(Chapter 4 and for some reason, I couldn't remember what I wrote in the last chapter for it to make it make sense in this chapter . well I tried my best, enjoy!)
CHAPTER 4
Nene breathed in and relaxed herself, running into Kiriha sure scared her a bit, but it did make her wonder. She looked at him and smiled, "Kiriha, pleasure to see you here… well, what ARE you doing here?" she asked,
"I was at a group meeting; we were discussing our project for the class and planning out our schedules,"
Nene giggled, "At the park?" she did find it silly for Kiriha to visit such a place; he seemed so mature for it that she thought he wouldn't even set foot in that area, also, he didn't seem like the playful type. Kiriha blushed feeling embarrassed, "so what? Is it really that strange?"
"No, I'm sorry," Nene kept giggling. Kiriha shifted uneasily and got right down to business, he had been wondering where she was off too since then, "I saw you running past here during noon time… you looked like you were in a hurry." This time it was Nene's turn to feel a little uneasy. She was extra vigilant, but she didn't even care to eye the park, she thought that no one would be there during noon except little kids playing. Thinking this was bad, Nene tried to think of a way to shift gears. Kiriha watched her and then thought about what he said to Kamil, Joe, and Tori. His thoughts' filling him as he stood there, face to face with her, does she… maybe… He looked around seeing that some people were distant but not too close to actually know what they'd be talking about. And plus, there's no Taiki there to keeping teasing him about it. those teases were the most unbearable ones because his crush on her seemed so obvious to Taiki, oh how he hated it when he'd figure him out too quickly. Well, this looks like a good time I guess, he thought feeling nervous and taking note that Nene hasn't answered his question yet.
Nene saw that Kiriha was about to speak, no! I've been too quiet; he'll want to know for sure! With that thought, Nene quickly grabs his arm and changes the subject, "Kiriha, would you like to walk home with me?" she smiled sweetly. Having been cut off, Kiriha felt some shock run through his body, causing him to stammer a little, before just flat out saying, "Sure."
"Great," Nene said suddenly feeling relieved and leaving Kiriha to wonder what just happened, well… I'll ask her on the way then…
Ask her, now's the chance. Come on! Say it… Wait, what am I thinking? Kiriha shook his head and his eyes wandered towards Nene. The two were walking together in silence for some time now, saying nothing to the other, but their thoughts clouded their minds. Nene, who seemed jumbled in her own thoughts, just kept staring at the ground and looking up once in awhile to see if she's going the right way. This leads to a worried Kiriha. He cleared his throat and tried to strike up a conversation, "so… today was sunny?"
Nene made no reply but he continued anyways, hoping to grab her attention soon, "there's a new bakery downtown, the woman who runs that place is really nice… they're advertising a new product at the mall… they planted some new flowers near it… there's also a band coming and stuff…" no reply still. It was starting to get on Kiriha's nerves. He's seen her like this when she was coming home for the party. He knew that she was keeping something from him and her friends since then, and whatever it was, she didn't want to tell, even to him, and it bugged him more than anything. He called her name twice before moving himself in front of her to block her way. Now this actually snapped Nene out of her thoughts, seeing as she is being confronted by an annoyed Kiriha. She blinked and looked at him face to face, "Kiriha?" was all she could say and he talked back, "ok, enough hiding, why are you acting this way?"
"What way? Kiriha im not hiding anything," she defended, beginning their argument,
"Wherever you were off too during noon, it looked like it greatly affected you,"
"I was out walking, and maybe I'm just a little tired from it, haven't you thought of that?"
"Tch, that's a lie,"
"How would you know?"
"YOU didn't answer me when I was talking to you, and I called your name twice. Come on Nene, even when you were like this in the digital world, you still allowed Taiki and I to help you… and to be honest, I haven't seen you like this since the last time you were with Darkknightmon," Kiriha said calmly, remembering the moments when he was with her. When Twilight and Blue Flare joined armies, she didn't talk much, just sort of kept to herself most of the time. That was until she showed her true feelings that Kiriha slowly begun knowing her more. She was trapped just like he was a long time ago. And now Kiriha is starting to see all of that, she's certainly trapped again and he really wants to help her this time.
Nene froze a little, but being agitated and frustrated, not to mention stressed at the same time, she couldn't help but to keep defending herself until she burns out, "Kiriha-kun, I don't need anyone's help. I'm becoming an idol and I'm stressed out about it. I just need some alone time to think."
Kiriha stared at her for a little, then placed his hands in his pocket and turned his head slightly to the left, his narrowed eyes still watching her, "if you didn't want me to walk you home you, didn't have to ask,"
Nene pouted and crossed her arms, "well that would have been impolite,"
With that said, he breezed past her without looking back. Nene sighed and tried to relax herself, great, why did I have to go and say that? She thought, then turned around to see him walking casually, "K-Kiriha, where are you going?"
"I'm going home, and leaving you alone to think about your 'idol' life," he said while still walking, not turning back to even look at her. That hit her like a baseball bat; Nene wasn't even an idol yet and thought that Kiriha had no right to tell her off like that. She curled her hands into a fist, looking angrily at Kiriha. She stomped her right foot on the ground, then ran the other way. Tears falling down as she sprinted faster, feeling so mad at herself. She wished Sparrowmon was here to fly her away, if only… Nene thought.
Kiriha stopped, then sighed and looked back. He could see her running farther and farther away from him. his eyes softened and his shoulders dropped, she didn't know how much he disliked seeing her like this, and felt like he had to blame himself for saying what he said to her, that or maybe he tried to hard to help, which resulted in this. Having a sad expression on his face, he slowly turned around and kept walking home, knowing that he didn't get the chance to tell her something that, for some reason, he feels is important to him, I guess this wasn't a good time after all.
