Disclaimer: I do not own Digimon, and I'm not too sure who does…

A/N: Over this Christmas break, I re-wrote this story because I wasn't too pleased with the way it was before. And now I looked it over for typos, and currently, I'm working on chapter two. Please review, it'll totally make my day!

By the why, TK is in grade ten. Yamato graduated already. You do the rest of the math.

Chapter One: New House

I couldn't believe my new family. I mean, spending a summer with Matt and my dad was suppose to be really cool. Instead, I found out they were never home. Matt was too busy with his band, and I guess my dad had a lot of work to do. Living with my mom was so different. We played cards and games with each other all the time. This was so weird to me.

Kari and I spent a lot of time hanging out at my new house. Although no one was home made me feel weird, at the same time it was cool.

Thinking about my upcoming second year in high school made me nervous. Time was going by too fast, and the year before as I watched my brother's graduation, I realized that would soon be me. Matt's band did a performance, and Tai, an old friend of mine, did the speech. I don't know how he did it, knowing I could never come close as to talking in front of that many people. I could imagine maybe Davis doing it someday. But, my brother did make out with Sora on stage, does that count?

I sat on the couch of my new house, wondering what time Matt would come home; if he was going to. Suddenly, a memory of the night before flashed through my mind.

"TK?" Matt cried as he opened the apartment door.

I opened my eyes from sleeping. I got out of bed and realized it was two in the morning.

"TK!" I heard again.

I came out of the room, and looked at my brother with disgust. His eyes were red, and he couldn't walk straight.

"Hey, man!" he said, clawing his hand onto my shoulder. "Wow, what a great show I did. Girls were-"

"Matt, are you drunk?" I accused, smelling alcohol off of him.

"No way," he replied, but I didn't believe him. "I would never - well - yeah, I drank a little."

My typical party brother. Ever since I started living with him, I noticed he's been doing strange things I would never do. I guess I mom taught me everything to do, and just how to do it. Matt was just a every-man-for-himself guy. I couldn't believe how many times I heard him complain about how Sora was, about how he claims Tai is gay, or something along those lines.

"Uh…where did you get that much beer? You're under age, aren't you?"

Matt laughed. "When you're in a rock band, it isn't hard. Once you're out of high school, you'll completely understand."

Returning to the thought of my presents, I heard someone come in the door. Curious as to why Matt came home so early, I walked to the Kitchen and noticed Sora looking around.

"TK? What are you doing here?" she asked, sounding surprised.

"I'm staying here for the summer," I replied. "Are you looking for Matt?"

She nodded. "I guess he isn't here…he never is anymore." then she groaned. "I thought I told him to call my cell phone tonight. Stupid Matt."

The telephone rang, which startled us both.

"Hey, TK," a voice I didn't recognize said. "Matt wouldn't happen to be there, is he?"

"Oh, hey Tai-"

Before I could finish my sentence, Sora grabbed the phone from me. "Tai!" she cried. "Come to Matt's right now…oh, c'mon…alright, bye." she smiled. "He'll be here in a few minutes."

As she predicted, Tai came into the door not long after. "Hey," he greeted smiling.

"Do you know where the hell Matt is?" Sora snapped.

Tai rolled his eyes. "Uh, no. If I did, I wouldn't have called looking for him, now would I?"

Sora gave him a playful push. "Shut up," she moaned. "He's never here anymore. I told him to call my cell phone, but I guess he forgot. I tried calling his, and it's turned off. Or dead. Ugh, I wouldn't be surprised if he was with another girl."

I suddenly found myself day dreaming…about Tai's younger sister.

Hikari Yagami. How could I explain her? I had known her for years. When we went to the Digital World together, we've saved each other's lives multiple times. She was like a sister to me, until we went to the Digital World again and met Davis, some guy with a big crush on her. Okay, I panicked. That's when I realized I liked her as not-so-much of a sister.

"Wait, are you going to that party, TK?" Sora broke my concentration.

"Huh? What? What party?"

"The one of Friday night," Tai answered. "I'm pretty sure Matt will be there. And Kari. And Davis. And…well…everyone."

I thought about it for a minute. Right before I was about to say no, the thought crossed my mind that Kari was going to be there. "For sure!" I replied, then regretted it.

The biggest step to get used to when you go from Middle School and High School was that parties were different. It's like one day playing Musical Chairs, and playing Spin The Bottle the next. I had gone to one party with Yolei and Davis and didn't like it. At all. There were too many drinking idiots - including my brother - that were totally ruining it.

"Hm, I don't know, Tai," Sora smiled. "I think it would be un-cool to go to a high school party. Don't you?"

Tai chuckled. "Yeah, defiantly."

I smiled, then realized what I had gotten myself into. A high school party? T.K., the last thing you want yourself doing is drinking, I told myself. Just stay there…no drinking at all, what-so-ever.

