Precious Things
Epilogue
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Precious Things
Epilogue
By: ChaoticSpecter
Disclaimer:
will I ever own the rights to anythhavihaving to do with Digimon.
A/N
contains Shonen Ai. If you are uncomfortable with male/male relationships,
please hit the back button on your browser. Those of you that remain, enjoy.
This chapter is a little different than all the others. It will be done in Yamato’s
POV. I figure it will be a nice
change of pace from Taichi’s POV--Not that I don’t love writing the world
through his eyes. I just think that everyone wants to know what’s going on in
Yama’s head when he thinks about Taichi.
I hope that you enjoy the ending of this little fic and get the
satisfactory ending that you may or may not have been looking for. I would also
like to thank all of you that reviewed. Your feedback was very encouraging and
greatly appreciated.
Taichi and I
have been living together for six months now, which means I have been dating
him for one year and three months. That is such a short amount of time in
relative terms, but it felt and still feels like years have gone by. I can’t
believe that this time last year, Taichi was just moving in next door; I never
thought that my new neighbor would have such an affect on me and my life in
general. And it scares me to think of the possibility, but if Takeru had not
gone over and introduced himself, constantly pestered Tai whenever he got the
chance, and then set us up, I would not have met my soul mate. Or it would have
taken a very long time before either of us talked to each other and knowing the
way Tai feels about people in general, he would not have spoken to me at all.
So in the end, it would have all been up to me.
But that is a moot point because ‘Keru did
do all of those things and I am extremely grateful that he did, although I
wanted to choke the life out of him when I came home and he told me that he had
set me up. This was largely because of the fact that I had not seen Taichi
before the night that I picked him up for our date. The only thing I knew about
him before that was that he was moving into the building after Mr. Tachikawa
moved out and I only knew that much because the manager came by and told me and
I told ‘Keru.
The first time I laid eyes on Taichi, his
beauty astounded me. He was wearing a baggy pair of sweatpants and an overly
large t-shirt that slid off of one of his shoulders tempting me to focus my
eyes on the exposed flesh. His hair was in disarray sticking out at all angles,
but looked like the softest silk, and there wothiothing I wanted to do more
than touch it. But his eyes drew my attention more than anything else. Those
chocolate brown depths, swirling with concealed emotion and the stubborn set of
his jaw, his mouth held in his ever-present bitter sneer.
I doubted that I would get along with the
gorgeous man I beheld, that was until he spoke. I will never forget Tai’s first
words to me. ‘Who the hell are you?’ a simple question with an important
message. I was shocked when he asked that, he was the only person that I had come
across in the last five years who did not know who the hell I was. Most people
knew my name, but he didn’t even know that. Not only that, but Tai was not
afraid to speak his mind, he did not hide his feelings. His personality was as
sarcastic and biting as my own. I knew that we would be good together, I just
never anticipated that it would be for this long, or that I would come to care
for him this much.
To say that I loved Taichi would be an
understatement. It goes beyond love. The word just doesn’t seem to convey
everything I feel when I think about him, when I see him, when I touch him.
It’s not a strong enough word. I love Taichi’s soul, his essence--Whatever the
fuck you want to call it. I love everything about him. I love the way his
fluffy hair sways in the wind, the way his eyes light up when he sees me, that
big cheesy smile he gives when he’s happy as hell about something, and although
it took some time for him to do this, I love the way he curls up in my arms
after a bad dream, the way he sighs my name when we make love, the way he
trusts me enough to tell me about his past.
These are only a few of the reasons that I
love him so much. I know now that I want to spend my life with him; that I
could never be with anyone else. Either I’m with Taichi, or I’m alone for the
rest of my life. I am fully prepared to pledge my life to him, the only thing
that’s stopping me is the fear of Taichi’s reaction. He’s so fucking skittish
over things like this--You would get a calmer reaction if you tried to kill him.
Tai can be such a head case sometimes, but that’s just a part of his charm.
I don’t know how long I stared into this
drawer before Taichi showed up, but I do know that he scared the hell out of me
when he just popped up out of nowhere. “What are you doing, Yama?” he asked
head cocked to the side in inquiry.
I had to
restrain the surprised yelp that wanted to escape while I closed the drawer as
inconspicuously as I could before turning my full attention to him.
“Then you won’t
mind taking me to the movies,” he replied grinning.
I smiled in
response. I love his smile, it touches me in a way nothing ever has-- Just like
everything else about him. “I wouldn’t mind doing anything with you,
beautiful,” I said easily prompting a blush to rise on his
cheeks--Adorable. Even after all this
time, Taichi still blushes whenever I compliment him.
Taichi fidgeted I watched him ~.~.~.~.~.~ I put the box I’ve been toying with all I just shook my head at him. “Why don’t “Maybe because I want you to tell me,” he “How the hell does that make any sense?” I “It just does. “No. Opening Taichi huffed “Just open the Taichi opened “Just open the Taichi finally I closed the Taichi stared Taichi finally After hearingichiichi’s response, I felt an uncontrollable happiness and I was compelled to “I was so Tai’s face was “I don’t doubt “Then why were “Taichi….” I Tai was silent I burst out “Said the “You can’t
uncomfortably in the doorway for a moment longer before he finally responded.
