Kitty: Adult content ahead. I do not own Digimon. Enjoy the last installment, folks. =^.^=
Chocolate Covered
Chapter 26
Chocolate Covered Epilogue
"Yes, Miyako, I just got home." Koushirou sighed as he closed the car door. He shifted the small cell phone to his hand and stretched his neck. "What, again? I can't believe it! Congratulations!" Koushirou laughed. "Ken-san said that? I don't blame him. How are you guys going to manage three kids on your salaries? Ow! Not so loud! I'm not exactly agreeing with him. I'm just saying he has a valid point. Mm. Okay, well, you tell me how that interview goes. Don't count your- All right, I won't finish that. I still think you should try for Pineapple. I'm sure I could find a good position for you. You say that every time, Miyako. Yes, I hear him just fine. He's as loud as you. I'll see you later, okay? Good bye, Miyako." Koushirou hit 'end' with a laugh. Conversations with Miyako, especially when she was home, were always entertaining. If he wasn't mistaken, little Sasuke had just gotten his nose broken by his older sister's, Miya's, right hook. He shouldn't have been reading her diary.
Of course, if she and Kosuke, Hikari and Daisuke's son, would just confess to dating, she probably wouldn't be teased as badly. Koushirou thought for a moment. No, she'd be teased worse. No wonder they're keeping it a secret if they are dating. Miyako, Daisuke, and Sasuke can be a handful. Koushirou grinned. He reached into his pocket to find his key.
The door suddenly opened and Yamato stepped out. His usually perfect blonde hair was messy and his form-fitting jeans were grass-stained on the knees.
"Oh, Koushirou, you're back! How was China?" Yamato asked.
"It was great. Why are you always over here?" Koushirou laughed.
"Tai and me just went and played some soccer in the park. You know him, he pines when you're gone." Yamato smirked. "He's taking a shower, by the way. Sora kicked me out the house earlier, anyway, because Mimi came over to visit. I'm pretty sure they're planning a joint baby shower."
"When she's due again?" Koushirou asked.
"Which one?" Yamato laughed.
"Both," Koushirou decided. He stepped around Yamato and walked inside.
"Let's see… Sora's due in November and Mimi is due January. We're having another boy." Yamato tried to hide his smug pride. Koushirou smiled softly.
"How is it that you and Sora have been married longer, but Miyako and Ken have you beat?" Koushirou teased. Yamato rolled his eyes.
"Because Miyako breeds like a rabbit and Ken can't say no?"
Both burst into laughter.
"How's Takeru and Iori? Last I heard, they moved to America with Wallace."
"Yeah, they're still there. It looks like Wallace is actually going to be serious with Saiwa. Takeru says she and Iori have been talking about her moving out to Colorado for college. She flunked her college entrance exams here, remember? Takeru and Iori live in New York, now. Iori is a student at NYU, in psychology, and Takeru is writing novels. Apparently, they're a big hit with the teen crowd. Something about digital monsters or something." Yamato shrugged.
"Yes, Iori sent me an email about his transfer to NYU acceptance. You don't read your brother's work?" Koushirou raised an eyebrow. Yamato shrugged and leaned against the door behind him.
"Did you hear 'teen crowd'? It's for kids, not awesome astronauts with a degree in rocket science."
"That's not actually a subject, Yamato," Koushirou pointed out with a grin.
"Yeah, but it sounds cool," Yamato quirked up one side of his mouth. Koushirou frowned suddenly as he hung his keys on one of the pegs set on a wooden plague behind the door. Yamato's smile dropped, too.
"You're thinking about Jyou-san, huh?" Yamato muttered.
"Yes. How is he? He still hasn't replied to my last email."
"He's still down in Okinawa. The divorce really hit him hard. He and Sasoru went to the beach for the summer."
"Is Jyou going to have full custody?" Koushirou asked.
"It looks like it. Mimi fought it for a while, but Sora convinced her it was for the best. Sasoru is taking it just as badly as Jyou and hates Michael a lot. Making him live here in Odaiba with her would just make him hate her, too."
