I don't know what possessed me to do this, but I'm writing… gasp… a romance. This is the first time I've ever attempted anything like this, so um, don't hate me.

As for Two Days and the end of that… um… it may be a while. Restricted computer access, and the fact that I haven't even written it yet. -sweat drop-

But anyways, the pairings in this will become evident. And it's annoying when people like a story just for its pairing. So, uh, I hope you like it.

I don't own Digimon and the title, of course, is from a song by Modern English.

I Melt With You

"Love is weird," fifteen-year-old Kari Yagami breathed, watching her friend Yolei buzzing around her older brother's door like a fly on potato salad.

Sighing, Yolei leaned against the door, "He's playing his guitar in there. I can hear it. Should I talk to him? What should I say? Ohhh, Kari, isn't he dreamy?"

Kari quirked an eyebrow, "Would it be illegal if I answered that?"

Ignoring Kari, Yolei took a deep breath and rapped her knuckles sharply on Tai's door. Abruptly, the flow of music drifting out from under the door came to a stop. Kari watched from her perch on the bathroom counter as the tall, thin form of her eighteen-year-old brother appeared in his doorway. His brown eyes focused first on Kari across the hall and then snapped to her eager lavender-haired figure in front of him. His thin lips relaxed into a smile, "Hey, Yolei."

"Hi," she managed, her voice faltering "I just came to see, you know, what you were up to…"

When exactly did Yolei 'fall in love' with Tai? She thought to herself, watching her friend twirl her hair flirtatiously around her finger as Tai told her about all the crazy shenanigans he and Matt got into at their last gig. Was he actually flirting with her? Ewww…

Mildly disgusted, hopped off the counter and stepped into the hall, "Well, since you two are so busy, I'll be in my room," she spat, hoping Yolei would take the hint.

"Alright," Yolei said smiling, "Tai was just gonna play their new song for me. I'll be there in a minute." And her also smiling brother led her into his room.

Kari rolled her eyes as she stormed down the corridor into her own bedroom. She slammed the door defiantly, instantaneously flopping down onto her single bed. "Yolei and… Tai? They've got absolutely nothing in common! I mean… what can they even talk about?" Realizing no one was there to listen to her complaints, she picked up the cordless phone and dialed Davis's number. He was always more than willing to listen to one of Kari's angry rants. No answer. She smacked herself on the forehead, realizing Davis was spending the week in Hiroshima with his grandparents.

Disappointed, she hung up the phone and dialed TK's number. On the third ring, he answered, "Hello?"

"Hey there," she said, relieved.

There was a pause, "Kari? Hey, I'm kinda busy…"

She frowned, "Doing what? I mean, don't you have a minute? For meeee?"

Voices in the background; TK was talking to someone else. Finally the receiver clicked and he came on again, "Uh, sorry… I would, but Sora's over and we're watching a movie," he laughed, "And she won't pause it or ever let me leave the room!." There was a shriek in the background as TK threw something at her. More laughter. "So, uh…" Kari slammed down the phone.

Another friend lost to love. All Yolei ever did was moon over Tai; after a bad break-up with Matt, Sora took comfort in his younger brother and thus stole him away as well; even Ken was always doing mushy "couple stuff" with Izzy. Kari moaned in agony, rolling over on her stomach and covering her face with a pillow.

She was still in this position when Yolei found her ten minutes later. "Kari? Kari, what are you doing?" Without a reply, Kari held up her right arm and extended her middle finger. "God, Kari, what is your problem? Why are you so damn weird?"

When Kari didn't answer again, Yolei set to removing the pillow from her friend's head. The two struggled for a minute, Kari kicking and flailing and Yolei bracing herself against Kari's bedpost and pulling with all her might. Finally, the bespectacled girl wrestled the pillow away from her friend and left her sitting crossly on the bedroom floor. As they sat and looked at each other, both girls began to giggle. Then this broke way to all-out laughter. They just sat, laughing until their sides ached.

Once this died out, Kari finally spoke, "What is up with you and my brother?"

"Well," Yolei started, getting excited, "Tai… well, he asked me out!"

Kari flinched, "What?"

"For tomorrow night! He told me to come to their show and then we'd go out to pizza afterwards; just the two of us! Can you believe that?"

"No…" she said slowly.

Noticing the distress in her friend's voice, Yolei rubbed Kari on the shoulder, "We need to get you a date for tomorrow, too."

"I can do that fine myself. I just don't want to." Kari said defiantly.

Ignoring her, Yolei went on, "Well, there's always Davis. He's like, head over heels for you, but he's in…" she paused, thinking.

"Hiroshima." Kari finished her sentence.

"Right. Hmm… Izzy'll be there. But, um, he's attached. So that leaves Matt. And, come on, Kari, you know he's cute…" Barely listening, Kari shrugged. "Oooh, this'll be so fun! I'll go talk to Tai and tell him to set you guys up for tomorrow!" Yolei hopped gleefully off the bed.

"No! Yolei, please. Not Matt," Kari finally interjected.

Yolei looked at her, cocking her head to the side, "Why not?"

Kari's mind raced to find an excuse. Things had always been awkward for her around Matt; who was a combination between both of the things you were supposed to love as a girl; your older brother's best friend and your best friend's older brother. When she was about twelve, she had developed a little crush on him, which over the years had developed into a big crush. But it had all ended at Izzy's party last year, when he had kissed her.

Normally, this would be a good thing. Except he didn't talk to her for a week afterwards, and when he did, it was to tell her he was going out with Sora. She had never told anyone; not even TK, and she assumed he'd never told anyone either, since even Tai, his best friend in the world, had never brought it up.

"Umm," she thought out loud, "Incompatible zodiac signs?"

"Ha. Ha." Yolei said bitterly, stepping into the hallway, "I'll see you tomorrow night. And dress up."

Kari leaned crestfallenly against her bed, "What am I gonna do now?"

Ugh. This is weird. But usually I hate my stuff until I get further into it. So please leave me nice reviews and encourage me because I have a severe inferiority complex.

So maybe I don't. But do it anyway.