Zero 2
ST: Wowzerz! I'm on a roll! Now that I've got my poor computer from the blasted hellions form Geek Squad, I can finally update my stories and please my poor neglected readers. Well, get ready for a lot of shit to hit the fan in this chapter. Ooo, I cannot wait until chapter 9. You all are gonna love it!
In this chapter there will be mentions of characters that are not apart of season 1 or 2, but please go along with it. I don't think that this is an AU, cause, well, I just don't know. But if you already think that it is, go ahead and think that I guess.
Anywho, the two songs mentioned in here do not belong to me, although it would be cool if I did, cause they're both hits and I'm sure I would've made a ton of dough from having my name on them.
And since I'm doing a disclaimer on these, I'll just put this one out: No I do not own Digimon. And I'm sure if the makers were to put it on auction starting at 1,000 bucks for each character, I'd freak out and say every bad word in the history of bad words, cause I don't even have that much.
But I do own the plot. And the personalities, cause somehow all my characters get out of character. And I like them that way. And you people seem to like them that way.
Oh, and I also own my muses. Yep. They call me master.
Draco: How atrocious! Me, a Malfoy, call you master. No way in hell.
TK: Yea, we call you bastard. Evil bastard.
ST: Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that you, Dray, only call Harry master and you, Teeks, only call Davis master. Happy?
Draco: Potter? Egck.
TK: What? Davis? Uh, no! Eww! That-that's just w-wrong...
Draco: Hah! You like the dolt, don't you?
TK: D-do not!
Draco: Yes you do! Look at you blush!
(TK blushes)
TK: Bull.
Draco: Admit.
TK: Fine! And we all know you'd like to jump Harry.
(Draco gasps)
Draco: You lie!
TK: Then take back what you said about Davis!
Draco: Never.
TK: Harry and Draco, sitting in a tree, f u c-
Draco: How did you know about the womping willow?!
TK: What? I was just singing the song.
Draco: What song? Is that one of those stupid muggle songs?
ST: Okay you two, that's enough. Let the readers get to their long awaited eighth installment of Zero 2, okay? They've waited long enough, right?
Draco: Fine.
TK: On with the story...
[02]
[chapter ei8ht]
A week past the first day of Ken becoming a guitarist brought forth 3 more gigs, 5 new songs, 20 dozen groups of stalkers, and-well, to Tai, so-so much fun.
"Dammit!" Ken nearly threw the black guitar to the concrete floor, and would've, but Tai restrained him. "Dude! Chill!"
Ken growled lowly. His face held the well known look of frustration and his teeth were gritted tightly. He almost had a kaiserous look in his eyes, as if he wanted to smash the guitar into splinters. "This sucks! That guitar is stupid. I hate it!"
Tai blinked. "Woa, is Kenny-boy admitting that he can't get this one tiny song?"
Ken frowned at his teacher. "Oh wipe that scrucky smirk off your face."
Tai, laughing, said, "Hey! No smirk here. What's scrucky anyway?" Ken sighed. "Suckie and crappy mashed together."
"Cool." Ken quickly flared up again. "No! Not cool! I cannot get this!"
Tai smiled and grabbed Ken's clasped hands. "Here, one more time." Ken, who was trying very hard not to blush ferociously, let Tai direct his fingers to the guitar that was strapped around Ken's shoulders. Tai placed the younger's fingers in certain places and looked into the boy's eyes. "Now, play what I showed you."
When Tai let go, Ken slowly drew his eyes to his fingers and attempted at his new knowledge. It was painfully slow and beginner-like, but you could defiantly make out the riff to "Stacey's Mom".
As Ken finished, he let the sound fade and then stood up, his eyes wide and his mouth open. "I did it." Tai, laughing, stood up next to him and grabbed him into an embrace. "Congrats dude! You no longer suck!"
Ken finally smiling, as though this info was barely sinking in, laughed airily. "Yea. I did. I don't!" The two stood, hand in hand, laughing gaily (no pun intended, the happy kind people) as they kind of spun around. As they settled down, Ken stared into Tai's eyes, Tai staring back. "Uh, Tai. Thanks for everything. You rock, man."
Tai shook his head without wavering the locked eye contact. "No dude. You rock." Try as he might, Ken couldn't help but blush and neither could Tai. Maybe their eyes were magnets, attracted to each other. That would explain why their faces were slowly getting closer and closer. As their noses nearly reached a millimeter away, Ken closed his eyes and whispered, "Tai?"
Breathless, Tai replied, his eyes half closed too. "Yea?"
