The Boys of Summer
ST: Oh my! This has taken waaaaaay too long then expected. I'm sorry peoples. I've been if but not a bit busy lately. And it's not going to get any easier. I've got Driver's ED (yes! I'm young! ()) training, then a canoeing trip for a week, then a college camp for computer/web design (which I'm quite good and interested in) and near the end horse camp. August will be more open, hopefully! But, for now, I'm gonna pump out as many chapters as possible. I've only got three more, THREE MORE, till this ones done.
TK: Wow. You're right. Damn girl. That makes two stories that you've finished and used to tarnish the name of Digimon.
ST: Whatever. Anyways, if you go to my profile (which was so conveniently updated for this sole purpose) you'll find a progress thingy. You know, when authors avoid typing their stories and instead update their profiles with how their stories are going so it'll look like their going somewhere. Yea. On to the profile, I've got a surprise for you BOS lovers: there's a little info on B(AG)AS, the sequel to BOS! Coolies!
TK: You're gonna make a sequel?!?! Are you insane?
ST: Um, not that I know. I may have a few symptoms that point towards multiple personalities, ADHD, schizophrenia, and plain straight phsycoticness (if that's even a word) but so far I haven't been diagnosed. Why?
TK: Just asking.
ST: Well, here's some thanks from the top of my head, cause my damned computer is on "safe mode" and says my Internet hook up isn't working, and can't specifically name any names, so here we go! Thank you o wonderful reviewer who said that they thought that Matt and Dais not doing it after their confession was, I believe, more believable and romantic. Or something like that. Thank you! I felt the same way! I think it was, well, I'm not going to guess, cause I'll look like a jerk and a freak if I get it wrong. But you know who you are! (a/n: I added this at the library: it was digigirl-izumi. Sorry!)
TK: Have you ever known an authoress who is too lazy to wait until tomorrow to get all this information and instead takes blind stabs in the dark?
ST: So I'm original. What's so wrong with that? Jeeze. Anywho, thank you all, you wonderful reviewers! I'm so glad you are enjoying my story! Now, here's the big Taikeru moment. It may be a little, hmn, what's the word? Um, unexpected and unforeseen, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it either way! It's different. Well, different from your basic, I love you, oh I don-
TK: Dammit woman! Stop giving things away!
ST: Uh, Takeru Takashi, did you just call me "woman"?
TK: () uh, yes?
ST: run and die.
(TK runs and ST attempts to kill the dipshit)
(Dai pops in out of nowhere)
Dai: Hey! Miss me? Thank you! On with the story!
[boys of summer]
[chapter 12]
O0O0o The Man Of The Moment: Taichi o0O0O
Okay, I know that I probably caused major chaos with me kissing Matt and all, but I had my reasons... Which didn't do a very good job of convincing me that they were good.
1) I was jealous of TK and Kari, 2)I wanted tomake TK jealous so he'd realize that he loves me and 3) Uh, err, well that's it. So scratch that number three.
Yes, my reasons were lame and pitiful and the consequences severe.
Matt gave me a night of silent treatment. But Matt's good, deep down inside, and found it in his heart to forgive me the next morning. Not that Matt was affected that bad. I mean, he got a kiss from me. What could be so terrible about that?
The one I was really worried about was Davis. I knew how much he cared about that dumb blonde. No matter how many times he told me that he only wanted to lay him, I knew that that look he had in his eyes whenever thinking about, talking about/to or watching Matt was a genuine love. May they forever snog in peace.
And then there was Takeru. He probably knew right away the reason why I did what I did. He probably never wanted to see me again. I wouldn't have blamed him.
I had to get out of there. Teeks would've been over at any minute and I just couldn't face him. So I was a coward and left. I walked down along the beach, just for some air. Then I saw her, Kari. Kari... Grrr...
She actually was really pretty. Her perfectly toned body, bronze skin, salty wet hair. Surfer girl, yummy. Except for the fact that I preferred dudes and knew I was in love with Teeks.
Kari was just coming back from the ocean, her red bikini loose on her skin and sand on her legs. She approached me, smiling.
"Tai, right?" She was a friend of Davis' and her and I had never really talked before.
"Yea, I guess."
"Great wind, huh? Perfect for surfing."
"I guess so." I guess that I was too busy thinking of my predicament to even notice the blustering wind. She laughed at me. "You guess? Do you have any other words in your vocabulary?"
