Personal Space
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon, I'm just borrowing some exceptional bishies  for a while. I'll have 'em back fairly unharmed. Maybe a little sated, but  unharmed.
Warning: Fluff, sap, shounen ai, the barest hint of angst, LEMON!! 
Description:
Shade: Back! Back, I say! DS is way in my personal space!
DS: HIDOI NAAAAAAAAA!!
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"BACK YAGAMI!"
Tai pouted but pulled his arm from around the blondes shoulders. "You need to  lighten up, ya know."
Matt rolled his eyes, brushing silky bangs away from his face. "You know I  hate it when someone enters my personal space. It's just one of my quirks."
The brunette snorted. "One of you many quirks. There's the hair thing, the  lone wolf thing, the 'I must be more beautiful than everyone else' thing.... The  list goes on."
"Whatever."
"See," Tai sounded exasperated. "There's also the whole 'i don't care' thing.  Ya know, it doesn't help that your personal space is, like, ten feet around you.  How are ya s'posed to get any girlfriends if you're always yelling at people to  back off?"
"I've had enough of the whole dating scene," Matt sighed tiredly as the  pushed there way out of their school. "Reanne just about spent ever penny I had  and Sory only dated me at all 'cause she thought it'd make some other guy  jealous - which it did. I'd rather just hang out with the guys."
"Well, how ya gonna do that if we can't get close enough for some male  bonding?"
"I just don't like to be touched too much," the blonde stated stubbornly.
Dark brows shot up. "And that's why you seemed to be enjoying yourself at the  last party when that blonde was pawing at you?"
"If I didn't know any better I'd say you were jealous," came the retort.
Tai's mind froze and he began to stutter. There was no way Matt could know  his secret, was there?
No, no. He realized what Matt had meant. "The day I'm jealous of you is the  day pigs fly." And that was perfectly true. He wasn't jealous of his best  friend, he was jealous of the girl he had been with that night.
It had been like having a bucket of ice water dumped onto him, to arrive at  the party to find his secret crush curled up on the armchair, swapping spit with  the most curvaceous young thing he'd ever seen. And it was then that he realized  that he'd never be able to compete with any of the girls that were regularly  throwing themselves at Matt. He was a tall gangly thing with a mop of messy  brown hair. His grace on the soccer field seemed to leave him the moment he  stepped off it and he was constantly tripping over his own feet.
Matt on the other hand was a tall willowy musician. He didn't seem to have a  clumsy bone and his body and seemed to move with the unconscious grace of a  dancer. His platinum blonde hair was always combed perfectly, though there was  always some strand that fell in front of his face which only added to his  appeal. He had the bluest crystal eyes Tai had ever seen and one could alway  lose himself in there depths. Matt was, in a word, beautiful. Tai was not.
In his own mind at least.
As Tai drifted off into dream world Matt was doing a little admiring of his  own. And not of the girls that were throwing flirtatious glances his way. Matt  knew how he himself looked, knew he was handsome, and used it to his advantage  often enough. He saw in Tai what Tai couldn't see in himself. Tai's clumsiness  just made him seem adorable, like a little boy. He was tall and slim, but well  muscled, the build of an athlete. His hair was a wild tumble of chocolate locks  that turned almost auburn in the sunlight. His eyes were a warm brown that  always showed exactly what he was feeling. He had a winning personality and a  smile that constantly charmed the hearts of those he was around.
And Matt wanted Tai more than anything else in the word. A same sex  relationship almost promised to ruin Tai's soccer career and it was likely that  his band would loose a lot of it's appeal if the best looking member happened to  be gay. Of course it might please a lot of those freaky yaoi fan girls, but  still....
So, he didn't tell anyone. Well, TK knew, but that was his brother. Siblings  weren't classed with everyone else. They could be a real pain, but when it  counted they could keep you sane.
Of course if he thought he had a chance with Tai he'd have said something,  but as he saw it, Tai thought of him as a friend and nothing more.
It was true that he had trouble with people entering his personal space, but  he exaggerated it a bit so as not to let Tai too close. The closer he was to the  brunette the harder it was to think and the more likely it was that he'd do  something he'd latter regret. Like kiss him.
