Double-blind study (Finished)

Well, Hideo's partner certainly had a way with words. Those words alone had pretty much assured that the blonde would never take steps to consciously hurt the boy in any manner. Then again, he probably didn't need the extra fear of the possible consequences to not be an ass, but it always paid to be extra careful.

Curiously, Hideo didn't look nearly as relieved by this promise of protection as Kuki had probably hoped for.

"Make your time as a Tamer a fun one, Hideo." Muttered the blonde boy with a s smile, steppling his fingers underneath his chin and leaning it chin onto the back of his palms.

When Yun announced his leave, the blonde was somewhat disappointed, having hoped for the older man to perhaps share a bit more of his own experiences. Toshiro was pretty sure that he hadn't been completely forthcoming of just how dangerous life as a tamer truly could be. 

Or perhaps he didn't wish for them to worry too much.

"See you, Yun." Said the blonde in farewell, not doing much to stop him. In the end, he probably had his reasons to leave.

Perhaps the sight of the boy rubbing the Gabumon's fur was so sweet it was giving him diabetes or something. Toshiro certainly knew he would be punching a lamp post or a wall on his way home. Had to get that toxic masculinity pumping to feel manly again after all the cute.

Once again, Yun seemed to disappear in the night in a way that was both flashy, yet completely masked his exit.

"And the prize for the best exit goes to..." The man could teach a master class on the subject at this rate. Toshiro would have certainly take the class. Though considering who his partner was, it was certain that the art was impossible to him. 

He turned his gaze back to Hideo, watching the boy continue to pet the Gabumon's fur. "So... What can this guy do, anyways?" Beyond being a petting mascot anyways. Was it supposed to be a meatshield, or was it as strong as any Gabumon for however long it stayed?

"Play nice, Children." He said through a yawn as Kuki did her very best to pull Hideo and the summoned Gabumon apart, her possessive act endearing but a bit off putting.

All that aside, the arachnid did bring up a good point. They would run out of time long before learning anything about the Gabumon if they just allowed Hideo to pet it to his heart's content.

"Well, check out the card's description. Does it say anything specific? I remember from a few of my cards that digimon usually know one or two special moves." They should probably ask it to demonstrate before it puffed out of existence.

He paused in his speech to yawn. Damn, it was getting late wasn't it? Maybe he would swing by Chousen's tea shop. He didn't feel like going back home yet, even tired as he was.

"Maybe try another type of card after this one? You've tried a weapon, and a summon. What other types are there?"

"Holy Shhhhhh-...!" The teenager shouted when a motorcycle seemed to ascend from hell underneath Hideo's legs, the massive behemoth of a vehicle heating up the park with the fire coming out of its multiple exhaust pipes.

"Oh my _nonexistent god, Hideo!" Shouted the teenager as he scrambled to his feet, staring slack jawed at the machine underneath the boy. "Where the heck did you buy your cards? I would have sold everything I owned for that as a kid!"

By all the nonexistent gods, He would need to accompany the boy to wherever he bought his cards. That motorcycle was just BADASS!

And Hideo had literally just asked him to drive it.

For the first time in the night, Toshiro wore an actually serious, intense expression as he spoke.

"Yes." Determination oozed out of his words as he walked up to the boy and the spider, prompting the boy to scoot back a bit with a gentle touch so he could take a seat.

Had he ever driven a motorcycle in his life? Of course not. He hadn't even driven a car. But hey, he could ride a bike, so and with wheels as thick as this thing's, he didn't even need to maintain balance while driving on it.

"Hold on tight, Hideo. This oughta be fun." He said.

Then he turned the accelerator.

Raw, heart pumping excitement was not something Toshiro had experienced in the past two years of his life.

Needless to say, when it finally hit him, the Behemoth tearing down the streets of Tokyo at speeds that should have been impossible to achieve in such a short time, it was almost a drug he hadn't known he needed.

"I know how to ride a bike! Does that count?!" He shouted over the roaring sound of the Behemoth's engine and the heavy breeze the massive vehicle cut through.

The behemoth handled like sex. He didn't know if it was its digital nature or if he was just gifted -though he doubted the latter one- but the thing could make a sharp cut while going at over 300 kph without a hitch it seemed.

The lack of traffic this late in the night probably helped.

His memory was a crisp and clear as always, Kuki's directions guiding him almost like vectors of light drawn upon the street. Hideo's exhilaration seemed to match his as they speed through Tokyo so quickly the police cars set to catch speeders didn't even bother to try and catch them.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. For this one, it was all too soon, he felt.

They found themselves at Hideo's home, Toshiro hitting the breaks on the bike in order to make a nice, clean stop at the boy's home.

"... That was probably the most amazing experience of my life." He admitted through a wide grin to the boy and the spider, leaning his elbows over the handles of the motorcycle.

Toshiro simply grinned, the boy's words pretty much summing up his thoughts perfectly. "Yeah it was." Course, best to always voice what he thought; Hideo couldn't see visual cues.

The kid was off the bike with a spider clinging to him for dear life soon enough. And Toshiro couldn't help the smile on his face as he let him keep the Behemoth until it disappeared.

"Wait, really? Hoo boy! That's awesome. It was a quite the long walk from here to my home. Thanks Hideo." The bike would make it the distance oh so amazing.

"See ya on the flip side. Take care, Hideo, Kuki." He bid as farewell, waiting until the kid closed the door to his home behind him before turning his gaze back towards the handles.

His heart was back to pumping at a mile a second as he grasped the accelerator, a grin tugging at his lips. He didn't know for how long this would last before dissolving like the other summoned card effects.

He better hurry then, Huh?

The roar of the Behemoth tore across the nearly empty streets of Tokyo as itreached over 300 kph, the only thing heard over the engine being the youthful shouts of exhilaration of a young man.

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