I scoffed. "Sure I do." Chicks, always finding a flaw in you and making it more than what it really is.
"All right. Whatever."
Silence. Which was fine by me. This girl was annoying.
"So," dammit. "Do you still have pineapples in your hair?"
I did a quick back take. "Pineapples?"
"Yea. TK told me all about your pineapple fight. Funny stuff."
Oooo. That little... "Thanks for telling me. Next time I see him I'll kick his ass for spreading that a-"Waitaminute. "He talked about me? Last night? On you guys' date?"
She nodded. Suddenly I thought that she wasn't so annoying after all. "You sure?"
She laughed. "That's all we talked about! It was the only thing that was keeping our conversation alive. He sure couldn't get enough of you! I mean, you and Dai are cousins, and TK told me more about you than Davis probably ever will."
Wow. Teeks talking about me? "If you ask me, I'd say he had rather have been out with you then out with me."
"Really?"
"Oh yea. Do you, you know..."
Hmmm, did I, you know? Duh! "I think so." That little bitch gave me a look that said, Tell me or else. I didn't want to test her strength. I'm a wimp when it comes to physical pain.
"Okay! Yes. I'm in love with the damn bastard! I give up."
"Good, cause it's about time. Now, I wouldn't turn around if I were you."
She was looking up at something behind me. I wanted to, and knew I should take her advice, but human curiosity got the better of me. Well, I think you can predict who was standing right behind me.
Ginger! Long time no see! Just kidding. It was Teeks of course.
He looked so perfectly beautiful, the wind blowing the little tuffs of hair that stuck out of his hat. His blue eyes almost blended with the sky as I peered up into them, the hill he was standing on giving him more height.
"How long have you been standing there?"
"I saw you walking out of the apartment and followed you down. I was going to say something, but... Well, I couldn't help myself."
I heard Kari starting to leave from behind me. "Bye you two."
I sighed in frustration and sat down. TK slowly walked up to my side and joined me in the sand. We sat in silence for a while, merely enjoying each other's company. I stared out into the sea, watching the waves roll in and out. Even under the immediate stress that I was placed in, the wavering motion almost calmed me.
But, then my mind wandered over to the kawaii boy beside me. My brain instantly overloaded and I thought, shit shit shit.
He knew. He'd heard me. Now he hated me. He's just sitting there, trying to think of the best way to lay it down on me easily.
But it never came. No rejection. But no acceptance. We just sat and did noting. It seemed as though all time and movement had come to a halt.
Of course it hadn't. The sun continued to fall deeper and deeper into the ocean. The most beautiful sunset I had ever seen.
"Are we gonna talk about it?"
Woah, did I say that? TK turned to look at me, his face relaxed and at complete ease.
"Maybe."
I sighed and turned away. He hated me. I just knew it. It took all my inner strength to look him straight in the face again.
"Well I- uh, I don't know what to say."
"You don't have to say anything."
I faltered my gaze, returning my view to the purple-pink scene of the clouds above us, my neck bending comfortably. TK continued to be silent.
And we stayed like that, until the wind slowed down, the sky turned dark and switched on the stars. A cool stillness stretched along the beach, making my teeth slightly chatter.
Throughout all this I couldn't help but think. What was TK thinking? Did he love me? Hell, did even like me in a more than platonic way? Would we ever have a mutual friendship again? Where in God's name did I gather the word platonic, an 11th grade word?
Were Davis and Matt happy? They were in love; they had each other. Who did I have? No one. No one I had ever dated had given me even a slight tingle of love. Even Ginger. But dating Ginger was always a joke, so there's no real point in mentioning her.
Did TK even think of guys, well, in that way? He did date Kari. But I also dated chicks too, so maybe. Or maybe not.
Maybe after this summer he'll go back to his city and never return. Forget us. Forget me. Matt and Davis will move on, they have each other to hold onto.
But me, maybe I'll be shrouded in darkness. Maybe I'll be swallowed up in my own self-pity and never be happy again.
I had never known love before Takeru. It wasn't planned nor even wanted. I never wanted to fall in love. And now that I did, I just couldn't let it drop. I'm known quite well for my stubbornness. I wasn't going to sit around and let him walk out of my life without knowing from my mouth, face to face, how much I cared, needed him.
