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Teach Her, Teacher!	By : EroPrincess Category: Digimon > Het-Male/Female Views: 17815 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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“Chemistry was crazy from the get-go, and neither one of us knew why…” Mary J. Blige; The Breakthrough

Lesson 16: Teach Her, Teacher!

“So, how's everything going for you, Kari?” Davis asked while he drove to them to the fair.

“Ah, you know, same old, same old,” she giggled in response. “Everything's fine with me.”

“What about your boyfriend?” he wanted to ask, but knew he couldn't.

“And you?”

Davis shook his head from his daze and grinned. “I'm alive, aren't I?”

“Silly, Davis,” Kari smiled. She hugged her Hello Kitty bag to her chest and said nothing else. For a few moments neither of them said a word, they simply basked in their silence.

Davis was fine with the silence. He needed to gather his thoughts and focus on their “date”, anyway. I just hope after today Kari will see me in a different light and leave that…JK person alone!

I don't understand it, my nerves are rattling uncontrollably, Kari thought as she stared out the windshield, watching several cars speed ahead of them. Why am I getting nervous being around Davis? After all, the things we did together last week, I should feel more than comfortable with him. What gives? It's as if I'm crushing on TK all over, again.

Kari looked to her right and quietly observed Davis as he drove. His face was hard and stoic, like he was in deep thought. She watched as he unblinkingly concentrated at staying under the speed limit. The heavy wind whipping past his hair from the top being down from the convertible gave him a sexy, masculine, carefree appearance, and Kari couldn't help blushing.

Davis felt Kari's stare. He glanced to his left and gave the college student a smirk. “What?”

The brunette looked down and toyed with her fingers in her lap, hoping and praying Davis didn't notice her blush. “Well…I was thinking and I realize we're friends and all…”

That damned “F” word, the entrepreneur thought sarcastically.

“…and we kinda know next to nothing about each other.” Kari looked up and gave the brunet a small grin. Shrugging, she said, “I wanna know more about you, Davis.”

I'm still stuck in the Friend Zone, but at least she's taking some interest in me. It's a start. “Okay,” Davis nonchalantly responded. “I'm an open book. Ask me anything.”

“Alright; you hardly talk about your family. I know Jun's your sister, but do you have any other siblings? What about your parents?”

Davis clenched his jaw when Kari asked about his parents. She was right, he never spoke about his family besides Jun, and there was a reason for that.

He gripped the steering wheel a bit tighter and answered, “No, I don't have any other brothers or sisters. My parents died when I was thirteen. Jun pretty much raised me since she was eighteen. Aside from her, Ken's like the brother I never had.”

“Oh,” Kari's lids were downcast and her heart clenched in her chest. She instantly regretted asking Davis that question. I'm being nosy…

“I'm sorry,” she whispered to her lap, refusing to look at the maroon-haired, restaurant owner.

“For what,” he asked. “You didn't do anything. All you did was asked about my family, and I gave you an honest answer.”

“Yes, but…”

“What about your family?” the restaurateur asked as he immediately switched the subject from him.

“Well,” Kari lifted her head and shrugged casually. “I come from a regular family, I suppose. My parents are married, and I have an older brother, that's all.”

“Oh,” Davis quirked an eyebrow at the hostess and grinned, “I'll bet he's really protective of you, too.”

“Yes,” Kari exaggerated she closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue in disgust. “It's so annoying, but I know he does it all out of love for me.”

Turning to him, she asked, “What made you decide to open your own restaurant?”

The question caught him off-guard. He was expecting Kari to continue the conversation about their families. Nevertheless, he was glad for the change. If it was one thing Davis enjoyed talking about, it was his entrepreneurship.

“Well, my inspiration came when I witnessed how much my sister struggled to raise me. She earned a scholarship to a college, but had to decline and take up a full-time, dead-end job to provide for us.”

Kari's hazel eyes focused intensely on the man driving as she watched him struggle with his emotions. His face twisted and scrunched at different angles, from calm to angry, to a little nostalgic. She kept quiet, patiently waiting for him to continue further, and was thankful when he did.

“I remember entering the store she worked at one day to talk to her, and I saw how horrible her manager was treating her. She didn't have a choice whether to leave or not because she needed that job.” Davis released a dry chuckle that was void of any humor. “I was fourteen at the time, and I knew right there and then that I would never work for anyone. Pardon me if this sounds conceited, but I'm the type of person who believes—no—I know that I'm not beneath anybody. I couldn't see myself taking orders from some know-it-all asshole. I had a plan.

“I really like noodles, so I figured, ‘Why can't I own my own noodle cart business?’ I told everyone about my idea, but everyone laughed at me. Then I told my best friend Ken, who supported me. So together we began saving money, and one noodle cart stand, a lot of money, and a dream later, here I am. I didn't want my sister to struggle, anymore.

