Disclaimer: I don't own digimon, Tai, Yama or any of the other hott-ass men. :) I feel so bad! I am soooooooooooo soooooooooooo sooooooooooo SORRY! begs for forgiveness I have not updated in exactly 10 months and 27 days and I'm SOOOOOOO sorry! And this is only a filler chapter and really has no significance to the story except for TK's gift. But you'll see what it is later on. I am sincerely sorry to those who just stopped reading because I haven't updated in so long.

Italics Yamato

Underlined Taichi

AGAIN, THIS CHAPTER IS EDITED!

Chapter 5: A Bowling Bet Part 2

They played for almost an hour and a half only because Tai was complaining he was hungry. They had to stop in the middle of their game to satisfy his growling stomach. When they resumed, they were tied.

How that ever happened in the first place, I have no idea. Tai sucks at this bowling thing. I'm surprised he actually agreed to my bet. The way he threw the ball you'd think it was trying to attack him.

Yamato sighed as Taichi released yet another gutter ball.

"Tai, here. Let me help you." He stood behind Tai for his next few turns, guiding his hand. Once Yamato let Taichi on his own again, he regretted the assistance he gave him. In Taichi's next five turns, he scored three strikes and two spares. Yamato on the other hand, had taken Taichi's place as the looser. Permanently. When they finished the game, Tai kept repeating 'I get free food! I get free food!' until half the people were staring at them and Yamato shooed Tai out into the cold.

"Oh well," Yamato sighed. "It was a fun game." Taichi and he were walking to Matt's apartment.

"Yeah," Tai agreed. "And I worked off all the pizza we ate so I'm hungry again. Hint, hint"

Damn, I forgot. Now I've got to save up for all the food I need to buy him. maybe I can just make it. It would taste better anyway.

"Well, this is where I let you off," Tai said after walking a long time in silence, his hand in Yamato's.

"Yep," Matt replied, pulling Taichi into a hug. "I'll miss you. But I'll see you at Sora's party the day after Christmas."

"But I can't got that long with out seeing you," Tai whined.

"Neither can I, but we have to try." He lifted Tais head so their eyes locked, "I'm really sorry for getting all pissed at you earlier, babe. You know I love you." He gave Tai a small kiss on the lips.

"Yes, I do know that, and you know that I love you more!" He's not going to win this one either. He should know that I love him more. I will always love my Yama more.

We played the 'I love you' 'But I love you more' 'No I do' game for the next five minuets.

Fine. Tai will love me more today, Christmas eve, and at Sora's party. I'll love him more tomorrow, Christmas day and the day after Sora's party.

Yamato told him this and they reluctantly said goodbye and went their separate ways.

The days slowly passed by. Yamato called Tai or he called Yamato whenever possible. Not seeing Tai was tearing Yamato up inside. He longed so much to feel Tai's arms around him and to bury his face in Taichi's beautiful unkempt hair. To press his lips against Tai's, to hold him and never let him go...

The music he was listening to did not help his longing for Tai. It reminded Yamato of him in every way, especially the songs Here Without You by Three Doors Down and Every Time We Touch by Cascada

Other than the gushy, lovey-dovey phone conversations, nothing interesting happened except Sora calling Yamato and reminding him of her party. Finally, Christmas day came (I love Tai more today), which also meant that Sora's party was only one day away.

I get to see my Taichi tomorrw! I am so happy. I miss him so much. I get to see Chi chi! I get to see Chi chi!

The only problem with Christmas is that TK still got all excited and woke up at six in the morning to wake up everyone else to open presents. This year though, he came into the living room an hour late. Yamato was the one who woke at six because it was a habit drilled into his brain. He patently waited for TK and Dad to get up. Where the hell are they? It's already quarter to eight! The fact that Yamato has not seen Tai had left him depressed so he's in a really bitchy mood. Naturally, every surface in the house was spotless.

Finally, they both woke up. Dad first (only because he smelled the cinnamon rolls) and then TK. Dad never said good morning or even acknowledged TK and Yamato until they dragged him from the kitchen into the living room away from the food.

He really pisses me off. And of course, he had to open his stocking first, whining like a five year old until TK finally cracked and told him that he could. My dad is so immature. Thank God TK can handle him, I would never be able to control myself. Especially right now.

Dad opened his stocking, spilling out amazing amounts of candy from TK and two slips of paper from Yamato. One was a round-trip plane ticket to the Arctic. The other was a receipt for a five-day four-night stay at a fancy hotel in the Arctic.

I really don't regret giving them to him. He'll be gone for a while and I won't have to deal with him.

He thanked both boys and said he planned to pack his bags and take off as soon as the Christmas/New Years holiday vacation was over.

Now it was TK. From Yamato, he pulled out a gift certificate to the local bookstore. From Dad, he got a bunch of random things including more candy and another gift card.

Next was Yamato's turn. The first thing he pulled out was from Dad. It was a pack of picks for his bass with candy attached. TKs present also had to do with Yamato's bass. It was a pack of extra strings. When he was done, Yamato decided it was time to eat.

