Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ A Walk In My Shoes ❯ A Wasted Day ( Chapter 12 )

A Walk in My Shoes

ST: Oh, boi.

TK: What?

ST: This is a revelation chapter.

TK: Huh?

ST: Never mind. Hey, did you ever remember what your purpose was?

TK: Huh? Oh, yea! Umm, no.

ST: OO-kay. Well, peples, please enjoy my story! I'm sooo happy that awalk has fans! Coolis!

TK: Yep, on with the story.

ST: Wait, I wasn't done!

TK: Too bad. The people want to read your story, not your stupid author's notes.

ST: True true. It only proves that I'm insane.

TK: Yep yep yep. Now, on with the story!

ST: Yes! Tally forth!

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"What?"

TK groaned and Davis glared at Ken. "What the hell don't you get?"

Ken paused, thinking, and then said, "Everything."

TK growled, "I'm him and he's me! I'm Davis, Daisuke, in Takashi's frigging body! Get it now?"

Ken just stared.

Matt and Kari just stared.

"Dammit!" Davis said, pacing back and fourth, his arms waving in the air. "You wanted us to explain this-this curse, and we did! What more do you want from us? Now you're probably gonna put us in a mental institution. And when we go to our psycho group classes, STILL in each other's bodies, they're gonna ask, `Why are you here? Are you afraid of people and being alone? Do you wet yourself every few seconds? Do you like to eat game pieces?' And I'll say, `No. Were here cause my OWN BROTHER and friends didn't have enough faith and hope in us to believe the one simple, yet unbelievable, fact that DAVIS AND ME SWITCHED BODIES!!!"

After TK's unnecessary, yet effective ranting, Kari smiled and said, "TK."

"Huh?"

"Oh, I'd know that incisive ranting anywhere."

Matt laughed and ruffled Dai's burgundy hair. "That's my lil' bro."

"What?"

"Don't worry about it." Kari walked up to Davis and peered into his eyes. "So, it was you?"

Davis blushed and began to stutter. "Umm, er, uh-uh-uh… heh heh…"

"Don't worry about it."

TK glowered, "What the hell you guys talkin' bout? What's with all the `don't worry about it's?"

Kari smiled, still looking at Davis, "Never mind."

Ken said, "I still don't get it."

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~TK~

Perfect. Just so damn perfect. Now my brother, Ken and Kari know. *sigh* I'm sure it would've happened eventually, though.

I (yes, still stuck in Davis' crap-forsaken body) walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. "Ugg. I guess you haven't found the time to go grocery shopping there, bro."

Matt gave me a weird look and shook his head. I closed the door and grabbed a decent looking glass and filled it with water and walked back to the couch. Matt was still looking at me funny, like I was something he had never seen before.

"Okay, I understand that YOUR TK," Matt said as he pointed at me. He turned to face Davis (still in me) and said, "But how are YOU Dais?"

Davis tried giving him his infamous `go to hell' glare, but in my body it looked just plain oober creepy. Ken started to laugh and grabbed Davis' arm. "Now that's the Davis that I know."

I sighed and chugged the entire glass that I was holding. Suddenly Davis cried out. "Dude! Don't do that! Do you want me to die?"

I spluttered and stared at Davis, wide eyed. "Are you crazy?! It's only water."

"Exactly!" What the hell? "I never ever drink THAT much water. After all that smoking you've been doing lately, which probably knocked off 10 years, now you're gonna drown me?"

I got up and said, "Oh shove it Dai! At least I…"

Matt cut me off. "Wait, you smoke?"

Oh, g-r-e-a-t. Thanks a lot Davis. "So?"

"Really?" Wonderful, just fucking wonderful. Everybody now thinks that I'm a freak.

I stared to walk away, but Matt stepped in front of me. "Wait, what do you smoke?" He gave me a stern look. "You better not be on any drug or-"

I snapped, "Or what? I'll end up like you? A fucking addict loser who doesn't have a life? Tsk, yea right."

I pushed past him and walked into the unlit kitchen, empty glass of water still in hand. He followed.

"Hey, Teeks." I ignored him as he tried to approach me, my back still facing him. "I just wanna say that-"

He put a hand on my shoulder and began again, "I just wanna say, say that I've quit. For good." I turned to face him and saw the truth in his eyes. Ishidas can't lie that easily.

"Really?" I was barely whispering. He nodded and said, "And I'm getting help." I almost started crying as I slowly wrapped my arms around his neck. Feeling him return the hug tightly, the glass that I held slipped out of my hand, but I barely heard it shatter. All I could care about was that I had my brother back.

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~Dai~

It was pretty hard not to cry. But it was sorta hard not to laugh, either. I mean, the whole revelation was great, yea, congratulations, but the hugging looked a bit weird. Hey, I'm not a huggy type of guy. And I sure don't look it either.

I had to contain my snickers, seeing as their bare feet were inches away from the broken glass. I walked up to the two and pushed them to the right of the dangerous shards.

"Oh crap. Thanks Dai." TK gratefully smiled at me as he and Matt pulled apart. The look in his eyes, my eyes, was that genuine look. What was that look? It seemed so damn appealing.

Matt opened the cupboards under the sink and grabbed a small broom and dustpan. "Teeks, help me?"

TK bent over and held the pan as Matt shoved the cracked glass into it with the broom, their eyes smiling at each other. Once again I saw it, that look.

I just stood there, useless, as the two brothers cleaned up the mess. I couldn't take it. I stormed out of the kitchen. Kari and Ken turned to look at me, one of them called out, but I didn't hear. I didn't want to.

