Well, how did you guys like the last chapter? Hope I didn't leave you in too much distress over the cliff hanger. I, myself, hate them just as much as that lychee I ate earlier today(yuck!!). So, I decided to cut you guys some slack and hurry up and write the next chappy! ENJOY!!

Disclaimer: I do not own digimon, you, son of a guns, who think I do!! Yeesh!

Chapter 8-Candy and Ice cream, Alone for a bit, and a Mischievous Plan

They stared into each others eyes deeply. Their faces got closer and closer, much closer than anyone had ever been to their faces except maybe their parents. They both started to close their eyes. They got even closer, their faces centimeters away. They could feel the warm breath of one another. Then...

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing

They broke apart before anything happened. (A/N sorry everyone!! As much as we all would like to think they kiss, it's just not logical in the middle of the story. But we'll get there... eventually. What kind of authoress do you think I am? I may be cruel and evil, but I would never go against such a cute couple such as Kouzumi!!!) They were both blushing ten different shades of red. Zoe felt a light vabration in her pocket. She stuck her hand in the jacket pocket and found a cell phone.

"It's your cell phone," she said handing it to him. Koji took it from her hand and answered.

"Hello?" Koji said, wondering who it could be.

"Koji, quit making out with Zoe in the bathroom so I can get my toothbrush!!" yelled Kouichi, who could be heard from both the phone and outside the bathroom door. This statement made Koji blush even harder.

"We were NOT making out, Kouichi! I, uh, w-was giving her a-a band-aid!!" Koji said angrily hanging up and opening the door.

"Uh huh, yeah. Sure you were," Kouichi said coolly, walking into the bathroom.

"How would you know what we were doing anyways?" Koji asked.

"Hello?! I was waiting outside for you two to get out, but you were too busy laughing and such when you could go do that elsewhere!"

"We were just talking. What makes you come to the conclusion of us 'making out?'"

"Well it kinda went silent for who knows how long. What else could you have been doing?"

"I was concentrating on where exactly to put the band-aid!"

"Koji, you are the world's worst liar. With a bump that huge, who needs to concentrate?" Kouichi started, pointing to the band-aid on Zoe's head.

BAM!! Zoe had just punched Kouichi on the top of the head. "Hmph! If you haven't noticed, Kouichi... THIS BUMP IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!"

"Ow!" was all Kouichi could say.

The three walked to the park in complete silence. Kouichi was too far in front of the others to hear, so Koji decided to talk to Zoe.

"Um, Zoe?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"What is it?"

"Um... what exactly happened back there? You know, in the bathroom?"

"Uh, I, um... uh..." Zoe was blushing furiously, "I don't really know, Koji. Um... why don't we just forget all about that, ok? Just pretend it never happened?"

"Yeah, it was probably nothing anyways..." Koji trailed off, deep within his thoughts.

KOJI POV

'Yeah, but in my mind I know it wasn't just 'nothing' I know exactly what was gonna happen. We were about to kiss... I was actually kind of hoping we would kiss. But, then even if we were to kiss, what would happen then? Would it still be pretend? I thought there were strict ground rules for our so- called 'dating.' Well, it's probably best to just put it all behind me. I mean, how could a girl like Zoe like me anyways? She probably was just gonna push me away. If anything, I was probably the one who jumped on her. Great! She probably thinks I'm a freak now!!'

ZOE POV

'Man! I thought for sure we were gonna kiss. I wonder what he thinks of me now. I was already the annoying freak, but now I'm the annoying freak who tried to kiss Koji Minamoto. Well, then again it's not like I'd ever have a chance with him. Not to mention, I'm kind of stuck in his body so some insane part of my mind tried to kiss myself! Ugh!! Why me?!'

Then all of a sudden something happened to make Zoe lose her thoughts. She looked down to find Koji holding her hand. She looked up at him with a confused look upon her face. (A/N not to mention red, pink, whatever other colors come to ur face when ur blushing)

'What is he doing? He's holding my hand? Well, not that I don't like it, but it's just...'

"We're supposed to be 'dating' remember? You said we have to hold hands," he said looking at her.

"Oh, yeah. Heh, must've forgotten," she said with a smile as they continued to walk on, hand in hand.

NORMAL POV

Meanwhile, Kouichi looked behind him at the corner of his eye. He had a sly grin as he thought to himself, "Heh, now I know Koji didn't just do that to pretend. Though he's never admitted it, he's liked Zoe for as long as he's known her. I just know it.'

"Hey guys!!" yelled Takuya approaching them. He grinned at the sight of the two holding hands. "and people say I don't know what goes on in the world around me. I knew you guys liked each other while we were in the digital world! It was so obvious! You guys should've gotten together sooner. You look good together!"

The last comment made the two blush, yet again.

(A/N so much blushing in this chapter!! is it too much?)

"Of course they do!" Kouichi said, only because it was the truth and it was much fun to poke at their 'relationship' when they were so vulnerable.

"Where are the others?" Koji asked, shaking off what they had both just said.

"Oh, Tommy and JP went to go get some ice cream," Takuya answered, "They should be coming back soon."

And as if on cue, JP and Tommy walked up and said their hellos. JP slid up to who he thought was Zoe's side and said, "Want some ice cream my dumpling?" Koji was a bit freaked out by this and all he could say was "No," firmly.

"Why ever not, my sweet pea?" JP said trying to sweet talk Koji, "I thought you liked ice—AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" JP screamed like a girl and gawked at the two as he looked down. "Wha—what is THAT?!"

