Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Numb ❯ Desperation ( Chapter 3 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
**DISCLAIMER** Nope, still don't own Digimon. Wish I did though.

A/N: Ok, this Chapter reinforces the R rating. It could even be NC / 17 because of the angst, some details, and the general mood. This chapter could give ya nightmares when read under the right context. I finally finished writing it at 6 in the morning one day. Read and judge for yourself but I'm warning you, it's not a happy chapter. -_-;; It took me so long to post it because I was too afraid to. I actually rewrote it to make it a little happier but it didn't work out so this is what you're left with. Hope it doesn't seem like a cliche'. I'm afraid a few parts might turn out that way. -_-

Oh yeah, this isn't the last one, there's room for an epilogue so there might be a semi-short chapter 4. But I am still a little unsure how I want it to end so I'm going to do something I usually don't do. I'm going to let YOU the readers decide. More details after this chapter. But for now, onto the story!

Btw: There's a bit of sap in this too.

Numb
by: Bird of Fire

Chapter 3: Desperation

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Taichi's Room


A/N: For those of you that don't catch on, Tai is in a bit of an amnesiac state. His act probably triggered it. Kinda like when you get a cut that you don't know you have and it only starts to hurt after you've noticed it. I talked with a friend of mine who's brother (both will remain nameless) had tried to commit suicide once and I asked about certain things for Taichi's reaction. He basically told me that he didn't have a reaction at all, he hadn't realized what he did until his sister ran in. Only he felt extreme remorse afterwards but during, he didn't feel a thing. So with that in mind, read on!


I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
I've become so tired, so much more aware.


The sound of the music on his stereo snapped him out of his trance.

'What did I do?' he thought, an odd calming feeling encasing him. Much different than the despair he felt a few moments ago. There was only one thing wrong - he felt so tired all of a sudden. So empty, emotionless really. It scared him, but for only a few seconds as the emotion was absorbed in the nothingness creeping from the back of his mind.

I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you.


"What's wrong with me, I feel so different..." He looked around his room for anything out of the ordinary - nope, same old room, same old mess. He then looked up at his reflection in the mirror - same hair, same body...he touched his face...everything was the same except...his complexion. His usually tanned skin, the result of many soccer practices, was a bit paler than normal.

'I really need to get in the sun more. Maybe I just need a glass of water. That might bring me back to normal.' He tried to stand, immediately falling back down in a sudden dizzy spell. "Shit, was I drinking already?" Slowly this time, Taichi stood and padded off towards the kitchen, using the hall walls as support.

He was only vaguely aware of the blood stain he left behind on the carpet...and of the warmth that slipped down from his wrists down onto the walls as he slowly walked off in a daze.

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"What...the...f--" Yamato stopped and bent, hands on his knees, panting heavily. Drops of sweat glistened in the lights of the street lamps, plastering some stray locks of his hair to his forehead. He brushed them away angrily. "Gods, you'd think after all those practices that Taichi dragged me to and digi-world adventures that I'd earn some amount of stamina!" He fumed, still trying to catch his breath.

Taichi...

"Well, sooner I get there the sooner I can try to make it up to him. Virus be damned!" He checked his pockets, feeling nothing, and imagined little cartoon moths flying out of them. "Damn. The bus ate up the last of my change! No taxi for me I guess..."

'But you have to get to him. He needs you...' his mind urged.

With renewed vigor, and a sudden urge for another...uh...'night jog,' Yamato took off again for the Yagami* residence.

(*A/N Ok, maybe someone can explain the switch. In the series it's "Kamiya" but I've seen it written in fics as "Yagami" also. Why the change? Is there a reason for it? I just use the "Yagami" name because I like the "read it backwards" references. Maybe that's why it was changed? Thanks for any answers to my confused mind! ^_^ )

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Listening to the music blasting out of his stereo (he couldn't for the life of him remember why he turned it up that loud) Tai rummaged through the cupboard deftly. He was taking out a glass when he noticed the trays of various foods arranged on the dining room table.

"What the...why are those out?"

And I know...
I may end up failing to...


After filling his glass with tap water, Tai took a sip and immediately cringed at the coppery taste. Confused, he looked down at the glass, his mind clearing as he gazed at his wrists...

