Hello everyone. I finally have something new for you, and can you believe it, it's a :gasps: Takari fic! Okay, maybe not one entirely, but you'll see what I mean as you read this. This fic is going to have one-sided Kouhika (Koushirou x Hikari) hinting, another one-sided coupling hint including Takeru, I just haven't decided on which yet, and good old Koumi (Koushirou x Mimi). No hinting on that one, it's the "official pairing" for this fic...so far. I haven't decided if I wanted to use any others yet.

This fic is going to look at Takari in a more negative light. You have to admit, Takari is a bit overly praised by the fandom, which is why I decided to try and write something a bit different, and believe me, this is different for a person like me, as I have written the two paired up before. For this fic, though, I'm not sure if I want to keep the two together or not, but this does start off as a Takari.

Oh, and something else, I don't hate Takari at all...just not into the pairing as much as I used to be due to its being so common now, so if you have a problem with this story's premise, I advise you not to read it, as the pair will not be happy in their relationship, but neither realizes it or notices it because they're both hiding behind their masks and staying with one another for the sake of the other person, if that makes sense.

Anywho, like I say for all of these, anything shown in italics indicates that it is a flashback (only for short sequences, anyway). Any dialogue using single quotation marks indicates that the character is thinking, unless used in a grammatically correct fashion. Anything with an asterisk by it means that there is a note about it at the end of the chapter.

Now, as always, I do not own any of the characters or places in this story. Bandai and Toei have that honor.

Chapter 01: A Daily Journal Entry…

'Takari, Takehika, you can call it whatever you like.'

A blonde-haired boy, who looked to be no older than 16, sighed heavily as he sat down at his computer desk. He stared at the screen as he prepared to write in his offline journal.

'The coupling of Takehika is of both me, Takaishi Takeru, and a girl named Yagami Hikari.'

Takeru started to look through his past journal entries. As the time went on, his entries were being written in a tone of regret and sorrow. After fully reading through his past two entries, he opened up a new document window, and started to type away.

'Everyone talks about how we both would make the perfect couple; I was foolish to believe them. Other than friendship, I've never really had any romantic feelings towards Hikari. I don't even know why I decided to initiate our relationship in the first place. I made that first move, not her.

'When we both officially got together, everyone was thrilled over it, except for my friend Motomiya Daisuke. I know I've mentioned him to you time and time again and how Taichi-san is his idol. To me, though, he isn't anything like Taichi-san. Daisuke has always been much more energetic, for one. He can also be a bit clueless on some things, but he's still a fun guy to hang around and a good friend to have. Anyway, he's had feelings for Hikari for as long as I've known him. He's still our friend, but I can still tell that he somewhat regrets the fact that Hikari and I got together. It has to be painful for him.

'Thinking about it now, Daisuke would probably make a better date and potential boyfriend for Hikari than I would since he would actually be happy. He's what society calls 'normal'. I asked Hikari out for all of the wrong reasons, especially since I was urged to since we would make the so-called "perfect couple". I allowed myself to date her in hopes of ridding myself of these awkward feelings that I have...these feelings that I still have towards someone else.

'Journal, I just can't get that one special person off of my mind. For all of these years I've admired this person, but I could never approach that person and express myself and tell that person of my admiration. It isn't normal to have these kinds of feelings.

'It seems that if I'm with anyone else but Hikari, people would see it as 'wrong.'

'"You were destined to be together," people would say. "It was fate," others would say. "You're the angelic couple with the perfectly matched Digimon," some of our other Chosen friends would say, Miyako-san especially, and that includes…my brother.

'Oh Journal, I am terribly depressed now, more than I've ever been. I don't know how much longer I can keep going on like this. Living out this charade by dating Hikari, forcing on a loving smile every time that I see her behind my mask of shame and regret. We've been dating each other for many months now, I lose count, but the longer we are together, the more and more I regret it and the harder it becomes to face her. I mean, what if we, in her eyes, get close enough to go to the next level? I assume that many people already think so already. The guys of my Basketball Club thinks we have, not that I ever denied it, but it isn't true, as you already know.

'Even though I'm not interested in her romantically, I still consider and love her as a close friend and would hate to hurt her feelings. I don't want to tell her of the one I truly have feelings for…the only one for me…'

Takeru stopped typing and stared at his journal entry. For all of these years, he still wasn't able to directly tell his journal, whom it was he romantically admired. The person he cared about more than anything else in this entire universe. He just couldn't bring himself to type out the name.

He sighed again as he saved his entry. Before he could even consider typing in anything else, he heard his mother call to him. "Takeru, phone!"

