Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ Through the Looking Glass ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

A/N: I can't believe I finally finished this chapter. I actually finished writing it about two weeks ago. I just took forever to type it up. ^^; Gomen ne. But it is finished now, and I should be updating again sometime in the next month. It'll take awhile for anything, er, really fun to happen in one, since most of the, uh, 'action' will take place at the end. Do be prepared for angsty (and indecisive) Taichi (my specialty), fairly soon, though. Hehe. And Yamato will conitnue to be extremely dense about everything.

Taichi will be a male again soon, too. Which means he'll make an idiot of himself around poor, dense (read: complete moron) Yamato. Heh. ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon. If I did, one of the frontier boys would morph into a female digimon, kay?

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For the first time in my life, I felt guilty because I was having fun. It felt wrong to be having fun because I had lied to someone. What was worse was that I didn't really have any reason to lie. I felt like I was having fun at Yamato's expense, even though he had no idea of what was going on.

"Takako?"

"Eh?" I glanced up at him. It was a weird feeling having to look up to see his face. "Ah, sorry..just thinking.."

"Something wrong?" He looked genuinely concerned.

"Its nothing," it felt like I had said that too quickly. I didn't really care if he noticed or not; I just wanted him to stop looking at me like that. "I..should really be getting home."

"I'll walk you," he gave me that friendly smile again. I hate it when he smiles like that. It seems like he's trying to hard when he puts it on.

"I, uh," What was I supposed to do, refuse him? "Sure..thanks."

"Unless..you don't want me to?" He actually looked a little hurt.

"I-uh, well, its not that," Why was I stuttering?

"Then..what?" He looked thoughtful for a moment. "Come on, you can tell me."

"I-oh, well, I..oh never mind," I shook my head and smiled.

Smiled?

"Great," he smiled back. "So where to?"

"Uh, this way," I started walking on ahead.

"Hmm," He looked around, as if he was trying to decide if he were somewhere familiar.

"What?" I looked at him curiously. "What is it?"

"I'd swear," he continued looking around. "We're headed to the same area my best friend lives in.."

"Ah..really?" It hadn't occurred to me to lead him somewhere other than where I actually lived.

"Yeah, its definitely near here," he nodded.

I felt like finding the nearest wall and banging my head into it. I wasn't able to do this however; we turned another corner and a familiar apartment complex loomed over us.

"Hey, I was right," he look impressed with himself. How nice to know how hard it is for him to remember where I live. I felt my eyes roll back in my head.

"Well," I took a deep breath, readying myself for another set of lies. "Well..I guess this is it?"

"Not going to let me walk you to your door?"

"Oh..that's not..necessary."

"Oh but I insist," he smiled, and then grabbed my hand, pull me through the parking lot. "Now which building?"

"Uh," I sighed, feeling defeated. I pointed at my building. "That one."

"You even live in the same building as him!"

"Really?" I could have really used that wall right about then. "You..don't say.."

We walked the rest of the way to my apartment in silence. Not just silence, though; it was a horrible, uncomfortable silence, a type of silence I'm not sure I've ever shared with him. It almost made me sad; although why it made me feel this way, I'm not sure I'll even know. At least he didn't seem to notice anything about where we were headed. Well, he didn't notice anything until we were right in front of my door, and he could see the number.

"What the-"

"I-" I had to think fast, think of a way to get out of this one. "I was over here earlier...I..forgot something when I left."

"Oh," he looked a little disappointed, which made me happy and annoyed all at the same time, though I'm not sure why it annoyed me. "I guess you've, uh, already met my friend.."

"Uhm, well," I glanced at him, as I knocked on the door. "I haven't met him yet, just his er, sister?"

"Sister-? Oh, Hikari," he looked relieved. "Yeah, she is. His sister, I mean."

The door opened a crack, revealing a cautious eye. I gave the eye an unamused look. It blinked and the door opened the rest of the way.

"Hi," I did my best to sound like someone who had only been there once before. "Can I come in for a minute?"

She raised an eyebrow, looking from me to Yamato, then back at me. "Sure.."

She closed the door behind me when I stepped in, then rounded on me. "Onii-chan, just what have you done this time?"

"I haven't 'done' anything," I glared at her, though I was more angry at myself than her. "I'll explain later okay?"

When I went back to the door, Yamato was leaning against one side of the door frame looking rather bored. The boredom seemed completely erased when he saw me, however. I felt really bad then, though I wasn't sure why.

"You ready to-" He cut himself off when he saw my face. It must have been painfully obvious what was going through my mind right then, since his expression changed. "What's wrong?"

"Oh...nothing," I tried to shake my mood and expression on my face away, but I don't think it worked. "She invited me to spend the night."

"Oh," he looked surprised. "Why do you look so disappointed, then?"

