Broken Realities
I don't own Digimon
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'Thoughts'
"talking out loud"
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'+' flash back
Chapter 25
When he opens the portal back to his room, he finds T.K. and Kari already getting supper ready. They look surprise as they walk through the portal. Patamon and Gatomon were watching TV and had to move to the back of the couch to watch them walk out of the portal.
He then transform into a human. "Sorry, didn't know you guys were using our apartment, T.K. We'll leave." He tells the two Digidestine. "No, stay, more the merrier, right?" Kari says before they head out. He looks at Rika and she flashes him a grin before turning and saying, "But I thought the two of you wanted some alone time?" T.K. looks jumpy at that and Kari just blushes as she says, "We're just best of friends. Nothing more." T.K. adds, "What Kari said. There's always room for two more." Rika and He look at each other; both knowing that there's more going on between T.K. and Kari. Then he says, "We better go find Renamon and Guilmon. They went off to talk about some fact that only Renamon could answer." Both T.K. and Kari look surprised and then notice that Guilmon and Renamon weren't with their partners. Gatomon and Patamon look at each other, and then Gatomon says, "We'll go with you. Right Patamon?" Patamon nods his head. The two Digimon walk out the door with Rika and him before either Digidestine could say a word.
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She watches as their partners follow Takato and Rika out the door. She didn't know that Takato had learnt to create portals. 'But then wasn't that doorway to that pocket dimension a kind of portal?' She asks herself. Then she turns to look over at her best childhood friend. The sight was one familiar and yet so new as well. She looks away from T.K.'s blue eyes. She knew that T.K. was her best friend and didn't want to ruin their friendship, but with Takato and Rika pairing off. Then Zoe and Takuya, it was kind of hard not to start noticing the other guys of the group, including Henry who she knows has a girlfriend back at the Tamers reality. She has even beginning to notice things about her best friend, like a girl looking at a cute guy. 'Like how he tries to be there for me or about how he looks so cute when he's trying to lie…'
She shakes her head in hopes of clearing her thoughts. She didn't need to be looking at anybody like that! She wasn't ready for a relationship like what Takato, Rika, Takuya, and Zoe have. She hears T.K. sigh. "Looks like they want us to be alone." T.K. says. She nods her agreement. "Too true. You'd think that were a couple of love struck lovers the way the couldn't get out of here fast enough." She says as she finishes setting the table. "Right. We're just a couple of friends having dinner." She hears T.K. say. She blushes as she answers, "We're just two friends enjoying each others company. Nothing wrong with that." They let the silence have its way. They didn't want to talk about it any more.
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They find Guilmon and Renamon kissing by the food warehouse. Gatomon and Patamon have their mouths open as they watch. Renamon pulls out of the kiss and tells Guilmon calmly, "And that's what a kiss is." Guilmon looks stunned at that and then recovers when he notices that his partner was around.
"Takatomon! Renamon showed me what a kiss was! I still don't get why only girls and boys kiss on the lips, though." Guilmon tells his partner. He answers, "It's just proper, boy. People look weird when they see two boys or girls kissing on the lips. Plus, you only kiss a girl you want to a relationship with." He couldn't tell if Renamon blushed at that last part or not. Deciding not to press it, he also says, "Kari and T.K. are having dinner at T.K.'s and my place, so have you guys eaten any thing?" Both Digimon shake their heads and then Rika says, "We'll go to the cafeteria to get supper. If you guys want, Takato and I will get the food and you guys can head back up to Kari's and my apartment. Unless you just want to eat at one of the tables at the cafeteria?"
The Digimon choose to eat at the cafeteria. He thinks that they want to stay away from what's going on with T.K. and Kari. Not that he could blame them. 'Those two needed every minutes they could get, considering what's happening tomorrow.' He thinks as they walk to the cafeteria.
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Jill and he were at the cafeteria for supper. They had spent a good amount of time together as he was with her as she did her job. Jill's partner seems to understand that they wanted some alone time, so Elspeth gave them room.
As they had done guard duty, he told her about what's happening tomorrow and Jill listened to him. He then heard Jill's thoughts on the matter. Soon, they were joking about what happened when he and the others had been practicing. They laugh and just related things about their home realities. He talked about Naruto and she about the wild forests that her tribe make their homes in.
So they decided to have dinner together, but didn't want to have it at either of their rooms. So here they were and as he watches the door. Takato, Rika, Patamon, Guilmon, Gatomon, and Renamon walk into the cafeteria. They notice him and they wave, he waves back. As he watches they stand in line to get their food. Jill, Elspeth, and him had just ordered from their table. But Takato and them got their food before Jill, Elspeth, and him did.