// I can?t help but think that this test will turn positive and I hate myself for getting involved with you when I knew of the chance. I mean, there is a pretty big chance that I gave it to you too, and I can?t live with myself... \\

He dropped his glass, shattering it on the hard wood floor, as he sank down to his knees. His memories flooded back to him, his hurt coming back in waves. He hurt Yamato. He may have killed him with the same thing that'll kill himself eventually. Yamato hated him. Looking at the blood dripping and puddling around his knees, Tai held his breath and lifted his wrists to encourage the flow.

'Maybe if I get rid of the dirty blood I'll be clean again and Yamato won't be mad at me...' his mind trailed, irrationally. Starting to feel nauseated, he half-crawled/half-walked back to his room to pull himself back onto his bed. The music still pounded in his ears.

But I know...
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you.


Suddenly he let out a sharp cry and doubled over as pain wrenched him to his knees. His heart pounded, trying to pump the vital liquid that was slowly and steadily seeping out of his wounds to his major organs. Tai eventually crawled in bed, gasping, and pulled his knees to his chest trying to find a position that offered less pain as he felt his body start to die. He shivered violently, feeling icy. 'Oh Gods, what is happening to me?'

Tears sprang to his eyes as he gazed at the photo by his bed of a sun golden-haired blonde boy with clear, dazzling blue eyes.

"Yam...a...to..." he whispered as his mind screamed. Pain engulfed his body one last time before the darkness finally took over.

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Yam...a...to...

Yamato froze about a block away from Tai's apartment with an uneasy feeling. 'No...it couldn't be...' The voice in his head sounded pained, scared...

He broke into a run, reaching Taichi's door in less than five minutes. He heard loud music coming from the apartment so he knew knocking wasn't going to work. Instead, he felt around the door frame for the spare key they kept. Finding it, he hurried to unlock the door and push the door open.

What he saw was blood...and not just speckles of it but puddles of it on the kitchen floor. He stared at two exceptionally large twin puddles right in front of the sink, glass and water mixed in with the mess. Yamato's mind spun as he felt faint. 'Maybe he cut himself on the glass accidentally,' he thought lamely.

'Taichi...'

Then he saw the trail. No, something happened to him. His Tai was in trouble. He faintly wondered if someone broke in and locked the door on their way out as he followed the trail, painfully aware of the dried smears on each side wall. He finally stopped, standing in Tai's doorway.

The first thing he noticed was the large crimson stain. A striking contrast to the pale carpet on the hard wooden floor. So much blood... Subconsciously, Yamato reached over to turn the volume down on the blasting stereo.

I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
I've become so tired, so much more aware...


"Taichi? Where..." his voice shook as his eyes searched Tai's room, coming across the form curled up on the bed. Suddenly he couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't speak--he found himself rushing over to Tai's curled body. Sitting on the bed, he pulled Tai into his lap so he could lay back onto Yamato's chest. Yamato sought a pulse in Tai's neck, relief flooding him when he found a weak one. Taking in Tai's blood-soaked appearance, he quickly grabbed his cell phone and dialed the number for the nearest hospital.

"Hello? I-I need an ambulance right now. My boyfriend...something happened to him! I don't know...there's so much blood..." Yamato gasped, noticing the twin cuts. "His wrists..." he trailed off, dropping the phone to the floor. He gently lifted Tai's hands, examining the still bleeding cuts. On impulse, Yamato took off his own shirt and ripped long strips to bandage Tai's wrists. Kissing Tai's palms, tears spilled over his cheeks as he realized what Taichi had done.

I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you.


"Oh Koi...no...please..." he sobbed, lowering his head to Taichi's shoulder. He willed the image to go away. No...this couldn't be happening.

Tai stirred, feeling warm wetness on his neck behind him, smelling the familiar scent. "Yamato?" he whispered.

Shock. "Taichi? Thank the Gods you're awake. I thought..."

"You came back?" He was so quiet, Yama had to strain to hear him, even sitting this close.

"Of course Koi, I couldn't stay away. I'm so sorry Tai...I'm sorry for what I put you through, you didn't deserve that..." Tai turned his head slowly to look up at him. Yamato gasped, 'His skin is paler than mine. Exactly how much blood did he loose...?'

"It's...okay......you couldn't...have--" He couldn't continue, a coughing fit stealing any words that came. Yamato was terrified, unable to help his lover, only able to hold him close. Tai's fit passed as he started shivering again, cuddling into the warmth of Yamato's chest. "Yama, I'm...so cold....what's happening to.........me..." Tai said, weakly.

