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A/N: Hey all! ::waves excitedly:: This story has kind of made a wrong turn and gotten itself into some rough terrain, and hopefully I can fix that. It seems like it kind of started writing itself, which wasn't supposed to happen. I'm trying my hardest right now trying to get it back to where it's supposed to be. So be patient with me through this chapter, okay? And, I'm going to do something different this time around, I'm gonna reply to reviews because I got some pretty interesting ones. ::raises eyebrow::
Kuroi Neko1: I'm glad you like angst... You probably wouldn't be reading this fic if you didn't. ^^ I'm so glad you like it though!
Sillie: Everyone keeps asking about Dai and Ken. ::laughs:: Glad you like it, and maybe you'll find something about them later. ^^
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I know there's more of you, but I was going by memory... And don't ask how I did that because I can barely remember what color my shirt was yesterday. ::laughs:: How embarrassing, just ignore that. ^^;; I love all of you though, and I don't usually reply to reviews, but I got so many that just made me laugh and smile and jump around the room like an idiot, lol. So I had to reply. ::hugs reviewers:: Also, my site is finally opened, I don't know if you all know! But, it's at a new url (look in my profile for the link or here: boy-loving. org/taito). And I think you should go sign the guestbook and leave me comments in my blog. Because I know you all love my randomness. ::laughs:: Right, I know that's a lie.
Anyway, with no further ado... Chapter Twelve! Enjoy!
Behind The Curtain
Chapter Twelve
"Hello?" the brunet greeted, surprised his voice sounded normal. There was a dark silence on the other end of the line, and Taichi sighed. "Look, I don't have time for this." he muttered under his breath, but still loud enough for the caller to hear. Though, it was a lie. He had all the time in the world, but he didn't want to waste it talking to silence. "I highly doubt you called to just hear me breathe, so why don't you hang up your damn phone and try the number again." When he still got no reply or even any sign of life on the other end, he said, "I'm going to hang up... in three... two... one..."
"....Wait." he heard just before he took the phone away from his ear. He eyed the phone suspiciously as if the person calling could see him.
"Who is this?" he asked, the suspicion was evident in his voice. He heard a sigh, but no answer. "Is this some kind of sick joke?" he asked venomously. "Because you know, I'm really not in the mood."
"Open your front door." the voice said lowly.
Taichi almost laughed at how absurd it sounded. A slight laugh escaped him as he said, "Okay, psycho. I'll do that right away... What are you gonna do, shoot me?" His voice was dripping with sarcasm and disbelief.
"Just open your damn door, asshole." the voice couldn't be mistaken, and Taichi almost asked him to repeat what he'd just said to make sure he wasn't dreaming. Then his eyes darkened as he started for the door leading to the hallway.
"I'm gonna kick whoever's ass that is screwing with me." he muttered to the person on the phone. "It's not even remotely funny. Dai, I swear I'll kick your ass."
There was an exasperated sigh on the other end. "Will you just open your damn door already? I'm getting strange looks."
Taichi hung up the phone, and stared at the door like it was going to fly open and reveal a three headed monster. He made his way to the door slowly. He stared at it for a few seconds before his right hand grabbed the knob. He twisted it slowly and pulled it opened. He hid behind the door as he opened it, feeling childish for acting this way. He peaked around the door and met azure blue eyes. He gasped and looked away as if he'd been burned by them.
After a few moments of awkward silence, Taichi scrambled from behind the door scratching the back of his head. He cleared his throat and said, "What're you doing here?"
The blonde shrugged. "I had Takeru drop me off, um," he shifted from one foot to the other uncomfortably. "I hope you don't mind?" He looked up the brunet.
Taichi shook his head furiously. "No!" he said quickly. It echoed down the hallway, and he looked away from the blonde, his face flushing. He cleared his throat and said, "No, it's fine. Here," he opened the door and let Yamato in. "Make yourself at home." The blonde smiled at him gratefully.
Taichi was totally unprepared as to what left the blonde's mouth minutes after he entered the apartment. "I'm sorry." he said, looking down at his feet. The brunet just stared at him, his mouth gaping. "I was upset, and you didn't help." Yamato shifted uncomfortably under Taichi gaze. But, after a few moments the brunet was grinning. He didn't care what the blonde had meant about him not helping, he was just happy that it was all a big misunderstanding.
