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Chapter List
- 7
- 8
- 9
Kali
Notes:� Well, I actually used up the rest of my
notebook on this chapter.� Yay!� I get to start
a new one with the next chapter!� What is
it about fresh notebooks that makes writing so much better?� Happy reading!

Warnings:� Yaoi, adult language,
adult situations, and cavity-inducing WAFF.

Disclaimer:� Kali & muses do not own Digimon or its
characters.� We�re just borrowing them
for the sake of this fic.

Pairings:� Taito!�
With DaiKen, Takari,
and mentioning of Joe/Mimi & Izzy/Miyako.

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Chapter 08

�� We bought a lot of paint.� Four big cans of it in two different
colours.� I was sure there�d be enough
for mine and Taichi�s rooms, but better to be safe than sorry.� Since classes didn�t start again until
Wednesday, we decided the best day to get the painting thing done was Sunday �
tomorrow.� That way the paint would dry
fast enough that we could move my stuff back in and add furniture and stuff to
Taichi�s before we did have to go
back and life returned to being hectic and stressful.� As soon as we get back to the apartment,
Takeru started hogging the phone while furiously typing text messages and
emails on his D-terminal.

�� Multi-tasking.� Digi-destined
style.

�� It was after one in the afternoon
when we got back, and while Takeru organized this painting party of his, I
busied myself baking cookies.� Taichi sat
at the counter and watched me with amusement.

�� He bakes, too.� You�ll make an excellent wife to someone,
Matt.�� He teased.� I paused in my vigorous mixing of batter long
enough to level a glare at him.

�� It�s a survival skill, Taichi.� You really ought to learn to cook and stuff
for yourself, you know.�� I ignored his
snickering and began rolling out dough.�
He rolled his eyes at me.

�� I do know how.� You think I�d survived this long on my
mother�s cooking?�� It had been an
automatic joking response, but I looked up in time to see his face fall and
shoulders tense.� Wiping my hands
quickly, I reached across the counter and laid a hand over his fist where it
rested.

�� Hey.�� I waited until his eyes met mine.� �Sorry.�
I didn�t mean to bring that up.�

�� His fist uncurled and grasped my
hand tightly.� �I know.� Don�t worry about it, Yama.� I can�t just ignore her presence in my life,
after all.�� He gave me a weak
smile.� �I�m okay.� Really.�

�� I nodded and squeezed briefly before
I let go.� �I know it�s hard, but I
really think after talking to your Dad today something good will happen.�� I went back to cutting out cookies and
placing them on cookie sheets.

�� I hope you�re right, Yama.�

�� Trying to lighten the mood, I
figured being my egotistical self was the best way to go.� So I snorted indelicately before replying,
�Of course I am.� I�m always right.�

�� Success!� I heard a muffled, �Yeah, sure.�� And some badly concealed chuckles.

�� I was putting the second sheet of
cookies in the oven when the doorbell rang.�
I glanced up and said, �Hikari.�
Let her in, would you?�� Taichi
was already up and heading for the door.

�� Wow, does it smell good in
here!�� Hikari exclaimed as she appeared
behind her brother a few seconds later.�
�Do I get to sample, Matt?�

�� Of course.�� I bent and gave her a brief peck on the cheek
in greeting.� �At least someone can appreciate my efforts.�� I drawled, beginning to scrape cookies of the
first sheet onto a cooling rack.� I
caught Taichi making faces at me and waved the flipper in my hand at him
threateningly.

�� Hikari laughed at our antics.� She looked relieved to see her big brother
acting more like himself, and I winked at her to let her know I was doing my
best.� Her smile softened and she gave me
a barely perceptible nod of acknowledgement.

�� Takeru appeared behind her and he
wrapped his arms around her in a surprise bear hug.� �Hey, Light of my life!� Are you refereeing these two again?�

�� Nah.�� Hikari blushed prettily at the endearment,
but made no move to escape his embrace.�
�Matt�s making cookies and I think I may eat them all because they smell
really yummy!�

�� You�ll share, won�t you?�� He pouted at her and she giggled.

