Author's Note: Hi guys! I'm actually working halfway through this story so I took too long to update. Sorry for the inconvenience. This is Chapter 10. ;)

Okay. I don't own digimon except the plot. Please read and review. Thanks! :D

Chapter 10: Yearning For You

The next day, Henry woke up and found Rika sleeping on the floor with her body facing to the side. When he looked at the clock, it was already 7:20 in the morning. He then decided to wake Rika up so he stood up and went to where Rika was lying.

Early to bed, late to rise… Henry thought as he saw Rika.

Just as Henry was about to wake Rika up, he got struck by the auburn-haired woman's flawless face as well as her long eyelashes and with that, he looked at her face closely. Her pink and soft lips seemed to tease him but Henry smiled at the memory wherein he kissed Rika in the balcony last Thursday night and fortunately, Rika did not pummel him because of that.

At that moment, Rika opened her eyes. She slowly turned around and saw Henry looking at her closely. She became surprised after that and she unconsciously looked at his calm grey eyes.

With Rika's sudden move, Henry's mind returned to reality. He mentally smacked himself for not waking Rika up and only staring at her beautiful face.

"Oh… Good morning, Sleeping Beauty! I was about to wake you up when you woke up…" Henry replied sheepishly.

Rika smiled deviously and looked sideways. Were you really waking me up or were you just staring at me earlier?

"Uh… We better get ready for work… We might be late!" Henry replied.

"Okay!" Rika said. "I'm going to use the bathroom first! I'm not going to take a bath that long…"

"Alright…" Henry answered and with that, Rika went inside the bathroom.

When Rika went inside the bathroom, she decided to dismiss the fact that Henry had been looking at her earlier. She turned the shower on and eventually took a bath.

"This is going to be a long day! And this would be a week since Henry and I saw each other again!" Rika said to herself as she started to shampoo her hair. "What could possibly happen in the office today?"

Meanwhile, Henry saw his father who was busy standing near the banister.

"Good morning, Dad!" Henry greeted his father.

"Morning, Henry!" Mr. Wong acknowledged the greeting. "I see you have work today, huh?"

"Yes… This will be my second week as the president of the company where Rika and I are working…" Henry answered. "I'm kind of nervous as the president but Rika says that I can do it just like how Nashita-san does it…"

"Son, I know you still have to adjust to another phase… Just believe in yourself!" Mr. Wong advised. "But always remember that your mother and I are proud of what you had achieved, Henry."

"Thanks, Dad!" Henry said gratefully.

Mr. Wong nodded and went downstairs. Henry returned his eyes to the bathroom, which was still closed. He knew that Rika was not yet finished yet so he decided to wait for a little while.

Inside the bathroom, Rika was already brushing her teeth. She decided to hurry so that Henry could take a bath as well since both of them woke up late this morning and they did not want to become late today.

Takara already praised me last Thursday so I need to keep up the "good" work of straightening my attendance! Rika thought.

With that, she spit up, gargled some more and rinsed her mouth as well. She wrapped herself with her robe and went out of the bathroom. When she got out, she saw Henry who was standing near the hallway.

"Hey Henry!" Rika called out. "Your turn!"

"Okay. Thanks…" Henry said as he made his way towards the bathroom while Rika went towards their room.

Rika arrived to their room and went to get her clothes. After deciding which clothes were best to match, she then settled on her navy-blue blouse that had sleeves that extended to her elbow and a black skirt that extended to her knees as well.

Because of wearing pants for three weeks straight, I had no choice but to wear my skirts… It's so hard to be a woman! Rika thought in disdain. And it's no wonder why I didn't follow Mom's footsteps! It's so hard!

After she finished putting her clothes on, Rika went out of their room. Luckily, she found that Henry was still in the bathroom so she was free to go out that time. She eventually settled into going to the living room.

As she looked at her watch, Rika noticed that Henry had been gone for almost thirty minutes and went to the dining room.

"What happened to Henry and why did he have to spend a lot of time in the bathroom?" Rika said to herself. "Besides, we're going to be late!"

She then saw Mrs. Wong who was cooking in the kitchen.

