Love Lessons
Raven: Okay, I know! I know! I have two stories I have to update, but my head is just EXPLODING with ideas! I can't help it!
GAH! We're having more visitores here, ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY! I hate having visitors at my house, with them around, I have no quiet time. No quiet time nothing getting done! Silence is like gold in this house!
Coughs anyways, I wanted to test out my boy torturing skills, to see if they were humorous, so HIT SUMMERY!
Summery: Izumi broke up with Kouji because she thought that he wasn't the type to show how much he loved a person. Can Kouichi, Takuya, and JP help Kouji win Izumi back, or will they see her with another 'Romantic' man?
Is the idea, good/bad/original? Well! The only way you gusy are gonna find out is if you read on! And-
I should probably stop talking and move on...
"Talking"
'Thinking'
(ME)
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em, just the D-kids. Same old, same old.
Warnings: OOCs and other anime characters may pop in.
Takes place 1 year after they got back form the Digital World
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Takuya, Kouichi, and JP, were hanging out in a Starbucks Coffea place, owned by the D-kids. It wasn't really a place for giving out coffea, more like a teen hangout place, were teens can, you know, relax and have fun.
The three were sitting in a booth right next to the store window, JP was by the window with Takuya next to him, while Kouichi sat alone in the seat infront of them.
"So," JP leaned against the window, "what do you guys wanna do?"
"Hello, JP, it was your idea to come here!" Takuya answered.
"I know, I just got tired of this place now."
"Well, how the heck am I supposed to know?"
"Hey, you're our intelligent leader, who's supposed to know things, so I figured, you were smart enough to know!"
"Well, I don''t, happy?" Takuya started banging his head, multiple times, on the table in complete boredom.
"Yo, Takuya, stop that, I just polished the floors!" Marieev yelled from the counter, she was busy preparing a Frapphachino for the gogglehead. For as long as she has known him, Marieev hated serving Takuya Kanbara, because anything she gave him, ended up on the floor; or in someones face.
Takuya stood up and bowed, "Yes, oh great queen of total weirdness!" Takuya sat back down and groaned, he placed his head on the tabel and slammed a metal tissue dispenser infront of Kouichi. The boy looked up from the book he was reading to see what was going on.
"Kouichi, hit me with that thing," Takuya pointed to the tissue despensir.
"Takuya!" Marieev growled. Takuay turned his head to the side, "There, hit me right there, end my misery, so that I can get away from that-that-that thing!"
"You don't know how long I've been wanting to to do this-But, sadly," He went back to the book, "I have to go back to my book, this is a great part you know." The two fell anime style.
"YOU read , Kouichi?" Takuya gasped.
"Uhh- Yes, I read, I've been reading since preschool. Why, can't you read?"
"Uhh-nope, haven't picked up a book since-school, but it's not like I actually read it, I just stare at the pages." JP and Kouichi shook their heads, that was Takuya.
"Woah, seriously? Chris never looks at the books, he just falls asleep on them!" They turned to the side to see Liana wearing a red apron, holding Takuya's Frappachino.
"Have you been there this whole time?" JP asked.
"Uhh-no- maybe for about- two or three minutes and four seconds." The guys dropped their heads, she was always exact about everything.
"So, did you hear any of our conversation from the start, or do we have to repeat ourselves?" Takuya asked, taking the drink from her.
"No, I pretty much caught on, so what book are you reading, Kouichi?"
"Romeo and Juliet."He answered, he looked up and saw that Takuya and JP were starring at him with beedy eyes. And Unknown to him, Marieev was gagging, literally; she hated that book so much, that even hearing the name makes her wanna barf.
"What?"
"Romeo and Juliet? As in that mushy love story were these two fall in love?" Takuya started.
"Yes."
"You're talking about the same Romeo and Juliet who get killed at the end?"
"Yes."
"You're talking about the same lame story that is so mushy that it makes Marieev lose it?"
"YES TAKUYA! That Romeo and Juliet!" Jp and Takuya looked at eachother, and started cracking up. "WHAT? My mom got it for me, and I decided to read it for her sake. It really is good!"
"Man, Kouichi, who knew you were into those sappy love stories!" Takuya laughed.
"For your information, Takuya, reading romance novels can be very helpful, especially for someone like you!" Kouichi yelled waving the book in Takuya's face.
"Wha-? What do you mean someone like me?"
"You know what I mean, Kanbara, the fact that you can never get a girl to go out with you!"
