Taichi Yagami Week day 1 : Taichi & Yamato @taichiyagamiweek
Decided to do taichi week with his friends but each one is the moments before they got sealed away in their crests (in my au) and he was left alone forever.
The moment between Taichi and Yamato where he protects tai. Yamato tries to protect taichi from piemon, feeling responsible for him getting hurt while waiting for him. He tries to stand between the two and him and the team try to help him despite Taichi trying to get back up to fight. Right before they get hit and sealed away, Yamato pushes taichi and saves him.
@taichiyagamiweek Day 2, July 8th 2024: Taichi & Sora
I'm not exaggerating when I say that Sora is unbelievably vital for Taichi's character development, especially in Adventure. They start off as the sporty duo of the group who are close friends and mutually protective and supportive football club companions - even if Sora has to act as the voice of reason to hold Taichi back sometimes. At other times, she is a driving force to keep him going - to make up for his mistakes, to save her by overcoming his cowardice and to understand his personal idea of courage. They have each other's backs, are on each other's minds - and even if they don't always have the means to communicate their feelings and intentions to the other properly, even if there may be periods of (growing) physical distance between them as they grow older... Their bond never fully vanishes. They may have their arguments at times, there may be misunderstandings and insecurities here and there, but when it comes down to it - they never stop caring, supporting and wishing each other the best of luck. Because: What's a few raindrops between friends, right?
Summary: When all of Taichi’s plans fail, his family comes together to help him ask his girlfriend, Hidemi, a very important question.
Pairing: Taichi Yagami x Hidemi Senshi(OC)
Rating || Genres || Warnings: T. Romance. None.
A/N: This is my contribution to the prompt Adulthood and Family for Taichi Yagami Week.
"Well today was a disaster.” Hikari commented as she stood beside her brother atop the bridge that ran over the canal. A groan was her only response, and she turned to glance at her older brother who had his arms resting on the metal railing, face buried in his arms.
“Who’d have thought that they would close the beach today because of a shark sighting. Of all the random days.” Her tone was full of mirth as she tried her best to suppress her giggles at Taichi’s obvious disappointment at the occurrence.
An even louder groan sounded from the young man, as he finally lifted his head to glare at his sister. “If you’re not going to be helpful Hikari, I suggest you leave.” He sounded extremely grumpy, and judging by the frown that creased his forehead, probably annoyed as well. This time his sister did giggle. She reached out to pat him on the shoulder in a comforting manner.
“Don’t be sad, Oni-chan. I’m sure things will work out.” She did her best to sound optimistic. Taichi shook his head, his wild mane of brown hair untamed even at the age of 22. “You don’t understand Hikari! I had everything planned out perfectly. And now everything is ruined. Every plan was botched.” He looked down at the slowly drifting water of the canal.
“I wanted to surprise Hidemi so bad.” He mumbled, looking rather sad as he did. Hikari’s heart went out to him. She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze. Glancing over his shoulder, she suddenly grinned as she caught sight of an approaching figure. “Well I suppose its a good thing I called in reinforcements.”
Her brother blinked at her.
“What?”
He barely had time to finish voicing his thoughts when Takeru ran up, out of breath and grinning ear to ear. “Its all done Hikari. My brother, Izzy and Jo are getting everything set up, and Mimi and Sora are getting Hidemi ready. They told her it was a girls night out or something.” He added, at which Taichi raised an eyebrow. He was more then aware of how much Hidemi hated getting dressed up and wearing makeup. What were they all up to?
Hikari clapped her hands in delight. “Wonderful job Takeru.” She turned her attention to her brother, giving him a once-over. Taichi glanced down at himself as well. He was dressed rather smartly for once, in black trousers, proper shoes, a tie and a button up. Of course his hair was in disarray, but he had stopped in his attempt to tame it long ago.
“Well then Oni-chan, the rest will be up to you.” She winked at him, only adding to his confusion.
“What?” He repeated.
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“No! Wait! I’ve changed my mind! Maybe it really isn’t the right time!”
“Not a chance Taichi. You’re gonna do it, and you’re gonna do it today.” There was such a determined gleam in Yamato’s eyes that Taichi was afraid his best friend would actually tie him up and leave him there if he tried to walk off.
Izumi grinned. “No backing out now Taichi! I’d say good luck, but according to my statistics, you don’t need it.” Hikari, who had been assessing the surroundings gave a grin as well. She looked like she was about to say something when Jo walked up. “Mimi says they’re almost here.” He announced.