"Good morning, 'Mom'…" Rika said.

"Good morning, dear… I bet you two will be going to work, huh?" Mrs. Wong asked.

"Yes… But we won't be joining you… We're sorry…" Rika said apologetically.

Mrs. Wong smiled. "It's alright… You and Henry can have these for lunch… They won't spoil!" she added. "Take them!"

Rika smiled after Mrs. Wong handed some food to her. But afterwards, she felt Mrs. Wong said something to her.

"Rika, I hope that your marriage with Henry can last long just like ours," Mrs. Wong replied.

Rika was aghast. How could she explain the big lie that she had with Henry now that she and Henry agreed to be strictly friends while being "married"?

"Uh… Sure, 'Mom'…" Rika said. Oh great… I'm turning to be the biggest liar in the history! What am I gonna do now?

Meanwhile, Henry went out of the bathroom. He went to their bedroom and saw that Rika was not around. He sighed in relief because Rika would not see him while changing his clothes. He changed into a white long-sleeved shirt and a pair of slacks and he chose to wear a black coat as well. When he was done, he went out to find Rika.

No. She can't leave already. She's probably outside waiting for me this time… Henry thought.

When he got down, he first went to the living room. And from afar, he could see Rika and his mother laughing. He looked at them with admiration. He then felt an arm slide on his shoulder.

"Like father like son… We really picked beautiful ladies, don't you think Henry?" Mr. Wong jested.

"I know…" Henry said with a smile on his face.

Meanwhile, Rika saw that Henry had been looking at her. She remembered that they were supposed to leave for work today.

"Oh, hi, Henry! Are we going now?" Rika asked.

"Uh… Yeah… We will!" Henry said.

Rika then turned to Mrs. Wong. "Uhm… 'Mom', Henry and I are going to leave… We'll see you later!" she said.

"Alright… Goodbye!" Mrs. Wong said. "Take care, you two!"

The young couple went away from the dining room and eventually made their way towards the outside of the house. The older couple looked in awe.

"I remember those times, Janyuu…" Mrs. Wong remarked. "It's like almost thirty years ago!"

"I know, Mayumi… I just hope that Rika-leaving incident won't happen again… If only you saw how Henry looked depressed during those past few years…" Mr. Wong replied.

Mrs. Wong nodded. "I know… But I'm sure that won't happen again!" she said.

"I have hopes, Mayumi!" Mr. Wong said. "They really look good together."

"Well, anyway, let's go have breakfast, dear…" Mrs. Wong replied.

Then they assembled at the dining table.

Meanwhile, the young couple went inside the car. They were already journeying towards their office and fortunately, it was 8:15 and they estimated that they would arrive at the office in a matter of forty-five minutes.

"Henry, how are we going to go to work without getting late?" Rika asked.

"Just watch me, Rika!" Henry winked.

Then, Henry pulled to the highest gear and all of a sudden, the car was already whizzing throughout the city of Shinjuku. Rika held to her seat as the car took a high speed in the buzzing highway.

"Henry! We might get into an accident!" Rika scolded him.

But Henry managed to control the speed once again as they were approaching their office. Rika held her head as she realized that the travel only took forty-five minutes as they estimated. It was already nine in the morning when they arrived.

"How'd you do that?" Rika asked, somehow amazed at what happened earlier.

"Maneuvering some brakes…" Henry chuckled. "Did I satisfy your wish of not-being-tardy, Rika?"

Rika smiled dryly. "Some sort of…" she added.

The two eventually went to the elevator and rode upward. Rika realized that her supervisor was not yet around so she immediately went to her cubicle and saw her teammates Aimi and Sakura.

"Morning, Rika!" Aimi greeted.

"You look beautiful today, Rika! Any tips from you to share with us?" Sakura added.

"None…" Rika answered.

"Or maybe you're seeing someone already!" Sakura answered.

"No way! Rika already got Masato for an admirer!" Aimi chided. "Probably in a matter of a month, they'd be dating already!"

Rika only shook her head. Fools… How can I date somebody else if I'm secretly married already?

