Disclaimer: I do not in any way own Digimon or its characters featured in this fan fiction (this excludes the band members and a few other people briefly mentioned in the fic, I made them up)
Wow! 15 reviews for the first chapter! I feel so loved! Well, here's the second part. A bit of a warning, there's a bit of angst and more sexual situations in this chapter, as well as underage drinking and possible drug taking. Again, this is Yamachi, so if you don't like and managed to get through after reading the first chapter, then I suggest you leave. Enjoy the update.
"So, party tonight."
I sigh and shake my head at Seiyo's suggestion. This is so typical of him, any opportunity he finds to 'celebrate', he'll take it. Even if there is no reason, he'll find some obscure one. Like one of the last parties. Celebration of the Spring Equinox? Seriously, we're not pagans, but Seiyo dredged up the almost forgotten holiday and used it as an excuse to get drunk. Then, about a week later, Easter. Religious holidays aren't the worst of it, but still they're the most memorable.
"Whose house?" Ji asked nonchalantly, as though this was something normal we did every day ... which it probably was.
"Not mine, my parents are still pissed about the last one," Kiromi offered.
"Well the last one was at my place," Urinto shook his head. "Besides, my sister's back in town, we can't have it there."
"My place," I offered with a sigh. "Dad's out of town for a few days and Takeru's on holidays with my mother. But we have to be quieter than last time, my neighbours almost ratted me out because of the noise."
The other four grinned. "Who are we inviting?" Kiromi asked.
"Can I ask Taichi?" They shrugged and nodded and I grinned. "Cool. I don't think any of my other friends would be that interested however."
"How about the usual crowd," Urinto suggested, "but not too many. Tell them only to bring dates if absolutely necessary." He shuddered. "We don't want a repeat of the gatecrashers from last time."
I shuddered at that. It was worse than the time when a bunch of the jocks came over and held a game of football in Kiromi's lounge room. Last time, a bunch of the most obsessed of our fan girls found out about the party and showed up, completely uninvited, and decided to help themselves to some drinks. We had to look after them and make sure they didn't drink too much, because after the first few they were passed out or puking everywhere. That was not the most enjoyable time.
"Definitely," I agreed. "Just the usual crowd and tell them, only dates, no one else. If people start showing up uninvited it'll get cancelled immediately."
Urinto and Kiromi nodded with this. Among all of us they were the most sensible, Kir more than Uri, but still, they were the ones who usually kept a level head. Ji nodded after a pause, looking a bit down. Seiyo pouted, but nodded. He understood that we didn't want anything serious to happen. We could get into really deep shit if something serious happened at an underage party. Me most of all.
"Okay then," Ji finally said, "so long as they have an invite from us, they're cool. What if some people show up uninvited anyway?"
"Well," I thought this over, "I guess it depends who they are. If we recognise them and don't mind then let them in, but no one who looks like they could make trouble. Some people here can be major jerks at parties. I'll stay by the door and make sure okay?" The other four nodded. "Sei, you're in charge of drinks, as always." Seiyo nodded with a grin. His older brother always got him as much alcohol he wanted for his various parties. He and one or two of his friends showed up occasionally. They were pretty fun to hang out with at the parties, they were people who never needed invites.
"Mind if I tag along with you? Ji asked. "I was thinking of trying out this new cocktail my dad taught me the other day." Seiyo nodded. Ji's parents owned a bar and were grooming him to take over the business. This resulted in many new and interesting drinks to try at the parties. Being around us was never boring, no beer kegs for us, it was spirits and cocktails all the way.
"I'll help set up," Kir offered.
"Thanks."
"And I'm in charge of music then." Urinto grinned. "Good thing too, I got some new CD's this weekend, great party music."
"It isn't one of those weird albums you buy every so often," Ji wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Your 'inspiration' music."
Urinto glared at him. "No, it's not. Metal all the way."
"Sweet!" Seiyo grinned. "This is going to be such an awesome end of the year party."
"Definitely," Kiromi grinned. "Should we spread the word?"