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The next day, my mother called me.

"Takeru!" she cried. "I miss you so much!"

"Mom," I said, a little embarrassed. "I just saw you last week. I'll come to visit you tomorrow, I promise."

Although it was only the phone, I could feel that my mother was smiling.

"I love you," she told me.

"I love you, too."

Unfortunately, my older brother came in at the right moment.

"Who's your girlfriend, TK?" he teased, running over to harass me.

I hung up the phone and sighed. "It was our mother," I replied dully. "Where were you last night?"

"I had a show," he snapped, as if I was suppose to know. "So, I heard you're going to the party tomorrow."

I nodded. "Yeah, I guess you could say that."

He laughed. "Oh, have fun."

I sighed. Matt had been making me a little mad. I just hated how he came home late every night, partying with girls and band mates. Him and his popularity with everyone. Was I jealous? Maybe a little.

A knock on the door made Matt finally leave me alone. "Oh, hey, Kari." I heard him say.

The park! I remembered. I told Kari I'd take her to the park today.

"Kari! I'll be there in a second!" I called, searching for my hat. Where is it? I thought. I saw my hat lay on the couch, then I snatched it. "I'll be back in a bit," I told Matt.

He nodded.

Kari and I walked down the sidewalk.

"I'm really excited for the party." she commented, smiling. "This is my first one this year. I'm kind of nervous, but you know."

"Well, there's gunna be a lot of people we know there. Pretty much everyone. So, it won't be too bad." I just hope my brother will realize he can't drink in front of me there, I angrily thought.

"You know what, T.K.?" Kari muttered. "I think I should go home. I can feel my forehead over heating, and I want to be well for the party. But, hey, I'll see you Friday night!"

"Wait, I'll walk you home." I offered.

She smiled. "You're such a gentleman."

It normally takes a while to walk from Matt's to Kari's, but it didn't seem too long for me. We talked about where we'll meet before the party, and what we'd do there.

Once arriving at her apartment, I decided to visit my mom. She'll be so excited to see me! I thought. I came upon my apartment door, and knocked loudly. No answer. I tried opening the door. (after all, it was my house.) However, it was locked. She's out, I realized.

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Of course, Friday night came way too fast. I met Kari on a bench near her apartment, and we began walking to Sora's, the location of the party.

Man, was it ever crowded. There was defiantly over two hundred people. My thoughts rolled around from where my brother was, to why so many people were already drunk at six o'clock.

"TK!" Davis yelled. "Kari!"

I walked over to Davis, then suddenly realized I lost Kari.

I asked Davis where she went, and he told me he saw her go off with Sora. That made me feel a little better.

About an hour later, a game of Spin The Bottle broke out on the living room. I wasn't going to play, but then I realized there were so many people, that the chance of me being picked was very slim. The game didn't last long, so Davis and I continued hanging out.

"I can't believe you didn't drink anything yet," he told me. Yes, he drank a little.

"Well, I'm not really into the whole drinking thing." I replied quietly.

"Dude, come on," he urged. "The party isn't gunna last all night! Ya' gotta live for the moment, TK I mean, Matt and Tai are doing it. How bad can it be?"

He was right. In high school, it was almost impossible to go through a party without drinking. So, I did what any "tough" guy would do; I grabbed some alcohol and drank.

At first, I only drank a little. But then I thought, Hey! What's the worst that could happen? So, I drank a little more. Then a little more.

Before I knew it, Davis and I were separated. I was trying to find someone I knew, when I saw Tai stare at me with disbelief. "TK? Are you…"

Without hesitation, I replied, "No."

"TK, let's go home now." I heard a girl tell me.

I sharply turned around and saw Kari. Somehow, her face turned disappointed. "TK! You didn't drink, did you?"

"Maybe a little," I said, looking at my feet. "But I'm defiantly not drunk…"

Kari's expression turned angry. "What do you think you doing?!" she snapped at me. She hesitated. "I can't…I can't even believe you're doing this. I really can't, TK. What happened to you tonight, anyway?"

She continued yelling as I dazed off, falling lightly onto the floor.

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As you can tell, the party didn't go too well. Saturday didn't, either. I woke up with my head thudding loudly.

I didn't come out of my bedroom until at least noon. Matt was home, and he was making breakfast.

"Good morning," he greeted. "How was your night last night?"

I glared at him. In my bedroom, I had realized what an idiot I was being to Kari. How could I have been drinking so much? I wondered.

The ringing from the telephone startled me.

Matt quickly answered the phone. "Hello? Oh, hey, Tai. Yeah…I know…oh, that…" he turned to me. "Go, TK," he demanded. I sighed and walked to the bathroom.

