Don't own Aspirin. In fact, I rarely ever have it when I need it.

Ironically, I skipped Writing Club today to write this.

I bring you a quick explanation of where everyone stands on the Izzy subject... and y'know the non-existent Takari.

Friday

Matt was right about one thing. It was still as hard as ever to keep secrets among the digidestined. News spread fast until all eight of them were well aware of what had happened, and in the true nature that was the digidestined, they all reacted differently.

Take for example Joe, Mimi, and Sora who all sat idly around the flower shop.

Joe did his best to keep his eye's attached to his textbook, but the scritch-scratch sound coming from a few feet away was too much to bare.

He looked up slightly. "Could you not do that?"

"No, actually I can't," Mimi huffed while pressing her nail file harder into her already sharpened nails.

Sora looked over at her friend in concern. "I know you're upset about Izzy, but if you keep that up you won't have any nails left."

Mimi studied her thumb nail that she could've sworn was an inch longer a moment ago. Despite that, she had bigger worries than her nails right now. She denied, "I'm not upset about Izzy. I don't care that he lied to me. He can do whatever he wants."

"Mi-"

"I'm not upset!" she blurted and furiously filed her thumb again.

Sora merely sighed. "It's alright, Mimi. I'm mad too. He shouldn't have done that without telling us. What do you think, Joe?"

There was no response as the doctor-to-be had his head jammed in between two pages of his textbook.

"Joe!" Sora tried again.

His head shot up, and he appeared unaware of his surroundings and shocked to be sitting there.

"Joe, have you been listening?" Mimi asked indignantly.

"To what? Your senseless drama," he deadpanned.

"Well this is kinda important drama…" Sora defended with a worried expression as she examined her elder friend. "Are you alright?"

"Of course," he assured, "I just don't see the importance of this whole… Digital thing."

The redhead cocked her head. "Huh?"

"Yeah," he continued while fumbling with the edge of his textbook. "It just seems that there are more important things like studying and college, not that you would know anything about that."

Sora narrowed her eyes dangerously, a sure sign Joe shouldn't press the college issue any further. "You know I'm only taking a year off."

"Yeah," he breathed, "A year where everyone else is getting ahead, a year everyone else isn't spending chasing scary monsters and worrying about childhood friends."

"Izzy's still our friend now," Mimi reminded.

Before Joe got a chance to respond, Sora cut him off. "I think you've said enough today."

He glanced at her but said it anyway, "None of us will be friends soon."

Matt dragged his poor form and throbbing head into his dorm. After a long day of classes, he was ready to kick back and take some Aspirin before having to start his long night of homework.

He accidentally slammed the door behind him causing a new wave of pain to come to his sensitive head. He threw his bag in the corner and flopped down onto his bed all without noticing a certain bushy-haired brunette watching the scene in curiosity from their desk.

Tai placed his pencil that was dull from copying down information next to his textbook before spinning the chair around to Matt, or rather the back of his head since his face was buried in the sheets.

"You've got a headache from school or the Digital World?" Tai questioned.

Matt groaned slightly then informed, "The Digital World doesn't ask me to do unspeakable things with triangles. It's just a stupid polygon. It's not that special! It doesn't need a whole class devoted to it."

"You know who gives me a headache?" Tai said suggestively. The other didn't respond so he continued, "Izzy."

"Why?" Matt asked obliviously now sitting up and rubbing his temples but with no avail.

The brunette squinted his eyes slightly. "Uh hello, you were there. He didn't take the pill."

"Oh that," Matt said dismissively adjusting himself slightly on the bed to look over at his friend. "It was his pill. If he didn't take it, he probably knows what he's doing."

Of all the reactions, Tai was not expecting that. "You're telling me you're not mad at all? Don't feel betrayed? Hurt? Anything?"

The blonde only shrugged. "Not really."

The other folded his arms. "Well I do."

Matt sighed then asked, "Shouldn't we 'feel betrayed' by you too?"

"Why?"

"You knew he didn't take it, but you didn't tell us. You were both keeping secrets," the blonde argued.

Tai blinked. "Yeah but his was… and I mean, I, uh… never thought about it like that." He scratched the back of his head thoughtfully while Matt began rummaging through his nightstand for Aspirin.

TK was panicking big time. Kari had been avoiding him all day in the hallways, at lunch, and she even went as far as to not sit by him in Health and take the seat over by Davis. This gave enough time for the teenager to let his imagination run wild, but he always ended up with the same conclusion: she was mad about the pill.

Right after school, he finally caught up to Kari at her locker.

She set some books on her neatly organized shelf in an eerily calm way that didn't match her avoidance of him.

"Um hi?" TK tried. She glanced up for a moment before going back to her books.

"Hi," she responded. He took that as a good sign.

"So-"

"You found out Izzy was the one who didn't take the pill and not me," Kari finished for him. He looked sheepish, but she stayed calm, even a little on the peppy side.

TK rubbed the back of his neck briefly. "Yes, and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have accused you of that. Now can you stop avoiding me?"

She tilted her head in surprise. "I'm not avoiding you; I've just been spending time with Davis."

"Why?" he asked afraid she was trying to recruit him again.

"Well," she began unable to meet his eyes, "We've got a date tonight."

TK froze. He was sure he'd heard her wrong, but her next words confirmed it.

She explained, "I didn't think you'd mind considering you think I'm a monster who lies to her friends and doesn't keep promises."

'Ouch, way to twist my words,' He thought. He wasn't really sure how to react to that. He shouldn't have jumped to conclusions, but he was much more concerned about her date with Davis. It wasn't that they'd been anything more than friends, but the whole thing still made him queasy and full of jealousy.

Eventually he got out, "I never said that."

Her answer was still eerily calm.

"You didn't have to." And with that, Kari turned and walked down the hallway leaving TK dumbfounded.

"Gennai, we need to talk."

The old man caught sight of the serious boy standing in the doorway to his library. "Izzy, isn't this a… surprise."

"Yeah right, you probably already knew I was coming," he spat then entered the room without being invited. "What are you up to?"

"What ever do you mean?"

"You know what I'm talking about!" The redhead practically shouted, "Are you trying to turn everyone against me? Is that it? I know you don't approve of the pill but-"

"Don't approve?" Gennai chuckled darkly before reminding, "You know that pill would ruin everything for the sovereigns."

Izzy glared at him. "That was the point." Gennai turned and began shuffling through one of his book shelves. The other continued talking to his back. "I needed to save them! What the sovereigns are doing is-"

"I would think before finishing that sentence," Gennai warned, "They are Gods. Don't put it above them to be listening in right now."

"You think I care?" he questioned. "What they're planning on doing is unbelievable, a disgrace to know what they've planned for humans who have saved their world twice."

"Oh come now, Izzy," Gennai reasoned. He had turned back around now and was facing him. "Think of it as… saving the Digital World just one more time."

Izzy muttered solemnly, "But at what cost?"

Now what could Izzy and Gennai be talking about?

I didn't have Kari go out with Davis to start a shipping war or anything (which wouldn't happen since this isn't a romance fic). I wanted something to strain her and TK's relationship, and I didn't want to bring in this random OC to do it.

Thank you for reading! :)