I nodded. "Yeah, I've got to go talk to Tai anyway. Catch you guys later then." They nodded and I got up, dumping my left over food in the bin as I made my way over to the other side of the cafeteria and to Taichi.
He smiled as he saw me. "Hey Matt, to what do we owe the honour of your presence?"
I sat down beside him and waved to Koushiro and Sora, who smiled back. "Party tonight at my place. Wanna come?" I looked around, extending the invitation to all three of them, though I was fairly certain that Sora and Kou would decline my generous offer.
I was right.
"Sorry Matt," Koushiro apologised, "my parents and I are going away tomorrow, we have to get started at three in the morning."
I shrugged. "No biggie. I'm sure you'll have a great time Kou. Sora?"
She sighed. "Wish I could, but tomorrow's my last game of tennis for a while, it's a fairly important game. I'll need my rest."
I sighed. I was actually hoping they could come. I haven't been hanging out with my other digi-destined friends as much as I had before. I missed them. I'll have to make it up over the holidays. I turned to Taichi and grinned. "So how 'bout it Tai? You're finally going to accept one of my invites? It is the last day of school after all."
He thought it over carefully. "You know Matt, I've heard a lot about some of your parties."
"Trust me, I know. We're starting to get sick of it a bit. This one's invite only. No gatecrashers and we're trying to keep casualties at a minimum." I looked at him pleadingly, knowing he can't resist my begging expression. "Please Tai? I'd be really happy if you could go."
He sighed and shook his head at me, amused at my antics and dirty tactics. "I know I'm going to regret this."
I grinned and gave him a quick hug. "So you're coming then?"
"Sure."
"Yes!" I hugged him again. "Thank you Tai."
He smiled and shrugged it off. "Hey, it's a party. I do need to have fun and loosen up every once in a while." He looked at me closely. "Is there going to be anything illegal there?"
I blushed slightly and looked away. "Just the usual. Sex, drugs, rock and roll." He looked at me sternly and I sighed. "Fine, yes there will be drinking and maybe some smoking of substances. Nothing serious though. I'm not about to get busted because some idiot wants to shoot up or sniff. Just MJ."
He looks a bit hesitant. "Yamato ... I'm not too sure then."
"Look Tai, you don't have to do anything. Trust me, if anyone tries to force you into drinking or smoking I'll knock him out. Completely optional. Not everyone drinks anyway. We do need drivers after all, and some people just don't like it."
Tai thought it over again and nodded. "Okay Yamato, but I'm probably going to be one of those people. I don't particularly like doing stuff like that."
"I know Tai, and I'm glad you'll be sensible." I smiled at him. "I suppose it's good to have a friend like you around at times."
"You know though Yama, if you keep this sort of thing up, you could eventually get yourself in too deep."
I sighed. "I know, but it's only a one-off thing every so often. We only party once every two months or so. Our last party was three months ago. Other than that, I never touch the stuff." I held my hand to my heart. "I promise. I'm not stupid Tai."
"I know, I just worry sometimes."
"Well tonight you don't have to, just loosen up and be glad that school's over."
He sighed and smiled at me. "Sure. Do you want me to come over and help out?"
"If you want. Kir's coming over early, and Uri should be there too. He's doing the music. Which is cool, he's got one of the best systems around. Ji and Seiyo should be there before it starts with the drinks. Come over whenever, party starts at seven."
Taichi nodded. "Sure. I'll be over at about five. Do you think I could stay?"
"No probs." I grinned. "This is going to be so cool, trust me, you'll have so much fun tonight."
Taichi sighed again. "I hope so."
* * *
I opened the door at the second knock and grinned as I saw who was on the doorstep to my apartment.
"Tai," I grabbed him by the arm and pulled him inside. "I'm so glad you came."
He shrugged. "Sure. Is anyone else here?"
"Just Kir and Uri. Uri's setting up his sound system and Kir's trying to help, to very little success." Taichi grinned and we made our way further into the apartment.
"Hey Tai," Kiromi called out with a grin. "Glad you could come. You want to help us out a bit here?" Taichi nodded.
