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A/N: So it didn't take me that long to update, did it? I'm afraid I don't know when the next chapter will be out. Probably longer than it took to get this one out. Eh, do enjoy, okie? ^^
Chapter.Three
Taichi didn't think much when he awoke the next morning. The groggy feeling didn't go away, even after he'd taken a cold shower. His next idea was to eat breakfast--and if that didn't work, he'd bang his head up against the wall. He walked out into the kitchen and grabbed himself a bowl. He set the bowl down on the table; then went in search for the cereal.
"Ah-ha!" he announced aloud when he found his favorite cereal in the cupboard. He set the cereal down on the table, but his bowl was no where to be found. He glanced around the table quickly--he was sure he set the bowl down on the table. He searched the kitchen, finding the breakfast bowl easily sitting on the counter by the sink. He stared at the bowl for a few seconds before grabbing it and setting it down next the the cereal.
The brunet poured the cereal into the bowl quickly, then went to the refrigerator to fetch the milk. He checked the expiration date quickly, nodding when he was satisfied that the milk was still good. Going back over to his already poured cereal, he stared at the empty spot where the bowl once was.
"Now I know it was there a minute ago," he pondered out loud to himself. He froze instantly, then looked around the room cautiously. "What are you trying to do?" he asked the room. "I know you're screwing with me."
"Who are you talking to?" Hikari asked as she walked into the living room. Taichi shrugged.
"No one," he answered loudly. "There's no one in this room besides you and me. Nobody." Hikari nodded, her eyes wide, her expression sarcastic.
"Really, Taichi. If I didn't know better, I would think you're talking to someone hiding in the walls," she said, her tone sarcastic. Taichi's eyes widened.
"You think he could be?"
"Tai, what is wrong with you!? You've been acting so weird these past two days."
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"I wish you would just go away," Taichi said to his empty bedroom. He wasn't sure if the... ghost..?... Was even listening, but he didn't really care. Hikari thought he was talking to himself either way. Why did it all-of-a-sudden decide to show up? One day it wasn't there, the next it was cracking jokes at Taichi's stupidity. The brunet grunted.
"You annoy me and you're not even around," he muttered out loud to himself. "You've only been here a day and I can't stand you. Shouldn't that tell you something? Especially when me off all people never really dislikes anybody."
"Are you talking to yourself again?" an airy voice said.
Taichi sat up on his bed. "I was talking to you. Can't you for once just stick around for more than twenty minutes... I know you're there, but it's creepy." When there was silence in the room, he sighed frustratedly.
Finally Yamato appeared. Though, Taichi didn't really know because he hadn't been paying attention. When he thought about it, 'appeared' made it sound kind of stupid. Wasn't there something else he could use that wasn't so... stupid? His vocabulary wasn't huge though, so he didn't know what else he could use.
"What's another word for 'appear'?" he asked Yamato randomly. Yamato stared at him for a few moments, eyebrow cocked.
"Arise?" the invisible boy answered, giving Taichi a strange look. The brunet shook his head.
"No, that's not right. There aren't any words that I can use."
"Use for what? What are you talking about?"
Taichi shook his head, dismissing the other boy. Maybe he'd just stick with 'appeared' for now, not like he had much of a choice. There was a short silence between the two boys while Taichi thought. Finally he looked at Yamato, he stared at the boy intently--making him shift from one foot to the other.
"Is there a problem?" Yamato asked. Taichi shook his head.
"How did you get like that?" he asked.
Yamato raised an eyebrow, and stared at Taichi for a few short seconds.
"What do you mean?" Taichi sighed.
"How did you become 'invisible'," the brunet responded, using his fingers to quote the word 'invisible'. Yamato just shrugged. "What, you're not going to tell me? You've been bothering me the last day an a half; the least you could do is explain to me why you're like that."
Yamato shook his head. "I don't remember."
"Well, can you disappear again? You're going to be the reason why I end up in an insane asylum, and I don't need the rest of my family thinking I'm crazy. You already have Hikari thinking that."