Mat's eyes shifted towards Tai's lips and he nearly did kiss him, right out  in the middle of the schools court yard where everyone would be a witness to his  mistake.
Keeping away wasn't working as well as it had started out. It just made him  want his friend more and it made Tai get closer. The Keeper of Courage loved a  good challenge and that's what he saw Matt's barriers as. Matt feared that some  day Tai would get past his barriers and he'd be one dead duck. He'd be rejected  and would never again be able to face the outside world again.
"What are you doing this weekend?" Tai asked, breaking through his thoughts.
Matt shrugged, glad to be distracted. "I dunno. Probably writing some song  lyrics or practicing."
The slightly taller boy pulled a face. "Sounds boring, but then again I'm no  musician. How 'bout coming over to my place? We can rent some movies and I can  raid the convenience store for munchies."
"Sounds great," Matt smiled as his friend whooped and jumped in to the air.  And nearly fell on his ass when he landed.
"Whoops," Tai grinned sheepishly. "Clumsy me."
"And if you were any different you just wouldn't be you," Matt laughed. He  had no suspicions what so ever that Tai was cursing himself on the inside. The  athlete was surprisingly good at hiding things from his friend.
He shifted his book bag on his back as they headed toward the appartment he  was staying at with his father. "I'll grab my things and leave a note for dad.  He'll let me go anyways, this just means I'll be there a bit earlier."
Tai nodded, kicking a pebble ahead of him. "I'd probably get in trouble if I  ever did that. But then you practically live on your own now, anyways. You're in  bed when your dad gets home and at school when he leaves. Plus he's out on  business most weekends, trying to find the perfect story. I kinda feel sorry for  you."
"To tell you the truth I feel sorry for myself," the blonde replied darkly,  eyes shadowed.
Tai bit his lip as his friend slipped into his brooding. He felt guilty for  bringing up the subject. Now Matt would be lost in his thoughts until they  reached his apartment and would most likely be depressed until latter that  evening. Why did he have to go and bring it up?! Tai knew perfectly well how his  friend usually reacted to this. Why was it that he always said things without  thinking first?
He studied Matt's profile from the corner of his eye and sighed. He just  wanted to be able to make him feel better about his life. To make Matt realize  that he had people who loved him, people who would stand by him no matter what.  Tai supposed that Matt realized he had that in their friendship, but it wasn't  the same. Tai wanted to be with Matt. He wanted to be the one to care for Matt  beyond friendship. He wanted so much to go step over the line and become his  lover.
But he couldn't. Rejection was a thing he couldn't handle at this point. He  was a teenager. His emotions were all mixed up. All it took was a huge  heartbreak at this crucial point and he'd sink so deep in depression he'd never  be able to escape.
So here he was, wishing for something he was sure he'd never have while Matt  brooded himself into his own little world. It was not the most promising start  to a weekend but there wasn't much of a chance that it would get any worse.
They arrived at the apartment a few minutes latter and Matt gathered his  things together before leaving the note for his father.
By now Matt had broken out of his depression and was chatting almost  animatedly. Tai was absorbing it happily. Glad to see his best friend like this,  even if he found the conversation of bands and music rather boring. True, he  enjoyed to go to all of the Teenage Wolves concerts, but that was because Matt  had the voice of an angle. Not to mention he could stare at the other boy while  he gyrated seductively around the stage and not become suspicious. Matt had the  ability to make crowd go wild with excitement or sob quietly. He had a way with  a crowd no one else had.
Tai was brimming as they reached his apartment. His parents already knew he  had intended on inviting the blonde and had already given their permission,  though they'd be leaving to visit his aunt latter that night and wouldn't be  home until after midnight. By now they trusted the two teens to stay alone. Matt  had been staying over frequently since the their first adventures in the Digital  World.
Tai had rented a few movies and had bought the chips on the way home so that  they wouldn't have to bother with it latter on.
Mrs. Yagami greeted them in the kitchen, a spatula in here hand as she stood  over the stove, the smell of something burnt wafting over to them. Neither boys  wanted to know what she happened to be attempting to cook this time. It was  better not to think about it.
