Chapter 11: Lying From You

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Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon.

Warning: This is shounen-ai aka male/male so if you're offended/disgusted/plain hate it, leave now!!

A/N: I know this took a long time. Sorry. I know I said this was going to be the ending, but it was becoming so long that I had to split it. Anyways, this isn't exactly the best I've done.

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-----Narrator-----

It was 10:00 when Matt reached Matsumoto. Matt stepped out of the train station and called for a taxi. The taxi drove him to the nearest hotel. Matt got a room, and when he went into the room, he found a telephone book on the table. He started to flip the pages in search for Kotsuki's address when he realized that he had forgotten Kotsuki's last name. It wasn't a very common Japanese last name. Groaning in frustration, he dug his hands into his pocket and pulled out the wedding invitation. "In two days Tai. If I can't find you before that, I'll make sure to be at your wedding," he vowed.

At Kotsuki's

"Good morning you two lovebirds!" Mrs. Kotsuki chirped outside the room where Tai and Kotsuki slept.

"Morning mom," Kotsuki said sleepily.

"Too...early...," Tai managed to sputter before falling back to sleep.

"Get up sleepyhead," Kotsuki said, pushing Tai lightly. "We have one more day until the wedding, and you STILL haven't gotten your clothes."

"Gah....ok...," Tai groaned as he got up.

"I just love you this way," Kotsuki said blissfully, kissing Tai on the cheek.

All Tai could do was nod. He was still thinking about Matt and what happened the other day. "No, it's Kotsuki now, and I'm going to make the wedding the best in the whole world," Tai thought. Kotsuki decided to stay home to do some last minute preparations. Besides, Motawa was coming today and Kotsuki was going to the airport to pick him up. He handed Tai the address of the best tuxedo store in town. It was in Matsumoto Shopping Center.

"Alright, I'm going to go!" Tai waved to the family as he went out the door.

At Matt's hotel

"Since I can't find Tai, I might as well explore this place," Matt said to himself. He quickly did his hair and went out. He decided to go shopping for some cool things that he could bring home to Yoshi and Akina. He looked up the most popular place to go shopping: Matsumoto Shopping Center.

At Matsumoto Shopping Center

-----Tai's POV-----

I strolled leisurely into the tuxedo store. I was surprised that the owner treated me so well. I soon learned that Kotsuki's family was very close to the tuxedo storeowner's family. After chattering about Kotsuki and the wedding, the storeowner went inside and came out with a handsome tuxedo.

"Well here you are Mr. Yagami, or shall I say Mr. Kotsuki? Hehe. After hearing Tsuki talk about you, I knew you were the one for him. Oh my, I'm getting excited just thinking about it! Here's your tux. Tsuki's mom called in and told me to make you one. I hope this fits. She estimated your size, but I trust her because she used to make tuxedoes herself. Here, try it on," the owner said.

I quickly took the suit and went into the fitting room. I felt uncomfortable around the owner. He kept talking about Kotsuki, or "Tsuki." It was weird enough for Kotsuki to have a pet name like that.

"Are you finished now? Come out so I can see," the owner cried out. Why was he so excited? I grudgingly stepped out of the fitting room. Surprisingly, the tux fit me perfectly.

"Oh my, you are just so handsome! Look at yourself in the mirror! Oh, I knew she wouldn't be wrong about your size. You just look gorgeous. Oh my, you probably want to get back to your fiancée. I'll leave you be. There's another costumer waiting for me. See you at the wedding Mr. Tsuki!"

I forced a smile. Mr. Tsuki?? What kind of name was that? It was even worse than Mr. Kotsuki. Just then, I caught a whiff of something familiar. A smell. "Yama?" I caught myself whispering. He was just here? Hurriedly, I looked around. I saw something blonde flash enter the next store. Couldn't be. He'd never come here. Why would he? It's just my own imagination. With that, I exited the shopping center. While I was heading back to Kotsuki's, I suddenly remembered that Motawa was going to arrive at the airport soon. Changing my mind, I quickly proceeded to the airport with my bagged tuxedo. Wouldn't they be surprised to see me there.

