KG: Phwee! Took me a while to write this chapter out, but I finally did! I don't own Digimon but still think it's the best show ever!

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Do You Love Me, or Not?—Together

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I still pondered on how I should tell Kouji about my feelings as I started to walk again. I mean I had already made him upset earlier this day, he wouldn't want to see me now, would he? I decided to head home to think about how to do this.

As I looked up at my house, I felt my heart rate speed up. Kouji, Kouji was walking up my porch steps. He had actually come to see me even after this morning. I was relieved, at least I knew that he still wanted to see me...

         Kouji raised his arm and rang the doorbell and then stared at the door uneasily. I decided to surprise him.  I slowly tiptoed up the steps and stood behind Kouji I hesitated for a moment, then I wrapped my arms around his waist.

         "Wha-?! Kouichi?!"

         "Yup, it's me..."

         "Kouichi... does this mean...?"

         "Yes Kouji... I love you too..." I leaned my face in towards his and let my lips settle on his. I saw him close his eyes and actually felt him smile as he did so. I didn't really didn't plan on doing this, but I was glad that I did anyway. Kouji then wrapped his arms around me and I realized how I really liked the feeling of having Kouji so close and having him hold me in his strong embrace. It was a really comforting sort of feeling that made me feel safe and secure, like nothing could go wrong. Kouji pulled away from me after a while and pecked me lightly on the cheek

"So what made you change your mind?"

"I didn't change my mind, I just recognized my feelings. I didn't really want to admit it, but I loved you for a while now, Kouji. I'm just sorry that I didn't realize it before..."

         Kouji just smiled and hugged me again, this time letting his head rest on my chest, "well, better late than never, ne?"

"Right. Kouji, why don't we go inside? It's getting cold out here," I reached into my pocket for my house keys and unlocked the door. Kouji let go of me now and walked inside. I followed soon wished that I hadn't suggested coming in. The house was a mess, I had some clothes on the couches, three days' worth of dirty dishes in the sink, I hadn't done my laundry and quite a few other things too.

Kouji let out a low whistle as he examined the mess I had in the house, "what you said wasn't just an excuse, was it?"

"Iie... I guess I was thinking so much that I forgot all about this..." my face was turning red again from embarrassment, how could I have been so irresponsible?

"Well, I guess I'll have to help you out then. There is no way you're gonna finish this anytime soon on your own!" Kouji took off his jacket and bandanna, folded them and laid them neatly on the couch. Then he headed into the kitchen, took out the soap and sponge and began to wash the dishes. I really was thankful for his help, but I was also feeling kind of guilty. I should be the one cleaning my mess, not him.

"Kouji... you really don't have to do tha-"

"Don't even try, Kouichi. I want to help you out and there's nothing you can do to change my mind."

I let my guilt go, there was nothing I could do. Anyways, Kouji really was as good at cleaning as he was bad at cooking. I tossed the clothes I had left on the couch into my laundry basket and went into the washing room. I separated my clothes and threw in the color first, I added the soap and left the machine to do the rest of the work. Kouji was still doing the dishes so I decided to sweep. Kouji and I both finished at the same time, and sat on the couch. He leaned in close to me and rested his head on my shoulder. I smiled at him and rested my head on his. Could feel his hair against my cheek... it was soft and-

"Guuuu."

I raised my head, trying to figure out where the sound had come from. I turned and looked at Kouji, his face turning a bright red.

"Guuuu."

His stomach was growling! Kouji lifted his head and looked away from me, his face now red as a radish.

         "Aaaw! You're hungry, aren't you? You don't have to be embarrassed!" I said even though I actually thought that he was cute when he got embarrassed.

"Yeah... but I can't cook..."

"Well, that's' why you've got me! I'll go fix us something to eat!" I stood up and walked into the kitchen with Kouji following me.

"How does some ramen noodles with eggs sound?"

         "Just fine."

         I walked to the refrigerator and took out some eggs then headed over to the stove. I didn't notice that there was a puddle of soap-water on the floor that Kouji had spilled earlier and I walked right on top of it.

         I felt my foot slip and I fell backwards, eggs flying into the air. Kouji was behind me and caught me before I hit the floor, but neither of us had reached for the eggs...

         "Crack!" the first egg landed on top of my head, spilling egg white into my hair.

         "Splat!" the second on Kouji's head, running the egg white into his long hair.

         "Plop!" the last two eggs landed simultaneously on our clothing, leaving the kitchen floor clean but us as a mess. Kouji lifted me up and looked we looked at each other for a while before bursting out laughing. I reached into my hair, trying to get the egg yolk out before it could get in my hair. I squeezed my hand and felt something like thick liquid flow over my hand. I pulled my hand out and examined it. I had broken open the yolk sac and now it was seeping into my hair. I sighed and quickly got the yolk sac off my clothes before it could do the same thing.

         Kouji began laughing again and pointed to the mirror in the living room. I walked over and began to laugh when I saw my reflection. My blue hair now looked slightly green through the yellow yolk. I helped Kouji get the yolk sac off his head and clothes before he could make a bigger mess on himself. I got the mop and cleaned up the spilled water before anyone tripped again and then got out four more eggs and resumed making us some food. Kouji ate rather quickly, and finished his serving when I was barely halfway through mine.

"Gee, you must have really been hungry... Want some more?"

"No, I'm fine now. The ramen was really good though, what did you put in it?"

"Oh, my own certain special ingredients."

"Not telling, huh? Will you teach me how to cook sometime?"

"Sure thing. But maybe you should clean yourself up, I don't want that egg yolk to stay in you hair. Good thing you took off your jacket and bandanna, you can borrow some of my clothes if you want."

"That would be great, sankyuu."

         "Just make sure that you don't spill more water on the floor!"

         Kouji laughed some more at this statement, "Okay then!"

         He was beginning to head to my room, but stopped and looked at me.

         "What is it Kouji?"

         Kouji's face began to turn slightly red as he replied with something I hadn't really expected...

         "Do you want to come in with me?"

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KG: Slightly shorter chapter, oh well. I guess I did some more OOC... ::knocks self on the head:: but I can't really help it! Well, hope you liked the chapter anyways. Laters!~