Feeling the tug on his hand, Shoutmon looked back at the small purple dragon Digimon.
"H-Hey Ousama, can I ask you something?" Gumdramon questioned, a light blush rising to his face
"Yeah, sure. What is it Gumdramon?" Shoutmon nodded
"Do...Do you like Lunamon? I don't mean as friends, I mean more than f-friends?" Gumdramon asked shifting his gaze elsewhere.
Taking a deep breath after asking, Gumdramon awaited the answer. He could feel his face burning and heart pounding. It was only a few seconds but that few seconds of silence felt like and eternity to him.
"N-No, of course not! Lunamon and I are just friends. I only like her as a friend." Shoutmon answered
Gumdramon let out a quiet sigh of relief to hear Shoutmon's answer. Shoutmon, not letting go of Gumdramon's hand, knelt down to Gumdramon's level.
"Is that why you were jealous, you thought I liked Lunamon?" Shoutmon asked
"W-Well it's...maybe..." The purple dragon stuttered, looking anywhere but at Shoutmon. His face burning redder.
In a moment of silence, the realization kicked in for Shoutmon. It was clearly obvious that Gumdramon liked him. Why else would he be jealous? Shoutmon could feel the heat rising in his own face as he stood upright and cleared his throat to break the silence.
"You don't have to be jealous, Gumm-Gumdramon. Like I said, I only like her as a friend." Shoutmon said before quickly correcting himself, realizing that he let that nickname slip again. He mentally cursed at himself as his face grew hotter.
"I'd never thought i'd see a day where you would be flustered." Gumdramon smirked, mostly he was trying to change the subject but also was trying to break the awkward silence between them.
"Shut up!" Shoutmon fumed out of embarrassment, turning away from the purple dragon
Gumdramon snickered as Shoutmon proceeded to pout after turning away. Honestly, to see that even as the king, Shoutmon still had a slight childish side to him; Gumdramon thought it was cute.
"You can't pout forever, Ousama." Gumdramon taunted
Shoutmon didn't seem to be budging and it didn't seem like he was going to no matter how much the purple dragon taunted. Though Gumdramon was not about to give up that easily, he had an idea come to mind. Tackling Shoutmon to the ground, Gumdramon began tickling the red dragon on his V-Shaped head. He may or may not have heard that Shoutmon was ticklish there from someone, he didn't remember, so he might as well test it out. Before Shoutmon could even question what the hell the purple dragon was doing, he broke out into a fit of giggles and laughter.
"G-Gumdramon...cutitout!" Shoutmon said between his laughter
"No way, Ousama!" Gumdramon denied, laughing himself, as he continued tickling the digimon
"Seriously...pff...stop!" Shoutmon exclaimed as he tried pushing the smaller dragon off of him
Finally stopping, the purple dragon got off of Shoutmon, letting him catch his breath. Sitting up, Shoutmon caught his breath as he looked over at the purple dragon.
"What the hell was that for?"
"I may or may not have heard that you we're ticklish on your head, I just wanted to see if it was true or not. Looks like it was." Gumdramon shrugged with a smirk
"Tsh..."Shoutmon huffed "Let's just go before the others get worried." Shoutmon said as he stood up
"Let them worry, we're not in any danger anyway."
"You really are a wild child..." Shoutmon rolled his eyes
"The number one and only wild child." Gumdramon grinned as he boasted about himself
"More like the number one troublemaker." Shoutmon smirked
"Hey!" Gumdramon frowned, crossing his arms
"You and Tagiru really are two peas in a pod." Shoutmon chuckled, offering his hand to help the purple dragon up
Taking Shoutmon's hand, Gumdramon stood up, though he didn't let go of Shoutmon's hand just yet. Now that Gumdramon knew for sure that Shoutmon didn't like Lunamon "that" way, he figured now would be his chance to finally tell Shoutmon.
"H-Hey, Ousama..." Gumdramon started, he could feel his face starting to turn red again
"Yeah, what is it Gummy?" Shoutmon asked, not even bothering to correct himself over the nickname this time.
"I-I...I just wanted..." Gumdramon stuttered, he couldn't form what he wanted to say out; His face turned redder out of embarrassment as he mentally cursed at himself.
Shoutmon could tell that Gumdramon was nervous about what he was trying to say.
"It's alright, Gumdramon just take a deep breath and calm down." Shoutmon suggested
Taking Shoutmon's advice, Gumdramon took a deep breath before trying again, though he continued to fumble over his words.
"Agh damn it!" Gumdramon cursed, and before Shoutmon could say or react to anything the purple dragon reached up and grabbed Shoutmon's face. Standing on his tip toes, Gumdramon licked Shoutmon's mouth, kissing him.
Shoutmon blushed furiously as his eyes widened, he wasn't definitely not expecting Gumdramon to kiss him. He didn't stop the purple dragon, in fact he returned the kiss. Unknowing to the both of them, Cutemon was watching them from behind a tree nearby.
"I knew they were acting weird, but I never expected something like this." Cutemon whispered to himself
Breaking the kiss, the purple dragon pulled away from Shoutmon to catch his breath. Both of their faces were bright red.
"I...I-I love you, Ousama!" Gumdramon, finally, stuttered out
"You can just call me Shoutmon, if you want." Shoutmon said
"Oh...well then...I love you, S-Shoutmon." Gumdramon smiled, it was strange just calling Shoutmon...well Shoutmon. He had gotten so used to calling him Ousama.
"I love you too, Gummy." Shoutmon smiled as well, placing his hand on the purple dragon's head.
Taking his chance, Cutemon moved from behind the tree and walked up behind the two Digimon.
"Now I know why you two were acting so strange." Cutemon smirked
"Cutemon!" Both Shoutmon and Gumdramon exclaimed, turning towards the small pink digimon, as they both blushed furiously.
"How long have you been here?!" Gumdramon asked
"And how much did y-you hear?" Shoutmon also asked
"Hmm~" Cutemon giggled "Pretty much everything, seen everything too. I was right, Gumdramon was totally jealous of Lunamon." Cutemon answered as Gumdramon looked away
"You can not tell anyone about this Cutemon. Not even mention it to Akari ." Shoutmon sternly said
"Don't worry I won't say anything. I'd be more worried about giving it away yourselves." Cutemon smirked again
"What are you talking about?" Gumdramon questioned
"Did you forget that we're in the Shinobi Zone? There are Monitamons all over the place that could have secretly recorded you." Cutemon explained
"Damn it, I didn't think about that..." Shoutmon cursed to himself
"I'm going back, you should hurry up I think Taiki is starting to get worried." Cutemon said as he then turned and began walking back towards the village.
"Yeah yeah, we're coming." Gumdramon said
Stopping, Cutemon looked back at the two digimon. "Oh yeah, one more thing. You two do realize you're still holding hands right?"
As soon as that was said, both Gumdramon and Shoutmon faces heated up once more as they let go of each other's hand, looking away from each other.
"Come on lovebirds! I know you're probably hungry and there's no promises that the others didn't eat all the DigiNoir." Cutemon giggled before running off, Shoutmon and Gumdramon following behind the pink digimon.