Taichi felt a feeling of nervousness settle in his stomach as he gulped. Yamato laughed as he walked past, seeing how pale he had gotten. “Just blurt it out Yagami. You’ve always been good at that.” The brown haired 22-year old aimed to punch him, but he was already walking away.
A moment later Taichi was left alone, standing in the middle of his old High School football field. It was getting dark, the sun had already started to set. Someone had turned on a few lights around the field. Probably Izumi. Hopefully it wouldn’t attract too much attention.
Suddenly he heard voices. Three to be exact. Sora, Mimi and......
Hidemi.
His throat closed up, his hands felt clammy as his eyes traveled to the source of the sound. He watched as Hidemi was all but shoved towards the football pitch before Sora and Mimi pointed towards him. Once Hidemi caught sight of him, the two girls ran off.
It took little to catch Taichi by surprise. He was, however, struck dumb at the sight of his girlfriend.
She wore a white sweater dress with long boots to match. The only thing holding the dress up were a pair of thin straps over her shoulders, leaving most of her skin bare. Her chin-length black hair was curled inward, with a white headband fixed on top of her head. Normally, Taichi wasn’t the type of guy who would really notice what his girlfriend wore. But when she went ahead and dressed like that?
Of course he was bound to notice! He was human after all.
“Taichi!” She called out, quickly making her way over to him. As she neared him he realized she was wearing lipstick. Pink lipstick.
He wandered how she would look with it smudged around her mouth.
The thought had a fierce blush rising to his cheeks as she finally reached him.
“What in the world is going on? You wouldn’t answer my calls, and then Sora and Mimi jumped me as soon as I get off work and force me into this.” She gestured to what she wore. “And then why did they force me to come here?” Her head swiveled as she looked around at the stands and even field.
Taichi had been thinking on that as well. On the way over, he had thought long and hard as to why his friends would bring him here. And then it hit him.
“Because its where we first met.”
Her grey eyes turned to look at him, wide and full of surprise.
The realization seemed to make him recover from his slightly stunned state as he began to speak.
“You were with Dorumon, trying to teach him how to play football.” A small sad smile pulled at her lips as she seemed to recall the memory of her beloved Digimon. “And he kicked the ball too hard. Knocked you on your back. You got a minor concussion because of that.” His hand lifted to press against the back of her head, as if he could sense the bump there from so long ago. Her own hand came up to cover his.
“And you rushed over to help me.” She said with a small smile pulling at her lips. “I may have been out of it but I remember you carrying me to the Nurse’s Room. Even back then you knew how to sweep a girl off her feet.” The young woman teased, prompting her boyfriend to roll his eyes at her.
“Hardly. I also remember telling your grandfather off for scolding you for getting hurt.” She rolled her eyes at him. “Well he was being a jerk.” Hidemi recalled how the old man had told her off for playing with her Digimon when she should’ve been studying. She still remembered how Taichi had stepped in and stood up for her, without even knowing her.
Her knight in shining armor.
"Though once you realized that Dorumon could evolve into Alphamon, you did become kind of a jerk as well.” She recalled, prompting Taichi to wince at the memories, and how cold he had been to her. “Yeah, not my finest hour.” He admitted.
He had only acted like he did because he was afraid she was in league with Alphamon. “But when you saved our lives I started being nice to you.” He reasoned, prompting his girlfriend to give him a playful shove. “I would hardly call that winning me over, Yagami.” She teased. The way she was smiling at him was enough to calm his nerves and had him smiling back.
There was just something about Hidemi that helped ground him. Once she became a proper part of their little group, Taichi was made aware of just how much she helped keep him level-headed during battles and outside of them as well.
Slowly, Hidemi had integrated herself into their family, their lives and his heart.
Taichi remembered how devastated he had been when he lost Agumon. Even now, remembering how his digimon had been erased from existence caused a twinge in his heart, prompting him to wrap his arms around her waist, resting their foreheads together. Though she was surprised at first, her own arms came up to rest around his chest.
“Do you remember how we got together?” He asked, feeling her nod. “It was after Agumon.” She whispered softly, not wanting to upset him by reminding him more of his lost partner. “I was in a really bad place for awhile. And I honestly didn’t think I would get out of it.” He admitted, his arms tightening around her as he continued. “But then you nearly knocked down my door, threw a slipper at my head and told me to knock it off. That this wouldn’t be what Agumon would’ve wanted for me.” She gave a small laugh at the memory. “I still stand by the fact that I was right in doing what I did.”
Taichi chuckled. “I was angry at first yeah, but you were only trying to help. And though you left, what you said did help me. It was a couple days after, when I first met up with you that I realized that I was in love with you.” Identical blushes stole across their cheeks as they both smiled at one another.
