"Seeing Red"

I'm obviously having a hard time coming up with new titles. Anyway, this one shot is Daishiro, which is Daisuke and Koushiro being paired together. I got the idea for the title since both characters could be considered red heads. I've never really been an Izzy fan, but I'm starting too really like him, so here is a pairing for these two since there aren't a lot. Hope you all like it.

Koushiro Izumi really didn't understand how he had been roped into doing this, but here he was now on this chilly, yet sunny November day heading to the Motomiya home.

Why was he doing this?

While he was at Taichi's home, his bushy haired friend asked him if he could drop off a book that Daisuke had left at his house since it was on the child of Knowledge's way home.

He really didn't know why he had to do it, but Taichi had walked him out the door, thanking him before he could even get a word in as he was given the book and pushed out the door, having it slammed shut behind him.

He blinked his obsidian eyes a few times, then looked at the hard covered book in his hands and he then sighed before he began his trek.

Koushiro walked down the halls in the apartment building until he came to the door that had the Motomiya family's name plat and small blue box for letters on it.

He rapped his knuckles against the hard wood of the door and then stood there waiting for the door to open.

He waited patiently as he heard some cursing and what sounded like someone falling over and bumping into something.

The door was then opened by the female leader of the Digidestinds and she was hanging onto the door so that she would be balanced and didn't fall.

"Hey, Koushiro-san. What're you doing here?" Daisuke asked curiously with a small smile.

The red head looked down at her, trailing down her blue t-shirt that had a gold heart on it, brown shorts and her left leg was wrapped up in gauze as he remembered that she had sprained her ankle during her last soccer game.

He wasn't there to see it, but Hikari and Miyako had talked about how cruel thus big guy was by tripping her on the field and then he stomped down on her ankle really hard.

The guy from the opposite team had been benched as the crowd yelled obscenities at him for playing so unjust like that and Daisuke was helped back to the bench by Taichi so the nurse could check it and see how it was.

"Aren't you supposed to be off your ankle, Daisuke-kun?" Koushiro asked as she saw the girl struggling to stay up right on her right leg as she held onto the door.

"Ah, come on. I'm not even on my leg. I'm fine." The mahogany haired girl protested, but yelped as she started swaying.

Koushiro grabbed her arm and helped her over to the couch in her apartment.

"Not that I'm complaining, but what are ya doing here?" Daisuke asked as she sat down on the couch and propped her injured leg onto the pillow that was on the coffee table.

"Tachi asked me to drop-"the red head trailed off when he saw a list on the table next to the pillow.

He picked it up and saw that there were names of the other Digidestinds on it.

"What is this?" he asked as he read Ken, Sora, Yamato, Takeru and Tachi's names on the list.

"Oh, well, my parents are going off to visit my grandparents on my dad's side for some family reunion and Jun's on her honeymoon with Shu, so I need someone who can take me in for the next two weeks." Daisuke said as she picked up the remote that was on the couch and flicked the TV on, seeing some afternoon drama was on and stuck her tongue out in disgust at it.

Koushiro couldn't help but find it cute, especially when her nose crinkled up, but he soon shook that thought from his mind and scolded himself for having it.

"You called them all?" he asked.

"They said no. Takeru's mom is too busy to have any guests over, Yamato-sempai and his dad work too much, Tachi-sempai's grounded, Hikari-chan's already made plan's with Miyako, Ken-chan's too far away and Sora is in New York with Mimi." The girl said as she changed channels onto some animal show that was doing a documentary on endangered animals.

"Why aren't Jyou, Miyako-san, Iori-kun and I on this list?' Koushiro asked feeling a bit put out.

"Jyou's got exams, Miyako's busy with Hikari-chan, but she wasn't on the list because there's no room at her place, Iori-kun's got some other stuff to do and I'm not sure if his grandfather or mom would spare any time from their jobs to help him look after me and well…I just don't know you too well." Daisuke said as she changed the channel again and stopped on an anime show.

The child of Knowledge frowned in thought at the concept that Daisuke had nowhere to stay for the two weeks.

He looked down at her, thinking over what she had just said.

She doesn't know him too well?

He had seen her more than Yamato and Sora had and yet she had them on her list.

He had met her on the first day she had went to the Digital World and always answered every question she had about the Digital World and digimon, but it seemed as though that wasn't enough for her to even consider putting him on the list.

