Print My Heart Chapter 3- Really Do
Written by: Wa Edited & Revised by: Ai
"Virus? You are affected by the digital virus?" Rika said with shock and disbelief.
"Ah! It's coming again....." Ryo said with more pain in his eyes.
"................" Rika didn't say a word. She didn't even know what to do now.
And suddenly she saw Ryo left arm moved automatically without Ryo's control. Ryo try to grab his left arm but now his right arm started acting on its own. And how Ryo's body gone mad he backed himself into the wall of the cave.
"Ouch, that hurts....." Ryo said.
".....Ryo........" Rika said with pity in her eyes.
And now Ryo is rushing towards Rika, he can't even control it.
"Rika stop me!!" Ryo screamed.
And with her karate move she threw him onto the ground. But his hand is still acting on its own. Rika used her left arm to stable his left arm, and use her right arm to hold down his right arm. They stared at each other in the silence. Rika blushed at Ryo who was underneath her on the ground. And guess what? For a minute later Ryo legs starts moving.
Did he do that on purpose or what? What should I do now? Rika asked herself.
But then she saw him with more perspiration on his face, trying to pretend that there's no pain on his face. Rika sighed...... And then she lay her body on him so his whole body couldn't move. She felt his heart beating fast, probably because of the pain.
"Sorry Rika." Ryo said with some wet thing in his eyes.
Rika stared at him with confusion in her eyes.....
I have never saw him like this before? Ryo Akiyama......will cry too? Why is he crying? Because he knows that I don't want to do it but because of his virus..... and he felt powerless? Well he underestimated me I'm not weak.
The night came and they both couldn't sleep, they had stayed in this position for hours now, Rika placed her head on his chest and rested. As she did, she noticed the bruises on Ryo's arms. She peaked at Ryo and studied his baby face.
He probably got those bruises by beating himself up, trying to stop the madness of the virus. Or is it that virus that beat him? But he did it for me...fighting the dragon type digimon.....I should have listened to him in the first place in the park. And let him help me...... why can't I stop my stubborn behavior.
"I'm sorry Ryo......" She said in a whisper.
"................" But Ryo didn't say anything. Guess they both felt sorry for each other. Rika lay herself into his chest and fell asleep. Ryo fell asleep soon after she did.
They woke up late in the morning and Ryo seemed to feel better now. They are now planning to leave the cave as soon as Megadramon was not looking. But before they got out of the cave, another digimon arrived.
"Renamon!" Rika exclaimed with surprise in her voice, but she felt happy. She ran to her digimon. And behind Renamon came Monodramon. Ryo smiled and walked towards his digimon too.
"Rika. I'm glad that you are alright." Renamon said examining her partner's face. Rika smiled for the first time and looked at Ryo.
Ryo replied her with his most delightful smile..... but something was still bothering him but he didn't show it.
"How did you know that we were here?" Rika asked her partner.
"That night, you didn't come back after you and your mom had a fight. I was worried, so I went out searching for you. Your mother and your grandmother did too. Then in the park I found Monodramon searching for Ryo too. And we discovered that something must have happened to you. After, I sensed something that's from the digital world so we came." Renamon explained.
"Sorry if we took too long, it took us two nights to figure out how to come here." Monodramon said.
"That's alright Monodramon. You and Renamon did find us right?!" Ryo said.
With Cyberdramon and Renamon they are able to fly back to the other part of the digital world. They once again enter the white building where they were at in the beginning.
"Rika this place is more safe, stay here with Ryo and me and Cyberdramon will go out and use our power to open the digital world for you two. It may take a while but I'm sure that we can get back to the real world before dinner."
Now Rika and Ryo were sitting on the bed, both staring down the floor, wondering about home. Ryo was the first one to break the silence.
"...Rika don't worry, we would go home by no time!" Ryo squeezed out a smile as he was worrying about them getting home.
