A/N: Gah...This would have been up 2 days sooner, but I had to clean out my out of cotrol E-mail inbox o_O. Buy I'm back, and typing ^_^. I hope to make this thing at least 4 chapters long before I scribble in my notebook of horrors again. With that said, I will shut up so that you can read.

Disclaimer:I do not own Digimon. I only use the characters for my own twisted pleasure. Although I do hope to one day have enough money to buy it from Toei.

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Daisuke walked up behind Hikari and grabbed her by the shoulders. She jumped, whirled around and whacked him. He fell to the ground, while Takeru stood there not sure whether to run from Hikari in fear of being whacked, or to laugh until his lungs bled.
"Damn it Daisuke!" Hikari offered him a hand. "Don't do that!"
"Sorry," he replied taking the hand. " I hope you don't mind me bringing Takeru along."
"Not at all," she smiled, trying to hide her blush. "Um, so what should we do?"
"We can go check out the carnival at the beach," Daisuke suggested.
"Sound good to me," Takeru nodded his agreement.
"Great!" He grinned. "Maybe Hikari an' me can get stuck at the top of the ferris wheel!"
"In your dreams goggle head."
Takeru let a smile creep up on his face as he thought to himself. How do you do it, Daisuke? I know it must have been hard to say that, but why didn't you just let it slip? She wouldn't have noticed. You just couldn't help help yourself could you? I wonder how long he's been using that front..and why he never said anything until now. Maybe he didn't understand it himself...
"Takeru?"
He was knocked out his thoughts by Hikari's voice and her hands gently shaking him by the shoulders. "Sorry about that."
"It's ok. But Daisuke is already two blocks ahead of us," she grabbed his hand and they ran after Daisuke. "What had you so lost anyways?"
"It's nothing," He looked away from her so she couldn't see his eyes. Yeah nothing my foot. I can NOT believe he is doing this to himself. If she knew he was doing that, she would be a little nicer to him. "Don't worry about it."
"If you say so."
They ended up running Daisuke over instead of simply catching up to him. People stared as they picked themselves up, mostly because Takeru and Daisuke had ended up in a very suggestive position, leaving them both very red in the face.
"That was sure embarassing," Daisuke waved off the staring crowd. "Remind me not to run ahead again."
"With pleasure," Takeru replied dryly. "WILL YOU PEOPLE STOP STARING?!"
"Takeru calm down," Hikari threw his hat to him. "It wasn't that bad. It was actually kind of funny!"
"You are very strange, you know that?"
"Yup."
They trudged the rest of the way in semi-silence. When they finally reached the beach, it was evening, and the carnival lights were all lit and glittering againt the cloudless night sky. They all paused to take in the site of the ferris wheel, glittering in all its glory against the nearly set sun.
"Wow," Daisuke closed his eyes, letting the wind whip across his face. He could feel a wave of depression mixed with anxiety about to wash over him. "I don't think I've ever seen something quite like it before."
"Yeah."
They all turned to see Miyako. And with a guy no less.
"Miyako!" Hikari ran up the beach to meet with her. "...And Ken."
Daisuke started walking ahead of the group again, not really caring if anyone was following, which happened to be what Takeru was doing. All he could think about was the sick feeling that was overtaking him; his fear that Hikari and Miyako would find out his secret prematurely. He wanted to crawl under the sand and stay there until everyone was gone.
"Daisuke.."
He ignored Takeru's pleads. He didn't feel like talking, even though he knew that Takeru would get his way regardless. he had learned some time ago that Takeru was very good at making people talk. I can't look him in the eye. I can't. Why did he have to show up? And why does this have to be happeng to me? Why? Maybe I should talk to Takeru..No! He won't understand. No one will. Not even Taichi would. Before his thoughts could envade his sanity any more, he tripped on a large rock that was jutting out of the sand at an odd angle. It was the last hit that his sanity needed however, as he immediately fell apart. He was fortunately far enough away from the others that no one other than Takeru could actually see him. He could feel a hand on his should and an arm being slid around him; someone ptopping him up to a sitting position. Takeru.