(A/N hahah!! Get it? Ice scream?! HAHA. Ok... lame joke, lets get back to the story.)

"Here it comes," Zoe muttered quietly to Koji.

"Whuh—why are y—you t—two holding ha—hands?!" JP asked infuriated.

"They're dating, JP! Meaning Zoe's off limits!" Takuya said in his "buuuuuddy" tone.

(A/N if you don't know what I'm talking about when I say his "buuuuuuddy" tone then it's whenever Takuya said buddy in the show. Have you ever noticed how funky that sounded? I was rolling on the floor laughing the first time I heard him say it. Especially when he says, "put it all together and wuddaya got?! The beach, baaaaaaaby!!!!!!" hahahah!!)

"YOU STOLE MY POOR ZOE AWAY FROM ME YOU LITTLE--!!!" JP yelled at Zoe.

"First of all, I, uh I mean she was never yours to begin with and second..."

BAM!! Zoe had hit him hard on the head leaving one of those gimungo anime bumps.

"Anyways... where are we goin, guys?" Tommy asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable to the subject.

"Good question," Takuya said, thinking a bit on where they should go.

"Yeah, seeing as how you were the one who called us here, but have no idea where we're going," Koji said a bit coldly.

"I know where we're going! I just kind of, um... forgot!!"

"Well, that's all besides the point. Where do you all think we should go?"

"How about we all just walk around until we find something to do?" Zoe suggested.

"Good idea! How's about I walk with you, Zoe?" JP asked, hitting on Koji... again.

"Not a chance," Koji replied, pushing his face away from his.

Then, the frontier kids got to walking in groups of two. First there was Zoe and Koji, holding hands and looking at their surroundings, thinking of what they could possibly do. Behind them were Takuya and Kouichi, plotting ways to leave the two alone. And behind them were a bummed looking JP and a Tommy trying to cheer him up.

KOJI AND ZOE POV

Silence filled the air as they walked. It was a bit too quiet for Zoe.

"Um, Koji?"

"Yeah, Z?"

"You know, you don't have to hold my hand if you don't want to."

"Why? You wanna let go now?"

"No! No, its not that. It's just... you seemed a bit uneasy about the whole thing. If you don't want to hold hands, then I won't make you."

"It's alright, Zoe. You don't have to worry about me. It's not like we're really dating or anything. I can handle a bit of peer pressure."

"No, you can't handle it, Koji. I can sense it whenever you feel something. You're not exactly as good at hiding your feelings as you were before. And anyways, you're one of my best friends. Therefore, I worry about you. Not because I'm your pretend girlfriend... I mean boyfriend."

Koji looked at Zoe straight in the eyes and he instantly knew that what she had said had come straight from the heart. "Thanks, Zoe." He said, flashing her a quick smile.

TAKUYA AND KOUICHI POV

"What on earth do you think they're talking about?" Takuya asked, trying to read Zoe and Koji's lip movements and actions.

"Who cares about that, just help me think of a plan to give them some alone time," Kouichi said with a thinking face.

"Why would we want to do that? They're already dating. There's no more fun in it."

"Let's just say that I know a few things that you don't," Kouichi said with a sly grin on his face.

"Like what?" Takuya asked with curiosity.

"Sorry, my friend, but I'm sworn to secrecy. Though you don't know the things I know, if you help me, it'll still be fun to watch."

"Ooh... Gotcha. So we leave em, spy on em, and have hours of fun. Now, that seems like the perfect afternoon." Takuya said smiling.

"You got it," Kouichi said, satisfied with his evil schemes being helped along by a friend.

(Well, it's getting pretty late at night and I'm getting a bit lazy so yeah. All that goes on with Tommy and JP is that JP cries like the big fat baby he is [sorry JP fans!!] and Tommy tries to get him to stop. Now, lets get back to the good part of the story!)

"Hey, Tommy!!" Takuya yelled behind him.

"Hold on, JP, I'll be right back," Tommy said to the big weenie, then, ran up to Takuya and Kouichi, "You need me?"

"Yeah, do you think you could keep JP busy?" Takuya asked.

"Sure, what for?" Tommy asked, letting curiosity get the better of him.

"We're just gonna go play some matchmaker," Kouichi said happily, "Just make sure JP isn't within reaching distance to us or them." Kouichi said pointing over to the couple.

"Actually, make sure he can't even see any of us," Takuya added.

"Got it!," Tommy answered firmly.

"Thanks," they both said in unison as Tommy ran back over to where JP was walking at the back of the group.

"Hey, lover kids!!" Takuya called out. They both looked behind them and stopped for the two boys to catch up.

"What is it?" Zoe asked.

"Kouichi and I are gonna go check out that new game store! I hear they got HOURS of sample gameplay goin on in there!" Takuya said excitedly.

"Yep! Have fun hangin out with Tommy and JP!! See ya!!" Kouichi said as the two ran off down the street.

"Actually, speaking of us, we're gonna go get some more ice cream and candy," Tommy said happily, "See ya!!!!"

With that, JP and Tommy left, with the two standing there with confused looks on their faces.

"So... what do we do?" Koji asked, blushing at the thought of them alone.

"Beats me. What do you feel like doing?" Zoe asked.

"Wanna just walk around some more til we find something?" Koji suggested.

"Sure!" Zoe answered as they walked off once again, fingers entwined. Looking for things to do.

Soooooooo, did you guys like? It's a bit longer than my usual chapter, so I'm hoping that satisfies you. Please R&R!! I'm having writers block!! HELP!!