A little while later, after about an hour had passed, Gumdramon had woken up. Stretching a bit, the purple Digimon looked over at Shoutmon, who, of course, was still fast asleep beside him.
"Who knew he could look so cute when he's asleep." Gumdramon thought to himself
The purple dragon's thoughts were then interrupted as he heard Shoutmon mumbling while he slept. Gumdramon felt his face heat up again when he heard Shoutmon saying that ridiculously cute nickname, Gummy. Taking a look around him, Gumdramon could see the rest of the team chit chatting among each other, not paying any attention to him or Shoutmon. When he was sure no one was looking in their general direction, Gumdramon leaned closer to Shoutmon as he licked the red dragon's cheek.
It didn't take long after that Shoutmon woke up to Gumdramon basically kissing his cheek. Shoutmon could feel the warmth in his face quickly building as he blushed. What if the others saw them?!
"Gummyy someone's gonna see us." Shoutmon whined quietly to not alert the others
"Calm down Shouto, I made sure no one saw me." Gumdramon said before a smirk crossed his face "I never head you whine about anything before, it's kind of cute."
Shoutmon could feel his face flushing even more, two could play at that game. Taking a quick glance to make sure the others weren't looking in their direction, Shoutmon then grabbed onto Gumdramon's red vest as he pulled the purple dragon in for a kiss. Eyes widening in surprise, Gumdramon wasn't expecting the sudden kiss but quickly melted into it. Pulling away from the kiss moments later, Shoutmon smirked.
"Shoutooo what was that for?" Gumdramon asked in a whiney tone
"Who's the one whining now, Gummy?" Shoutmon snickered as the purple dragon frowned, trying to hide the very visible blush on his face
"Shut it!" Gumdramon pouted
"What are you gonna do if I don't?" Shoutmon teasingly asked, a smirk crossing his face again
"I...I'll tell everyone we're together now." Gumdramon quickly blurted out
"You wouldn't dare."
"Try me." Gumdramon smirked "Hey e-!" Gumdramon began to shout out, but Shoutmon quickly covered his mouth to keep him from saying anything more.
"Don't you even think about it, Gummy." Shoutmon said as the purple dragon moved Shoutmon's hand to speak
"I'm just messing with you, Shouto. Did you really expect me to just blurt it out to everyone?" Gumdramon laughed
Before Shoutmon could even respond, another voice was heard behind them both. "You two really are cute together."
Quickly looking behind them, the two Digimon saw Cutemon standing there, smirking. In an instant both Shoutmon and Gumdramon blushed furiously, not making eye contact with the pink Digimon.
"Why don't you just announce that even louder to the whole Shinobi Zone?" Gumdramon said sarcastically, glaring at Cutemon
"Don't give him an ideas." Shoutmon said
Unknowing to all three Digimon, Akari and Yuu were watching in secret from afar but still close enough to see and hear everything. Though their cover was blown as soon as Akari accidentally spoke aloud.
"Awwww! Cutemon was right, they are so cute together!" Akari squealed
"Be quiet, they'll hear you Akari." Yuu hissed
Yuu tried to quiet Akari down, but it was already too late. As soon as they all heard Akari's voice the three digimon looked in the their direction.
"A-Akari!" Shoutmon shouted
"Y-Yuu!" Gumdramon shouted as well
"Oh no..." Cutemon whispered to himself, he knew he shouldn't have told Yuu and Akari.
"How...How long have you two been there?" Shoutmon asked. He could feel his face burning redder
"Long enough to know that you're really cute together." Akari giggled
"How did you...Cutemon!" Shoutmon shouted, glancing over at the pink Digimon who just smiled sheepishly before taking off running into the forest
"All right that does it! Get over here you little..." Gumdramon growled, hopping up to chase after the pink Digimon
Seeing Gumdramon running off to chase after Cutemon, Shoutmon got up himself.
"I better go after them." Shoutmon sighed
"Wait, before you go after them Shoutmon. I just wanted to tell you that this is our fault. Yuu and I forced Cutemon to tell us what was going on between you two." Akari explained
"Yeah, we shouldn't have pried into your business. Sorry Shoutmon." Yuu apologized
"It's fine, now if you'll excuse me I should really go after them." Shoutmon said before taking off into the forest to find the two Digimon.
Not too far ahead, Gumdramon continued his pursuit in chasing Cutemon as the manuvered through the trees in the forest. Not even noticing it Cutemon, luckily, ran over a whole that was in the ground as he made his way deeper into the forest disappearing from the purple digimon's sight. Unfortunately for Gumdramon he ended up stepping and tripping over the hole in the ground. Getting up, Gumdramon felt instant pain shooting through his foot.