Although, he may have known her longer than some of the others, but they didn't hang out or talk to each other about anything else that didn't concern saving the world.

"Hey, Daisuke-kun?" he said without thinking.

"Yeah, Koushiro?" she asked looking up at him with her big chocolate eyes.

"Why don't you stay with my family?" he asked just as the Motomiyas walked into the room, hearing what the red head said and Daisuke gave him a surprised look.

"Whoa, what?" she asked unsure if she had heard him right.

"My parents wouldn't mind having you around at all. Besides, if everyone else is busy, then I'm sure Taichi and Yamato would feel happy to know that someone they trust was looking after their kohai." Koushiro rationalized.

Daisuke kept quiet, unsure how she felt about this.

"That sounds wonderful. Thank you very much for offering to take our daughter in." Mrs. Motomiya said as she and her husband walked over to the two teenagers.

"We really are grateful. We had no idea what we would do if no was able to watch her. She can get into quite a bit of mischief at times." Mr. Motomiya said with a wink and Koushiro couldn't help but think that the man was referring to his daughter as a dog.

He saw Daisuke slouch in her seat and sigh, looking as though she was used to it and it didn't bother her as much, but he could see that it still stung her a bit.

"I'm sure she'll be fine. But I really need to discuss this with my parents first and then I'll get back to you with the news." Koushiro said.

(At the Izumi residence…)

"Of course your friend can stay over. How exciting." Mrs. Izumi said as she placed her son's plate of curry down in front of him.

"Are you sure?" the red head asked his parents as his mother sat down beside his father, both adults sitting across from him.

"It would be nice to have one of your friends over. You've never invited one of them over before." Mr. Izumi said as he took a sip of his water.

"Yeah, but Daisuke has an injury. She'll need us around to make sure she stays off it and doesn't hurt herself. For two weeks. Are you sure that this is fine with us?" Koushiro asked making certain that his parents weren't bothered by it at all.

"Daisuke? Isn't that the sweet girl that Taichi gave his goggles to?" Mrs. Izumi asked as she remembered seeing the mahogany haired girl at the house a few times before with Takeru, Hikari and all their other friends.

"Yes, that would be her." The red head said, raising an eyebrow at the whole 'sweet girl' comment.

He had to admit, the child of Miracles was sweet when she wanted to be and it was shown in those chocolate brown eyes of hers that were able to melt anyone's icy heart.

Really, she had mahogany hair that turned a strawberry red in the light of the sunset, caramel skin and chocolate eyes; sweet was the perfect word for her.

At that thought, Koushiro wondered when he had begun to take notice of Daisuke Motomiya.

"But where should she sleep though, dear? It wouldn't be appropriate for her to share a room with Koushiro." Mr. Izumi said startling the boy out of his thoughts.

"Oh, I'm sure we can give her your study for the next two weeks. We'll clean up the papers and books you have all over and put in a futon for her." Mrs. Izumi said as she tapped her chin with her chop sticks in thought.

"She'll be fine with it." Koushiro said.

The girl did sleep on the cold hard ground in the Digital World, so sleeping on a soft futon would be fine with her.

(Day 1)

Koushiro had gone over to the Motomiyas with his parents to say their good byes to them and pick up Daisuke.

Koushiro had to help the girl since she was deeply in dislike with her crutches and she was trying to walk on her own.

Thankfully, Veemon was in the Digital World with the other digimon, so they didn't have to worry about him making a mess or anything.

The Izumis drove her to their apartment, Koushiro staying close to Daisuke to make sure she didn't fall since she still refused to use her crutches.

She never did like being weak.

"I hope you like your room. We cleaned it out for you." Mrs. Izumi said as they led the girl to the study that still had the self with books, a computer desk with a computer set up with disks around it, the walls were a nice lavender color and there was a futon in the corner.

"It's awesome, Mrs. Izumi." Daisuke said with a smile as she hopped into the room and set down the black soccer bag she had with her that was filled with her clothes and the other Mr. Izumi had was had her shampoo, toothbrush, hair brush, lap top, cell phone, D-3 and D-terminal.

"I would have been fine just staying on the couch. You didn't have to go through the trouble. It's nice enough that you guys are letting me stay here." She said.

Koushiro looked at her in surprise by what she had said.

