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Digimon: Almost

Chapter 5: TK's Confusion

TK walked to the same park that all the DigiDestined had met Joe at a few days ago. He was supposed to meet Kari there. He sat down on a bench with Patamon and Biyomon with him. Biyomon was sitting on the ground looking more like a doll then a living creature. Patamon sat on TK's head looking quite comfortable. TK sighed and looked around for her. Suddenly he saw a small cat running far away and Patamon stood up on his head. It got closer but just turned out to be a normal cat, not a Digimon. Suddenly someone came up behind TK and put their hands over his eyes. TK laughed. "I know it's you Kari." He told her. Suddenly the hands disappeared and he looked behind him, smiling.

But it wasn't Kari he saw. It was Jun, Davis's sister. She was looking a little sad. "Oh, uh, hey Jun. Sorry I just thought that…I…" he didn't really know what to say to her. She smiled at him. "No, it's fine. I get it. You like her don't you." She asked, smiling. TK looked at her with wide eyes. "Wha…what? What makes you say that?" he nearly shouted.

"Well you wanted it to be her didn't you?" She asked and TK just looked up at her with confused eyes. Jun sat next to him on the bench and sighed. "It's ok. First Matt picks that other girl over me and now you like Kari. I guessed I'm not surprised though. I could tell that you two liked each other from the start." She told TK.

"What do you mean you could tell from the start?" he asked. She chuckled. "I mean that I could tell from the start." She repeated. TK looked at her and chuckled. "Nothing is going on between me and Kari." He told her. Jun laughed. "Whatever you say. I'll see you around." She said and then turned and walked away.

Kari walked into the park and saw TK talking to Jun. Kari knew from Davis that Jun had a small crush on TK, even though she loved Matt more. Kari was going to walk up to them until she saw TK's shocked face. She couldn't hear what they were saying but she was now curious. She snuck up to them and waited behind a bush. Gatomon looked at her questioningly and Kari waved a hand at her.

"Nothing is going on between me and Kari."

Kari sucked in a gulp of air when he said that and slid to the ground. She was sitting on the cold wet snow but she couldn't feel anything. Why was TK telling Jun that nothing was going on? Why would Jun care? And did that mean that he never wanted anything to go on between them…Kari looked at Gatomon who had a worried look on her face. Kari shook her head, trying to shake away those thoughts. She stood up slowly and walked towards TK. Jun had already left.

"Hi Kari." He said with a smile and Kari smiled back. She had always had a hard time smiling back because whenever TK smiled at her she just wanted to stare at his smile in awe. But she usually was good at just smiling since he made her so happy. But right now it was hard. She looked over at Biyomon quickly and smiled down at her. "You ready to go see Sora?" she asked and Biyomon smiled back and nodded, not wanting to talk because someone might hear her.

TK looked over at her and smiled. "Well, before we go…umm…I wanted to give you something. You know, a Christmas present." He said nervously looking down. Kari looked at TK's pocket. It was fat, like there was a small box inside it. She smiled at him and then frowned. "But I didn't get you anything." She said quietly, looking down. She hadn't thought he would get her anything.

He smiled. "That's ok. I didn't get it for you because I expected something in return." He told her. She smiled. "Ok. What is it?" she asked. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. It was wrapped in wrapping paper but from the looks of it, it was a jewelry box. She unwrapped it and in her hand was just as she thought. She looked up at him before opening the box. "You didn't spend too much did you?" she asked nervously.

"Your worth every penny." He told her. She looked up at him and smiled a little. "Then it must have been cheap." She told him. He chuckled. "Just open the box." She looked down at the box and opened it slowly. Inside was the most beautiful diamond necklace. It was the crest of light made up of white gold and diamonds. Tears welled in Kari's eyes as she gazed at the beautiful necklace that now meant the world to her.

A few tears overflowed and fell down her cheeks. She looked up at TK who was looking at her worried. He wiped away her tears with his hand. "Don't cry." He told her. She wiped away the remaining tears and looked over at TK again. "It's beautiful. I love it." She told him.

"Good, because I wasn't sure if the crying meant something good or bad." He told her. She chuckled.

"Something good." He took the box out of her hands and gently took the necklace out. He walked behind her and put the necklace around her neck slowly before clasping it in the back. She looked down at the crest of light and smiled. "I'll always wear it." She told him and his smile brightened.

