Notes are always in the end of the chapter.
PART 5: YAMATO'S HEADACHES
That day started weird: First he received a call from Sora, telling him that Daisuke had told her how was his day went with him. She thanked Yamato, also she asked him to spend more time with Daisuke.
Wait… 'Little brother'?
"Sora… Did you just called Daisuke—"
"He's like a little brother to me, Yamato" - she replied - "Since I met him, we've became friends. He's an amazing person. I'm glad that you two are finally friends!"
It's not like they weren't friends, but they were more like teammates in the Chosen Children group. And Daisuke always preferred Taichi, he always wanted to spend time with Taichi or with his friends… But with Yamato? It was a rare occasion.
"Daisuke-kun will come at my place to learn how to bake a cake, you could come and spend your time with us" - she said, giggling - "What do you think?"
"But I was sure he was going to spend his day with Taichi—"
"Oh… No, we planned this two days ago" - she told Yamato - "Also, I don't mind Taichi coming here, would you?"
"N-No… I don't" - with the mention of Taichi he looked at the floor, mostly thinking of that accident. The kiss? Kiss of Courage… He must be kidding.
"Okay then! Will you come too?"
"I'm not sure… Maybe…"
"Sure! Tell me when you decide, I will tell Daisuke-kun, so we can have some fun together!"
"Y-Yeah, I will tell you…"
She hung up the telephone, making Yamato watching the device for some minutes. He didn't want to see Taichi… But at the same time he wanted that idiot invading their moment with Sora and then stealing Daisuke from him so he could have some time with Sora.
But another confusing thought came: He thought that it would be good to spend time with Daisuke too. Daisuke is his kouhai after all. And he couldn't lie that he didn't want Daisuke to keep thinking that he hates the paranoid goggle boy.
And he don't want to lose to Taichi again.
Taichi was always amazing, a real leader. A true friend. He felt bad for not being able to be like him, like… Always out going, sociable, always in a good mood.
But Yamato's traits were being loyal, serious and emotional. He can understand how the others feel better than Taichi, who sometimes says things that hurt them (not like Taichi does it purposely, he wouldn't do that).
Sometimes he wished that Daisuke could understand him, and recognize him as his friend and senpai.
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"Yo… Sora-san"
Daisuke smiled when the girl opened the door, welcoming him. He was blushing, but it stopped when she took the cooking book from her room.
"I was reading while waiting for you" - Sora showed him a page on the book- "Those cakes are delicious, I baked one with my mother last month, when my father came to visit us."
"Ah… I know, these ones are amazing! Mom has the same book and she baked one for us at Jun-neesan's birthday."
"Really?"
"You know, I'd like to make a Chocolate cake" - he rolled his eyes, his smile vanishing in seconds - "I want to give them to… Taichi-san and Yamato-san."
"Oh?" - Sora covered her mouth in surprise - "You want to make a cake for them? I thought you—"
"Because they're my friends" - he explained - "I can bake one for Hikari-chan later. "
Sora was very surprised with Daisuke's decision.
He always loved Hikari, but now he was putting Taichi and Yamato first.
What had happened to him?!
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"Maybe I should go…" - Yamato looked at the cellphone, more about the messages Sora had sent him last night. Maybe he could enjoy his afternoon with them. It was 1:35 pm, he had had Curry for lunch. He had played his bass and had wrote part of the new song he was going to release soon.
"Maybe it would be fun… Unless that idiot come with kissing theories again" - he got up from the couch, going to the telephone. He spent some minutes talking with Sora and then hung up. When he was ready to leave the apartment, someone knocked the door.
"Nice." - snorted an unhappy Yamato. He opened the door and… - "Taichi?! What are you doing here?!"
"I went to see you, is it prohibited now?" - Taichi frowned - "You told me you were going to spend your day at home, so I thought I could come and chat."
"I'm sorry, but I'm going to see Sora right now. I've changed my plans" - he said, leaving the place and closing the door. He was locking the apartment when Taichi just touched his shoulder - "What do you want now?"
"Did you see Daisuke today?" - he asked - "Maybe I will go play soccer with him…"
Yamato could've told him the truth that Daisuke was with Sora… But he didn't want to have his plans changed again, including a Yagami Taichi in them.
"No, I didn't. Why don't you go talk to Koushirou, then?" - he left, his serious face making Taichi sigh.
