Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ A Walk In My Shoes ❯ At The Mall ( Chapter 8 )

A Walk In My Shoes

TK: Hello Readers! How is everybody?

Dai: Yes, how are the devoted readers?

TK: I hope you are doing grrreat!

Dai: Yea! And I'd like to say, have a nice day!

TK: Yes!

ST: *cough cough* What are you guys doing?

TK and Dai: ;; Uhh, nothing?

ST: Yea, right.

TK: ;; Uhh, maybe I should say the Disclaimer. SenTay doesn't own us yet. And let's hope that she never does.

ST: Hey, if I owned you DD, you and Dai would be unstoppable!

Dai: Hey, does that mean that we'd be all powerful?!! Cool!

ST and TK: ;; heh, heh…

ST: Not quite like that Dai, but sure! Ummm, on with the story!

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"Davis!"

"TK!"

The two boys were staring each other down, anger flaring in their faces.

"Do it."

"No!"

"Daisuke Motomiya!"

"No!"

"Wear the freakin' hat!"

"No way in hell!"

"Wear it!"

"Over your dead moldy body, Takashi!"

"Fine. Then I won't be wearing your gay-ass goggles…"

"Take that back! They are not gay! Your hat is the gay one!"

"No it's not!"

"Yes, it is!"

"Not as gay as you!"

"You're more gay then I'll ever be!"

"So what if I'm gay, my hat isn't!"

"Well, if……… WHAT!?!?"

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~TK POV~

Okay, so I was planning to tell him in a more, uh, formal fashion. But that way worked as well. At least the whole goggle/hat fiasco was over, for now at least.

I mean, I couldn't NOT tell him. The whole point of me going to the mall with Kari was so that we could talk about me being gay. I don't think Davis would've liked to find out that way.

So, as Davis lay on the floor (yes, still in my body), I thought that this would be the perfect time for him to know.

"Get up Davis, you didn't faint."

He lay there like a slug. "Yes I did. And when I wake up, I'll be back in my body."

"Davis, get up and I'll explain."

He opened one eye and quickly shut it again. "Damn," he muttered. "I thought that would work."

"For god's sake, get up!" That pathetic little sh-… Okay, TK. Breathe. He's only reacting out of shock. Just, chill.

"Noooo," he moaned. "I'm dead! My life's over. I'm in another dude's body. Not any dude, but a dude that likes other dudes. Ahhhrg… I'm in a fag's body! NooOoOoooo… I'm a-a fag.!"

I rolled my eyes and grit my teeth. I'll kill ya Motomiya… How sad and demented can you get? "Stop being so damn dramatic! It's making me sick. You're the so sad and pathetic, I…"

I stopped at the sound of sniffling. When I looked down at my body I saw my breaking point. There was Davis, in my body, crying. "D-do you havta be s-so mean?"

I sighed and slumped onto the couch. Oh boy, today was going to be a loooooong day…

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~Dai POV~

Dude, that was NOT cool. I was crying? In front of Takashi? In Takashi? Okay, okay, now I'm getting myself confused.

Awww man! The one body, the one body, that I get put into, just had to be a fag! What if another gay dude comes up to me and-and hits on me? Then what? I'll tell you what! He's gonna get a good deck in the face, that's what…

I must be cursed or something…

And I can't believe that stupid a-hole reduced me to a blubbering blob like that! Well, maybe it was mostly my fault. But he did not have to call me sad and pathetic!

I mean, what did you expect? Me to just say, `Oh, you're gay? That's great!' Okay, maybe he did, sorta. But it wasn't like I was expecting it or something!

TK, gay? Nawhhh… Come off it!

Yea, it's like that.