"What? I'll let you know, that I'm a genius at love, I know everything about it, one hundred percent!"
"Yeah, you're so smooth when it comes to girls." JP rolled his eyes.
"Right, no girl can resist me, it's just- that they're all to busy to go out with me, that's all."
"Riiiight, and guys who girls love, get," JP counted with his fingers, "Slapped by them, get their ass kicked by them, get a door slammed into their face, getting chased by a girl with a pitchfork-"
"You forgot getting slammed on the head with a chair five times straight!" Kouichi pointed out.
"Oh, how could I ever forget that one? So, yeah, Takuya, you are sure fine with the ladies!"
"You forgot the time when he was attacked by that angry mob of cheerleaders!"
"Oh yeah, why did they do that again?"
"Because Takuya accidenatly touched one of the girls chest area."
"OH MY GOD!" They turned to the side to see Liana still standing there.
"That lady at the other side of the street looks fatter then yesterday!"
"AREN'T YOU GONNA LEAVE ALREADY, THIS IS A GUY CONVERSATION HERE?" Takuya yelled at here, Liana backed away, "Okay, okay, sheesh, not my fault I notice weird things!" She went back to the counter. Takuya sighed and started taking a drink from his frappachino. He didn't even stop when Jaden and Naruto came running in.
"Guys, guys, guys!" Naruto started yelling frantically. Marieev slammed her head agaisnt the coffea machine, how long did she have to live with these brainless hogs?
"What, what, what?" JP yelled back; Takuya was still drinking.
"We saw, we say, we say!"
"Saw what, saw what, saw what?" Takuya still drinking.
"Saw, saw, saw!"
"Saw-saw-saw?"
"Something, somthing, something!"
"Something what, something what, something what?"
"Some-"
"OH WOULD YOU GET ON WITH IT FOR CRYING OUT LOUD, I HAVE A LIFE WAITING TO END AND I DON'T WANNA DIE HEARING YOU BLAB LIKE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS!" Marieev screamed at the top of her lungs; Liana was ducking under the counter; the boys were covering their ears; and Takuya was still, amzingly, drinking.
"O-kay..." Jaden gapped.
"So, what 'something' did you see?" Kouichi asked, putting the book down.
"Okay, you know Kouji and Izumi right?"
"Uh-yes! We know Kouji and Izumi, Kouji is that guys twin brother and our best friend," Jp pointed to Kouichi, "while Izumi, is his girlfriend, and our best friend who is a girl!"
"We know that, what Naruto is trying to say, is that we saw those two talking, and-" Naruto interrupted, "AND YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT WE HEARD!"
"Yeah, it was surprising, but, we heard Kouji and Izumi's conversation." Jaden continued.
"You were eavesdropping?" Kouichi pointed out. Takuya was still drinking.
"Well, more like listening, because, eavesdropping is more like evading Kouji's space, and we don't want that to happen, now do we?" Naruto explained.
"Riiiight-you were eavesdropping." The two dropped there heads by Kouichi's comment. "Yeah, we were."
"Okay, back to the point, we heard them talking and-" Naruto yet again interrupted.
"WE HEARD IZUMI BREAK UP WITH KOUJI!" Takuya now shot out his drink when he heard that- right at Kouichi's face.
"Izumi did what?" Takuay asked, after coughing a little.
"Izumi-"
"Broke up-
"With-"
"Kouji!"
"You can't be serious!" Jp cried, handing tissues to Kouichi.
"Oh, we're as serious as Marieev and threatening, we heard Izumi! She said, that she thought the relationship wasn't really working and said that they should wait a little longer!" Jaden explained.
"Did she really say that?" Takuay asked.
"Uhh-no-I don't really think she did." Jaden thought outloud. "Jaden, that's what that hot chick girl said to that buff surfer dude in that fancy drama show you watch!" Naruto answered.
"Oh-right- well, we didn't really catch on. We just got onto the last part of their conversation, I guess."
"All we heard is, 'I'm sorry, Kouji.' and then she just took off!" Naruto said.
"Why, what about Kouji?" Kouichi asked, after he was done wiping Takuya's drink off of his face.
"He just stood there for a while, I bet he was pissed or something, then quickly ran off!"
"What? And you didn't even bother to go and follow him?"
"Uhh-well-we just, thought you three could have handled it!" Jaden stuttered.
"And-this is Kouji we're talking about-he won't tell us anything, and we figured that since you three are his best friends, he'll try to tell you!" Naruto stuttered aslo.