They began to walk to Sora's and all the Digimon looked around at each other in question. Kari looked forward and walked quietly. She kept looking down at her necklace but she kept thinking about what he had said to Jun. What had that meant? Why had he said it? And what did this present mean? It was the most amazing thing anyone had ever done for her and she was so happy but she was puzzled at why he'd give her that and why he'd tell Jun there was nothing between them all on the same day.

They reached Sora's apartment and she looked at TK. "I have a feeling this has to do with one of our brothers." She told him.

"Or maybe it has to do with both of them." Kari sighed. "I guess we'll find out." She said. TK nodded.

Sora sat in her kitchen drinking some water. Her mom wasn't home so she was by herself. She had just gotten off the phone with Matt. He told her that TK had brought him Gabumon the day before. Sora told him that was great but she was also sad because she wished she could see Biyomon. The door bell rang then. She didn't know who would be here at this time. She stood up and walk to the door.

She smiled. "Hi Kari, hey TK. What's up-"she was cut off when Biyomon ran in and hugged Sora's legs. "Sora! Merry Christmas!" she said to her partner. Sora bent down and hugged Biyomon. She soon had tears in her eyes and she looked at Biyomon. "It's funny. I was just thinking about you." She told her. TK and Kari just laughed at them. They seemed happy that they had reunited the two. Sora stood after a moment and then hugged Kari and TK. "Thanks guys!" she told them. Kari laughed. "It's just a Christmas present."

"I'm sure my brother told you about his." TK told her and she laughed. "Yeah, he told me you gave him Gabumon. Well come in. You guys want anything to drink or eat?" she asked. TK and Kari followed Sora into the kitchen shaking their heads. "No thanks." They both told her.

"So TK, how's that job of yours going?" she asked. Kari looked at Sora and then TK with a funny look and TK looked at Sora with a serious look. Sora was a bit confused. "You told me you got a job because you were saving up for something…didn't you?" she asked. Maybe that had been someone else… "Well, it's not important. Hey, is that a new necklace Kari? It's really nice. It's your crest! Wow. Where'd you get it?" she asked.

Both Kari and TK blushed and everything clicked in Sora's head. TK's job and the thing he was saving up for, the weird looks when Sora mentioned the job and the blush on their faces when she asked about the necklace. TK had been working to save up for that. And from the looks of it, it had cost a pretty penny. But he hadn't told Kari how much it was. And knowing Kari, Kari wouldn't have wanted TK to spend that much on her. So he hadn't told her how he had worked for months to save up for that necklace. She felt a little dumb for not seeing that earlier and making Kari and TK feel uncomfortable.

"It was a Christmas present." Kari told Sora and Sora just nodded. "Well it's nice." She said with a smile.

TK looked over at Kari signaling to her that it was time to see what was wrong. They had already talked about Matt and Sora said they talked on the phone yesterday, so it didn't seem that the problem was Matt. Kari said something before TK got a chance to. "Sora, why aren't you ever by my house anymore. You used to be over all the time hanging out with Tai but now your never over. You need to start coming over more." She told her. Sora had been cleaning the dishes and the moment Kari stopped talking they heard a crash in the sink. TK stood up and ran to the sink to see what happened. Sora had dropped a plate and she now had a bunch of broken glass in the sink.

"Are you ok Sora? Did you drop the dish?" he asked and then he saw her hand. There was blood all over it. "Sora! You cut your hand pretty badly." He told her. She looked down at her hand and then back at TK. "Oh. Sorry about that, guys." She wasn't smiling anymore. She was just looking off into space. It didn't even look like her hand or the broken plate in the sink was bothering her.

Kari got a paper towel and wrapped it around Sora's hand. "Here, sit down. TK, could you clean up the glass? But be careful." TK smiled when Kari told him to be careful and started taking glass out of the sink. It looked like they found the problem.

"Are you ok Sora?" TK asked. She chuckled. "It's just a little cut TK." She told him. TK shook his head. "That's not what I mean. I mean, are you ok? What about you and Tai's friendship? What happened?" he asked. He knew that Kari was glad that even though she couldn't find out what was wrong with her brother, she could at least find out what happened between him and Sora.

Sora sighed. "I…we…it's just…" she stopped and looked out the window. It looked like she didn't know what to say.

Kari stood up and put her hand on Sora's shoulder. "You can tell us you know." She told her. Sora smiled up at Kari and then looked over at TK who had the same determined look on his face. He wanted to help Sora, if it was the last thing he could do.

