064 – Glimmer

Daisuke and Miyako have never been close.

There are a thousand reasons why, but it probably stems from before the whole digital-world thing, stems from Miyako thinking Daisuke was an idiot, from Daisuke thinking Miyako was a whore.

If they're perfectly honest with each other, these opinions still haven't changed, even though they've been 'friends' for a number of years now.

This is why Daisuke isn't exactly sure why they've ended up here, just the two of them, in this tiny café on Tabai St.

"You have no idea how lucky you are, Dais." She says, pulling the violet hair off her back and over her shoulder. Miyako leans back in the small wicker chair, basking in the heat.

"What do you mean?" He responds, taking a sip of coffee.

"To have Takeru. To, y'know, be loved. I'd kill for that."

Daisuke shrugs, "What about Ken?"

Miyako snorts in reply, picking up her purse and laying it on her lap, "What about him?"

"Aren't you guys, like…an item?"

"I wish."

Quirking a brow, Daisuke looks Miyako in the eye, hidden behind her classy, thick-rimmed glasses.

"For real?"

"He doesn't…" Miyako stops, struggling for the right words. "He just…He's just him, he's emotionally constipated. You know Ken."

Daisuke nods. He knows Ken.

"I just, I love him, I really, really do. But it would be nice to know that, nice to think that maybe he feels something for me too. I mean, we're supposed to be dating or something and he just…I dunno."

"Yea."

Miyako closes her eyes, slouches in her seat, and Daisuke thinks that maybe she's starting to tear up. Maybe this is getting to her more than he's ever noticed.

"Miyako…" She looks up, and yeah, she's teary, "Miyako, Ken loves you. I mean, he treats you…I'm not very good at this, but he treats…he looks at you different. Softer, I dunno. And if he doesn't, well, he's a bigger idiot than I first thought."

She laughs a little, croaks it out from the depths of her throat. Her voice is quivery, and her eyes are still watering, only maybe it's for a different reason. Daisuke hopes it's for a different reason.

"Thanks, Dais."

Next up: 065 - Soft