Disclaimer:
I do not own Digimon and I do not own the song My Style from the Digimon Girls Festival album.

Author's Note(s):
I want to thank everyone who has reviewed this fic for reviewing my fic. I greatly appreciate your reviews. I also want to thank everyone who reads this fic but doesn't review, for reading this fic. I'm backtracking in the first paragraph. Hope you enjoy this chapter!


Giving it a Chance


Chapter 6: Pee

'I shouldn't have drank all that water,' Henry thought to himself as he woke up. Henry sat up in his sleeping bag and rubbed his sleepy eyes. He got out of his sleeping bag carefully, trying not to make a lot of noise to wake up his sister and the two rabbit like digimon who were sleeping near him. Once Henry got out of his sleep bag, he unzipped the door of the tent to get outside. Once out of the tent, he walked towards the ice cooler to get a bottle of water. The restrooms are a ten-minute walk from their camping site, so he decided to go into the woods to do his business. Henry was groggy, so he wasn't aware of his surroundings. Henry walked around the woods aimlessly until a tree with a wide trunk got his attention. Henry walked up to the trunk of that tree, looked around, and decided that that was the perfect spot to go. Henry set his bottle of water down next to him and sluggishly untied the string of his pajama pants.

"I don't want to see it!" a voice from above cried out which startled Henry.

Henry looked up and saw Rika sitting up on a branch. Without saying a word, Henry picked up his water bottle, and walked away to another tree where Rika wouldn't be able to see him do his business. Once he finished, he went back to the tree that Rika was sitting in.

"Did you wash your hands?" asked Rika.

Henry pointed to his water bottle that was now half full/empty, "Yes, that's why I brought this bottle of water with me."

Henry set the bottle next to the trunk of the tree, and then climbed up the tree. Rika scooted down the branch she was sitting on to give some room for Henry to sit. Once Henry got to the branch Rika was on, Rika tied up her hair. The soft cool breeze carried the aroma of Rika's hair over to Henry's nose. "Rika, about your hair-"

"I know my hair looks better down. Everyone tells me that, but I don't care because I want it up," stated Rika without giving Henry a chance to finish his sentence.

"I was just going to ask you if you use Herbal Essences," replied Henry.

"Oh. I do use Herbal Essences."

"My mom and sisters use the same shampoo and I recognized the scent," said Henry. "I don't think your hair looks better down. I like it up. It makes you stand out from the crowd. I'm not saying that it looks bad down. It looks good either way. It's just the way you style it up, it gives you a unique style. It's like it's a part of you," Henry yawned, "Did any of that make any sense?"

"It made sense. It's like that orange vest you used to wear that made you stand out like a sore thumb," said Rika sarcastically. "It was weird seeing you without that vest the first time you stopped wearing it. It was like something was missing from you because you've worn that vest for such a long time that it became part of your image."

Henry started to miss his orange vest, "I remember the first time I wore that vest. Having two sisters and a brother, it's hard for me to get my parents' attention, especially when I was young. The first day I wore that vest, I recognized that it was easier for me to get my parent's attention. It was because the orange against my black t-shirt catches people's eyes and draws their attention to me. So I kept wearing the vest when I was young as passive way to draw people's attention to me. I did stop craving for attention at one point in my childhood, but I continued to wear that vest because it became my security blanket."

Rika was surprised at Henry's response, "It's hard to believe that you used to crave attention because of the way you are now."

"I used to be selfish when I was young," Henry said in a low voice.

"It's hard to believe that you were so different as a child," said Rika. "I known you for four years and I thought I knew everything about you."

"Well, everyone has a secret and a side of themselves that they hide from everyone."

Rika thought about Henry's comment, "That's true." Rika perfectly understood what Henry was saying. "I still can't believe what you just told me about yourself," said Rika in awe. "The next thing you'll be telling me is that you beat up a kid when you were young," said Rika sarcastically.

Henry didn't respond to Rika's last comment.

Rika looked over a Henry with curiosity, "You're kidding me."

"I don't want to talk about," said Henry slowly and in a down voice. "The only way you'll get some more information about my secret self, is if you start sharing about your secret self with me," said Henry, knowing Rika wouldn't share.

"Why did you stop wearing that orange vest?" asked Rika.

"It's small on me, and I can't buy another one because I can't find another one anywhere," Henry replied.

