Blue
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Disclaimer: this is getting really old really fast. I own nothing. Not the songs, not digimon, nothing.
Background: The morning before the dance. So the dance is later this day. I don't know if this is a song-fic. It's going to have songs in it because, well, it's a dance. But they won't be whole songs for the most part. Ryo gets waaaaay nicer. This is going to be a long chapter. It doesn't lack fluff, or humor I hope.
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Even after being at the school for only a month, Helen managed to gather a load of groupies to follow her around. They went around to various parts of the school cutting people down for their own enjoyment. Helen's favorite target was Rika. However anyone could see that Rika wouldn't back into Helen's relentless torture.
Rika had to admit that she had completely misjudged Helen. She originally thought Helen was an idiot. She now knew that she was the lowest form of life on the planet. What bothered Rika the most was that Ryo was still slightly attached to Helen. Rika naturally concluded that she'd done something to him. She already suspected Helen for being something that rhymes with Itch, and Helen being a witch wasn't too far off either.
Ryo was having a problem though. He'd discovered that this was a formal dance. That meant he had to wear a suit. He didn't have one. There was only one thing to do. Hope that he had a suit somewhere in the deep dark depths of his closet. (Well he wasn't going to go buy one. They weren't on sale anymore.) Rika had a similar problem. She had a beautiful powder blue dress. The problem was she didn't want to wear it. Somehow her mother found out about this dance and dragged Rika shopping with her. What Rika didn't know was that her mother bought a suit that matched the dress. She loved to play dress up and slipped the suit into her room without notice from anyone.
Helen formed the perfect plan in her mind. The break-up-Rika-and-Ryo-plan. It was the sure fire way to get revenge. She didn't like Ryo. (Because he doesn't like her) She hated Rika. She would see them both suffer.
Rika was out walking in the park. She was enjoying her last free moments before she had to be locked up and confined. In a dress. She was lost in her thoughts, thinking of the upcoming evening. Rika had yet to work out what it was that possessed Ryo to ask her to a dance. She wasn't sure she should have said yes. After that whole Helen thing… [Nope, stop thinking Rika, you'll drive yourself insane.] Of course she didn't stop thinking. She walked around the park for a while. Not really aiming to go anywhere. Someone else in the park had the same intentions but ran into Rika instead of Mr. Nobody.
"Hey jerk! I was here and…Ryo!"
Ryo didn't know what to say. He didn't mean to be in this situation in the first place. He was just walking and didn't see her.
"Sorry about that," he said. He looked like he meant it so she let it go. For now.
"What are you going to wear? My mother took me shopping for a dress last week sometime."
"Oh…umm…yes well I haven't really decided what I'm going to wear but it will be cool." He forgot about that.
"Well I need to go home and figure out what to wear so umm…bye." Ryo made a mad dash to his house. Now he was in trouble. There was NOTHING in his closet to wear.
Later that day
"Mom! I'm going to die1"
"It's not that bad."
"Have you gone insane!? I'm wearing a dress… I've gone mad!"
Rika was in a panic. (Umm…I've had a similar conversation. Weird) you couldn't tell unless you knew her, or if she was yelling at you, she was past panic and going into a state of emergency.
She jumped exactly 3 feet in the air when the doorbell rang. In her state of distress she also misjudged her landing and fell on her face.
"Rika dear, someone is at the door for you."
[Ahhhhhhhhhh! It's Ryo!]
At the door
Rika's mother couldn't decide whether or not to be mad at the young man in front of her, or if this was the time to celebrate. On the one hand, he actually tried to get away with taking her daughter out in jeans and a sweater. However, he provided her with the chance to use the suit she bought for him.
"Step into my la-bo-ra-tory! [Evil laughter]"
Ryo looked at the deranged woman in front of him. [Gulp!]
15 minuets later
Rika declared national emergency in her room. When she got downstairs however, her only thought was, [Ha, she got him too.]
Ryo didn't see the humor at all. Getting his tux on was the most traumatizing experience he ever had. There was nothing that bad in the history of the world.