"What do you want me to do?"
"Just hold that other speaker tilted slightly so we an see what the hell is wrong with it." Kiromi smiled gratefully as Taichi did so. "Thanks." He quickly went behind with Urinto and looked at it. "Found it, we've got the cable in the wrong output."
"Are you serious?" Urinto sighed. "Thank god, I thought something serious had happened on the way over when I bumped the car slightly." The speaker moved out of Taichi's grasp as Urinto placed it in its proper position. Then the dreadlocked boy pocked his head up and grinned at Taichi. "Thanks Tai, glad you're here."
"Same. You guys need any more help?"
"No, we should be fine now. Kir, go around and test it out again." Kiromi nodded and walked around the front of the stereo system and turned it on, testing out a few knobs and buttons.
"Working fine Uri."
"Finally," I muttered. "They've been working on this all afternoon," I told Taichi, who grinned and chuckled.
"Great," Urinto grinned. "Then we're all done." There was another knock at the door. "And just in time too. That should be Sei and Ji with the drinks." Urinto got up as Kiromi and I went over to answer the door. I heard him ask Taichi, "So Tai, what do you drink?"
I opened the door and indeed it was the other members of our band behind it, arms loaded with bottles. "Fantastic," I grinned, helping Seiyo out by grabbing some bottles that were starting to slip from his grasp. Kiromi grabbed some from Ji.
"Grog's here," I called out to the other two and walked back into the lounge room after the other three, having to close the door.
"Great." Urinto helped us stack the bottles on the coffee table that we'd moved out of the way, along with the couch. They were both along the wall, by the windows and the television set. "What did you get?"
"Vodka, whisky, tequila, and a couple of other things I don't really like," Seiyo answered. "But Ji wanted them for some of his mixes."
"Trust me guys, you'll like these mixes. We also got some of the milder stuff to use as chasers. We don't want people puking everywhere and passing out. Plus, of course, a few soft drinks for the drivers and pussies."
"I resent that," Taichi butt in and I grinned as Ji shrugged.
"Hey, if you're not man enough to try this ..."
"Ji," I warned in a low voice. "No teasing. It's his choice."
"Sure. But Tai, if you want, just take some of the Cruisers, or the Ruskis. You might like those."
Taichi nodded. "I'll keep that in mind Ji, thanks."
"So when's everyone getting here?" Seiyo asked, grabbing one of the passionfruit Cruisers and taking a sip.
"Soon," I answered. "About half an hour. We don't have anything else to do, so we can just chill for a while."
"And listen to some music." Urinto grinned and riffled through his collection of CD's he brought over. "I've the perfect band."
"Oh great," Ji sighed. "Something good man, please."
Urinto pretended he didn't hear him and shoved a CD into his stereo, turning the music up to a reasonable level.
I grinned. "This is great man, when did you get Opeth's new album?"
"The other day. Knew you'd appreciate it 'Mato." He stuck his tongue out at Ji, who stuck his out back and grabbed a drink himself. We weren't getting into any of the heavier drinks until later.
Seiyo grinned and threw a bottle to Kiromi, who luckily caught it, glaring slightly at Seiyo. Seiyo looked over at me. "You want one?"
"Sure." I caught the bottle also and opened it. "You want a drink Tai?"
"I'm fine." He sat down beside me on the couch, the others nearby on the floor, all of us grinning and laughing and waiting for the others to arrive shortly.
Just before seven, we heard someone knock on the door.
I grinned and got up. "Looks like it's about to start."
* * *
Okay, ten o'clock ... I think. I'm feeling a bit fuzzy right now.
I was sitting with my band and Taichi. Everyone else was around the lounge room and kitchen, which was probably a stupid idea. But luckily for me, Kiromi had the foresight to take out all the sharp objects, like the knives and put them away in a cupboard that could be locked. The only other room anyone could get into was the bathroom. My room, my father's room and Takeru's room, for when he stayed here, were all locked tight. Oh, and the closet was open for people to throw their bags and coats in.
