Chapter 6!! FINALLY! After how long of procrastinating? LOL!!! Anywho…you know the drill, digimon isn't mines, if it is, then there will be no dubs in America. We would get the real thing AND understand it!!! But since it isn't mines, then we have the dubs…so there! Read and review! The more I get, the faster I write! Anywho…now, onwards to the story!

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Title: Please Let It Not Be True

Chapter 6: For You, Nika

By: BurningWaters

I didn't know what I did for the rest of the day. It sort of went by in a hazy haze. The phone rang off the hook. My dad was at work. His TV station was covering the story. People from school kept calling my house. They knew that we had been close once. I guess that's why they called. Taichi had called a couple times. He said was one his way over. After a while, I just left the phone off the hook. I didn't want to talk to anymore. I just sat there. It hasn't hit me yet. I'm still in denial. I don't know what I would have done if Taichi hadn't came over when he did.

Now here I am, lying in my back with Taichi lying next to me. He had his arms around me. We were in my room.

~*~ps: both were fully clothes, what were you thinking perverts?!~*~

"Oh, Yama…" he mumbled for the 15th million time. I guess he doesn't know what to say. What happened? I don't remember. I sighed.

I wiped my teary eyes again, "What am I going to do, Taichi?"

"I don't know, but we will figure it out together. You'll never have to be alone anymore."

"Thank you, Taichi, thank you…it means so much more than you can imagine."

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I wanted to stay in bed all day. I wanted to curl up into a ball and just cry my eyes out. I wanted to disappear from the world. I wanted everyone to leave me the hell alone. But I know I couldn't do that. I had an appointment with the tailor today. For Takeru. I was going to be the best man. Taichi was going to give Hikari away. She has specifically requested that. He dad had protest to that, of course, but ultimately agreed. It was suppose to be a happy week. But it wasn't. It seemed that everything I did was forced.

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I stood on the small stool staring at my reflection through the sunglasses. Everyone knew why I had it on. Takeru was looking at me in the mirror from behind me with a sympathetic look on his face.

"Everything will get better, Yamato," he tried again, "You'll see. I read your horoscope today." He paused, "Well, actually, it was Hikari who read it for me but that's not the point. The point is that it said 'even though things may be down, eventually it will get better, it will go away, just like the rain.'"

A faint smile appeared on my lips, "Thank you, Takeru." I don't know. I should have felt better by that. Maybe I did, maybe not.

I smiled. It was the mask I wore.

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I don't know how long I spent at the tailor shop but after a while we left. We were walking side-by-side, heading over to…I forgot where but we were going somewhere. I guess he didn't know what to say because an awkward silence has descended upon us. It was fine with me. I didn't feel much like talking anyways. I just wanted to be left alone. All day, it was 'are you ok, Yamato?', 'is there anything I can do to help, Yamato?' and so on. It gets old after a while.

"Yamato?" a distance voice called me. I snapped back into reality. It was Takeru.

"Hm?" I looked at our surroundings. We were in front of my apartment.

"I got to go now. I'm meeting Hikari for dinner. Are you going to be alright by yourself?"

I scoffed at his concern, "Don't worry, Takeru, I won't kill myself or anything."

"So…" he hesitated, "you are going to be alright?"

"Yes. I will be alright," I said forcefully, "now, go meet that fiancé of yours."

He nodded and started walking in the direction of his apartment. Glancing back only once before he disappeared behind the corner.

I stood there. I just didn't want to go home just yet. But where would I go? Nika's funeral wasn't for couple days. And a couple days after that, was Takeru's wedding.  I sighed. What the heck is wrong with this world?

…….Everything….that's what's wrong with this world.

I didn't want to deal. So I took off.

Where was I going? I don't know. Just a random direction on a random day. I stuck my hands in my pocket and just walked. Somehow, I find myself passing Taichi's apartment for the fourth time. Hn. I don't know how I did that. I just did. Oh well.

I headed up and knocked at the Yagmai's door. And waited.

…..and waited….

No answer. I turned to leave when the knob turned.

"Yamato?" Taichi's voice came to my ears, "What are you doing here?"

I turned around, tears started to flow. He went out and hugged me. I cried my heart out.

"I just didn't know where else to go," I sobbed.

He just held onto me, listened to me.

"It's ok," he said, he has started crying too.

We just held onto each other and rocked back and forth in front of his apartment. It was comforting to have him there. I cried till I had no tears left. I think Taichi did too. I didn't care who saw. I know his neighbors saw, because I thought I heard doors open and close again. Who gives a damn? Their friend didn't just die yesterday.  It was my friend. And Taichi's friend. This made me start crying again. Thinking about her.

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I woke up feeling stiff. I opened my eyes. It took a while for my puffy eyes to focus. I looked around. Taichi was leaning on my shoulder sleeping. He looked like he cried himself to sleep too. We were still outside his apartment, leaning again the wall. I guess we fell asleep out here after…who knows when. Someone had evidently came out here while we both were asleep. The blanket around both of us kept me warm. Leaning against Taichi made me feel warmer.

I sniffed. Taichi gingerly opened his eyes, squinting in the bright daylight.

He smiled, "Feeling better?"

I thought about it before I answered, "Yes. I am. Thank you."

He nodded and hugged me, I hugged him back. Then I remembered, tomorrow was Nika's funeral. But no more tears. We both cried enough for everyone. She wouldn't want anyone be to sad over her. She always wanted people to be happy. Ok, for you, I will try and be happy, Nika.

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Yay! Chapter 6!!!! If this is a little boring…o well, I'm building up for something….oooo…wonder what it is…well, I know but you dun! HAHAHA! ^__^ read and review please!