"Really?" he asked stupidly. He knew he sounded like a moron, but it was almost too good to be true. The blonde nodded, and it took everything in the brunet not to jump around the apartment dancing. Instead he just nodded and said, "It's fine. Haven't really thought about it that much anyway." He watched as Yamato's eyes flashed, but then it was gone. He didn't know what it was, but he hadn't liked it. The first thing Taichi thought was, 'he's going to have a conniption fit'. So he braced himself for what was to come next. But, nothing came.
He opened one eye and stared at Yamato. The blonde was giving him a knowing look but it was also apologetic. Taichi sighed, both of his eyes opening. He gave Yamato an apologetic look as well. "So," he started, he looked around the room; anywhere but at the blonde standing before him. "Why were you upset that day then?"
"Family issues." Yamato said with a shrug. Taichi wanted to ask what kind, but didn't. "Stupid stuff that got me upset. I shouldn't have taken it out on you."
You know, if Taichi had been thinking straight it probably would have dawned on him that it didn't make much sense. Well, in his mind it wouldn't have. But, he was so happy that Yamato didn't hate him that he didn't even think about it. Well, not until the blonde left.
He was laying in bed wondering about Daisuke and what had happened to make him crawl into bed with him the week before. It had been so bizarre because he looked about that same as Taichi had. His face was tear streaked, meaning something happened. And Taichi didn't even doubt that it had something to do with Ken. Which brought him to start thinking about the quiet boy. He seemed so reserved and shy. He couldn't figure out how he put up with Daisuke, especially since their personalities were totally different.
Different personalities. That made Taichi think of Yamato. He smiled and stretched in bed, the blanket falling around his lower waist. He thought about what the blonde had said about being upset. He was having family problems. Did that mean that the guy at his apartment had been some kind of relative? Taichi hoped so. Maybe his father? Oh, Taichi truly hoped it had been. Then his thoughts went deeper and things started to not make sense.
Yamato said that he took it out on Taichi, but he took it out on Taichi after Taichi kissed him. He couldn't help but think that that couldn't have been it. The blonde had kissed back. So he obviously had liked it somewhat. But, if he was upset about his 'family issues', he wouldn't have pulled him into the apartment in the first place. He would have slammed the door and told him to go the fuck home. Taichi sighed, he really hated being confused. He decided to give up trying to figure out Yamato for now. His thoughts went back to Daisuke.
He was really worried about the mahogany haired boy. He hadn't seen him for almost a week, and he didn't know where to contact him. He thought about calling his parents, but then they would ask Taichi questions if they didn't know where he was. Taichi didn't want that. He just hoped that Daisuke would show himself soon, because Taichi was ready to pull his hair out worrying about the kid.
Taichi stared up at the ceiling, thoughts zooming through his mind. A quiet knock snapped him out of his trance though. He sat there for a few seconds waiting to see if it would do it again because he thought it was just his imagination, but then he heard the knock again. He crawled out of bed, clad in just red boxers. He walk out into the living room area and towards the door. There was another soft knock just before he opened it. Behind it stood a very wet Daisuke. Taichi stared at the shivering boy before grabbing him and pulling him into the apartment.
"What are you doing, Dai?" he asked worriedly. Daisuke just shivered, so Taichi took charge. "Take those wet clothes off, I'll give you some of mine to wear." The boy opened his mouth to protest, but Taichi shook his head. "Don't argue, Daisuke, just do it." The boy nodded and took off his wet jacket. As he stripped down, Taichi went back into his room and grabbed a pair of boxers and pajama pants.
When he walked back out into the living room, Daisuke was still taking his wet clothes off. Then Taichi realized there weren't any lights on, so he turned on a nearby lamp. He handed Daisuke the clothes and pushed him into the bathroom. "Take a hot shower." he ordered and Daisuke nodded.
Taichi was sitting on the couch looking very tired when Daisuke walked out of the bathroom in Taichi's clothes. "I didn't think you'd still be up." he said to Taichi when he realized the man hadn't gone to bed.