"Yeah, we will get home, we just have to wait for a short time." Rika acted like it was nothing...they are both acting. Trying to not thinking about Megadramon or the virus stopping them preventing them go get home. It was as if, it's just a dream that Renamon and Cyberdramon came.
"Let's do something else...then...hey Rika I want to do this with you a long time ago!" Ryo went across and sit beside Rika.
Rika blushed.
"What about a digimon card game? We haven't battle each other for a long time!" Ryo said.
"Haha..yeah." Rika give him a cold laugh and hit herself on the head.
Oh what was I thinking.......
"Wait, let me find my deck of card first, I'm sure that I put it somewhere here." Ryo stand up and try to find his cards.
"Okay." Rika waited.
"Oh there they are! I forgot I put it on top of the fireplace." Ryo went over to the fireplace.
However, as he went over to Rika spot, he suddenly drop his cards and held his left hand tight. The wind blow and how his cards were flying everywhere in the room.
"Ryo?" Rika stared at him.
"I guess, haha, the virus is still here....even though it was gone...ahh" Ryo try to joke but he couldn't stand the pain and had to kneel down.
"Ryo!" Rika ran to him.
"Run Rika! I can't control the virus anymore....." Ryo started to put his hand on his head.
"Ryo! No. Just wait for a little longer, I think Renamon and Cyberdramon are almost done." Rika said.
"No I can't......." Ryo said.
"I can help you...with hitting you...like last time?" Rika asked.
"No you can't....I think the virus is going to take over my thoughts this time." Ryo shouted with more pain in his head than last time.
".................." Rika stared at him with worry in her eyes. She didn't know when she started to care about him but..... she felt scared for the first time.
"RUN and forget about me.....I'll be alright later....just get the hell out of here!!" Ryo shouted at her the first time.
Why did he talk to me this way? He had never been angry towards me before.....Ryo.
And suddenly Ryo grabbed her by her throat.
"Ryo........." Rika whispered with tears filling up in her eyes.
Ryo...what are you doing? No he is not Ryo ......his eyes are red.......?
"Ryo...please it's me Rika." Rika said fighting his powerful grip. If he doesn't stop she is going to die, but she didn't care.
"Shut up!" Ryo looked pained on his face. He tried to fight his own mind.
"If you want me to leave, I will leave. If you want me to shut up, I will shut up. But please turn back to the Ryo I know....." Rika couldn't hold it anymore, her tears rolled down her cheeks and dripped on to his hand. Rika understood that Ryo is in pain too, but there is nothing she can do.
Ryo eyes opened wide as he saw her tears.
Rika...... the real Ryo thought.
Then Ryo dropped her onto the ground, and then on he fell onto the ground, but was still conscious. Rika caught her breath and went over to Ryo's side. And helped him sit up, she smile with tears still rolling down her cheeks.
"Ryo you win it!" Rika said looking down at Ryo's pale face.
"Rika, I know that you won't listen to me, but please just for once... leave." Ryo said with pain in his voice. This is not that pain from the virus. It was the pain from his heart.
"No, Ryo I'll stay here with you, till you get better. And we will go back to the real world together." Rika said ignoring him for the first time.
"Rika...but I don't know when I'll be controlled by the virus again. I don't want to hurt you." Ryo said.
Why won't she just listen? Why doesn't she realize that I care about her? Why don't she understand that I feel pain each time I see her get hurt? Ryo thought to himself.
"I want to stay with you when you are in the darkness.....because I like you, Ryo." Rika said. And she started crying as if she thought that Ryo wouldn't believe her.
I really do....I really do love him. No matter where he wanted to go, I'll be by his side. I was mean to him...only because I like him.
"Rika......." Ryo was surprised to hear that, because he thought he was an one-sided love. He had never expected that she would feel the same. It was such sweet but bitter words that he heard from her.
He surrounded her with his arms. Rika stayed in his arms, wiping away her tears.
"I'm sorry Rika, I like you too." Ryo said.