"I still can't believe that relationship went south so quickly. And she and Micheal already live together." Koushirou bit his lip. "I don't mean to judge her, but Jyou is a very close friend of mine, even more so than Mimi. He came to me a lot last year." Koushirou whispered.
"Maybe he should've paid attention before then. You know what he was like that from the very beginning. He got better and went home more often when she was pregnant with Sasoru, but he always put the hospital first, Koushirou."
"I know." Koushirou sighed and then shook himself briskly. "You need to go home and I need to get dinner ready. I'm sure Taichi hasn't done anything, and I want to go to bed early tonight. I'm exhausted."
Yamato laughed. "It's your first night back. You really think he's going to let you sleep through it?"
He walked out the door, still laughing. Koushirou flipped the deadbolt, blushing fiercely. I really wish Taichi weren't so obvious about the sexual side of our relationship.
He dropped his briefcase by the sideboard and glanced at the large, wooden bowl full of mail. As he searched through them, he listened and caught the sound of running water. To his right was a small step with shoes lying in front of it and then a glossy wooden floor. The foyer smoothly became a hall with two rooms branching off of it. To the left was a large, sun-filled kitchen, to the right a plush-carpeted living with leather sofas and a few game consoles stacked on the entertainment center. A soccer jersey, grass-stained and muddy, lay over the back of the couch. Koushirou sighed as he noticed it and went to pick it up.
"Taichi! There's a hamper in the bathroom, why can't you wait a few minutes to undress there!?" Koushirou shouted down the hall.
"What?" Came Tai's witty reply.
Koushirou rolled his eyes and snatched up the jersey. He walked down the hall and up the stairs. The top floor was made up of Koushirou study and the master bedroom. The downstairs bathroom was larger than theirs, so Tai often showered there instead. Koushirou threw the dirty jersey in the second hamper set by the door and then pulled off his blazer. His tie joined the blazer in the closet and Koushirou fell onto the bed with a sigh and his legs still hanging over the side. The letters he had brought up with him slipped from his slack fingers. Koushiko's messy scrawl had written saying she and their parents were coming up to celebrate Koushiko's graduation and to move into a nice house on Odaiba. Koushiko was also getting ready to become a Todai student at the age of twenty-one. It had been fours years since she had moved down to Edo and began to finish up her basic education. She also had been adopted and prescribed on a powerful stimulant to keep her brain activity at normal levels. She said this new prescription was working well and the probation period had finally ended with no negative effects.
P.S. Don't worry. I'm not coming after your hubby when I come back. I like 'em straight and not "married." Xp Love you Niisan.
Koushirou flinched as water dropped on his face. His eyes fluttered open to see a naked –for all intent and purposes, as he was only "wearing" a towel slung around his hips- Tai leaning over him. He frowned at the letters above Koushirou's head.
"She's finally a college student, then?" Tai asked as his honey-colored eyes traveled down to Koushirou's black gaze.
"Yes. She's going to be spending the rest of the summer looking for a good job and a decent apartment. Of course, mom doesn't like that. She doesn't think four years has been enough time."
"I'm not very surprised." Tai grinned his big, stupid grin that hadn't changed in the past twenty years.
Koushirou smiled softly and reached up to cup Tai's face.
"You left your jersey on the couch again."
"I was going to pick it up before you got home. You got home early." Tai protested, leaning down so their noses were barely a hair's breadth apart.
"Mm hm. You had no idea when I was coming home." Koushirou's hands slid over Tai's shoulders.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll remember next time, promise."
"So you did forget." Koushirou laughed. Tai laughed with him and then closed the distance.
And lost himself to the taste of chocolate-covered onigiri. His hands reached out and pushed the letters off the bed. After a lot of scrambling and startled gasps, Tai finally managed to pin his koishii to the bed, blessedly unclothed. His tan hands ran over Koushirou's skin, still pale and soft as silk. He drove his tongue into Koushirou's mouth, his mind reeling with the sweet taste. He groaned when Koushirou sucked hard on his tongue and trailed his hands down Tai's back.