"Well, can't argue with that." JP shrugged.
"Well, then," Takuya stood up, "we have to go and find him!"
"Right-oh- but one thing first!" Kouichi grabbed Takuya and the two were lost in a cloud of dust and stars.
"Man, how many times has this place been turned into a wresteling arena?" Liana asked Marieev.
"Who knows, but hey, somebody had to hit Takuya and he should be very thankful it wasn't me." The goth girl answerd, she was busy writing Takuya's bill.
The three were walking to Kouji's house, Takuya holding his head in pain.
"Yowch, what the heck did you-ow- and I thought your bro hit hard." Takuya asked through groans.
"Well, you asked for it." Kouichi answered, leading the way.
"But, hitting me with that metal tissue dispenser?"
"You literaly asked for that one, but let's concentrate on the problem, on why the two broke up!"
"Yeah, that's surprising, after we heard that the two were dating, we consider them to stay like that forever." JP answered, but he was secretly happy, Izumi was now free for the taking!
Takuya nodded, "True, but they only been dating for a year, right?"
"Wrong," The two looked at Kouichi.
"What?" The two peeped.
"Are you saying that they've been dating longer then a year?" Jp asked.
"Well, not exactly-"
"Then what do you mean by, we're wrong?" Takuya asked.
"I think Kouji can answer that one." Kouichi answered as they arrived at Kouji's place. They walked onto the porch, and started arguing-cough- deciding on who should go ask Kouji.
"Kouichi, since you're his brother, you go and ask him what happend!" Takuya pointed.
"Wha-just becuase I'm his twin, doesn't mean that he tells me the personal stuff in his love life!"
"Well then, JP, you go!" Takuya pointed to him.
"Me? We barely tell eachother anything, I'm just like, a companion to him." JP shrugged, "And besides, you're his best friend, why don't you ask him?"
Takuye looked around, "Are you talking to me?"
"WHO ELSE IS CONSIDERED KOUJI'S BEST FRIEND?" The two yelled at him for his stupidity.
"Oh-well-uh- I don't really think-uh-" Takuya didn't want to mess with Kouji; that's the very last thing he wanted to do. He was even more frightened when it included both Kouji AND Izumi; this is their break up we're talking about here, if Takuya-yet again- gave him the wrong idea, he'll be taking the ambulance home. Kouji wouldn't be happy when someone finds out something that he wants to keep private-
Like the time Kouichi found these pictures of him when he was 5, dressed up like a pink kitten...Or was it a pink koala?
"Think what? You barely think at all! Aren't best friends supposed to tell eachother things? You're reasonable with him!" JP explained.
"So is Kouichi, and he's chickening out as well!" Takuya mumbled.
"Who said I was chickening out?"
"Uh-hello?" The three turned around to find Kouji standing there, the door was opened and he had a brow raised.
"Oh, hey, Kouji! Takuya here wanted to ask you something." Jp pushed Takuya infront of him, "Knock him dead, buddy!" Jp whispered, before going back to the back.
"Um-Kouji-uhhhh- don't think we actually heard what was going on-well" Takuya had to chose the words carefully, 12 more bumps on his head was enough for him today," we did hear it-but, uhhh-we weren't actualy THERE to hear it, you know- but we heard from someone who did- and-"
"Just spill it, gogglehead, I'm not in the mood for this!" The bandanna boy growled.
"Since when was he ever in the mood?" Jp murmurred.
"Jp-shut it!" Kouihci stepped in, "Look, bro, what Takuya is trying to say is-"
"You know, don't you?" Kouji interrupted.
"Know-kn-know what?" Takuya stuttered.
"Don't play dumb with me Takuya- you already done it a million times- you guys know what happend between me and Izumi, right?"
The three nodded, "We heard it from-" Kouichi was yet again cut off.
"Jaden and Naruto? I know, I saw them in the bushes- I was just to," He sighed, "Why am I even telling you this?"
"Because, we're your best buddies, who vow to never leave your side, ever? Even in the toughest spots?" Takuya encouraged.
"Yeah, till lunch time." JP murmurred.
"He-he-he, JP, not helping." Takuya nudged JP with his elbow, in the gut.
"What Takuya, is-yet again- TRYING to say is that, if there is any way to help, we're there!" Kouichi explained. Kouji looked at the three of them, and sighed- it's not like he had any other choice.