�� Oh�sure.�

�� Smiling at them fondly, I dumped the
cookie sheet in the dishwasher and decided we needed tea and milk for these
cookies.

�� Well, I did say Matt was going to
make a good wife for someone someday.��
Taichi�s grin was evil, and I glared at him again in dread.� �After all, he cooks and bakes, he cleans, he
does the shopping, and the laundry��

�� Yagami�� I growled, feeling the
blush rise up my neck.

�� and he always tries to look his best.�� Taichi ignored the steam coming out my
ears.� �There�s only one question left that
I�d want to know the answer to.�

�� My beloved little brother angled a
curious � and not a little amused � look at him.� �What�s that?�� That�s it.�
No cookies for Takeru.� I
absolutely dreaded Taichi�s response because the one thing my mind went to along
his line of reasoning was not one I
thought our younger siblings needed to hear � let alone me.� And that was: uke or
seme?

�� Well�� He began mischievously.� I growled again, fully prepared to throw the
nearest handy object at him.� ��that
is�does he��

�� Finish that and I�ll drown
you.�� I threw my oven mitts at him and
reached for the cookie flipper.� My face
flamed.

�� Laughing raucously, the brat
practically sang, ��do windows, too?��
Brown eyes sparkled in mirth as he looked at me with a raised eyebrow.� �Why Matt!�
Whatever was going through your mind?�

�� I could see quite clearly that he
knew exactly what I�d thought he was
going to say, and I stuck my nose in the air in a supreme snit.� �No cookies for you, Taichi.�

�� Our siblings were trying not to fall
over laughing at us, and Takeru pulled Hikari toward the living room, shaking
his head.� Taichi came around the counter
to corner me, picking up the dishcloth.�
I eyed him warily, unconsciously pressing back into the counter as he
raised it and brought it near my face.

�� What are you doing?�� I watched his face instead of his hand,
wondering at the slight stain of pink that was peeking out under the tan of his
skin, fascinated by it.� He was standing
so close to me, practically leaning over me as the cloth gently touched my
cheek than my nose.

�� As cute as it is, you have flour
all over your face.�� Taichi replied
softly, gently wiping the stuff away.� My
eyes went from wide to half-closed unbidden as his hand seemed to linger.� Staring into molten, honey-brown eyes, I
couldn�t seem to think properly anymore.�
�Matt?�

�� Uh huh?�� I managed to respond absently.� Wow, does he have thick, long eyelashes.� And there�s specks of gold in his eyes.� I�d never noticed that before.� So gorgeous�

�� So do you?�� I heard his low voice from a distance, like
we were on opposite ends of a tunnel.� He
dropped the cloth on the counter behind me someplace, and his arms trapped me
between them, him, and the counter.�
Swallowing thickly, I made a questioning sound.

�� Huh?�� I gave my head a shake.� �Do I what?��
Was it me or was he leaning in like�like�oh god!� Was he going to�?� I sucked in a breath, trembling partly in
fear and partly in anticipation.

�� Windows.�� Taichi stopped leaning into me and flashed
the wickedest, most shit-eating grin he could.�
�Do you do windows, Yama?�

�� Did I hear that right?� I blinked, then stared in shock.

�� I did.� He was trying not to laugh in my face at
whatever expression I must be wearing.�
The little�� Death.� I went from nervous lust, to shock, to
vengeful fury in a mere five seconds flat.�
For this, he would not only be denied cookies, but oxygen because I was
going to strangle him.

�� He must have caught on because he
danced quickly out of reach and dodged expertly when I lunged at his throat.� Laughing in pure elfish delight he began
trying to placate me and my temper.

�� Okay!� Okay!�
I�m sorry!� Cool down,
Ishida!�� He ducked the cookie flipper I
sent flying at his head.� �Hey!�

�� Death!�� I snarled at him.� �Death!�

�� Yama�your cookies are
burning�� He pointed at the oven, which
was enough to distract me so he could make his escape. Howling, I dove for my
oven mitts on the floor and tried to rescue my cookies.� Taichi � wisely � disappeared to the relative
safety of the living room and our siblings.