"I wanted to make sure you were okay." the brunet replied standing from his position on the couch. "I've been worried, Dai. Where have you been?"
Daisuke gave the older man a weak smile. He was glad that Taichi cared so much. "You sound like my mom." Taichi laughed. "I just, I dunno. I needed to think." the mahogany haired boy admitted vaguely. Taichi nodded.
"So you decided to show up around two in the morning? Nice, Dai." the brunet offered a smile though, he was just joking.
Daisuke bit his lip. "I'm sorry I woke you--" Taichi dismissed his apology with a wave of his hand.
"Oh, Dai. You're welcome here anytime, day or night. I wasn't sleeping anyway." Daisuke gave Taichi a weak smile. "But," the brunet started as he grabbed Daisuke's wrist. "You're sleeping with me tonight because it's warmer in my bed." Daisuke laughed as Taichi dragged him into the bed.
"Thanks, Taichi." he said smiling. He crawled into bed and settled underneath the covers next to Taichi. He fell into a peaceful sleep, the first one since over a month, as did Taichi.
When Taichi woke up, he realized that once again Daisuke wasn't sleeping next to him. He sighed and sat up. "Hey, Dai!?" he yelled, his voice carrying throughout the apartment.
"Yeah?" the young boy said, his head popping through the doorway. Taichi gave a sigh of relief.
"I didn't know if you were still here." Daisuke nodded.
"Well, I am." His head disappeared again, and Taichi laughed good naturedly. He pulled himself out of bed and walked out into the living area. Daisuke was sitting on the couch watching television. He looked up at Taichi and said, "Your boyfriend called, I think he said he was coming over...? I'm not sure, he interrupted my show, so I wasn't really listening."
Taichi stared at him, a little confused. Then it dawned on him. "Dai, he's not my boyfriend." Then he processed the rest of Daisuke's sentence. "Wait, he's coming over? When? When did he called?"
Daisuke shrugged. "I don't know. He said after he got done eating or something... Which was like an hour ago."
Taichi stared at Daisuke. "Why didn't you wake me up!?" He couldn't believe this was happening. He was still in his red boxers for goodness sakes. The boy shrugged again.
"I thought you didn't care? I thought he wasn't your boyfriend." The brunet gave him a hard look, and he shut up.
He went to walk back into his bedroom when there was a knock on the door. Taichi sighed, he knew it was Yamato. He walked to the door and opened it. He watched as Yamato's eyes widened as he saw Taichi in just his boxers. "Um," he said. "Do you always answer the door wearing only boxers?" the blonde asked.
The brunet shrugged, smirking slightly. "Nah, usually in my boxer-briefs." This made Yamato laugh, and Taichi was glad the thick uncomfortable feeling was gone.
Taichi didn't know how he'd gotten into the situation, all he knew was that he was enjoying it. After Daisuke left, though Taichi had made him promise that he'd be back that night before midnight, everything started to happen. And now here he was straddling Yamato's waist, kissing him, on the couch. The blonde's hands were under his shirt, running his fingers up and down Taichi's spine. The brunet was in heaven, he was seeing stars. He broke the kiss briefly to allow Yamato to pull off his shirt. Then his lips attached themselves back onto the blonde's.
He continued kissing Yamato as he started to unbutton his jeans. Yamato had one hand on the back of Taichi's neck and the other down the back of his pants. Finally Taichi got his jeans undone, but then stopped. He stared down at the blonde panting beneath him. Yamato's hands fell to Taichi's hips as he stared up at him.
"What's wrong?" he asked finally. Taichi shook his head.
"Nothing." he replied, still out of breath. "I just... Let's go into the bedroom instead of sitting out here on the couch. I don't want Dai coming back and getting an eyeful... Though, I'm sure he'd enjoy that." He smirked down at Yamato and the blonde laughed.
Taichi pulled Yamato into the bedroom by his hand and shut the door.
[tbc]
Aero: Yes, and I do plan on writing a lemon for this chapter. Which will be up at my site (hopefully) shortly. I still have to write it. ^^;; But, I am going to do it. So that'll be up at my site once it's finished. You guys will have to let me know what you think in an email, because this will only be the second NC17 thing I've written... And I'm afraid I might suck. ^^;; But, please review! -Ciao