I really need to stop starting new things, but my muses won't leave me alone sometimes and this is sort of a gift-fic to two of my friends, Aiko Isari and charlycatz. It is also my story for my Novel with Prompts challenge and uses the prompt 'doubt' and for once is a fluffy romantic type fic.

Chapter One:

It had been six years since the Digimon Hunt had ended. The group had drifted apart from one another somewhat but Taiki and Tagiru especially made sure everyone kept in touch. It was Yuu's birthday party and really, just an excuse for everyone to get back together. The hall was lit up with various forms of lighting and a table with food and drinks placed on it.

Akari brought out the cake to place it on the table and shifted. "Where are those guys? I hope they didn't get stuck picking Yuu-kun up from the airport."

Nene laughed. "You worry too much."

It seemed like she was right as the sound of footsteps could be heard approaching them. Nene gestured to the others and they turned off the lighting.

As the door opened, everyone yelled at once, "Surprise!"

Yuu jumped back, his eyes widening and he stared. "This…what…"

Tagiru laughed. "Yuu looks speechless!"

Taiki rolled his eyes. "Tagiru, leave him alone. Do you like it, Yuu? It was your birthday so we decided to arrange something special for you."

A soft smile formed on Yuu's face and he nodded. "I love it, thank you so much! This means a lot, you guys."

Nene walked over, pulling him into a hug. "It's good to see you."

Even though the two siblings talked rather often on the phone, due to their own busy lives with Nene as a model and Yuu working full-time at a catering service, the two didn't keep in touch as much as they should. Luckily, Nene could always count on Taiki to keep an eye on Yuu when she wasn't around so it made her worry a little less.

Yuu smiled. "It's good to see you too, Neesan."

"Yuu!" Airu tackled Yuu into a hug, clearly excited to see him and Yuu shifted, catching her just by reflex before she could tackle him right into the ground.

The blond couldn't get help but laugh a little sheepishly as he hugged Airu back. He really didn't know how to respond to her sometimes. "I-it's good to see you too, Airu-san." As politely as he could, he pulled away from her, glowering at a laughing Tagiru.

Tagiru grinned. "Sorry Yuu but the look on your face was hilarious!"

Yuu just glowered even more, radiating displeasure causing Taiki to sigh.

"Tagiru," Taiki chided half-heartedly. "Stop."

"But he makes it so easy, Taiki-san!" Tagiru whined with a pout.

Nene giggled. "Come on Yuu, grab a bite to eat with us."

Yuu nodded, before looking around. "Where's Ryouma-san?"

Ren sighed. "He's outside. He only came cause Airu and I dragged him here otherwise he's been cooped up inside."

Yuu shifted. He didn't know what to feel about Ryouma. At one stage, he could kind of understand what the other was going through but on the other end he didn't feel so forgiving. He knew Taiki had already forgiven Ryouma, but somehow for Taiki's sake, he wasn't ready to forgive the other yet.

"I'll go talk to him!" Tagiru said cheerfully, snapping Yuu out of his thoughts.

"Tagiru, you..." Yuu began, a little surprised and Tagiru shook his head.

"Beating him up over what he's done won't change anything," Tagiru said to Yuu shrugging. "Besides, doesn't he punish himself enough without us having to add to it? I know how you feel, Yuu. Taiki-san lacks self-preservation so you want us to be mad for his sake."

Taiki blinked at this, glancing at Yuu who turned red as Tagiru stated that so bluntly.

"I just thought that," Yuu seemed to be unable to form words as they seemed to get stuck in his throat.

Tagiru sighed. "Yeah, I get it. I was mad at him at first too but he lost everything already Yuu. I don't wanna make him lose his friends too." He shifted and then laughed. "I guess I've caught Taiki-san's can't-turn-my-back illness or something."

Yuu rolled his eyes. He could kind of see where Tagiru was coming from. "Not like I can convince you otherwise anyway, you dork. I think Taiki-san's illness is contagious anyway." He winked at Taiki who turned red and hid his face.

"You two are plotting to murder me," Taiki mumbled.

Tagiru laughed, winking at Yuu. "Darn Yuu, he caught onto our master plan."

Yuu just laughed, shaking his head. "Classic, Taiki-san."

Taiki glowered at them both through the flush on his face before hiding his face again. "S-Stop…"

Tagiru rolled his eyes before heading outside to go talk to Ryouma. He noticed Ryouma was sitting on a bench that was just in front of the hall and seemed to have a rather…serious expression on his face.

Gee, he beats himself up more than Yuu did, Tagiru thought to himself before moving to sit besides Ryouma on the bench.

"You think too much you know that?" Tagiru said causing Ryouma to jump a little.

"Tagiru?" Ryouma stared. "You should be inside. It is your best friend's birthday party after all."

Tagiru shrugged. "Yeah, it is. That's why I came to get you. It isn't fun if you're all sad here outside ya know?"

Ryouma flushed a little. "I-I'm fine…I just wanted to be alone."

