Author's Note: Hello! I'm updating again! This is Chapter 4.
I don't own digimon. Please read and review! Thanks! :)
Chapter 7: Uncertainties
That morning, Rika woke up at 6:35. She decided to cook something for Henry something Japanese this time.
Maybe it would be best for him to taste the dish I learned very recently… Back when I was living my bachelorette life with Jeri…
After doing so, Rika eventually finished the food that she was cooking and laid the table with the utensils as well as the food. She could hear footsteps and concluded that Henry just got down from his room. She blushed after remembering what occurred at the balcony earlier.
Ugh! What am I gonna do?! Last night has been totally embarrassing! Rika thought. I wonder what he's going to say! I feel awkward already even if I'm not seeing him face to face!
Rika immediately ran towards the kitchen to prevent any embarrassment that she might feel but tiptoed slowly towards the dining area but thankfully, her steps were not loud enough for Henry to hear. She could see that Henry was not even talking.
Ugh! It's so awkward! I wish that I could melt into the ground right now! Rika thought again.
"Aren't you going to have breakfast with me, Sweetheart?" Henry asked Rika while he was eating.
The endearment caused Rika's silence and blushed. Thankfully, Henry did not see her blush this time. But she shrugged off the thought of calling each other some nicknames.
Sweetheart. Just because we made out earlier doesn't mean we'll get all cuddly and cute all along… But… I don't know… For now, I'll just simply play hard-to-get…
"Sweetheart your face, Henry!" Rika said sarcastically as she went towards the maid's quarters.
Henry only laughed after Rika made her walk-out from him.
When Rika got inside her room, she blushed wildly as if her face turned into a living tomato.
Oh why, oh why?! Why did that sweetheart thing leave a funny feeling for me? I can't even explain why! That's why I left him in the dining room! Rika thought while face-palming herself. Ugh! I need to get my things ready. I really need to use a taxi today just to escape from his clutches!
Rika took a bath, dressed up quickly with her red blouse and black skirt along with her black flat shoes. She did not even mind to have breakfast because she wanted to go out of the house so badly because of what happened earlier.
It was 7:24 when Rika glanced at her watch.
At least, if I meet traffic, there won't be a reason for me to get late! Rika thought.
But as if fate was playing tricks with her, Henry was at the front of their gate waiting for her just like yesterday.
"Come on, Rika…" Henry offered.
Rika did not reply and walked away. She then focused on walking away from Henry.
Henry eventually hopped in his car and started it. He followed Rika as she walked.
"Rika! You better get inside!" Henry said as the car followed every inch of Rika's steps.
Rika did not even reply. She had a hunch on what Henry wanted from her.
"Rika! Don't be such a baby!" Henry shouted playfully to Rika.
"Me?! A baby?! I'm not riding with you! Who knows what you really are going to do to me!" Rika exclaimed dryly.
Rika started walking again with Henry's car moving simultaneously with Rika.
"Come on, Ri. Hop in. I promise. I won't do anything funny to you…" Henry assured.
Rika looked at Henry for a while.
"Really?!" Rika asked with her violet eyes sparkling.
Henry smiled and said, "I promise…"
Eventually he complemented his promise with a raise of his right hand.
Rika eventually relented and hopped inside. Moments after hopping in, she and Henry blushed because of what happened inside their house during the midnight.
Gosh! I don't want to know what he's thinking right now! He might think that I'm a lovesick girly girl just because I didn't fight his attempts of kissing me! Rika thought. This would totally affect my plan to divorce him!
I was really embarrassed because Rika was laughing at me last night. But I couldn't take her laughter away. She looked so beautiful when she did that… and still, I actually kissed her! But at least, she didn't pummel me or something… Henry thought, trying his best to fight his blush. How am I gonna explain that to her?
They journeyed to their office for an hour. They arrived at 8:35 in the morning.
"Thank you!" Rika said to Henry after hopping out of their car.
The couple was in the basement because that was where the parking lot was located. Henry and Rika were waiting for the elevator to go down to the basement.
When the elevator stopped in front of them, they went in. Fortunately, there were no other passengers inside so they could do anything freely.
However, the elevator stopped at the ground floor. Rika saw Aimi and mentally panicked because she nearly forgot that she was with Henry as well.
Aimi looked at Rika, then at Henry and finally returned her gaze to Rika. She somehow looked suspicious because she saw the two of them in one elevator.
"Uh Rika, what were you doing in the basement?" Aimi asked Rika.
Rika was surprised with what Aimi said. Great! I so wanted to kill this girl because of her curiosity!