-----Matt's POV-----

When I arrived at the shopping center, it was already jammed with people. I looked at the directory and found Kids' Toys. It sounded promising, and it was right next to the tuxedo store. How ironic was that. If Tai really hadn't bought his tux yet, he'd probably be going there. I laughed. The possibility of that was 1 in 1000000000. On my way to the toy store, I looked in the tuxedo store. What surprised me was that there was indeed someone who looked very much like Tai who was in the store. An elder man who was handing "Tai" a bag and a receipt blocked "Tai". I peeked in and heard the old man, probably the owner, say "Tsuki." Ha, so it wasn't Tai. I knew it. My mind was playing tricks on me again. Smiling to myself, I went inside the toy store.

At the Airport

-----Tai's POV-----

I looked at the time. I was too late. Motawa was already here, and they probably already left. I was about to go back when I suddenly had an urge to use the bathroom. Luckily there was one very near me. I was crouching in one of the stalls (with the tuxedo bag in a corner) when I heard the door open and slam and a familiar voice cry out, "Anyone in here?" I stayed silent. I was afraid this man had a gun with him. Fortunately for me he could not see my feet because the door went all the way down to the ground. To my surprise, the man suddenly giggled.

"Coast is clear," he tried saying in an official voice. I was beginning to feel very uncomfortable. Either my mind was lying to me or it really was Motawa's voice. Did he bring a guy in here to...?

"Good," another voice giggled back. That voice definitely was Kotsuki's. Half of me was tempted to jump out and say "Surprise! Hi guys!" and half of me was scared to death. I heard them going into one of the stalls. What the hell were they going to do? Suddenly I heard some sounds of…kissing? What the????

"It's so good to be with you, Motawa," Kotsuki said.

"What about Tai?" Motawa asked. My ears perked up. Yeah, what about me?

"Ugh, you know Tai. Never up to anything physical and always with Yamato."

"Still like that, our little Tai? Boy, you must admit though, Yama is hot," Motawa said. I wrinkled my face. He dared call Matt 'Yama?' And he made 'hot' sound dirty. "But then why marry Tai? Do you really love him? Do you come to me just for the physical part?"

"No no no. I love you Motawa. Oh, I love you. It's just that Tai is so powerful and has so much money, being ambassador and all that. Mmm...he'll never notice since he'll be busy in the Digital World," Kotsuki replied, all the while being kissed by Motawa. I was sick. I felt like throwing up. For the money? How could he? Kotsuki always seemed so genuine about his "love" to me. And here I was feeling guilty for not loving him back. Baka!

Just then, the door opened. Everything seemed to freeze. We stood there until the man left.

"I think it's time for us to go, koi," Kotsuki said in a sick honey voice.

"You think Tai will be back?" Motawa questioned.

"Nah, he's at the tuxedo store. That old man always takes forever to measure and make tuxedos. I'll be surprised if Tai comes back before 7:00," Kotsuki answered. I then remembered that Kotsuki did not know that his mother called the storeowner to make my tuxedo. They had planned everything out. I grinned sadly. Too bad not everything went as they planned.

Shortly after, they left the bathroom. After I was certain they had left the airport, I hugged my tuxedo and left. I wandered for a while and ended up in a park. It was a funny park since there was no one in the park. I sat on a bench. I tried to think, but my mind was blank. Soon I started to doze off. When I awoke again, it was 7:00. I thought about going back to Kotsuki's, but it just reminded of what happened this afternoon. Suddenly, I started crying. I cried not because Kotsuki was cheating on me. I cried because I couldn't bring myself to cry for that. I cried because I was living in a lie, not just Kotsuki's lie but also my lie. I cried because I wasted half my life living to forget about my true love. I cried because I was pretending to be someone I wasn't.

I was so busy crying that I barely heard the coughing in the background. I quickly turned to see who it was, and in front of me stood the very person I least wanted to see. He started to gape. I hated it when he saw me crying. I stared at him bitterly. I was not about to forgive him for what had happened.

-----Matt's POV-----

I sat in my hotel room lazily. I had gotten Yoshi and Akina their presents, and now I had nothing to do but to wait for the wedding. I looked at the tourist map and spotted a park. I grinned. Tai and I love parks. Now if only he would go to the park also. I sighed. Might as well head down there since there was nothing to do.