But that's exactly what I was doing. Sitting in the sand while his time in our humble coastie Odiaba ticked away. Precious moments in his company down the drain. I wanted to confront him, but I got this strange sticky fear down in the pit of my stomach. You know, the kind where you know you have to do something, but are somehow afraid, even though you know it's easy and worth it and try telling yourself that, your mind agreeing, but your feet still not cooperating. Why was I so afraid? Was I really this scared of rejection?
Hell yea. If I scared him away, he'd never come back. He'd turn his back and never look behind again. It would kill Matt and hurt Dai, but destroy me. I was willing, for if but a second, that one inevitable second that separates now and then, to sacrifice my feelings for his ignorance and let him go. Not tell. Have him think it was some silly infatuation. Have him come back any time he'd like. Have him think of us as, my long lost brother Matt, my goofy bud Dai, and that weird guy Tai that had a funky crush on me when we first met.
Unfortunately the description fits for a reason. Once I decided that I was going to keep my mouth shut, even though I immediately regretted it and was about to switch back, my chance blew away.
"C'mon. It's cold out here."
I looked to my side to see TK getting up, brushing the sand off his pants. I couldn't let him leave without knowing. But I had lost the moment. I would surely have been rejected, had I said it at that time as we made our way up that hill that connected the beach to the streets and towards the apartment complex.
I had to tell him I loved him. But not yet.
[to be continued in the thirteenth installment of bos]
[and now your usual programming, featuring your guest, Dai]
Dai: Hiyas! Here's your old friend Dais! I'll bet you missed me? Mima57775, I know you did (wink wink). Now, while ST and TK are off playing cat and mouse, I'll give you some notes, eh, what? Oh, I'm just supposed to read this word from word: 'Yes, sorry about the departure, but I have to kill my damned muse, which will prove difficult since it's, oh I'm sorry TK, he's, better? Yes, well, he's just a thingy in my mind, but anyways, Dais will take over. The banana boy actually got a job! You like that banana boy? HA!' Evil bastard. 'Yes, well, tell them that I hoped that they liked the chapter and hopefully don't want to kill me for doing what I did. Don't worry y'all! Tai will come around! Anyways, I hope you, uh, Dais, tell them that I hope that they liked Tai's pov. I thought it was very sweet in a "I got landed with love when all I wanted was to be normal" kind of way. It's very fitting to Tai's personality, don't you think? Er, Dais? I mean, ask them that. Kay? Anyways, also, please tell me if y- I mean, ask them if they would like a sequel. I know, it's not the ending yet, but I need to know so I can get motivated to write more. Tell them that Dais. That should be all.' And that's all she wrote. Oh, speak of the devil, here she comes.
ST: So, did you tell them?
Dai: Yep! Read it right off this here sheet!
ST: Cool!
(A really hot blonde appears from the crowd and ST swoons)
Draco: Um, I have an objection.
ST: Oh. My. God. !! You are, are, are-
Draco: Draco Malfoy? Yes, I am. But, as I was saying, this git completely mixed up your bloody author's notes. He actually read it out loud. He didn't, how do you say, translate it correctly. So he made you sound like an idiot.
ST: And here's where TK would've said, but she is an idiot.
Dai: I'm confused. Where'd this dude come from?
Draco: Don't be a prat. I came from her mind.
ST: Yes, well, I have been reading a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction lately. ()
(TK shows up, his clothes all torn and ruined)
TK: Hey! What the hell?!? I'm the muse here! You both better clear out or else I'll have to bust a cap in someone's ass.
Draco: Oh posh. Like I'm going to listen to a pathetic muggle like you.
TK: Why you little-
ST: Boys! Boys! Stop fighting over me!
Draco and TK: We're not fighting over YOU.
(The two blondes throw disgusted looks at each other)
TK: I only want my seat of honor. T o be your insulting muse whom you always argue with.
Draco: I'm only here because you all are so sad and pitiable. I just had to do something.
ST: O-kay. Whatever. Um, what should I do? Two blondes, hot blondes, fighting (Basically) over me. Lil' ole me. Damn. Me lucky.
Draco and TK: We said, we're not fighting over YOU!!
ST: Pshh, fine. Be that way.
Dai: WEEEELLLL, that's enough confusion for today! Til then:
[tbc]
ST: You know what's sad? I imagined all this up! Dear lord. Maybe I do need meds...