"What are you doing?"
He shrugged. "Dunno." Just as Tai was about to move away, Ken tightened his grip on the older's hands.
"Kiss me damn it."
Tai smiled as he began to do as he was commanded to do. Right when their lips were a mere 1/100th of a second from connecting, a loud thud broke the serene romance that was unfolding.
The two boys quickly separated, startled and scared. They turned towards the door, where the sound had came from. Suddenly it opened. TK and Dai strode in, a conversation between the two causing them to take no notice at all to anything else in the world; especially the frightened and red faces of their two other companions.
"No way dude, I had it first."
"Nuh uh, you'd just like to think that."
"What? Whaddya mean by that? Are you saying that I don't know how to think?"
"Well, no, but if you want to think that too, sure."
"What? You're confusing me! Why do you want to confuse me?"
"Davis, you are confusing yourself. Now-"
"What?! ARG! I'm so confused!"
"Fine. I'll stop confusing you if you say that I had it first."
"Alright. You had it first."
"Good."
A small pause occurred as Tai and Ken watched the two boys stand and bicker like a married couple. They obviously hadn't noticed the two older as they didn't even look their way. TK and Davis just stood and stared at each other, and Tai was really hoping that they wouldn't choose that moment to start sucking face. Luckily Davis opened his big mouth for another purpose.
"But I'm still confused."
TK sweat dropped, but still smiled lovingly at his koi. "You know, sometimes you can be a bit of a dork."
Taking the insult to heart, Davis scowled and crossed his arms. "Hey! That was mean! First you say you were first when really I was, and then you confuse the bloody hell outta me, and now you call me names. You're abusive."
Groaning, TK tried to hug a reluctant Davis. "Oh hush, you know I was just playing. We all know you were first and I was just being bitchy, and then I tried confusing you to get back, and since it wasn't working cause you're just oh-so wonderfully unconfuseable, I went as low to call you names. Now, will you just forgive me?"
Davis turned away and continued to frown, even though Tai and Ken could plainly see the smile starting to plaster itself onto his face. "Hmm, I dunno. You were really mean and unfair. I should get something."
TK, still trying to get his arms around Davis' waist, smiled playfully and leaned down so his lips hovered above Davis' left ear. "Now what could Daisuke possibly want from me? You already have lots of things, like good looks, witty thoughts, cute laughs, smooth teeth-"
"Smooth teeth? That's the best you can do? What about other things, like my neck, my lips, my tongue-"
"Yea, well I was getting there." TK had finally succeeded to the point that Davis was locked in an embrace so tight that there wasn't any space between the two. As TK rocked them both gently, Davis sighed and pressed back so the embrace was even more sealed. "And I was also going to mention-"
Tai and Ken both immediately plugged their ears as to not hear anything that could scar them anymore. But their efforts were not necessary, for TK was whispering them ever so softly into his koi's ear. Once their giggles had subsided and they stayed silent for a moment, Tai and Ken unplugged and listened closely, wondering what was going to happen next.
"So am I forgiven?"
"I dunno Keru, you haven't given me any choices. I told you; I need something to make up for your abuse. It really hurt." Although TK rolled his eyes, knowing quite well that he hadn't come close to abuse, he turned his koi around and looked into his eyes.
"Okay, but the only thing that I can do that could ever compare is-"
Tai suddenly squeaked from embarrassment. As soon as it happened, Tai clamped his hand over his moth and wished he could evaporate. Ken grimaced and began to blush even more than he was two seconds earlier. TK and Dai slowly turned towards the other two, murder written all over their faces.
Ken smiled goofily and stuttered, "Uh, h-hey. Um, s-sorry, we didn't mean to-I mean, we-we, uh, crap."
Tai dropped his hands and held them behind his back, rocking on the heels of his feet nervously as he faced them with a disturbed looking grin. "Y- yea. What Ken said."
TK and Davis gave them a menacing look but didn't say anything except for a few well said vulgar words under their breath. The couple separated and walked towards their respective spots, waiting patiently. "Tai, you coming?"
Tai, snapping out of the state of shock he was in, nodded shakily and slowly made his way over to his guitar stand. "Y-yea. Let's practice."
[][][][2 hours later][][][]
After TK and Dai left, Tai and Ken awkwardly glanced around the empty garage.
"So."
"So?"
"Yep."
"Mm-hm"
"That-that was, uh, interesting. Eh, TK and Dais I mean."
"I know what you mean. They're gonna be together forever."
"Yea."