I mean, he definitely doesn't look it. Well, aside from the whole matching outfits and stuff. But I just figured that he's a neat freak and his mother wouldn't let him leave the house any other way. That's the way in my house, sometimes. Heh heh… (Dai: See my olive green shirt and neon yellow shorts? TK: You must be colorblind, dude…)

I just can't see it, you know? I mean, him and Kari are always together. All cuddly and cutsiey. It's almost like-like, oh. How could I miss it? Now it's so obvious that they look like brother and sister. But that's not possible! TK and Kari were, like, meant to be! Even against my own wishful thinking…

I mean, who could TK possibly like that's a dude?

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~NORM~

"Hold still," said a cinnamon-burgundy colored head to the golden blonde in front of him.

"Ow! Hurry up already!" The auburn (Davis) pulled up one last stand of hair before stepping away from his victim (TK).

"There, perfect!" The cinnamon boy smiled contently and proudly. The blonde reached back to touch his hair while looking into the mirror. The spiky haired boy slapped his hand away and the blonde scowled at him. "It's exactly the same!"

No it isn't!" Davis quickly protested.

"Whatever," TK mumbled as he reached for his hair again, only for it to be slapped away again. "Dude! Cut. That. Out!"

"Oh shove it Davis. I went through as much pain as you did." The blonde rolled his eyes and huffed, "Yea right."

"Come on! Who needs this much gel? It smells bad too…"

TK glared at Davis and pointedly said, "You said it was your brothers, so don't tell me I have bad taste in gel! And for your information, I did NOT pull at your hair!"

Davis glowered and said, "Oh, don't you start that again!"

"Whatever," TK mumbled as he walked out of the bathroom. Davis tailed behind him. "Don't say whatever so much, it'll make you sound more like you."

"Whatever. Hey, TK. Where's your mom? You'd think with all the commotion you caused that we'd be caught."

Davis led him to kitchen and pointed to the fridge. On it was a yellow post-it note.

Have fun at the mall

I'll be back by 1 am

Call if emergency

MOM

"Oh," TK said after he read the note. "Hi Mrs. Takashi." Davis glared at him and snatched the note off the fridge, crumpling it in his hand. He threw it into a nearby trashcan that was already full of other crumpled yellow papers.

"So," TK began. "What do I have to tell Kari?"

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~TK POV~

Let's look on the bright side, at least he's not mourning on the floor anymore. We sat on the couch (just in case) and I began to explain.

"Okay Davis," I told him. "Kari is pretty sharp, don't let too much slip."

"Yep, she's sharp alright. Go on."

I sighed and continued. "All you've really gotta do is act normal around her. Like brother sister. Don't stutter a lot. Be confident in your words. Whatever you do, don't hesitate to tell her. She really trusts you to trust her, get what I mean?"

"Whatever."

I rolled my eyes. "Do we need to go over the whatever thing again? Anyways, if it looks like she's seeing right through you, call her Kar. Okay? Dai? Davis?"

He jumped in his seat and quickly responded, "Uh yea, 10-4. Kar, got it."

"Okay, all you really need to do is say, "I'm bisexual, Kari." And she'll most likely drop it. Got that?" I waved my hand in front of his face.

"Yes! Yes already! Anything else, your Gayness?"

I growled at him lowly, just about ready to leap at him. "Okay, Davis, I'm not just gay."

"Wait," he groaned. "Don't tell me. You're a cross dresser, aren't you?"

Ooooo, that was almost the last straw. I gave him a salty no.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I was totally off, wasn't I?"

"Sure," I replied, daring him to wipe that irritating smirk off his face. I was so ready to beat the living crap outta him. Too bad he's in my body though, I thought. I don't think I could hit myself. But I can't deny that that little spark of humor didn't fell good after all the hell we were going through.

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~Dai POV~

Okay, okay, I was only asking! You know, just in case. Cause even in Takashi's body, I, Daisuke Motomiya, will NOT wear a dress.

"Davis, get a life…" he said as I began to laugh. I continued, nearly falling off the couch, but that only got me a bonk on my head. As I sat, scowling and rubbing the sore spot, he told me, "Have you ever heard of bi?"

