Chika smiled and snuggled against the large comfy pillow that her head happened to be resting on. She felt happy and safe and comfy and didn't want to wake up ever. After all, how she was feeling now? She wasn't plagued by how she had acted before, and she really wanted to not feel that way for as long as possible. Nuzzling this rising and falling comfy pillow she had was a much better prospect at the moment...

...

...

Before Chika could think about that further she felt something else press against her back and slip around her waist. Her eyes opened and she realized three things. She wasn't in her room. She had a pounding headache now... she probably got drunk last night.

Oh, and she was in bed with both Ikuto AND Takeru.

...

Chika realized at that moment that it probably would've been a good idea to refuse that alcohol. Now her problems were just going to get worse. She felt one of their hands slip against the skin of her stomach, and realized that she was both still wearing her dress and undergarments. Well, even though this was still awkward, at least she didn't have sex with the two of them. She let out a sigh of relief and leaned her head back on Takeru's chest. She looked up at his face.

He was still asleep and smiling happily.

Chika sighed What was she going to do? They couldn't stay like this... but it felt so right. She felt Ikuto stir against her back and his hands slipped away from her stomach. “Morning Chika.”

Chika blushed as she felt Ikuto's arms warp around her waist again. “Morning Ikuto-kun?”

“How are you feeling?” Ikuto asked, tightening his arms around her.

Chika sighed. “Really good,” she admitted.

“That's nice,” Takeru said, his eyes opening.

Chika blushed.

Ikuto chuckled. “You're late,” he teased.

“Oh, terribly sorry. Not used to have such attractive people in bed with me,” Takeru countered.

Chika's' face started to burn. “Takeru-kun, we didn't...”

Takeru and Ikuto both laughed at that, Takeru moving his hand and stroking the side of Chika's face. “Oh, I know,” he admitted. “We were all drunk last night, but we still didn't want to do something you'd regret.”

Chika's eyes widened, her head suddenly turning around to look at Ikuto. The way that Takeru said that... it...

Ikuto flashed her a smile. “It's okay.”

Chika's eyes widened. “You know I..”

Ikuto nodded.

Chika felt tears start to form in her eyes and her stomach seemed like it was trying to eat itself. “Then how can you even stand me and Takeru. I.... I..”

Ikuto pressed his lips against hers before she could break down crying. Her eyes widened and she soon found herself kissing him back, melting into his embrace.

And then she felt another pair of lips on her neck and she gasped into Ikuto's mouth. That... felt good. Ikuto's lips against hers... Takeru's against her neck... Ikuto pulled away a moment before Takeru did, and Chika let out a confused gasp. Why were they both? “...uh?” she let out... not really able to say what she was thinking.

Ikuto sighed, and pulled Chika closer to him, his hand now running through her hair. “Why?” she asked him. She felt like a little kid who hadn't been in school at all being asked to do calculus. Why were they?

“Chika...” Ikuto trailed off, looking a little awkward as he looked at her.

Takeru wrapped his arms around her waist also, pressing his body against her in another hug.

“I love you,” both of them said at the same time.

Chika blinked. “You guys what?” She shook her head. “But then why aren't you fighting over me and upset with what happened before?” This was just more confusing.

Takeru laughed. “You're not the only one who can be torn between two people.”

What the heck? Chika just blinked at them.

Takeru sighed. “You up for a demonstration Ikuto?”

Chika looked over at Ikuto, who was smiling. “Sure.”

And before Chika knew it, the two men were pressed against her tighter and kissing over her. She looked on it shock as she saw the two of them kissing just as passionately as Ikuto had been kissing her earlier... and did he slip his tongue into Takeru's mouth?

After a little bit, the two of them broke away and looked back over at her.

Chika was speechless, looking between the two of them and deciding she was still asleep, hangover headache be damned. Finally she figured out what to say. “You two? Me? Wha?”

.. Okay, so she really had no idea.

Ikuto and Takeru both laughed and hugged her, giving her a little time to actually think. That took a little while. Seeing something she usually only saw in some of the yaoi manga she had read a as teenager kinda made it hard for her to think. “You guys are together?”

Ikuto laughed. “Sorta. Kinda... occasionally.”

Takeru's hand slipped over her side, rubbing the skin that her dress exposed. It felt nice, but right now she wished that he'd just give her answers. “Well, it mostly didn't feel right the few times we tried. You weren't with us.”

Chika blinked. That seemed strangely familiar to what she felt after she and Ikuto had been together after Kurata had made her a bio-hybrid. The sex was good, but something about it seemed odd. Same with the little amount of fooling around she ended up doing with Takeru before her brain caught up with her and she bolted. Both had been good but off somehow... unlike what had just happened earlier.

Chika's eyes widened when she realized what her two friends were getting at. “You two want a threesome!?” she blurted out, her cheeks on fire now.

Ikuto laughed and blushed. “More than that,” he clarified.

Chika didn't know what to say. On one hand, she wanted, and had been with both of them already... kinda...

But was it really fair to them? But they wanted each other also, so it wasn't like they were doing this just so she wouldn't have to choose or feel bad about it or something. “I... can... we... no, I can't.” Chika said. “Not yet, I don't want to jump into something like this too fast. I don't even know what I really want.”