He was never suspecting her to be so kind about it, even though he knew she was kind.

"Nonsense, it was no trouble at all. We'll let you settle in. if you need anything, then don't hesitate to call one of us." Mrs. Izumi said before she turned and left the two Digidestinds.

The two were quiet, feeling the atmosphere turn heavy with the awkwardness that was in the room since they really didn't know what to say to each other.

"Um, like my mom said, if you need anything, don't hesitate to ask." Koushiro said after he cleared his throat and left the room, closing the door behind him.

He sighed and walked off to his room to work on a new program he had gotten for his computer, wondering again why he had invited Daisuke to stay at his home.

They really didn't know each other and he was never one to be social, so why would he even bother to extend an invitation to the girl to stay in his home for two weeks?

But then he thought back to how upset she had seemed when she said that all of her other friends were unable to take her in since they were all too busy and the way how her parents had said those things about her.

She was very good at hiding her emotions, much like Yamato, but he was still able to see past the façade and see the true pain that Daisuke had and he felt like he needed to have her stay with his family.

He shook his head and dismissed the thought as he went to his room and turned on his computer, eager to work on his new program.

Hours went by and he hadn't heard a word from Daisuke at all that he nearly forgot that she was even there.

Koushiro got up and decided to go see why she was so quiet and walked into the room to see that his mother was already in there, camera in hand with a gentle smile on her face as she took some pictures.

Of what though?

He quirked his eyebrow in curiosity and looked to the futon where the mahogany haired girl was peacefully sleeping in with a white wolf plush toy that looked a bit worn, but still in good condition that it wouldn't fall apart that he was able to conclude that she had had it for many years.

The child of Knowledge admitted that it was an adorable site with the girl lying on her side, her lips curved in a slight smile as she made a small snoring sound that was a low, soft rumble like a cat purring and her hair was tousled more than usual.

"Mom?" Koushiro spoke quietly so he didn't awaken the child of Miracles.

The brown haired woman turned to face her son with that same gentle, fond smile on her face.

"It's almost like I have a daughter with Daisuke here. I figured that I would document it." she explained her reason for the pictures.

Koushiro returned the smile as they both looked back to the girl who was now mumbling something about beaches and ice cream in her sleep.

(Day 2)

Daisuke was sitting on the couch looking very bored and close to pulling her hair out at not being able to do anything, so Mrs. Izumi walked over to the girl with a basket filled with clean clothes and asked her to help fold them, to which the girl eagerly agreed.

She didn't care that she was doing Koushiro's chore as he sat at the table typing away on his computer, she just wanted something to do.

"What have you been planning on doing after you graduate?" Mrs. Izumi asked Daisuke as they both folded the clothes.

"I'm not really sure. Maybe go to New York to study the culinary arts." The child of Miracles said as she frowned at the sloppy way she folded one of Mr. Izumi's white work shirts and tried to re-do it.

Mrs. Izumi looked at her in interest at what the girl had said.

"So you want to be a chef. Does that mean you enjoy cooking?" she asked.

"Yeah. I'm not that good, but I know how to cook. At least better than my dad. Never again." She said shivering in disgust with her tongue poking out and her face scrunched up making the woman laugh.

Koushiro, who was busy e-mailing Wallace about what to talk about with Daisuke (since he and Daisuke were pretty close after their time in America) paused in his work to look back over to his mother and their guest, taking an interest in what they were saying.

There was something he was sure the others didn't know about Daisuke.

(Day 3)

The next day Daisuke was helping Mrs. Izumi cook cookies and the two talked about different things as Koushiro sat by reading a book.

He had learned that the girl was a very honest person and that if you simply asked her a question, she would answer it or change the subject if she didn't feel like she could answer it, but she never lied.

(Day 4)

Mr. Izumi had gotten a chance to talk with Daisuke as they sat down to watch a gold game on TV.

The mahogany haired girl had never watched golf or seen a game before, so she was fascinated to watch it and see how it was played.

Once again, Koushiro spent his time simply watching her.

(Day 5)

Daisuke limped into the red head's room and sat down on his bed as he worked on his computer.

"Is there something wrong, Daisuke-kun?" he asked not looking over at her, but if he did, then he would have seen the pout she was giving him that was supposed to be a glare.

"You're avoiding me." She stated making him pause in his work and then turn around to face her.

