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"......" is speaking /....../ is Takuya's thoughts

Takuya's POV

Digimon does not belong to me.

Taming the Wild
Wicchick

/Well, this is certainly better than what I was about to do./

Takuya had not expected his thoughts to suddenly be thrown away. Nor had he expected to have Koji's tongue seeking entrance into his mouth. In fact, the whole thing was quite shocking: as Takuya had been preparing to try to have a talk with Koji, his mouth had been pushed up against Koji's. Next thing he knew, he was being forcefully held to the spot by Koji so that he couldn't escape (not that he wanted to) and Koji was sliding his tongue into Takuya's mouth. He couldn't figure out what had sparked this sudden change in Koji, and was starting to doubt that Koji had meant to kiss him in the first place.

/What if it was just an accident? Maybe he slipped and...landed on my lips? But, he's not stopping. Yeah, we've been at it for a whole minute now, and he hasn't pushed away. Oh, to hell with it.../ Throwing caution to the wind, Takuya threw his dangling arms around Koji's neck, and drew him nearer. Koji groaned, and gripped Takuya all the tighter. Takuya was suddenly very thankful that Koji was holding him down, because he was sure that if he hadn't been, his knees would have given way much before now.

All too soon, the kiss was over, and they parted, panting. Neither of them looked at the other. Takuya felt like he was going to burst if he didn't say something, so he asked, "So, does this mean you like me, too?"

In the dim light, he could just barely see Koji's once serious features soften into a light laugh. Then he spoke. "I-I know that was...I mean, I don't know what came over me. Sorry I-"

"No! No, I'm not mad or anything. It was a little unexpected...OK, very unexpected, but..So, do you like me, then?"

Koji didn't answer right away. When he did, his reply was mumbled and unintelligible, and Takuya had to ask him to repeat. Sighing, he answered, "I said, I don't know."

"What? No, I heard you," he said, as Koji had given him an impatient look, "but how can you not know? You just...you just kissed me!"

"I know! I didn't do it cause I was suddenly sure I have feelings for you. It was spontaneous. Ever since that night you told me how you felt, I haven't been able to get you out of my mind. I had to figure out how I felt so that's why I kissed you."

Takuya took a moment to take this all in, and then asked, "So, how do you feel?"

"I just said I didn't know!" Koji said angrily.

Takuya was taken aback. "Sorry I asked," he said coldly.

"No, I'm sorry, I'm just so...ARGH!" Koji was raking his hands through his hair, and then brought them down to cover his eyes as he spoke. "I'm just so confused."

"So am I."

An odd silence fell between them, and Takuya knew he had to take a chance if he wanted Koji, so he broke it. "Well, if you're not sure, then uh.." he cleared his throat, "uh, well, we could just try it. I mean, try being together."

Koji's eyes were still covered with his hands as he pondered this idea. Takuya could feel sweat beading his forehead. "I just don't want to get into something that I may later regret," he said carefully.

"Koji, listen, this isn't some lifelong commitment. It's just like any other relationship, only yeah, it questions our sexuality, but if it doesn't work out, well then, it doesn't work out. We don't have to tell anyone about it either. And you can still go back to liking girls; this doesn't mean you're gay forever."

"Who said I was gay!" Koji responded defensively. Takuya raised his eyebrow. "Fine, whatever. I guess you have a point. It's just so weird. I've never been in a relationship before, and now my first one is going to be with another guy? I've never been attracted to any guy before, and suddenly..." he trailed off.

"Neither have I. Not with a girl, or a guy. But if you really want your first relationship to be with a girl, you could always bang up Zoe, ditch her, and come back to me for your second one."

Koji burst out laughing. "Well, there's an idea! But now that I think about it, Zoe doesn't seem quite as appealing as you do. I guess we could try this out."

Takuya sighed with relief. "Thank god! Now, how about another kiss?"

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They emerged from the cave only a few minutes later. Takuya was subconsciously licking his lips as they headed back to the camp.

/Mmm, he tastes so sweet. Is this his saliva, or mine?/ he wondered. It was well past the time that the two of them should have been there. As they approached the firelight, Takuya saw Zoe pacing up and down, and then she threw her arms up angrily when she saw him.

"Takuya Kanbara! Didn't you promise to be back just after dark? How can you leave me worrying here! I didn't know-oh, hi Koji." She had just noticed Koji standing besides Takuya. "W-what are-"

"Takuya ran into some trouble in a cave. I heard him calling for help, so I went to find him. We had to battle a Digimon who had stolen his D-Tector. It was late when we were done, so we decided to come back together," Koji answered. Takuya was happy that he had said 'we had to battle a Digimon' instead of 'I had to battle a Digimon'.

"Oh. Well, what Digimon was it? Did you purify his fractal code?"

Takuya spoke up this time. "His name was Kleptomon. He had a nasty theft problem. And yeah, Koji purified his fractal code."

"Right. I'm just glad you two are okay. So, did you 'get in tune with nature'?"

/Oh we got in tune with something alright./ "Nope. You?"

"Nah. I know it's supposed to be peaceful and all here, but I still couldn't concentrate. My mind was somewhere else. I don't think the others had much luck, either."

"Well, there's always tomorrow. Hey, anyone got any food? That fight really wore me out," said Takuya. Koji smirked at him and whispered, so only Takuya could hear, "Yeah, I've heard that being knocked unconscious really builds up an appetite." Takuya tried not to grin.

"Yeah, follow me. J.P. found some fruit trees, so we've got plenty to eat. Don't worry," she added, seeing Takuya's disgusted look, "he's still got some chocolate too! I think he's making S'mores now. Where'd he get marshmallows and Graham crackers from?" she wondered out loud, and lead Koji and Takuya towards where J.P. was sitting.

While they ate, each person (and Digimon---Bokomon and Neemon) told the rest about where they had been. Takuya and Koji were the only ones with an interesting tale, since they were the only ones who found a Digimon, and an evil one, nonetheless. Everyone was wiped out from having walked all day, so they decided to call it a night a little earlier than they usually would have.

Takuya and Koji didn't talk to each other while finding a sleeping place, but tried to sleep next to each other as discretely as possible. Luckily, no one noticed When Takuya was sure that everyone was asleep except for him (Koji had already fallen asleep) he turned on his side to face Koji's back, scooted closer to him, and draped his arm tightly around Koji's middle. Koji stirred a bit, put his hand on top of Takuya's arm, and slightly moaned his approval. Takuya brought his head closer to Koji's, and with his mouth next to Koji's ear, he whispered a good night. Koji seemed to have drifted off to sleep once again, and didn't respond, so Takuya slowly traced his ear with his tongue. Koji finally groaned his delight, and had to stifle a giggle. Contented with his response, Takuya rested his head back on the hard ground, matched his breathing with Koji's, and slowly drifted off to a peaceful sleep.

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Ahhh, I'm happy now. When Takuya's happy, I'm happy. More to come!