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Author's Note: See chapter's One and Two.

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Yolei pushed a bit of her lavender hair out of her face as she flipped through the channels on the TV. Ken was sprawled out next to her, closing his eyes until she decided on a channel. They had promised not to do anything until Davis finished soccer practice, so they were just wasting time.

Ken opened his eyes slowly and peered at the girl besides him. He cleared his throat slightly, "Yolei."

Yolei whirled her head so that she was facing Ken. "Yeah?"

"Do you . . . like Davis or something?" At the look of shock on Yolei's face, Ken hurriedly continued. "I was just wondering because at science you seemed to get flustered when he was talking about Kari and that normally doesn't bother you. And sometimes it seems like your flirting with him. I'm not sure, though. It's just a theory," he added on quietly.

Yolei blinked. How did he know? She barely knew. She had just figured out that she had a small, minuscule, barely there, crush on Davis. She was sure it was just a passing crush, anyway. They had been friends for ages (ever since Davis grew out of his 'girls have cooties' stage).

She slowly shook her head. "No, I don't. I mean," she racked her brain for a plausible excuse, "I like . . . someone else."

"Who? Unless you don't want to tell me . . ."

Yolei shook her head. She had to give him a name. She normally gushed to him and Davis (anyone who would listen really) who her latest crush was. It would make Ken suspicious if she didn't answer.

"I like . . . you."

Both Yolei and Ken stared at each other. 'Did I just say that?' Yolei thought frantically.

Ken quickly snapped up his jaw (which had seemed to taken residence on the floor) and whispered, "Are you serious?"

The lavender-haired girl furrowed her brow, feeling immensely guilty. She answered quietly, "Yeah . . . I'm . . . serious."

Ken looked doubtful. 'She's never shown any interest in me before. But that's the only possible explanation. Yolei hates lying . . .' Ken thought to himself. There was only one way to test his theory.

"Can I kiss you?" He stated bluntly.

Yolei gasped quietly, but nodded slowly. "I-I guess," she stammered.

He nodded shakily and they both leaned forward apprehensively. The moment their lips touched, Yolei gasped and Ken closed his eyes. 'This feels kind of . . . good. I never thought kissing Yolei would actually feel sort of normal,' Ken thought, thoroughly bewildered.

Yolei closed her eyes tightly and pushed her lips firmly against the dark-haired boy's lips. 'Wow . . . this is weird and good and scary,' Yolei thought incoherently.

Suddenly the door banged opened loudly. "Honey, I'm home!" Davis sniggered. "Just kidding! What are you guys - " The rest of his sentence died in his throat as he stared at his best friends with wide eyes.

Yolei and Ken sprang apart, both flying to separate ends of the couch. Ken stared at Yolei for a second, before watching his best friend intently. Yolei could only gape at Davis.

"Whaa . . . guurgh," Davis said unintelligibly, still staring at the two.

Ken sat up quickly and reached out his hand towards Davis. "Davis, wait. I can explain."

Davis shook his head as if in a trance and flinched away from Ken's touch. Yolei looked on the verge of tears. "Davis! We're so sorry! I just want - "

"Why are you sorry?" Davis said, blinking for what seemed like the first time.

Yolei stared at him with bewilderment clear in her eyes. "Because we were . . . kissing!"

Ken nodded vigorously. "It's really not what it looks like!" The bluenette stated, sharing a quick, nervous glance with Yolei.

"That's no reason to be sorry," Davis said, looking at Yolei. "And it looks like you were kissing," he told Ken.

Both Yolei and Ken made movements to talk, but Davis held out his hand. "That's," Davis seemed to be searching for a word, "really . . . cool."

Ken shook his head and Yolei got up slowly from the couch. Ken glanced at Yolei before talking, "Dai . . . look. We need to talk."

Davis shook his head, a small smile gracing his lips. "Nah. I'm not really in the mood." He gestured towards his sweat soaked clothes. "I have to take a shower, anyway."

"Dai," Yolei began, but Davis cut her off.

"I'll see you guys, later, okay? I have to go," he walked through the door quickly. Just before he put his foot in the hallway, he glanced back at his friends.

"I-I'm happy for you guys," he said earnestly. He smiled sadly and walked out the door. Yolei and Ken both shared horrified looks.

"Oh god!" Yolei wailed, putting her head in her hands. "What have we done?"

Ken shook his head and bent down to put a comforting arm around Yolei. In his head, though, he was thinking the exact same thing.

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"See you later, Kari," Tai said, scribbling a barely legible note to his mother.

Kari looked up from her history book briefly. "Where are you going?"

"I'm hanging out with Joe, Izzy, and people."

Kari raised her eyebrow and held back a laugh. "By people, do you mean Sora?" Kari laughed loudly at her brother's rapidly reddening face. It didn't take long for her to figure out something was different about him and squeeze it out of him.

"Oh be quiet, will you?" Tai asked grumpily, throwing on a light jacket. He was already a little nervous about hanging out with Sora (which was unusual in itself) and he didn't appreciate his sister's good natured ribbing.