Their eyes connected and a slight blush arose on both faces. Tai blinked as Ken slowly shifted his feet, causing their distance to slightly close in.
"Tai?"
"Yo."
"Uh, you-um."
"Er?"
"Well, you think that, uh, you think you heard what they were saying?"
"Probly not."
"Heh, well, if you had, um, do you think, eh."
"Eh what?"
"Well, uh, you know, you an-an, um, me, uh."
"Uh..."
Ken's feet were now centimeters away from Tai's. Their noses a breath away. Tai, an inch taller, leaned his head back, blushing madly. Ken only came closer, standing on his toes lightly so their faces were aligned.
"Kiss me? Please?"
Tai closed his eyes and, without a second thought, pressed his lips against Ken's. It was only a second, but to the two boys the chaste kiss lasted an eternity.
When Tai (finally) pulled away and opened his eyes, he lightly brushed his fingers along Ken's hand. As the younger settled his feet flatly back onto the ground, he shivered and the contact and gazed up into the two amber/chocolate eyes that hovered above him.
They stood there for a minute before Tai mumbled a small goodbye and left garage #2. Ken stood still for a few seconds, staring into space. All of a sudden, his face split into a smile and he jumped gleefully into the air.
He skipped the whole way home, humming "Stacey's Mom" under his breath.
[][][][One week and a day later][][][]
Saturday, another gig night, a day that brought many unexpected surprises.
Tai had been receiving many band offers, tons of people who were asking if they could join the band. Takuya Kanbara was among the group. He had followed Tai to the garage, pleading for a try-out.
"Taichi, pu-le-ese! I'm beggin ya!"
"Dude, I'm sorry, but no."
Tai took the keys out of his pocket and opened the door to the garage. As he walked in and switched on the lights, Kanbara tailed him.
"C'mon Yagami! Just hear me, pu-leeze!"
Tai sighed and glared at the pouting chestnut haired boy. "Hurry up then."
The boy pumped his fists into the air and ran towards TK's bass. "Now I know that you already have a bassist, but it's my stronger suit. What you guys really need is a rhythm guitarist so you can slam on the lead. I'm gettin lessons from my bud Rika. She's awsome. So, whattya want me to play?"
Tai sat on top of the table. "Whatever dude."
Takuya struck a cord and began to play "Seven Nation Army". Tai knew the kid had talent, but the truth remained that he didn't need either another bassist and already knew that he could use a rhythmist. That's why he was teaching Ken. And for other reasons, too, a voice in Tai's head mocked. When Takuya finished, he looked eagerly to Tai. Seeing the standing look the older refused to let go of, the boy quickly frowned.
"Umm, I'm guessing that that's a no?"
Tai sighed. "Hey, you have talent. It's just, we don't need another member right now."
Kanbara nodded knowingly. "Understood. Thanks for your time. But- just in case- here's my number." The boy put the bass back on its stand and walked over to the table, grabbing a pen from his pocket. As he wrote on Tai's hand, Tai read out loud, "8675309?"
"Yep!"
As Tai blinked at the obviously relentless hatted boy, his eyes rested on the boy's goggles. "Quick question there Kanbara."
Takuya batted his eyes at Tai, leaning a bit closer towards his sitting frame. "Yea Yagami?"
Tai, yet again, blinked before shaking his head. "Umm, yea. uh, when'd you first, uh, I guess, start wearing goggles?"
Takuya Kanbara smiled slyly and walked up closer to Tai, leaving a small amount of space between them. "Well," he said as he placed a finger on Tai's shoulder and lightly traced his way up to Tai's forehead, making sure it made the other shiver, and then gently grabbed a tuff of the amber hair. "I guess that it was when you started. I mean, I've always been very attracted to you. So, I dunno, I had this obsession as you could call it."
Tai's eyes widened and his cheeks burned. "K-kannnb-barraa d-don't y-you have a-a boyfriend?"
Bringing the brunette's head down by yanking lightly on the bangs his fingers held so their noses were touching, Takuya simply stated, "Yea, I know."
Completely unprepared for Takuya's next move, Tai gasped when their lips connected. Taking his chance while he could, Takuya slipped his tongue into the older's mouth, pressing tightly into his body. Tai began to tremble, lightly moaning. If he weren't sitting on the table, he would have been on the floor, floating like jelly.
Takuya sifted his fingers through the wild hair as his tongue played mercy with Tai's. Smiling when he heard Tai moan, he pulled away, leaving Tai to sit there, panting heavily. Takuya released all hold on the utterly shocked but most certainly pleased Tai and winked. "I'll be going. You have my number."