Then they heard a familiar and male voice.

"Ladies!"

The three ladies turned to see Masato, who just got inside their territory.

Oh no… It's Masato! Rika thought.

"What are you good ladies talking about? And why did I hear my name?" Masato asked facetiously.

"Nothing…" Aimi said ironically. "Come on, Sakura!"

Sakura took it as a signal for her and Aimi to leave Rika and Masato alone. They went towards their respective cubicles.

"Hey, Rika! How's your day?" Masato asked.

Fine until you showed up… Rika thought. "Good… Anyway, can you leave? I've got some things to do here… And you as well…"

"As you wish, Rika!" Masato replied with a smile and went off.

Pathetic idiot… Rika thought as she saw Masato saunter off.

Rika started her computer when she saw Miss Matsumoto walking towards her.

"Rika, could you deliver this to Sir Henry? I'm going to attend a conference in an hour or so…" Miss Matsumoto instructed as she laid the folders on Rika's desk.

Rika simply nodded. "Okay, Ma'am… No problem at all…" she said.

"Thanks, Rika… I always knew I could count on you!" Miss Matsumoto replied.

"No problem, Miss Matsumoto…" Rika replied and returned to work.

"Just make sure that they will go to him, okay?" Miss Matsumoto instructed.

"Yes, Ma'am!" Rika said sarcastically. I get it already!

Rika settled into finding the financial report that she was making last Friday because she planned to finish it today. She decided to go to Henry's office at ten since she felt that it was too early for her to barge into the president's office.

"Finance, junk… Money… Junk… Advertising… Junk…" Rika was sorting her files because she had put plenty of them in her computer.

At ten, Rika decided to bring the files to her boss. She took the elevator that would take her to the fifth floor and hoping that no controversy would spark after she spent a week dropping by Henry's office.

When she arrived at his floor, she found the receptionist Mika.

"Is Sir Henry inside?" Rika asked.

"Uhm… Yeah! He's inside… What are you going to do this time, Rika?" Mika answered.

"Just dropping some papers…" Rika answered dully.

"Okay… But be quick… He's not alone!" Mika answered.

Rika nodded and opened the door. When she got inside, she was surprised to see Henry talking to an executive of their company named Ryushin Kitaro.

"Uh… Sorry for the inconvenience, Sir, but Miss Matsumoto sent these papers in behalf of the financing division…" Rika stated while feeling embarrassed for her mangled language.

"Alright, Miss Wong, just place it here…" Henry instructed and pointed to a vacant space near him.

"Thanks, Sir… I'm going to leave now…" Rika said courteously and went out of the office already. Gaaad. I barged in!

When Rika was totally out of sight, Henry began to smile. Afterwards, he returned his gaze to the executive.

"So, Henry, are you in or out of the deal?" Ryushin asked.

"Of course I'm in, Ryushin! What do you think?" Henry replied.

"Anyway, I noticed something…" Ryushin remarked.

"What is?" Henry asked.

"I deduced that you're familiar with the girl who just went inside here," Ryushin Kitaro answered.

"Yes, I am… Why?" Henry asked. I'm definitely familiar with her.

"Gentlemen here tried to ask her out… But none came from it … Maybe you want to give her a try since you're familiar with her?"

No… Because she's already my wife! What could I ask for? Henry thought. "Uhm… I don't know… I'm not interested in dating nowadays…"

"Okay… Suit yourself…" Ryushin replied. "Anyway, I have to go, Henry… I'll see you at the conference next time!"

"Yeah sure…" Henry answered pleasantly.

Meanwhile, Rika went back to her cubicle and returned to what she was doing before she went to Henry. She began fixing the financial statement of her supervisor as well.

An hour later, Rika received a text from Henry.

"Let's have lunch…"

In which she replied. "Okay… Wait for me in the third floor…"

"I'm already here… You can go out now."

Because of that, Rika brought the food that Mrs. Wong gave them and settled into leaving her cubicle. When she left her territory, she found Henry who was standing near the doorway.

"Hey, Sir…" Rika replied.

"Hey, Rika… Shall we?" Henry asked.

