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Enigma
Part
4: "Moonlit Play"
By
Splash
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At
this point, I start completely ignoring some events in the series, as if they
never happened. ^_^ Reference to
episode 3: In this fic, the Frontier
kids
stay in the initial village for a while before another Trailmon approaches.
Disclaimer:
Digimon Frontier and its characters belong to Toei, not me. This is fanmade material, and by freedom of
speech and all sorts of other random
laws
wonderful America has, I have the right to make this kind of stuff, so don't
sue. XD
****
Takuya
awoke with a start. His left cheek felt
incredibly warm...
The
events of the previous evening were briefly forgotten, so when he spotted the
other boy staring down at him, he almost jumped. He was no longer
tired,
although Kouji was yearning for a little bit more rest in his eyes. Or perhaps those eyelids were lazy for
another reason...
At
that point he realized the warmth was from Kouji's hand. Takuya stared into his eyes above him. Kouji's entire face was shadowed from the
rising
light
behind him, but he could notice the details between his furrows. His walls of coldness were simmering,
revealing a new bearing... an impulse came
from
Takuya's hands unconsciously holding onto the blue-clad waistline, and he
reached for a more comfortable grasp.
But his effort was unyielding, and
Kouji
sat up, moving away from him.
Takuya
stifled a whine of dismay and followed, using his hands to support him
instead. After a yawn, he glanced at
Kouji, noticing his fetal position.
He
could've sworn that Kouji was blushing.
Curiousity
got to the better of him, and Takuya reached out once more towards the striped
article on Kouji's head. As if he were
psychic, Kouji took the
hand
before it got near any proximity of its target. Slowly, he turned around, his usual expression retained.
"
You should get back to the others before they wake up," he said. If there was even a hint of solace in that
tone, Takuya couldn't sense it.
Takuya
stood in silence for a while, trying not to get excited at the location of
Kouji's action. Anyhow, the pierce of
Kouji's voice was something he
had
not learned to endure, so it held him back.
Eventually, he managed a small, " Right..."
Slowly,
Kouji let go. He almost regretted
saying that...
"
Kouji... Will you... will you be here again tonight?"
Unseen
by Takuya, the dark-haired one blushed.
He wasn't used to this, having somebody ask for his company. Even if it was an indirect request... and
Takuya
wasn't all that bad...
'
Just one more night, I'll try it...' he planned. " Yes."
Takuya's
face lightened up. " Great!"
He
saw the blush on Kouji's expression, confirming his former thought, and
immediately contained his excitement. " I mean, uh... that's good. Mmm...
I'll
catch you later, then." Takuya waved a short good-bye before leaving,
preventing the scene from becoming more awkward.
"
See ya." He stopped at Kouji's voice.
For the first time, Takuya noticed the beauty of it. It was dangerously low, but that was exactly
what thrilled
him. Takuya smiled.
****
The
others wondered why I was already so piped up when they awoke. I just replied with a joke immature tongue
and said, " Envious of my energy?"
Izumi
and Junpei both 'hmphed' at the same time.
I wonder why most of us refused to get along with each other. Since we were all stuck in the same
situation,
working together might get us home earlier.
Then again, I was afraid of what they would say back to me if I
suggested such a thing.
Mutualism
can really stink.
We
spent the day gathering food around the area.
Some of the trees had a lot of strange-looking fruit on them, and the
bushes had berries. I wondered
what
Digimon meat was like... hmm. At one
point we got reached the area Kouji was at the night before. I looked around for him, but he wasn't
anywhere
near...
Bokomon and Neemon led us across the field and over a hill, and we found
ourselves standing in front of a stream.
Actually, it seemed more like
a
small river.
"
This here is our main source of water.
Could you scoop up some of it with that bucket?" Bokomon pointed to
the pail in Junpei's hands, and he obliged.
I
ignored them and went back over the hill, gazing at the tree where I slept,
where HE slept... I deeply hoped that Kouji didn't run off permanently. I
wasn't
sure how much I could trust him to keep his word.
****
I
shouldn't have doubted him. He was
probably just out sightseeing...
When
he saw me, I could see the edge of a smile tracing his lips. The thought that he was happy to meet me
again filled me with the most amazing
feeling. But then, the hint was gone, replaced by his
usual cold expression.
I
refused to show my disappointment. " Kouji!" I called freely,
stopping within range. " How was your day?"
"
Same old, same old," he replied, nonchalant in his tone.
"
And that would be...?"
Kouji
glared at me. " Why do you have to be so..." He stopped himself, then
looked away. Apparently last night's
conversation was still fresh in his
mind. He sighed. " I took a walk around the
whole area, figured up a few places I could head off to..."
That
had me worried. " Are you... leaving?"
He
jerked in my direction. " Well, I can't stay HERE all the time, can
I?"
Pang. Of course he wouldn't stay here. He had no reason to... and certainly not for
me...
Kouji
must have sensed something, for he looked sympathetic all of a sudden. "
If you want, I can... uh..." he hesitated to say anything else.