"Fine-get in." He walked in and was followed by the other three.
"See, you got through him!" Takuya whispered to Kouichi, as they took of their shoes, "Why didn't you try to ask?"
"Let's just say I needed you to cool him down, first." The twin answered. Takuya just stood there, with a "What the hell to you mean by that!" face on.
The three were seated in Kouji's living room; Kouichi, Kouji, and Takuya were seated on the black couch, while JP just sat on the black chair. (Kouji is sitting in the middle of Takuya and Kouichi. I KNOW, I'M A BIT DETAILED, LIVE WITH IT!)
"So, what happend exactly?" JP started the conversation.
"Well," Kouji sighed, they were his friends and his brother, he needed to tell them, "it started off this morning, Izumi called me and said she wanted to have a little walk, so I agreed. The problem started when we were about to go home this afternoon."
:Flashback:
The two were standing in the middle of an intersecting alley, and were facing eachother. Izumi was looking at the ground, seeming more intrested in her shoes.
"Uhh-Kouji- I have something to tell you." Izumi said nervously, how was she gonna break it to him?
"Yeah?"
"Well-you see-um..." She trailed off.
"Come on, you can tell me!"
"Okay," She took a deep breath, "Kouji, you do love me, right?"
"Yeah, why did you ask? Are you worried or something?"
"No-no- it's just-" She sighed, "If you love me, then why don't you act like you do when we're around people?" Kouji just stared at her. "Are you ashamed about our relationship, or something?" She asked.
"..." Kouji tried to think of a resonable answer, 'It's just, I don't really feel that comfortable doing something I don't usualy do in public.', was defiently NOT gonna work out. Izumi just gave another sigh.
"It's because of your reputation as a lone wolf, right? You don't want it to be ruined?" Kouji just gaped, and looked down. 'So, I guess, the girls were right.' Izumi thought, grimly.
"So that means, you rather keep your reputation, rather then me, right?" Izumi turned her back to him.
"Wait-no, it's not like I don' care about you, it's just-well-" Kouji just groaned. Izumi sighed sadly, "I guess-we should end it. I'm sorry- Kouji." Izumi then quickly ran back to her place; Kouji just stood there, a pang in his chest- a pain he didn't want to admit. He then heard some muffles and groans; he could already tell that Jaden and Naruto were listening from the bushes close by. But he didn't care, the pain was to much already- so he just did two simple things.
Go home- and try to forget about what happend- try to forget about Izumi.
: EndFlashback:
"So wait, that's what happend? You didn't even try to find out what was wrong?" Takuya asked.
"I'm not good with talking about things!"
"That's your problem!" The three turned to JP, "You're not the type to have a girl, Kouji! Your to quiet and you don't like being embarrased in public!"
"Jp!"
"What? Look, Takky, I'm just pointing out the truth. I bet Kouji didn't even say a simple sweet word to her, unless they were alone!"
"So-"
"Takuya," The two looked at Kouji, " what JP is saying, is right. I never did anything to prove I love her, unless the two of us were alone."
"See, that's why Izumi broke up with you. She thought that you cared more about your reputation then beign with her. And you didn't bother to talk to her, because you knew she was right!"
"Ok, that's enough from the big chocolate fatty!". JP crossed his arms, "Hey, you guys said he needed help, so that's what I'm doing!"
"Yeah, and that's what we're gonna give him! Help!" The three looked at Kouichi.
"Kouji needs help to get Izumi back right? In order to do that, he needs to learn how to love her even in public!"
"And let me guess, you're gonna use some ideas form that Romeo and Juliet crud?" Takuya pointed out. Kouichi rubbed the back of his head, and showed them the book.
"Wait, Kouichi, you read?" Kouji asked. Kouichi had a pulse pumping in his head now, "Yes, I read, is that really surprising?"
"Well, you're my twin, and I never got the idea of my twin reading, and actualy liking it!"
"Can we drop the subject that I read, and get on with the plan!"
"So, what is it?"
"We meet back here at seven tonight. I should get hte stuff I need by then!"
"Wait, stuff you need?" But Kouichi already left the house.
"So, what do we do till seven?" Takuya yelled out.
"We could sit here, chill out, maybe play a card game of some kind." JP suggested, leaning against the chair. Kouji sighed, he was gonna regret this- SO badly.
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Raven: So how wasthe first chapter, good? Bad? So-so? Please don't say bad! Anyways PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! We get to see waht Kouichi has in mind the next chapter!