�� Thankfully, they didn�t get too
crispy (the cookies, that is).� Grumbling
and stomping around the kitchen, I finished with the baking and cleaning up
just as the doorbell rang again.� I left
the kitchen to open the door and admit Mr. Yagami.

�� Matt.�� He greeted me, almost warily.� There must have been something in my
expression that warned him off.

�� Mr. Yagami.� Please come in.� Taichi and Hikari are in the living room with
my brother.�� I let him pass me and
gestured in the direction of the living room � which I noted had gone very
quiet.� �I�ll be right there.�

�� He nodded and went to join his kids,
while I called my brother in to the kitchen to help me carry out the tea, milk,
and cookies for everyone. As we set things out on the coffee table and poured
drinks I noticed Taichi staring at the floor between his feet, while Hikari
looked very much like she didn�t know what to do with her male family
members.� Once Takeru and I had finished
serving everyone, I sat on the sofa beside Taichi and waited for someone to
start things off.� Thankfully, it was
Taichi who took the initiative.

�� Alright.� So you wanted to talk to me?�� He made it a question in an attempt to not
sound too defensive.

�� Mr. Yagami cleared his throat and nodded,
looking very uncomfortable.� It seemed
(to me) like he didn�t know how to deal with his children anymore.� �I want to know what�s going on, Taichi.� I want to hear from you what happened that
was so dire that you would leave home so abruptly and pull your sister along
with you.�� He studied his son in
confusion and a little bit of anger.�
�I�ve heard what Hikari has said, and all your Mom will tell me is that
you�ve been so rude and disrespectful lately.�

�� Taichi snorted disdainfully at that
and I silently agreed with him.� �She
kicked me out, Dad.� I told her I was
going to as live with Matt for a while until I could get my own place, and
she�� he had to pause and collect himself.�
�She told me not to come back.��
We listened as the Child of Courage lived up to his attribute and
explained it all � from her paranoia to the way she�d been acting
recently.� I could see how much it was
hurting him, and I had to catch myself a few times from simply gathering him
into my arms and squeezing him to death.�
Hikari frequently looked shocked at some of Taichi�s revelations �
things she obviously hadn�t known about.

�� When he fell silent, his father
looked stunned and deeply saddened.�
Hikari was crying silently, and Takeru looked s helpless as I felt to do
anything about it.

�� I�don�t know what I can say,
Taichi, except that I�m sorry.�� Mr.
Yagami shook his head dazedly.� �I
honestly had no idea things had become like this with your mother.�� His face was pale and stressed.� �I guess�I don�t pay enough attention to
things at home.�

�� He guesses?� I frowned, but kept my mouth shut.� For Taichi�s sake.� Bad enough one of his parents thinks I�m a bad influence.

�� Taichi stayed quiet.� I glanced at him, noticing that he was trying
really hard to keep his emotions in check.�
Hikari saw it too, and did the one thing he needed most that only she
could do.

�� She got up, went over to him, and
crawled into his lap, her arms binding around his shoulders tightly and her
face burying into the crook of his neck and shoulder.� I saw him shiver, his eyes closing painfully,
and suddenly he was squeezing her back and hiding his face in her hair.� I heard a sob, muffled, and my chest ached
for them.� But at least Taichi was
finally able to release all that emotion and loneliness that�s been festering
inside him for so long.

�� Glancing at Mr. Yagami, I could see
that he looked positively helpless and lost.�
He seemed to know perfectly well that he would not be welcomed in his
children�s moment, and I half-wondered when the last time he spent any time
with them had been.� I was beginning to
see that our leaders family was not the picture perfect, model family that we�d
all assumed it to be, because whenever we�d seen them together (until recently)
there were no indications of anything that would say otherwise.� But now I could see there were deeper, less
evident scars and issues amongst them, and I wondered why I hadn�t seen it
before.