I snickered and nodded. TK rolled his eyes and muttered something like `immature' and turned away from me. Geez, that guy really needs a day job or something. I mean, you can practically see the steam flowing through his ears. Two words for ya dude, anger management.

But him being bi was an improvement, well sorta. At least he still liked girls…

But the whole mall thing had me nervous. I was sure that I was going to forget everything that Takashi told me and screw up big time. I had to get into my confident, do no wrong stride, or else I was done for. That was one good thing about being almost two people; you could alternate.

But what I really wanted to know would have to wait until little Takeru had a time-out. Maybe if I'm a good boy and raise my hand, he'll answer my question. I snickered again as the thought crossed my mind as I raised my arm and began to move my mouth.

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~TK POV~

Man was I pissed. That little shit was really pushing my buttons. The next thing I knew, he had raised his hand like a student and asked the one question that I hoped he'd never ever ask:

"So, Teeks, who DO you like? You know, guy wise."

I grumbled incoherently, probably for the better, and smiled grimly as Davis sat there patiently.

"Awwww, come on TK! Tell me! You know you want to…" He approached me slowly, a finger extended. "Don't make me force it out of you!"

"Get away, you AHAHHAHAHHA!! DAI! GET OFF!" He was attacking me, poking my stomach, causing me to have a fit of giggles. I punched him gently, well not so gently, and he backed off.

"Fine," he said, trying to sound hurt. Except in my voice it sounded like, well, like the real deal. "Be that way."

"Sorry dude," I told him while straitening my clothing and standing up. "But seeing me on me isn't the most pleasant view. Let's go already."

He got up and followed me to the door. "Oh," I added quickly. "Don't mess up the hair, okay? I'll kill you if you do."

He grunted and mumbled, "Yea, that's very likely at the moment."

I couldn't help but laugh.

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We were nearing the entrance of the mall when Davis began to drag his feet. I told him not to dawdle and he stuck his tongue out at me. I tried to grab for it, but he caught on and quickly slipped it back in. I laughed as he frowned at me, most likely disturbed by my alien ways.

"Come on Dai, don't be such a downer," I whispered in his ear as I grabbed his shoulders and shoved him forward, towards the big glass doors that led to the mall's main center.

He smiled goofily at me and I smiled goofily back. He made a funny face, pushing his eyebrows down as I stretched my cheeks with my fingers and stuck out my tongue. If we had kept up this act, we'd be doing some pretty stupid stuff. My saving grace came when I glanced at a clock that hung above the doors. "Okay, wait for Kari here. I'm going to go pay for your criminal actions."

He smirked and shouted at me as I walked away, "Have a great time at DETENTION!"

Stupid, I thought. Always making a spectacle of himself, no matter what body he's in.

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~NORM POV~

TK was window-shopping when someone suddenly covered his eyes.

"Guess who."

Tk stood stupidly for a minute before answering, "Uh, Kamiya?"

His captor giggled and released his face. "Are you okay TK? You just called me `Kamiya'."

TK turned to face her, grinning slightly before saying, "So what?"

Kari glanced at him for a moment with a slightly confused look on her face. "O-kay. Umm, where's your hat?"

TK shrugged his shoulders and simply said, "Dunno, just decided not to wear it today."

Kari burst into laughter and grabbed his arm. "You must be spending way too much time with Daisuke, aren't you? Did that walk make you guys switch or something?"

TK began to hesitate and almost stammered something, not only to Kari's closeness but something else. "I mean even your hair's starting to look a bit spiky," she said as she ruffled his hair playfully.

"Hey!" TK pushed her hand away and stuck his tongue out at her. Kari giggled back as she held her hands above his head warningly, "Or maybe Matt's rubbing off on you!" She mused up his hair again.

"Kari!" TK whined. He suddenly grabbed her wrists and held them together. He grinned at her and laughed, "Now try."

