'Wormmon! Ken gasped how long have you been here?'

'I fell asleep on the clothes pile earlier, then I woke up to you laughing, i was trying to go back to sleep but...I...I didn't know it was a private conversation honest' he bowed his head in guilt 'I'm sorry Ken'.

'No...that's ok...' Said ken with all energy drained from his voice, it was still obvious from his tone that he'd been crying.

'What's wrong? Did something Davis said upset you?'

'I don't even know! I'm so confused!' Cried Ken as he put his face in his hands again.

Wormmon climbed onto the bed that Ken was sitting on to comfort him.

'It's alright, I know you'll figure it out'.

'Um...why didn't you tell me that Davis was...' Wormmon paused awkwardly 'in love with you? And what does Yolei think about this?'

'She doesn't know' said Ken shamefully. 'Nobody does but you'.

Wormmon looked alarmed for a moment but tried to hide it.

'Oh'

'Yeah..'

'Are you going to tell her?'.

'I don't know' Ken said as he leaned back.

'Normally Yolei and I tell each other everything, but I feel worried to tell her about this, I'm not even sure if it's my thing to tell. Davis trusted me enough to tell me, I want to respect that, but I'm not sure if its right to keep something so big from my wife, it almost gives me this feeling like I'm sneaking around behind Yolei's back when I talk to Davis, I feel so happy when I talk to him, I really do, but for some reason lately talking to him fills me with guilt too and I don't understand why.'

'Because you feel guilty about not telling Yolei about his past feelings?'

'It feels like more than that, like I'm doing something wrong but I can't put my finger on it'.

Ken continued 'If I told Yolei she might get the wrong idea because Davis and I are so close'.

'Would it really be the wrong idea though?' Asserted Wormmon cautiously.

Ken looked in disbelief at his digimon 'what do you mean? Do you think I'm in love with Davis?' He asked as his eyes widened.

'Maybe not in love, i don't know. But I think that you like him, even if you don't realize it'.

'Of course I like him, he's my best friend' Ken retorted nervously.

'You know what I mean' said Wormmon. 'I saw you earlier, when were crying, it was right after Davis said he no longer had any feelings for you, maybe its because a part of you wants him to still be in love with you'.

'Bu-but that can't be true' stammered Ken defiantly! 'I love Yolei!'

'I know, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you can't be falling for Davis'.

'Doesn't it?'

'Well, I'm just a digimon, not a love expert, but people can love more than one of their children right?'

'Yeah...'

'And if somebody makes a new friend we don't just assume that its because they don't love their old friend anymore right?'

'But this is different'.

'Is it really so different though? I'm just saying that maybe you still loving Yolei isn't reason enough to dismiss that you might be getting feelings for Davis'.

While contemplating what Wormmon had told him Ken put his red blushing face in his hands again.

'I'm beggining to fall in love with Davis' Ken said to himself in disbeleif after a long silence.

He continued 'I loved him so much as a friend that I couldn't tell when it stopped being just as a friend'. 'And now...'

'Oh, this is a mess!' Ken exclaimed defeatedly as he threw himself into a laying down position.

'I know...' said Wormmon sympathetically, unsure of the right words.

Wormmon moved so that he was sitting next to Ken's face.

'What am i going to do Wormmon?' Ken exclaimed helplessly.

Before wormmon could answer they were both startled by the sound of Yolei's car in the driveway, she was back from Kari's house.

'Are you alright!?' Exclaimed Mr Oda

'Yeah, I think so' Ken said as his colleague helped him to his feet.

'This is the second time you've fallen over this lunch break, must be one of those days huh'.

'Yeah, just one of those days' replied Ken, with a little bit less life in his voice than usual.

'Well, I should be heading back to my class, don't go falling over again now' Mr Oda chuckled.

'I'll try' said Ken with a forced smile.

As he walked through the narrow hallway to his classroom Ken pulled out his phone to check for any messages from Davis. He hadn't replied to any texts that Ken had sent all day which was out of character for him. Ken had enough to worry about with his friend as it was and this was just adding to it. Given the circumstances it was already hard to have anything else on his mind other than Davis.

He tried as hard as he could to just go about his day as normal but he was distracted. In first period he was writing the wrong answers to the board in maths. Then later, when they had to watch a movie relating to dinosaurs he accidentally put the wrong dvd on and didn't notice until half way through.

He just kept thinking about what he was meant to do about Davis. To a degree he already knew what he needed to do, the sensible part of him anyway. That part knew that he needed to stop talking to davis, so that he can get over him. He went all this time without him before anyway, right?