“I opened my first noodle cart when I was nineteen before I decided I wanted something bigger…like my own restaurant. I'm sure you can guess what happened next. Now I'm in the process of taking Noodles, Noodles global. I already have some business ventures in Australia, and I'm considering America, Los Angeles, California to be exact for my next restaurant location.” Davis stopped talking, beaming with pride as Kari stared at him in awe.

“Hm,” Kari nodded. “Tell me, Davis, are you used to getting anything you want?”

The entrepreneur's brown eyes glanced in Kari's direction before settling on the road, again. “Yes,” he replied simply and matter-of-factly. “I am.” I'm determined to have you.

“What would happen if you didn't get something you wanted?”

Davis stopped the convertible at a red light and turned left in his seat. His eyes met Kari's as the tension between them increased.

Kari wanted to look away, but knew doing that was impossible. She was already lost under their hypnotic spell. He looks so determined, and confident, almost…

BEEP!

The sound of a car horn honking loudly behind them caused the pair to blink, then look away and blush.

Davis looked up and noticed the light changed from red to green. “Oh,” he whispered.

Focusing on the road again, he drove on and answered Kari's question. “Nothing would happen, because I always get what I want. I'm not a loser, and I'm not second best to no one. I'm a determined man, Kari. If I see something I want, I'm going to go after it until it's mine. That's how I am, and I'm not going to change.”

“A little cocky, aren't we?”

“I'm a lot cocky when it comes to getting something I really want.” I already know that little “boyfriend” of yours can't hold a candle to what I can do for you! “Being this way worked to my benefit so far, so why would I change, now?”

“Good point,” Kari nodded. Together they rode in silence as one question haunted her mind:

What is it that you want, Davis?

- - - - -

When they arrived at the fair, Davis and Kari stood together in the line waiting for the Baseball Toss game. Facing the gushing college student, Davis asked, “Wanna see if I can win you that stuffed animal up there?”

Kari looked in the direction he was pointing and her eyes landed on a large, stuffed, Gatomon plushy. Her hazel eyes grew bigger, and her mouth gaped open in surprise.

“I mean, I see you're wearing all of that Hello Kitty, so I figured you're a cat lover, that's all.” Davis shrugged uncaringly.

“She's…so pretty,” Kari whispered as she stared admiringly at the large, stuffed white cat hanging from the Baseball Toss booth. “She looks just like the Gatomon from the anime.”

Her wide eyes narrowed into slits when she noticed no one was winning a single game of Baseball Toss. Her frown deepened as she watched unsuspecting patrons toss the baseballs at the empty, glass soda bottles and couldn't knock any of them down.

“I would love to have that Gatomon, but I think this game’s rigged, Davis.” She looked up at the restaurateur and said.

Davis casually covered her shoulder with his hand and released a hearty chuckle. “Kari, we're at the fair. All of the games here are rigged; you just have to know how to beat these people at their own game, that's all.”

“You're confident you can beat them?”

“Didn't we have this conversation in my car on the way here?” the maroon-haired entrepreneur asked, giving the shy girl a confident grin. “Of course I can beat them; and you're going to get that cat!”

“Alright…I'm putting all of my trust and faith in you,” Kari replied, although her voice shook slightly with doubt.

Davis heard the bit of doubt in her voice and he decided to use it as motivation to win Kari that stuffed animal. She doesn't think I can win. Well, I guess I'm just going to have to prove it, then.

“Step right up, step right up,” the male carnie hosting the Baseball Toss yelled in a heavy Texan accent over the thick noise at the fair. He looked at Kari and Davis and grinned at the two of them. “Well, it looks like the two of you are next. Well, don't just stand there: Step right up, step right up!”

“Uh…okay…” Kari nervously chuckled as she and Davis approached the Baseball Toss booth.

The carnie eyed Kari up and down, and nodded approvingly. Davis' eyes bore a hole in the head of the thirty-something pervert as he watched the host lick his lips at his date.

Bastard! How dare he look at Kari as if she's something to eat; and right in front of me, too! I can't wait to beat him at his own game!

The carnies' brown eyes looked at Davis, and he smirked at the entrepreneur's irritated expression. “She sure is a pretty one, that young lady. You're quite the lucky man to have her as your date.”

Davis's gaze never wavered from the man as he reached for Kari and possessively wrapped one arm around her shoulders. “I know.”

Kari looked down and blushed in embarrassment at the carnies' words. “Thank you,” she politely whispered as she looked at her sneakers and shrugged.

“Ohh…and I see she's modest, too,” the man chuckled.

“Look, we're ready to get the game started,” Davis flat-out told the host.

“Okay, okay, hold your horses.” The carnie folded his arms and asked, “So, what prize are you trying to win for the young lady?”

“Hmm…” Davis placed his finger on his chin and pretended to think. “Well, my date seems to be very fond of your stuffed cat,” he pointed at large Gatomon hanging from the booth. “So I believe I will choose…that one.”

“Whoo…” the carnie blew out a low whistle of surprise. “I see. Well, you must really like the lady to want to win something like that for her. That cat is one of our top prizes. For that, it'll cost you ¥3,560 (around $30.00) for the first three balls. After that, it's ¥1,780 (around $15.00) for each ball. You think you're ready?”

