Five nights ago, Tai and I were studying for our last midterm of the month. Mine was worth 15 percent and his was worth about 35 percent. Now you'd think he'd be flipping out, considering that his midterm was in 2 days and he hadn't even started any of the readings for his psychology class. But no, he was sitting calmly, reading his textbook with this adorable smile on his face, turning the pages every couple minutes and taking his time. I, on the other hand, was freaking out like the drama queen I am (my exam was the following day)! Bit by bit, my patience was dissipating into the air. "Tai..." I looked at him and wondered to myself, what on earth is he smiling about? It was getting rather annoying. "Tai?" Tai just kept smiling, reading his textbook. "TAI!"

Tai's head shot up immediately when he finally heard my call. "Huh?"

"What the hell are you smiling about?" I snapped. Tai looked at me with that stupid grin of his.

"My my, aren't we a little high-strung?" he replied.

"I have every right to be and you know it! NOW STOP SMILING!" I had lost it. I was freaking out. Tai just looked at me thoughtfully.

"Yama, are you falling in love with me again? I keep telling you to stop watching those romance movies, they're "girlifying" you!" I gave him the classic Yamato Ishida death glare. Girlifying? Thank God Sora wasn't here to hear that or else she would have definitely chewed his head off on that one. I decided to just let it go instead of go off on him. I was angry, yes, but tired more so.

"Ok that's it...I've had enough." I closed my books and proceeded to get ready for bed. It was already 2am, and you can't do well on an exam without a good night's rest (at least a reasonably good night's rest). Tai looked up at me with a sad expression.

"Aww, no come back?" Tai asked.

"No, no come back, Tai, I'm too tired," I answered. Tai just sighed and we said our goodnights.

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As I lay in bed, my mind was a complete mess. Why was I studying business again? Oh yeah, I wanted to have a background in it if I planned on starting my own label one day if being a rock star didn't turn out well. But still...why did it have to be so hard? And the stress was killing me! I wasn't doing too well in my courses as it was...nearly failing 3 of them. Band practice, gigs, keeping in touch with friends and family, passing my courses...It sure made it hard to sleep at night. But at least Tai was there to keep me from going insane. "Tai...I'm so glad you're here with me..." With that last thought, I yawned and felt sleep overcome me.

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"Yamaaaa wake up!"

I opened my eyes to see Tai sitting on the edge of my bed. "Tai...what the hell.." I looked at the clock and stifled a yawn. "Tai, it's 3:30am, what is it?!" I snapped.

"Yamaaaaa, I had a bad dream...I dreamt I was being chased by this evil demon who was throwing fire balls at me and growling! And then I shot him with my shot gun, but he didn't die very easily. Then this other demon came.."

"Tai, was that really a dream, or were you just playing Doom again?" Tai seemed to contemplate that for a minute before he came to the conclusion that I was right. Heh. Silly Tai, I always tell him not to play scary games before he goes to bed otherwise, he'll just have nightmares and keep me awake.

Tai gave me a strange look. Little did I realize that that was going to be the least of the strangeness to occur tonight. Yes, things were going to get very weird, I could feel it. And it all started with an odd question.

"Yama, can I bunk with you tonight?" I looked at him incredulously. "Bunk with me? Uh...Tai...I have an exam tomorrow...I don't have time to console you! I need my sleep tonight, so just suck it up and think about fairies or something..."

Tai, obviously not paying any heed to me just crawled next to me in bed. "I promise, I won't bother you. I just don't want to sleep alone tonight."

"Tai, I doubt you'll have the same nightmare twice...just go watch something on Teletoon or the Family channel," I suggested.

Tai sighed, "Look Yama...I'm just...I'm just feeling a bit lonely is all. I need you tonight." I looked at him, surprised. His soft, chocolate brown eyes were large and full of emotion. He was telling me this honestly. Well thinking about it now, I guess Tai's loneliness made sense, Tai's never really had a girlfriend, though he did go on the occasional date. But those were just dates with female friends, never anything romantic. And me, well though I would rarely admit it, I felt that way too at times. Yet hearing Tai admit to it still sounded rather odd and out of place.

I was beginning to feel a bit disoriented having him lie next to me in bed so quiet. I felt a sudden urge to be physically closer to him. I snuggled closer to him, relishing in his warmth and bushy hair as he wrapped his arms around me.

I don't know why, but it didn't feel the least bit awkward. Not even when he kissed me softly on my head. Not even when he tilted my face up and pressed one to my lips. Things were moving awfully fast, and in a strange direction too! Because before I realized it, our tongues were dancing together and our clothes had hit the floor! Everything felt so right, so perfect. My arms were wrapped around his neck, hands knotted in his hair, just as his arms were wrapped around my torso and his hips grinding into mine. It felt so good!

"Tai...Ohh Tai...don't stop," I moaned. Tai kissed me harder and began laying kisses along my neck, biting a bit here and there. He teased my nipples with his tongue, swirling it and sucking.

"You like that Yama? Feel nice huh?" I answered with another moan. I couldn't stop, I felt like I was on some sort of love drug.

"Tai...Ohhh Tai, Tai...do it, do it...don't stop," I cried. It felt amazing. I never dreamed of having Tai as more than just a best friend. But here I was, doing something with him and absolutely loving it! I clenched my eyes shut, falling in love with the pleasure.

"Yama..." I heard Tai call out.

Another moan left my lips, "Mm...Tai...it's so good."

"Yama!"

Suddenly I felt someone shaking me. "Tai, what are you...Tai?" I opened my eyes to see Tai standing over me. He looked like he's seen a ghost! "Uh...Tai?" I looked around me and noticed that though I was still in bed, something wasn't quite right. Suddenly I was hit with the realization...It was a dream!