But try telling that to the part of him that is filled with a sense of peace everytime he thinks of him, who feels giddy remembering Davis's laugh.

While the children were completing their worksheets Ken discreetly checked his phone once more but to no avail.

He sighed as he looked at the clock.

By the end of the day he felt like he had come to a decision, that decision, as painful as it was, was that he needed to stop talking to Davis. He couldn't let this friendship get in the way of his marriage...even if it felt like the best thing that happened to him.

He wasn't happy with this decision, he wasnt sure about it, but it was a decision nonetheless.

As the final bell rang Ken sighed once more.

'OK, that's the bell, have a good day kids and don't forget the homework due tomorrow' he told the children.

'Bye Mr Ichijoji!' 'Bye'

The children hurriedly collected their things and filed out of the room.

As Ken went to exit the room he was greeted by Barbara who was the receptionist at the school office.

'Hi Ken, how are you?'.

'Yeah not too bad, yourself?' Ken wasn't about to tell Barbara of all people.

'Good, good...i'm just here to let you know that you have a visitor waiting for you at the office'.

'A visitor?' Said ken curiously as he was led by Barbara to the office.

As they approached the office through the clear glass doors he could make out a man with reddish brown hair seated with his feet wide apart who seemed quite focused on fiddling with a bracelet on his wrist, so focused that it made him appear somewhat nervous. It was almost like somebody he knew. His heart raced for a moment before he reminded himself that it couldn't be. That person was in Australia, after all.

It couldn't be, however, as they got closer it didn't start looking any less like the man he had been brooding about all day. He watched the man stand up confidently as they arrived at the door and then it was undeniable.

Davis Motomiya, was here in japan.

Hiya ken! Bet you didn't expect to see me here' Davis said warmly before grabbing Ken in an enthusiastic hug.

'D-davis...' Ken stuttered. 'What are you doing here?' still in Davis's embrace.

'What? Aren't you happy to see me?' Davis joked.

He was, when Davis wrapped him up in his arms he wished he could stay longer, he found himself immediately second guessing the decision that he had made today, he felt sure enough of it a minute ago. He was indeed happy to see him, and that was exactly the problem.

'Yes, I am. I'm just surprised is all' Ken tried to sound less flustered than he actually was.

'I realized that I missed japan, thought i might give you guys a visit.' 'I was gonna tell you when we talked last night but you had to go early so I thought I may as well surprise you'.

'It certainly was a surprise' said Ken as he gathered himself.

'Hey, you wanna go check out the Taba district? I haven't been here since before they made it all fancy and stuff, I read on a travel site that it's great now'.

'It is, I can probably do that..I would have to see if Yolei is ok with that though'.

'Of course' Davis said understandingly.

As they walked out of the office together Ken texted Yolei.

"WHAT!? Davis is here? Why?" "Yeah I guess that's fine, you should see if he wants to come around here to visit some time"

'Ok I'm allowed' Ken giggled.

'Awesome! Let's go then' announced Davis eagerly.

'I can drive us there, my car is just over here' Ken gestured toward the parking lot.

Davis was like an excitable puppy and pointed out almost every place he saw on the ride to the district. It was like Japan was totally new for him, ken quietly thought that it was pretty cute, then he reminded himself that a married man shouldnt be thinking of his friend that way.

'Alright! Were here' Davis exclaimed as Ken stopped the car and they got out.

'Wow, it sure looks different to how I remember it'.

'Well, that was a long time ago' replied Ken stoically as he remembered how it used to look back back when he and Davis would go there together. 'Where do you want to look?'

'Is that game store I like still here?'.

'Game warrior? Yes, its just over here' Ken informed Davis as he led him around a corner.

The Taba district was quite beautiful, it had white pebble floors and there were now trendy restraints throuout. There were trees that blossomed with red and yellow flowers strategically placed around to give it a natural appearance even though it was just an outdoor shopping mall. It was especially lovely in the evening as that is when the fairy lights that line the streets and fill the trees get turned on. Ken had forgotten how much he used to enjoy coming here.

'Oh man! Its got two levels now, this is awesome!' Davis commented as they walked onto the escalator in game warrior.

'They renovated it a while ago' replied ken as they stepped off and began looking around.

'Ken! Ken!' Davis yelled as he bounced over to a display.

'Yes Davis?' Ken smiled and spoke with a soft giggle.

