the window, and forced herself to look Yamato in the eyes. It only lasted a second, because she ended up on focusing on an invisible spot above Yamato's head. "Um, my parents and I sort of got in an argument, and they disowned me." she muttered.
Yamato blinked. "I'm sorry, I didn't catch that." He ran a hand through his hair. "Do you need a ride home?"
"No! no, I mean," Hikari now focused on the rain outside a window. "My parents hate me, they disowned me."
There was a moment of silence. At least from Yamato, because the weather didn't stop.
"What?" he asked after a moment of silence. When Hikari averted her gaze again and clenched her fists in her lap, he came up with a slightly more... humane answer. "Your parents didn't disown you, Hikari-chan," his voice became gentle. "And even if they wanted to, I think it's impossible for a parent to, you know, do something like that. Let 'em cool off."
"Cool off?"
"That's what I think. Whatever it was you guys were arguing about, I'm sure they just need to cool off a bit." He paused, then offered a warm smile. "Anything you'd like to confide in Uncle Yamato?"
Hikari offered him a shaky smile, still not looking him in the eye. "Yeah," she said. "What we were arguing about..." Hikari paused, glanced at Yamato, then shifted so that she couldn't see any part of him. She didn't want to know his reaction, in some way. "They, they wanted me to do something I didn't want to do; I told them it was my choice, or, I told my mom that, and she went into hysterics. She said that, that she and Otousan were my parents and knew what was best for me, and I got the impression that they thought they were in charge of my choices, but I didn't want to, Yama-kun, never! So after they threatened me with Disowning me for a while, I told them I hated them and ran out." Hikari paused, breaking into tears. "I jumped off the balcony." She choked incoherently. "I don't have a life anymore!"
Yamato leaned over and wrapped her in a hug. "It's okay, Hikari," he whispered. He had no idea what Hikari was talking about when she said things like she could never, they wanted her to do something she didn't want to do... what? What could make Hikari, YAGAMI Hikari of all people, get into such a bad argument with her parents that they threatened to disown her and she - what was it? jumped off the balcony? Yamato shivered, holding her sobbing form closer.
"So I take it you'd like to crash at my place tonight, huh?" he asked, then mentally smacked himself. Sure, go and remind yourself...
"Could I? Oh, thank you, Yamato! I don't know what I'm going to do now..." Hikari just buried her face in his chest. Then she thought, 'What the heck??!?! What am I doing, I haven't even told Yamato yet!' she let him push her back slightly, and she fastened her seatbelt. 'I can't tell him, I can't, but I have to... oniichan! Where are you when I need you?'
"So what was it you were arguing about?" Yamato asked, casually enough, after they'd been on the dark slick roads for a few minutes.
Hikari blinked away more tears. She had to tell him... she had to...
"They wanted me to kill somebody," she said softly after a while. Whatever Yamato's reaction to that, she hadn't expected him to suck in his breath, swerve, and slam on the brakes. Hikari bit back a scream. He drove like Taichi!
Yamato fumbled with his seatbelt, and then twisted on Hikari.
"They what??" he cried. "Please tell me you're exaggerating, Hikari!"
Hikari was somewhat alarmed at Yamato's reaction to that. She bit her lip again to keep from stuttering, and struggled with her seatbelt (seeing as they were at Yamato's house) to avoid looking at Yamato.
"They wanted me to kill somebody... end a life. I don't even know if maybe it's two lives!" Hikari was suddenly shrill. "Or three!"
Okay, so she hadn't thought about that. That there might be more than one. Gulp.
"Hikari, tell me everything." Yamato ordered firmly. Hikari promptly burst into tears again. She couldn't handle this.
"Who was it they wanted you to kill?"
Cough, hiccup, sob.
"Do I know them?"
This got a slightly more explanational answer. "Yamato, you'd be shocked at how much this concerns you! they don't know it's you, and now I don't want you to know it's you, I just want to curl up and die, I want Taichi, I want Taichi!" Hikari paused to take a breath before breaking down to tears again.
Yamato reached over and held her wrists firmly in one fist, and forced her to look at him with the other.
"Hikari, tell me, everything." He ordered, but he softened when he caught the look of utter terror on Hikari's face. He let go of her. She pressed against the door, and brought her knees to her chest.
"Yama-kun," she choked out finally. "Do you remember around a month ago? When I, you know, had that big break up and I came over and spent the night?" hiccup, cough, sob. "Do you remember?" she lifted her gaze fearfully. Yamato had a funny look on his face.
"Yeah. Yeah, I remember, Hikari."
"Please don't hate me!"
"Why would I hate you?"
"Because!" Hikari took a deep breath, tensing herself for the next announcement. "I'm pregnant!"