"What would make you say that?" he asked.

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe the fact that you haven't talked to me or spent any time around me since I first got here. Did you really even want me to stay here or did you just suggest that to be polite and hope I'd say no so you wouldn't have to put up with me?" she asked with a cold glare that she must have learned from Yamato.

"That isn't it at all." Koushiro said as he looked at her, hoping he looked as sincere as he felt.

"Then why did you even ask me if you don't wanna talk to me?" she asked crossing her arms.

"Well…I guess it was because I was shocked when I realized you were right. We don't know each there too well. I wanted to change that, but I'm not a very social person." He admitted as he scratched the back of his head.

He may be a genius when it came to many things like computers, science, biology, math and anything else school related, but when it came to socializing, he could be considered a retard.

The child of Miracles blinked at him as she considered his words.

"So what have you been doing to fix that problem?" she asked.

"Observing you, mostly. I wanted to see how you acted around my parents first and see if I could find an opening to try and speak with you, but you have always seemed so absorbed in whatever you were doing with them that I didn't want to interrupt.." the child of Knowledge said.

Daisuke's look softened as she carefully moved to lie down on the bed, resting her head on her folded arms.

"Start talking then. Whatever comes to mind, just start talking about it." she said.

Koushiro blinked next, but then cleared his throat as he began to explain what he was working on before she had come into the room.

She listened to him very well, reacting properly at the right moments and asked many questions being the ever curious one.

Unknown to them, Mrs. Izumi was on the other side of the door, watching them through the crack with a smile on her face as she saw how cute the two looked together.

(Day 6)

Koushiro and Daisuke spent the day together watching one of the red head's shows, the girl trying to get interested in the documentary on some ancient crypt that had been discovered by archeologists, but she soon felt drossy and dozed off on the older male's shoulder.

Koushiro blushed the shade of his hair as the mahogany haired girl had her arms wrapped around him like he was her favored stuffed animal and nuzzled her head into his chest, her hair tickling his neck and cheek.

This was how his mother found them and she silently squealed in delight at how sweet they looked before she took a picture of them to his mortification.

(Day 7)

Daisuke was able to convince Koushiro to take her out to the park so that she could get some fresh air.

He uses the word convince loosely since she had basically unleashed the torture of the puppy dog pout on him.

Honestly, that girl had even made whimpering noises that sounded like an actual wounded puppy as she made her bottom lip stick out and quiver and her chocolate brown eyes were all glossy with unshed tears.

As soon as he caved and agreed, the look vanished quickly into a look that would be found on an excited puppy, all traces of her early face gone completely as if she had never even made it at all and that scared the living day lights out of him.

They had walked a few blocks and soon came to the park, sitting together on a bench and just talked about whatever was on their minds as children played with their parents watching over them.

Koushiro delved into explaining a new program he was working on that could open up portals to the Digital World without D-3s and she asked many questions, which he had no problem answering at all.

He had come too really like her over the last few days and began to truly notice how beautiful she was, inside and out.

She was actually very affectionate too with people, which was proven when she would playfully hit him and Mr. Izumi on the shoulder, hug Mrs. Izumi's arm as they talked or took one of the Izumis' hands as they walked around the apartment.

(Day 8)

Koushiro was in his room working on his computer as usual, being left to watch over Daisuke since his parents were going to be gone for the next few days to visit his aunt since she had just given birth to a baby boy.

"AHHH!"

He jumped up out of his seat when he heard the yelp and a thud.

He ran out of his room, looking for the mahogany haired girl that had fallen, but didn't see her anywhere.

"Daisuke-kun? Where are you?" he asked looking around worried.

"…In here." Came the weak voice of the female leader.

Koushiro looked over to where he heard the voice and saw that it had come from the bathroom.

He walked in and saw that the girl was sprawled out on the floor with a white towel wrapped loosely around her dripping wet body.

"W-What happened?" he asked with a deep blush on his face at the sight.

Hey, the girl he was starting to fall for was wet and only had a towel on, could you blame him for his embarrassment?

"I slipped on the water when I came out of the shower." Daisuke said.

Koushiro swallowed his nervousness as he walked over to the girl and kneeled down beside her, slipping his arms under her back and then carried her bridal style to her room to dry off and check her ankle to make sure no further damage had been made.

