That’s great! Could you possibly do JP with a childhood friend s/o that’s also been to the digital world?
Hello, Anon! I'm so sorry for how long it has taken me to get to this request; the past two years have been incredibly busy and stressful. I hope you'll still be able to see this!
J.P. & His Childhood Friend S/O
J.P. was relieved to have someone he knew along for this wild ride, it was reassurance that this whole "Digital World" thing wasn't just a dream.
He was the last one to find his Spirit, right? So you were able to comfort him through that and reassure him that he's still a cool guy, Spirit or not.
Then he gets Beetlemon, and he's even COOLER (make sure to tell him that)
As is the case with Digital World excursions, you're brought closer together by peril and having to work together to save an entire world.
It's Zoe who notices first that you two are getting closer than you were. She doesn't say anything, but she pushes Koji and Takuya away to give you two alone time.
Tommy also picks up on it. He grins widely at J.P. and gestures to you, all like "Are you sure you want to be hanging out with me?"
J.P. is the one who gets all blushy and flustered. But you've saved the world by this point, so he thinks that there won't really be an excuse to try and hang out some more.
Silly J.P. You two were already friends, so why wouldn't you hang out? But he's all fidgety and always bringing up the Digimon and how they're doing. You wonder if your breath stinks or something.
Zoe and Tommy are done. Koji and Takuya are just confused. Koichi is munching on popcorn. When will this be resolved??? Will J.P. stop being an idiot???
The answer is: never. But that's why we love him, right? After he blows you off for like the fifth time, you finally confront him on the way to school (you two are neighbors by the way) and ask him why he's being a big dummy
He waves it off like "No absolutely not, this is how dummy I usually am" - and he's at least halfway right
You just stare at him until he fesses up. "I think I like you," he mumbles, hanging his head. You stare at him some more. "A LOT, OKAY?"
You smile a little. "How long?"
"I don't know. Probably a while. Didn't really set in until the Digital World."
"Guess I should thank Lucemon, then."
"That bully? For what."
"For getting you to realize what I knew all along."
[Cue end of the romantic comedy movie and you two are holding hands]
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Not sure how I ended up using "you" instead of third person, but it happened! I hope this is along the lines you were thinking of, and once again, I'm so sorry for the wait, Anon!