Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Go Breakin' My Heart ❯ Because of You ( Chapter 2 )

Okay, I doubt anybody has even read chapter one yet, but I'm dying to continue!

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon or the characters, but I do own Chris. He's mine! And nobody else's! Okay, people. You're supposed to run away screaming because I'm claiming fictional characters as mine.

Warnings: Look at chapter one, lazy!

Don't Go Breakin' My Heart

Chapter 2-Because of You

Tai was rummaging through the fridge and cupboards trying to find a snack, but wasn't succeeding.

"Tai, why don't we just order pizza?"

"Good idea! We'll order pizza! Then the pizza guy'll get here, ask for money, then we grab the pizza and slam the door in his face! Great idea Matt. But where the heck are we gonna get any money from?"

"Some of us actually do make money, Tai."

Matt held up his wallet and Tai ran over, yanking it out of his friend's hand. He flipped it open only to find that it was empty.

"Matt! There's no money in here!"

"Well, duh! Do you think I'm stupid enough to actually keep my money in a wallet? Somebody could steal it and then where would we be?"

"Um, begging?"

"No. We'd be on the ground."

"What?"

"Tackling the guy who tried to take it."

"Oh. You're really starting to make me wonder." Tai remembered earlier in the day what he read in Matt's journal. "especially since you're gay, and I didn't get to read what else you had to say about me."

"Tai? Tai!"

"What?"

"Finally coming back to reality? I swear, with you daydreaming like that some robber could come in here and kill me and you wouldn't even notice."

"Yeah I would!"

"Whatever. So where are your parents, and where's Kari going after her date?"

"Kari's going to a friend's house-why she didn't leave her bag at school I have no idea because I doubt she has any homework-she never does. And my parents went to visit my grandma in, um, I don't remember the name of the city but it's pretty far north. She said not to bring us. I think she's dying and doesn't want to upset us, though."

"Oh. Too bad. I hope she's okay."

"She's been trying to kick the bucket for a couple of years now-you know, ever since she got breast cancer she just went downhill. But I guess it would be better if I wasn't there when she died. I know she needs somebody to be there, though."

"It'll be alright. Now let's order some pizza, then go get some movies from the video store!"

"Sounds good to me!"

Tai quickly grabbed the cordless phone from the kitchen and flopped down on the couch. He dialed the pizza place, gave his order, and hung up.

"It should be here in about half an hour. Will you go get the movies while I wait for the pizza?"

"Sure. Here's 2000 yen for the pizza. Anything specific you want to see?"

"Get one of those new, American import movies! They're fun to watch! Especially when they go running around scared saying stuff that you can't understand! And Ringu! I love that movie! And don't forget Princess Mononoke and that other new anime movie that I told you I wanted to see on Wednesday!"

"Anything else, your highness?"

"Finding Nemo! That's just too cute! Even if it is American!"

"I can't tell whether you like American stuff or not. You want to see all of this stuff, but then you insult the country that it comes from. I'll be back in a few minutes, okay?"

"Okay!" Tai laughed as Matt walked out the door. "Now," Tai started talking to himself. "Where did he set his backpack down? I have to read what he wrote about me!"

Tai jumped off the couch and ran into his bedroom, forgetting to turn on the lights. He tripped on something big and hard and landed flat on his face on the floor. When his eyes adjusted to the light a little bit, he could see that it was his backpack that he had tripped over, and Matt's was right next to it.

"Jackpot!" He was lucky that nobody was home, and the neighbors couldn't hear him, or they would have thought he was crazy from his maniacal tone. Instantly he dove for the bag, and got carpet-burn on his shins. "Note to self: don't do that again. That hurts! Oh well." He unzipped the backpack and pulled out the notebook. He stood up and flipped on the light switch, then sat on the floor, searching for the page he was on. Finally he came to it.

-But what would Tai say if he knew? He'd probably never want to be my friend, especially if he knew that I-

Tai wasn't sure, now, if he could turn the page and find out what Matt had written. "Well, it's now or never," Tai reassured himself. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "Pizza!" He jumped up and ran to the door, grabbing the money Matt had left off the counter. He opened the door and kindly greeted the pizza guy. "How much is it again?"

"1600 yen. Can you hurry up please? I think it's starting to snow."

"I'm not that slow. And do you have change for 2000 yen? That's all I've got."

"Yeah, and I'm serious about the snow."

"Oh, wow. October and it's snowing. I hope Matt's not freezing. This was really sudden."

"Here's your change, and enjoy the pizza!" The guy walked off rubbing his hands together and breathing on them.

Tai slammed the door, then quickly ran into the kitchen and set the three pizzas down on the counter before running back into his bedroom to continue reading.

"Okay Matt. What don't I know that would make me want to not be your friend anymore?"

Tai reread the last sentence then flipped the page.