Once the sound of trainers hitting the ground had left the garage and the door clicked shut, Tai fell back onto the table. His head was swirling and his stomach felt woozy.
How had something so bad felt so damn good?
[][][][The next day][][][]
Now, Tai is not a skank, and he does happen to have a conscious. One that kept nagging him during the entire gig, throughout the night, the whole morning, and dramatically when he 9somehow0 ran into Kouichi, Takuya's boyfriend's (Kouji) twin brother, at the flower shop.
Tai had always known the twins, but not actually known them, if you know what I mean.
"H-hey Kou. H-how're ya?"
"Oh, Tai-kun. Fine, I guess. You?"
Simple as that. Kouichi grabbed the flower arrangement he had ordered for his mother, paid and then left. When the door chimed, announcing the boy's leave, Tai sighed heavily and banged his head against the counter. You see, the only problem with his conscious was that it didn't tell Tai what he should do. All it did was make him feel guilty. For what though?
When the door chimed again, Tai wearily lifted his head up and then quickly smiled as he saw the "customer". "Ken! You're a sight for sore eyes, that's for sure!"
"Really? Even if you just saw me last night? How sweet of you Tai-chan." Ken's sarcastic smile sent a tremor spiraling through Tai's spine. Only the thud of a basket on the counter made Tai snap back to earth and forget the vibration.
"Oh Ken-chan! You shouldn't've!"
"Aa, but I did."
Tai lifted the blanket to find about 2 dozen homemade chocolate rice balls. Tai's eyes glittered with absolute joy as Ken rambled on, and slowly Tai's tongue slithered out of his mouth and hung, droplets of drool falling. "...and for the past day you've seemed really gloomy so I thought I'd surprise you."
Tai's eyes shimmered even more. "R-really?"
Ken nodded slowly, his eyes locked with Tai's. Their stare held for a second before the door chimed again. "Taiiii!"
Sora had returned from her break, her bouncy voice disrupting the frission between the two boys. "Okay Tai, you're off. Have fun at your grandma's!"
Ken quickly glanced at Sora then back at Tai. "What? Grandma's?"
Gasping, Tai's face rapidly turned to a frown. "Oops. I forgot to tell you Ken. Oh, I'm so sorry!" The younger merely waved his hand, telling Tai to carry on. "Well, my mom's flying me out to visit my "ill" grandmother who's currently in, umm, oh, that's right, Kuwon. In South Korea."
Letting his face fall, Ken meekly replied, "Oh. Okay." Quickly making himself smile again, he headed towards the exit. "Well, have fun then."
"Yea."
"Bye."
"Bye."
"Have a safe fight."
"Kay."
"Uh, how long you gone?"
At this point Ken's head was sticking through the door, his body outside. Tai sniggered and said, "A week."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Tai watched as the blue haired boy walked down the street and out of the flower shop's window's sight. Sora raised her eyebrows as Tai sighed and glanced down at the basket in his possession. "Hmm. Tai, ya know, I'm not completely brain dead."
No even bothering to question, correct, or cover up for him and Ken, Tai only whapped his friend lightly on the head as he left, carrying his precious basket with him.
[to be continued in the ninth installment of 02]
[now back to you authoress' ramblings]
ST: Well, that sure was unexpected, unpredicted, unwanted, huh? And long too! (dodges thrown objects) Oh my god! I'm so sorry! But you must understand people, it HAD to happen! I promise, things will work out in the end! Everything has a purpose, understand? Even the Takedai fluff. I was paving the wall of love between them, the small fights and quick make-ups and possible make-outs. It all plays in. Ken kissing Tai, Kanbara being a slut and kissing Tai. Hell, even Tai going to Kuwon plays a major role!
Draco: Don't worry. I've read the notebook. You'll get everything dropped onto you next chapter.
ST: HEY! One, DON'T TELL THEM THAT! And two, Why The Hell Are You Reading My Notebook?
Draco: Because I can and want to. Why?
ST: WHY?!?! I'm gonna hurt your pretty blonde face.
Draco: Okay. Try me.
TK: Run you fool.
Draco: Why should I? She's just some crazy muggle writer. And- HOLY SHIT!! SHE'S GOT A CHAINSAW!!
(Draco runs as ST fires it up)
TK: I hate to say I told you so but, I TOLD YOU SO!
(ST runs after Dray)
TK: Well, review and tell SenTay how bad she screwed up. And then wait for chapter nine. It's gonna be a blast.
(Draco runs by with ST on his heels)
TK: Til then.