"What?!" I heard Matt shriek. "No, no, no, I remember. Tai, we can't tell anyone! Oh, c'mon, we were just…alright, I'm making breakfast…if you want…well then, you don't know what you'll be missing! Okay, bye."

Curious, I re-entered the kitchen. "What was that about?"

Matt paused. "You heard?" However, he didn't wait for an answer. "Well, Tai and I got really drunk at Sora's party. So, when we were walking back here…we kind of…I don't know…kissed…and that's it."

I couldn't find anything to say. After all, I knew my brother wasn't gay. He was dating Sora, and…wait…he cheated on Sora! With his best friend! This can't be good…

"How could you do that to Sora, Matt?"

He shrugged. "But, hey, don't go telling anyone."

"If it makes you feel better," I smiled. "Last night at that party, I got so drunk that Kari almost swore at me."

Matt laughed. "You really are my brother, aren't you?" he joked.

As soon as Matt sat down at the table, the telephone rang again. He groaned and answered it.

"I thought we didn't have it today. Well, I can't help it. No way, I'm spending the day with TK for once…no way, man, I'm too tired." I knew that it had to be one of his band mates. "We just practised yesterday, though. Hey, don't…listen to me! Whatever!"

And with that, he slammed the phone down.

Matt then turned around and smiled. But then, as I predicted, the phone rang again.

"Hello?" Matt almost shouted. "Who told you that?…listen, I don't have time to argue about this…okay, bye."

"Who was that?" I curiously asked.

"Sora,"

I suddenly felt a pit in my stomach. "Oh,"

Of course, the ringing started again. Without saying a word, Matt stood up and un-plugged the telephone. He then sat down, smiling.

"It's my day off," he explained. "Everyone calls for me on Saturdays."

I laughed until a noise caught me completely by surprise. The door opened, and my father came in. He seemed to be in a hurry.

"T.K.," he said breathlessly. "What is your mother's favourite kind of flower?"

"Uh…she likes roses…" I awkwardly replied.

He held up a handful of tulips and sighed. He tossed them to Matt and walked into the TV room. "We're going out to lunch together," he explained. "I guess I'll just buy some roses. See you two later."

And with that, he walked out the door.

"Are you even going to tell Sora about you and Tai?" I asked, poking my scrambled eggs with a fork.

He smirked. "Why would I?"

I shrugged. He really doesn't want to talk about this, I thought. Is it possible that him and Tai have had that same situation happen more than once before?

No way.

This was Yamato. My brother. It couldn't be true.

"Well, I guess she deserves to know…" I started. "You can't just hide this from her forever. It's one of those things that doesn't mean-"

"Shut up, TK," he demanded quietly.

I nodded, hurt. I could almost see that coming. I took myself into my bedroom, where I swallowed up in my sorrow. I wanted to go home, I missed my mother, and my best friend hated me. What a world…

In addition, it wasn't like my brother was doing anything to help. Maybe I was over reacting. Maybe I was too emotional at the moment to think about the real situation. Maybe I didn't want to know the real situation, but wanted to know a made up one.

Maybe I was being an idiot.

I could hear Matt mutter something, but couldn't understand it. I also heard numbers of the telephone being dialled.

Does he feel bad at all? I wondered. Does he know why I'm in here all alone?

He chatted away as I finally stepped outside my room. I walked out the door, then in the hallway, I heard him talking.

"I don't care about what you think, Tai," he protested, sighing. "I'm being a bad brother. Like I always have. I don't even think TK knows the real me."

Boy, was he right.

I decided to go for a walk. I could use fresh air.

Maybe the park, I thought.

Thoughts raced around my head. Why was Kari so mad at me for a little thing I did last night? Her brother was doing the same thing, so was she mad at him, too?

Nothing seemed to make sense anymore. Everything was a blur, and I couldn't exactly understand it all. It was the first time in my life that I had felt alone; completely alone. In my mind, I was so lost.

The park was empty, but that didn't bother me too much. I took a swing and sat there, feeling sorry for myself. My mother had taught me that it wasn't a good habit to get into.

I let out a long sigh and watched a smoke-like feature come out of my mouth. It was quite a cold evening for the beginning of summer. Wait a minute, it's the evening? I thought. Wow, I must have been here for hours.

As if I wasn't drowned enough in my misery, I noticed Kari walking on the sidewalk. It wasn't really the fact that I had seen her, it was the fact that she was with Davis, talking and laughing with him.

Of course, they both started walking towards me, about to start conversation. I wasn't ready; I didn't need to know what they would say.

"Hey, dude," Davis said.

"Hi,"

Kari didn't say anything.

"What are you doing all alone?" Davis asked me. "Come on, let's all get pizza, ice cream…or…something!"

I smiled, though was still confused. Why was Kari hanging out him, and acting so close to him, as if she…

"I think I should head home," Kari finally muttered.