"The cinnamon rolls should be cool by now," He said. Dad and TK followed Matt into the kitchen.

"Mmm, Yahaho, Deese are goof," Dad said through a mouthful.

"Yeah, I think these are your best yet," TK added.

"Thanks." That's nothing I haven't heard before. They sat in silence, all three males eating a second roll and Dad a third.

"Are you two done?" Dad asked after finishing his third cinnamon roll.

"We've been done," TK replied. "We've just been waiting for you."

"Oh, well then, lets go open the presents."

As there were only three people in the apartment, there were only six presents. Two for TK, two for Dad, and two for Matt. Again, dad was up first. TK and Matt had planned their presents for him together. TK got him a 150 yen itunes card and the "Happy Little Buffalo: 50 of Your Favorite Soothing Wild Animal Sounds" deluxe edition album. Matt bought him an 8 GB ipod for all of his 'soothing sounds.'

TK was next. Seeing as he still used a portable CD player—pathetic, I know (A/N: I still use CD's. My mp3 got jacked . )—I got him an ipod like dads. Only, Matt was able to customize it; he got to choose the color! It was yellow. TK was ecstatic when he opened it. The present from dad was bigger and heavier. When he opened the box, his face lit up. He pulled out an 8-inch statue of the two most beautiful angels Yamato had ever seen. The first one, it looked like the male, had three white thin wings extending out on either side of his back. His long hair was golden and trailed down his back. Over his face, he wore a metal mask and on his left shoulder, there was a gold plate. A blue cloth extended from the belt at his hips to his ankles, covering only the space in-between his legs (A/N: a.k.a., a loin cloth). One of his arms seemed like it could be robotic and was clutching a gold staff at his side. The other arm was normal; the hand was holding a piece of the female angels hair to his face as if to smell it. The female angel also had long hair that ran down her back though it was more of a blond then yellow color. And like the male, she had a mask across her eyes. She had eight white wings that hung limply behind her. Golden plates with a line of white fabric under them covered her breasts. Around her waist were two belts that matched the two belts around her bare right thigh. A white material that looked like a pant leg covered her left leg. Her left hand, in a glove, wrapped around the arm that was holding her hair. More belts wrapped around her right wrist but had two pink ribbons extending from them. One that went around the back of her neck and fell on her left side and the other which hung at her right side. In the same hand was her weapon, a bow.

"Dad, thank you! I'm giving this one to Kari," he pointed at the female.

"When I saw that your other one broke, (A/N: 'member in the second chappy when TK said 'shit oh shit oh shit'? Just a clue.) I thought you'd like another. I know how long it took for you to save up for the first one."

"But how did you get it? I got mine from Jedi and he said that it was really rare and took a long time to find another one."

"I have contacts in the digiworld too."

"What do you mean?"

"Just what I said. I know people in the digiworld but rarely talk to them. They all were so helpful when I told them what I wanted. They found it within three days."

Then it hit me. How could I have been so stupid? I wanted to bang my head against the wall.

"That's Angemon and Angewomon!" I've been around Tai too long. His stupidity is wearing off on me...

TK and Dad both gave him a look that said 'No shit dumbass.' TK handed Yamato one of his presents, letting Yamato's previous comment slide. He un-wrapped the abnormally large box from Dad. It was at least two and a half feet tall and two feet wide. Looking inside, he found himself staring at a new Television.

"For your room," Dad said. "TK can have your old TV."

"Thanks Dad!" TK handed Matt the last un-wrapped present. Opening another abnormally large box, bigger than the other one, there was a smaller box. Inside that was another box and another and another. Yamato was beginning to wonder if all the unwrapping was worthwhile when he opened the last box. Inside of it hidden in the huge amount of bubble wrap sat a half dozen of my favorite DVDs.

"Sweet, TK. Thanks!" The Notebook, Titanic, The Lake House, When Harry Met Sally, 50 First Dates and RENT.

"All right, now. Who's hungry?"

"I am!" TK and Dad shouted at the same time, jumping up and practically running into the kitchen. Taking the pancake batter Yamato had made earlier out of the fridge, he cooked pancakes with hash brown casserole and sausage. After everyone was done eating, Matt had an announcement to make.

"I'm barricading myself in my room and installing my new TV, then watching the movies. I may come out, I may not." Correction: I will not come out.

"Okay," both replied.

He took both boxes into his room, shut the door and got to work.

"I 3 Yamato Ishida with a passion that burns like the fires of a thousand volcanoes! (lol) (I'm soooo tired...)" 'twas a quote from Tiki-chan! She beta'd the chappy.

Thank you for you comments: Cacophonous Misfortune, Anime Leo, Alchemistflame, Musetta's Waltz, Amakurikara and DarkMetalAngel of Destruction.

sigh I am really and truly sorry for not updating. I just had a lot going on last summer and through the school year what with getting a boyfriend and almost loosing my best friend. But we're good now, and really she's the one who indirectly helped me to have the inspiration to not give up on this story because she made me happy and 'me' again. Thanks Teeks. I love you!

P.S. Taichi's HUGE mistake NEXT CHAPPY!!