“You’ve become a huge part of my life Hidemi. Of my family.” He knew just how desperate she had been for a family, after her own had disowned her for keeping Dorumon instead of abandoning him. To have people who accepted her for she was. And he had helped her find that in their little group. They were all misfits in some form or another, and she had fit right in.
“I never really thanked you.” She said. “For welcoming me into your family. They can get rather annoying at times, but I suppose that’s what you get for hanging around a bunch of crazies your entire adult life.” He gave a small laugh at her words, prompting her to grin at the sound.
“Well what if I asked you to deal them with me for the rest of our lives?”
For a second she seemed to freeze up against him, before her head whipped back to look up at him, eyes wide and lips slightly apart.
“What?”
He was smiling at her, as he pulled his arms back from around her waist. One of his hands went for his pocket, pulling something out. And as he did, he got down on one knee.
Hidemi stopped breathing.
“Do you think you can accept me as a part of your forever family Hidemi?” He asked, using the words she had spoken to him on multiple occasions. Her forever family. Someone she would live the rest of her life with.
A small choked laugh fell from her lips as she smiled widely, her eyes brimming with tears as she shook her head. “I don’t want you to be a part of my forever family Taichi. I want you to be my forever family.” She admitted. Her words made him smile up at her even wider as he held out the now open velvet box.
Within the soft cushion nestled a pretty silver band, with three princess cut diamonds encrusted into the shiny metal.
“Should I take that as a yes then?” He asked, his tone sounding a little cocky, at which she laughed, holding out her hand as she did.
“You haven’t actually asked the question yet, Baka.” He took her hand, singling out her ring finger as he made to slide the ring on.
His gaze lifted to meet her’s as he spoke. “Will you marry me, Hidemi?” He asked, showing every ounce of love and adoration he had for the woman in front of him, even as he slid the ring home.
In response she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, pressing her lips to his. In her enthusiasm she nearly knocked the both of them back, though neither seemed to care as they shared a passionate embrace.
“That wasn’t really an answer.” He whispered against her lips, prompting her to smile into the kiss.
“Shut up, Yagami!” She responded before kissing him again.
The sound of cheering was what made them part, their eyes finding the figures of their friends screaming, shouting, hugging and laughing as they stood atop one of the stands. There was Yamato, who gave Taichi a two fingered salute, while he wrapped his arm around his own fiancé. Sora had tears streaming down her cheeks as she smiled at her two best friends. Izumi was trying to console a sobbing Jo, who was crying a literal waterfall. Hikari and Mimi were jumping up and down, hugging one another. Takeru was high-fiving Davis and Cody, while Yolei hugged Ken fiercely, with him wrapping an arm around her waist.
With Hidemi tucked in his arm next to him, and his friends cheering for the two of them, Taichi felt his heart swell with affection for all of them. His family. With whom he had shared so many pivotal moments in his life and so many adventures.
And glancing at his new fiancé, he couldn’t help but press a kiss to her forehead, eager to start a new chapter in his life with her.
“Do you think it would hurt if I tied your ears in a knot?”
In the kitchen, Taichi stilled. Agumon perked up at his side, an apple core dangling from his lips. Slowly, the man turned off the faucet, listening intently into the living room.
“I don’t know! Do you want to try?” a smaller voice responded.
Cautiously, Taichi peeked his head around the corner, eyes growing wide as his son restrained his Koromon. Cheeks flushed from exertion, the young boy put up a fight as he secured the Digimon between his thighs.
“Now, stop moving or it’ll hurt worse!” The boy twisted his partner in his lap, toys strewn aside, forgotten.
Koromon squirmed, glancing anxiously at the doorway for help. His ears had been haphazardly twisted on top of his head, the young boy not quite a master at tying his own shoes, much less the ears of another creature.
“Kazue!” Taichi called. On the living room carpet, his son jumped, freeing the Digimon from his clutches.
His partner bounded over towards Agumon, ducking behind his small frame. His ears were still painfully wrapped around one another, dangling limply behind him. “That was not fair, Kazue. I didn’t even like that game.” he mumbled.
Taichi shook his head disapprovingly, carefully untangling the Digimon’s ears. “I thought I told you that Koromon wasn’t a toy. You have to treat him with respect.”
“I don’t know what respect means.” Though Kazue was only seven, he managed to find a way to push all of his father’s buttons.
His father sighed, running his fingers through his shortened hair. A mischievous glint reflected from his son’s gaze, only furthering his irritation.
“Well, it means,” Taichi began, voice trailing off, “Respect is where… Listen, why can’t you just treat others the way you want to be treated? Would you want someone to hold you down and tie your ears together?”