“Davis no,” Kari finally looked up and placed her hand on his arm in an attempt to stop him. “Don't do it; it's too expensive. It's not worth it.”

This guy's a fucking cheat! Davis thought angrily. Kari's right though; it's much too expensive, but I really want her to have that cat… “But you like that cat, and I want to win you that cat. Besides,” the arrogant businessman shrugged, “money's not a problem for me, you know that.”

Cash money signs lit up before the carnies' eyes, and his subconscious made a “ca-ching!” sound, like a cash register. Ha, the young fool! He doesn't know all of my bottles are super-glued together. There's no way he's going to knock any of them down, and I get to make some extra money from his stupidity. It serves him right, too, trying to show-off for a pretty face!

“I'll tell you what,” the carnie spoke. “If you can get rid of all of these bottles within your first three turns, then the cat's yours. However, if you miss all three of your turns, then you'd have to try another, lower prize. Deal?”

Davis rolled his brown eyes and snorted. “Deal.”

“Okay,” the man cocked his head to one side and handed Davis three baseballs. “Here you go. Good luck,” because you're gonna need it!

“Alright, Kari, watch me work,” he joked. He shook his limbs, tossed the first baseball at the bottles…and missed.

“Aww…” a crowd of spectators gathered around to watch the headstrong restaurateur play the unbeatable game of Baseball Toss.

“Oh, Davis,” Kari frowned as she watched the game. She was tempted to cover her eyes, but she knew her friend needed her support right now.

Damnit, I bombed big time! How did I do that? Well, no matter, I have two more turns. I can't mess this up, Kari's counting on me.

Davis clutched the second baseball and stretched his right arm. He extended his arm back, thrust it forward and released the ball…that soared over the booth.

The group of spectators giggled and laughed cruelly at Davis' flop.

“He already missed twice, there's no way he's going to land the third one!”

“I never have seen a man who's so cute throw like a girl!”

“You are a girl!”

“Davis…” Kari shook her head and sighed pitifully. Any doubts she had before completely disappeared after watching that baseball sail overseas to the Americas. It's hopeless. Davis, you don't have to show-off for me. Why are you showing off for me?

Okay, so I suck at baseball. I'm a soccer guy, what does everyone expect, and in soccer, you don't use your arms. Hey, that's it! That's how I'm going to win Kari that cat and make everyone love me!

With a new determination, Davis squint his eyes and focused on the group of glass bottles. He gripped the final ball and raised it to his chest. Closing his eyes, he concentrated on breaking all of them.

Okay, this is just like soccer. I just need to picture my favorite game from when I was in high school. My team verses Ken’s team. The score’s 1—9 and my team are losing. Ken's heading towards the goal…

Davis closed his eyes, raised his arm and extended it behind him to gain momentum for the final toss.

Now, I just need to focus my energy and pretend my right arm is my right leg so I can use my Sliding Block Tackle Kick. I'm going to give it everything I got!

Ken's rushing to the goal…I've finally caught up with him. He's running he's running… Whoosh! My foot connects with Ken's leg, he trips, he's falling, and glass is shattering… Wait? Glass is shattering? There's no glass on the soccer field…

“Whoo! Yeah, you did it!” the crowd of spectators chanted and shouted at Davis.

“Ohmigod! Davis I can't believe it!” Kari squealed excitedly as she thrust herself in the unsuspecting Davis' arms.

Davis blinked his eyes opened and looked at the shattered glass bottles with a stupefied expression. His jaw was to the floor and his body was stiff, until he realized Kari's arms wrapped tightly around his torso.

“You really broke all of the bottles, and you did it with your eyes closed, too! It was great!”

“Wha…what?” the carnie choked out as he saw his precious bottles were now shattered pieces of glass. “H-how…?”

I don't even remember releasing the ball… Once everything settled in, Davis smirked and released himself from Kari's grip. He walked to the Baseball Toss booth and grinned evilly at the carnie. “Well, it seems like I won on my last try. So, if you don't mind, I'll be taking this.” He yanked the Gatomon from the hook and handed it to Kari.

“Here you go, Kari,” he smiled at the blushing college student. “This is yours.”

“Thank you, Davis!” She reached for the plushy and had trouble lifting the large, heavy animal, so she placed it next to her. The stuffed animal's head was directly next to her hip, and Kari couldn't help but to admire the sheer size of the thing. “It's…so…big. I can't even lift it.”

“Here, let me carry it for you.” Davis reached and picked up the plushy with ease with one hand, and held Kari's hand with the other. Together they maneuvered their way through the impenetrable, cheering crowd to find something else to do.

“What's next on the list?” Kari looked up at her “date” and smiled happily.

Davis looked over Gatomon's head to grin at the hostess. “Well, I did promise you a ride on the Ferris wheel, right?”

Kari nodded, “right.”

“So let's go.”
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