"Maybe she'll burn it beyond recognition and we'll hafta get take-out," Tai  said hopefully as the slipped into the living room.
Matt nodded. "My father cooks better then your mum and he'd rather chance my  cooking then eat his own."
"You're a great cook. And you always wear that pink apron with the frills.  You just look so adorable in that thing," He said it teasingly but meant every  word of it.
Blue eyes turned to glare at him, "It's the only one dad has. Would you  rather I got grease and flour and whatever else splatters all over my clothes? I  hate being considered adorable. It doesn't suit my image."
Tai laughed. "'Big bad Matt'. Do you prefer that? How 'bout 'Ishida the lady  killer' or 'sexy rock star'?"
Matt quirked an elegant brow at him. "Sexy?"
A bright flush coloured Tai's cheeks as he tried to cover up his mistake.  "From what I've heard from all the girls."
For a moment Tai thought he saw disappointment flash through his friends  features, but it was gone too quickly for him to be certain. But it was enough  for a bit of hope to flare up from his despair. Perhaps, if he was lucky, Matt  really sis return his feelings.
After a few minutes of channel surfing and coming up with nothing interesting  to watch, the two headed off to Tai's room where the brunette turned on the  head-banging heavy metal music he favoured lately. Matt just rolled his eyes at  this choice and flung himself at Tai's with a great deal of comfort that only  came with familiarity.
The blonde Keeper of Friendship could not understand Tai's fascination with  this type of music. He himself preferred pop and a little soft rock and Tai was  always at his concerts and seemed to enjoy himself. He couldn't understand how  Tai could like his music, yet hate anything else of the same genre. It didn't  make sense.
Of course there was always the thought that Tai had been humoring him all of  these years and didn't really enjoy his band as much as he appeared to, but that  was a dangerous thought, one he preferred not to dwell on too deeply.
Matt felt eyes on him and looked up to find Tai's chocolate gaze studying  him. Tai looked away as soon as he noticed that Matt had turned to him, blushing  softly.
That was something new, something that Matt had to wonder about. There had  been something about that gaze that was different from the way Tai usually  looked at him, something that made Matt's spine tingle. And then the blush. Why  would Tai have blushed just because Matt had caught him looking at him? They  were friends, they looked at each other all the time.
But Matt shook away the thoughts shifted on the comforter, a little  uncomfortable with what his instincts were trying to tell him. They could be  wrong and he did not want to make any mistakes.
Tai turned and started playing with the knick-knacks piled all over his  dresser, trying to find something, anything to take his mind off the way Matt  looked sprawled out over his bed, as if beckoning Tai to join him. The mental  images it was giving him were down right sinful and were liable to get him in  deep trouble.
Dammit!! Why did it have to be so hard?! It just wasn't right to fall for  your best friend. It could ruin so much. Everything they had become could all be  destroyed by one slip of the tongue or an unconscious touch. And hiding this was  becoming harder and harder. Why couldn't he just have been normal and felt the  way someone normally felt for a best friend?
He sighed and his hand paused over the picture frame that sat there. It was a  picture of he and Matt at the age of thirteen, his arm slung over the blondes  shoulder, a huge grin plastered to his face while Matt seemed to have been going  through one of his moods. His lips dipped down at the corners, forming a frown  and his eyes were flashing as he was turned toward Tai, as if telling him with a  look to leave him alone. Tai had hated it in those few years where Matt had  always seemed to be angry or depressed. Half the time the blonde had done 360's  in mood, being quite open and smiling one minute then icy and withdrawn the  next. It had been hard then, trying to guess what was going to happem next,  always walking on pins and needles.
But even then he would have never given Matt up for anything. It was then he  had begun to grasp just how deeply he felt for his friend. Those had been very  confusing times. Almost as frustrating as now. At least then he wasn't receiving  mixed signals. Only hate filled glares.
Tai was so absorbed in his thoughts he didn't notice Matt walk up behind him  until he felt the brush of the blondes breath on his neck. He fought down a  shiver as Matt gazed over his shoulder and chuckled. "I was a real ass then."
