Lookies! I finished something! One down two to go...
Can I have some feedback on this? It didn't end the
way I wanted it to and I'm not sure if I should add a
bit more, anything you have to say would be
appreciated. Even flames...has anyone ever been flamed
on this list? I don't recall anything... Oh and I did
write Yamato's song...I can't write poetry or songs or
things like that so please ignore it! Anyways here's
my fic:
				      
Dying Love
By: Tai Chick

	The bright orange sun was visible to the entire city.
A cool breeze was blowing keeping things from getting
too hot and young children ran home to be in time for
dinner. But this wasn't recognized by two boys who
stood alone on an open roof.
	"I don't understand Yama, please tell me why you're
doing this now." Taichi Yagami begged the other.
	Yamato's cold blue eyes looked out over the city as
he spoke just above a whisper. "I think it will be
better this way...you'll be better off without me."
	"You mean *you'll* be better off without *me*" Taichi
said harshly. "What brought this on all the sudden?"
	"Lots of things. We're still young, we should
experience more...and my band..."
	"Yama, does this have anything to do with the fact
that I'm a boy?" Taichi asked softly, a few tears ran
down his cheeks. "It never used to bother you before."
	Yamato clenched the railing tightly. "It does
now...I've made up my mind. Taichi, we're through."
	Taichi had been crying before, but now it was worse.
Tears flowed and heart wrenching sobs filled dusk's
air. "Please Yamato...don't do this."
	Yamato refused to speak. He walked to the door and
down the stairs, leaving his first and only love
alone. Tears had filled his eyes as well. "I'm sorry
Taichi, but our relationship is wrong. It always has
been..." He gasped and gripped the wall of the
hallway. "But then why does this hurt so much?" 
	A thousand thoughts ran through his head, all he
wanted to do was go home and sleep forever...but no.
There was a party he was expected to go to. The others
were trying to make Ken feel welcome among both the
old and new Digidestined. Besides, Mimi was coming all
the way from America and bringing Michael.
	Yamato laughed bitterly as he began his walk home. He
supposed he could have waited until after the party,
but Taichi would have been all over him. Those big
beautiful brown, would have made him change his mind
instantly about what he was going to do. 
	So why did he do it? Easy. He did it for Taichi.
Taichi deserved so much more than Yamato could offer.
He didn't deserve to be criticized every time he went
on a date. He didn't deserve to have to stand and
watch other couples dancing at dances because the
school would kick them out...no. He deserved so much
better. "Taichi Yagami, you deserve a beautiful girl
to love...not a boy like me."
	Still listening to the cries above him he walked back
to his house to get ready for the party.

	‘Parties in full swing are the best.' Daisuke thought
to himself as he watched Takeru spin Hikari round in
circles. A month ago he would have become insanely
jealous...but now, he didn't seem to mind anymore. He
clapped and laughed with the rest of them.
	Miyako shot Daisuke a strange look, asking him what
was up and he just shrugged. He didn't really know
himself. But he liked being free from the girl.
	He looked around the room. Everyone who was supposed
to be there was...well, almost everyone. Taichi had
called earlier to say that he was going to be late.
Now all they needed was for Ken to show up. They were
all going to be present to greet Ken and make him feel
welcome. To show him that there were no hard feelings
about him trying to take over the Digital World.
	Just then he felt someone grab his hand and swing him
around.
	"Hey Daisuke, feel like dancing?" Miyako said as she
spun him again.
	Daisuke laughed. "Do I have much of a choice?" 
	They continued to dance and she thought. "No." She
said at last. "So...you finally over Hikari?"
	Daisuke grinned. "Well, yeah. I don't know what
brought it on, but it's kind of a relief."
	Miyako smiled slyly. "I think I know what brought it
on so suddenly." She turned her head to the door. "Or
rather *who*."
	Daisuke followed her gaze to where Ken Ichijoji had
entered the room looking shy. Everyone had gone over
to him to bid him welcome.
	Daisuke shot Miyako a confused look and headed over
to Ken who was now looking a bit overwhelmed.
	"Konnichi-wa Ken!" Daisuke chirped with a large
smile.
	Ken visibly relaxed and returned the smile.
"Konnichi-wa Daisuke."
	When everyone had dispersed and gone back to their
activities, their fingers intertwined and they both
smiled.
	"I'm really glad you decided to come tonight."
Daisuke said shyly.
	"I'm glad you insisted that I come." Ken answered,
then looked down at their fingers and blushed. Daisuke
blushed as well.
	"Do you want me to introduce you to everyone...one at
a time?"
	Ken smiled. "I'd like that."
	Across the room there was one girl who witnessed the
exchange. "So Daisuke...found someone better than me?
Well I'll soon fix that..."