Kari stopped laughing and smiled happily at her brother. "Just don't stay out too late, okay?"

"Yes Mom!" Tai called out teasingly, shutting the door behind him. He walked to the Takenouchi house slowly, letting his feet drag against the pavement. 'I don't know why I'm getting so nervous. It's not really a big deal. I've gone out with lots of girls before. It shouldn't be any different . . . right?' he wondered to himself.

He finally reached her small, two-story house and rang the doorbell with his thumb. He attempted to look nonchalant and smiled when he heard the door open. Standing in the hallway, instead of the red-head he was expecting, was an old, slightly balding man who was looking at him with wonderment.

"Ohh," the old man breathed out, nodding to himself. "So you are the old scallywag who's picking up the fair maiden. Interesting."

Tai watched the old man silently as he rambled on, a bewildered expression across his boyish features. Suddenly, a tanned, delicate hand pulled gently on the old man's shoulder. Sora came into view, smiling apologetically.

"I'm so sorry about him. He hasn't taken his pills yet and sometimes he goes on about things." She flashed him an apologetic grin, while gesturing him inside. "Just be glad he didn't think you were my boyfriend. That wouldn't have been fun." She grimaced.

Tai laughed loudly, trying to cover up the slight blush covering his cheeks. "Yeah," he muttered dumbly, scratching behind his neck. For some reason, Sora burst into laughter. Tai slowly withdrew his hand.

"Sorry . . . ?" He offered weakly.

Sora waved him off, still clutching her stomach. "No . . . ahaha . . . I'm sorry. Ahahaha . . . it's just - " She broke off, but soon regained her composure.

"I'm sorry. Would it be alright if I just changed?"

Tai glanced briefly at her casual, comfy outfit. She was dressed in faded blue jeans that were cut off at the knees and a large, red sports jersey. Her hair was messily arranged in a bun.

Tai shrugged, moving his eyes to her face. "That's fine. But you look good to me."

Sora blushed and smiled widely. "You sure?"

"Positive," Tai replied, holding out the door open for her.

Sora nodded and smiled. They walked to the park with Tai leading the way (since Sora didn't know where to go). They chatted the whole time. 'I can't believe I have this much in common with him,' Sora gushed internally to herself.

Ten minutes later, they were walking into a small clearing between a few sparse trees. Tai's face twisted into a grin and Sora watched as he waved happily towards of group of people. She could only recognize Izzy and Joe, but she waved when she saw them smiling at her.

"I wonder why they're all clustered up," Tai mused out loud, jogging to the group of people. Sora caught up with him easily and they skidded to a stop when they got there. Tai easily pushed his way to the center of the group, pulling Sora along with him.

"What's going on?" Tai asked, smiling widely at Joe. Joe looked vaguely concerned and Tai's eyes grew wary.

He put his hand on the blue-haired boy's shoulders. "Hey . . . what's wrong?"

"Nothing," Joe said quietly. "It's just," he gestured towards a burgundy haired boy who Sora dimly recognized from school.

"Davis," Tai breathed, starting to move, but looking back questioningly at Joe and Izzy (who had pushed his way to them).

"We don't know what's wrong," Izzy said, before Tai could ask. "We were all meeting in the park, but he was already there. He's just . . . sitting there. He won't talk."

Tai nodded and Sora could almost imagine the little gears inside Tai's head working things out.

"Alright," he said, bouncing impatiently on the heels of his feet. Joe smiled slightly at his friend and he grinned outright when he saw Tai's head intertwined with Sora's.

Joe mock rolled his eyes, "I leave her with you one day, Kamiya, and this is what you do."

Tai confusedly looked at Joe before seemingly remember that he had grabbed Sora's hand to lead her through the crowd . . . and never let go. He dropped her hand quickly, blushing while he rubbed the back of his neck. 'Must be a nervous habit,' Sora thought absently, a light blush gracing her cheeks.

"I'm going to go talk to him," Tai said absently, once again pushing people out of his way. He sat down with feigned nonchalance and slung his arm around Davis's shoulder. He said something to the younger boy that Sora couldn't hear. Davis nodded and Tai waved everyone off.

"Go on, people. I got this one," he gestured them off impatiently, winking at Sora. She didn't miss the apology in his eyes and she smiled and nodded.

After they had walked a few feet away, they were going over various activities to do. A large, lanky boy popped his gum loudly. "How 'bout a game of soccer?"

Izzy, Joe, and a few others groaned, but the cheers overpowered the groans. They started making teams and the lanky boy suddenly made a whining noise in his throat.

"We don't have enough players," he complained, flicking a piece of dirt off his shoulder.

Sora shrugged to herself and stood up off the bench. "I'll play."

He scoffed at her for a second, but reluctantly nodded. "Sure. You'll be on their team." He jerked his thumb towards the group on the other side of the park. Sora almost smirked, but decided kicking his butt in soccer would be revenge enough.