"Uh…" Rika said and looked at Henry. Crap.
Henry averted Rika's gaze and looked sideways.
How am I going to come up with a lame excuse to Aimi? Rika thought in disdain. Oh I know! Let another round of lying begin!
Aimi was still looking at Rika. She obviously wanted an explanation why Rika came from the basement.
"Uh… You remember my story that Henry and I were friends, right? And, he actually saw me waiting for a taxi so he asked me to hitch a ride with me…" Rika answered with obvious lying. "And I ended up here in the basement with him."
Rika could see Henry who was suppressing his laughter because of her explanation.
Keep laughing, Henry! Rika thought dryly. Keep laughing!
Aimi was still looking at Rika suspiciously.
"Hmm…" Aimi mumbled.
The elevator opened. Rika could see that they were in the third floor already.
Finally. I'm here in the third floor. This is actually the number two torture! What if these stupid employees here figure out that Henry and I were husband and wife?! Rika wondered. But then again… Until when am I going to keep my identity as the CEO's wife secret?
Rika shook her head as she went outside of the elevator. She and Aimi went towards their respective cubicles.
Meanwhile, Henry arrived in the office with a smile on his face.
Oh yeah… They haven't known the woman behind my success! Henry thought to himself. Friend… Am I really just a friend to you, Rika? Oh right… That "no-strings attached" policy… Hahaha.
Meanwhile, Rika found the files that she finished typing yesterday which were lying on top of her table.
Oh no! I forgot that I have files to be given to Henry! Rika thought as she saw them. In short, I spent a week dropping by Henry's office even if it's only his first week here!
She eventually went to Henry's office even if it means seeing Mika again for the fifth time and Henry as well.
"Hey, Mika!" Rika greeted the receptionist.
"Oh, Rika! Were you called by Sir Henry once again?" Mika chuckled after seeing Rika once again.
"Nope… I came here to return these typewritten papers to him!" Rika answered while showing the folders to Mika.
"Alright. The door's open…" Mika said casually. "You know what, Rika?"
"Yeah, Mika?" Rika asked, feigning interest.
"Ladies here in this floor are already jealous of you! You already caught the attention of our Sir Henry in a span of five days!" Mika remarked.
Rika only shrugged. "I guess I was so bad enough to be called by Sir Henry for several times!" she added.
With that, Rika went inside Henry's office. When she entered, she saw Henry typing something in his laptop.
"Uh… Sir Henry?" Rika called as she went inside.
"Yes, Rika?" Henry tilted his head after being called.
"Here are the files that you had me as your typist yesterday…" Rika said, placing the folders in front of Henry.
"Okay… Just put it there…" Henry instructed, pointing to a vacant space on his desk.
Rika nodded. "I have to go, Sir…" she added.
Rika was about to open the door when Henry called her once again.
"Rika?" Henry said which caught Rika's attention and that made her turn her head to him .
"Yes, Sir?" Rika said respectfully.
"Are you going with someone else for lunch?" Henry asked.
Rika thought for a moment. What if she said no? What if she said yes?
"Uhm… No…" Rika answered.
Henry's face lit up like a Christmas tree after hearing Rika's answer.
"Why?" Rika inquired.
"I just want to have lunch with you today… That's all…" Henry explained. "Hope you won't mind!"
Rika let out a small smile. "Well… Okay…" she said.
"Great… I'll see you at twelve!" Henry smiled at her.
Rika nodded and left Henry's office at once.
When Rika was completely out of his office, Henry smiled to himself and resumed what he was doing in his laptop.
Meanwhile, Rika returned to her cubicle. Unfortunately, she found Masato who was waiting for her there.
"Rika!" Masato called out.
Oh no… It's Masato! Rika thought. Henry would get jealous again if he sees me with him!
"Oh, hey, Masato!" Rika said, faking her cheerfulness.
"So, would you like to have lunch with me?" Masato offered.
Rika immediately remembered what Henry said to her earlier. She already agreed to his offer.
"Uh… Sorry, Masato… I'm going with someone later…" Rika said. "Why don't you ask Ma'am Matsumoto? She's free!"
Miss Matsumoto somehow heard Rika's comment. "Rika, I heard what you said!" she shrieked.
"Sorry, Miss Matsumoto!" Rika said dryly. "I'm not free this lunch."
"Aww…" Masato said. "Who are you going with today?"
The president of this company! Rika thought. "Just a friend…"
Aimi began to go inside the conversation. "A friend? You mean…"
Rika clamped Aimi's mouth in alarm. "Aimi!" she reprimanded.
"Oh sorry!" Aimi said nervously.