Tai shrugged. "Emotions are always strung high at that age. 'Sides, you never  heard me complain about it did you."
Again, the blonde chuckled. "Never. That's why, even if I acted like I hated  you, I could never seem to stay away from you."
Tai wanted to turn around and wrap his arm around the blondes neck and kiss  the breath right out of him. He bit his lip against the urge and nodded instead,  praying that Matt would soon move away before it was too late. He was always  ranting about his personal space and here he was almost pressed up against him.  It made no sense.
And suddenly there was something moist against his neck, right below the  hairline. In a rush he realized Matt was kissing. Just a light pressing of lips  against skin, but it was enough to make Tai's pulse jump and his whole body to  flush.
Hands reached around his waist, pulling him against a lithe body and he  followed the motion, allowing himself to enjoy the proximity. Lips again pressed  against his skin, this time at the junction between his shoulder and neck. They  sucked at his neck with much more hunger then the last and he pushed himself  against the firm body behind him, feeling Matt harden with the action.
With no warning, Matt whirled him around and jammed his lips against Tai's in  a bruising Kiss. Tai retaliated quite willing, delving kiss tongue into the  blondes mouth. Arms wrapped round each other, bringing them closer and adding  friction to the mix.
Matt's head dipped, nipping at the exposed flesh of his collar bone. Tai  flung his head back and moaned softly, glad for the music pumping from his  stereo. He hoped this was going to get a lot more serious and he did not want  his parents to over hear this little encounter.
Hands were playing with Tai's shirt, pulling it from his slacks and then  going on to run fingers under the white cotton material. As the brunette gasped  and moaned from the soft pressure of the lazy massage. Matt's lips had wandered  down to the hollow at the base of Tai's throat. He dipped his tongue into the  slight indent, receiving another moan for his effort.
The sounds leaving Tai's mouth were driving him slowly insane. Why was it  again he had waited so long to initiate this? Why had he wasted so much time  wanting and never having? No matter, he'd have what he wanted now.
His hands slipped from beneath the other teens shirt as he shushed a protest  with a slight nip at the brunettes lips. Buttons were quickly undone, leaving a  tantalizing view of golden skin. He kissed Tai hard on the lips before running a  path of moist kisses down to one nipple where he paused to suck and nip at the  hardening bud.
One hand moved to play with his other nipple and his other arm snaked around  his waist to grip at Tai's rear. Matt could hardly hear the music over the sound  of his heart thumping in his chest and he was quickly losing his own control. He  had to get them to the bed before he toppled them both onto the floor.
He pulled away and tugged the brunette towards the bed. Tai stood there  blinking stupidly before understanding dawned and he followed willingly.
Matt tugged off his shirt and slacks with no care of ripping the material and  soon Tai's pants were lying in the pile next to the bed. Then, with a soft push,  he tumbled Tai back into the mattress. He couldn't help but stand back and study  the athlete for a moment. The vision nearly took his breath away. Tai was all  lithe muscle and tanned flesh. Chocolate eyes simmered up at him from half  closed lids, beckoning him forward without words. Damn, but Tai was sexy like  this. He only hoped he'd be able to see the other teen like this again and maybe  start a serious relation beside.
Throwing all caution out the window, he fairly jumped into the bed next to  Tai, unmindful of Tai's mother not 15 feet away from the room. He was lost to  everything but the feeling of Tai beneath him, Tai touching him, Tai kissing  him. He was too far gone to think about the adults would reaction to this. It  wasn't likely he'd have cared even if his thoughts were lucid at the moment.
Their boxers were lost somewhere in the storm of passion and they both  revelled in the feeling of skin against skin, arching and writhing to create  more of the delicious friction they both craved. But there was something else  that Matt wanted and it was at this moment this desire became more adamant. He  pulled away, wrenching a gasp of protest from the brunettes swollen lips.
Matt kissed him lightly before asking, "Do you have... anything that'll make  this easier on you?"
A dark blush crept over Tai's entire body as he nodded towards the drawer  next to his bed.