Kari struggled lightly, trying to resist TK's clutches. "Okay TK. I get the picture. You can let go now."

TK flushed as he noticed the lack of distance between them. "Sorry," he mumbled as he immediately dropped her hands.

"Better be, or else," she winked. TK blinked and then gazed at her as she began to walk towards the center of the mall. "You coming?" she wistfully asked as she turned around, walking backwards slowly. TK smiled and nodded as he followed her.

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~Dai POV~

Wow. I have never been that close to Kari like that before. I followed her around, my focus in a daze. Before I could stop it, all those fluffy-cotton candy-airy feelings came rushing back. As I watched her, I couldn't help but notice how incredibly hot, yet beautiful she was.

Okay, I tried to tell myself. You're supposed to be TK. Don't hit on her. Do NOT hit on her!

"Y-you're, um, you look nice today." Dammit! And now I'm blushing! Just grrreat. Cut it out!

"Awwww, that's so sweet TK!" Kari batted her eyes at me and smiled ever so sweetly, causing to me to go into even more hysterics. Then she had a devious look in her eyes as she continued, "But don't think you're getting out of our little talk, okay?" It didn't help my condition any more than before.

I glared at her slightly. Damn was she quick. "Alright," I sighed, trying to be as much as she would expect from her precious Takashi. "You caught me. Let's get this over with."

"Okay," she began as we walked away from the traffic of the crowds. "Here," she simply said as we walked closer to a nearby Hot Topic (ST: An awesomely awesome store!), a kind of goth/rock store. "Why here?" I asked as we walked into the entrance of the store that was emitting very, very loud rock music. "It's kinda loud."

"Exactly," Kari slightly shouted as we passed through the doorway. It was a cool store. I had been in it before, of course. It just wasn't, you know, my style. I did like a lot of the clothing, but it didn't fit "Davis". They played kick ass music, too! Linkin' Park was pumping through the ceiling speakers as Kari led me down the chick's racks.

"Okay, spill."

Dammit! Dammit, dammit, dammit! "I, um, I…huh." Dammit! I'm blushing! I just know it. Dammit. "Ummm, uh… Um," Davis, say something! "Ummm, I haven't a clue what you're talking about?"

"TK! Stop it. You know that you can trust me with all the dirty little details, can't you?" Woa, dirty? TK said nothing about dirty! Oh god, those glimmering eyes were pouring through me. I didn't wan to hurt her; I just couldn't do this! It wasn't me who needed to do this! I couldn't!

"C-can we t-talk later?" I tried.

She sighed deeply and stared into my eyes. "Okay, okay. I won't push you any further. Just keep your hope in me strong, kay?" (TK: Can you say: CORNY? ST: Shove it Teeks!)

I nodded and she began to turn away. Then, I felt it. I grabbed her arm and turned her around. "Wait! Kari, I want to tell you." She waited patiently as I tried to remember what Takashi had told me.

"All you've really gotta do is act normal around her. Like brother sister."

Dammit, failed at that.

"Don't stutter a lot. Be confident in your words."

Dammit! Oh, well. It's a tricky situation.

"Whatever you do, don't hesitate to tell her. She really trusts you to trust her, get what I mean?"

Oh damn it all! I'm fixing it, aren't I? Now what did he say about the gay stuff…

"Don't mess up the hair, okay? I'll kill you if you do."

No, that's not it…

"Anyways, if it looks like she's seeing right through you, call her Kar. Okay?"

Hey, that's useful. What else…

"Okay, all you really need to do is say, "I'm bisexual, Kari." And she'll most likely drop it. Got that?"

Sounds great! I'll run with it. "Kari, I'm bisexual."

She looked at me like, well, like she was expecting more. "Aaaand?"

"Um, that's it?"

"Oh, that's all? You're not going to tell me anything like, who you like and who you've dated?"

Damn TK! You can never ever predict a Kamiya. "Nope," I smiled, maybe a little too gleefully. "That's about it."

