Never Too Far From Home

Never Knew You Could Care Too Much

DF103 – I lied! I LIED! There are two more chapters…this is one of them…this chapter will be written through the eyes of Ryo and through the eyes of Rika…just because Ryo deserves some of the spotlight…and he'll basically create the turning point of the fic…I think…maybe not…oh well…the first part of this chapter was inspired by…'Outside' by StainD…so I dun own digimon…and now here's Never Too Far From Home – Never Knew You Could Care Too Much…BTW…my friend Richard is helping me on this, cause I dun know how to think like a guy…

Ryo's POV

I took one last glance at them before I went inside. My heart felt as if it shattered into many pieces; pieces that no one could possible put back together. Is it possible to care for a person too much?

The room is dark, with all the curtains shut. Even though it's still about four o'clock in the afternoon, I left them shut and turned the lights on. Through the years that Rika's been gone, I feel I have lost everything. Probably explains why I've become I little more sensitive.

I never really meant to anger Rika in anyway. The way she manages to retort all the things she'd say to me, flattered me, which is probably why I love her so much. But, she seemed to never mean what she said, until today.

What if she doesn't have the same feelings for me? I walked into my room and turned the TV on. Laying down on my bed, and not paying attention to what the TV was saying, I stared blankly at the ceiling.

My mind dozed off and started to think about Rika. It's hard not to think about her when she's really the only girl you like. Am I afraid of failure? Afraid that some other person will get her before I do?

Maybe if I never teased her the way I did, she wouldn't have pushed me away, like she did with everyone else. I have to think of a way to make it up to her.

As I processed the events that has happened in the last few minutes, a strange deliberation came into mind. I thought Henry and Suzie lived in the room Rika is in. Yeah, they have to be living there because I found them that place. Henry did say that he was going to stay in a different place for a while, though, because he couldn't concentrate on his work. So then what happened to Suzie? Now this is starting to confuse me. I did see her hang out with Ai and Mako, one night.

All of a sudden, my attention turned to the TV.

"Sherry Tins here with another report about the recent car accident. Just to recap, rescue workers have been searching for the missing people. A few days ago, they have found a car in the water. Now with the new information. There were three bodies found in the water near Shinjuku bridge. We have had a few people try to make an identification of these three people. They were unsuccessful, so far. They are still looking for people to identify these people. If you…"

I turned the TV off, not wanting to listen to the news right at the moment. Anyway back to my moment of thought.

I sat up and grabbed my jacket that is next to me and stood out. I couldn't think straight at a moment like this, so I decided to go take a walk.

Rika POV

"He looked so sad, when he went in," I said, turning towards Renamon.

"Rika, I don't know if you have noticed this, but he cares for you," Renamon said.

I stood there, staring at Renamon. I started searching around her emotionless face, to see if she had some type of grin on her face. I see none. She's telling the truth. I thought she was joking.

Looking away from Renamon, I continued unlocking the door into my part of the complex. Then a sudden thought struck me. I turned back around to Renamon.

"You sound so sure of yourself. Why do you think that?" I asked.

I saw Renamon, grin.

"When you were gone, Ryo would sometimes come over to the old hideout and talk to Richard. Most of the things they talked about was you, Rika," she said to me.

I cannot believe those words came out of her mouth. I mean, sure Ryo would flirt sometimes, but he does that with almost all the girls. I put the thought aside, and went back to opening the door. When, I finally got the door to budge. Renamon went inside while I looked towards Ryo's door again, to see if he would come out. Nothing.

I soon regret what I did and said to him. Wait, why do I care how he feels. He's just like all the rest of the guys. Or is he? Am I starting to have feelings for him?

I shook my head, and went inside. Renamon looked at my in an awkward way.

"Isn't this place Henry and Suzie's?" she asked.

"I don't know. These three kids said no one lives here," I said.

"Hmm, could have sworn they did, or at least Suzie anyways. Henry's out somewhere else," Renamon said.

Soon, I saw the three people again, standing behind Renamon. They seemed to be mouthing the words, "go apologize to him." I looked at them for a second until Renamon said, "Rika what are you looking at?"

I looked at her and said, "Nothing, nothing."

She turned around and that's what she saw, nothing. I wondered myself how they could flee that fast. But once again, I took they're advice, and walked towards the door.

"Make yourself at home, Renamon. I'm going to go take a walk," I told her before shutting the door behind me.

I walked down the hallway of the complex, when I saw Ryo walking towards the door.

3rd Person POV

"Ryo! Wait, I want to apologize," Rika said, rushing over to Ryo.

Ryo turned around and glanced at Rika, before turning around again.

'It hurts to even look at her,' Ryo thought, clutching the door handle.

"I'm…sorry, Ryo. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," Rika said, looking down at her shoes.

Ryo looked at her again and gave her a weak smile.

"I'm sorry, too, Rika, for all I've done in the past to annoy you," Ryo said.

Rika gave him a rare smile, and walked up to him and gave a hug.

"Umm, I gotta run. I'll see you later, Rika," Ryo said.

"Okay, see you later," Rika answered, as she watched him walk out.

DF103 – IT'S NOT OVER YET…SO DON'T TUNE OUT! laughs nervously…anywayz…the last chapter (for sure) is going to wrap this all up and stuff…and I'll be working on the sequel I told you people about…if you thought, in anyway, that the ending of this chapter was unexpected…dun worry…it got me by surprise too…I want to thank my friend, Richard who helped me write Ryo's POV…well gotta run…till next time…PEACE