"It was one of my options…" - Yagami followed him - "If you're going to have a date with Sora, then… have fun."
"It's not a date!" - Yamato stopped - "She wants me to try her cake."
"If it isn't date, can I go too?" - he chuckled, but Yamato's reaction was his response. A big "No" was inside Yamato's eyes - "Ah? She's my friend too, Yamato… And I like what Sora cooks."
"Taichi, I want to spend some time with her" - he stared Taichi with narrowed eyes.
"Sure— Uh? Wait a minute" - he took the cellphone from his pocket. He got a call from Daisuke - "Hello? Ah, Daisuke! Where are you? I thought we could play soccer at the park— Eh? You're at Sora's place? You two are baking a cake? Oh course I'd like to try! Haha, okay I'm going."
Dang. His plans were ruined by Daisuke.
"Sorry, but I was invited" - Taichi chuckled - "And didn't you know Daisuke was with Sora?"
"No" - he lied
"Well, don't smack his head then" - Yagami said, placing his hand on Yamato's shoulder - "He's only a little kid, baking a cake with a friend."
"Why do you think I'd smack Daisuke's head? He didn't do anything wrong… yet."
"… Yet? I know your temper is terrible, so I'm telling you to keep calm and don't lose your patience with him! You know, Daisuke isn't annoying, he's just… Happy. A little paranoid, but a happy person."
"Wouldn't you say 'too much'?"
"Man, you are exaggerating just like him." - Taichi rolled his eyes - "You two are alike…"
"No, you and Daisuke are alike" - Yamato grabbed Taichi's arm and pulled him - "Come on, you're wasting my time! I don't want to let Sora waiting."
"Yeah, Daisuke would start calling me again if we don't go now" - he blinked, then he looked at Yamato's hand holding his arm and blushed - "Could you let my arm go, Yamato?" - the other quickly released his arm - "Thanks…?"
"Stop talking and walk" - Yamato growled.
He was alone with Taichi again and this time he felt uncomfortable. It was the first time he felt like Taichi was a threat… But why can't he stop thinking about that?! Was it because the Kiss of Courage joke?
Taichi glanced at him, still unsure. The Chosen of Courage wanted to say he was sorry for that joke of Kiss of Courage and forget it… It was an accident, he had made everything worse with that joke.
"Yamato, can we talk?" - Taichi asked him - "Please, I just want to… I'm sorry for that."
"Didn't you say that?" - Yamato stopped and looked at Taichi, frowning.
"It was an accident, but I also joked about that. That's it, I'm sorry for accidentally kissing you" - he looked to the other building, blushing a bit - "I'm sorry, OK?"
"I'd find it strange if you didn't joke" - Yamato was expressionless - "I forgive you if you don't talk about that anymore."
"Right. So let's not talk about it anymore…!"
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"So they saved me and I woke up from the spell!"
Taichi and Yamato didn't know what to do: kill Daisuke… Or kill Daisuke.
Sora just giggled at the boy's story, finding it funny because she probably thought Daisuke was creating stories.
Daisuke was so good at creating stories.
"Really? Did you two save him from a spell?" - she smiled at Taichi and Yamato, who didn't touch the cake in front of them.
"Of course he's just teasing us" - said Taichi, gritting his teeth. Yamato didn't reply, he was staring Daisuke with narrowed eyes and not even paying attention to Sora.
"You two need to chill" - she said - "And you're making him sad if you don't try his cake."
"After all this story I feel scared of being poisoned by eating his cake" - whispered Yamato to Taichi - "Don't you find this suspicious? He baked a cake for us. He should call Hikari, but he decided to"
"YAMATO" - Taichi shouted, and then glanced at the Chosen of Friendship - "Eat it. It's not poisoned, Daisuke wouldn't try to poison us! Also, Sora would see if he put something strange because she was baking with him. The cake is hers too!"
"Why would you two think I would try something horrible like this?!" - Daisuke said, feeling offended by that - "Yeah, I could call Hikari-chan and make a cake for her, but no… This idiot here thought it would be better if I could thank you two for being my friends!"
"Taichi, Yamato!" - Sora crossed her arms, giving them a serious glare - "Look what you've done! Daisuke-kun wanted to make you two proud of him and now he's hurt!"
"A-ahh!" - Taichi gasped - "I'm sorry, Sora, Daisuke!"