"Oh," she said, sounding disappointed. Disappointed?!?! I just came out to you, and I'm not even the gay one!

I think she was going to say something more, but instead, she grabbed for something that was behind me. When I saw what she grabbed, I blushed.

"Do you think these look comfy?" She held the black and red lace thong to my face. "Or do you think it would be like flossing your ass?"

Woa, Kari swore? Kari spoke crude humor? I like this Kari. I'm liking this more and more.

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~NORM POV~

TK and Kari walked out of the store arm in arm. Dangling on TK's arm was a bag. "See, was that so hard?"

"I cannot believe I just bought that. And that you, Kari, of all people, talked me into it!" TK opened the bag and grimaced at the thong inside. Kari laughed and TK joined her.

"Did you see the look on the cashier's face? He was like, woa!" Kari raised her eyebrow at his remark and smiled playfully. "Well, if I saw correctly, I'd say he was hitting on you. In a secretive kinda way."

"Huh?" TK blanked out and wondered for a moment. Then, "EWWWW! SICK!"

The couple laughed their way to the food court. TK found an empty table and set his stuff down. "What would you like? My treat!"

"Well, I am getting fat…" Kari thoughtfully looked towards the health food restaurants.

"You're not fat!" TK snorted.

Kari smiled and replied, "Well, then I'll take a number two, super sized."

"Cool," TK smiled back as he headed towards the Mc Donalds stand. But he never made it. A hand grabbed him, knocked him out, and dragged him down an empty hallway towards a back exit.

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~TK POV~

As I walked towards the mall, I kicked at some pebbles that were lying on the sidewalk.

Detention was hell, right from the beginning all the way to the end. Mr. Takani just glared at me the whole time, like I was going to burst any second. I didn't know they also classified Davis as Special Ed. Ha ha!

I was really hoping that Davis didn't screw up anything up with Kari. It really meant something that we had that special bond.

As I approached the doors to the entrance of the mall's center, I saw someone about to walk through, going opposite of my destination. Out came Kari, a look of concern on her face.

"Kari?" Where are you Davis? Dammit, if you screwed this up…

"Davis? Dai, have you seen TK?" She practically flew into my arms. I shook my head and asked, "Why? What happened?" she sighed and looked up and down the sidewalk. "Kari?"

"Oh, um, he went to order some food and then didn't come back."

Crap! If you ditched her Davis, you're gonna pay… I grabbed her hand gently, taking her by surprise. "I'm sure he's okay. This is TK we are talking about."

Kari nodded and gave me a smile of gratitude. "Yea, he is TK. Thanks Dai."

I waited for a hug, but it didn't happen. Oh well, I am Davis at the moment.

"Let me walk you home," I told her, guiding her down the sidewalk. "You can tell me all about it."

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~NORM POV~

The sound of dripping water woke TK as he slowly regained conciseness. As his vision cleared he observed his surroundings and groaned in pain. A numb throb drilled into the back of his head. "Where the hell am I?"

"Well little Takeru. Did you have fun at the mall? `Cause yer fun's over now."

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ST: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm EVIL!

TK: Yes, you are!

Dai: Yep!

ST: SILENCE FOOLS!!

TK and Dai: ;;

Dai: Hey! Guess what?

TK: Hm?

ST: What now, Dais?

Dai: So far, everyone has voted that this story end up as a Dakeru!

TK: Really? That's awesome! Umm, I mean, in a nonsexual way!

ST: Awww, fess up Teeks. You're gay.

TK: NOOO! I WON'T!

Dai: And then there is that one person who voted for Dakari! WHOO HOO!

TK: No way!

Dai: Yea way, dude! But she's completely outnumbered by Dakeru fans!

ST: Oh well. Guess I'll start on that Dakeru ending! RR please!

TK: Oh, and thanks for voting!

Dai: Yep! You've helped bunches!

ST: Until next time…