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The Cave	By : Himitsu_no_Tokumei Category: Digimon > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2022 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 8: The Cave II
            He checked his watch for the umpteenth time, finding the concert should have started over two hours prior. He should be sitting back in a comfy chair by now, lazily signing autographs and munching on a granola bar, resting after the roar of the crowds and the ring of the speakers. He should be somewhere else. But he was somewhere much more important. He was on a bus. But not just any bus. He was on a bus to a place from his past.
            To say he hoped for the best was wrong. Matt hoped for anything but the worst. He would accept the answer right before the edge, the lowest score above an F, he’d even be glad to walk through hell just as long as Tai was there. It was the only place he could think of that the brunette would run to. Only he and Matt knew of its existence.
            Flashing three-eighteen, Matt replaced his hand at his side. Could this thing move any slower? he mentally complained, knuckles white from gripping the ring too tightly. Water droplets from the downpour minutes ago still clung to the windows, shimmering in the sunlight during the brief intermission from the rain. Almost transfixed, the blonde rockstar watched them slide down the slick glass, going over in his head what he would say once he saw the object of his affection. Despite planning out the entire speech in his head, he knew it would be useless once he got there; he would forget the whole thing.
            The bus jolted to a stop, the station name ringing through the hollowed, metal shell. Matt jumped and quickly pushed his way towards the open doors, receiving several not-so-pleasant remarks from people he bumped into. He didn’t care. Desperation and adrenaline coursed through his veins as he sped away, seeking that all too familiar path from a Summer Camp several years before. An ounce of dread crept into his stomach, imbedding itself in the soft tissues and steadily growing until it weighed pounds. No matter how much he wanted to see Tai, he feared the outcome.
            Watching his right, Matt finally saw through the barely perceivable gap in the trees, that had grow smaller since he was a kid, to his destination. The place where it all started. Shakily gripping the trees for support, Matt carefully started down the slight incline. He had learned the first time not to run down for there was an unseen, but shallow, river at the bottom. Every step got him closer and closer to the natural stone formation. From experience he knew it was about ten meters deep and several high, despite the relatively small entrance. The lip on the entrance made it pretty much just high enough for him to walk through without ducking. It also severely limited visibility about a meter in, allowing Tai to spot him way before he got close enough to see the other male.
            “Tai!” Matt yelled, stopping just inside the dimly lit cave. “Tai, are you here? Please answer me.” Silence greeted him like a cold coat. Fear began to grow next to the doubt in his stomach. Is Tai not here? No! I can’t think like that! He has to be here! “Tai!” he yelled again, louder than the first time.
            Two steps in he had to stop and let his eyes adjust. Shadowy outlines slowly came into focus as the light outside dimmed, removing the bright glare. A soft pitter-patter sounded behind him, the singer jumping and turning to see that the rain had returned. Maybe luck was on his side. Had he been a couple minutes later he would have been caught in the torrential storm. Turning back to his task, though, he felt his hope flee. Visibility was next to none in the cold interior. Memory reminded him of the uneven surface and many strewn boulders. A single bad step could result in a sprained ankle or a concussion (if he hit his head hard enough), and no one knew where he was. Add to that the fact that he and Tai used to play hide-and-seek here, and Tai always won, and it wasn’t hard to understand why Matt was discouraged. With the infinite hiding places, how was he to find the one Tai was in? And if he could still fit in that one Matt could never find, the task would be impossible.
            Containing the despairing sigh, the musician called again, “Tai!” Scraping his shoe on the cave floor, searching for hidden crevices or rocks that could trip him, he made his way over to the stone wall. Pale hands mapped out the cold surface, sending shivers down Matt’s back. I’ll probably catch a cold again, he though absently. Kari’s crying face and the knowledge he had caused her pain haunted him, making his physical condition seemingly unimportant. “Tai, please come out! I need to talk to you!”
            The brunette pushed farther back into his barely noticeable hole. In a panic, he had scrunched himself into there as he saw his secret desire approach, and now he found the tight space extremely uncomfortable. He was everything but stuck, with a kink in neck so he could watch the dark, moving shadow on the black landscape and an itch just where he couldn’t reach it. Matt’s soft voice hurt his ears as he frantically called out his name, begging and pleading for him to show himself. All he wanted to do was rush out from his hiding place and hold onto Matt for dear life. He ached to feel those velvet lips on his again, to pull the blonde’s lean body to his and relish in the chaste contact. It wasn’t even the guilty desire to feel flesh on flesh, to lay his best friend (if he could still call him that) down on a soft bed to gently, passionately take him. All Tai wanted was to have Matt in his arms and know they could take it slow until they both were ready to explore to new boundaries.