"Sora, we just want to help." Biyomon chirped in and Sora smiled over at Biyomon.

"Alright." She said. "I'll tell you. If there is anyone in this world that I'd be able to tell, it'd be all of you." She told them and smiled. Then her smile turned into a frown and a look of pure torture soon emerged. TK could see that if Sora wasn't careful and didn't keep her smile up at all times, then this is what her face would always look like.

"It started in the Digital World. We both told each other how we felt about each other. I liked him, he liked me. It was simple. But when we came back from the Digital World and things changed. We talked on the phone every once and awhile and then we'd talk in school but it was like we were just friends again. I thought he had stopped liking me. I thought whatever we had was over. I didn't know. Then Matt asked me out and I didn't want to turn him down since I do like Matt a little and I love him as a friend. I didn't think any harm could come from it. I didn't think Tai would care." She paused and looked up at Kari and TK one more time.

"Then he called and I told him. And he…he…he flipped out. He started yelling at me and I swear that his voice was thick with tears." She told them.

"I remember that. It was only me and him at home and I was in our room and I suddenly heard screaming. I came out and found Tai yelling on the phone. He was crying. When he got off the phone and I asked him what was wrong and who was on the phone but he refused to tell me and just locked himself in our room yelling at me to never ask him again. I was always curious about that…" Kari trailed off.

TK looked back at Sora who was now looking down and tears where coming out of her eyes. "I hurt him." She said through her tears. "I hurt him that bad." She said. Kari looked at her and shook her head. "Don't worry about it too much Sora. Go on with your story. What happened with you two after that?" she encouraged.

"Well, then a few days later Mimi invited me to lunch and told me that Tai had asked her out. I pretended like I didn't care but…"

"It was eating away at you on the inside?" TK finished and Sora nodded.

"Then at Mimi's going away party, I could tell that they weren't really into each other that much. Personally, I think Mimi likes Izzy." Kari looked at her funny. "Izzy? The same Izzy I know?" Sora chuckled. "Yes, but that's another story for another time." She told Kari and Kari just nodded, sad for the moment because she was really interested in that story too, but then she focused on Sora again.

"Well that party was the last time I talked to Tai. You see, at the end of the party, he was the last to leave with you but you were sleeping at the time. I walked him outside and then he told me that we should stop talking. I'll never forget what he said because the words killed me. He said, 'I hope you remain happy.' Why should he hope that! It's not fair how much he cared for me. He didn't do it for himself, he did it for me. But I don't love Matt, I love him!" she nearly screamed and broke into sobs again.

Kari got up and hugged Sora. Gatomon sat on the ground looking sadly at them with Biyomon. Kari stood up with tears in her eyes. "I remember all the stupid pain my brother put himself through. Look Sora, it wasn't your fault. When you guys got out of the Digital World things shouldn't have changed. If a guy doesn't hold on to what he has, he won't have it for long. A guy needs to tell a girl how he feels before it's too late. They need to say something before they get the wrong idea and give up hope." She said as more tears streamed out of Kari's eyes. Sora stopped crying and looked up at Kari who couldn't stop her tears. It didn't look like Kari was talking about Tai and Sora anymore. Sora looked over at TK with a sad glance.

TK was now more confused. Was Kari…talking about him??? Was she crying because TK hadn't told her how he felt? Because she thought that there was some way in the universe that he could not be in love with her?

He ran over to her quickly and held her in his arms. He held her as tight as he could, feeling her words impacting him. They continued to run through his mind. One part in particular. 'If a guy doesn't hold on to what he has, he won't have it for long.' The thought of losing Kari made him hold her tighter. She looked up slowly and he found himself being lost in her big, tear-filled brown eyes. He wiped away her tears for the second time that day and looked down at her. "Don't cry." He told her, the same way he had said it this afternoon.

Sora looked on with a smile. She was happy that they were having this moment. It inspired her. She somehow knew things would get better. They just had too…

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Hmmm, I liked that chapter. What about you TK?

TK: That was a good chapter.

Kari?

Kari: Very good.

Well I'm glad. If you guys were reading this and you weren't in it, would you review?

Kari: Yes!!! I'd leave a very long and awesome review.

TK: Me too!

Really? That's so nice of you. I think others should follow their example. Remember, if you review, I'll talk about you in the next chapter. Don't you want that?? I know you do. Well anyway, please review and read and I hope you liked it!