Anyway, we were sitting around joking and having a great time while everyone else was talking and drinking and just sitting around chilling and listening to the music. I must admit, Urinto had a fantastic taste in music, though I knew this wasn't all of his collection he was playing. Urinto also had some really weird music in his possession, but hey, everyone has their quirks and interests.
Off the track again ... I was really drunk by this time, so were quite a few others. I think someone had brought some marijuana, though luckily not much. Few people I knew liked it much. I'd tried it, as had the rest of the band, but alcohol was much better in my opinion. Still, the smell of the smoke lingered a bit, I'd have to work on getting that out in the morning. Taichi was looking a bit dazed, be he seemed to be enjoying himself. He'd even tried a few drinks, mostly just the Cruisers and Ruskis, though he'd had whisky and cola. I still haven't been able to talk him into trying shots though, and he was staying very far away from the vodka and tequila shots too.
Damn, I was really hoping he'd try it, but hey, if he doesn't want to that's fine with me.
So anyway, back to the point. We were sitting around, just talking, as people usually tend to do these days at parties, when the subject of our previous parties had come up.
"Hey, who here hasn't made out?" Seiyo asked suddenly.
Taichi looked a bit confused at this. "Huh?" I think he was slightly tipsy. He was actually drinking again, another whisky and cola.
But I didn't have time for him, I was too busy thinking. "I'm not sure. Uri?"
"No, I have. Sei?"
"No me too ... come on, this is me you're asking."
We laughed and nodded and I looked at Ji.
He held up his hands. "Last time was the last one I had to do to make it perfect score. What about you two?"
I looked at Kiromi. "I don't think we have actually."
Kiromi nodded. "Yeah. I haven't had as much time as you guys, I only came here last year remember."
"Oh yeah." I bit down on my bottom lip and thought for a moment. "No, you're right. We haven't." I grinned. "Guess it's time to rectify that."
I think I really stunned Taichi with my next move. I grabbed Kiromi by his shirt and pulled him towards me and grinned. "Ready for this Kir?"
"I think so."
Urinto shook his head. "No you're not. Trust me, no one's ready for Yamato, not even drunk." Ji nodded emphatically and Seiyo just rolled his eyes.
"Hope you know what you're getting yourself in for Kir."
Taichi looked really confused. "What the hell are you guys talking about?" I looked at him briefly with a twinkle in my eye.
"Don't worry Tai, you can be next if you want." Then I looked back at Kiromi with lidded eyes. "But you can be first tonight, Kir." So saying, I pulled him closer to me and placed my lips on his.
I heard Taichi's gasp and the others' whoops of delight, but I was too busy with Kiromi and making him feel rather uncomfortable.
See, I have this strange fetish, I love to tease and make my lovers feel like they're about to explode with desire. I love that feeling, making people want me, it was a huge rush. But I rarely got to indulge in this particular quirk, except in situations like this.
So I was taking full advantage of the situation.
I ran my tongue over Kiromi's lips and he opened his mouth slightly, enough for me to continue teasing him with my lips. I pushed him to the ground and straddled him, running my hands over his shoulders and chest. I pushed down on him hard even as my lips left light lingering seductive touches on his. My fingers lightly brushed and teased as I thrust greedily into his mouth, kissing him passionately, my tongue dueling with his.
I sucked lightly on his lip, one hand running through his hair as the other sought out the bottom of his shirt and I ran my fingers over his abdomen lightly, making him shiver in delight. Moving my other hand down there to tease him further, I trailed my tongue gently from his mouth to his neck, leaving light kisses, then sucking down harder on his neck, nipping at his skin lightly.
Kiromi moved his own hands to my waist and pulled me down closer. I grinned and moved my attentions back to his mouth, giving him and deep long kiss, my tongue sending shivers through him again. I brought my hands up to his shoulders again and broke the kiss off slightly, grinning as he moved his head to find my lips again.
"So what did you think?" I breathed lightly into his ear.