Tagiru paused for a moment as if thinking that over. "Is it really that fun being by yourself?"

"Um…" Ryouma began but Tagiru cut himself off.

"Psychemon isn't here," Tagiru said bluntly. "So it definitely feels lonely. But punishing yourself won't exactly bring him back. Damemon came back to Yuu. So Psychemon will come back to you as well."

"I just…I miss him," Ryouma admitted. "And that…that's not right. What I did to Taiki-san…"

Tagiru sighed, somehow knowing this topic would be brought up. How to address it…gosh, thinking about things was more Taiki and Yuu's area and he rolled his eyes. "Yeah, so you hurt Taiki-san. You made a mistake, Ryouma. Beating yourself up isn't gonna take back what happened then. Yeah, you feel guilty. But you can't just sit there and think about it all the time because it won't do anything." He shifted a little. "Your stronger than that. Ren and Airu are worried about you as well."

Ryouma didn't say anything for a moment and Tagiru thought the other wouldn't say anything when he spoke.

"You're right," Ryouma said. "Sitting here, feeling guilty isn't going to change anything right? I have to fight and be stronger."

"You are strong," Tagiru said immediately. "Ryouma, you're a really great person. You're strong and your smart too. Smarter than me at least since Yuu's always saying I run into walls and all."

Ryouma laughed a little, a cheeky smile crossing his face. "It doesn't take much to be smarter than you though."

Tagiru huffed and pouted. "Not nice." Well, at least he had gotten Ryouma to smile if he was able to tease him like this.

Ryouma just shook his head. "Sorry, couldn't resist." He smiled, although this one was softer and less teasing. "Thanks for coming after me."

Tagiru shrugged and grinned. "Don't mention it! What are friends for?"

Ryouma's smile faltered a little. "You still consider me your friend after…"

Tagiru placed a hand on Ryouma's shoulder. "Yeah, I do. Always. Don't think you don't deserve it cause everyone deserves a second chance."

Ryouma tilted his head to the side and nodded. "Yeah. Do you wanna head inside?"

Tagiru squeezed Ryouma's shoulder once more and shrugged. "I'm perfectly happy here." He rested his head against Ryouma's shoulder causing the other to turn red but didn't make a comment to that.

Taiki left Akari and Zenjirou to see Yuu sitting with Kiriha and Nene, going to sit besides him. "Hey, your in deep thought."

Yuu smiled a little. "I still think your psychic, always telling what I'm thinking."

Taiki laughed. "I'm not. Your just obvious when your worried about something."

Yuu sighed a little. "I don't want to worry you."

Taiki blinked. And people said he was the one who was too selfless. Honestly, Yuu could be just as bad when he wanted to be. However, shaking that thought aside, he wrapped an arm around Yuu's shoulders. "It's my job to worry about you. So tell, what is it?"

Yuu turned pink at how close the two of them were and almost spluttered, but managed to compose himself. "It's Airu-san…I know she likes me…but…"

Taiki sighed. He had seen the way Airu looked at Yuu as well and it was obvious to anyone with eyes that Yuu did not feel the same way at all but somehow Airu didn't see that. He noticed Yuu's face being pink and blinked. Was he too close? He hadn't realised it if he was. It felt so natural, holding Yuu like this almost as if it was second nature to him.

Although Yuu does look kind of cute with his cheeks this shade of pink…He felt his own cheeks heat up as that thought entered his mind. Wait, when did he start thinking of the younger boy as attractive? Pushing that thought aside, he focused on the question Yuu had asked: How to get rid of Airu and her being overly clingy.

"I-I think you just need to talk to her about it," Taiki finally said. "It's hard to hurt someone whose a friend, but it'll hurt her more if she finds out from someone else rather than you telling her. Besides, you're not the type to lead someone on with false hopes anyway." He smiled. "It'll hurt you both in the long run if you do."

Yuu nodded, looking mildly crestfallen. "Yeah…I suppose there really isn't any other way…I just…I hate making people sad."

Taiki pulled Yuu into a full embrace. "I know. But sometimes people need to be made sad to prevent further sadness." He couldn't pick up on what it was, but somehow the thought of Airu liking Yuu bothered him more than he had thought.

It's just because Yuu doesn't like her and you want his happiness Taiki told himself. Yeah, that was it. There was nothing else. He couldn't help but laugh a little as Yuu's cheeks turned from pink to red at the embrace. He needed to do this more often to Yuu if it gave him such a cute expression. His thoughts were puzzling him…why did he keep thinking that? Nene might murder him for having these thoughts about her little brother so he decided to push them back and just hold Yuu, trying to bring him comfort since he seemed to be quite anxious.

Even though Taiki couldn't see it, but he could feel someone glaring at him and tilted his head to try and see who it was. Through his peripheral vision, he saw Airu glaring at him and felt his own cheeks turn red. Instead of moving away from Yuu though, his grip around the blond tightened a little more but not enough to cause discomfort.

Definitely, my feelings are being confusing…