"I brought what 'Mom' cooked during breakfast… I couldn't say no that time…" Rika explained and handed Henry the food container.

"This looks great…" Henry answered and took the container. "Where do you want to eat?"

"Anywhere…" Rika answered. "All we only got was your mom's food…"

"Then we won't spend a cent for food if that's the case!" Henry concluded and Rika nodded.

The two went down their building and settled in a nearest café where nothing suspicious could possibly follow them. They decided to order drinks because they had packed lunch.

"Aren't you afraid of being caught too?" Rika asked as soon as she finished ordering.

"What caught?" Henry asked dubiously and placing the food container in front of them.

"With this kind of set-up… Aren't you afraid that our secret status here in this company be divulged?" Rika elaborated further.

"I don't know… But if that happens, we'll be ready… For now, let's just play as you say 'friends' just like what you said to your teammate…" Henry answered.

"Well… It's better to be safe than sorry…" Rika pointed out.

"I understand. Anyway, I think that I'll be going home at seven later… I've got some friends coming over and they said that dinner's on me…" Henry said sheepishly.

Rika seemed mindless from the task. She was used to cooking food for many persons already.

"Okay… That's fine with me…" Rika answered. "How many are going then?"

"Let's say five…" Henry replied.

"Don't worry about that… I can manage… I don't have much to do from four onwards…" Rika answered. "I'm just fixing stupid financial reports…"

"I'm glad that you're my wife… I don't know what I'll do without you…" Henry replied with a grin.

"Let's just say I'm doing you a favor… After all, you footed the bill of the groceries from yesterday!" Rika sneered.

Henry then smiled and started to open the food container. Inside it were sushi, dumpling, tempura, and rice which would be sufficient for the two of them.

"My mom still loves cooking! Two viands and rice!" Henry chuckled.

"It's three actually, Henry…" Rika corrected jokingly.

Then the two returned to what they were eating. After they ate, the orange juice they ordered arrived as well.

"Let's share…" the two said in unison.

Because of that, they laughed and nodded to each other. They placed two straws inside the drink and began to sip simultaneously and like earlier, the two accidentally locked eyes with each other so they looked down for a moment.

"Why were you looking down?" Henry chuckled.

"Nothing…" Rika denied. "Just drink, will you?"

"Okay!" Henry winked.

Afterwards, they finished the entire glass and left the café. They returned to their workplace in which Henry and Rika rode the same elevator.

When Rika arrived that afternoon, she was given by Sakura a paper based on the statement of accounts during the past month.

"I hope you can do this… Someone's gonna do this!" Sakura replied.

When she received what Sakura gave her, she placed it on her desk and focused in doing what she was supposed to type. When she got finished after two hours, Rika was already figuring out on how to do the financial report of her department when all of a sudden, Liya showed up in front of her.

"Hey, Rika… I'm gonna relieve you…" Liya declared. "I'll do the financial report…"

With that, Rika felt her eyes widen. She broke into a huge grin.

"Really?" she said.

"Yeah? You don't want?" Liya curiously exclaimed.

"N-No… I'm just thinking… Forgive me for my rotten mind…" Rika replied sheepishly.

"You sure need a rest and someone to take care of you…" Liya said. "Can I have the document?"

Rika wordlessly gave the papers to Liya so she could take over already. With this, she fixed her things and started to leave her cubicle.

"Thanks a lot, Liya!" Rika replied as she turned her head back.

"No problem, Rika!" Liya said cheerfully.

Rika went towards the elevator area and she luckily found an empty elevator. She went down and quickly hailed a taxi. After getting inside, she started her journey home.

When she arrived in her house, she saw that the door was locked. Her in-laws left a letter that said:

"Dear Henry and Rika,

We went to see a friend not far away. We'll be back before midnight.

Love, Mom and Dad"

She wore a shrugged face and decided to go in using her house keys. When she opened the door, she went straight to their room and changed her clothes into an outfit that was normal yet presentable for the guests. She was wearing a light blue turtle-necked sleeveless dress.

Rika spent the next two hours on cooking. She was used to cooking for seven people but with two dishes.