"Ouch! Damn it...I almost had him!" Gumdramon cursed as he attempted to move once more as he hissed in pain as he sat there holding back his tears, there was no way he was going to cry. Shoutmon eventually caught up a couple moments later to find Gumdramon on the ground as he ran over to the purple dragon.
"Gummy!" Shoutmon exclaimed as he ran over to the purple dragon
"S-Shouto..." Gumdramon turned his head, but not before quickly wiping away the tears that had formed in his eyes, to look at Shoutmon
"Are you okay, Gummy?" Shoutmon asked with concern
"Does it look like im okay to you?" Gumdramon answered with another question in an unintentional angered tone. Realizing how he sounded he quickly apologized. "S-Sorry Shouto, I didn't mean to say it like that..."
"It's alright, just tell me what happened." Shoutmon reassured the purple dragon
"I was chasing Cutemon, and I guess I didn't see that stupid hole in the ground so I ended up falling. I think I sprained my ankle or something." Gumdramon explained
"So you don't think you can stand right now?" Shoutmon asked as Gumdramon shook his head in response, tears forming in the purple dragon's eyes once again.
"No...All of this wouldn't have happened if Cutemon just kept his-" Gumdramon grumbled as he was cut off by Shoutmon before he could finish
"It's not Cutemon's fault." Shoutmon cut in as Gumdramon looked at him with a shocked yet confused look
"What do you mean 'it isn't his fault'? He's the one who told them."
"Yeah he told them, but Yuu and Akari basically forced him to tell them." Shoutmon explained
Not far away, Cutemon had stopped in his tracks. Usually Gumdramon would have caught him by this point and he was slightly worried about the purple dragon. Though he suddenly remembered that while he didn't look back he did hear the sound of someone falling to the ground. Backtracking, Cutemon went to investigate where he last saw Gumdramon only to see both Shoutmon and Gumdramon. Wait was Gumdramon crying? That was new.
"Well we should find Cutemon and get back to the others before they get worried. Here, I'll carry you for now." Shoutmon said as he picked up the purple dragon to carry him on his back
"Thanks Shouto." Gumdramon grinned as he held onto the red dragon
"You don't have to look for me...i'm right here." Cutemon suddenly said as he came out from behind a tree that he was watching them from behind
"There you are. Are you alright Cutemon?" Shoutmon asked as the pink Digimon nodded
"Hey Cutemon...sorry for blaming you for telling Yuu and Akari. Shouto told me what happened." Gumdramon
"No i'm sorry, you got hurt because of me..." Cutemon frowned
"It's not that bad, probably just sprained my ankle." Gumdramon reassured the pink Digimon
Not saying a word, Cutemon, walked over to Shoutmon as he used his healing on Gumdramon's ankle.
"Is that better?" Cutemon asked
"Oh, yeah. Thanks Cutemon, now Shouto doesn't have to carry me around." Gumdramon thanked the pink Digimon.
"I don't mind carrying you around, Gummy. Anyway we should get back before the others get worried." Shoutmon said
As Shoutmon, who was still carrying Gumdramon, began walking back out of the forest with Cutemon following close by, Gumdramon smirked as he reached to tickle Shoutmon's v-shaped head causing the red dragon to giggle a bit.
"Gummy cut it out." Shoutmon said trying his best not to laugh
"Awww Shoutoo, why not? It's fun making you laugh." Gumdramon whined, teasingly as he tickled Shoutmon's head again.
"Shouto and Gummy sitting in a tree~" Cutemon teased with that stupid tune again causing the two digimon to blush
"Cut it out, Cutemon!" Gumdramon exclaimed though that didn't stop the pink Digimon
"Shouto and Gummy sitting in a tree~ K-I-S-S-I-" Cutemon persisted
"Cutemon, seriously cut it out." Shoutmon said
"If you sing that one more time..." Gumdramon threatened glaring at Cutemon
"Gummy and Shouto sittin-" Cutemon started to sing again, giggling happily, but was cut off by Gumdramon
"Alright that's it! You're going to get it!" Gumdramon exclaimed, leaping from Shoutmon's back to chase Cutemon again
Seeing the purple dragon running towards him, Cutemon took off running out of the forest back in the direction of the village. Gumdramon, of course, continued to chase after the pink Digimon. Shaking his head and laughing, Shoutmon followed after the two Digimon.