[tbc]
ST: Wowzerz! I'm on a roll! Now that I've got my poor computer from the blasted hellions form Geek Squad, I can finally update my stories and please my poor neglected readers. Well, get ready for a lot of shit to hit the fan in this chapter. Ooo, I cannot wait until chapter 9. You all are gonna love it!
In this chapter there will be mentions of characters that are not apart of season 1 or 2, but please go along with it. I don't think that this is an AU, cause, well, I just don't know. But if you already think that it is, go ahead and think that I guess.
Anywho, the two songs mentioned in here do not belong to me, although it would be cool if I did, cause they're both hits and I'm sure I would've made a ton of dough from having my name on them.
And since I'm doing a disclaimer on these, I'll just put this one out: No I do not own Digimon. And I'm sure if the makers were to put it on auction starting at 1,000 bucks for each character, I'd freak out and say every bad word in the history of bad words, cause I don't even have that much.
But I do own the plot. And the personalities, cause somehow all my characters get out of character. And I like them that way. And you people seem to like them that way.
Oh, and I also own my muses. Yep. They call me master.
Draco: How atrocious! Me, a Malfoy, call you master. No way in hell.
TK: Yea, we call you bastard. Evil bastard.
ST: Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that you, Dray, only call Harry master and you, Teeks, only call Davis master. Happy?
Draco: Potter? Egck.
TK: What? Davis? Uh, no! Eww! That-that's just w-wrong...
Draco: Hah! You like the dolt, don't you?
TK: D-do not!
Draco: Yes you do! Look at you blush!
(TK blushes)
TK: Bull.
Draco: Admit.
TK: Fine! And we all know you'd like to jump Harry.
(Draco gasps)
Draco: You lie!
TK: Then take back what you said about Davis!
Draco: Never.
TK: Harry and Draco, sitting in a tree, f u c-
Draco: How did you know about the womping willow?!
TK: What? I was just singing the song.
Draco: What song? Is that one of those stupid muggle songs?
ST: Okay you two, that's enough. Let the readers get to their long awaited eighth installment of Zero 2, okay? They've waited long enough, right?
Draco: Fine.
TK: On with the story...
[02]
[chapter ei8ht]
A week past the first day of Ken becoming a guitarist brought forth 3 more gigs, 5 new songs, 20 dozen groups of stalkers, and-well, to Tai, so-so much fun.
"Dammit!" Ken nearly threw the black guitar to the concrete floor, and would've, but Tai restrained him. "Dude! Chill!"
Ken growled lowly. His face held the well known look of frustration and his teeth were gritted tightly. He almost had a kaiserous look in his eyes, as if he wanted to smash the guitar into splinters. "This sucks! That guitar is stupid. I hate it!"
Tai blinked. "Woa, is Kenny-boy admitting that he can't get this one tiny song?"
Ken frowned at his teacher. "Oh wipe that scrucky smirk off your face."
Tai, laughing, said, "Hey! No smirk here. What's scrucky anyway?" Ken sighed. "Suckie and crappy mashed together."
"Cool." Ken quickly flared up again. "No! Not cool! I cannot get this!"
Tai smiled and grabbed Ken's clasped hands. "Here, one more time." Ken, who was trying very hard not to blush ferociously, let Tai direct his fingers to the guitar that was strapped around Ken's shoulders. Tai placed the younger's fingers in certain places and looked into the boy's eyes. "Now, play what I showed you."
When Tai let go, Ken slowly drew his eyes to his fingers and attempted at his new knowledge. It was painfully slow and beginner-like, but you could defiantly make out the riff to "Stacey's Mom".
As Ken finished, he let the sound fade and then stood up, his eyes wide and his mouth open. "I did it." Tai, laughing, stood up next to him and grabbed him into an embrace. "Congrats dude! You no longer suck!"
Ken finally smiling, as though this info was barely sinking in, laughed airily. "Yea. I did. I don't!" The two stood, hand in hand, laughing gaily (no pun intended, the happy kind people) as they kind of spun around. As they settled down, Ken stared into Tai's eyes, Tai staring back. "Uh, Tai. Thanks for everything. You rock, man."
Tai shook his head without wavering the locked eye contact. "No dude. You rock." Try as he might, Ken couldn't help but blush and neither could Tai. Maybe their eyes were magnets, attracted to each other. That would explain why their faces were slowly getting closer and closer. As their noses nearly reached a millimeter away, Ken closed his eyes and whispered, "Tai?"
Breathless, Tai replied, his eyes half closed too. "Yea?"
"What are you doing?"