-am in love with him.-

"What? Did I read that right?" He flipped the pages back and forth, reading the last statement of the sentence over and over.

-especially if he knew that I am in love with him.-

"Oh god. What am I supposed to do now? I can't tell him I know, `cause he'd kill me for reading his journal, but I can't pretend that I don't know, either. I'm not gonna be comfortable sleeping in the same bed with him tonight. At least we're sleeping in my parents' room, and the bed is bigger. I'm glad I'm a pretty good actor."

Carefully, he put the notebook back into Matt's backpack and zipped it up. He flipped the light switch and walked into the living room where the pizza was calling his name.

"He's gonna kill me for starting without him, but I'm hungry!"

A few minutes later Matt came through the door rubbing his arms and carrying a plastic bag with movies in it.

"That snow was sure sudden. Wasn't it, like, 75 degrees when we got here?"

"Yeah. Something like that, and now it's below freezing!"

"Crazy weather. You started without me again."

"I know. I'm sorry. I was just so hungry! I mean, just look at me! I'm all skin and bones!" Tai lifted up his shirt and sucked in his stomach so his ribs were showing.

"Oh, you're so neglected!"

"I know! It's so sad! So, did you get Ringu?"

"Of course I did, even though I hate that movie."

"You only hate it because you're scared! You hate all scary movies!"

"So! You pig out before I even get back! And half the time you don't leave me any, even when we get three pizzas!"

"Sit down and eat already!"

Tai grabbed Matt's arm and yanked him down onto the couch.

"God! You are freezing! I'm getting you a blanket!"

"Well, I didn't bring a coat. I really didn't expect it to get cold!"

"Oh, I hope you don't mind sleeping in my parents' room. They said we could sleep in there this weekend since the bed's bigger, and you know how I like to sprawl."

"Yeah. If there's one thing I know about you that most people don't know, it's that you're a major bed hog!"

"Oink, oink!"

A few hours later, when they were done eating, Tai had convinced Matt to watch Ringu. After much disagreement from Matt, they ended up watching the movie anyway.

"It's almost to the scary part, Matt!"

By now they were both under the blanket, and Matt was clutching tightly to the edges. When the movie got to the scary part, Matt jumped and grabbed onto Tai, hiding his face in his best friend's shirt.

"You're such a wimp Matt!"

"So?" Matt looked up at Tai and grinned. "At least I can take the sour!"

"Okay! That's it! You're going down!"

Tai grabbed Matt in a headlock and quickly started rubbing his fist against Matt's head, messing his hair up.

"Hey! Tai! That's my hair you're messing with!"

"No! That's your hair I'm messing up!"

Matt tried to fight, but couldn't get Tai to loosen his grip. He did manage to get Tai to tip back on the couch a little, and he ended up kicking the remote, turning the TV off.

"Now let go of my head!"

"Fine. The movie was almost over anyway. I'm getting tired. Why don't we go to bed? We can watch more movies in the morning."

"Sounds good to me. I'm tired too."

They both took off their pants, leaving them on the couch, and went into the bedroom.

"Oh man, I don't think I can keep this up much longer. Well, he hasn't made any moves on me yet, so that's a good sign. Plus, that entry was from a while ago. Maybe he doesn't like me anymore-at least not like that. Yeah. I hope."

"Night Tai."

"Night Matt."

"I'm not gonna be able to get to sleep knowing that he's right next to me! Maybe if I pretend to be asleep he'll fall asleep sooner and I'll just be able to go sleep on the couch and say that I had to see the end of the movie, and I ended up falling asleep on the couch. Yeah, that's a good plan."

Tai closed his eyes and felt the bed shift from Matt moving. He opened one eye a little bit to see Matt sitting up. He quickly shut his eye and lay still, hoping that Matt would lie back down soon. Suddenly, he felt something on his lips, and, knowing that Matt was kissing him, his eyes shot wide open and he threw Matt off of him, accidentally over the edge of the bed.

"What's the hell's the deal Matt?! I'm not fucking gay, okay? You might be, but god damn-it I'm not! You got it?!" When Matt didn't reply, Tai couldn't help but yell louder. "Damn-it Matt! You got it?!" Matt stood up and tried to say something, but Tai cut him off before he could even get started. "Get out! Get the hell out now!"

Matt shuddered at the tone of Tai's voice and ran out of the bedroom. Tai didn't move, even when he saw tears slowly falling from Matt's eyes down his face.

Matt forgot his backpack and ran straight out the front door, leaving it open and letting the cold air in. Tai finally came out of the bedroom knowing that Matt was gone and shut the door, making sure it was locked.

"How can he even think that about me? It's not right! He's my friend!" Suddenly it dawned on him. "He's my friend. God, Matt-what did I do?" Slowly he leaned against the door and slid down it, silently crying.

TBC

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