What is Love? <3

[Shana Hitoehi]

Shana stood outside in front of Marik's school waiting for him to come out again. He should have been dismissed not too long ago, and like the past few days, she planned to walk him home. They lived very close together, and he actually wasn't that much out of the way, although his home was a little bit closer to the school than her own.

She waited for him to come, with hundreds of emotions coursing through her. For some reason, she felt so strange when she was around him. She had only known him for a little bit more than two weeks now, but for some reason, she had begun to believe that there was a special connection between the two of them. She wanted to be with him... all the time.

She used her right crutch as a leverage to turn her body to face the school building. She wondered how much longer it would be before he came into the courtyard. She wanted to ask him... but she felt so nervous about it.

[marik]

Marik was indeed at a strange stage in his life, getting close to his teens. However, he never imagined anything as strange as this. Day one, he was down right appalled by her and didn't want anything to do with her. Next time he meets her? Suddenly they are all friendly, and over the next few days, he couldn't stop thinking of her. They'd been walking home together for the past few days,and he was happy for their friendship. For a brief moment, he imagined in the future their friendship becoming something more.

That's where he had to come to his senses. How could such a friendship that turned out so ... not rightly, come that far? Marik chuckled softly. Couldn't happen. It wouldn't. He was smart. He would never fall for a girl like that. "She's not my type right Kudamon?" Marik said to his digimon as he opened up his locker door to reveal the holy beast dosing inside his book bag with his head poking out of it.

Kudamon blinked awake, yawning as he looked up at his tamer. "I wouldn't say for sure." Was all he would say. Rolling his eyes, Marik slipped on his coat, and moved Kudamon to his usual place around his neck underneath his collar. He packed his homework, before pulling his bag over his shoulders and shutting the locker door for the day.

Once outside, he headed to the usual spot he usually found her, and as predicted, there she was. Same place same time. He waved to her. "Hey Shana!" He called, walking straight to her. "You get here alright? I hope you aren't straining yourself." he said. He didn't want her to be putting so much effort into this. If she fell on her crutches, her leg could get worse. He'd feel terrible if she ended up worsening her injury while doing all this.

[Shana Hitoehi]

"Hey... Marik." Shana said warmly. She was glad to see him, but she didn't know what to say. She wanted to ask him so badly, but she didn't know where to start. Maybe she should partake in some idle chit-chat first. That way it wouldn't seem as though it were the most pressing matter on her mind, but then again, if she didn't say it at first, it would seem like it wasn't quite as important or that she was embarrassed... or weak. She didn't want to seem as though she were any of those things.

She began walking with him, although she was unusually quiet with her internal conflict. Could she put herself out there like that? She would have to, or else she could never find out what he thought about her.

"Will... You be my girlfriend... Like.. romantically?.. I-.. I want to be your boyfriend," she asked excitedly. "I promise I'll protect you and be yours forever!"

[marik]

Shana was oddly quiet today. Was something wrong? It was difficult to tell with her sometimes. She could be thinking, she could be upset, she could be, heaven forbid, angry. Then again, if she were angry, she likely wouldn't be here walking him home. He decided to just keep going, if something was bothering her, she'd hopefully give him some sort of sign.

What was on her mind soon came out, and Marik hadn't exactly been prepared for such a question. "Erm, uh..." He stammered, his usually pale cheeks turning beat red. It wasn't for a long moment that something wrong with her question suddenly clicked in, and he stopped dead in his tracks. "Hey wait, don't you mean I be your boyfriend and you by my girlfriend?" He questioned. Slip up, hopefully? Or did she think he was a girl and she was a lesbian? He definitely was not a girl, and he definitely didn't swing that way.

[Shana Hitoehi]

"No.. I meant what I said..." She said as she continued to move on her crutches for a few more steps before turning around to face him. She didn't know exactly how to explain it other than what exactly she was thinking. She hoped he would understand.

"Marik-kun... I want to be your boyfriend... because I want to fight for you... defend your honor... protect you, provide for you, buy you lunch... I want to take care of you... and.. I think I'm starting to fall in love with you." She said as she took a step toward him. Then, she quickly dropped her crutches and flung her her arms around his shoulders, leaning into him for balance.

"I really like you, Marik-kun.." She turned her head to kiss him on the cheeks.