He shrugged. "Dunno." Just as Tai was about to move away, Ken tightened his grip on the older's hands.
"Kiss me damn it."
Tai smiled as he began to do as he was commanded to do. Right when their lips were a mere 1/100th of a second from connecting, a loud thud broke the serene romance that was unfolding.
The two boys quickly separated, startled and scared. They turned towards the door, where the sound had came from. Suddenly it opened. TK and Dai strode in, a conversation between the two causing them to take no notice at all to anything else in the world; especially the frightened and red faces of their two other companions.
"No way dude, I had it first."
"Nuh uh, you'd just like to think that."
"What? Whaddya mean by that? Are you saying that I don't know how to think?"
"Well, no, but if you want to think that too, sure."
"What? You're confusing me! Why do you want to confuse me?"
"Davis, you are confusing yourself. Now-"
"What?! ARG! I'm so confused!"
"Fine. I'll stop confusing you if you say that I had it first."
"Alright. You had it first."
"Good."
A small pause occurred as Tai and Ken watched the two boys stand and bicker like a married couple. They obviously hadn't noticed the two older as they didn't even look their way. TK and Davis just stood and stared at each other, and Tai was really hoping that they wouldn't choose that moment to start sucking face. Luckily Davis opened his big mouth for another purpose.
"But I'm still confused."
TK sweat dropped, but still smiled lovingly at his koi. "You know, sometimes you can be a bit of a dork."
Taking the insult to heart, Davis scowled and crossed his arms. "Hey! That was mean! First you say you were first when really I was, and then you confuse the bloody hell outta me, and now you call me names. You're abusive."
Groaning, TK tried to hug a reluctant Davis. "Oh hush, you know I was just playing. We all know you were first and I was just being bitchy, and then I tried confusing you to get back, and since it wasn't working cause you're just oh-so wonderfully unconfuseable, I went as low to call you names. Now, will you just forgive me?"
Davis turned away and continued to frown, even though Tai and Ken could plainly see the smile starting to plaster itself onto his face. "Hmm, I dunno. You were really mean and unfair. I should get something."
TK, still trying to get his arms around Davis' waist, smiled playfully and leaned down so his lips hovered above Davis' left ear. "Now what could Daisuke possibly want from me? You already have lots of things, like good looks, witty thoughts, cute laughs, smooth teeth-"
"Smooth teeth? That's the best you can do? What about other things, like my neck, my lips, my tongue-"
"Yea, well I was getting there." TK had finally succeeded to the point that Davis was locked in an embrace so tight that there wasn't any space between the two. As TK rocked them both gently, Davis sighed and pressed back so the embrace was even more sealed. "And I was also going to mention-"
Tai and Ken both immediately plugged their ears as to not hear anything that could scar them anymore. But their efforts were not necessary, for TK was whispering them ever so softly into his koi's ear. Once their giggles had subsided and they stayed silent for a moment, Tai and Ken unplugged and listened closely, wondering what was going to happen next.
"So am I forgiven?"
"I dunno Keru, you haven't given me any choices. I told you; I need something to make up for your abuse. It really hurt." Although TK rolled his eyes, knowing quite well that he hadn't come close to abuse, he turned his koi around and looked into his eyes.
"Okay, but the only thing that I can do that could ever compare is-"
Tai suddenly squeaked from embarrassment. As soon as it happened, Tai clamped his hand over his moth and wished he could evaporate. Ken grimaced and began to blush even more than he was two seconds earlier. TK and Dai slowly turned towards the other two, murder written all over their faces.
Ken smiled goofily and stuttered, "Uh, h-hey. Um, s-sorry, we didn't mean to-I mean, we-we, uh, crap."
Tai dropped his hands and held them behind his back, rocking on the heels of his feet nervously as he faced them with a disturbed looking grin. "Y- yea. What Ken said."
TK and Davis gave them a menacing look but didn't say anything except for a few well said vulgar words under their breath. The couple separated and walked towards their respective spots, waiting patiently. "Tai, you coming?"
Tai, snapping out of the state of shock he was in, nodded shakily and slowly made his way over to his guitar stand. "Y-yea. Let's practice."
[][][][2 hours later][][][]
After TK and Dai left, Tai and Ken awkwardly glanced around the empty garage.
"So."
"So?"
"Yep."
"Mm-hm"
"That-that was, uh, interesting. Eh, TK and Dais I mean."
"I know what you mean. They're gonna be together forever."
"Yea."
Their eyes connected and a slight blush arose on both faces. Tai blinked as Ken slowly shifted his feet, causing their distance to slightly close in.