"Daisuke?" Takeru whispered into his friend's ear. "Are you OK?"
"...No."
"I didn't think so."
"Just go away. I just..want to be alone. I don't want anyone to see me like this."
"It's OK. I'll make sure they don't."
"Thank you.." Daisuke's head fell and he felt the tears drip again. Damn it! Why do I always have to be like this? Guys aren't supposed to cry! Damn it! At least I have good reason to. But then why do I still feel like a fool?
"I'll go tell them something so I can take you back to my place, OK?" Takeru wiped Daisuke's eyes with his thumb. "Be right back."
"OK.." Why is he so damn nice? I don't deserve a friend like him. I really don't. And especially after all the stuff I did to him before. As much as I would like to be alone, he's right; I'm in no shape to think clearly, who knows what I might do. His thoughts were severed as he felt someone scoop him into their arms. "Hey! What the hell are you doing now?!"
"I'm carrying you," Takeru replied softly with a laugh. "I told them you hurt your ankle, and that I'm taking you back to my place to fix it. Therefore, you can not walk."
"Oh," Daisuke looked down at the slowly moving ground. He couldn't say he wasn't enjoying being carried by Takeru. "I don't think I could walk even if I had to."
"I don't mind," Takeru replied. "You're pretty light."
Daisuke could only smile in return. They said their goodbyes to the others and headed for Takeru's. When they walked in the door a Camera flashed in their faces. Taichi and Yamato had 'borrowed' Takeru's new camera. Takeru dropped Daisuke in suprise, and proceeded to jump Yamato.
"Don't do that!"
"Whoa. I didn't think you'd be that mad!"
"Daisuke!"
"I'm..OK.."
"Taichi get a picture of him before Takeru picks him up again!"
There was another flash of light. Daisuke went pinwheel eyed. "Whoa...I gots spots before me eyes now.."
"Damn it," Takeru hissed. "Let's get you to my-oof-room."
He carried Daisuke down the hallway to his room, setting him down on the bed and then falling into his desk chair. Daisuke shook his head and sat up. He didn't quite know where he was or how he got there for a split second; and then it all came rushing back. He let himself fall backwards onto Takeru's bed and started crying again.
"Daisuke," Takeru whispered. "You need to get a hold of yourself. You look terrible."
"I can't help it," he managed to choke out. "And you don't understand."
"I know I don't," Takeru moved himself to the bed, sitting next to where Daisuke was sprawled. "But that doesn't mean I can't listen."
"There's nothing to say," Daisuke half growled, half whimpered. "I can't put it into words."
"It's OK," Takeru was whispering again. "And I do sort of understand what you're going through. I mean, who do you think Yamato talks to about this stuff? Me. He comes to me."
Daisuke blinked. "You're lucky you have a brother. I would give anything if I could trade Jun for a brother. I would never be able to talk to her about something like this."
"That's what I'm here for," Takeru wiped the last few tears from Daisuke cheeks. "And besides, you have a great sister. She is the only girl that really inspires fear in Yamato!"
Daisuke managed to crack a smile. "Yeah, she is pretty cool. And she's actually pretty smart."
"Hey Dai," Takeru stood up and walked back to the desk chair. "Maybe you should stay here tonight."
Daisuke nodded. "I'll trust your judgement Takeru."
"I'll go get the phone so you can call your folks."
"Alright."

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A/N: Ok, I have no idea where this is going. Most of this chapter was spun from my mind, not from what was already in my notebook. I think that I may throw in some Kensuke, but this is more than likely headed from Daikeru land. I'll put in some more Taito in the next chapter. There just wasn't room in this one. Sowwy ^_^;. Reviews are always welcomed. Flames are fun too! Alright I'm gonna stop babbling and go type the next chapter. Toodles!