Takeru tightened his hold on her waist. “Of course we can wait,” he said. “We've waited half a decade already.” And with that, he pulled away and got out of bed.

Ikuto smiled and kissed her on the cheek before moving out of the bed as well.

And that's when Chika noticed that while she was still wearing her dress, they were both shirtless. And her heart seemed to plummet into her stomach.

So much for being happy.

.o0o.

Broken Dreams

Written by: Custom-Magnum

Chapter 22: Awkwardness

.o0o.

“Tsukaimon, wake up!” Yuka shouted, trying to shake her sleeping partner awake. No luck. Tsukaimon just yawned and clamped onto her arm with his legs, sleeping away. “Tsukaimon!” she shouted again, shaking her arm to try to wake up the digimon. It wasn't working. “We're going to be late for our first training session with our group for our test!”

Tsukaimon just kept snoring and snuggling against her arm.

Yuka sighed and got out of her bed, heading over to the dresser to grab her digivice. She quickly pressed a button and Tsukaimon was sucked inside it, still asleep.

Yuka sighed and quickly got dressed before heading down to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Her mother was already cooking some eggs. Yuka smiled, glad that Agumon wasn't here, otherwise she wouldn't get food.

“Good morning sleepyheads.” Her mother greeted, but Yuka could tell her mother didn't really mean it. Well, okay, that was probably harsh, but her mother was still a little upset with the fact that Yuka was finally going to become a DATS agent soon. At least... as long as she passed the test anyway.

“You okay Mama?” Yuka asked.

“Yeah, I”m fine.” Her mother answered, moving the eggs onto a plate and putting in on the table. “Where's Tsukaimon?”

At that, Tsukaimon's voice suddenly burst out of the digivice. “YUKA!!!! LET ME OUT OF HERE!!!”

Yuka giggled and quickly pressed the button to let her partner out of the digivice. He really looked annoyed with her. “Why did you do that?”

“You were glomping my arm in your sleep and I needed to get ready,” Yuka answered, smirking.

“You could've woken me up!” Tsukaimon shouted as he flapped over to the table.

Yuka sighed as her mother put another plate down on the table. “Shut up and eat before we go and meet the other two in our unit.”

Tsukaimon sighed, before attacking his share of eggs like he was Agumon.

Yuka giggled before her attacking her eggs in the same manner as her partner.

Her mother just looked at the two of them and shook her head.

.o0o.

Chika felt both elated and confused as she walked through the aisles in the shop, looking for any supplies that she might need for her upcoming mission. She could probably use a few new kunai to replace the ones she had lost recently. Then there was the matter of her cape... if she even wanted a new one. Capes did look awesome, but there were some downsides to them as well...

Then again, if she was in a standard female DATS Uniform, she'd definitely end up distracting Ikuto and Takeru now...

Okay, finding new pants for her uniform and a cape was a definite plan.

“Chika-chan?” someone familiar said from behind her.

Chika spun around with a smile seeing Miki and Megumi standing behind her. “Hey!”

“Are you alright?” Megumi asked.

Chika nodded at that. “Yeah, I'm actually, really, really good! Why do you ask?”

“It's just... well... you seem...” Megumi didn't seem to be able to figure out what to say.

Chika looked at her. “Something wrong?””

“It's just, you seem happy,”” Megumi said finally.

Chika blinked. That wasn't something that people were supposed to thing something was wrong about. Did she really suck at hiding her emotions the last five years that much?

Miki smirked. “Our little Chika-chan finally became a woman, didn't she?”

Chika let out a startled gasp and blushed. She forgot how blunt the older woman could be sometimes. “No!” At least..well, nothing happened recently.

Megumi blinked, and then smirked. “Oh! Who's the lucky guy? Or lucky girl?”

Chika blushed and tried to shrink away from the two of them. “I... we're not together. We're taking it slow, just staying friends for now.”

Megumi smiled. “But you're still happy! You two must've done something!”

Chika felt like she could've cooked Agumon his eggs on her face right now. “We... umm... made out. And why do you two care. Don't you have someone closer to your own age to bug about this?”

Miki laughed. “But' it's fun to tease the innocent virgin who's holding out for true love.”

Chika gasped. Maybe if she told the two woman the truth they'd stop it. She knew that if they continued at this rate, the fact she well, seriously considered saying yes to Takeru and Ikuto back in that bed...

She prayed she wasn't making a mistake. “I'm... not.”

Miki and Megumi looked at her, both their eyes blinking.

Finally, Megumi ran up to her and put her hands on Chika's shoulders. “When did that change!? When!?”

So much for that plan. “Umm... five years ago.”

Miki looked at her and sighed. “Okay Megumi, stop bugging the traumatized girl.”

Megumi blinked and turned to Miki. “What do you mean?” She asked, letting go of Chika's shoulders.

Chika bolted and headed to the counter to buy her replacement things. Hopefully she could get to a tailor without be cornered by them again.

Chika also hoped that rumors didn't start. She knew how Miki and Megumi could get sometimes..

... okay, all the time.

... She was so screwed.