"There… That should do the trick…" Rika said as she had put the tempura in the oven. "Finally I'm finished!"

Meanwhile, Henry arrived at home with his five bachelor friends. They used to work in the same workplace before Henry bought the company where Rika worked.

"So, Henry!" a man named Kotaro replied.

"Any kind of food seems to suit me… I'm starving!" another named Isamu said.

"Okay, guys! Just you wait…" Henry said as he was opening the door.

When the door opened, they saw from the living room some food that was laid on the table.

"Hello?" they said.

Rika appeared after hearing the voices and greeted them. Her hair was tied into a neat pony tail and wore her slippers. "Good evening…" she greeted plainly.

"Good evening…" the men replied.

One man snickered to Henry. "That's your wife?! She's hot!" he whispered.

"Yes… I forgot to tell you, Toshio…" Henry answered. "Uhm… Rika, these are Kotaro, Isamu, Toshio, Daiki, and Hashi, my former officemates… Guys, this is Rika… my wife…"

"Hello…" Rika said after being introduced.

"Hi…" the men returned.

The men eventually sat on the seats. All of them were struck by Rika's beauty so they were speechless. Henry expected that this would happen so he gave a low giggle and Rika noticed this.

"What's funny, Henry?" Rika whispered seriously. "You look crazy!"

"Nothing… Don't worry about it…" Henry answered.

"Don't worry because I won't…" Rika whispered slyly.

"Alright, gentlemen! Let's eat since dinner's on me, right?" Henry replied.

All of the men went towards the dining room. They wordlessly sat and waited for Henry to sit as well.

"You won't join us, Rika?" Henry asked as he was picking some food.

"No, thank you, Henry. I'll be fine while sitting on the couch!" Rika answered and took a small plate of tempura and yakiniku and placed it on her plate.

Henry nodded. Then he started a conversation so that his friends would feel at home.

"So, how's being the boss of the latest company, Henry?" Isamu asked.

"For starters, it's like start from scratch… But I've got a few pointers from Rika… She used to work there…" Henry answered with obvious lying.

Rika chuckled to herself while eating her food.

"So where do you work now?" Toshio asked Rika.

"I'm a housewife at home…" Rika lied. If these dweebs figure out my position under Henry's company then I'll never hear the rest of it!

Henry only stifled a laugh with Rika's answer. Nice job, Rika.

"Nowadays, you can't find a boss whose age is the same as Henry…" Kotaro remarked.

"Yeah… Because they're not even getting any younger because of work…" Rika commented.

All of the men laughed because of Rika's comment.

"Rika, you got a killer sense of humor!" Hashi remarked.

Rika only shrugged and returned to eating along with the guys. The conversation of the guys turned from office to ladies. As much as possible, she hated to be asked regarding those things.

Gaaad. When did Henry pick friends that are worse than Takato, Ryo, Kazu and Kenta? Rika thought with scorn. And how did he become friends with them anyway?!

After they had eaten, the friends bid the couple goodbye and good night. Henry closed the gate and saw Rika standing near the doorway.

"Is it their first time to see a chick in a man's house?" Rika snorted with her arms crossed.

"I'm afraid so…" Henry chuckled. "All of them are certified singles…"

"It shows…" Rika answered and Henry laughed with that.

"So, are you done with the dishes?" Henry asked. "If no, I'll help you!"

"No… I'm not done…" Rika said as she went inside the door.

Henry followed Rika and closed the door. "Anyway, where are my parents and why aren't they home yet?"

"They went somewhere else and they would be back on midnight…" Rika answered as she made her way towards the kitchen.

"Okay…" Henry answered.

When Rika went to the kitchen to clear the dishes, she saw Henry who walked inside as well.

"What are you doing here?" Rika asked while washing the plates. "Why don't you take a rest?"

"Like I said earlier, I'll help you…" Henry said and grasped for a plate and smiled at Rika.

Rika could not help but smile as well. "Alright, Henry. Dry the plates that I will give you, okay?"

"Sure. No problem at all!" Henry answered.

Then both of them finished the dishes in just an hour.