"Tai?"
"Yo."
"Uh, you-um."
"Er?"
"Well, you think that, uh, you think you heard what they were saying?"
"Probly not."
"Heh, well, if you had, um, do you think, eh."
"Eh what?"
"Well, uh, you know, you an-an, um, me, uh."
"Uh..."
Ken's feet were now centimeters away from Tai's. Their noses a breath away. Tai, an inch taller, leaned his head back, blushing madly. Ken only came closer, standing on his toes lightly so their faces were aligned.
"Kiss me? Please?"
Tai closed his eyes and, without a second thought, pressed his lips against Ken's. It was only a second, but to the two boys the chaste kiss lasted an eternity.
When Tai (finally) pulled away and opened his eyes, he lightly brushed his fingers along Ken's hand. As the younger settled his feet flatly back onto the ground, he shivered and the contact and gazed up into the two amber/chocolate eyes that hovered above him.
They stood there for a minute before Tai mumbled a small goodbye and left garage #2. Ken stood still for a few seconds, staring into space. All of a sudden, his face split into a smile and he jumped gleefully into the air.
He skipped the whole way home, humming "Stacey's Mom" under his breath.
[][][][One week and a day later][][][]
Saturday, another gig night, a day that brought many unexpected surprises.
Tai had been receiving many band offers, tons of people who were asking if they could join the band. Takuya Kanbara was among the group. He had followed Tai to the garage, pleading for a try-out.
"Taichi, pu-le-ese! I'm beggin ya!"
"Dude, I'm sorry, but no."
Tai took the keys out of his pocket and opened the door to the garage. As he walked in and switched on the lights, Kanbara tailed him.
"C'mon Yagami! Just hear me, pu-leeze!"
Tai sighed and glared at the pouting chestnut haired boy. "Hurry up then."
The boy pumped his fists into the air and ran towards TK's bass. "Now I know that you already have a bassist, but it's my stronger suit. What you guys really need is a rhythm guitarist so you can slam on the lead. I'm gettin lessons from my bud Rika. She's awsome. So, whattya want me to play?"
Tai sat on top of the table. "Whatever dude."
Takuya struck a cord and began to play "Seven Nation Army". Tai knew the kid had talent, but the truth remained that he didn't need either another bassist and already knew that he could use a rhythmist. That's why he was teaching Ken. And for other reasons, too, a voice in Tai's head mocked. When Takuya finished, he looked eagerly to Tai. Seeing the standing look the older refused to let go of, the boy quickly frowned.
"Umm, I'm guessing that that's a no?"
Tai sighed. "Hey, you have talent. It's just, we don't need another member right now."
Kanbara nodded knowingly. "Understood. Thanks for your time. But- just in case- here's my number." The boy put the bass back on its stand and walked over to the table, grabbing a pen from his pocket. As he wrote on Tai's hand, Tai read out loud, "8675309?"
"Yep!"
As Tai blinked at the obviously relentless hatted boy, his eyes rested on the boy's goggles. "Quick question there Kanbara."
Takuya batted his eyes at Tai, leaning a bit closer towards his sitting frame. "Yea Yagami?"
Tai, yet again, blinked before shaking his head. "Umm, yea. uh, when'd you first, uh, I guess, start wearing goggles?"
Takuya Kanbara smiled slyly and walked up closer to Tai, leaving a small amount of space between them. "Well," he said as he placed a finger on Tai's shoulder and lightly traced his way up to Tai's forehead, making sure it made the other shiver, and then gently grabbed a tuff of the amber hair. "I guess that it was when you started. I mean, I've always been very attracted to you. So, I dunno, I had this obsession as you could call it."
Tai's eyes widened and his cheeks burned. "K-kannnb-barraa d-don't y-you have a-a boyfriend?"
Bringing the brunette's head down by yanking lightly on the bangs his fingers held so their noses were touching, Takuya simply stated, "Yea, I know."
Completely unprepared for Takuya's next move, Tai gasped when their lips connected. Taking his chance while he could, Takuya slipped his tongue into the older's mouth, pressing tightly into his body. Tai began to tremble, lightly moaning. If he weren't sitting on the table, he would have been on the floor, floating like jelly.
Takuya sifted his fingers through the wild hair as his tongue played mercy with Tai's. Smiling when he heard Tai moan, he pulled away, leaving Tai to sit there, panting heavily. Takuya released all hold on the utterly shocked but most certainly pleased Tai and winked. "I'll be going. You have my number."