[marik]

Marik didn't really know what to say. Wasn't he going on about this never happening not too long ago? Yet, he couldn't help but feel a bit for her too. But this was so sudden... and the wording was just throwing him off terribly. He was the boy. Shouldn't he be the boyfriend in this relationship? What she was asking, made very little sense to him. For a while, he could only just stand there, trying to think things through.

"But you can still do all that as a girlfriend. Really, its just a gender specific label." He tried to reason with her not objecting when she hugged and kissed him. "Nothing different between girlfriend and boyfriend except gender. You just do whats comfortable." He was a boy. It was just... awkward to be called girlfriend.

[Shana Hitoehi]

"C-can it Marik-kun?" Shana asked in response to his statement. She continued to hold onto his shoulders using him to prop her up. He was quite a bit taller and a lot bigger than she was, so her weight probably wouldn't actually be too much for him to handle. She continued to hold onto him, knowing that he wouldn't drop her. Although her grip around his shoulders was so tight that he probably couldn't have dropped her if he tried.

"Well... If that's the way you want it... I'll just try to do what's comfortable." She said to him, pecking him on the cheek once again, just embracing him tightly. "But don't forget, I'm tougher than you..."

[marik]

Marik nodded. "Of course Shana-chan." He assured. However, not enjoying this romantic glomping, was Kudamon, who had ended up undernearth Shana's arms, holding her weight. He couldn't only sit there quietly before he could hold it in no longer. "Ee!" Kudamon squeaked, as the weight of her arms fell over top of him. He quickly repositioned himself to Marik's back, shuddering indignantly. To her last statement, Marik chuckled. "I don't think anyone is tougher than you. Though I definitely prefer the softer you." He remarked, kissing her cheek back.

Meanwhile, Kudamon slipped out from under his Jacket. There wasn't too many people around to see him, and his small and partly transparent body did make him a bit difficult to spot. He twisted himself around one crutch, lifting it over to offer to Shana. He retrieved the second one, giving it to her as well. "Thank's Kudamon." He said, letting Shana get back on her crutches, and letting his partner slip back into his coat before they continued walking.

[Shana Hitoehi]

Shana took her crutches back able to stand on her own once more without putting pressure on her hurt ankle. She hadn't really tried walking on it since the injury because the doctor had told her if she did, it would take longer to heal, but at the same time, for some reason she felt she could probably walk on it again. She had decided not to risk it though as it was better safe than sorry. She wanted to be at top fighting shape as soon as she could. The boys in her class were beginning to heckle because they knew she couldn't do much about it right now.

Once she was stabilized on both of her crutches, she leaned forward again, locking lips with Marik, tilting her head slightly to kiss him. Before now, she never would have wanted to be so publicly soft and gentle. She didn't want people to think she was weak. Most of the boys in her class would have been much too scared to even date her. After all, she had beat most of them up at least once, although she felt she had her reasons for it. She really didn't feel she had any good friends. There were only people who showed her the proper respect and people she beat up.

She continued to sink into her kiss with Marik, a kiss that had now almost lasted 5 seconds now, and was still surprisingly continuing. The question was, where had Shana learned to kiss like this?

[Rylee Casanova]

It had been a long day for Rylee and Pabumon. They had spent most of the day locked up in Rylee’s house, since Pabumon wanted to explain to Rylee practically everything needed to know about himself as well as digimon. Even though Rylee had known basic stuff because of the cartoons, Pabumon still had a lot to teach him since there was so much Rylee needed to know., which excited Pabumon since he loved feeling smart.

After hours of studying, they decided to take a stroll around the neighborhood and received some awkward looks since it was strange for people to see a boy with a ‘stuffed animal’. Pabumon couldn’t help but fight the urge to startle people ‘till they found themselves pacing around the high school. Even though he wasn’t in high school, yet, Rylee enjoyed taking strolls around the whole school.

It seemed deserted, or so Rylee had though, but as he reached the courtyard, "Ow!?" he dropped Pabumon to the ground. Before his eyes, he saw Shana. They had been good friends when he had still been living with his father, but once had moved out, he had little to no some to see her, so they hadn’t really talked much since then, even though Rylee had moved back with his parents and has been in the same class as her. He was going to step up and greet her, but what he saw shocked him beyond belief. She was kissing a boy, and not just any boy, but an older one! He couldn’t believe it and he felt jealousy build up inside him, and it shocked him. His mind couldn’t exactly comprehend what was going on, but he decided to go on the offensive, and stop their lovey-dovey affair, as he picked Pabumon up from the ground.

“Uh…Shana-kun, what’s up?”