Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ New Life ❯ Illusions Against a Midnight Sky ( Chapter 10 )

Warnings: Still gonna be sign language. And there is finally some fluff! Bishie style, of course. And I confuse you! Yay for confusion! Okay, I'll shut up now. On with the fic!

New Life

Chapter 10: Illusions Against a Midnight Sky

Three boys stepped into an empty apartment laughing until they were blue-well, all except one, but he was trying.

"That was great when you beamed that nurse with that plate!" Taichi exclaimed.

"Yeah! I never knew you had such great aim!"

`Matt-can I talk to you for a minute? It's important.'

"Sure. Hey Tai? TK needs to talk for a minute. No eavesdropping, `kay?"

"Yeah. Whatever. I can't tell what you're saying anyway."

Yamato and Takeru went into the kitchen and sat at the table. They started signing back and forth, not letting anybody in on their private conversation.

`What's up? What's so important?'

`Well-I think you should try going out with Tai.'

`What? Why?'

`I don't know-I just think you should.'

`Is that what was so important?'

`Well, yeah. You wouldn't believe me for why you should go out, anyway.'

`Try me.'

`I can't. I promised I wouldn't tell. But you know how Sora broke up with you?'

`How'd you know about that?'

`Tai told me. But she broke up with you because she thinks you two should go out, too.'

`You're joking, right?'

`Do I look like I'm joking?'

`No, but . . . come on. Me and Tai are best friends-nothing more. I'm not gay or bi, and neither is Tai.'

`How do you know? Haven't you ever thought some guy was hot, or had your heart go nuts when you got close to Tai?'

`Well, now that you mention it . . . wait a minute! What am I saying?'

`See? You like him, whether you've noticed it or not. Just try. You never know. Please? For me?'

`Well . . . alright. But what will Tai say? I doubt he likes me. And how am I supposed to ask him?'

`You'll figure it out. But for now you guys should just go hang out together. I'll be fine on my own. Mom'll be back soon. But will you get Tai so I can talk to him real quick?'

`Sure. Hold on.' Yamato got up from the table and went into the living room where Taichi had turned on the TV and was intently watching a random show. "TK wants to talk to you for a minute. Then we can head back to my place and watch some movies or something."

"Okay. Are you sure TK will be okay?"

"Yeah. He'll be fine. Our mom will be back soon. She's coming home early to see TK. It's kind of amazing that my dad was actually home for once."

"Yeah. You go ahead and get ready and I'll be back in a minute."

The brunette got up off the couch and went into the kitchen to talk to the younger Ishida. He grabbed a pen and paper off the coffee table before getting too far though.

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"I'm getting tired Matt," the brunette stated before rolling over to face his friend.

"Then go to sleep. I'll wake you up before the sun sets."

"Okay. Just don't forget." Taichi rolled back over and put his hands behind his head. He had fallen asleep in minutes.

Yamato stared up at the sky and pulled on some loose grass. He and Taichi were the only ones on the hill that day, which was unusual, especially since it was the weekend. Clouds floated by and the blonde just stared mindlessly at them, his mind lost in his own confusing thoughts. He glanced at the brunette lying in the grass beside him and sighed.

"Maybe TK's right. Maybe I do like Tai. But what if I do and he doesn't like me back?"

Confusion took over Yamato's mind and he slowly drifted to sleep. He didn't wake until hours later, when he felt a soft hand caressing his cheek. It felt nice, and he couldn't help but snuggle his face into the palm of the familiar hand.

"Yama? Are you awake?"

The blonde nodded and opened his eyes slowly to stare into the face of Taichi, whose head was silhouetted against the starry night sky.

"What's up?"

The brunette adjusted himself and placed a finger on Yamato's lips, silencing him. He removed his finger and sweetly kissed the blonde, who slowly responded to the kiss, closing his eyes and letting his heart guide him. He felt the brunette's warm lips move away from his, and a head rest on his chest.

"Can we stay like this forever, Yama?"

"Mm hm."

The blonde was quickly pulled back to sleep and he suddenly sat bolt upright and looked to his side to see Taichi still sound asleep in the grass.

"I guess it was a dream. But it felt real. And it felt right, too." The blonde looked up at the now dark, star-filled sky and smiled. "Tai's gonna kill me because I fell asleep and didn't wake him up for the sunset. Oh well. He'll get over it." He gently shook the brunette and called his name. "Tai. Tai . . . wake up. We need to go home. My dad's gonna go nuts if we don't get there soon."

"Aw . . . five more minutes Yama-please?"

"No, we gotta go. Come on-get up." Realization dawned on the blonde. "Did he just call me Yama? He's never called me that before . . . and then that dream . . . maybe it's just coincidence . . . but what if that wasn't a dream . . . and Tai really kissed me?" Unconsciously, Yamato reached up and touched his lips.

"Matt? You okay? You seem kinda out of it all of a sudden."

"What? Oh-yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking."

"Oh, okay." The brunette yawned and stretched his arms toward the sky then stood up. He held his hand out to the blonde and pulled his friend off the ground. "Come on. You're the one that said your dad'll kill you if we don't get there soon, and I wanna go back to sleep."

"Yeah. Let's go." But the blonde's mind was lost in thought and he didn't pay attention to where he was going. He didn't really care whether Taichi led them to his house or not-he just wanted to sort out his thoughts and his mixed up, confused feelings.

TBC

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