'They still have donkey madness'.

'I think that it's a remake'.

'Same thing' Davis said with a dissmisive hand gesture. 'Bet you can't beat me' he taunted.

'I'll have you know I used to have the record for that game' Ken said in a smug but only half serious way.

'Yeah? Why don't you prove it then?' Teased Davis as he picked up one of the demo controllers from the display.

Ken answered with a glance as he picked up the second controller.

Davis was so determined to beat Ken at least once that they ended up being in the store for over an hour. 'That's not fair! It didn't do the thing when I pressed the button!' He would say in child-like frustration, or 'why does it keep letting you win, the game must be fixed'.

Ken would stop and smile, gazing at his friend in these moments while Davis's eyes remained focused on the game. It reminded him of when they used to play when they were young and Ken used to periodically take pity on him and let him win, which is what he ended up doing today, he would never tell him that though.

'See! I told you I'd win eventually, I just needed to warm up first' bragged Davis confidently.

'I guess you showed me' joked Ken.

'Hey, we've been here for ages, was there anywhere you wanted to check out?'. Davis asked.

Ken put his pointer finger on his chin and gazed upwards and he contemplated.

'Hmmmmm'

He looked back down after a moment to see Davis watching him intently, awaiting his choice.

'There is this book store that I like' Ken said somewhat timidly, not that he was nervous, there was something about Davis looking at him though, like his stare had more intensity than when they had been together previously, at least it felt that way.

He liked it, or at least part of him did.

The fairly lights surrounding the stores and strung through the trees flickered on as they exited game warrior. The sun was beggining to set and the restaurants were getting more crowded.

'It gets beautiful here at night' commented Ken.

'Yeah it sure is pretty' replied Davis and they wandered.

Whenever there was a long enough silence Ken's heart would sink as he would remember what he had concluded was the responsible thing to do about his feelings for davis. He would remind himself that as a husband not to mention a father he was kind of obligated to make the responsible decision. But then he would look at Davis and shortly forget all of that. Until the next silence that is.

'I haven't been here in a while' said Ken, a little embarassed by the fact that they still hadn't found the book store.

'Don't worry bout it, means I get to look around' responded Davis cheerfully.

'You're always so positive Davis...I don't know how you do it, but I've always liked that about you'.

Davis looked at Ken.

Davis's delayed response made Ken blush, it was like since he realized that he saw him as more than a friend, he became so much more easily embarrassed, he hoped it wasn't obvious, he quickly looked down so that Davis might not notice.

'Thanks ken, I do my best' replied Davis. As far as Ken could tell he seemed oblivious to his embarrassment.

'How did he manage to be in love with me for all those years without me knowing. When I can't even give him a compliment without blushing' Ken thought to himself.

'Hey, is this it? Book house?'

'Yeah, that's it'.

They made their way into book house. Davis tried picking up a few titles but none were of interest to him so he just followed Ken. The pair wandered through the large sea of books until they made it to Ken's desired section at the empty back corner of the store.

Ken picked up a blue book bound with gold, the front and back were covered with drawings of digimon. 'Have you read TK's latest book?' Asked Ken.

Oddly, Davis had never brought up the other digidestined much.

'I read like half of the first one...books aren't really my thing y'know' Davis said as a book was placed in his hands.

'You should have a look, you might like it, i think that the later books got better'.

Ken couldn't help but watch Davis with a smile while he flipped through the book.

'Hey Ken-' Davis began before looking up to make eye contact. 'Why do you keep looking at me like that?'

'I-i' Ken felt his heart thump and his face go red all over again.

'It's almost like you have a crush on me or something' Davis laughed as Ken instinctively turned away to hide just how much he was blushing.

A warm hand was placed on Ken's shoulder. 'Are you alright? I was just kidding around'.

'Y-yeah' Ken stuttered as he turned his head toward Davis slightly, still letting his hair hide his face. Ken didn't have the words. He knew that by trying to hide his blushing he had just made his distress even more obvious.

'What's wrong?' Inquired Davis as he walked around to stand at Ken's side. 'Are you...are you blushing?'

'No!' Ken objected, knowing that it was no use.

'You just...embarrassed me' Ken said quietly.

'Aw Ken, come on, you don't need to be embarrassed, its not like you actually like me...'

Davis's eyes windened 'wait! Do you!?'

Ken couldn't think of the words to say so he simply nodded. Then as he shrunk down into his shoulders he forced himself to look Davis in the eye.

This was not how he had planned today to go at all.