"Fuck," he whispered, leaning back onto the floor. He chuckled and grinned up at me. "You are ... wow."
I got off him and grinned. "I know. I get that reaction from everyone."
"All right, I think it's obvious who won our little contest then," Urinto grinned. "What was the total in the pool?"
"Zilch," Seiyo said. "Remember, we spent it all last time on the party when none of us had any money. It was all agreed on beforehand."
"It's cool," I said. "I don't need the money anyway, and I agreed too."
Taichi shook himself, grabbing my attention. "What the hell was that?" he asked with wide eyes.
"The final chapter to a long and pointless drunken tale," Ji informed him with a grin. "It all started when 'Mato and Uri wanted to find out which of them was a better kisser. So Sei, being drunk as he usually was at our gatherings, suggested they make out with each other to tell. Initially it made no sense, but considering the rest of us were drunk too, it made perfect sense. Kir wasn't here at the time, so it was just Sei and I. We put money down on the matter. What you saw right then was nothing compared to what 'Mato did to Uri that night."
Urinto laughed. "Fuck yeah, I don't think I'd ever been kissed by another guy like that."
Taichi was staring at all of us with wide eyes and I blushed slightly when his gaze landed on me. I suddenly grinned at him. "So, you want to try too Tai?"
Kiromi choked on his drink. He'd just gotten up off the floor, still looking at me dazedly. Ji grinned and Sei and Uri shared a look. Taichi was oblivious to this, staring at me as though I'd grown three heads.
"I think I'll pass thanks Yamato," he told me nervously.
I shrugged. "Your loss."
Seiyo grinned. "Trust me Tai, it is a great loss. You want another drink?"
Taichi shook his head, still staring at me. "No, I think I've actually had a bit too much already."
I pouted. "You're not going to leave us now are you Tai?"
He hesitated then shook his head. "I guess not. Just try to keep the making out at a minimum, for my sake."
I sighed and nodded. "I can't promise for the others though."
The four of them shrugged.
"Game's over now anyway," Sei said with a grin. "It was fun though."
"Who came in second?" Ji asked curiously. "I reckon it was me."
"No way!" Urinto shoved him, making him fall over. Taichi, Kiromi, Seiyo and I all laughed at him. Urinto grinned triumphantly down at him. "It was definitely me."
"Okay, how about we all say who we thought were good," I suggested. "Right, I won, so I'll go last. Kir?"
"I liked Seiyo." Seiyo grinned at him.
"One for me. Okay, I'd have to say Ji."
Ji grinned. "Well, I liked you too Seiyo, though Uri was good too."
"I liked Seiyo," Urinto grumbled. "He's almost as good as you 'Mato."
"Almost, but not quite. Looks like you're the runner up, Sei." He grinned at me and stood up and took a bow.
"Thank you, you don't know what this means to me." He sniffed and wiped at his eyes, pretending like he was accepting an award for something. "I'd like to thank all the little people who made this all possible. You know who you are, I made out with you in the school broom closets."
We were all on the floor laughing after the initial bad acting from the insane drummer and he soon joined us.
It was a great time we were having, and it seemed like everyone else was enjoying themselves too, though we didn't pay too much attention to them, not until later anyway.
* * *
It was around one, one-thirtyish, that things got a bit weird.
Seiyo had wandered off to socialise a bit with everyone else. Ji was hanging around with Sei's older brother and his two friends. They'd shown up about an hour before, to the band's delight and welcomed warmly. They'd been running a bit low on alcohol. Uri was chatting up some girl from school he'd invited for that express purpose.
It was just Taichi, Kiromi and I sitting on the couch now, drinking.
Taichi was usually a very resolved, sensible guy. I hated to see that side of him go, yet I enjoyed watching him making an ass of himself as he was drunk. Cruel of me wasn't it?
Kir and I were laughing at something Taichi had said, when something caught my eye and I frowned.
"Hey, Kir, did you invite Rino?"
Kiromi looked up and over at a tall man laughing with some of our other friends. "Yeah I did. Why?"