Once the sound of trainers hitting the ground had left the garage and the door clicked shut, Tai fell back onto the table. His head was swirling and his stomach felt woozy.
How had something so bad felt so damn good?
[][][][The next day][][][]
Now, Tai is not a skank, and he does happen to have a conscious. One that kept nagging him during the entire gig, throughout the night, the whole morning, and dramatically when he 9somehow0 ran into Kouichi, Takuya's boyfriend's (Kouji) twin brother, at the flower shop.
Tai had always known the twins, but not actually known them, if you know what I mean.
"H-hey Kou. H-how're ya?"
"Oh, Tai-kun. Fine, I guess. You?"
Simple as that. Kouichi grabbed the flower arrangement he had ordered for his mother, paid and then left. When the door chimed, announcing the boy's leave, Tai sighed heavily and banged his head against the counter. You see, the only problem with his conscious was that it didn't tell Tai what he should do. All it did was make him feel guilty. For what though?
When the door chimed again, Tai wearily lifted his head up and then quickly smiled as he saw the "customer". "Ken! You're a sight for sore eyes, that's for sure!"
"Really? Even if you just saw me last night? How sweet of you Tai-chan." Ken's sarcastic smile sent a tremor spiraling through Tai's spine. Only the thud of a basket on the counter made Tai snap back to earth and forget the vibration.
"Oh Ken-chan! You shouldn't've!"
"Aa, but I did."
Tai lifted the blanket to find about 2 dozen homemade chocolate rice balls. Tai's eyes glittered with absolute joy as Ken rambled on, and slowly Tai's tongue slithered out of his mouth and hung, droplets of drool falling. "...and for the past day you've seemed really gloomy so I thought I'd surprise you."
Tai's eyes shimmered even more. "R-really?"
Ken nodded slowly, his eyes locked with Tai's. Their stare held for a second before the door chimed again. "Taiiii!"
Sora had returned from her break, her bouncy voice disrupting the frission between the two boys. "Okay Tai, you're off. Have fun at your grandma's!"
Ken quickly glanced at Sora then back at Tai. "What? Grandma's?"
Gasping, Tai's face rapidly turned to a frown. "Oops. I forgot to tell you Ken. Oh, I'm so sorry!" The younger merely waved his hand, telling Tai to carry on. "Well, my mom's flying me out to visit my "ill" grandmother who's currently in, umm, oh, that's right, Kuwon. In South Korea."
Letting his face fall, Ken meekly replied, "Oh. Okay." Quickly making himself smile again, he headed towards the exit. "Well, have fun then."
"Yea."
"Bye."
"Bye."
"Have a safe fight."
"Kay."
"Uh, how long you gone?"
At this point Ken's head was sticking through the door, his body outside. Tai sniggered and said, "A week."
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Bye."
"Bye."
Tai watched as the blue haired boy walked down the street and out of the flower shop's window's sight. Sora raised her eyebrows as Tai sighed and glanced down at the basket in his possession. "Hmm. Tai, ya know, I'm not completely brain dead."
No even bothering to question, correct, or cover up for him and Ken, Tai only whapped his friend lightly on the head as he left, carrying his precious basket with him.
[to be continued in the ninth installment of 02]
[now back to you authoress' ramblings]
ST: Well, that sure was unexpected, unpredicted, unwanted, huh? And long too! (dodges thrown objects) Oh my god! I'm so sorry! But you must understand people, it HAD to happen! I promise, things will work out in the end! Everything has a purpose, understand? Even the Takedai fluff. I was paving the wall of love between them, the small fights and quick make-ups and possible make-outs. It all plays in. Ken kissing Tai, Kanbara being a slut and kissing Tai. Hell, even Tai going to Kuwon plays a major role!
Draco: Don't worry. I've read the notebook. You'll get everything dropped onto you next chapter.
ST: HEY! One, DON'T TELL THEM THAT! And two, Why The Hell Are You Reading My Notebook?
Draco: Because I can and want to. Why?
ST: WHY?!?! I'm gonna hurt your pretty blonde face.
Draco: Okay. Try me.
TK: Run you fool.
Draco: Why should I? She's just some crazy muggle writer. And- HOLY SHIT!! SHE'S GOT A CHAINSAW!!
(Draco runs as ST fires it up)
TK: I hate to say I told you so but, I TOLD YOU SO!
(ST runs after Dray)
TK: Well, review and tell SenTay how bad she screwed up. And then wait for chapter nine. It's gonna be a blast.
(Draco runs by with ST on his heels)
TK: Til then.
[tbc]