"I'm sorry…" - muttered Yamato with a quiet voice - "I don't know why I had this thought…"
"Except if one of the apples I used were poisoned" - Daisuke rolled his eyes, making Sora stare at him - "Aw, I'm just kidding Sora-san… I've made a Chocolate cake, not an Apple cake."
Yes, it was Chocolate, not Apple. It was brown with chocolate filling and some chocolate vermicelli on the top. Really a delicious cake, but Taichi and Yamato didn't eat it for some reason.
Sora kept eating, And Daisuke was finishing his slice. They were so happy about that cake that Yamato couldn't resist to try… But that thought kept haunting him.
"If you don't want it, just tell us" - said Daisuke, upset with Taichi's and Yamato's rejection. Sora watched them in silence, like an angry mother trying to make her children eat vegetables. But in this case it was a Cake!
"Here we go…" - said both, taking the cake slice and cutting a little slice with the fork. They put the slice in their mouths, chewing slowly with their eyes closed. It was like they were facing something horrible, but… The cake indeed was delicious.
"Hey… not bad" - Yamato was the first to open his eyes and to look at the place - "I think I underestimated you, Daisuke."
"Yeah, this cake is delicious! If you bake one for Hikari the one who will end up eating it is me!" - Taichi attacked the cake slice in front of him, forgetting that there were other three people with him.
"Taichi-senpai liked it!" - Daisuke grinned; Sora patted the goggle boy's head.
"Yamato too" - added her, smiling at the end - "See? You two made him happy."
"I want more!" - Taichi reached out, holding the dish - "I m-mean, please. I want more."
"Are you going to eat the whole cake alone, Taichi?!" - Yamato said surprised, but also irritated. Taichi just watched Sora cut him another slice and putting it on the plate; Yagami started to eat, ignoring Yamato's question. It sounded like a 'yes' to Yamato.
"I'm glad Taichi-senpai liked it!" - Daisuke kept smiling while Taichi was eating - "This means Hikari-chan will like it~ I have a chance to date Hikari-chan if she likes my cake. I'd bake cakes for her forever and learn to cook all the dishes she loves just to make her have a wonderful life with sweets and good food~"
Taichi stopped. Conquering his heart with cake doesn't mean you can conquer his sister's love. He glanced at Daisuke, his eyes telling the young kid that he disapprove his plans.
"What's wrong Taichi-senpai?"
"Well, you used 'Hikari' and 'date' in the same line" - said Yamato.
"You don't understand because it's not your brother he's trying to date!" - Taichi put a slice of cake in his mouth after that, still staring at Daisuke and his plans-to-date-Hikari.
"I wouldn't mind to try" - teased Daisuke, but Yamato's reaction was priceless: The Chosen of Friendship slammed his hands on the table, scaring Sora with the sound.
"Don't try to hurt Takeru's heart, you!"
"He's my rival, why would I try to conquer his love?" - Daisuke sighed - "I was just teasing you, Yamato-san. I never fell in love with Takeru, but Hikari-chan."
"AndweallknowHikaridoesn'tlikeyouinthatway, justcut it out" - said Taichi, his mouth full of cake.
"Huh?" - the goggle boy frowned.
"He said Hikari doesn't have the same feelings for you" - explained Yamato.
"So do you think Hikari-chan likes Takeru and not me?!" - Daisuke babbled, shocked.
"NEITHERTAKERU MYLITTLE SISTERISTOOYOUNG TODATE SOMEONE!" – Yagami swallowed and took the milk, drinking it - "That's all!" - he said, putting the glass on the table.
"What?" - Daisuke blinked his eyes, confused.
"He said neither Takeru" - Yamato translated.
"B-But…" - Daisuke pouted, upset - "I love her, I thought you would support me when I try to confess my feelings, T-Taichi-senpai!" - he dramatically looked away. Sora patted his head, then hugged the young boy - "T-thank you Sora-san…"
"The similarities with Jun-senpai are incredible" - sighed Yamato.
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A writer's thoughts:
The kissing theory joke is done, I swear. Our Silly Daisuke, who's acting just like a child from his age, just likes to tell stories and probably omitted the kissing part to not get punched by his seniors. But yes, the story was the same: And Sora found it cute and funny because their bonding. Sora is so adorable, and the only one to tame these two... Three.
I made some edits to fix a few not so good parts. If you read the first version you will understand them.
PS.: Daisuke is still the main problem of Taichi. You will see what I meant in the next chapter.