"Of course." She smiled innocently at him, trying to look flirtatious. He started to blush and turned away.

"Come on! Let's go kick some butt!" He yelled towards his team, pumping his fist in the air.

Two sprained ankles later, they reluctantly ended the game in a draw. Sora smirked, pushing her sweaty red hair out of her face as she jogged up to the lanky boy.

"Good game," she said, winking at him before darting off to find Joe and Izzy. She laughed when she glanced back to see the boy's bewildered face. 'Ha!' Sora thought happily.

She talked with Izzy and Joe for an hour or so, occasionally glancing back towards Tai and Davis. Eventually, most of the people started to disperse.

"Come on," Joe said, standing up. "I'll walk you home. Tai will be here for awhile."

Sora nodded and glanced back towards the two boys. "Sure," she said softly, pushing her sore body off the bench.

"What's wrong with him?" Sora asked, after they had walked a few blocks away.

Joe blinked, "Hmm?"

Sora smiled and repeated, "What's wrong with Davis?"

The blue-haired boy's face grew stormy and he shrugged. "I wish I knew. Tai will get it out of him . . . eventually, anyway."

Sora nodded, but twisted her face up in question. "Why was he only willing to talk to Tai?"

"Well, at first, Davis looked up to him as a role model in soccer. He was constantly striving to beat Tai and Tai always helped him out. Giving him pointers and stuff," Joe elaborated, before continuing. "Then, they just started hanging out regularly. Davis eventually told Tai that he looked up towards him as a big brother and that he wanted to be like him. For some reason, Tai really took that to heart. They're really close now and Tai's constantly making sure he's okay. They really are like brothers," Joe added on, staring up at the darkening sky.

"That's so sweet," Sora said, repressing a large, movie-like sigh.

Joe smirked playfully. "Yeah. You would think so."

Sora blushed and whacked Joe in the arm. "Hey!"

He gingerly rubbed his arm and glared at Sora.

"I'm just telling the truth."

Sora nodded, blushing slightly. "That obvious, huh?"

Joe laughed. "No, not really. I just know Tai. And I feel like I'm getting to know you."

"You are," Sora said, feeling a wave of gratitude wash over her when she looked at the tall, blue-haired boy who had been her first friend in Odaiba.

Sora turned around so she could face Joe better, and walked backwards. "It's kind of ridiculous, huh? I've only known him two days and I'm acting like I'm in love with him or something."

A shadow of emotion flickered briefly over Joe's face, but he smiled (though it seemed a little forced to Sora). "No, it isn't. I mean, I hope you don't love him, but you can like people. You see Sora there's a little chemical called - "

Sora laughed, holding her hand up. "Spare me the lecture, Professor Kido."

"Doctor, actually," Joe said softly.

Sora blinked, "Doctor?"

"Yeah. I've wanted to be one for awhile."

She smiled widely. "I think you'd make a great doctor, Joe."

"Thanks."

Sora smiled and she suddenly decided to be outright. "Does . . . does he have a girlfriend?"

He looked up at her in surprise. "Who, Tai?"

"No, the Easter Bunny. Of course, Tai," Sora said, blushing because she had to repeat herself.

"Oh . . . no. He hasn't really dated since Sophomore year. I mean, he's had a few relationships, but nothing really serious. I think he likes you, though," Joe added.

"Afraid of commitment?" she asked, a little surprised at how upset she was at the notion. 'What happened to me?' Sora thought incredulously.

Joe glanced up, surprised. "Oh . . . no. He just dated this girl for awhile and . . ." Joe trailed off.

"Why did they break up? If you don't mind me asking, I mean."

Joe smiled a little bitterly. "Different interests."

Sora mused out loud, "It sounds like there's more to the story."

"It's not mine to tell," Joe said stiffly.

Sora gasped, clapping her hand over her mouth. "I'm so sorry, I'm being such a - "

"No, no. It's fine. Really." Joe smiled warily at her. His eyes were filled with kindness.

Joe continued, "Just try not to mention it, okay? At least, not yet. It's kind of a touchy subject. For all of us," he added quietly.

"I won't. Thank you, Joe. This meant a lot." Sora smiled and kissed Joe's cheek softly. Joe's face flamed red and Sora laughed, waving him goodbye.

"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

He could only nod.

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Tai walked lazily into his sister's room, not bothering to knock. He stuffed the last of the potato chips in his mouth, throwing the bag away in his sister's pink trash can.

He sat down on her bed. "Kari, can I talk to you for a second?"

She nodded, quickly signing off from instant messaging. "Sure."

"What's going on?" She questioned.

He dismissed her slight worry with a wave of his hand. "Nothing. I just have to ask you a favor . . ."

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In a small, cheerful bathroom a pregnancy test was lazily strewn across the sink. A petite, good-looking woman was staring into the mirror with tear filled eyes. As she brought up her hand to mouth, her hand shook visibly. The test was positive. She was pregnant.

"Oh . . . my god," she sobbed.

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