Henry and Rika heard some footsteps, and looked in the direction where the sound was coming from. It was Kenta and Kazu walking tiresome through the woods.

"What are those two doing up?" questioned Rika.

"Probably they need to go pee."

"Wow, they do everything together," said Rika as she watched them walk toward the trunk of the tree she and Henry was sitting up on. "Great, I think they're going to pick this tree. Why this tree out of all the trees in the woods? It's not like it's wearing an orange vest to get everyone's attention to pee on it," commented Rika.

Henry chuckled at Rika's orange vest comment, "It has a big trunk which makes it stand out from all of the other trees."

Kenta and Kazu got to the trunk of the tree and got ready to do their business.

Rika looked at Henry with a mischievous look on her face and whispered to him, "I wonder who has a longer... you know."

Henry looked at Rika and whispered back, "You better not."

"You're not the boss of me. I can look if I want too," Rika whispered back.

"I know you're not going to look."

"How do you know?" said Rika as she looked down at the two other tamers.

Henry looked at Rika and waited for her to look away from Kenta and Kazu. Henry looked down at Kenta and Kazu to see what they were up to, and saw that they were untying their pajama pants. Henry looked back up at Rika.

"You're not going too," whispered Henry.

Rika continued to look down at Kenta and Kazu with a serious face. Henry saw no sign on her face that she wasn't going to look. Henry looked back down and saw that the two were about to pull down their pants, so Henry put his hand over Rika's eyes until Kenta and Kazu were done peeing. Once Kenta and Kazu finished, left, and were out of site, Rika pushed Henry's hand off of her face.

"I wasn't going to look, I was just kidding!" said Rika in a load voice.

"Just did it to be on the safe side," said Henry.

"I was going to close my eyes at the very moment you covered them. I don't want to see it. Why would I want to see it!" stated Rika. "I bet you wanted to see it," Rika jokingly said as she nudged Henry with her elbow. However, the nudge threw Henry off balance.

"Henry! " Rika screamed as she tried to grab hold of him to prevent him from falling off of the branch, but all she was grabbed was air. Henry landed on his butt. "Are you ok Henry?" asked Rika, worried. She didn't mean to knock him off the tree.

"I'm fine. Kenta's pee broke my fall," responded Henry.

Rika started to laugh at the fact that Henry landed on Kazu's pee, but she forgot there was nothing behind her to lean on, so when she leaned back in laughter she lost her balance, and fell down straight into Kazu's puddle that was two feet away from where Henry landed.

"Are you ok?" asked a concerned Henry as he got up and quickly went over to Rika's side.

"I'm fine," said Rika.

Henry offered his hand out to Rika. Rika took his hand and he pulled her up. Once Rika was on her feet, she walked over to the other side of the trunk and sat down next to the tree trunk so she can lean her back against the tree with her legs laid out flat in front of her. Henry followed her and sat down Indian style in front of Rika.

"Tomorrow mourning, I'm going to have a long shower," said Henry, feeling gross out that Kenta's pee soak through his pants.

"Pee is good for your skin," said Rika.

"It is? They should put it in lotion then," said Henry, amused at the fact Rika just told him.

"Most lotions do. Look for diazolidinyl urea in the ingredients," responded Rika.

"Where did you learn this from?" asked Henry.

"My mom."

Henry and Rika sat there in comfortable silence, admiring their surroundings, listening to the crickets cricket, and listening to the wind blowing through the trees. Rika liked the fact that she can sit quietly with Henry without it being uncomfortable. Rika thought about her conversation with Renamon before Henry came. Before she can stop fighting her feelings for him, she needed to ask him a question.

"Henry?" said Rika, breaking the silence.

Henry looked at Rika's face, "What is it?"

Rika looked into Henry's cool gray eyes, "Why do you like me?"

Henry was surprised and wondered why Rika asked him that, "That's simple, because of who you are."

Rika was surprised at Henry's answer, "How can you say that when you and everyone else knows I hide a lot about myself?"

Henry looked directly into Rika's deep purple eyes, "Like I said before. Everyone has secrets and a side of themselves they hide from everyone. Even me. We don't know anyone one hundred percent. We can only try. Getting to know people as much as possible is part of life. It makes life and relationships interesting. When I first meet you, I knew that you weren't the cold, heartless image you gave off of yourself to people. I hang out with you to see if I can get to know the inner you, and I was able to see part of it, and was also able to see your heart that you hid from people. You've change so much since the first time we meet, yet you're still the same. You are now more open to your friends and family, but you still keep a lot of your feelings bottled up. I know in time you'll be able to show more of your inner self to people, but right now I already like what I see from you. I admire your courage, determination, strength, pride, independence, honesty, intelligence, and uniqueness. That's why I like you so much."