"Right… You sure ladies are okay?" Masato asked.
"Yeah! We're fine!" Aimi and Rika said in unison.
"Okay! I'll ask someone else!" Masato replied. "I know Rika had many suitors before me so she probably accepted the one who asked her out today… Besides, beautiful ladies like Rika always go out with the handsome ones!"
Are you serious, Masato? Rika thought dryly. Or were you just really kidding?
It happened that Sakura just arrived in the scene and found Masato and her two teammates.
"Okay, Masato! We're currently busy, okay?" Sakura said while dragging Masato away from Aimi and Rika. "I'll be willing to go with you for lunch!"
"Thanks a lot, Sakura!" Masato said cheerfully.
Aimi and Rika heaved sighs of relief after Sakura drove Masato away successfully. When Masato was completely out of sight, Sakura rejoined her two teammates after handing a paper to Miss Matsumoto.
"Thanks a lot, Sakura!" Rika and Aimi said in unison.
"No problem, girls! I know that Rika's already fed up with Masato bugging her!" Sakura chuckled.
"Rika! Why didn't you let me tell that you have Henry as a friend here in the office?" Aimi pointed out.
Rika shrugged. "It's better that only you and Sakura know that, Aimi!" she said.
Aimi shrugged. "Oh well… We can't blame Rika for being friendly… She's also pretty!" she added.
"Yeah! Very pretty! Even the boss must have been struck by Rika's beauty! Did you drop by his office by chance, Rika?" Sakura said.
"Yeah… Today…" Rika explained. "It's nothing personal… It's just business…"
"Okay! We may never know!" Aimi said.
"Lucky I'm in love with my best friend!" Sakura continued.
"Girls, can we work now? You don't want Miss Matsumoto to go rounding us up, right?" Rika reminded in order for the girls to stop talking about her and Henry.
"Oh right! Let's go to work, Yamamoto!" Aimi urged.
"Right behind you, Natsuke!" Sakura said.
Rika started to work again as she sat down. At least, I'll be doing this for myself… Not for Henry… or Miss Matsumoto! She wondered.
Meanwhile, Henry was finished with his files when he had a phone call. It came from his father, the former Digimon creator Janyuu Wong.
"Hello?" Henry said after starting the call.
"Henry, it's your dad…" Mr. Wong said from the other line.
"Hey, Dad! How's it going?" Henry greeted.
"I'm fine… So, how are you running your newly bought company?" Mr. Wong asked.
"It's good… It's really weird because this is a famous company here in Shinjuku… Right next to Hypnos, of course!" Henry replied.
"I hope things turn out well for you… Anyway, your mother and I will be dropping by your house tomorrow… since you told us that you and Rika are together again…" Mr. Wong said.
"Yeah… Dad… You really mean it?" Henry said with joy.
"Yes, Henry… Mayumi's with me tomorrow…" Mr. Wong said. "So, we're going to see you two tomorrow for lunch… Will that be alright with you?"
"Sure, Dad… No problem at all! I bet you'd love to see your beautiful daughter-in-law after two years!" Henry grinned.
"Yes, we will…" Mr. Wong chuckled. "Anyway, I have to go… Your mother's waiting for me…"
"Just say hi to her for me… Bye!" Henry said.
Just before Henry could even place his phone on the desk, he heard another phone call.
"Huh?" Henry asked. "Hello?"
"Henry!" Henry was surprised. It was Mrs. Rumiko Nonaka who was on the other line. "It's your mother-in-law!"
"Hi, 'Mom'! What made you call?" Henry answered.
"Well, I heard from Mother that you and Rika found each other again…" Mrs. Nonaka said. "We're just going to drop by and see you lovebirds tomorrow!"
Wow. What a family reunion! Henry thought. "That's great, 'Mom'!" he added.
"So, are you with Rika or are you working right now?" Mrs. Nonaka asked as well.
"Uh… Both… I'll just tell her that we talked over the phone…" Henry replied.
"Alright. Bye and see you guys tomorrow! Oh I can't wait to see you two again!" Mrs. Nonaka squealed.
"Sure! We'll see you too, 'Mom'!" Henry said. "Bye!"
Henry finally dropped the call and placed his phone on his desk. He then resumed what he was currently doing.
Later, Henry called Rika to remind him of their lunch date for today at twelve noon.
Meanwhile, Rika was busy typing her narrative reports when she heard her phone ring.
"Hello?" Rika said.
"Rika, remember your lunch with me? You promised!" Henry chuckled.
"Oh alright!" Rika said. "Wait for me…"
"Okay…" Henry replied. "See you!"