I sighed. "No real reason. It's just that Rino sometimes gets to be a real jerk when he's drunk. One time he tried to hit on one of my friends and wouldn't stop until I said something to him."
"Who was that?" Taichi asked taking a sip of his drink.
"Mimi. I think he really liked her, but she wasn't interested. She came to one of the parties when she visited last summer. I haven't invited him since."
"Sorry," Kiromi said, blushing slightly. "I didn't know."
"I know. It's cool. Rino's an okay guy most of the time."
We sat in silence, listening to the latest of Urinto's music, until I felt something fall against my shoulder. I looked down and saw Taichi leaning against me.
"Tai? You okay?"
"Just a bit tired Yama. Do you think I could lie down for a bit? I'm not used to drinking."
I nodded and searched around in my pocket for my keys. I took off mine and gave it to him, pocketing my father and brother's key. "You know where my room is. Just lie down in there. Everyone knows not to go in there." Taichi smiled and took the key from me.
"Thanks Yama. I've just got to go to the bathroom before I go there." I helped him up off the couch and he stumbled slightly. He grinned back at me. "I'll see you after the party then."
I grinned in return. "Later Tai." I looked around after he'd walked off and noticed that a few people had already left. "Guess it is getting a bit late considering the party started so early."
"Maybe we should have started at nine," Kiromi suggested.
"Yeah."
A few minutes later the two of us were lying on the couch, me on top of course, making out. Kiromi, in my opinion, was probably one of the best kissers I'd come across. All of my band members were, but once he got over the initial shock and shyness, he was a fantastic partner.
"'Mato."
I growled at the interruption and broke off from Kiromi's delicious lips and glared up at Ji. "What?"
"You saw Rino right?"
"Yeah. What's up?"
"I don't know where he went. No one saw him leave."
I sighed and sat up properly. Kiromi got up as well, grabbing a drink. "I'll go check the other rooms. Who's still here?"
"Not too many people. You and Kir were a bit distracted. It's almost two in the morning."
I nodded. "Right. You and the others are all crashing here right?"
"Yeah. Sei's brother and his friends just left, everyone else is thinking of leaving soon too."
"Okay. I'll be back soon." I got up and sighed. First of all I checked the closet near the door. I'd seen people sneak in there earlier during the night to make out in private. No one was there. I checked the kitchen, he wasn't there. Then the bathroom.
Okay, look don't get me wrong, Rino can be a really nice guy, but he's a huge flirt. When he's drunk, it's a lot worse. I'd seen him at a few parties before the one with Mimi where he'd come close to forcing a person to make out with him. Of course he barely remembered a thing the next day. I didn't want anything like that happening to anyone, least of all my friends. So I went searching.
I checked in my brother's room, then my father's.
He still wasn't there.
I turned to my room with a heavy feeling.
"Oh shit," I whispered then opened my door, knowing that Taichi had gone in there earlier to rest.
The sight that greeted me was one I never wanted to see again.
Taichi was lying, pinned to the bed, Rino was above him, straddling him, his hands gripping Taichi's wrists tightly, his lips furiously attacking the boy beneath him.
Taichi's a strong guy, but Rino's stronger. He was one of those huge burly guys that everyone watches out for just because of the way he looked. And he was stronger than he looked. Which meant that Taichi had no chance of breaking free from him without any help.
I was furious.
"Hey, what the fuck are you doing?" Rino turned his head and looked at me.
"What does it look like?"
"Get out. Party's over." Rino smirked and was about to turn back to Taichi, but I came up to him and pulled him back by the hair. "Like I said, party's over. Get out."
He glared at me then got up off Taichi and left the room. I watched him leave then looked back down at Taichi. He was leaning back against the pillows, one arm thrown over his eyes.
"Tai?"
"Yamato, could you just leave me for now."
"Sure." I moved away, looking at him worriedly. I could still see the tearstains on his cheeks. I moved out into the hallway and back into the lounge room. Kiromi, Ji, Seiyo and Urinto all moved towards me as soon as I appeared.
