Author's Notes
I feel so bad! It took me forever to get this up and not only is it short, but it's bad too! I'm so sorry! You guys have been such great reviewers and I have to give you this really bad ending, I'm sorry! It took me forever to write because, by putting Henry in a very uncomfortable position, I put myself in a very bad position because I have to come up with anything he says. So, once again, I'm sorry.
Disclaimer (wow the last time I'll be doing this for this story): I don't own digimon.
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Renamon groaned mentally, Rika was supposed to be the one babysitting, not her.
Still, she was happy to give Henry a few moments to talk to Rika.
She sighed as she began to deal with Impmon's complaints about how "no self-respectin' digimon would wear a dress."
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Renamon had gotten Suzie and the others to drag the box of clothes into an adjacent room. And Henry was left alone with Rika.
Thoughts raced through Henry's mind, what was he suppose to say? He finally said the first thing that came to mind.
"Guess what Suzie said?" 'Yeah, great, she's really going to be impressed.' was Henry's first thought, then he realized what he would have to say.
"What?" Rika stood there, she seemed willing to play along with Henry but her voice still held a hint of annoyance like he was wasting her time.
"She...umm...yesterday she came to me during breakfast and ask if...uh...you and I would get married so you could be her sister." The last few words came out in a rush. 'Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Why did I have to say that?'Henry mentally cursed himself.
But Rika smiled and looked over into the other room where Suzie was trying to find a dress to fit Calumon. She spook while still turned away from Henry, "You're lucky to have her as a sister, she's a really great little kid." she turned around and smiled at Henry. This caught him off guard.
"Y-yeah she is." He managed to get the words out.
Then Rika said, with a tone much more comfortable than before, "Somehow I don't think that's what you wanted to talk to me about Henry."
Henry looked down at the ground evading her eyes, because if he looked at them, he would probably find himself blurting out everything.
"No" The word came out as a whisper. Rika didn't move, didn't uncross her arms, just waited for him to continue.
'Say it already!' Henry's mind screamed at him. "I-I um, I love you." He finally blurted out the words and looked up awaiting Rika's reaction.
Rika had taken an involuntary step back, she had never expected him to say that. She actually had no idea what he would have said, so anything would have taken her by surprise.
She began turning his words over in her head, he loved her. But what was love? If her mother and father had ever loved each other they never showed Rika. Oh sure she had been dragged to tons of sappy movies by her mother that were love stories, but that didn't really help Rika with the concept. She knew she liked Henry, he was one of her only friends.
She kept trying to sort things out, but they got more and more jumbled. She finally looked up and stared Henry in the eye.
The first thing she saw was fear; she figured that was fear of her response which she had yet to decide on. Then she saw something else, it was trust, it was loyalty, it was caring, and it was for her. For a moment it scared Rika to think that someone cared about her so much, maybe that was love. Either way, Rika felt something within her heart give, it was like she didn't need to be afraid anymore.
Rika smiled a little, very well. She would give love a chance.
Author's Notes
You don't have to say it! I know it's bad but it's the only ending I could come up with. If I ever feel a sudden urge to add the little extra scene I thought up for this story, I might. Probably not though. Anyway... Maybe I'll see you all in another fic, I now have all summer ya know.
~Novawings