"God, I missed you, Izzy. Why the hell did you go to China for two weeks?" Tai muttered as he trailed his lips down Koushirou's jaw to his throat.
Koushirou felt his pulse jump as Tai sucked at the skin where his throat curved into his shoulder.
"W-Work. Pineapple is opening a new line-" Koushirou gasped as Tai's fingers pressed into his hips, making him jerk. "B-Besides, when I leave town on business-" Another gasp as Tai licked his way down Koushirou's collarabone. "- you welcome me back so well."
Tai laughed against Koushirou's chest. "'Zat so?" Tai asked, moving his hand.
Koushirou rolled his eyes back and moaned as Tai wrapped his fingers around his member. His thumb ran over the top, making a shiver run down Koushirou's spine. Up and down, Tai's hand moved again and again changing the pace and pressure. He lightly bit Koushirou's nipples and sucked on Koushirou's skin as Koushirou panted heavily. His body bowed sharply when Tai's fingers pressed against his opening.
"I can't wait to get inside you, Izzy." Tai whispered in his ear. Koushirou whimpered slightly. Tai moved his hand away and reached for the nightstand.
He pulled open a drawer and grabbed a rather large tube sitting on top of a few books and a journal. He almost dropped it when he was pulled back. He fell back with a grunt, Koushirou hovering over him. His startled grin was kissed away and he felt Koushirou's hands travel down, down, down. His body jerked in response and he did drop the tube so he could bury his fingers in Koushirou's thick, short, red hair. Koushirou moved his mouth away and trailed wet, hot kisses down his chest and stomach. Tai's fingers convulsed when Koushirou nipped at his hipbone. A low, throaty moan was ripped from him as Koushirou's tongue ran up the whole length of him and then took him into his mouth. Koushirou's hands wrapped around the base and one thumb rubbed the sensitive area just below his balls. Tai thrust upward, his breathing erratic and harsh.
"I-Izzy, if you d-don't stop…" Tai warned. Lights were beginning to explode behind his eyelids when suddenly the sucking, wet warmth of Izzy's mouth left him. He was as much relieved as he was disappointed.
"I couldn't help it. I missed you, too, Taichi." Koushirou grinned and then bit lightly at the curve of Tai's ear.
Koushirou reached over, grabbed the lube, and popped open the top with his thumbnail. He squeezed the liquid onto Tai's fingers and then dropped it on the covers. Koushirou gasped softly as Tai wet fingers slid up his inner thigh and then ran lightly over his opening. His shoulders shook as Tai pushed two fingers inside. It was getting steadily harder to hold himself up as those fingers pumped in and out, slowly stretching him wider. His body jerked, then hummed, as if plucked, as Tai pushed deep enough to hit the bundle of nerves there. His quiet cry rang through the room. He shifted to let Tai move out from underneath him and flinched slightly when Tai's lube-covered member began to push inside.
Tai's fingers dug into his hips to hold him and Koushirou felt Tai lean over. Koushirou shuddered as Tai kissed the back of his neck.
"I love you, Izzy." Tai whispered. Before Koushirou could answer, he cried out, almost a scream, as Tai thrust forward. Tears gathered at the corner at his eyes and he moved his hips with Tai's.
Within moments, both were panting heavily. Koushirou cried out again as Tai's hand reached and wrapped around him once more, pumping fast and squeezing almost enough to hurt. The pace slowed as Tai drew himself almost completely out and then slammed back inside, making Koushirou moan. Tai grunted softly and did it again, and again. He felt his climax peaking, white lights popping beneath his eyelids once more. He leaned over and bit the back of Koushirou's neck and rubbed the sensitive tip of Koushirou's penis with his thumb. He moved his hand around and then pressed against the area of skin Koushirou had found on him before, pressing hard as he thrust in. Koushirou cried out, his body arching just as Tai moaned against his neck and released deep into Koushirou. They both slumped to the bed, exhausted and spent.
