Wow. 4 months. You guys don't realize how much this happens. I just get like bursts of inspiration then go dead for a month or two. I really should start pre-writing chapters before I post them. But I want to get this out before it gets backed up. By the way, the beginning of this is probably going to be shit, cause I'm not warmed up anymore.

I woke up, and looked over at the comatose form lying next to me. I guess Takato was a virgin, and still is technically. I would have to fix that later. As I was staring at him, I noticed him shivering. I looked for the source of the chill and noticed the door, or rather, lack of one.

I stood silently and left remembering the lake nearby. I figured there might be a piece of driftwood. When I got there, I found a piece large enough to cover the opening. I carried it back and realized I needed a way to secure it. I decided the easiest way would be to procure some duct tape from a local hardware store. I also took a box of 12-Hour light sticks.

I returned, secured the driftwood like a dog door, so that it moved up and out. I brought the box of light sticks inside, snapped a few and laid them around the cave. I sat down in a Lotus position next to Takato and meditated until he woke up.

He rose up and looked at me. I heard him sit up, cracked an eye open, and quipped, "So was it your first time, or am I just that good?" I didn't care if he took offense; I told him I would torture him, so I will, one way or another.

He blushed bright red and struggled to find words. "A-A little of b-both."

"Are you cold?" I said opening my eyes fully, not breaking my Lotus.

"No, why?"

"You were shivering in your sleep, so I fixed the door. Guess it worked." As I said this he looked over and saw my slapdash excuse for a door. He also just noticed the light sticks around the cave.

"So are we living here now?" He said as he stood and began to look for his shirt.

The question had caught me off guard, although I didn't show it. To be honest, the thought hadn't crossed my mind, which was finally beginning to stabilize, seeing as I wasn't trying to rape Takato. After some thought, I decided that sometime away from society would be good. "Yeah, I guess so. I think some time alone would be good. Do you want to stay?"

"I don't know…" He looked as if he was conflicted, but a few seconds later, he said, "You know what, you're right. Yeah, I stay with you." He stood having found and put on his shirt, looking content with his decision… until his stomach growled.

I decided that I was hungry, so I asked, "Hungry?"

"Yeah," he said. "Could you-"

"Get some food? Yeah, while I'm out do you want anything from your house? Clothes, maybe?" I commented looking pointedly at his 3-day-worn shorts and shirt.

"Yeah pick up some clothes. There's also a book on my desk, could you grab that?"

"Sure," I said. "I'll be back in about 10 minutes, so hang tight, alright?" He smiled and nodded at me. I couldn't resist, so I leaned in and kissed him on the nose and whisked out the door. The last thing I saw was his confused look. It was cute.

I entered Takato's Room through the window. I picked up his schoolbag, emptied it, and filled it with comfortable looking clothes, not that I was an expert on that type of thing. I grabbed all of his pairs of athletic shorts, all of his t-shirts, a jacket, and a pair of jeans. I turned toward his desk and picked up the book he told me to grab. Curious to see what it was, I opened it.

I was surprised. I didn't think Takato was the type to keep a journal. Paging through it, mostly skimming, I stopped when I found something interesting. It was an entry about me.

17-8-09

I had a dream about Renamon last night. I was embarrassed to talk about it to anyone, but I have to get it out. I was walking to school when someone just yanked me into an alley or side-street or something like that. I was dragged into an alcove in the alley, and then turned around to see who was pulling me. It was Renamon. She said something but I couldn't understand it, dream speak or something. But then, she grabbed my face and pulled my head up to hers and kissed me. It was awesome. I started to kiss her back, but my damn alarm went off and woke me up.

This was insane. I had no idea that Takato felt that way about me. I looked at the date again. He had felt this way for three years? How could he not have told me? I decided to read more.

I hope to God no one finds out about this. Especially Renamon. She'll probably hate me. God knows what Rika would do to me. I probably won't have to deal with this for very long. Rika's mom lost custody due to her constant traveling so Rika's going to move away sometime in the next year. After her grandmother died, she had no one to really be her family here. She was constantly alone and her mother didn't seem to actually care about her, just her appearance.

I didn't need to read any more, from there it was just public news. I realized I had been standing there for a long time. I left Takato's room, stuffing his journal into his bag.

I walked up to the speaker box of a local drive-thru, ordered a metric ass-ton of food, even by digimon standards, and walked around to the pay/pickup window. As I walked I phased out, phased my fingertips back in, took the food from the clerk as he held it out, phased it all back out and ran off.

Easy prey.

I returned to the cave and gave Takato the food to hold. He set it aside saying, "Jesus, Renamon! How much food did you order?"

"A metric ass-ton." Takato went wide-eyed, not at the comment, but rather the fact that I just cracked a joke. He must have thought the world was coming to an end.

Alright. I'm gonna keep trying to update. If I haven't updated in a week, spam me with private messages. I'm serious, I forget to write sometimes, plus knowing that people are reading keeps me motivated to write. So please review as well.