The
mood needed to be brightened, so I decided to finish his sentence. " Take
off your bandana?" In a huge gesture, I lunged out both of my arms towards
his
head, but he managed to dodge.
"
No!" he said, stern but humorous at the same time. " Why don't you
take off your hat?"
That
idea had never occured to me until he brought it up. I wanted to see him without his bandana first, though... I guess
it was a pride thing. " I
will
when you take off your bandana... maybe."
I
grabbed for the bandana again, and he still dodged. He gave me a strange look, wondering what I was trying to do with
my obvious attempts. I gave him
an evil
grin, then started running after him.
Naturally, he kept dodging, and soon we were chasing each other around
the field. The best thing about it
was
that I felt like there was no conflict during that time. I could only feel a beautiful sensation of
his happiness, his bliss...
****
We
spent several nights like that one. I
would constantly tease him about taking off his bandana, and if he tried to
retaliate with the hat thing, I'd
start
chasing him. Sometimes he would even chase
me... and when we both got tired, we would talk to each other about our
days. I could tell that every
second
I spent with him was making him open up more.
I just wished I could spend more time than the simple hour or so I was
there every night, but we
needed
our sleep. He had a lot of interesting
things to talk about, and he was amazingly intelligent. Within a couple nights he had learned the
ins and
outs
of every organism in the area, especially the edible ones. I swear he was some kind of natural
survivor.
Tonight
I tried sneaking up on him again like I did on the first night. When I arrived at the field, I found him
missing at his tree. Confused, I gave
up
my surprise attack and inspected the tree... did he leave?
My
worry was only momentary, and something came down on me from the tree. Sure enough, it was Kouji, anticipating my
arrival. He also anticipated my
next
move, which was to grab his bandana.
Once more, I chased him across and back the field several times, and
nothing could have stopped our moment of
paradise....
Yes,
nothing could match up to the feeling I had when I was with Kouji. Tomoki, Izumi, Junpei... all of the
others... they were no more than
acquaintances,
no matter how much I tried to make conversation with them. With Kouji, I didn't need to depend on
that. But being with him for such a
short
time was killing me...
We
both tired eventually, and we slumped onto the middle of the field, the
cotton-like plants scattering from the disturbance. I glanced at him,
observing
his heavy breathing. He caught my eyes,
and for about a minute we just stared at each other, catching our breaths. And he was... smiling. He
was
truly smiling. And it wasn't one of
those smirks or evil grins that we usually gave each other... This one sent
shivers all through me. It was the
first
genuine sign that he enjoyed my presence.
I almost thought it was impossible for him to ever make it... but there
it was, for my own sight only...
However,
I could sense a bit of sadness in those eyes...
We
both sat up, and I decided that it was time I asked...
"
Kouji, there's something that's been bugging me lately."
He
peered at me curiously, which involved a simple head tilt. He blinked, and that was all the permission
I needed to go on.
"
Why..." I struggled with my choice of words for a moment, " How come
you don't stay with the rest of the other kids at the village? Why do you stay
here?"
Kouji
shuffled around, as if his current position was uncomfortable. " I don't
think I would fit in with them. I
just... don't like being around so many
people."
I
looked at him solemnly.
"
And what good would that do?" he reasoned, " It wouldn't make any
difference if I was there."
"
I could be with you more often."
There
was a deep silence, and Kouji had a startled look. I cringed inwardly. Damn,
I blew it...
And
then, he reached a hand out to my face.
He brushed my cheek, lightly playing with my hair. He had felt my hair before during some of
our
conversations,
teasingly on the brink of yanking off my hat, but this was a VERY different
mood...
"
Takuya..." he said soothingly, " You have no idea how much I enjoy
having you around. But I'm just not
ready to try myself with so many other people."
His
admission had my heart going so brilliantly, but his second comment destroyed
it.
Gazing
at him, he seemed to be torn up as well.
His hands returned to his sides, and he looked away. " I've never
been this close to anyone before. The
feeling
of it... it's all so new..."
He
was holding back tears, pressuring his hands to grip the grass. And at that moment, I knew I couldn't separate
myself from him again. " Then can I
stay
with you?"
"
W... wha?" he said, shocked at the request, " What about the
others? I thought you were protecting
them..."
I
smiled, admiring his perplexed form. " A Trailmon is scheduled to arrive
tomorrow. They'll be going home."
He
looked down, contemplating the situation.
His blue overcoat was hanging off one side, but he took no notice of
it. I thought it looked utterly...
tempting.
GodDAMN
tempting. " Kouji."
He
jerked his head in my direction, and I caught it in my hands. Immediately, I could feel heat creeping
from them... He made no move to resist. "
Please
stay with me?" I half-questioned.
I
took hold of his shoulders and leaned forward.
And captured his lips in my own.
Kouji...
****
=^.^=
Sorry
for leaving it rather open and unexplained at the end, I did it on purpose and
things will clear up next chapter. ^^;
The
better is still yet to come... heheheh... how good you want it to be will
depend on your reviews. lol. XD
Splash
http://gottaito.cjb.net