My Broken Hearted Valentine

Chapter Five

By KellyQ

The last bell of the day rang as all the students walked out. Takato ran out, zipping around people as he ran; he had to find Lee and apologize for not showing up. That was the first thing Takato wanted to do when he got to school, but he couldn’t find Lee anywhere. I’m not going to give up, he told himself as he continued down the street.

"Why didn’t you show up at the Dance last night?"

It was Culumon standing right in front of him holding the very necklace he gave Lee. Takato’s heart almost stopped when he saw Culumon was holding it instead of his boyfriend.

"Why didn’t you show up at the Dance last night?" Culumon asked again.

"How did you get my boyfriend's necklace?" Takato asked, not even realizing that he had raised his voice.

"You don’t have to yell at me," Culumon whimpered, "I didn’t do anything but picked it up after Lee threw it on the ground."

Takato straightened up as soon as Culumon said that. I knew it, he thought as he lowered his head as his face turned dark shaking in anger. ‘But you blew it by spending all that time in park with your friends’. Culumon bit the bottom of his lip with great concern in his eyes. He slowly walked up still biting his lip not liking the vibes he was getting from Takato.

"He needs you, Takato. He needs to know that you still love him."

The young boy bit the bottom of his lip, pondering the words. I really blew it, he thought, groaning, letting his hand fall from his face, now Lee hates me!

"Come on, Takato," Culumon insisted pulling on the boys leg, "you wait any long you won't have a second chance!"

"I guess you’re right. Thanks, Culumon," he said as the small Digimon handed the necklace to him.

Takato stood in front Lee’s big apartment building door. He lifted his shaky hand and knocked. The door opened one moment later and there stood Terriermon. He took one look at Takato and shut the door right in his face. He just stood there for a second when he heard Lee’s voice from the other side of the door telling his Digimon not to slam doors in people’s faces. Takato's body started to shake when the door opened, and Lee stood there with a motionless expression.

"See, that’s the reason," Terriermon said, from behind.

"Lee, I ...."

Before Takato could finish, Lee took a hold of the door and slammed it saying that he should go away. He stepped forward banging on the door pleading not to be shut out. Lee picked his partner up and started to walk away when he stopped motionless when he heard Takato scream in fear. Lee’s breathing hitched hesitating to turn around to soothe Takato’s fear. He finally closed his eyes ran down the hallway, dropping Terriermon on the floor.

Terriermon was about to call out to his tamer when he heard Lee’s parents opening the door. He stiffened up and fell over as they tried to bring Takato in. Suzie’s face lit up when she saw Terriermon on the floor. She ran up to him and frowned. Why would her older brother leave his favorite toy on the floor? However, she didn’t really care; she picked him and started to throw him up in the air.

Lee’s parents laid Takato on the couch with a blanket. He laid there shivering in a cold sweat. Mrs. Jenyra looked around, wondering where her son was and why no one came to the boy's aid? Lee finally came out of his room to see what the commotion was.

He stopped short when he saw Takato. Both boys looked at each other. Lee just stood there with great pain in his eyes, knowing that it was his fault for causing the boy to flip out.

"Takato … wait …."

Lee followed him out closing the door behind. Takato finally turned to face the other boy; he stopped short when he saw the pain in his eyes. Now he really felt bad for ignoring his boyfriend, and he was ready to apologize for being an asshole. Takato looked down biting his lip when Lee came closer; he finally looked up, ready to be slapped in the face, but instead he was hugged.

"Takato, I’m so sorry! I was so upset that I didn’t give you the time to hear your apology."

"No. I should apologize. I know that we were supposed to go together … but … but my mom told me that I had to finish my homework before I went."

Now Lee felt really guilty for getting rid of the necklace. Shit! He tore it off and left it on the sidewalk. He looked away turning his head as Takato watched his boyfriend turn pale.

"What’s wrong, Lee-Chan?"

His breathing started to hitch as fear started to creep up his heart. Takato was going to be really upset if he found out about the locket.

"Lee-Chan, you’re starting to scare me. What’s wrong?"

"I … I … didn’t mean to…"

"Mean to do what? Lee, you’re starting to really scare me! Now what’s wrong?"

"The …. locket.. I …"

"I've got it right here, if this is what you are worried about," Takato finished, holding up the locket.

"I didn’t mean to …."

"I know that you didn’t mean anything," He responded, putting his hands around his lover's shoulders.

"You’re not mad at me?"

"I’m not if you’re not."

Lee smiled feeling much better than he had for the last twenty-four hours. Culumon watched the two boys from the rough top with a pleasing smile on his face. He knew that things would work if he just gave Takato enough encouragement to do the right thing. I knew that they would finally end up together, he thought with a smile.

The End