Hey guys! I'm sorry for not writing anything in a while, I've been spending my time watching other various anime, but alas I am back with another romantic story. This is a direct continuation of "Spin the bottle: A Rukato Fanfic" (I strongly recommend you read that one before reading this one), which had A LOT more hits than I originally anticipated. So I decided to write a sequel to it, and I think I will write a third one later on. I've attempted romance twice before this, and this is my first one that's not a oneshot (well Spin the bottle isn't so much of a oneshot anymore then is it? Oh well). This one has to do with Rika and Takato's strained relationship, and what happens when you bring Ryo into the mix (dun dun dun).

As always I will take this as an opportunity to advertise my main fanfic, "Digital Crisis". It is a continuation of Digimon Savers, I am writing episode 4 right now, even though it may not come out for a little bit of a while. But I have some pretty neat ideas for it, and the whole series, so please check it out!!

I do not own Digimon, but I really don't see the need to say that. I mean, if it is a FANfic, then obviously it's not done by the owner. Oh well…here it is!

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It was lunch time at West Shinjuku high school, and Takato, Kazu, Henry and Kenta were sitting alone at their lunch table. Part of the reason why nobody sat with them was because everyone else had other friends to sit with, but frankly, the real reason was that no one wanted to be seen with dorks who could do nothing other than talk about digimon cards.

"Im telling you I'm not lying!" Kazu defended himself

"There's no way that you can have those kinds of cards" Takato said, "They're almost impossible to find anywhere!"

"Well, if I tell you a little secret do you promise not to tell anyone" Kazu said with his hand at the side of his mouth as if he was whispering.

"Like we woudn't have told anybody before you told us to keep it a secret!" Kenta said

Kenta's response had too many double negatives for Kazu to follow, either way, he took that as a yes

"Well…" Kazu started "I have a friend who lives in America, right?"

"I have 3 friends who live in America" Kenta said, "So what's the big deal?"

"The big deal is…" Kazu said so matter-of-factly "that my friend's dad owns a massive gaming shop"

"really?" Takato asked

"and he has access to some of the rarest cards ever made"

"So are we talking like Wargreymon silver rare or Exogrimmon fighter mode rare?" Kenta asked

"Both" Kazu said

"No…way" Kenta said

Henry was just sitting down eating his sandwich. He had completely lost track of the conversation that was going on around him, so he just kept quiet.

"Dude, you have to show us!" Takato said

"oh don't worry you all will get a chance to marvel at my lovely collection of cards…for a small price of course" Kazu said all starry eyed

"you guys are such losers" a feminine voice came from behind them. It was obvious to everyone that it was Rika's

"Well if it isn't Takato's girlfriend who has descended from on high to mingle with the commoners" Kazu stated blatantly

It was true, Takato and Rika never went on an official first date or anything, but they were most certainly a couple. They had been dating for oh, five months now. It all happened after Takato's sixteenth birthday, a game of spin the bottle changed the very course of Takato's and Rika's relationship. Even up until this point, Takato questioned exactly how they fell in love in the first place. It was weird actually, he had woken up on his sixteenth birthday with a huge crush on Jeri, and went to bed that night madly in love with Rika. It was one of the mysteries of life Takato had yet to figure out.

"I have a name you know…" Rika said

"ok, Digimon Queen" Kazu corrected himself

"Did you just come over here to call us names or come because you want to know about Kazu's secret de—"

Kazu quickly shut him up by wrestling Kenta to the ground and covering his mouth. While the two boys were fighting, Rika fake punched Takato in the arm and sat next to him

"Hey Takato…" Rika said "I was wondering if you wanted to do anything tonight"

"uh, sure Rika, something like what?" he said

"I was thinking that we could just take a walk in the park or something"

"A walk in the park, that is so lame!" Kazu yelled as he sat up, laughing. He would have continued if Rika hadn't taken his lunch and shoved it in his face. Henry started laughing.

