Disclaimer - Do you think I would be writing this right now if I owned Digimon? Here's a hint, it looks kind of like, 'no'. Pretty simple, huh?

A/N: I shouldn't be writing. I should be working on my site, so I can finally open it. ^^;; No, instead I'm here spoiling everyone because I update too damn much... And I'm actually just about to give in and just write a damn lemon on FFN and just rate it R. I'm getting very frustrated with myself, can you tell? Anyway, read on...

Behind The Curtain
Chapter Seven

"Your dad isn't going to come looking for you, is he?" Taichi asked. "Because wouldn't this be the first place he looked?" Taichi didn't feel the need to get his ass kicked right now. He'd about had enough of people's shit. Daisuke shook his head.

"No, you have nothing to worry about." He said, though, Taichi still didn't believe him. He nodded anyway.

There was a short silence between the three men, Taichi couldn't do anything but stare at Ken. He was trying to figure out if Daisuke had ever said anything about him. He knew him and Daisuke were together, but he couldn't remember Daisuke ever saying anything about him. He would feel awful if he had and Taichi didn't remember. "So, how'd your dad find out?" The brunet asked finally.

Daisuke sighed and Ken shrugged. "I don't really know. I came home from Ken's and the minute I walked in the door he was forbidding me to never see him again." The mahogany haired boy spat out angrily. "So, I said fuck off and left." Taichi nodded, but that still didn't explain why Ken was with him. He looked at Ken pointedly.

"So what about you? What's your story?" Taichi asked, taking a seat at the kitchen table. They were all in the kitchen of Taichi's apartment.

Ken shrugged. "My parents aren't ever home to even care." He said simply. Taichi got the hint that he shouldn't push, though the brunet wanted more than ever to just asked more questions and demand more answers.

Daisuke cleared his throat trying to keep the air from getting any thicker. "So, did you see that guy again?"

With a sigh, Taichi stood from his seat. He really didn't want to talk about the blonde right now. He had gone through so many emotions all day. First there was confusion, then hurt, then sadness, and now he was angry. What gave Yamato the right to lash out at Taichi like that? What had Taichi done to him? Absolutely nothing, that's what. He was almost angry enough to march over to Yamato's and demand what the hell his problem was. Almost. Taichi just shrugged off Daisuke's question. He hoped the boy would get the hint to step off.

"He did something again, didn't he?" Daisuke continued ignoring Taichi's body language. "He didn't hit you again, did he?" Taichi sighed as the questions came tumbling out of Daisuke's mouth.

He massaged his forehead with his hand and said, "He never hit me, Dai. I don't feel like talking about it." He looked at the two boys in front of him, he sighed. "I'm going to bed. It's been a long day and I have to go to work tomorrow." Taichi walked over to a closet and grabbed a blanket for the two boys. As he threw it at Daisuke, he said, "You guys can fight over the couch, or both sleep on the couch, or whatever. I don't really care." He locked the front door, and started for his bedroom.

"You mean we don't get your bed?" Daisuke called after him with mock disgust and surprise. Ken laughed at the comment, the first noise he'd made since he answered Taichi's question.

"Daisuke, don't make me kick your ass." Taichi called back, he was already in bed and getting comfortable.

When Taichi dragged himself out of bed he cursed his job. He cursed it twenty times, then he cursed himself for ever getting the job. He hadn't gotten much sleep. Every time he would close his eyes he would see images of the blue-eyed beauty. Even when Yamato wasn't around, Taichi was aroused. The mere thought of the blonde got him horny, all someone had to do was say something that could be related to the blonde. Not even, because anything he thought about went back to the blonde somehow. Taichi really didn't need to be going through some hormonal teenage girl bullshit right now.

The last time he ever went through something like this was in highschool, when he had a crush on a soccer player from another school. Yeah, that had been interesting. They had messed around a little bit. That was when Taichi got his first blow job. Taichi stopped himself from thinking any further. He didn't need to be reminiscing right now, especially about his first blow job.

He glanced at the couch, at first he couldn't figure out who the boy laying next to Daisuke was. He studied the boy's profile, the sunlight shining in through the window danced across his pale face. His blue hair reflected the sunlight oddly but in an angelic way. He wondered if there was more to the boy than met the eye. Taichi knew there had to be. "Why are you staring at him?" Came Daisuke's voice snapping Taichi out of his thoughts. He looked at Daisuke, studying him. When Daisuke raised his eyebrows, Taichi realized he was supposed to answer. The brunet answered with a shrug. What was he supposed to say? Why kind of question was, 'why are you staring at him'?

Taichi walked into the kitchen and started a pot of coffee. He wouldn't have time to stop to get some elsewhere. He watched as Daisuke unwrapped himself from the blanket him and Ken had used. He walked into the kitchen and sat down at the table. He scratched the back from his neck as he stared at Taichi. The brunet joined him at the table once he was finished getting the coffee going. "What's on your mind?" He asked as he sat down.

Daisuke sighed. "I'm just... I'm making things worse." He said, which didn't make any sense to Taichi. "Running away doesn't solve anything, I should--"

"Your dad's a prick, everyone knows that. He's a homophobic prick, and if he think he's protecting you from becoming gay... It's a little late for that, don't you think?" Daisuke didn't say anything just stared at his hands in his lap, so Taichi continued. "Dai, you're welcome here any time... Day, night, rain or shine." He knew that's what the mahogany haired boy wanted to hear. He wanted reassurance that Taichi wasn't going to tell him to get out, kicking him to the curb. Not just him, but Ken as well.

Daisuke looked up at the brunet finally. "I know you're busy... And I know you don't need--" Taichi shook his head, cutting the boy off again.

"Are you going to argue whether or not you're going to stay? Well, there's no need to argue because you're staying whether you like it or not." He stated simply, making Daisuke laugh. Then he opened his mouth to say something, but Taichi cut him off once again. "Ken's staying as well."

Then there was silence. Like the last sentence ended all open conversation. Taichi looked down at his watch and sighed. He was going to be late for work, but only by about an hour. "His parents want to move again. That's why he's here. He doesn't want to move, and I wouldn't know what to do with myself if he did."

Taichi hadn't been expecting that. But, again? "What do you mean again?" Daisuke sighed as he rested his head in his palm.

"They never stay in the same place for more than a year, I don't know why, but they're moving once again. He told me yesterday while I was over his house, so when I got home and my father gave me a reason to leave I was more than happy to go. I went and got Ken, then came here." Daisuke sighed again, and looked at Ken's sleeping form on the couch. Then he looked back at Taichi. "I can't let him leave."

[tbc]

Aero: Please review! Okay, I want to say a couple of things, and I can just hear everyone groan, 'god, more of her randomness'. First of all, Ken and Dai are only seventeen. Yes, I know it said Taichi is twenty-three, and yes I realize that Dai and Ken are only three (or four?) years younger than Taichi. But, work with me, okay? I couldn't have Dai and Ken living with their parents at twenty years old. Hopefully no one is too upset that I kind of changed things? Besides this is AU, I can do that, I'm the author. Just, don't stop reviewing or reading because of it, okay? I would have to cry if anyone did, and believe me, I would. ^^;; Also, I'm still debating whether or not to write a Daiken/Kensuke side story to this, like I need to start something else. ^^;; Anyway, please review? -Ciao