I walked out the front door, slamming it behind me. I knew then what that look was, the connection that Takeru and Yamato shared. The safety, the brotherly love, the hope and friendship between them.

I leaned against the wall of the hallway, slowly sinking down.

Safety, love, trust, all I wanted, dreamed for. Jun was my sister, yes. But every time she attempted to show her love and trust, my father would beat her, too.

My eyes began to water as I remembered her trying to save me from the pain I would feel. He would then beat her senseless, telling her that he'd kill her if she tried it again.

And ever time he'd be angry with me, blame me for everything, she'd come in with warm water and bandages to help my wounds. And he'd then proceed to drag her out by her hair, going on about his threat over and over. It was like a skipping record. A continuous daily cycle.

I'd beg her not to interfere, to spare her self and leave me in my pain, yet I'd wake up with my wounds bandaged and her face all bruised up.

She loved me, dearly, but I never felt a safeness. He was always guaranteed to hurt me, and she couldn't do anything about it. Except love me and let herself be beaten too.

TK slowly opened the door and shut it as he approached me. I didn't even notice the salty tears flowing out of my eyes and falling down my cheeks. I could feel a breakdown coming.

"Dai, what's wrong?" he sat down beside me, trying to comfort me. I flung into his arms, grabbing him tightly as I began to sob hysterically.

TK held me and rubbed my back. "Shhh, it's okay. It's okay Dai-chan."

I must've drifted off, because all I saw after that was darkness.

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~TK~

I just wanted to hold him. It killed me to see him in such a state. He clung to my shirt, crying his poor heart out. I don't know what caused it, but he sure was fragile at the moment. All I could do was hold him.

I sifted my fingers through his hair while my other hand held him tightly, slowly rubbing circles on his back. Soon, he sighed and let out on e last sob and I felt him relax. I knew he was sleeping when I heard his breathing slow back down.

I began to get up gently, not wanting to stay out in the hallway, but he protested, crying out softly. "Dai, I won't let go, promise." I felt him clench tightly to my shirt as I lifted him and staggered towards the door. He leaned against me as I struggled with the doorknob, kicking the door open.

Matt and Ken saw us and began to approach, but I stopped them. "Shh.."

I dragged the tired Davis into Matt's room, gently lying him down onto the bed. When I tried to walk away, he grabbed my arm, eyes glancing up at me. "Please don't leave me."

I saw tears beginning to well in his distraught eyes and sighed. Lying down next to him, he quickly snuggled up to me and held onto my arm gently.

I looked up to see Matt, Ken, and Kari standing in the doorway. Matt smiled at me gently and I smiled back. They left Davis and me, closing the door behind them. Faintly I could hear Kari laugh, "I knew it!"

That's right, I love this little boy.

I gazed at Davis' face. I wondered if my face ever looked like it did right then and there; distressed, troubled, poignant, weary, saddened. I smiled a frown, knowing that I probably always looked like that. I held Dai closer, as if to help make all his fears go away.

My eyes began to droop as my mind began to wander, my body barely noticing Dais releasing my arm and rewrapping them around my waist. I yawned and fell asleep, Davis enveloped in my arms.

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~Dais~

I woke up in a dark room. I had a reely bad headache and my eyes felt all puffy. Had I been crying?

Then I remembered: TK, Matt, hallway, hugs, holding, dragging.

I heard a sigh and looked to my left to find what was keeping me so warm and safe. I saw my face and nearly shitted right then and there.

Hey, it's not every day that you wake up beside yourself.

I shifted uncomfortably since we were all tangled up in each other's arms. The only way I could ease myself was to craw closer to TK, which I didn't mind at all.

I guess it woke him, cause his eyes began to flutter and he began to mumble. "Dai-chan?"

"Mmmm." Dai-chan, hmmmm. Me like.

"We aren't switched, are we?"

I looked at his tightly shut eyes and smiled. TK was being so cute. Well, you know, as in like a kid. Kid-like, you know. Not like, you know…

"No." I watched as he slowly opened his eyes and frowned.

"I was really hoping…"

"Yea, yea. Get up."

He frowned again, apparently not wanting to comply. "Why?"

I smiled sweetly at him and said, "I have to go."

He blushed and mumbled an `I'm sorry' and pulled away from me so I could get up and go.

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~TK~

In an unusually good mood, I watched as he stumbled around, looking for the bathroom. He was so adorable, even if he wasn't in his own body.

I topped to think about what I had just thought. Wait, Davis- being adorable- in MY body.

Did I just call myself cute?

I shook my head and smiled to myself. Oh well.

I began to scratch my wrists unconsciously. I yelped in pain and stopped to see what had hurt me. A thin line of blood began to form over a reopened wound. I suddenly became very angry, then confused, then sad.

When Davis came back into the room he saw me in my state and noticed my bleeding wrist.

"Davis, please tell me why."

Davis solemnly looked me in the eye and said, "How about everything?"

"What?"

He sat down next to me and began to put his head onto my lap and rubbed the bloody spot until it wasn't able to drip anywhere. "I'll tell you everything. If you tell me."

I began to stroke his hair and asked, "Tell you what?" even though I knew what.

"Everything." I smiled and nodded as he closed his eyes and began.

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ST: Well, that was cool. There we have it! Fluff. Oh God.

TK: What?

ST(getting all fluffy): Wasn't it just too cute for words?

TK: Yea, uh huh. You tell yourself that.

ST: Okay!

TK: Anywayz, review if you want more or would like to say something. 6 more chapters till the end. Thank you God. Well, until then…

[tbc]