ST: Oh my! This has taken waaaaaay too long then expected. I'm sorry peoples. I've been if but not a bit busy lately. And it's not going to get any easier. I've got Driver's ED (yes! I'm young! ()) training, then a canoeing trip for a week, then a college camp for computer/web design (which I'm quite good and interested in) and near the end horse camp. August will be more open, hopefully! But, for now, I'm gonna pump out as many chapters as possible. I've only got three more, THREE MORE, till this ones done.
TK: Wow. You're right. Damn girl. That makes two stories that you've finished and used to tarnish the name of Digimon.
ST: Whatever. Anyways, if you go to my profile (which was so conveniently updated for this sole purpose) you'll find a progress thingy. You know, when authors avoid typing their stories and instead update their profiles with how their stories are going so it'll look like their going somewhere. Yea. On to the profile, I've got a surprise for you BOS lovers: there's a little info on B(AG)AS, the sequel to BOS! Coolies!
TK: You're gonna make a sequel?!?! Are you insane?
ST: Um, not that I know. I may have a few symptoms that point towards multiple personalities, ADHD, schizophrenia, and plain straight phsycoticness (if that's even a word) but so far I haven't been diagnosed. Why?
TK: Just asking.
ST: Well, here's some thanks from the top of my head, cause my damned computer is on "safe mode" and says my Internet hook up isn't working, and can't specifically name any names, so here we go! Thank you o wonderful reviewer who said that they thought that Matt and Dais not doing it after their confession was, I believe, more believable and romantic. Or something like that. Thank you! I felt the same way! I think it was, well, I'm not going to guess, cause I'll look like a jerk and a freak if I get it wrong. But you know who you are! (a/n: I added this at the library: it was digigirl-izumi. Sorry!)
TK: Have you ever known an authoress who is too lazy to wait until tomorrow to get all this information and instead takes blind stabs in the dark?
ST: So I'm original. What's so wrong with that? Jeeze. Anywho, thank you all, you wonderful reviewers! I'm so glad you are enjoying my story! Now, here's the big Taikeru moment. It may be a little, hmn, what's the word? Um, unexpected and unforeseen, but I'm sure you'll enjoy it either way! It's different. Well, different from your basic, I love you, oh I don-
TK: Dammit woman! Stop giving things away!
ST: Uh, Takeru Takashi, did you just call me "woman"?
TK: () uh, yes?
ST: run and die.
(TK runs and ST attempts to kill the dipshit)
(Dai pops in out of nowhere)
Dai: Hey! Miss me? Thank you! On with the story!
[boys of summer]
[chapter 12]
O0O0o The Man Of The Moment: Taichi o0O0O
Okay, I know that I probably caused major chaos with me kissing Matt and all, but I had my reasons... Which didn't do a very good job of convincing me that they were good.
1) I was jealous of TK and Kari, 2)I wanted tomake TK jealous so he'd realize that he loves me and 3) Uh, err, well that's it. So scratch that number three.
Yes, my reasons were lame and pitiful and the consequences severe.
Matt gave me a night of silent treatment. But Matt's good, deep down inside, and found it in his heart to forgive me the next morning. Not that Matt was affected that bad. I mean, he got a kiss from me. What could be so terrible about that?
The one I was really worried about was Davis. I knew how much he cared about that dumb blonde. No matter how many times he told me that he only wanted to lay him, I knew that that look he had in his eyes whenever thinking about, talking about/to or watching Matt was a genuine love. May they forever snog in peace.
And then there was Takeru. He probably knew right away the reason why I did what I did. He probably never wanted to see me again. I wouldn't have blamed him.
I had to get out of there. Teeks would've been over at any minute and I just couldn't face him. So I was a coward and left. I walked down along the beach, just for some air. Then I saw her, Kari. Kari... Grrr...
She actually was really pretty. Her perfectly toned body, bronze skin, salty wet hair. Surfer girl, yummy. Except for the fact that I preferred dudes and knew I was in love with Teeks.
Kari was just coming back from the ocean, her red bikini loose on her skin and sand on her legs. She approached me, smiling.
"Tai, right?" She was a friend of Davis' and her and I had never really talked before.
"Yea, I guess."
"Great wind, huh? Perfect for surfing."
"I guess so." I guess that I was too busy thinking of my predicament to even notice the blustering wind. She laughed at me. "You guess? Do you have any other words in your vocabulary?"
