Hidden Love - Chapter 5

Yolei could do nothing but gape at Ken for several minutes. Had the guy of her dreams just ask her

out?

"Oh...my" whispered Yolei. Ken just stood there nervously waiting for her reply. " I-I can't believe

it..."

"What? Can't believe what? See, Yolei, if you don't want to go out with me you don't have to, I-"

ken was interrupted by Yolei.

"No! I'll go out with you, it's just...I've had this major crush on you since like...forever...and now

you're asking me out...Wow" replied the surprised girl. Ken smiled.

"So...that's a yes?" he asked, just wanting to make sure.

"Yes."

Everyone met in the digital World the next day as they always did. Yolei was insistent that they all

come. Even the older kids if they could. But Izzy was the only older didgidestined that could come.

"Yolei, what's the big deal if everyone comes or not?" asked Kari when Yolei was disappointed

about who all had come.

Yolei sweat dropped. "Well, see...there's something I kind of have to tell you. But follow me as I

tell you." So everyone followed Yolei, wondering what the heck was going on. "See...yesterday I

asked someone out..."

"Oh! Who'd you ask out?" asked Kari. All the boys sweat dropped.

Yolei didn't answer. Instead, someone else answered. "Me."

Everyone looked up to see Ken wearing a large over-sized hat and sitting beside a tree with a book

in his hands. He closed the book and stood up. He bowed his head with shyness.

"You're going out with Ken?" asked TK.

Yolei nodded. "Who asked who out?" asked Cody, once again with suspicion evident in his voice.

"Ken asked me out. You know how I went to his house last night to wish him well?" Everyone

nodded. "Well, it turns out, that Ken has been wanting to ask me out for a while now and he finally

got the courage to last night."

Everyone looked over at Ken, who nodded. "That's right. Ever since I first saw Yolei I've had a bit

of a crush on her, even as the Emperor. But now that I've been talking to her and she came over to

my house, I couldn't help but ask her out. And before you get all judgmental, I just want to say that I

will do nothing to harm Yolei and I would never forgive myself if I did. I will try to make her happy."

Yolei beamed at these words. It seemed to her that ken really cared about her. If he was willing to

say things like that, she knew he really did care.

Davis walked up to ken first, being the first one to get over the shock.

"So….Looks like you'll be hanging around us more. That's so cool! I keep tryin' to tell these guys

that you're one of us! Why else would you have the Crest of Kindness?' he said. Ken shrugged.

"So….Might as well become friends now eh? I'm TK, in case you didn't know" introduced TK.

Ken and TK shook hands. It seemed that know that Yolei was going out with ken, TK considered

him a part of the group. Kari walked up and did the same. Cody didn't however; he stayed back

with Armidillomon beside him.

Gatomon walked up to him and shook his hand. "I may have wanted to turn you into kitty litter a

couple of times, but I see that your really are sweet on the inside, so I'll let what happened in the

past go. Besides, I'm one to talk, I used to be evil like you too." She purred.

"Really?" asked ken curiously.

"Yes. I was taking orders from my old Master Myotismon. Then I met Kari, and she turned me

away from darkness" replied Gatomon,

"Just like all of you helped me" whispered Ken, mainly to himself.

Izzy walked up next. "It's nice to have another fellow genius around" he commented. Ken laughed

nervously.

"Yeah. Wait, you're Izzy Izumi right?" asked Ken. Izzy nodded. "You're the one who wrote the

essay about Geology. Your theories in that essay are amazing!"

It was Izzy's turn to blush. Everyone seemed to have accepted ken at this point. Cody was the only

one. Ken knew Cody still hated him. But he had no idea what he was supposed to do. Davis then

spoke up.

"Hey man, I'm sorry about what happened to your hair. It must be awful" he commented.

Ken nodded. "It's already growing back though. He didn't take off his hat, but if one looked hard

enough around Ken's ears, they could tell that already a lot of hair has grown. Davis called it 'Peach

Fuzz' later that afternoon, making Ken blush insanely red.

Finally, after everyone was in their own conversations, Ken finally had the chance alone with Yolei

once more. He grabbed her hand, as she wasn't looking in his direction and startled her. She turned.

"Oh! Hi Ken! So, everyone seemed to accept you." Ken glanced over at Cody. "Except for Cody,

but that's just him for you. He's always been that way he has this way of thinking that once you're

bad, you're always bad. But I don't think that."

Ken smiled at that. The two of them started leaning closer to each and right when they're lips were

about to touch…..

"HEY!"

Ken yelped in surprise. Something small, blue, and very animated, was currently glued to his hat.

Ken looked up to see two pair of large reddish eyes looking at him from upside down.

"Demiveemon!" cried Davis, exasperated.

Yolei looked as though she was about to slap Davis as she walked up to him. "Davis! Can't you

learn to control your Digimon?"

"Oh, its okay, I was just startled Yolei, that's all" said Ken. Ken then looked back up at

Demiveemon, who was still perched on the top of Ken's head. Wormmon, who had been watching

the other's all afternoon by Ken's side, felt a pang of jealousy, and climbed up to ken's shoulder.

Ken smiled. "What? Suddenly all Digimon like me?"

Cody scowled at this. Everyone ignored him.

"Well, we've never really talked before. Except for that time you had Davis and me dangling off a

cliff. But I don't that counts" said the blue mon.

"Demiveemon!" scowled Davis for mentioning the memory.

Ken acted as though it was nothing. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Demiveemon, but if you

excuse me, I think Wormmon is on the verge of tearing you to shreds for sitting on my head. "

And indeed, Wormmon was scowling at Demiveemon accusingly. Demiveemon ignored him and

hopped into Ken's arms. "You think I'm cute though right?" he asked. Ken didn't reply, his blush did

it for him.

Yolei snatched Demiveemon from Ken's arms and dropped him.

"If there's one person Ken's going to meet, it's going to have to be Hawkmon. She then grabbed

Hawkmon and had Ken hold him.

"Yolei! I am perfectly capable of having a conversation with ken without being in his arms!"

struggled the bird Digimon.

For the rest of the afternoon this continued. Everyone seemed to have a good time. It had been a

long while since ken had ever had such great fun, and smiled so much. He looked over at Yolei,

talking with Kari. He smiled, maybe having her around would make him a happier person.