"I'm going to have to change the covers…" Koushirou whispered, making sure he was curved around the mess. Tai spooned against his back and nuzzled his neck.
"Mm hm. Later." Tai ordered.
"Of course." Koushirou agreed.
A while later, Koushirou opened his eyes. His black eyes surveyed their large room. His eyes fell on the picture of Tai holding his nephew, Kosuke, on his shoulders and laughing happily. Koushirou's mouth turned down at the corners softly.
"Taichi?"
"Mm."
"Do you… do you feel like something is missing?" Koushirou whispered. He felt Tai tense against his back.
"W-What do you mean?" Koushirou heard a trace of fear in Tai's voice. He quickly rose up onto his elbow and turned his head to meet Tai's honey-eyed gaze.
"I'm not saying I'm unsatisfied, Taichi. I'm not any less in love with you today than I was yesterday, or the day before, or the year before, or decade before." Koushirou kissed Tai softly. Tai grinned when the kiss broke.
"Good. Cuz if you dumped me again I'd tie you up and run away to… Brazil, or something. I wouldn't let you out of our hut until I was sure you wouldn't try it yet again."
"I wish you would stop throwing that in my face. I only did it those times for your own good, you know." Koushirou sighed.
"Right." Tai replied wryly. "So what are you going on about then? Did you lose something?"
"No." Koushirou shook his head. "I mean… with us. With us as a family, Taichi. I want… I want what Yamato has when he sees Renji hit a home run in little league and when Miyako and Miya go shopping."
"You want… You want a baby? B-but… we can't really…"
"We can, in a way. Women donate eggs-"
"You mean like a test tube baby or something!?" Tai yelped and sat up. "That's a little- geez. I always thought that was weird!" Tai ran a hand through his hair.
"You're saying you don't want a child? A son to play soccer with or a little girl that you can be all "big daddy bear" over?" Koushirou raised his eyebrows. "I see how you are with your nephew."
Tai looked away, frowning softly. "Well, yeah. Of course I want kids. But… I just kinda ignored it cuz I thought it wouldn't happen."
"We could adopt, Taichi. There's thousands of children that need a good home. We could give them that."
Tai's mouth twisted up to one side, his brows lowering. Then, he smiled and drew Koushirou close, burying his face in Koushirou's hair.
"Yeah. That's a great idea, Izzy. But you're not yet twenty-three. Let's wait a couple years, then go and find us a kid, okay?"
Koushirou smiled. "That's a perfect idea. One I was going to suggest if you agreed to having a bigger family."
Tai's arms squeezed Koushirou tightly for a few seconds, enough to make Koushirou wheeze.
"Wow, us having kids! We're going to be the best dads ever!" Tai crowed. Koushirou laughed.
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Koushiko squealed in happiness and then ran forward. Her suitcase fell with a loud clatter and she jumped up into Tai's open, waiting arms.
"Taichi-kun! I missed you! It's not the same being penpals, you know?"
"Yeah. I missed you, too. Even if you're a weirdo." He grinned and tweaked her nose. She stuck out her tongue and wriggled out of his embrace.
"Niisan!" They both hugged tightly. Tai shook his head, still amazed by their likeness. He walked over and hefted up Koushiko's suitcase.
"Hey Izumi-san, Izumi-san." He bowed to them both quickly.
"You can call us Tousan and Kaasan, darling," Yoshiime chided standing up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek.
"Nice to see you again, Tai." Tamaki reached out ahand and they shook briskly.
"Would you mind waiting a few more minutes? Jyou-san's plane just landed and I though we could all go to dinner together. Sasoru-kun wanted to go to that new pizza place that opened." Koushirou asked, pulling out his cell.
"Yes. I don't mind at all. Are you okay with that, love?" Yoshiime asked Koushiko. Koushiko nodded.
"I don't mind at all. I've been dying to meet Sasoru-kun. Mimi-san raves about him."