"What happened? I saw Rino leave rather quickly." Ji looked at me curiously.
"Can you guys just get everyone out of here, please?" I asked in a small voice. I was ready to kill, but I didn't want to take my temper out on them. They nodded, sensing my distress and walked over to the various people still hanging around.
I sighed and started walking to the bathroom. I washed my face in an effort to calm myself down. It didn't quite work. I walked back out to the lounge room and found that everyone had started to leave. A few people smiled and told me what a great party it was, but I couldn't even muster a friendly smile in reply for them.
Soon everyone was gone, save for the band.
"What happened?" Urinto asked.
"Rino got into my room. You know what he's like."
Kiromi paled. "Taichi." I nodded and he looked guilty. "'Mato, I'm so sorry. I had no idea."
I shook my head. "No, it's all right, you didn't know, and besides, I didn't think something would happen. Look, there's spare blankets in the top of the closet. The sofa's a pull out and two people can probably fit on Takeru's bed. I'd rather you didn't go into my father's room though, if that's cool."
"Sure 'Mato." Urinto smiled at me. "Don't worry, we'll manage."
"You sure?" They nodded and I grinned. "Great. I'll be in my room with Tai. Just knock and call out if you need anything, but you guys should know where everything is."
"We'll be fine. Go, be a good best friend." Ji shoved me towards the hallway and I walked back to my room, taking a deep breath before opening the door and going inside.
"Taichi?" He was turned away from the door. I walked over to my bed and sat down beside him, running my fingers through his hair. I knew he was still awake. "I'm sorry."
He shook his head. "Not your fault." He sighed and turned over, looking up at me. "Guess I won't be getting that drunk again too soon."
"Guess not. I'm sorry about pressuring you into it also."
"You didn't. I didn't drink that much, and it was my own choice."
"But you didn't want to originally."
He shrugged. "I know, but then, I can always change my mind if I want." He was silent for a bit, then he suddenly blushed. "Hey Yama, do you think I could maybe borrow some of your clothes to sleep in?"
I grinned. "Sure." I got up and threw him some clothes and grabbed some for myself. He got up and blushed slightly. I laughed at him. "Come on Tai, you're not shy are you?"
He shrugged and turned away, stripping off his top. I turned my back too, though I'd rather be watching him, but I felt that his modesty right now was more important than my raging libido. I must have been drunker than I thought.
Once we'd both finished, we got into the bed, Taichi staying over to one side. I sighed and moved over. "Tai, is there something bothering you?"
"Kind of." I could feel, if not see his blush.
"You're wondering about the thing with Kir."
"Yeah."
"In answer to your upcoming question, yes, I am gay."
"Okay. It doesn't bother me, it's just a little astonishing to find out."
"If you're not weirded out, why are you staying so far away?"
He blushed again. "Sorry. Everything this night has been weird."
"Welcome to my life." He laughed, turning towards me. I grinned at him. "It was a rather interesting way to end the school year, wasn't it?"
"Interesting is a good word to use." He sighed and I knew he was thinking about what happened with Rino. I shifted over and wrapped my arms around him.
"I am really sorry."
"I know ..." He was silent for a while and I thought he was going to sleep, then I heard a sniffle. "Yama?"
"Yeah?"
"You'll never hurt me will you?"
"Never." I hugged him tighter. "I'll always be there for you Tai." I kissed his forehead. "Now go to sleep. Things are always better in the morning."
"No they're not."
"No, especially not if you're in my room. There are this group of swallows that wake me every morning. It's hell."
Taichi laughed at me and snuggled in closer to me. "Good night Yama."
"Night Tai."
To Be Continued …
AN: Ah, I bought Opeth's new album the other day, I just had to mention it in there. Awesome CD. I loved the ending to that chapter, so cute. Well, anyways, I hoped you enjoyed the second installment. I'm surprised at how fast I brought this out … I really should be working on Realities of Friendship, but it's stuck! ;_; I hate writer's block, but if you're a fan of my other fics, the next chapter update should be outs soon (hopefully)
Laters.