Matt smiled feraly. So Tai wasn't as innocent as he had always suppose.d He  fumbed for inside the drawer for a moment before coming across the lube,  wondering offhandedly how Tai had gotten his hands on some. He coated his  fingers with the cool jell as he bent over his soon to be lover, slowly bringing  them to touch Tai's entrance.
The brunette tensed slightly at the cool touch before relaxing against the  gentle persuasion of Matt's gentle probing. Slowly, the finger entered him as he  moaned at the invasion. True, the sensation of having something pressed inside  of him was strange, but he had never expected it to be quite this good.
Skilful fingers stretched him carefully, barely bringing him any pain. He was  moaning and pressing against the digits by the time it was pulled away and Tai  cried out for their loss.
"Sshhh," Matt whispered. "This'll only take a moment." He added the lube to  his arousal and slowly began to push himself into Tai's tight entrance.
Tai stiffened, the pain catching him a little off guard, but it was bearable.  He ordered himself to relax, instinct telling him this would make it less  painful. He pulled Matt close as the blonde strained to keep still. "Please," he  whispered urgently Matt's ear as he became accustomed to the intrusion. Matt  nodded and began to thrust slowly.
Tai gripped his back, hips raising to meet Matt with every downward thrust.  He saw stars as he felt a burst of pure pleasure and cried out, urging his lover  on with unintelligible words. He could feel the pressure build as Matt reached  between them to grip his length, pumping it in rhythm to their thrusts.
A choked scream escaped his lips as the damn broke and he was sent over the  edge, throwing back his head he came, covering both their chests with his  essence. In the sweet euphoria afterwards he felt Matt follow him. The blonde  pulled him closer as they lay spent, enjoying just being next to each other in  this completely content state.
Suddenly Tai bolted strait up and looked around with wide eyes. Matt felt a  jolt of panic and sat up next to him.
"SHIT!! My mum's still home!" The brunette wailed and Matt couldn't help but  heave a sigh of relief. Tai wasn't upset about what had happened. Panicked brown  eyes turned toward him. "What if they heard, Matt? My parents are open minded  and all, it's just I doubt they'd be too thrilled about my having sex with my  best friend under their roof."
Matt laughed and tousled Tai's wilder then usual brown locks. "If your mum  had've heard she'd have come pounding in here. Besides I doubt anyone could have  heard anything over that ruckus," he gestured towards the stereo which was still  pumping out that deafening rock music into the background.
Tai gave him a mock glare. "No one ever said you had to like my music. Deal  with it."
Matt just shook his head, a tiny smile playing with the corners of his lips.  He stood and began to hunt for his rather rumpled clothes. "We'd better get  dressed before your mum really does come snooping in here."
The brown haired teen nodded and pulled on his clothes as well before opening  the window and turning on the overhead fan in an effort to get rid of the  pungent sent of sex that still lingered in the room.
He sighed as he turned back towards Matt, unsure of what to do now that they  had stepped over this line in there relationship. They had slept together, but  that didn't mean that Matt wanted this to go any deeper then a good lay.
"Matt-" he began and at the same time the other boy had begun with "Tai-" The  both stopped and waited for the other to speak. Finally Tai hung his head and  decided to just take the plunge. "What does this all mean? I know we've slept  together and that in itself means something, but how do you really feel about  the two of us?"
He looked up in time to see the blondes face flush as he became rather  flustered. "Well... this was rather nice, but that's not exactly what I want...  If you'll have me I'd like to be more then just your friend and occasional  lay-that is, if you'll have me. I mean, I'm not exac-"
He was broke off as a kiss abruptly interrupted anything else he was about to  say. Tai had thrown himself at his now and forever love, showing him with  actions and not words what he felt. there was no doubt in either?s minds.
And as things would have it, neither boys were forced into consuming that  poison Mrs. Yagami called meatloaf.
~Owari~
Shade: Done!! I finished it finaly! And after only a month of writers  block... Anyway, be kind, this is my first lemon. This was inspired from  personal experience (to an extent) I have a quirk about people stepping into my  personal space. As DS can attest.
DS: But you're so cuddly.
Shade: *rolls eyes* Sure, sure. Just don't get too close. This fic is  dedicated to you, after all. You were the inspiration.
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