"Tai, hold on please. There's an ambulance on it's way. They'll help you and you'll be back to yourself in no time. You'll see!" Yamato cried softly, unable to stop the tears. Silence. "T-Taichi...?"

I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
[I'm tired of being what you want me to be.]


"I'm sorry Yama." Taichi whispered, barely audible. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I'm sorry if I gave it to you too. I'm sorry I hurt you. You don't need someone like me..."

"Koi, no. Don't say that. It wasn't--"

"And thank you Koibito, for the last seven months. You're the best thing that has happened to me. I can't imagine what my life would have been like without sharing it with you." Tai reached up to cup Yamato's cheek in his hand, his feathery touches sending chills through Yamato's body as he turned his head to kiss Tai's fingers. Yama then bent his head down, hesitantly, and captured those soft lips of his lover with his, feeling Tai's heartbeat in the kiss. He pulled him closer still, trying to warm Tai's skin, trying to keep him alive.

I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
[I'm tired of being what you want me to be.]


Tai pulled away, looking deep into those blue eyes, thinking there was nothing else more beautiful. "I love you Ishida Yamato, with all my heart. I always have and I always will. Remember that." A faint smile played on the golden-haired boy's lips.

"Taichi, I--"

He was cut off sharply as Tai suddenly gripped his side - hard. With a whimper, Tai buried his face in Yamato's chest. It felt like liquid fire was coursing through his body, making him beg for it to stop.

"Taichi?! What's wrong?? What's going on?" Panic. Yamato didn't know what to do, only pray that the fucking ambulance would get here sooner. He laid Taichi back on the bed to try to make him more comfortable. Tai whimpered again and slowly opened his eyes.

Fear. Blue eyes met brown eyes one more time. "Yama..." Tai whispered, sighing, his eyes fluttered closed as he once again fell into the nothingness.

"Tai? Taichi?? No please, Taichi...don't leave me...Please!" Yamato sobbed, resting his forehead on his lover's chest. "I love you, Yagami Taichi. Forever." He whispered to his lover, the faint sound of ambulance sirens rolled in the distance.

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To be continued...?


God I feel like a sadist. I don't know how I could do that to them so please don't ask. -_-; Maybe it's because of the mood I'm in. My boyfriend just got stationed in Kuwait for 4 - 6 months for airforce duty (at least that's where I think he's at. They aren't allowed to tell me, but that's where a lot of people are being sent) and I feel like killing somebody right now. My own reasons, I won't bore you with the details. And since the guy who told him to go isn't within my reach then I feel the need to take it out on Taichi.

Tai: o_O *sobs* why did you do that to me?
Yama: *sobs* my Taichi, he better pull through. I don't know how I'd live without him.
Tai: {snuggles next to Yama} She's evil. Pure evil.
BOF: I'm sorry guys! But it was time for me to take back the fic.
Yama: But you didn't have to kill my lover, bitch.
Tai: Yama!
Yama: Sorry.
BOF: Well, you don't know that he's dead!! I kinda left that open-ended. He could pull through, or he could die.
Yama: Still that's not good enough. {looks lovingly at Tai} It's too close. Tai would have never done that to himself. I would have never hurt him like that.
Tai: {gets a dreamy look} Of course not! I love you too much Yama.
BOF: How about this, after I'm done "Sweet Dreams" and "Strange Powers" I'll dedicate my first yaoi lemon to you 2? You'll be center stage.
Tai: I like! {looks at Yama, hearts fluttering around his head.}
Yama: Me too, I get to be on top though. {looks at Tai, his own hearts fluttering around.}
BOF: Ugh, guys get a room. The hearts are smothering me.
{Tai and Yama glare at BOF before happily obliging.}

Annnnnyway, as I said earlier, this is where you, the readers, come in. If I decide to make an epilogue (which I'm not so sure about now, the story kinda seems good where it is) then I'd like to get some votes on how you guys would like this to turn out. So what do you say guys? Give me your thoughts! What do you want to happen? I'll wait another week and on August 11th I'll start writing the epilogue. One thing though, I'm NOT writing any lemons! ^_^ It wouldn't be appropriate in this Taito...or rather, it's more of a Yamachi...

Contact me for more info if you like! Leave your ideas/votes either in my reviews, reply to my "challenge" post on my Online Journal, or contact me directly at: Flamebirdphoenix@hotmail.com

Thanks!
BOF