He waves them over, wondering if T.K. and Kari were on their way. They walk over and sit down. He introduces Jill and Elspeth to Takato and them. "Guys, this is Jill DawnWing and her partner Elspeth. Jill, Elspeth this is Takato and his partner Guilmon. Then Rika and her partner Renamon. Here's Patamon and Gatomon, their partners are Kari and T.K." They all nod their heads in greeting, though Guilmon had already begun to eat his food. "It's nice to meet you, Kouichi has told me about all of you." Jill says. Rika looks over at him and he just sighs as Rika says, "It's nice to meet someone whose Kouichi's friend. So, where are you from?" Soon Jill and Rika are talking about a lot of different things. Their food arrives and they pause in talking to eat it. Elspeth had also joined in the conversation.
He also learns why Patamon and Gatomon were with Takato and Rika. It seems that T.K. and Kari were all alone in Takato's and T.K.'s apartment. He just shakes his head, Kari and T.K. did look like a natural couple. They were best friends and he knew that T.K. seems to know just went Kari needed him. He couldn't see why they just don't just try it out. It might change their friendship, but he thinks that they'd make a great couple. He had talked to Henry more about the TV show about the Digidestine. It seems that many people thought the same way. The problem with T.K. was that he was shy and with Kari, she didn't trust her feelings when it came to T.K.
Soon Jill and Elspeth had to leave, it was 6:45 and she had to attend a meeting at 7:00. He watches as Jill left and finds Takato and Rika looking at him. "I like her, ok? I've been spending an hour a night just talking to her since Monday." He tells them. "So today might be the last time you see her then." Takato says. He nods his head in agreement. "It was fun while it lasted. So, what did you two do this afternoon?" He asks. "Around 3:00, I opened a portal to the roof of the building. We just enjoyed the view from up there." Takato says as he looks over at Rika. Rika holds on to Takato's hand. Rika smiles softly at Takato and Takato smiles back. He knew that they didn't mind that he was watching this, but he had to admit that he wouldn't have minded doing somethink like that with Jill.
They continue to hold hands as they looked away from each other. "So, now that we're had supper, what next?" Rika asks. The Digimon had gone for seconds and thirds. Gatomon suggests, "Go visit Dash and Cassandra?" "Good idea. Want to join us, Kouichi?" Takato asks. He just grins and says, "Don't have anything planned, so why not." They get up and head for the science building.
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T.K. and her finish washing and drying the dishes that they used. Next they decided to watch a movie. They decided on Brother Bear. They knew that Gatomon and Patamon should have been back a while back. They just knew that those two couldn't have planned it better for a chance to leave them alone together. She's having a really hard time just trying to not just tell him that she might want to be more then friends with him. She wonders if it was just because people seem to be pairing off or she was maturing, but she was decovering the oppsite gender recently. And she was having trouble just coming to terms with the fact that many of the members of the group were guys. Not just guys, but cute guys.
Right now, she wishes that she had her mother to talk to. And that thought lead to Tai, her brother. Then to the others that stayed back at her home reality. This thoughts made her home sick.
T.K. asks, "What's wrong, Kari?" She looks at T.K. and tries not to let her tears fall. "Was just thinking about my family and then about the others, T.K. I just realized just how much I miss them." She tells him, her tears begin to fall. T.K. gets up off the lazy boy chair and sits to her right. She lets T.K. pull her into his arms. "It's ok, Kari. I miss my mom and Matt a lot too. It must be worst not having said good bye to any of them. It's alright, let out." He says gently. She finds comfort in her best friends arms and lets the tears fall.
After about ten minutes of crying in T.K.'s arms, she pulls away from him. "Thanks, T.K. I think I need that." She tells him as she rubs her eyes. T.K. smiles softly at Kari, saying, "Your welcome, Kari. That's what friends are for." She nods and then just puts her head on his shoulder and lets T.K. put his arm around her shoulders. T.K. then plays the movie.
It was about 9:00 pm when Takato with Guilmon and Patamon walk into the apartment. Takato looks at them and then asks, "How was your guy's night?" Takato heads for the lazy boy chair to sit. Patamon stays on Guilmon's head and Guilmon walks to sit by Takato. T.K. and she looks at each others and find that they look like. They pull away from each other, she answers, "Fine. I got a case of homesickness, that's all." Takato sighs and says, "Yea, me too. Don't let it get you down Kari. Soon this will be over and you'll be going home." T.K. adds, "Then Tai'll then find a way to keep you in you room for like a week. He'll also keep you in his sight for a month." She just sighs and answers, "The bad thing is, you right. That does sound like Tai alright." Takato just grins at watching T.K. and her. She wonders just what Takato was thinking when he saw them together.
"I better go, it's going to be a busy day tomorrow. Night you four. See you in the morning." She says as she gets up and heads for the door. "Night Kari. See you tomorrow." T.K. and Takato say, one then the other. She then walks to the apartment that she shares with Rika, Renamon, and Gatomon.
To be continued …