They left the house. Rika used every ounce of concentration in order not to fall on her face. [Ahh…Heels!] Ryo used his concentration so that he wouldn't stare at Rika too long. Using their brains to avoid embarrassing themselves, neither Rika nor Ryo noticed when they got to the dance. There was a memory of getting out of the car although very faint.
It was a typical dance. Snack tables that charged way too much for food. There were people that took the money for the overpriced goods with a smile. The smile that stayed there to and from the bank. A waxed gym floor secretly designed to make those people already struggling to balance fall on their butt. A wall to attract all the people away from the middle of the floor. Everything necessary for young students to make a fool of themselves. {The author includes herself in this statement. I tend to fall even when I'm not in heels. Sob.}
Helen was a natural at looking pretty. She walked over to the DJ and convinced him to play Dirty by Christina A for the first song. {Nooooooooooooooooo}
Rika heard the music start and groaned. [Why me? What did I do?]
…Dirty…. Blah blah blah Dirtyyyy….blah
The entire evening was like that. Helen constantly knew how to push Rika's buttons. It eventually got so bad that Rika flinched every time Helen. The Plan was working for Helen. [ Muh ha ha ha ha ha ha. I WILL have Ryo! Ha ha ha ha ha! ]
After 2 hours of practically nothing, Rika wished that somehow the floor could eat her up and swallow her whole. The almighty powers must have heard this. For some reason they thought it was funny to ignore her wishes and see how it turned out.
Ryo wasn't having a good time either. Helen could have asked him to marry her, but Ryo was not ready to get his head bitten off by Rika, and that wouldn't be very nice either.
Helen was very angry. All she could think was [It didn't work]. [Time for plan B]
The dance was half over, three more hours to go. Rika would give her eye to get out of there but, she kinda needed it later so that was not an option. Sparing her eye miserable torture, she left the dance. Ryo right behind her.
Helen didn't notice. She had the master of all master plans. She would request a slow song and wait for them to dance. Then armed with drinks and food from the snack table, proceed to stage two. Toss food and drink on Rika and find a way to blame it on Ryo. Okay so it was a bad plan but Helen's lack of brain couldn't comprehend that. She spent the rest of the night looking for them and never found her would-be-victims.
Rika stood outside. The park also took this night to hold and all night Dance Party. This was perfect. She began to take off her dress.
Ryo's mouth gapped open at Rika. She was literally stripping before his eyes.
"Stop looking at me like that, I have a t-shirt and jeans on."
[Must shut jaw] Ryo continued to chant to himself as he watched her.
"Did you bring a change of clothes?"
"Huh?...Oh…um… n-no." Ryo was still recovering from shock.
"Here, I thought ahead."
"Uhh… thanks."
After Ryo changed the two of them walked down to the park. They were too late to join the competition but there were other people that stopped so they joined them instead.
The music started
::Big announcer voice::
Swing Swing, the All American Rejects
Days swiftly come and go.
I'm dreaming of her
She's seeing other guys
Emotions they stir
The sun is gone.
The nights are long
And I am left while the tears fall.
"First decent song I've heard all night."
"Yeah"
Rika was in wonderland, she was tired and leaned on Ryo.
Ryo was not in wonderland. He was in major panic zone. But he was tired too. And after a while, he didn't mind so much.
Did you think that I would cry,
on the phone?
Do you know what it feels like,
being alone?
I'll find someone new
After her short nap, Rika realized where she was. More importantly who she was with. The most surprising thing was, she didn't mind.
Swing, Swing, Swing from the tangles of
My heart is crushed by a former love
Can you help me find a way
To carry on again.
She looked at Ryo, and without thinking, she kissed him. And he kissed back.
Wish cast into the sky
I'm moving on
Sweet beginnings do arise
She knows I was wrong
The notes are old,
They bend, they fold
and so do I to a new love.
"Carry me. Away." Ryo said softly, and they went away. In their own wonderland.
Bury me
(you thought your problems were gone)
Carry me
(away. away, away...)
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Well, that's done.
This story was unforgivable and late. I apologize. I wish I could say more, but I wanted to finish this at least. I might make another chapter but I doubt it.
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