�� Taichi was shaking with the force of
his quiet sobs.� Hikari may have been
sitting in his lap, but it was obvious that he
was in her arms rather than the other
way around.� His little sister was trying
her best to soothe him, letting him cling to her and cry while she stroked his
hair and murmured quietly in his ear.�
And true to her name, I could feel her Light flooding the room and
blanketing us in comfort and calm and caring.�
I met my little brother�s gaze and he smiled sadly.� Takeru�s blue eyes so much like my own, held
a peaceful, intensely wise knowledge in them that belied the innocence and
naivety he is often underestimated for.�
Some sort of agreement must have passed between us because we were
moving as one before I realized it to curl our own arms around our closest
friends and fellow Chosen.� Leaning my
head on Taichi�s shoulder, I felt him shift an arm from around Hikari and wrap
it around my middle, his hand fisting in my shirt.� I closed my eyes and hoped he could
understand what we were all trying to tell him in our big, puppy-pile of
hugging Digi-destined.

�� Everything
will be okay, Taichi.� I know it will...

�� I love you, big brother.� Please, don�t be sad anymore...

�� I�m here, Tai.� No matter what.� Always�

�� I felt his arm tighten as a final
ragged sob erupted from him and we all pulled back a little so we could all
breathe.� He was looking around at us as
if he couldn�t believe how much we cared about him.� I rolled my eyes and gave him a shaky smirk.

�� Stop beating yourself up,
Yagami.� You know � know � that you mean the world to us.� So just accept it and move on.�� I ordered, wagging a finger under his
nose.� Hikari was giggling as she climbed
off her brother and squeezed herself in between him and Takeru.� The four of us were squished onto the sofa
now, but I don�t think any of us minded.

�� Taichi wiped at his cheeks and eyes
furiously, actually smiling freely for the first time in forever.� It was a shadow of his old smile, but it made
my heart soar to see even that much of him again.� �I don�t deserve it.� But I�m not stupid enough to turn it
away.� Thanks, guys.�

�� Don�t make me hit you, Taichi.�

�� I�m trying, Matt.�

�� Hikari looked at her father, who
appeared to desperately want to say something but was holding back, unsure of
his welcome among us.� �Daddy�fix
this.� Please?� I know Mom is having issues but what she�s
done to Taichi is unacceptable.�

�� Hikari, sweetheart..� Mr. Yagami
sighed and ran his hands through his hair.�
�I know.� I really do see the
problems and I know something has to be done, but�I don�t know how to deal with
this.�

�� Mom needs help.�� Hikari responded, leaning against Takeru
comfortably.� �Professional help.� She needs to talk to someone about her fears
and paranoia, and maybe then she can learn how to deal with it all more
effectively.�

�� Yes, but�who?�� Mr. Yagami stood and went to the balcony
doors to stare outside.� �Her issues are
about you kids and everything that happened when you��

�� Saved two worlds, travelled back
and forth between them, made friends with Digimon�� Taichi had a flare for sarcasm
that sometimes outdid mine.

�� I was going to say �had your
adventures,� but yes.�� Mr. Yagami
glanced back over his shoulder.� �You don�t
have to get sarcastic about it.�

�� Taichi�s expression was neutral �
carefully so � but I could feel the tension in his body squished against mine.

�� So you think it will be difficult
to find a professional who would believe the tale of our �adventures� enough to
actually help Mom, rather than just writing her off as loony and admitting her
to the nearest psych ward?�� Hikari
sighed in understanding.

�� It�s true.�� Takeru frowned.� �Despite everything that happened and how well
covered it all was by the media, there are still a lot of people who don�t
believe it happened, and many more who have deliberately forgotten it all to
return to their lives as they�d been before.�
And psychologists and such are uniquely averse to believing in such
things as an parallel universe with strange creatures.�

�� Exactly.�� Mr. Yagami nodded.

