Betrayal
- Meeko Melodie
Meeko: We're back again!! Here goes the disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, sadly.
Chapter 4: Friends Forever
The morning sun light shined thorough the windows at the living room of the Minamoto's residence. Kouji, still sleeping on the sofa in a sitting position from last night and Zoe, with her head rested on Kouji's legs, was still asleep. The sunlight of another fresh morning blinded Kouji's eyes as he slowly woke up, rubbing his eyes in a sleepy manner. He tried to stand up without waking up Zoe but was unsuccessful.
"Yea," Kouji said, covering his ears, "and can you not yell right beside me?"
"Sorry," Zoe said playfully and stuck her tongue out. "It's just that I'm suppose to go home yesterday.""Don't worry about it," Kouji smiled, "I phoned your mom last night and told her you're sleeping over.""Wow," Zoe was surprised, "she actually doesn't mind me sleeping at a boy's house.""I told her that the rest of the group is sleeping over at my house, too," Kouji grinned. Zoe grinned back at him."Want some breakfast?" Kouji asked."Sure," Zoe replied, "but let's go out.""Okay," Kouji walk towards the door and put his sneakers on; Zoe did the same thing and they walked out to the refreshing morning air. They walked along the streets, which were deserted at the early hour. They found a café on the way and went in."These are the breakfast menus," the waiter said, handing the two sheets to Kouji and Zoe and the waiter left them alone. When they were trying to figure out what they should eat, the door opened again."Takuya!" Kouji exclaimed. Takuya turned and saw the couple sitting at one table."Err ...hey!" Takuya said, in a kind of awkward voice."Man, what's wrong with you?" Kouji asked, sensing his uneasiness."Nothing," Takuya replied, trying hard to keep his eyes off Zoe, who was staring at the menu and mumbled a "hi"."Eat with us," Kouji suggested, motioned another seat facing Zoe."Sure," Takuya said, trying to shake off his unease attitude towards Zoe. He sat down and the waiter handed him another menu. After a moment, the waiter came back and asked for their order. By this time, the café was filled with some business people buying their breakfasts before they go to work."A strawberry creamed crepe and a Latte," the waiter recited and put them in front of Zoe, "a chocolate creamed crepe and a dark coffee," the waiter recited again and put them in front of Kouji, "a cinnamon waffle and ice coffee," the waiter recited the last time, setting it in front of Takuya and headed back to the kitchen."This isn't like you, Takuya," Kouji said, smirking and drinking his cup of coffee without adding any sugar, "to have waked up at this hour of the day." Takuya just shrugged but kept silent the whole time. The three of them ate in silence until they finished. Suddenly, Kouji's phone rang."Hello?" Kouji answered the phone. As usual, a pause as he listened to the other side."No, seriously," Kouji was now irritated, "what do you want?""I can't," Kouji replied in an annoyed tone after listening to the other side again. "Look, can you just leave me alone," Kouji started then stopped, "fine, fine. Whatever." With that, he shut off his phone with rage."What is it?" Takuya asked with interest."My father again," Kouji answered simply, drank his coffee and stood up. "I have to go or my father is going to kill me," he said and added, "and Takuya, do you mind walking Zoe home again?" But without hearing the answer, he dashed out the café in a hurry to get home.They pay for their food and stepped outside."I can get home by myself," Zoe said shortly and started to walk."Wait," Takuya shouted and reached for her hand. Zoe turned around and waited for him to continue."I'm sorry on what happened last time," Takuya started in a kind of lame way (but what ever, right?). "I didn't know what I was doing and I..." Takuya trailed off."It's ok," Zoe replied softly, "I'm sorry too.""Don't be," Takuya said quietly, then in his usual cheerful voice, "Friends?""Friends forever," Zoe said, laughing. But the thing that she didn't know is that Takuya still felt something for her and not only that, after this hardship, Zoe was going to face Kouichi's confession of his love for her soon.Meeko: I know it's short but it's the best I can do for this chapter. But I'll promise you guys to have a longer chapter next time.