            But he couldn’t.
            Tears collected solemnly in a small indent in Tai’s alcove, a slight relief to his burning heart. He couldn’t hold Matt for Matt held another. A girl. A girl Tai had become extremely jealous of to the point of hatred.
            “Taichi!” the musician shouted, still feeling his way along the wall and floor. The soccer player winced as the dark figure clearly stumbled. “I don’t like this game anymore, Tai,” he cried, unable to hold in the entirety of his emotions. He stopped for a second to cough harshly, then began moving again, calling for Tai to stop hiding.
            Tai was surprised Matt didn’t hear him gasp. The blonde was directly in front of him when he fell, scraping his knee on the hard ground. “Ow…” Matt whined, stopping to nurse his sore knee. Biting his lower lip against the onslaught of fresh tears, Matt stood up again and continued his search. Even if he hadn’t fallen, Tai doubted he would have been found, the entrance to his hiding spot was too high. So when Matt stood, Tai could clearly see the outline of his head. Unfortunately, in the dark he could not see the disheartened expression.
            Another shout echoed through the cave, attacking Tai. It hurt more and more each time, for he felt the edge of desperation creep more and more in the voice made for angelic notes. He could only hope that Matt would give up and go home soon.
            Tai had no such luck, and for four hours(1) he had to suffer through the insistent calls of his crush, who was currently seated on a small boulder off to one side of the entrance. Hard coughs racked his body, accentuated by the periodic flashes of lightning. “Ow…” Matt breathed when his lungs finally calmed down. His knee throbbed painfully and even his breathing came out hoarse. “Tai, please come out,” he rasped as loud as he could.
            Silence greeted him, broken only by his ragged breathing and quiet coughs. Eyes downcast, his hope finally deflated. He’s not here, the musician’s mind mused. He chuckled defeatedly and got up to leave.
            A sneeze sounded through the cave, Matt spinning so fast his knee almost gave out. “Shit!” he heard the whispered word, a new weight settling in his heart. Tai shuffled slightly, trying to disappear into the wall behind him. His heart rate increased, expecting Matt to come searching again.
            The blonde teenager didn’t move. “Tai, I know you can hear me,” he choked out, tears of sorrow leaking down his pale cheeks. A single thought replayed in his head, He was here the whole time and didn’t come out. “Look, I… I can understand, if you’d rather not see me again. But I’m not the only one you’re hurting. The others are worried about you, too.” He hung his head, saddened that his next words might be the ones that brought Tai home. “Kari was crying as I left.” Matt could almost hear Tai stiffen. “So please come back. For her, at least.”
            The dark figure turned as if to leave, then stopped. The brunette held his breath, waiting for the next bomb Matt would drop on him. “Sora broke up with me,” he said solemnly. “So she’s available. Funny,” he chuckled, “but I don’t think I should be surprised that she figured it out. You have the right to know, too, since it involves you.” Matt paused, taking a deep, shuddering breath to steady himself. Time seemed to slow as his courage fled him, silky tears falling off his chin to land on the cave floor with a Tink! that melded with the pouring rain.
            “I’m in love with you.”
            Matt was just as surprised that he got it out as Tai was that he had said it. He had blurted it out getting it passed his lips before his mind could silence them. Shock paralyzed the athlete, only allowing him to gape in surprise.
            Lightning again illuminated the blonde’s body to show it shaking, uncontrollably, but not too hard. He chuckled again, a sad one with a hint of irony. “It’s disgusting, I know,” he said, choking on his emotions. “And what’s worse is that I used Sora. I tried to convince myself that I wasn’t gay,-” he tightly hugged his shoulders against the ensuing sobs “-that I wasn’t in love with you. That I could get over you…”
            Fear lit up in Tai’s chocolate eyes as he tried to move and found he couldn’t. Wriggling and twisting, he slowly began to dislodge himself from his self-inflicted prison.
            “But I can’t,” Matt continued. “I tried, and I couldn’t. I kissed you selfishly, even though I didn’t understand it at the time, and now I can’t forget it.” He let out a ragged breath, made even more shaky by the sobs welling up in his throat. As much as it hurts to say this, I have to. I can’t be selfish anymore, and if it will get Tai back to the others, it’s worth it. “I can understand if you would like me to leave you alone now, and I will honor your wishes.”