�� Taichi shrugged negligently.� �Well, whatever you do for her, I�m staying
here with Matt, until I can get my own place,� he clasped one of Hikari�s hands
in his own.� �In the meantime, Hikari can
stay with Sora, then came to stay with me, if she wants.�

�� I don�t have any problems with
that, if Matt�s father and Sora�s parents don�t mind.�� Mr. Yagami agreed easily.� �It�s probably best if you kids aren�t around
for a while until I figure out how to help your mother.�� He pulled out his wallet.� �Do you need any money?� Because honestly, Taichi, I�d prefer to see
you putting all your concentration into school and soccer, and not have the
added stress of getting a job.�

�� Taichi squirmed.� I knew he didn�t want to take anything from
the man, but he didn�t want to refuse the gesture of caring either.� �No, I�ve got enough for at least a month,
thanks anyway.�� He finally
answered.� His father�s expression was
sad and disappointed, but he seemed to understand.

�� Wait!� Taichi, what about that summer soccer
camp?� Don�t you have to let your coach
know for sure if you�re going when we get back to classes?�� Hikari asked.

�� Soccer camp?�

�� Yeah.� Coach told us about it just before classes
ended for the holiday.�� Taichi explained
about it, some of his excitement about it returning some animation to his
expression.� �Scouts, Dad!� University team scouts!� It could be a big break for me�but�� his face
fell again.

�� Mom freaked out about it being
another camp, Daddy.�� Hikari finished
explaining when her brother couldn�t seem to say anything more.� �He didn�t even get to tell her about the
scouts before she was flat out forbidding him to go.�

�� Mr. Yagami looked appalled.� �I�m so sorry, Taichi.� I wish�well.��
He gathered himself together and gave his son a smile.� �Of course you�re going.� I�d be an even worse father if I refused to
help my son get further in life when the opportunity arises.� So you find out all the details and let me
know, alright?� When it is, how much,
where it is, if you need any equipment or whatever��

�� Taichi stared at his father, like he
couldn�t believe he was actually going to be reasonable, let alone
supportive.� Then he was suddenly pushing
himself away from us and the sofa, and moving to toss his arms around his
father�s strong shoulders.� Mr. Yagami
blinked in surprise but soon was hugging his son tightly.� Hikari was smiling tenderly at her family and
snuggling closer to Takeru, who held her and watched silently.� I grew a little misty-eyed, too, I admit.

�� Once we�d all settled down a bit, I insisted
we all have our tea and cookies.� As I
munched on my second (I didn�t enforce my �no cookie� punishment on Taichi), I
had an idea about who might know of a counselor or psychiatrist who could help
Mrs. Yagami.

�� Taichi, do you think Joe might know
someone your mom could talk to?�� I asked
carefully.� He frowned thoughtfully and
reached for his third cookie.

�� Maybe.�

�� We wouldn�t have to tell him
details, but we could ask him.�� I
suggested.� Taichi nodded slowly.

�� It�doesn�t matter if you tell him
everything, Matt.� The others will find
out anyway.�� He glanced at Hikari.� �Does it bother you if we ask Joe?�

�� Not at all.�� His sister patted him on the knee
fondly.� �I actually don�t know why I didn�t think of that.�

�� Dad?� Do you mind?�
You can trust our friends not to go talking about it outside of the
group.�� Taichi glanced at his father.

�� No.�
It�s fine, Taichi. �I trust your
friends.� They�ve helped take very good
care of you and your sister for so long now, after all.� And I could certainly use some help finding
someone for your mother.�

�� I reached over to the side table
where one of our cordless phone handsets rested, handing it to Taichi.� �Do you want to talk to him, or shall I?�� He took the phone and got up.

�� I will.� I�ll just�go into your room, though.�

�� I nodded and followed him � for moral
support.� Once there, I took a seat on my
bed beside Taichi.� �If you want, you
could just ask him to came over.� It
might be easier to talk face to face.�

�� Yeah.� I was thinking that, too.� If he�s got time�� Taichi shrugged and dialed
Joe�s number.� He had a point.� The guy had very little spare time with all
his classes and stuff.� Then again, it
was Joe we were talking about.� He isn�t the Child of Reliability for
nothing.