"Alright," Davis began walking beside her, but Kari stopped him.

"I feel a fever coming, so I guess I better be alone."

If you didn't realize, that was Kari's excuse to get out of anything. It annoyed me sometimes, to be completely honest.

Davis took a swing beside me, and smiled. "You seem sad,"

No duh, I thought bitterly. "I had a long day." I answered, but refused to say anything else.

He started swinging higher, while I stood still, using the swing as more of a chair than anything.

"Do you wanna hang out for the rest of the night?" Davis offered. "Ken and I are hanging out, so you can come with us. If you want."

I could have defiantly use a night with some other people, but at that moment I wanted to be alone. "No, thanks," I told him. "Maybe tomorrow night."

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Although I wanted to, I didn't bother asking Davis why he was with Kari that night. She even seemed to have enjoyed spending time with him, and wanted away as soon as she noticed I was at the park.

It sickened me. It really did.

I arrived back at the apartment, expecting Matt to be home. Of course, he wasn't. I found myself panicking when I realized I didn't even have a key to open the door. "Oh, come on." I muttered. What am I suppose to do now? I thought.

"TK!" Tai cried.

I turned around and felt relieved. "Hey, Tai."

"What's up?" he asked, making conversation. He then reached into his pocket and grabbed a key. "I hope you don't mind, but Matt said I can stay here for the night-"

"Uh…Tai, you have a key to my apartment?" I reacted, feeling uneasy.

"Yeah, Matt gave it to me, like, three years ago." he unlocked the door and held it open for me. "So, I guess it's just me and you tonight. Matt isn't coming home from his concert until four in the morning."

Maybe some would think of it as awkward, but I had a blast with Tai. He really was a great guy, and was a lot of fun to be with. We stayed up all night just playing Clue, the bored game, and watching weird movies.

After I won the classic game - for the fifth time - I couldn't help but wonder: could I get any information about last night from Tai?

"I know what happened after the party," I blurted out, praying that I wouldn't make a complete idiot of myself.

"…you mean with Davis and Kari?" he responded, though seemed to not care much.

"No, with you and my - wait - what?!"

"You know about me and Matt?"

"What happened with Davis and Kari?" I asked suspiciously, as I noticed that Tai now regretted saying it.

"Well, they've just been hanging out a lot. So, at the party Kari told him that she has a crush on him. It's no big deal, she-"

I frowned, looking at my feet. How could she do thatto me? I knew she was just hanging out with him to make me feel bad. It was so stupid, though…he was just as drunk as I was at the party.

"TK, how do you know about your brother and me?"

"He told me," I answered, but kept my mind on something else.

Neither of us said anything for a while. We continued watching TV in an uncomfortable silence. Suddenly, he broke it.

"Are you okay?"

"I don't know," I replied. I didn't want to tell him how hurt I actually was.

Tai's expression lightened. "Just like Sora…" he muttered under his breath. It was as if he was reading my mind.

I gave a confused look as he took a deep breath. "You may know," he started. "That I used to like Sora. I mean, we played soccer together since we were seven. I guess everyone thought we should hook up, when suddenly, Matt decided he liked her. I didn't really care, until I found out she liked him."

"So, you're saying Kari and Davis belong together?" I asked, with a little doubt in my voice.

"No, not really. I mean, who knows what they'll plan to do. To be honest, I don't think they'll end up together."

I felt a little better, but somehow still had "Hopeless" written on my forehead.

"Have you noticed that Matt handles situations totally different than you?" Tai asked me, in a completely random time.

"Yeah,"

"It's weird," he shook his head. "Sometimes I cannot believe you guys have the same parents. It's like, he's the asshole and you're the sweetheart. And then there's other times where I think your last name was meant to be Ishida."

"Huh?"

"Like at the party," Tai gave a laugh. "When I saw you drunk, I totally saw Yamato in you. And when Kari came home and complained about how mad she was at you, if felt like I was talking to Sora about Matt."

"Sora complains about Matt?" Whoa, I didn't know about that!

"All the time," he answered. "It's kind of annoying sometimes."

I waited a few minutes before I said, "When do you think Kari will forgive me?"

"I'm not completely sure," he replied. "My sister isn't the one who would hold a grudge this long against someone - especially you. TK, I think it's my turn to ask a question…"

"What?"

"Did Matt say anything else about…you know-"

The door opening startled us. Immediately, Tai stopped talking, which made me confused. Was Tai going to ask me about Matt? Did my brother lead him on by kissing him? Did this mean more than I thought it did?

"Hey guys," Matt came into the living room.

Silence.

Matt scratched his head. "Am I missing something here?"

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A/N: Hehehe, oh Yamato...so stupid...they were not just talking about you or anything...anyway, review it!