He sat her on the futon and then gently took her ankle in his hands, checking it, running his fingers over the small bulge that was the evidence of her sprain.

"Does this hurt?" he asked not looking up at her.

"Nope." She said giving him a curious look when she saw how red his face was.

"Are you feeling all right?" she asked.

"Yes, I am. Why do you ask?" he questioned trying to focus on her voice and not on how soft her skin felt.

"Your face is the same color as your hair." She pointed out.

The child of Knowledge's face grew an even darker color of red after she had asked and he quickly pulled away from her, holding his hands up and laughed nervously.

"No reason!" he said.

The child of Miracles gave him a look of disbelief, her chocolate brown eyes boring into his obsidian eyes making him more nervous.

"You're lying to me!" she accused with a pout.

"N-No I'm not." He said.

"You stuttered. That's a sure sign that you're lying. Ken taught me about psychology and how to read over people's emotions. It was long and it killed me inside, but it was useful." She said.

Koushiro looked at her, thinking hard on whether or not he should tell her about his growing feelings for her.

But she did deserve to know about it.

He took in a deep breath and looked her in the eye, seeing her curiosity and worry for him there.

"Well, um, you…I sort of…possibly…have strong feelings for you." He said.

Daisuke blinked at that, a tense silence flowing between them, at least it seemed tense to the red haired male.

The child of Miracles blinked again and tilted her head to the side with a frown.

"We're friends. Aren't you supposed to like me?" she asked.

Koushiro gave her a look and realized where he made a mistake.

He hadn't been blunt with her, so he would just have to come out and say it in a way that couldn't get misinterpreted by her.

"No, I meant that…I just might…have a crush on you." He said.

He watched as her chocolate eyes filled with realization and she smiled at him.

"Oh! Why didn't you just say that in the first place?" she asked.

Koushiro chuckled weakly at that.

"So…do you feel the same way?" he asked hopefully.

She kept her smile on her face as she leaned over and kissed his cheek, making him blush even more and smile a small goofy smile.

Daisuke pulled away after and looked into his obsidian eyes.

"What do you think?" she teased with a wink.

(Day 9)

The next day Koushiro had taken Daisuke out for their first date, which he kept simple on her request and he was thankful for that.

They had gone out to get some ice cream and just spent the day in the park talking.

(Day 10)

Their second date was just spent at home watching movies as Mrs. Izumi silently cooed over them, snapping pictures when they weren't looking.

She was looking forward to getting a daughter in the future.

(Day 11)

This time the children of Knowledge and Miracles went out to a movie that was playing at the local cinema.

(Day 12)

Taichi, Yamato, Hikari, Miyako and Takeru caught the two out together snuggling on a park bench, so he walked over to them, asking what they were doing, and Daisuke had easily said that she and Koushiro were now dating.

The children of Courage and Friendship were silent and completely still as the other three congratulated them.

Koushiro was very nervous as he looked at his two older friends, wondering what they were going to do.

"Taichi-sempai, Yamato-sempai. Are you OK?" Daisuke asked making the two males look at their kohai.

Taichi forced a smile and walked over to her and wrapped an arm around her.

"We're fine, Dai." He said.

"Yeah." The blonde sempai said as he rapped an arm around Koushiro's shoulders, digging his nails into his shoulder.

The red head winced at the pain and was suddenly aware of the protective rage building in Taichi and Yamato.

"Koushiro, let's go talk." The blonde said pulling him away.

"We'll be right back." Taichi said to Daisuke and the other younger Digidestinds.

They watched them go, but then turned back to talk about what had they been doing.

"OK, Koushiro, you're our friend, so don't take this the wrong way." The child of Courage began.

"If you break Daisuke's heart, we'll break every single bone in your body." The child of Friendship finished.

"Do we have an understanding?" Taichi asked with that same fake smile.

"Uh, yes." The scared red head yelped out.

(Day 13)

Koushiro was still freaked out by the warning he was given by his girlfriend's two sempais, but he soon got over it when he was back to spending time with her and she was having an easier time walking on her ankle.

(Day 14)

Their final day living together was almost up and the Izumis were having a difficult time letting the girl go, but she promised to come over to visit.

Koushiro walked her over to her home and they soon parted with a simple kiss on the lips.

They had a wonderful two weeks together and were looking forward to what would happen as their relationship grew.

The end.