I'm back from vacation *hugs computer*! And I've got a wonnerful new chapter for ya'll! This one is definitely going to be shorter, because the last one was eight bloody pages long. I just can't do that twice in a row! Anywho, this is gonna be the last chapter of this story. No follow-ups for it, either. I have a Ryuki in the works as I type, though, and that should be done by Saturday (I have a month and a half left of summer vacation, and I'm gonna make the most of it!!)

~*~*Bah, you've heard it all before…I don't own it…~*~*~

Contemplations

Part Six: Revelations of the Boy Next Door

~*~*So, what did Grandma talk to you about?"~*~*~

Those words rang in Jenrya's head as they walked down the empty streets. 'Gods! I can't tell her! She'll never speak to her grandmother or me again!' Jenrya panicked.  "Oh, not much…she, ah, she wants you to spend the night over at my house…" Jenrya trailed off.

"What?" Ruki stopped in her tracks.

"She told me that your mom wouldn't get back until tomorrow at the earliest, and she didn't want you all by yourself, and my apartment's a lot closer to your place than Juri's house…" Jenrya rambled on, turning redder by the minute.

"And you agreed to this?" Ruki asked quietly.

"Well, yeah, I mean, I have two sisters, and you could sleep in either Suichon-chan's room or in onee-chan's room, and I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind at all-"

"All right, then." Ruki replied, and continued walking down the street.

"Hey!" Jenrya half laughed, half choked out. 'She's actually agreeing to this?' "Wait up!" Jenrya caught up to her and caught his breath quickly. "So you're okay with this?"

"Yes. And I did know you have two sisters. In case you've forgotten, Suichon-chan is a Tamer."

"Oh yeah. Right. I forgot." Jenrya chuckled lightly.

Ruki stopped in front of an ice-cream parlor. "Let's stop here and get some ice cream. We can eat it on the way to your place. " She winked at Jen. "My treat."

Jenrya stared at Ruki with the same goofy grin they were used to Takato making whenever Juri flirted with him. 'Great, now I'm acting like Takato: nice and obvious. Smooth, Jenrya, real smooth.' Jen mentally kicked himself and asked, "Wouldn't it be closed right now? It's pretty late."

Ruki checked the business hours. "Not for another 30 minutes. You wait here; I'll get the ice cream. What kind do you want?"

"Um…Chocolate, if they have any."

"Okay, be back in a second." Ruki smiled as she walked into the parlor. Jen beamed and put his hands in his pockets.

 'Nah, I won't tell her. If we start going out, sure, but for now-' his thoughts were interrupted when he felt something in his pocket and proceeded to take it out. It was a crumpled up piece of paper. Carefully, he unfolded it. It read:

Dear Mom, Dad, Terriermon, and Everyone-

But that was all Jenrya needed to read. He re-crumpled the paper and threw it into a trash bin outside the ice cream parlor. 'So much for that bright idea,' He smirked.

The door to the ice cream parlor opened, and out stepped Ruki, carrying one chocolate ice cream cone, one vanilla. "I'm back!"

"Shall we go, then?" Jenrya smiled.

"You seem to be in a better mood," Ruki observed.

"Let's just say, I've had a revelation."

~*~FIN~*~

Voila! All done! How'd ya'll like the final chappy?