Chapter 11: Kouichi and Relena
Couple- Kouichi from Digimon Frontier and Relena from Digimon Data Squad/Savers.
Kouichi sighed for the fifth time that day as he walked around the Tenshi Gardens. Once again, the others were all too busy to come with him anywhere. Then again, he wouldn't come with him if he were one of them. They probably still don't like him after what he tried to do back in the digital world. They're probably just pretending because he was one of them.
"I don't even get why they hang out with me. I mean, I hate myself for what I did" said Kouichi to himself.
"Okay, you're talking to yourself, so I'm going to guess that there's a lot on your mind" said voice that sounded like a pretty bells.
"Hm?" Kouichi turned to see a beautiful teenage girl sitting in a wheelchair.
She had a book with her so he assumed that maybe he interrupted her from reading.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to take your attention away from your book" he apologized.
"Hm? No I wasn't reading, I was looking at the flowers. You just caught my attention. So what's wrong?" she asked.
"Uh, you don't have to waste your breath on me"
"What are you talking about? I just want to help because my brother is always there to help someone in need so I want to do the same"
"Oh, well, nothing's really wrong; I'm just feeling a bit alone. I'm not sure if my friends like me all that much because of a horrible thing I did in the past. I don't even forgive myself for that"
"Sometimes it's harder to forgive yourself when other's already have. I'm sure there's nothing to be worried about"
"Easy for you to say" said Kouichi as he sat down on a bench next to the girl.
"I had a similar problem. As you can see, I can't walk, so I'm unable to get out often. So before I met my brother's friends, I never really had any friends. I used to think that they only hung out with me because they pitied me, but they weren't"
"How do you know?"
The girl stayed silent for a moment. "Well…they were different. They went through so much that having a friend that was crippled didn't seem so bad. They lost friends before, and when they lost those friends, they felt alone, so they knew that I must felt the same way my whole life"
Kouichi nodded as he listened, then he noticed the book she was holding, Pride and Prejudice. "You like Pride and Prejudice, that's one of my favorite books"
"Really? Mine too, I don't know many guys who are into books like these"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm Kouichi Kimura by the way"
"I'm Relena Norstein"
"Norstein, that's an odd surname"
"I'm from Austria, I'm here visiting my brother and my friends"
"Do like the Tenshi Gardens?"
Relena nodded. "I love flowers, they're just so beautiful, each in its own way. What's your favorite flower?"
"Not sure…maybe morning glories"
"Hm, any particular reasons"
"No"
"Oh, well, I love roses"
'Like half the girls in my school' thought Kouichi. "Why?"
"Because they seem to describe humans"
"Huh?" 'Well that's different' "What do you mean?"
"A rose is beautiful but they have thorns. Like a person, not one is perfect. You have to take the good and the bad. There's a saying that goes, the prettiest flowers have the nastiest thorns. Let's say the horrible thing you did was a thorn. Well then that only makes you more beautiful. I can tell that you're smart, reliable, and a good friend. And if your friends can't see that, then it's their loss. Also, you're very cute"
Kouichi was surprised by that last statement but he quickly recovered. "Thanks. But if that's true than you're an exception to that rule. Mostly because you're smart, kind, and beautiful"
Relena blushed and smiled. "Thanks"
Just then a girl with brown hair arrived calling for Relena. "There you are Relena, come on, we've got to go back"
"Kristy?" said Kouichi dumbfounded.
"Kouichi, what are you doing here" asked the brown haired girl.
"You two know each other?" asked Relena.
"Yeah, we're classmates" said Kristy. "We can talk later, right now, we have to hurry or we'll miss your plane" said Kristy.
"Okay. Bye Kouichi, it was nice meeting you"
"Oh, bye Relena, will I ever see you again?"
"You can ask Kristy. And don't forget, you are a rose"
Once she was out of sight, Kouichi sighed again.
Outside the Tenshi Gardens…
Kouichi stepped out, only to be surprised by Takuya, Kouji, Zoey, and JP all standing there.
"Hey buddy, we've been talking and we realized that we haven't been hanging out with you so much" said Takuya.
"Yeah, so we're here now" said JP.
Kouichi smiled and then mumbled to himself. "I'm a rose"
Kouji seemed to have heard him. "A rose? Takuya, did you give him your seafood burger for him to eat?"
"What! Please the only thing that could make him talk like that is your calamari and chocolate burgers" said Takuya.
"Maybe he ate both" said JP.
Takuya and Kouji began to argue so Zoey got between them. "Stop it both of you! You're both horrible chefs, deal with it!"
Kouichi began to chuckle at their immature behavior.
"What's so funny?" asked JP.
"Nothing, just thinking how good it is to have friends like you guys"
"We're glad that you're our friend too" said Zoey.
"Yeah, we're friends forever" said Takuya.
"How cliché" scoffed Kouji.
"You want a piece of this bandana boy?"
"Bring it on goggle head"
Even though that was cliché, it was also true. Relena was a good friend too, but maybe one day she could be more than just a friend to Kouichi. That might just be the happiest day of his life.
Okay this was a short chapter but my ideas are running low and I'm tired. I'm still waiting on suggestions for a story. I've got only one left in my head. So it'll be the last chapter unless I can think of something else. That last chapter will be a Kai and Minami chapter, characters that showed up in the first Tamers movie. And sorry for not updating sooner, I was just feeling lazy. 'Kay bye!