Yamato stared at Taichi. Boy, did he ramble a lot. Kind of random too, jumping subject to subject. It kind of gave him a headache. But, there was something warm about him. Something Yamato couldn't quite put his finger on. There was something though, something that was inviting to everyone.
Taichi gave the invisible boy a suspicious look.
"What're you staring at?" Yamato shrugged. "Well, disappear so I can get back to normal."
"What if I don't want to?" the boy challenged.
Taichi didn't know what to say to that. Who cared what the invisible boy wanted? He wasn't the one looking like a complete idiot, now was he? Taichi was beginning to think it was a little unfair. Being invisible gave Yamato an advantage, and he kept falling beautifully into the blonde's traps. This must be what it feels like to be a dog. You know, 'cause lots of dogs bark at invisible things--maybe they're barking at something like Yamato. Yeah, nevermind. It all seemed far-fetched to Taichi whatever way he looked at it.
"Could you at least put your 'invisible' ability to some good use? Go. Away. Please."
"Why am I so bad?"
"I don't know, you tell me. I didn't know you were bad," Taichi replied, crossing his arms over his chest. "Evil demon." Yamato shook his head.
"That's not what I meant. What am I hurting being here? Seriously, I can't do anything." Taichi's face dropped, he stared at Yamato skeptically.
"You can't do anything?! You're making me crazy!" the brunet ranted. "And yet I'm still standing here talking to him as if he were a real person," he continued, talking to himself.
"No offense, but you talk to people I can't even see," Yamato pointed out critically. Taichi groaned.
"I'm talking to myself, you idiot." Yamato shrugged.
There was a soft knock on Taichi's door, and the brunet froze. He stared at the door like a deer caught in headlights. He looked back at Yamato, but the boy was gone. There's was another knock on the door, but this one was more urgent.
"Taichi, are you okay?" his mother's voice came through the door.
Taichi opened the door quickly, grinning at his mother.
"I'm fine, why do you ask?" She stared at him for a long moment, then looked around his room from where she stood in his doorway.
"Is someone else in here with you?" Taichi shook his head.
"'Course not."
His mother sighed. "I thought I heard you talking to someone." Taichi laughed, trying not to sound nervous.
"No, just myself. I was talking to myself, I mean." His mother nodded and left Taichi in his room, she muttered something to herself as she walked away, but Taichi didn't catch it.
The brunet closed his door quickly, leaning against it. This wasn't fun anymore--then again it hadn't been fun to begin with. He looked around the room, waiting for Yamato to reappear.
"Coast is clear. Not like you had to disappear anyway."
"I was doing you a favor," Taichi heard.
"How was that a favor?" he asked, walking further into his room.
"Because," Yamato's voice was behind him, so Taichi turned and faced the blonde. "If you can't see me, you're not as likely to talk to me." Taichi nodded.
"Oh... Right."
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It took a long time for Taichi to fall asleep that night. He couldn't stop thinking that Yamato was probably watching him. It creeped him out, thinking that this strange boy had some type of infatuation with him. Taichi decided that's what it had to be, an infatuation. Why else would the invisible boy stick around? Though, he didn't dawn on it for very long. It made his head hurt.
When he opened his eyes the next morning, he about died from a heart-attack. "Ah! What are you doing!?" he yelled, pushing Yamato away. Though, the blonde just grinned at him.
Yamato had been leaning over Taichi. Staring at his face, if Taichi would have picked his head up off his pillow--he could have kissed the invisible boy. Though, he wasn't sure if that was possible. After-all Yamato wasn't real, but then again, Taichi could touch him as if he were a real person.
"You looked so peaceful."
Taichi gave him a pitiful look. "So you tower over me? I know you couldn't have seen my whole face 'cause when I opened my eyes all I saw were your eyes." Yamato grinned at Taichi.
"You're really flustered about this aren't you?"
Taichi nodded. "Yes," he replied, then shook his head quickly. "I mean, no! I mean, it wasn't what I wanted to see this early in the morning." Yamato just grinned and shook his head.
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