“The movie I want to see starts in a couple hours. I’m going to get ready.”
walk away before I shifted my attention back to the drawer. After staring at it
for a while longer, I had made my decision. I’m not going to let fear hold me
back any longer, I’m going to do this--I can do this. God, please don’t let
Taichi freak out.
day on the table in front of Taichi and he just gazed at it for a while before
pinning me with a blank stare. “What the hell is that supposed to be?” he asked
finally. Man I swear he makes me want to drop dead for all of the stress he can
put me through in such a short amount of time.
you try opening the box to find out like a normal person?” I said while
leveling him with a mildly irritated glare. Sometimes I don’t know whether I
want to punch him or kiss him. He just
so damn….Taichi. God I love him, annoyances and all.
responded defiantly. “If you’re going to give me something, you might as well
be the one to open it.”
asked baffled. Sometimes he makes no sense at all--Like now, but I know he’s
just doing it to be annoying.
Now hurry up and open the box, Yama.”
the box myself defeats the purpose of my giving it to you in the first place--
It’s a gift. Now stop being difficult and open the fucking box, Chi.”
indignantly before tearing the paper off of the box. “Who the hell puts a box
inside of a box? Is this some kind of joke? You’re making me open a bunch of
empty boxes until there aren’t any more to open…?”
fucking box, Taichi. Not everything is a joke.” How is it that he has managed
to make a declaration of love into such a frustrating experience? I would choke
him, but it would prevent him from doing what I want.
the box and pulled an inconspicuous black velvet box out of it. “What is
this…?” he asked staring intently at the box he held.
box, baby. Please.”
opened the box and stared at the silver band within. “Why are you giving me a
ring, Yama?” he asked uncertainly.
space between us, kneeling in front of him and clasping his hands within my
own. “Yagami Taichi, will you do me the honor of marrying me?”
at me in shock; his mouth opening and closing repeatedly, while I tightened my
grip on his hands praying to whatever God was listening that he would say yes.
responded after what seemed like an eternity. I never knew that a few minutes
could seem so long, that they could hold so much significance. “I…I…” he slid
his gaze from the box holding the ring to lock eyes with me. He just stared at
me emotion swarming in his chocolate eyes, too many to decipher. And he smiled,
a soft smile, one not holding any traces of the usual cynical bitterness he has
toward the world. “Of course I’ll marry you, Yama, you’re the best thing that
ever happened to me…” his voice was strained and tears filled his eyes.
touch him, to have him as close to me as physically possible. I grabbed the
sides of Tai’s face and kissed him for all I was worth, pouring all of my love
and feelings of gratitude into the kiss. When I finally pulled away I could not
do more than hold Taichi within my arms, bestowing kisses upon his face, neck,
shoulders, whatever I could reach with him tucked in my arms the way he was,
and whispering my happiness over his answer.
scared that you wouldn’t accept me,” I said after I was finally able to control
my happiness.
a mask of confusion after hearing me say this. “Why would you be afraid, Yama?”
He asked his gaze intent on mine. “I thought you knew how I felt about you…have
I done something to cause you to doubt me….?”
your feelings for me, Chi. I know how you feel for me and I am eternally
grateful that you want to be with me.”
you afraid that I would say no? I am honored to have the heart of someone as
wonderful as you…I am happy that you choose to beh meh me even though I am so
undeserving of you. I would never do anything to intentionally cause you pain.
I only want you to be happy because when you are happy, I am happy.”
said as I grabbed his chin forcing him to look at me as I spoke. “You are not
undeserving of my love, we are fortunate to have each others love. No one is
perfect, and I sure as hell don’t expect you to be. I love you because of who
you are, because you make each day of my life special, you give my life
meaning. If I never do anything else with my life, I could die happy just
because I had the chance to know you. I don’t doubt you, Taichi, I never will.
I was afraid that you would say no because of the way you tend to react to
things even remotely serious relationship wise. Remember how you reacted when I
told you that I loved you….?” Tai nodded and I continued. “I just didn’t want a
repeat performance, I just wanted to do this in a way that wouldn’t cause you
to freak out.”
after I stopped speaking, staring at the far wall, his fingers running through
my hair. “I guess you have a point.” He said after a while. “I do tend to over
react whenever you want to make changes within our relationship. I’ll give you
ththisthis time. Just know that I’m agreeing to marry you under duress. I mean
who in their right mind would want to marry someone as retarded as you?
Everyone who sees us together will be thinking ‘look there’s that poor boy who
was forced to marry that Ishida kid. It’s a damn shame what he has to go
through every day’. And they’ll be thinking this oblivious to the fact that I’m
slowly poisoning you to death each day, with every meal that you eat. The
stupid fucks.”
laughing after he finished speaking, I couldn’t help it. Taichi is so
hilarious; the shit that comes out of his mouth is priceless. “You know, each
time you go off on one of your tangents, I’m surprised at how much thought you
put into your scenarios. It’s like you stay up nights and think of this shit.”
intended victim of said poisoning. Such confidence you have in the fact that
I’m not poisoning you.”
cook, babe, so you can’t poison me.”
“Maybe in
another life.” He shrugged.
“Your such an
idiot, Chi. But that can obviously be overlooked as I’m marrying your dumbass.”
I said as I leaned over him and took possession of his lips once again.
Taichi giggled
when the kiss ended, “I can’t believe we’re getting married!” he squealed. “I’m
calling ‘Keru!!” he said as he jumped up and ran over te phe phone. I watched
as the man I loved more than anything in the world talked about our engagement
with my younger brother completely content with the way my life was going and looking
forward to spending my life with, Taichi. He is not the easiest person in the
world to deal with and he makes life as difficult for me as humanly possible
just because it amuses him, but there is no one I’d rather spend my life with
but him. He is my most precious possession, and I’ll cherish him for the rest
of my life.
End
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