	Yamato, on the opposite side of the room also noticed
Daisuke and Ken. His heart began to hurt. The two of
them were acting just like Taichi and himself had just
before they had started going out.
	"Don't you two realize what you're getting into?"
Yamato whispered to himself. "Someone's going to get
hurt."
	"Who's going to get hurt?" Koushirou asked coming up
behind him.
	"Hu? Oh...no one, I'm just talking to myself." 
	Koushirou eyed him suspiciously "Okay...oh look,
Taichi just showed up, why don't you go talk to him?"
	"No...that's okay, Taichi knows everyone here."
	"Yamato, what's wrong? You seem so upset, and Taichi
doesn't look well either...did something happen?"
	Yamato's voice cracked as he tried not to cry right
then and there. "We broke up."
	"Nani!? When...who...why?"
	Yamato took a deep breath. "It was my doing...I just
got so sick of all the comments, and I saw how
uncomfortable Taichi would get when we were out
together...So I let him go."
	Koushirou crossed his arms and shook his head. "You
really believe that?"
	Yamato's gaze turned back to Daisuke and Ken who were
talking to Mimi and Jou. "I thought so..." He sighed
and smiled. "They're so cute."
	"Who?" Koushirou turned. "Oh wow, Daisuke and Ken...I
hadn't noticed before, who would have thought?"
	Yamato laughed. "I just noticed it myself. I don't
think that they realize how deep their relationship is
yet, they will soon though. Taichi's going to..." he
cut himself short.
	"Yamato, I really think you're making a mistake."
Koushirou said softly.
	"I'm so...confused...I really thought that I was
doing the right thing, but now..."
	"There's one person in the world for everyone. What
are the chances that you'll find that person on the
first try? Almost nothing...but I think that Taichi is
your match, you two got lucky.
	"Do you really think?"
	"I do" Koushirou laughed. "Now get out of here and
fix your mistake, I'm sure that Taichi will forgive
you."
	"I'm not so sure...I hurt him pretty bad...Really
bad."
	"Yamato?"
	"Yes?"
	"Go."
	"Gone." Yamato crossed through the crowd and into a
small dark corner, he only had a little bit of time.
He pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil, this was
the only way he could talk without emotions getting in
the way. He hoped Taichi would listen.

	Ken put a gentle hand on Daisuke's shoulder and he
turned to smile. "You know you're always welcome
here." Daisuke said.
	"I know that now...you given me hope."
	A little giggle was heard to their right. Iori was
standing there trying not to laugh.
	"Now what, pray tell, is so funny?" Ken asked trying
to look stern, but failing miserably.
	Iori continued to giggle. "Nothing. Nope, nothing,
un-uh not a thing." He turned to Miyako who was also
laughing.
	"You know guys, there isn't anything for you to go
and get all excited about." Daisuke insisted. "It's
not like we're in love or anything."
	"`Corse not." Takeru stated looking around. "Hey has
anyone seen Hikari?"
	All the digidestines shook their heads.
	"I haven't seen her since Ken showed up. Do you think
she went home?" Mikako asked.
	"Doubt it." Takeru stated. "I'm going to find her."
And he left.
	"Daisuke." Ken whispered once he had gone. "Is there
anything wrong with Taichi?"
	Daisuke looked over to where his partner was
indicating. Jou was attempting to engage Taichi in
conversation. It wasn't working well, Taichi just
looked plain depressed.
	"I don't know...would you mind if I talked to him?"
	"Of course not. I'll manage on my own...for the time
being."
	Daisuke smiled and headed in Taichi's direction, Ken
realized that he was alone. Iori and Mikako had taken
to dancing and Takeru had gone to look for Hikari.
	Ken smiled to himself as he drank his punch...it was
quite good. He liked it here. He liked these people
and they seemed to like him. For the first time in
years he had friends. True friends...not just people
who wanted his help with school work and were after
him because he was a genius. These people seemed to
high for that. Especially Daisuke.
	With the thought of the tall-genki boy he started to
tremble. Why did he fell this way for him? He was a
*boy* that type of thing wasn't supposed to go on. But
no matter how much he insisted to himself that he
wasn't in love with Daisuke, that it was just a sharp
friendship a glimmer of doubt always remained. He was
in love with Daisuke.
	"Ken?" The sound of Hikari's voice snapped him out of
his daydream.
	"Oh, Hikari. There you are. Takeru's been looking for
you." Ken stated putting his glass down.
	"I wanted to talk to *you* Ken...when we could be
alone." Hikari said looking innocently at him.
	"What about?" Ken asked. He wasn't liking where this
conversation was going.
	She look up into his eyes and put her arms on his
shoulders. "Ever since I first met you...I haven't
been able to stop thinking about you" He lips were now
dangerously close to his. "I think that we destined to
be together..."
	‘Oh god...'