"Yeah, that sounds good" Takato said

"Alright I'll be at your house at seven" Rika said

"That's your idea of a date? Aren't you afraid that a mean old Digimon might come out of the bushes and make the Digimon queen scared?" Kenta said
"Takato, why do you hang out with these idiots?" Rika said out loud

"Hey! Who are you calling idiots?" Kazu and Kenta said in unison

"Anyway, see you geeks later" Rika said, walking off

"Hey Takato, why are you the only one who she's nice to?" Kenta asked

"Never mind that" Takato said, "Tell us more about your deck, Kazu"

"Well now that you mention it…" Kazu said, "You think that megas are powerful cards, just wait until you see my…"

He was still rambling when Rika went to sit with Jeri and some other people in their class.

"I don't think I've ever met stupider people in my life" Rika said, sitting down next to Jeri

It took Jeri a minute to catch on. "Oh are you talking about Kazu and Kenta, yeah they certainly are interesting people" Jeri said "and speaking of interesting people, I talked to Ryo the other day"

"Please, don't mention Mr. Perfect in my presence" They both looked at Ryo laughing with his many friends at a lunch table

"And guess what I found out," Jeri said, "He definitely likes you, you know, 'like likes' you"

"You can tell him I'm not interested in him", Rika said "I already have a boyfriend anyway"

"Well that's true" Jeri said, "But it's funny how every single girl in our grade is head over heels for him, and out of everyone he likes you, everyone would be so jealous of you if they knew. People are always talking about how romantic he is"

"Well, let them be jealous" she said, "dating Takato is way more fun than dating Mr. Perfect would ever be"

Jeri giggled, "yeah I guess you're right"

Later that day, it was 2:15 PM, and Rika was going through her locker, looking for her history textbook. When she closed it, she saw Takato standing on the other side

"Hey! Are you trying to scare me?" Rika said

"Is that even possible" Takato said with a smile on her face. Rika giggled at the remark and said "What is it Takato? You wanna make out or something?" she said, putting her hand on his face.

"What? No" Takato said, he couldn't tell if she was kidding or not. "I was just coming to ask if I could borrow your calculator, I need it for my test next period"

"Oh, right" Rika said

Rika was aware that her comment was a little bit out of place, but this was something about Takato that kind of annoyed her. They had not kissed once since the night that they decided to be a couple. It was one of the greatest memories of her life, and she hadn't been able to relive that for five months. Sometimes she had a hard time thinking whether or not he really loved her. I mean, why was he so reluctant to kiss her. Either way though, she was aware that Takato thought that she was simply joking when she said that.

Rika opened up her locker and handed it to him

"ah thanks Rika, you're the best!" He gave her a quick half hug, and ran to his class.

Well, at least that was something. When she was about to close her locker, she spotted a note that she somehow had missed before. This was exactly how it read:

Dear Rika,

I know this may come as a shock to you, and I totally understand if you do not feel the same way, but I think that I am one hundred percent in love with you. Every time I think about you, my heart races. It cries out for you, and only you. All I want is to be by your side.

When Rika got to that spot, she was thinking out loud "oh Takato you shouldn't have" Despite some of her earlier doubts, this assured her that everything was going to be alright between the two of them. However, that thought was interrupted when she saw who it was signed by. It wasn't signed by her loving boyfriend Takato, it was signed by Ryo, the king of popularity.

Love, Ryo

Rika had mixed emotions about the letter, but she soon became very angry and crumpled it up. She couldn't help but think that Takato had never written a note like this to her before. But more importantly, Ryo was well aware that she and Takato were a couple, so why would he bother writing such a ridiculous note. She convinced herself to calm down for a second, she knew that Takato just plain didn't have time to write notes like that, he was always submerged in his schoolwork and, well, whatever goggleheads like him did. This was nothing to get frustrated about. She angrily shoved the note in her back pocket and went briskly to class. Well, if only one thing was certain, she thought to herself, she was definitely going to remind herself of how much she loved Takato during the walk that they were going on tonight.