Rika put down her cellphone and finished typing already. Well, I stood him up last Monday… I guess this would be it…
When Rika was already at the ground floor, she saw Henry who was waiting for her in the lobby.
"Sir Henry…" Rika said.
"Rika…" Henry smiled. "I'm glad you accepted and came today…"
"Yeah sure…" Rika answered.
"So what do you want to eat?" Henry asked Rika.
"Anything… You decide…" Rika answered.
Henry then settled that they eat in a Japanese restaurant. In a few minutes, he and his wife reached the restaurant.
Rika's stomach let out a loud growl. She eventually blushed afterwards.
"Hungry, aren't we?" Henry teased.
"You would be too if you had been working your asses for the last five minutes!" Rika retorted.
"Come on… No need to get mad!" Henry said good-naturedly.
Rika only smiled wryly because of Henry's comment.
When they sat down, the two were immediately greeted by a waitress who gave them separate menus.
"Good afternoon!" the waitress began. "What would you like to have?"
Henry was the first one to order. "I'll have a yakitori…" he said. "How about you, Ri?"
Rika's eyes did not leave the menu until she settled for one item. "I'll have a yakiniku…" she said.
"Okay!" the waitress said and took the menus again.
Henry decided to relay to his wife about the conversations that he had with his father and mother-in-law.
"Rika… Your mom and grandmother will go and see us tomorrow…" Henry said.
Rika coughed a bit. She would see her mother and grandmother after her two years of absence?
"What?! My mom?! And grandma?!" Rika exclaimed. "You've got to be kidding me!"
"Nope… I'm not… Even my own parents will drop by and see us…" Henry replied.
"Wow…" Rika said unenthusiastically. I'm really happy to see my guardians… I missed them so much after my leaving for two years!
"So, what happened and why the glum face?" Henry chuckled.
"Just… surprised…" Rika answered. "Well… I'm really surprised that they'll visit us…"
The couple's food eventually arrived after minutes of chatting. Afterwards, they ate and Henry paid the bill.
"So, I'll see you again at home…" Henry said after dropping Rika off to the lobby.
"Where are you going anyway?" Rika asked.
"I'm going to my meeting… Take care, will you, Miss Wong?" Henry smiled. "Or Mrs. Wong?"
Rika smiled dryly because of the honorific. "Just go to your meeting, Henry!" she said.
Rika returned to her cubicle and continued what she was doing. For the next few hours, she spent encoding, typing and walking around the halls of the department heads.
"Ugh… I'm so tired!" Rika said to herself.
Just as she sat down in her chair, Rika found a text from Henry.
"I'll pick you up later so we can go home at the same time."
"Now I have a driver. Pefect!" Rika said to herself.
And as promised, Henry did pick Rika up at 6:25. Rika hopped in their car so they could finally go home. When they finally got home, Rika went immediately to the direction of the maid's quarters.
"Where are you going, Rika?" Henry asked Rika.
"To my room?" Rika asked as well.
Henry only laughed. "Your room is upstairs, not in there…" he said.
Rika grunted as she went upstairs. Just as she was about to enter her own room that was located there, she realized that she forgot something.
My things are downstairs! Am I really going to move again? I'm really tired! Rika thought in disdain. I'll do it tomorrow… I'd better take a rest so I could wake up early…
Rika went inside the room and noticed that something was wrong. She was even seeing her own clothes and things.
Wait! Those are my clothes!
Rika inspected the closet and found everything was completely there.
Fine. I'd better fix myself… by taking a warm bath! Rika thought. And I badly need it!
She then grabbed some clothes and her towel and went to the bathroom. But, when she entered the bathroom, she found something that she might possibly like.
Henry was about to remove his pants when Rika entered. And, he had nothing on top!
Rika was surprised and stunned after that.
Rika! You better get out now! Don't look at his body! Rika scolded herself. But on second thought, he really has a nice body that could make any other woman swoon over him.
Rika did not move any further. She was still unconsciously looking at Henry.
"Like what you see?" Henry asked slyly after discovering that Rika has been looking at him.
Rika was surprised with what Henry said and shook her head. She gave him a death glare, turned around and closed the door.
Why did I forget the fact that Henry and I were also sharing the same bathroom aside from the balcony?
Rika could hear Henry laughing. He eventually followed it with a shout. "Rika! Don't take a peek!" he said playfully.
"In your face! I'm not looking at you! Besides, try locking the door next time, will you?" Rika exclaimed.
Henry laughed again.
Why didn't I move earlier? Rika thought in disdain.