"Um, yeah, ok," the boy called back. He rose from his seat and walked over towards his phone on the other side of the room. He had heard it ring while he was typing earlier, but had purposely chosen to ignore it.

"Why can't I write out the name," he mumbled before answering. "Hello?"

"Hi Takeru-kun!" a cheery voice answered.

"Oh…Hikari-chan! Hi!" Takeru answered back, forced enthusiasm in his voice. "What's up?"

"Um, well, I was just wondering if we were still going out on our date later on today."

"Our date? Sure, sure, of course! It's summer vacation, so we should spend as much time together as possible," he insisted brightly. 'Why can't I tell her! Why can't I tell her that I'm in love with somebody else? Why must I have these unnatural feelings towards that person? Hikari and I are destined to be together! It's supposed to be our fates! It's supposed to be our destiny! I can't change fate or destiny!'

"Um, yeah," Hikari responded forcefully. "Well, I'll meet you at West Mall in about an hour."

"No, I'll come by there and get you. It wouldn't be right. We can go over to West Mall together."

"Okay. We can bowl, shop, grab a bite to eat, and then we can go to the big concert tonight at Zepp Tokyo, and after that, while still in Palette Town, we could ride the beautiful Daikanransha that it has and enjoy the grand view of inland Tokyo!"

"Yeah, sure."

"Okay, bye!"

"Bye!"

"I love you!"

"Yeah…I love you too…"

With that both hung up.

'I did it again...I chickened out like the coward I am. Why did I even agree to take her to the concert? It's just going to make things more difficult for me.'

Takeru sighed as he prepared himself to go to the popular Palette Town; one of the most visited places in Odaiba, which had lots of places to shop, restaurants, game centers, karaoke boxes, and of course, Zepp Tokyo, which was right under the ferris wheel Hikari had mentioned, and was a place where live concerts were held.

After he had gotten everything together, like his money and the concert tickets he had bought earlier that week so that he and Hikari could attend, he left his room and headed towards the kitchen, where he saw his mother seated at the table.

"Hey there," she greeted with a smile as she looked up from her cup of coffee. "You have a big day ahead of you I hear. Since you're on your summer vacation, you and Hikari-chan are probably going to spend a lot more time together for it."

"Yeah, I guess," he shrugged gloomily.

The older woman studied her son and arched an eyebrow up at him. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," the boy lied. He plastered a small smile on his face, once again hiding his true emotions and problems behind his mask of shame and deceit. "I just feel bad because I actually forgot about our date today, and about the Teen-Age Wolves concert."

"Surprising that you forgot that."

"Yeah, I know...bad on my part, just had other things on my mind, like my summer homework."

"I guess that's understandable. Either way, it's so hard to believe at times that we have a celebrity in our family and that his group is so famous now! He's known all over the Kanto region and for the band to be performing at Zepp Tokyo and opening for other well-known groups is just an honor! Yamato and the others should be very proud of themselves for what they managed to accomplish."

"Yeah, he really should be."

"Just to think, when he was a child, all he ever did was play that harmonica of his. Who knew what he'd grow up to become. Oh here I am going on and on about him," Ms. Takaishi laughed as she rose from her seat. She poured herself another cup of coffee.

"I don't mind hearing stories about him," Takeru uttered wistfully.

Ms. Takaishi retook her seat. She gulped down some of her coffee before nodding in agreement. "The two of you were almost inseparable as children. You were like true brothers and I was always glad that you and Yamato were so close, even after your father and I separated. I seem to have bad luck with relationships." She gave off an embarrassed smile. "I probably shouldn't be getting into that either. I don't want to discourage you in any way, especially since you already are in a wonderful relationship with Hikari-chan. I can picture it now, the two of you walking down the aisle, arm-in-arm, with me watching and shedding tears of happiness. The two of you finally married and starting a family of your own. Both you and Hikari-chan have such a wonderful bond, and I see nothing but good for the pair of you in the future. You two are the perfect couple.

"So everyone says." Takeru shifted uneasily as he inwardly cringed. 'Why must people keep insisting on telling me that? I've heard that enough to last a lifetime.'

"Well, you better get going and spend your time off having fun, not hanging around talking to me. I have a article to do some research on anyway. Have fun with Hikari-chan and have fun with your friends when you meet up for the concert tonight.

"Yeah, you're right. See you later, kaasan."

"Bye, Takeru, have fun on your date."

With that, the boy headed out of his apartment, and reluctantly made his way towards the Yagami home for his preordained date with his "perfect" mate...