Following behind Cutemon, Shoutmon and Gumdramon finally started making their way back to the village where the others were.
"You know, I have to agree with Gumdramon. I've never seen you so flustered over anything, Shoutmon." Cutemon giggled
Shoutmon just let out a huff in response, feeling the heat rise into his face once more.
"Oh yeah! By the way, Gummy is such a cute nickname for you Gumdramon." Cutemon added
"Don't you even think about calling me Gummy!" Gumdramon exclaimed, Cutemon was really starting to push his buttons.
Cutemon was obviously having a little too much fun riling the two digimon up over this.
"What? Only Shoutmon can call you by that nickname?" Cutemon asked, though he knew what the answer would be, as Gumdramon nodded in response
Walking in silence for the next few moments, Gumdramon did become a bit curious as to how Shoutmon even came up with the nickname for him in the first place. Guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.
"Hey Ousa-I mean...Shoutmon, how did you come with that nickname anyway?" The purple digimon asked, correcting himself. It was going to take a bit of getting used to calling Shoutmon "Shoutmon".
"I don't know, it just kind of was the first thing that came to mind." Shoutmon answered as he shrugged
"Well, aren't you going to give him one, Gumdramon?" Cutemon suddenly asked
"Huh?" Gumdramon questioned, slightly confused from the pink Digimon's question
"Are you going to give Shoutmon a nickname too?"Cutemon asked again
"O-Oh...I guess I could." Gumdramon answered before taking a moment to think of a nickname he could give Shoutmon. "Well...the first thing that came to mind is, Shouto. What do you think, Ousama?" Gumdramon looked over at the red Digimon
"Shouto...I like it." Shoutmon answered as he smiled
"Shouto and Gummy sittin in a tree~" Cutemon teased with a smirk, seeing both Shoutmon and Gumdramon's faces turn red.
"Shut up, Cutemon!" Gumdramon fumed, glaring at the small pink digimon
Again, Cutemon was really, really starting to push it. Not saying anything more, Cutemon just continued his way back to the others with the two embarrassed Digimon in tow. Finally, the three Digimon made it back to the others as Cutemon ran back over.
"I found Shoutmon and Gumdramon, Taiki!" Cutemon exclaimed
"What took you guys so long? Any longer we would have had to come looking for you." Tagiru asked
"I just dozed off while waiting for Gumdramon to wake up I guess." Shoutmon lied as he shrugged
"And Gumdramon didn't think about waking you up once he did?" Taiki questioned
"I-I decided to let him rest, he's been working all morning after all. Cutemon eventually found us though, right Cutemon?" Gumdramon stammered nervously, looking over at the pink Digimon
"Actually-" As he was about to speak he could see the menacing glare from both Shoutmon and Gumdramon. "Y-Yeah that's right, I found them and woke up Shoutmon." Cutemon answered with a fake smile. He had never lied before, but he wasn't going to risk his life over it.
"Anyway, I don't know about you guys but, I'm hungry. You did save us some Diginoir, right?" Shoutmon asked, trying to change the subject.
Yuu, however, could tell something was up between the three Digimon.
"Of course. Though it's been a while since i've even heard you say you were hungry." Taiki laughed, handing Shoutmon two boxes of DigiNoir for him and Gumdramon
"Just because I don't say it doesn't mean im not ever hungry." Shoutmon laughed as well, taking the DigiNoir box as he then went over to Gumdramon and handed him the box
"Thanks...Shouto." Gumdramon thanked him aloud while whispering his nickname for Shoutmon as he took the box.
"No problem...Gummy." Shoutmon said in return also whispering the nickname he had for Gumdamon as he smiled
The two Digimon then sat next to each other nearby as they began eating their DigiNoir. As they ate, Yuu watched them with a slightly suspicioun as he went over to Taiki.
"Hey Taiki, do you get the feeling that they were lying about the whole reason they took so long to get here? Cutemon was definetly lying, I could tell from the look on his face." Yuu whispered to Taiki
"Hm, yeah but if it was that important I'm sure one of them would tell us." Taiki whispered back looking over at Shoutmon and Gumdramon
"I wonder what happened." Akari whispered as well
"Maybe we can get some information out of Cutemon later." Yuu said
"I bet I can eat more DigiNoir than you Ousama!" The three humans whispering suddenly heard the purple Digimon exclaim
"Really? I bet you couldn't even if you tried." Shoutmon retaliated with a smirk
"Bring it on, Ousama!" Gumdramon smirked as well
"Fine, first one to barf loses." Shoutmon agreeded
Taiki couldn't help but smile and shake his head, even if things had changed, Shoutmon was still Shoutmon. Of course, as a result of over eating, the two Digimon ended up passing out and falling asleep soon after they finished all the DigiNoir they ate. Akari and Yuu then took this chance to try and ask Cutemon about what had happened.
"Hey Cutemon, come here for a minute." Yuu called out to the pink Digimon
Hearing that Yuu wanted him he went over to where Yuu and Akari were
"What is it, Yuu?" Cutemon asked
"I just wanted to know what really happened between Shoutmon and Gumdramon."
"We already told you, I just found them and woke up Shoutmon from his nap." Cutemon quickly responded with a nervous sweat
"We know you're lying, Cutemon. What happened to where you can't tell any of us?" Yuu questioned
"Yeah, it can't be that bad." Akari added in
Cutemon gulped, on one hand he wanted to tell them, but at the same time he basically promised Shoutmon and Gumdramon he wouldn't tell what he had witnessed.
"I can't tell you...I told them I wouldn't tell you guys." Cutemon said shaking his head
"We won't say a word about it, and if they find out that we know we'll just tell them we figured it out for themselves." Akari grinned
"Fine...Okay so Shoutmon and Gumdramon..." Cutemon nodded before whispering to Yuu and Akari, telling them everything that he had seen and heard.
"Seriously, Cutemon?!" Akari exclaimed
"Yup, they even gave each other nicknames too. Gumdramon's is Gummy and Shoutmon's is Shouto. Though they got mad at me when I called them by their nicknames, but I'll admit it was funny seeing their faces turn all red. I never seen Shoutmon that flustered before." Cutemon nodded as he explained
"No wonder they didn't want anyone to know." Yuu said
"Just don't tell them I told you, they'd kill me for sure." Cutemon requested
"We won't say a word, right Yuu?" Akari said looking over at the blonde haired boy
"Right." Yuu answered with a nod "We'll just let Taiki and Tagiru find out on their own."
"Mhm." Akari grinned as she patted Cutemon on the head
Cutemon nodded slightly, looking over at the two peacefully sleeping Digimon that were laying side by side. He had no doubt that they wouldn't say anything, but he hoped that Akari and Yuu would keep their promise.