DISCLAIMER: Alright, this is the deal - I don't own Digimon, I'm not making money off this story, and I'm a college student - which means you shouldn't sue me, and even if you did, you wouldn't get any money

A/N: This is my second complete fanfic - my first sucked much, and I think this is a considerable improvement, though it's certainly not great - which is precisely why I need feedback! PLEASE R/R! Thanks

CONTACT: Ishida Date

"Quick, hide me!" exclaimed the blonde teenager.

"Hide you? Where?" asked the other boy. The two sophomores were standing in the middle of their high school's courtyard, which was a big, empty, grassy square, with a picnic table or two strewn about. There was literally nowhere for a 6'0 blonde to hide.

"Oh no! Tai, she's coming!"

"Who?" he asked, before looking up. Matt, who was now frantically hiding behind his best friend Tai, pointed to a girl in the distance. "Ohh, I see. Hey Jun! Over here!"

"What are you doing!" yelled Matt.

"Heh heh. I'm doing you a favor buddy!"

"What? Tai, I am so going to kick your..."

"She's coming Matt, you'd better get back to hiding if you don't want to get caught" Tai countered before Matt could finish his threat. The blonde digidestined went back to ducking in the brown-haired soccer star's shadow.

"Hey Tai!" Jun Motomiya hurriedly ran up to Tai. "Have you seen Matt?"

"Um, no I haven't Jun." Tai responded. 'Can she not see that he's hiding right behind my back? What a ditz - just like her brother.'

"Awww! I can't seem to find that boy anywhere! I just walked up to him right now to give him a kiss, and he ran off! I thought I saw him run into the courtyard, but I can't seem to find him anywhere. You know, any other guy in the world would absolutely love it if a beautiful upperclassman had a crush on him. Right, Tai?"

"Yeah, right...well, I know where Matt is Jun." BUMP! Matt punched Tai in the back. "Ha ha, I mean, like, can I talk to you for a minute, Jun?"

"Well, it seems like I'm not going to find Matt now...so sure Tai, what's up?"

"Um, well let's talk over there at the picnic tables," Tai replied as he motioned to the left. As Jun turned her back, Tai faced his friend. "Now get out of here! You owe me one - anything I choose, okay?"

"Yeah, whatever Tai, sure - thanks!" whispered Matt before he ran like a cheetah out of the school grounds.

Tai followed Jun to the tables. It was a crisp, clear autumn day. The air had a slight chill to it, and the leaves were turning beautiful shades of orange and yellow. It was the kind of day that anyone would adore. Anyone that is, but Tai Kamiya. All it meant to the spiky-haired boy was the beginning of the offseason for soccer. Tai had always loved soccer, but he'd taken his obsession to another level over the last year. He had suddenly grown into one of the best young soccer players in the region, and was being recruited by universities near and far. Tai couldn't wait to start up again and wow the recruits. As a matter of fact, he was considering his college choices when he felt a tug on his sleeve.

"Huh? Oh, sorry Jun."

"No problem Tai. What did you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh.um, just wanted to say...uh...it's some nice weather we've been having huh?"

"What? What are you talking about? You know you hate the autumn! You've only been telling every soul in the school since soccer season finished that you wished spring lasted the whole year!"

"Oh yeah...right...um, well anyway, I gotta go! See ya Jun!" Tai turned on his heel and started to rapidly retreat when he heard a sigh. 'Was that Jun? Ugh.I want to go home.but I don't want to be mean.after all, she's a nice girl, I guess.'

Tai turned back around. "What's the matter Jun?"

"Oh, nothing," Jun replied.

"Okay, great, well, I'm off then!" Tai started walking away again.

"Well, it's just..." Jun started. This time, Tai sighed. Then he took a seat opposite Jun.

"Okay, so what's on your mind, sport?"

"Sport? Dude, you do have soccer on the brain, like everyone says. Well, um, okay - I'll tell you, but don't tell Matt okay?" Tai nodded back at her. "Alright, well, I know that Matt was hiding behind you right now."

"Oh. Well why didn't you say anything?"

"Well, I didn't want to bother him. I mean, I know I go crazy and chase him all over the place, and that I'm the president of his fan club, and that I scream louder than all the girls combined at his concerts, and that I refer to Monday as Mattday, and that all my clothes have The Teenage Wolves logo on them, and I held that protest at the Grammy's when Matt didn't get nominated, and that..."

"Yeah yeah, I know, we all know - what's your point Jun?"

"Well, it's just this. I go crazy when I'm around Matt. But that's not how I really am. All that Matt knows about me is how I act when I'm in his presence, and what my annoying brother says about me. I can't help but get this rush when I'm around him! I wish.I just wish he could see how I really am. Just one measly little date! And then, at least then he'd know what I'm really like. And then, ya know, we'd live happily ever after." Tai gave her a strange look. "Or not.but then at least he could decide based on who I really am - not on how that crazy fangirl side of me acts." Jun turned her head down and to the side. There was complete quiet for a few seconds.

"Uh, Jun, are you okay?"

"...Yeah." she replied. Jun tried to hold it in, but she couldn't. Soon, her silent sobbing turned into an opening of the floodgates.

'Oh jeez.what do I do? What do I do?' thought Tai. He handed the crying girl a tissue and put his hands on her shoulder. "It'll be okay Jun."

"Oh Tai! I love him sooo much!" The skinny auburn-haired girl quickly turned and buried her head in Tai's chest. Tai, never very good in these situations, didn't know what to do at first. But he caught on quickly and put his arms around the older girl.

And suddenly, like a lightning bolt, it hit him.

"I've got it!" Tai yelled, pushing Jun right off of him, tumbling her onto the grass. She stared up at him with a blank face. Tai, completely oblivious to the fact that he had just knocked Jun onto the ground, continued on. "I've got the best idea! Watch, this is what we do..."

Several minutes later...

"I don't think that's gonna work Tai. I mean, if you hit him over the head with a blunt object, you could kill him. I don't want to be dating a dead Matt, ya know."

Tai put his head down. "Well, it sounded like a good idea in my head.wait, I've got another one! Oh, never mind, it's stupider than the first."

"No, just tell me Tai, I'm sure it's not stupider than the first one."

"Hey!" They both shared a quick laugh. "Well, I told Matt right now that he owed me a favor, and that it could be whatever I wanted."

"And you're going to tell him to go out with me!"

"Well, not exactly. I don't think Matt would do that." Jun nodded her head down. "Well, I mean, we want him to get to know the real you, right? It's like he's meeting a whole other person...so why don't we make him think he's meeting a whole other person?"

"Hmm…so what does that mean?" Tai told her his whole plan, which turned out to be pretty good, surprisingly. And soon, the two went off to their separate homes, ready to put what the two called Operation: Ishida Date, into action.

To Be Continued...(alright, you got me, I got lazy and didn't finish it - I thought this was gonna be a short fanfic, and that this would be the halfway point, but when I got this far I saw that I could easily make this into a 3 or 4 chapter fic)

I'll finish the story if I get any type of positive feedback on this - but please, ANY type of feedback is welcome, even if it isn't good (except for the worthless kind - ya know what I mean, like, "JuN SuX! Mimato 4EVER! 3 3 3"), so please tell me what needs to be worked on, and what you thought of it - thanks!