�� Hi, Mrs. Kido, it�s Taichi.� Yes, ma�am.�
Is Joe home?� If he�s not busy,
can he come to the phone?� Okay, thanks.�� Taichi glanced at me.� �She�s gone to see what he�s doing.�

�� I still don�t know why he�s really
going through all that studying to be a doctor.�
I don�t think he really wanted to be one.�� I made a face at the idea.� �Even if he is good at it.�

�� Who knows?� At least he�s got goals. And it�s a fairly
solid career.�� Taichi snickered
evilly.� �Pays well, too, which he�ll
need to keep Mimi in designer everything and her luxury lifestyle.�

�� I gave a half-hearted, �Taichi!� as
a scolding for being mean to Joe and Mimi.�
�We both know she�s not that
much of a diva.�

�� I know, I know.� Oh!�
Hey, Joe.� No nothing�s wrong and
no one�s hurt.�� We both rolled our eyes
at that.�� Yeah the painting thing�s
still on.� Actually, I called because��
he paused to swallow thickly and clear his throat.� �Well, I need some advice from someone in the
medical profession.� A referral of
sorts.� What?� No!�
No, honestly, Joe!� I�m not sick
and neither is Hikari or any one of the others.�
If you have some time, you could come to Matt�s and I�ll explain
better.� You can?� Are you sure?�
I don�t want to interfere with your��
Okay!� Okay!� Sheesh.�� I blinked at the flush that crept up his neck
and even tinged his ears pink.� I could
hear Joe�s voice � though not his words � and it sounded like he was giving
Taichi a piece of his mind.� I grinned.� Someday maybe Taichi would learn just how much
we all care for him and how far we�d go or how much we�d do for him.

�� I�m sorry, alright?� Okay.�
See you in a few.�� Taichi hung up
and huffed, still flushed in embarrassment.�
Somehow I managed to refrain from snickering.� �He�s coming over.�

�� Cool.� We�d better go save some cookies for him.�� I stood and stuck out a hand in offer, not
even thinking about it.� Taichi gave me a
curious look but took it and let me pull him to his feet.

�� As I turned to start for the door, I
was tugged to a halt.� Turning back to
Taichi, I asked, �What?�

�� His thumb was gently rubbing back
and forth over my knuckles absently, and his eyes were watching me closely as
if searching for something.� �Taichi?�� I asked again, concerned and confused.� �What is it?�

�� Yama�this probably isn�t the best
time or place, but�� he looked down at his feet for a moment, shuffling them in
a nervous kind of way.� His nerves were
making me nervous, a few hundred
butterflies fluttering upward from my stomach into my throat and making my
heartbeat madly in my chest.

�� Tai�whatever it is�� I assured in a
voice that I didn�t recognize.� Can my
voice really get that husky and deep?�
Taichi didn�t seem to notice � or if he did, he didn�t indicate it.

�� Um�I just want to�I want to tell
you what your support and friendship has meant to me through all this and I can�t
seem to�find the words.�� He held up his
free hand and waved it at me when I opened my mouth to protest.� �No!�
Don�t.� It�s not that same argument
that I mean.� I only wanted for you to
understand that�� Taichi glanced away and growled in frustration at his inability
to find the words to communicate his thoughts and feelings.� ��that I�m grateful, and honoured,
and�proud.�� Now his eyes met mine and
the full force of his courageous spirit burned fiercely into my own eyes
through that warm gaze.� �Proud to be
someone that you consider worth all the trouble and proud to be someone you
trust enough to open your whole life to without hesitation.�

�� I�� Staring at him in shock and
dumbfounded embarrassment, I felt tears begin to burn and an ache settle in my
chest.� Did he really value himself so
little?� Was all that self-confidence
really little more than a mask?� And then
it hit me.� Despite everything he�d done
in life, everything he�d accomplished or suffered with the courage that made
him the Chosen of that attribute, he was by far the one out of us all that was
most lost and insecure, and for all his abilities, skills, and talents, he had
never really felt he belonged anywhere.�
He never really considered himself worthy of his position as our leader,
or as my best friend, or even as Hikari�s big brother.