"Oh-" At this point, I was at a complete loss as to why I was feeling this way. If anything, I should have been feeling relieved; I certainly shouldn't have felt disappointed. "Well its just.."

"Just what?"

"Well," I smiled, feeling a little stupid to be saying what I was about to, even though I wasn't lying this time. "I've been walked home by a guy before..I don't like having to cut it..short."

"Ohh," he looked almost to happy to hear that, like it had been what he had wanted to hear. "Well, next time then, huh?"

"Next-?"

"Oh," he blinked. "Well, I was hoping there would be a 'next time'."

"Yeah, uh, I mean, that would be..nice," I didn't know what I was saying anymore; I did, however, know that it was the absolute truth, as much as that scared me. "Well..I'll see you around, I guess."

"Yeah," he nodded, his expression brightening. "See you soon."

I watched him leave until he was too far away to see anymore, longer than I think I ever had before.

"Onii-chan?" I felt Hikari's hand on my shoulder. "You want to talk about it now?"

"I-yeah," I turned to face her. "That would be nice."

"Come on," she lead me inside, to her room. "Now do you mind telling me just what the hell you were planning to do with Yamato?"

"I wish I knew," I looked away from her. "I ran into him in front of the Takenouchi's flower shop."

"And you somehow ended up spending the rest of the day with him?"

"Hey, he made the first move," I gave her an annoyed look. "What was I supposed to do, tell him to get lost?"

"Well you could have at least explained the situation to him," she looked at me reprovingly. "What did you do when he asked for your name?"

"I-" I hung my head. "-Made one up."

"Oh, really? So who have you become?"

"Takako."

"Takako..that's almost..cute," she nodded, apparently approving. "Last name?"

"Uh..he didn't ask."

"Oh. Well then," she raised an eyebrow. "And if he had..?"

"Uh...Yamamoto?" I hadn't really thought of that. "Pretty average and unsuspicious, right?"

"Sure," she smiled, looking almost proud. I was beginning to think I was some kind of creation, and she was the mad scientist who had made me.

"What are you so happy about?"

"I have to hand it to you," she looked me in the eye. "He has clue who you are."

"Really?" I guess he really is as dense as I think.

"Really." She paused, then added, "You would make an excellent con man."

"I would not," I glared at her, resisting the urge to stick my tongue out. "Well, I guess it's a good thing, at least right now."

There was a short silence. I was broken by the sound of the front door opening.

"Mom's home," Hikari looked panicked. "What do we tell her?!"

"Duh," I poked her on the side of the head. "We tell her I'm the new girl, and I'm spending the night."

"No, no, no," she shook her head. "I meant what do we tell her about..well, where you are?"

"I-" I sat there, too stunned to think clearly. "I guess I'm gonna be gone tonight, huh?"

"Who can we get to play along and cover for you?" She looked worried. "Yamato would have been easy to convince if you hadn't sucked him into this little game!"

"I know, I know," I was still having trouble thinking clearly. "Uh, uhm...what about, uhm...Daisuke?"

"I guess that would work," she nodded, little reluctantly, probably thinking about having to deal with Daisuke. "He should be more than willing to do a favor for me."

I rolled my eyes even though I know she was right. For once in my life, I was actually glad that Daisuke was such a sucker for my sister. Then I thought of another problem.

"My shoes!"

"Your-?"

"They're by the front door," I could feel myself panicking. "If I'm not home, my shoes shouldn't be home either!"

"Oh man," she seemed to thinking hard. "We'll just..tell you wore a different pair..or something.."

I sighed. "I guess we don't have much choice.."

There was a knock on the door. "Hikari, are you in there?"

"Yeah," Hikari got up and answered the door.

"Okay, just letting you know I'm home." My mom smiled, then noticed me. "Who's this? I don't think I've ever seen her before."

"She's new," Hikari motioned towards me as I came over to the door. "Takako Yamamoto."

"Well hello, Takako," my mom smiled and bowed a little. "I hope you like it here."

I bowed back. "Well, uh, I like what I've seen so far."

"She's spending the night," Hikari looked at or mother hopefully. "It's okay, right?"

"I suppose," my mo nodded and back out of the room. "Have you eaten yet?"

I shook my head. "No, I haven't."

"Well then, I'll be cooking for-" She counted on her fingers. "Five tonight?"

"Oh!" Hikari seemed to have suddenly remembered something. "Just four. Taichi is at Daisuke's...I think he's spending the night."

"Oh..well, alright then. I wish you kids would warn me about these things."

"Sorry," Hikari nodded. "I'll warn you next time. I can't say the same thing for Taichi, but I'll tell him."

My mom gave her an approving look, and finally left to cook dinner. I slumped on the floor, against Hikari's bed. She sat down next to me looking relieved. We sat there for a moment before she had another revelation.

"Hey.."

"What?"

"She didn't even notice your shoes."

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A/N: Oh, and I lied about not making this one as long. Whoops?