I scoffed. "Sure I do." Chicks, always finding a flaw in you and making it more than what it really is.
"All right. Whatever."
Silence. Which was fine by me. This girl was annoying.
"So," dammit. "Do you still have pineapples in your hair?"
I did a quick back take. "Pineapples?"
"Yea. TK told me all about your pineapple fight. Funny stuff."
Oooo. That little... "Thanks for telling me. Next time I see him I'll kick his ass for spreading that a-"Waitaminute. "He talked about me? Last night? On you guys' date?"
She nodded. Suddenly I thought that she wasn't so annoying after all. "You sure?"
She laughed. "That's all we talked about! It was the only thing that was keeping our conversation alive. He sure couldn't get enough of you! I mean, you and Dai are cousins, and TK told me more about you than Davis probably ever will."
Wow. Teeks talking about me? "If you ask me, I'd say he had rather have been out with you then out with me."
"Really?"
"Oh yea. Do you, you know..."
Hmmm, did I, you know? Duh! "I think so." That little bitch gave me a look that said, Tell me or else. I didn't want to test her strength. I'm a wimp when it comes to physical pain.
"Okay! Yes. I'm in love with the damn bastard! I give up."
"Good, cause it's about time. Now, I wouldn't turn around if I were you."
She was looking up at something behind me. I wanted to, and knew I should take her advice, but human curiosity got the better of me. Well, I think you can predict who was standing right behind me.
Ginger! Long time no see! Just kidding. It was Teeks of course.
He looked so perfectly beautiful, the wind blowing the little tuffs of hair that stuck out of his hat. His blue eyes almost blended with the sky as I peered up into them, the hill he was standing on giving him more height.
"How long have you been standing there?"
"I saw you walking out of the apartment and followed you down. I was going to say something, but... Well, I couldn't help myself."
I heard Kari starting to leave from behind me. "Bye you two."
I sighed in frustration and sat down. TK slowly walked up to my side and joined me in the sand. We sat in silence for a while, merely enjoying each other's company. I stared out into the sea, watching the waves roll in and out. Even under the immediate stress that I was placed in, the wavering motion almost calmed me.
But, then my mind wandered over to the kawaii boy beside me. My brain instantly overloaded and I thought, shit shit shit.
He knew. He'd heard me. Now he hated me. He's just sitting there, trying to think of the best way to lay it down on me easily.
But it never came. No rejection. But no acceptance. We just sat and did noting. It seemed as though all time and movement had come to a halt.
Of course it hadn't. The sun continued to fall deeper and deeper into the ocean. The most beautiful sunset I had ever seen.
"Are we gonna talk about it?"
Woah, did I say that? TK turned to look at me, his face relaxed and at complete ease.
"Maybe."
I sighed and turned away. He hated me. I just knew it. It took all my inner strength to look him straight in the face again.
"Well I- uh, I don't know what to say."
"You don't have to say anything."
I faltered my gaze, returning my view to the purple-pink scene of the clouds above us, my neck bending comfortably. TK continued to be silent.
And we stayed like that, until the wind slowed down, the sky turned dark and switched on the stars. A cool stillness stretched along the beach, making my teeth slightly chatter.
Throughout all this I couldn't help but think. What was TK thinking? Did he love me? Hell, did even like me in a more than platonic way? Would we ever have a mutual friendship again? Where in God's name did I gather the word platonic, an 11th grade word?
Were Davis and Matt happy? They were in love; they had each other. Who did I have? No one. No one I had ever dated had given me even a slight tingle of love. Even Ginger. But dating Ginger was always a joke, so there's no real point in mentioning her.
Did TK even think of guys, well, in that way? He did date Kari. But I also dated chicks too, so maybe. Or maybe not.
Maybe after this summer he'll go back to his city and never return. Forget us. Forget me. Matt and Davis will move on, they have each other to hold onto.
But me, maybe I'll be shrouded in darkness. Maybe I'll be swallowed up in my own self-pity and never be happy again.
I had never known love before Takeru. It wasn't planned nor even wanted. I never wanted to fall in love. And now that I did, I just couldn't let it drop. I'm known quite well for my stubbornness. I wasn't going to sit around and let him walk out of my life without knowing from my mouth, face to face, how much I cared, needed him.