�� Yama?�� There was a tremor in his voice that shocked
me back to paying attention to him and when I looked all I could see was the
raw, revealed fear and uncertainty in his eyes, in his expression�hell, in his
whole body.� He sounded very much like he
was afraid he�d crossed some line with me and now I would turn away.� Well he was about to learn otherwise, if I
had to smother him with affection to do it.

�� Not that I had issues with that or
anything�

�� You idiot.�� I grinned � probably the most ridiculous
looking one I�ve ever grinned � and yanked him forward into my arms, crushing
him in a hug that probably squished several vital organs against each
other.� I had a feeling I knew exactly
what he needed so I attempted to give it to him.� Reassurance, acceptance, and the simple comfort
of human touch.� I poured it into him
with all the love and trust and welcome I had, one hand slipping under his
shirt to find bare skin and stroke soothingly up and down all over his back
while the other hand stroked and carded through that wild hair of his.� A huge shudder rocked his body into mine and
suddenly his arms came up to curl tightly around me, threatening to crack a rib
or three.� His breath was hot and damp
where it gusted from him with his face buried against my neck.

�� As tremors of release wracked him I
held on and vaguely noticed we were rocking slightly in place.� His hands were clutching desperately at my
back, with fistfuls of my shirt clenched in his fingers as if he feared I would
disappear if he let go.� Dear god�how
long had he been suffering this terrible, soul-wrenching need for?� And why the hell hadn�t I noticed sooner?�
I was going to fix this, even if it took my every breath and every
minute of my life from now until I died.

�� And I started in a way that came so
naturally it should have scared the absolute crap out of me, but didn�t.

�� When the shivers finally stopped,
and he all but crawled into my clothes with me when he snuggled as close to me
as he could, I gently placed a palm to either side of his head and drew him
away just enough that I could lean in � without a second thought or hesitation �
and tenderly press my lips to his in a kiss that was totally non-sexual yet one
which rocked me right to the core.� It
was soft, and gentle, and it was no more or less than Taichi�s full mouth
pressing against mine with such chaste and deep affection that something in my
very soul went calm and totally peaceful�then suddenly flared so hot and bright
I was sure a star had just been born somewhere.�
My skin was humming with this emotional energy, and from the sounds
Taichi was making he was feeling all this, too � probably more acutely.

�� I don�t know how long we stood there
for, pressed together from lips to feet, but we did finally separate, with only
enough space between us that one could barely slip a broom handle through
easily.� Our hands were still linked,
fingers entwined comfortably, and we were smiling at each other with what had
to be a sickeningly sweet amount of pure sappiness.� The feelings rushing through me were achingly
familiar until I realized�this was exactly the same as when we did the whole Jogress thing with WarGreymon and
MetalGarurumon, the DNA Digivolution
that merged not only our digital buds but our very beings, too.� I could remember the feel of our heartbeats
pulsing as one, our breaths as one constant, singular rhythm, and thoughts
running down the same track.� What I felt
now was the same thing only more intense somehow.

�� Suddenly Taichi began to snicker,
then to laugh.� There was such joy in the
sound that I couldn�t help laughing, too.�
We practically chortled ourselves out of breath, falling against one
another in a mirth with no real origin.�
When it finally rolled to a close (sides aching and eyes leaking), our
gazes met and held with ease and relief.�
Taichi gave me a rueful, apologetic smile, looking at me with an
amazingly shy expression, and I shook my head, drawing him in for another
affectionate hug.

�� Idiot.�� I repeated fondly, ruffling his hair.

�~~~~~~~~

Kali Notes: Okay, so I
took pity on everyone after teasing you all so long.� You get a kiss!� Maybe not quite exactly the one we�re all
thinking of, but don�t worry!� That kind
is on the way soon�� Please R/R!!!!

Relevant
Episodes: ��Not this time!
- 7
- 8
- 9
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