            Tai reached the edge and began easing himself out of the alcove. His mind was racing too fast, completely skipping over his voice in his haste to stop the other male.
            “It shouldn’t be difficult to avoid you. The semester’s almost over and I’ll be able to switch my classes around.” He waited for several seconds, and was no response was offered, he finished, “I guess this is good-bye.” I’ll see you at school, even if you won’t see me, he added to himself.
            Every step he took was heavy as he walked away from the one thing, the one person, he wanted most. The wall of water drew closer and closer, his contained sorrow finally showing through the mask of desperation he had constructed.
            The rain was so loud he couldn’t hear them until they were right behind him; the distinct sound of footsteps. By the time he did hear them, it was too late to escape the arms encompassing him in an embrace. His eyes opened wide, the only thing he managed to utter being, “Tai?”
            The soccer player buried his face in the small of Matt’s back. “Wait, don’t go,” the brunette mumbled, finally finding his voice. At Matt’s slight shifting, he increased his grip, fearful the singer was trying to get away.
            “T-Tai…” Matt gasped, squirming more relentlessly. “I c-can’t breathe…”
            Over-reacting, Tai pulled away too strongly. Suddenly free of Tai’s grasp, Matt fell to his hands and knees, and into another coughing fit. Trying to be gentler this time, Tai knelt down and tenderly drew circles on the blonde’s back. “I’m sorry…” he cooed worriedly, knowing he was responsible for the other male’s condition. By continuing to hide, he had let the musician run down his voice and kept him out in the cold.
            As Matt’s wheezing began to lessen, Tai guided him up the slight incline and farther into the cave, away from the damaging rain. A moment of silence passed, with only their anxious breathing filling the gap, before the brunette tentatively asked, “Did you really mean what you said? About being in love with me?”
            He turned to face the dark spot he knew to be Tai, swallowing the terrified lump in his throat. “Yeah,” he whispered, voice raspy.
            He did not expect the other boy to laugh, and he shrunk back slightly in humiliation. Noticing the blonde cower, Tai’s laughter ceased and he reached out to grasp Matt’s shoulder. “I’m sorry, I just find it kind of funny. We are too in sync, for we both thought the same thing.” Lightning temporarily revealed the singer’s face, a look of utter hope anxiety dusty his features. He felt strong hands grip either side of his head and grew increasingly nervous. “Because I didn’t think I could have you either.” With that said, Tai leaned forward until he met up with Matt.
            He pulled back a moment later as melodic (although worn) laughter echoed against the stone walls. Tai could feel his cheeks heating up and was extremely thankful for the darkness. “Which one are you laughing at?” he sheepishly asked.
            “Both,” Matt replied, calming his laughter before his made him hack up his lungs again. For those of you wondering, this is what ‘both’ is. For one, Tai just spewed an extremely cheesy line (Taichi: And whose fault is that, authoress?). The second thing is, Tai meant to kiss Matt, but in the dark missed and landed above his mouth, almost in his nose.
            Seriousness returned to them as Matt brought up their dilemma. “So… you’re also gay, Tai?” he asked.
            “And also in love with you,” the brunette added, hoping the cheesiness of it would award him another laugh from the boy he was slowly positioning his arms around. He got a chuckle.
            “But I’m not in love with me,” Matt corrected, leaning in towards Tai willingly.
            The athlete smirked. “Could have fooled me, what with how long you stand in front of a mirror,” he grinned, even though the blonde could not see him.
            “Hey-” Matt protested, but was silenced by a thumb running over his lips, followed by a mouth capturing them. Sensations identical to, only stronger than, the ones that assaulted him the first time he discovered he was gay rushed back to him, and he eagerly leaned into it. A pair of arms hugged him tightly, forcing his body close to the other male he would more than willingly approach. His own hands, previously limp at his sides, snaked their way under Tai’s arms to lie vertically on the athlete’s shoulder blades.
            A shiver broke them apart, followed by a reluctant yawn. “You’re cold,” Tai muttered. “And tired.”
            He went to retrieve his bag as Matt sleepily stated, “I don’t want to go through the rain…”
            Returning with something in his arms, Tai led Matt over to a wall a ways inside the cave. “I don’t think one more night will matter,” he mumbled, pulling Matt onto his shoulder and throwing the blanket over them. Burying his face in Matt’s golden locks, he breathed in his boyfriend’s scent before drifting off to sleep.
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