"He is quite a precocious three-year-old," Koushirou said. "I should be getting a call once they get to the baggage claim." His phone rang then and he wandered away from the group.
"I haven't seen anybody in four years! How exciting to be back. You know, I didn't think anybody would actually stay in contact with me while I was gone. I mean, I only knew everyone for a few days, but they all kept in touch and made sure I was all right." Koushiko smiled bemusedly.
"It's because underneath all that cussing and bad grammar, they saw a real sweet kid with a chip on her shoulder," Tamaki told her, hugging her around the shoulders. Koushiko grinned up at him. The two of them had really connected over the past four years.
"Hey, there they are!" Tai looked behind Tamaki and Koushiko and waved.
Koushiko moved out from under Tamaki's arm and turned, her long, red braid swinging around her shoulders and brushing the small of her back. Black eyes widened, startled, and blinked. For some reason, the tall, slender figure with bright blue hair and glasses made her heart stutter in her chest. Maybe it was the way he held the little blue-haired boy's hand and kept him close to his side. As Jyou neared, he slowed and halted, meeting the startled black gaze. His dark grey eyes took in the slight form wearing baggy jeans and thin, T-shirt that hugged her slim waist and enunciated the petite bust. He blinked owlishly behind his glasses.
"You're Koushiko, right?" he asked rather confusedly.
"Well, yeah. How many girls do you think are out there that look just like him?" Koushiko demanded, her tongue-tied state broken as she cocked her fist up on one hip.
"I guess that's true. I don't know if you recall, I'm Kido Jyou." He held out the hand that wasn't holding his son's. Koushiko's pulse jumped when their hands clasped.
"And this little man must be Sasoru, right?" Koushiko smiled down at Sasoru, dropping Jyou's hand as if it burned her.
Jyou stared down at his hand, glasses slipping down his nose. Then he looked back at his son and Koushiko.
"Yeah." Sasoru answered sullenly. He blinked, surprised, when Koushiko held out her hand.
"It's very good to meet you. I've heard great things about you."
Sasoru held out his own hand to shake. He wasn't used to people treating him like an adult. He was pretty small for his age, so most people, except for his dad, treated him like a baby. He slowly grinned up at Koushiko.
"That's cuz I'm a really good boy. I'm really smart, too. I can read already, and I'm only three." He boasted. Koushiko whistled.
"That's quite a feat. What's your favorite book so far?"
Sasoru frowned, his little mouth scrunching up. "I dunno yet. I haven't read a whole lot. But… I really like the book my daddy reads me. I don't know what it's called or what's he talking about, but I like it when he reads to me," Sasoru told her. Koushiko laughed.
"A book is always better when your daddy reads it, I bet. How about I give you some books and you can see if you like them?"
"Okay. I'd rather eat first, though," Sasoru decided. The whole group laughed then.
"Let's go get some pizza, then!" Tai exclaimed, hauling Koushiko's bag away.
Koushiko turned, pulling her hand away and about to follow Tai and Koushirou. She was tugged to a halt when Sasoru's hand refused to let go. She looked back down at him, and saw his little face blush.
"You can tell me about the books on the way, though," Sasoru mumbled.
Koushiko smiled. "Sure thing, buddy. Is that okay with you, Kido-san?"
"Y-Yeah. Any friend of Sasoru's is a friend of mine." Jyou grinned, surprised even further by Sasoru sudden acceptance of this stranger.
After explaining matters to the others, the Kidos and Koushiko walked to the car rental lot talking about books and happy endings.
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Kitty: And there's the end. Yay! I hope everyone liked it. You're lucky. I managed to not only finish writing it before the day was out, I also was able to email it to my Muse. I switch up dorm rooms between chapters and my internet at my new place wasn't working! Luckily, my new friend, Sam, one of the few Americans that came on the trip, was able to get it working for me. Next time I should watch what he's doing so I can learn to fix my own gorramn internet, geez.
I hope you all enjoyed this story. I can't believe it took two years to write it! AIYA!