I was just about at the park when my stomach started growling. I looked at the park. It looked unwelcoming, and there was only one crazy person sitting on a bench. I couldn't tell if he was laughing or crying. I was about to leave to go eat when something in my mind told me the crazy person on the bench was Tai. I listened more closely. It sure did sound like Tai. I started walking towards the man and started coughing. First I coughed politely, but he still couldn't hear me, so I started to cough violently. Finally the man turned around, and staring into my eyes were those familiar chocolate eyes I loved...except they weren't warm at all. He had clearly been crying for a while, and his eyes were icy cold. I couldn't help but open my mouth. What had happened?

"Go away Ishida," he said calmly, turning his back to me.

"Tai, look," I started. He stood up. "Tai, I'm sorry, okay?"

"Matt," he laughed bitterly. "We're old Matt. We've said sorry to each other so many times. Why? What's wrong with us? Every time we try to become friends, one of us gets hurt." I grimaced. In a way, it was true.

"That's only because we're not revealing our true feelings to each other," I tried. I didn't even know what I was saying. He turned to look at me. His eyes...was he scared? Scared of what I just said?

"Yeah, like I hate you," he said, his eyes turning cold again. I paused. He couldn't have meant it. I was not about to travel all the way to Matsumoto just to hear that.

"Tai, I--"

"Okay Matt, you win. Kotsuki's been cheating on me, and now I'm about to marry him. And his lover will be standing right next to him. Happy now?"

I was taken aback. "Wh-why would I be happy?" I managed to stutter out.

"Because my life is as screwed up as yours now. You just feel bad because of that divorce of yours. Well you know what? My fiancée only wants my money," he screamed. My hands clenched. Kotsuki. How could he dare to put Tai in such a painful situation? Tai turned away from me. Suddenly he let out a bitter laugh. "The best part is, I don't even care."

I stared at him. "You d-don't care?"

He shook his head.

"Then you never loved him?"

He shook his head again. "You know Matt, I've decided to go single all my life," he said. He looked at me and actually grinned. "C'mon, let's get something to eat."

I laughed. I just realized something. "Hey Tai, we've made up!" I said.

"I guess we can never stay mad at each other for too long," he said, scratching his head. I stood there, not moving. "Well, come one Matt."

I studied him. He may sound happy, but his eyes were still full of pain. It was now or never.

"Tai, you know about Sora?"

"Again Matt?"

"Well, you know I never really loved her either?" This caught Tai's attention. He stared at me, shocked. "I think I was tricked into loving her, like TK. You could say it runs in the family."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Tai said.

"No, I'm glad I won't be living in a lie anymore."

"Well, that's great Matt. Now let's go eat."

"Tai, what I'm trying to say is that...well TK and I..." I suddenly couldn't bring myself to say it. "We like the same thing." Well, that was smart. First off, never call a person a 'thing.'

"K-K-Kari?" Tai choked. I could see his face becoming red. His fists clenched, and I knew he was going to punch me if I didn't say anything soon.

"No. Um...well not a thing. A person. Um...we like the same bloodline." I doubt that sounded better. Tai looked at me. He started to shake his head.

"But..."

"Yeah Tai. I love you. I love you Tai! Oh my god, it feels so good to say it. I love you Taichi Yagami!" I cried out. Something just took over me, and I couldn't stop. I know he was probably staring at me like I was crazy. "I know you probably don't feel the same, but it's just so great to get that off my chest," I sighed. I looked at him. Even with such a weird expression on his face, he still looked good. "Now, about that dinner?" I reminded, walking towards the streets. He followed silently behind me, his bagged tuxedo ruffling in the air.

"All this time Matt? Even when you said that you hated me?" I nodded. I didn't want to think about that day again. "But we're always fighting Matt."

"We're just like that. Fighting is good for our relationship," I laughed.

"So we've been lying to each other all this time?"

"We?" I repeated. He had been lying to me too? I stopped and looked at him. To my surprise, he continued to walk until he stood right in front of me. He grabbed my chin and slowly pulled it towards him. I closed my eyes. Slowly our lips met and soon our lips were pressed tightly against each other. It was the most magical kiss I had ever had.

We parted and stared into each other's eyes. He then brought his mouth to my ear and whispered, "I love you too Yama." A shiver ran down my spine. 'Yama.' I liked the sound of that. He took my hand and together we left the park.

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Err...not much to say. I guess you could see this as an ending. Anyways, review please!