Kazue nodded, a grin plastered to his face. “That sounds so cool. When can we go to Aunt Hikari’s? I’m sure my cousins would want to try.”
“We aren’t going anywhere until you learn to treat Koromon better.” Beside him, the little partner trembled, Agumon patting his head idly. “Digimon aren’t pets, Kazue. They’re living creatures, just like us. Think of Koromon like a baby.”
“Hey!” The Digimon shouted indignation. “I’m very big for my size.”
Little Koromon went ignored, Taichi’s focus zeroing in on his son.
“Aunt Miyako has a baby. Would you tie his ears together?”
Chewing on his bottom lip, Kazue shook his head slowly. His father took a step closer, towering over his small stature.
“Better yet, would you like it if I tied your ears together?” With another step, Taichi’s toe grazed Kazue’s shin, knees popping as he crouched down. “Uncle Koushiro always says that every good hypothesis needs to be tested. We respect Uncle Koushiro, right, Kazue?”
Mutely, the boy nodded, eyes wide.
“You have three seconds to run before I twist your earlobes into a little bow. One, two…”
Kazue was off, slamming his bedroom door behind him.
Taichi Yagami Week day 3 : Taichi & Jou @taichiyagamiweek
In this au, jou was treating Taichi immediately because his injuries were more severe. He wraps his arm up with the help of koushiro who hands over what he needs, all the while stressfully scolding Taichi who insists he doesn’t need to worry. That he isn’t that hurt. Jou ignores him, the responsibility of keeping all the kids safe and he and Yamato guard him together and he protects them when Piemon seals the children away, taking one of the card attacks meant for them both. Taichi knows he wouldn’t have survived to this point if Jou didn’t care for him. He misses Jou a lot, wishing he could lean on him just once in all the years he’s on his own.
Taichi Yagami Week day 2 : Taichi & Sora @taichiyagamiweek
Sora and Taichi, right before she was sealed away, had a very intense and quick argument. Sora demanding him to stay put, angry he out his life in danger the way he did, almost dying in the process. Taichi is trying desperately to get back up, adamant he’s fine but she shoves him back, demands Yamato keeps his eyes on the moron and turns to the fray, where she gets sealed away just moments later. Taichi blames himself for it, wishing he was stronger.
@taichiyagamiweek Day 6, July 12th 2024: Taichi & Koushirou
If you're familiar with my preferences, you know that Taichi and Koushirou's relationship is my absolute favourite topic to talk about. They're your typical "brawns/brains" combination at first glance, the courageous protagonist and his knowledgable right-hand-man, who support each other through thick and thin and drive the plot forward - but to me, it has always been deeper than that. They're constantly enabling and complementing each other in their strengths and weaknesses - without Taichi's encouragement, Koushirou would not have gone to Summer Camp to eventually become a lot more confident in his abilities and usefulness; and without Koushirou's input, Taichi would have been stuck at various points, unable to save Sora or to solve the card riddle to get them all back home. There is a sense of loyalty between them that persists through the years - so them getting together to stop a rampaging Digimon from causing havoc on the net or their high commitment to parent support the 02 kids are no accidental feats. Neither is the fact that Koushirou continues to create distortion-tracking devices in the shape of goggles specifically. And even though there seem to be periods of increased physical distance between them, they won't stop getting in touch, believing in and trusting each other in times of emergency, even as the years go by. It's no surprise to me that their careers end up being the ones most intertwined with Digital World affairs - and I'm convinced that these two best friends won't stop having each other's backs through it all.
@taichiyagamiweek Day 1, July 7th 2024: Taichi & Yamato
Yamato is usually depicted as some kind of foil for Taichi - a rival, a complementary ideal (Blue vs. Orange! Ice vs. Fire!), someone who challenges his sense of courage. What makes their dynamic so interesting to me is that, despite everything, they still have tons of things in common. They're brothers to younger siblings they are incredibly protective of and feel responsible for, they both can be quite stubborn about their viewpoints and both know the importance of fighting - but, at different points of the series, they also need to remind each other of that and discuss whether it's the right thing to do in that exact situation. Which is why their quarrels aren't even really a classic "anime protagonist vs. rival" situation, but more of a signifier that they're basically unstoppable whenever they set their differences aside and work together. Because - Taichi also challenges Yamato's sense of friendship. They may get into arguments, they may annoy each other sometimes, but mainly because they care - and because they understand and relate to each other better than they're willing to admit (and able to communicate) at times. It's thanks to their growing trust in each other that literal miracles are happening through the course of the entire series time and time again - that's why their bond shall never be underestimated.