But that's exactly what I was doing. Sitting in the sand while his time in our humble coastie Odiaba ticked away. Precious moments in his company down the drain. I wanted to confront him, but I got this strange sticky fear down in the pit of my stomach. You know, the kind where you know you have to do something, but are somehow afraid, even though you know it's easy and worth it and try telling yourself that, your mind agreeing, but your feet still not cooperating. Why was I so afraid? Was I really this scared of rejection?
Hell yea. If I scared him away, he'd never come back. He'd turn his back and never look behind again. It would kill Matt and hurt Dai, but destroy me. I was willing, for if but a second, that one inevitable second that separates now and then, to sacrifice my feelings for his ignorance and let him go. Not tell. Have him think it was some silly infatuation. Have him come back any time he'd like. Have him think of us as, my long lost brother Matt, my goofy bud Dai, and that weird guy Tai that had a funky crush on me when we first met.
Unfortunately the description fits for a reason. Once I decided that I was going to keep my mouth shut, even though I immediately regretted it and was about to switch back, my chance blew away.
"C'mon. It's cold out here."
I looked to my side to see TK getting up, brushing the sand off his pants. I couldn't let him leave without knowing. But I had lost the moment. I would surely have been rejected, had I said it at that time as we made our way up that hill that connected the beach to the streets and towards the apartment complex.
I had to tell him I loved him. But not yet.
[to be continued in the thirteenth installment of bos]
[and now your usual programming, featuring your guest, Dai]
Dai: Hiyas! Here's your old friend Dais! I'll bet you missed me? Mima57775, I know you did (wink wink). Now, while ST and TK are off playing cat and mouse, I'll give you some notes, eh, what? Oh, I'm just supposed to read this word from word: 'Yes, sorry about the departure, but I have to kill my damned muse, which will prove difficult since it's, oh I'm sorry TK, he's, better? Yes, well, he's just a thingy in my mind, but anyways, Dais will take over. The banana boy actually got a job! You like that banana boy? HA!' Evil bastard. 'Yes, well, tell them that I hoped that they liked the chapter and hopefully don't want to kill me for doing what I did. Don't worry y'all! Tai will come around! Anyways, I hope you, uh, Dais, tell them that I hope that they liked Tai's pov. I thought it was very sweet in a "I got landed with love when all I wanted was to be normal" kind of way. It's very fitting to Tai's personality, don't you think? Er, Dais? I mean, ask them that. Kay? Anyways, also, please tell me if y- I mean, ask them if they would like a sequel. I know, it's not the ending yet, but I need to know so I can get motivated to write more. Tell them that Dais. That should be all.' And that's all she wrote. Oh, speak of the devil, here she comes.
ST: So, did you tell them?
Dai: Yep! Read it right off this here sheet!
ST: Cool!
(A really hot blonde appears from the crowd and ST swoons)
Draco: Um, I have an objection.
ST: Oh. My. God. !! You are, are, are-
Draco: Draco Malfoy? Yes, I am. But, as I was saying, this git completely mixed up your bloody author's notes. He actually read it out loud. He didn't, how do you say, translate it correctly. So he made you sound like an idiot.
ST: And here's where TK would've said, but she is an idiot.
Dai: I'm confused. Where'd this dude come from?
Draco: Don't be a prat. I came from her mind.
ST: Yes, well, I have been reading a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction lately. ()
(TK shows up, his clothes all torn and ruined)
TK: Hey! What the hell?!? I'm the muse here! You both better clear out or else I'll have to bust a cap in someone's ass.
Draco: Oh posh. Like I'm going to listen to a pathetic muggle like you.
TK: Why you little-
ST: Boys! Boys! Stop fighting over me!
Draco and TK: We're not fighting over YOU.
(The two blondes throw disgusted looks at each other)
TK: I only want my seat of honor. T o be your insulting muse whom you always argue with.
Draco: I'm only here because you all are so sad and pitiable. I just had to do something.
ST: O-kay. Whatever. Um, what should I do? Two blondes, hot blondes, fighting (Basically) over me. Lil' ole me. Damn. Me lucky.
Draco and TK: We said, we're not fighting over YOU!!
ST: Pshh, fine. Be that way.
Dai: WEEEELLLL, that's enough confusion for today! Til then:
[tbc]
ST: You know what's sad? I imagined all this up! Dear lord. Maybe I do need meds...