"Peaceful Dreams meet Harsh Reality"
Here is the next chapter. I'm pretty excited since today I'm officially 18 and legal. Hope you guys like this chapter. Please enjoy and review.
Matt was walking to the park with Daisuke, one arm wrapped around her waist as she cuddled up into his side.
It was a beautiful spring day, the flowers were in bloom and the cherry blossom trees looked very lovely as the soft breeze blew the petals around.
"Come on, Matt!" the mahogany haired girl said pulling away from the blonde, taking his hand with both of hers and pulling him towards the largest tree in the park.
"Easy, Dai. Calm down." He chuckled as he let himself get pulled by his girlfriend.
Daisuke laughed as she led him to the tree, both sitting under it and cuddled up together as they enjoyed the beautiful day.
The child of Friendship smiled softly as he held the younger girl who rested her head on his chest, her chocolate eyes closed as her lips curved up into a content smile.
Matt bent down and kissed her forehead, the scent of rosemary and mint tickling his nose as it wafted off from her hair.
She hummed softly from the contact and nuzzled her head into his chest making Matt let out a small chuckle as he played with one of her curls.
"This is nice." Daisuke said.
"Yeah, it is." He said.
"Wow, aren't you the romantic." A familiar voice commented.
Matt looked up and saw Strabimon was standing a few feet away from them, his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.
Daisuke opened her eyes and looked over to where the wolf was with a curious look on her face as she stared into his red eyes.
"Matt, what's going on here?" she asked.
"Nothing, Dai. Just stay here, I'll handle it." Mat said as he kissed her head, then got up and walked over to the digimon, a frown on his face.
"What are you doing here?" he demanded.
"You know, maybe if you worked harder to make the daughter of Agnimon and Wolfmon fall in love with you, you'd be human again and this would all be real." Strabimon said.
Matt glared at him as he glanced back at Daisuke as she faded away along with the scene that had been set up for his dream, turning into the misty field where he had first met Strabimon.
"I'm trying as much as I can." He said looking back at the wolf.
Strabimon scoffed at that as he unfolded his arms.
"Right, whatever. Look, I hate to tell you this, but you have a time limit to make Daisuke say she loves you." He said.
"What?!" Matt yelled feeling angered.
"Hey, chill out. It's not my fault. Wolfmon is running out of patience. You have the spirit of a wolf. If it were Daisuke who was in this position, she'd have put way more effort in this and be way ahead of it than you. Of course, she also has that determined fire that the children of Agnimon have." Strabimon said.
"Yeah, thanks. How long do I have?" Matt asked.
"You have until the end of Christmas. When the clock strikes midnight on December 25 or else you'll-"
"What? Be stuck as a house pet forever?" the blonde asked, his azure eyes looking icy cold.
"Oh please, this isn't some cheesy fairy tale. No matter how much it sounds like it. You'll be turned back human, only you'll have to suffer seeing her fall in love with someone else and start a family with them while you live without anyone to love you the way she would have."
"That still makes it sound like some cheesy fairy tale!" Matt raged throwing his arms up to emphasize his point.
Strabimon smirked at that as he turned away, folding his arms behind his head.
Truthfully, he was getting a kick out of the child of Friendship's freak out.
"Listen here brother dear. Stop thinking so much. Act on instinct. You know what you want, so take it. Tell her the truth if you must. She might bitch at you and try to kill you, but if it makes her admit her feelings for you and you get that clichéd happily ever after ending, then what does it matter? Daisuke loves honesty, so do that." He advised before he started walking away.
"Wait, Strabimon!" Matt called holding a hand out, as if he were reaching out to the son of Wolfmon.
"Just do it. You only have 10 days after all." Strabimon called over his shoulder as he waved at him.
Matt shot up from his sleep and saw that he was under the kitchen table, Daisuke typing away on her lap top, responding to a letter he had sent her last night.
They had been getting closer, finding more things in common as they did so and he could see that she was growing more excited each day to talk to him.
He crawled out from under the table, making her look down at him with a smile.
"Hey there Yama. How was your nap?" she asked as she scratched his ears.
He gave her the happy puppy look as she gave him attention, then she went back to typing.
As the child of Miracles worked, Matt decided to go to her room when he also heard the door open and smelled the musky scent of her father coming home early.
He didn't like the man too much and was nervous around him, so he always took off to his master's room to hide out.
Veemon had gone back to the Digital World to meet up with Wormmon, Terriermon and Lopmon to spend some time together and hopefully find a mate for the holidays.
The blonde was also planning that very thing.
That's when he thought of it.
An idea of how he could tell Daisuke about his predicament and actually have her believe him and not see him as a creep.
Veemon would be able to help him out.
The dragon and canine got along very well and he wanted nothing more than the best for his human partner.
Especially someone who will love her and protect her for all time.
He would have to wait until Veemon got back from the Digital World, but that wouldn't stop him from trying to make further progress with Daisuke.
To be continued…