	"So you broke up?!" Daisuke exclaimed. "Geeze, no
wonder you're so upset!"
	Taichi continued to stare at his glass. "It's okay...
I've had him to myself for almost two years, I suppose
it was time to share him." He took a deep breath. "So
why are you here, bummin with me when you should be
with your boyfriend?"
	Daisuke's face turned and instant shade of red.
"Um...this wasn't the way the conversation was
supposed to go..."
	"So you do like him!"
	"No! He's just a friend...a really good friend but
still!" Daisuke protested.
	Taichi's face dropped suddenly as he looked at
something behind Daisuke. "Um...you're right, let's go
get something to eat." He put his arm on Daisuke's
shoulder and tried to haul him out of the room, but
Daisuke had already turned around.
	Ken and Hikari were kissing in the center of the
room.
	Taichi watched as Daisuke's face went pale.
"Um...Taichi, I...I think I'm going to go get some
air." and he bolted from the room.
	Taichi knew better than to follow, he just stood
where he was and shook his head. "People are so cold."
He whispered. He looked towards Ken. Yamato had
appeared from no where and was talking hurriedly to
him. Ken nodded and ran after Daisuke.
	Taichi sighed and accidentally caught Yamato's eye.
	The pretty blonde looked about ready to say
something...but Taichi moved quickly away. He didn't
need anything else tonight.

	A band had been scheduled to play at 7:30 that night.
They were forty five minutes late. Not only
that...they were awful. Well, it wasn't the band
itself...it was the singer.
	‘Guess I won't be having any trouble getting Mimi to
let me sing.' Yamato thought to himself as he clutched
a piece of paper in his hand. As if on cue the pink
haired girl began screeching.
	"Yamato! Sing a song! Please!!!"
	Yamato smiled in slight amusement as he walked up on
stage and took the place of the lead singer, who
wasn't very happy. He took the mike.
	"Hello mina!" He called. He scanned the crowd quickly
looking for Taichi. He was just about to walk out the
door. ‘Damn!' He thought. ‘This won't work if he isn't
here!' He took a deep breath... "This is a song I
wrote a little while ago, I thought it appropriate for
tonight." He kept his eyes on Taichi, hoping that the
would turn around. He didn't turn around, but he did
pause to listen. "It goes out to someone very, very
special..."
	Taichi chose now to turn around and he met Yamato's
eyes. They were glazy and red. It made Yamato's heart
hurt. Instead of crying he began to sing.

	I look in your eyes,
	shining and free...
	You'll never know what you've done for me...

	The band caught the tune and began to play very slow
and soft.

	
	I see all the pain
	other's have caused
	I've made up my mind...I'll set you free

	Who knew how much it would hurt
	Who knew by letting you live,
	I'd hurt you worse!

	Yamato opened his eyes to face Taichi. He was in back
of everyone now, crying, not understanding what was
going on. "Taichi I'm so sorry...please forgive me."

	I see a new love
	So bright and sure
	What we used to have...
	Can we have it again?

	Taichi had been standing in the back of the room,
barely listening...but when he heard those words he
shot through everyone and jumped up onto the stage,
throwing his arms around Yamato's neck. "Yama...silly,
I never cared about what other people said. All I care
about is you." and to prove it he kissed him, right in
front of everyone. "And of course I forgive you."
	Looking up he saw that Yamato was crying slightly, so
he brushed the tears away.
	"I've always loved you Taichi."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
	"Daisuke!" Ken cried as he chaced the goggled boy out
the door and into the wet yard. It was raining very
hard now.
	"What?" Daisuke asked.
	"Are...are you mad at me?" Ken asked, scared to death
that he was about to lose the person who ment most to
him in the world.
	"Why would I be mad at you?" Daiuske asked looking
off.
	"Because I kissed Hikari." Ken finished what he knew
Daisuke wanted to say. "But...but I didn't! She kissed
me!"
	"It doesn't matter." Daisuke insisted still not
looking at Ken. "I just wanted some air."
	"But it's pouring. You'll get sick."
	Daisuke didn't say anything.
	"Please don't do this...I...I love you so much,
please don't push me away. It ment nothing."
	Daisuke forced a laugh. "Yeah, I suppose, Hikari
always liked to play with other people's emotions." He
put his head down and Ken suspected he was crying.
"The only reason I got so upset was because I
though..."
	"What did you think?" Ken asked gently.
	"I thought I was going to lose you. It's happened
before, stupid girls always end up taking away my
friends... and, I don't want to share you. I want you
for myself."	
	"What are you saying?"
	Daisuke rubbed the back of his neck. "Nothing, come
one we better get back inside." And he began to walk
away, but Ken grabbed his sholders. 
	"What were you saying?"
	"It was stupid all right!? Now can we please get
inside?" Daisuke was shaking now.
	Ken took a deep breath. "Did it have anything to do
with this?" He slowly pulled Daiuske's shaking wet
form to himself and placed their lips together. They
were warm and soft.
	Daisuke pulled away, a few tears in his eyes.
"Yeah...it was something like that..."