Henry's words touched Rika's heart. Rika didn't like it when Henry could see through her walls like that, yet she was happy that he could. That was one reason Rika respected him so much.

Rika looked into Henry's soft gray eyes with trust, understanding, respect, friendship, and love. The affectionate gaze Rika gave Henry made him want to get close to her. So Henry followed his feelings. Henry got on his knees, and got closer to Rika without breaking the tender gaze between them. Rika first reaction was to push Henry away, but her instincts and feelings wanted him to get closer. Remembering Renamon's dare, Rika followed her feelings.

Rika just sat there with her back against the tree trunk and Henry's face just inches away from hers. Henry was crawled over Rika's right leg with his left hand on the ground next to Rika's right hip. Henry brought up his right hand, and gently caressed Rika's right cheek with his thumb. This gentle, soft, warm touch made Rika's heart beat quicken, and made her lower lip quiver. Henry notices Rika's lower lip quiver, and his thumb leisurely travel from her cheek over to her lips to stop the quivering. With Henry's thumb lightly over her lips, Rika pressed her lips against Henry's thumb, giving it a small kiss. Henry slowly lowers his hand after that. He was surprised about what just happened. He was surprised that she didn't push him away, and that she let him touch her, especially in that way, but Henry quickly figured out why she let him get so close. Henry then leans in closer to Rika's left side of the face, his lips almost touching her ear. Feeling Henry's warm gentle breath on her ear made Rika's sensations go wild. "Why do you like me?" asked Henry.

Henry leans back to look Rika straight in the eyes.

Rika knew she had to answer that question, because it would be unfair that he answered and she didn't. "Same reason, because of who you are," Rika whispered out, hesitating at first. Rika wanted to tell him more, but she couldn't bring herself to say more. Not yet.

Henry knew and understood that that was all Rika would be able to tell him for the moment. He wasn't going to force her to tell him more, because he knew she wasn't ready to. This was another reason Rika like him so much. He was patient with her and didn't force anything out of her. Henry slowly brushed Rika's bangs aside with his right hand, and gently laid his lips against her forehead for a few seconds. Henry and Rika both savored the moment. It only lasted for a few seconds, but to them it seem like it lasted for minutes. Henry slowly leans back, gets up, and looks at Rika who was recovering from the rush of emotions she just got from him.

Feeling Henry's eyes on her, Rika slowly looks up at him. 'It's funny how you say I have courage, but I can't find the courage to tell you how much I like you,' Rika thought to herself as she stared at Henry. "Good night Henry."

"Good night Rika."

Henry turns around and starts to head back to camp. With Henry's back turned to Rika, Rika couldn't see the big smile that was on his face. Like Henry, a smile crossed Rika's face as she watched him slowly walk away in the moonlight that cut through the trees, showing the mist that arise from the cool ground. The warm touch of Henry's lips still lingered on Rika's forehead. Henry stops walking and turns around to look at Rika once more. Rika notices Henry turning around, and purposely looks to the right to pretend that she's not watching him leave. Once she hears his footsteps signally he's walking off again, she reverts her attention at him, and starts thinking to herself...

'The mourning haze, drifting in the woods
Keeping so much secretive feelings that it stands still
I can't be honest with myself
Only my thankful heart is dancing on air
I don't want to imitate anyone with any method
I want you to know my true self
If my wish can only be fulfilled
Give me a pair of wings so I can fly to your side
I have something to say
I'm still me
In my heart I'm hiding something
Purposely pretending to face the other way, actually staring at you
I can't describe in words what it is
But I can't always keep on smiling
I won't say it, that I want you to know everything about me
It's a secret that I have no guts to tell
I have dislikes and this is one of them
If my wish can only be fulfilled
Please give me courage
Please put a spell on me to make my disliking go
I'm still me
If my wish can only be fulfilled
Please give me wings
So I can fly to you and tell you more
And just be me'*

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*I found two translated versions of My Style. So I choose the best translated lines from each version that best fits my fic. LOL, and I changed city to woods in the first line.