Chapter Four- The Birds and the Bees
The doorbell rang at the Ichijouji home a few days later. Ken's mother opened the door
and was greeted by a young girl she didn't know.
"Hello, I'm one of Ken's friends, is he home?"
"Yes he's here, come in please."
Jesi stepped inside and took off her shoes. She slipped on slippers and waited in the front
hall.
Mrs. Ichijouji was surprised to see a girl coming to see Ken. She walked into Ken's room
where he was sitting at his computer.
"Ken there is a friend here to see you."
Ken stood up and smiled. He walked out to the front hall and kissed Jesi when he saw her.
Ken's mother was twice as surprised to see this as she was to see a girl coming to see Ken.
She walked into the living room where Mr. Ichijouji was watching television.
"A young girl just came to see Ken," she said to her husband.
"It's good that Ken is making new friends."
"But when he saw her he walked up and kissed her," she replied
Ken's father turned and looked a little surprised. Just then Ken walked into the room.
"Mother, father, may Jesi stay for dinner?" Ken said.
His parents looked down and saw that the two were holding hands. Ken's mother looked
at his father.
"Well, I guess it's alright for her to stay."
Ken and Jesi went to Ken's room and his parents were left alone. Ken's mother sat down
on the couch.
They sat in silence for a few moments, then his mother spoke.
"Don't you think Ken is too young to... be kissing girls?"
"Don't you remember when you were his age? He's fine."
Ken's mother sighed and then walked into the kitchen to start dinner.
In a little while the family and their guest were sitting down at the table eating dinner. Ken's
mother had realized it was good that Ken was making friends and was very happy for him. And
of course like any parent, Mrs. Ichijouji loved to talk about her son.
"When Ken was little he had this stuffed rabbit that he took everywhere with him, one day
he lost it and he began to cry. It turned out he left it in his laundry basket and it had been put in
the wash."
Ken groaned as his mother embarrassed him.
"Then this one time we were at the grocery store and Ken got lost in the frozen foods
section! He was only 2 and we went looking for him everywhere. Then we heard a call on the
loudspeaker that a baby had been found, we were so relieved!"
Jesi smiled at all of Mrs. Ichijouji's stories about Ken.
"And then on Ken's first day of school he was running down the sidewalk and he tripped
and fell. He landed flat on his back! The poor baby started crying. And to this day there is a scar
on his back where he fell. He was so cute when he was little."
"Yes he told me when I asked what the scar was." Just as she said that she realized her
mistake. Ken's mother and father stopped eating and looked at her.
"You mean...you've seen it?" Ken's father said.
Everyone sat in silence for a moment. Then Ken stood up.
"May we be excused?"
Ken's parents said nothing. His mother looked down and continued eating. Ken left the
table and brought Jesi to his room with him. Jesi climbed up the ladder to Ken's bed and sat down next to Minomon, who had been sleeping there.
"Ken I'm sorry, you're going to get in trouble now aren't you?"
Ken sat down backwards in his desk chair and rested his arms on the back.
"I really don't know what they'll say."
"I should go home."
"No you can stay here, it's ok."
Then Ken's father entered the room.
"Ken will you come out here for a moment?" Ken and his father left the room.
Jesi sighed and laid back on Ken's bed. Minomon woke up and sat on her stomach.
"Jesi what's wrong? Where's Ken?"
"I said something stupid and now he's going to get in trouble."
"What did you say?"
"Remember when we were on the beach? Well, I saw a scar on Ken's back and he told me
about it, then at supper his mother told the same story. Well.. I blurted out something about it
and now they're going to think that we... you know, did something, since we can't tell then we
were on a beach in the Digiworld."
"Did something like what?"
Jesi looked at Minomon for a second.
"Well, Minomon do you know about the birds and the bees and all that?"
"Birdmon and Beemon?"
"Um... why don't you just ask Ken about that sometime."
Then Ken walked back into the room. He climbed up the ladder sat down next to her.
"Did you get in trouble?" she said as she was sitting up. Minomon hopped off her stomach and sat down between the two of them.
"No, but they gave me a lecture. They think that we were doing something...inappropriate."
Jesi sighed. Minomon looked back and forth at them.
"Are you two talking about birds and bees again?"
Ken and Jesi laughed. They spent the rest of the evening in Ken's room while Ken's
worried parents wondered what was going on from the living room.
