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You can be seen at every party at the playboy mansion.
Fun, said, I know I gotta draw the line.
You wanna be in the flashes of light, holdin' me tight.
Get your phony laugh, I guess you gotta be photographed.
You can say it's real but I know where it's at.
Just don't tell me that,
You are gonna love me,
I don't wanna hear it baby..
You don't have to tell me that it's gonna be the last line..
Baby I won't go for that.
Even if you did say you were gonna be there,
I don't want you back.
'Cause it's not about love,
Just don't tell me that.
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"So, guys, what are you up to?" Arista asked politely, trying anything to avoid the conversation at hand as she set her tall blue-tinted glass full of water back down on the small table in Rika's room and looked up at the other three that sat, one on each side.
Rika made a face at her, more a scowl than a sarcastic one at her attempt to further the small talk.
"Don't get off the subject." Rika snapped at the blonde-haired girl as she sat back on her knees and looked at Josh. "You have something to tell Henry, no?"
"No....." Josh said slowly.
Rika glared fiercly at him, Henry just looking about the three. "Is there something I missed?" he asked.
Josh grinned at him innocently. "Not that I know of." he said simply, feeling himself grind his teeth slowly in nervousness.
Henry was one of the first to pick up on it. "Josh?" he asked almost in a whisper, loud enough for the tall boy sitting next to him to hear.
"Okay, alright, so I do..." Josh blurted, flailing his arms for a moment or two at Rika. "You satisfied?!"
"Not yet... you still have to tell 'im." Rika crossed her arms over her chest and raised an auburn eyebrow at him.
Josh just frowned at her and leaned his left side against the table, turning himself towards Henry.
"Well, uh, I don't exactly know how to explain this..."
Henry gave him a look, that read 'Don't tell me, I already know'.
Josh went silent, but Rika pushed him in the back of the spine fiercly with the knuckles of her fist.
He grimaced in pain, glared at the lilac eyes, and turned back to Henry.
"I'm.. not human."
Dead silence filled the air and a blank look crossed Henry's face.
"Uh... Josh.. you lost me..."
Josh set his elbow on the table and buried his face in his hand, groaning. "Rika can't you just tell him?
"Nope." she answered simply.
"Arista..." he looked up with saddened blue eyes, clearly forced.
"Heck, no.. I'm not saving your back this time.. I told Rika my part... it's time for you to tell Henry."
Henry just looked between the three again. "I did miss something.. you know something I don't."
"Henry.. I'm Terriermon."
Henry's gray eyes went an almost black color as he stared at Josh, both hands covering his face now, not giving any intentions of looking up any time soon.
"This is some big joke..." Henry looked franticly between Arista and Rika.
Rika shook her head. "No, Henry... it's not."
She looked over at Arista and nodded sharply at her. Arista took a deep breath and stood up, now looking down at the blue-haired boy.
"My name.. isn't Arista..."
Henry went dead-silent again.
".. it's Renamon."
Henry looked straight at Rika with hard eyes. "You knew... and you never told me?!" he demanded angrily.
Rika's violet eyes softened. "He wanted to tell you, Henry."
Henry stood up abruptly, glaring at Josh who's face was now uncovered, showing redish eyes with tears coming down his cheeks.
"Some partner you turned out to be..." he snapped at Josh, turned and walked out.
Rika jumped up immediatly.
"Henry..." she said loudly as she ran after him and out the door.
There was an eery silence between Arista and Josh for many moments, until Josh managed to say something in a strained voice, head buried in his arm as he laid from his chest up on the table.
"He's right." he whispered.
Arista slumped onto her knees and looked at the usually bright-eyed boy, depressed and angry at the world now.
"Don't say that..." she stroked his hair slowly. "... he just dosen't understand. This is how Rika acted when she first found out.. remember how I was such an emotional wreck?"
Silence from Josh that was taken from Arista as a yes.
"And you comforted me... but she and I are even closer together now because of this human thing going between us."
He slowly sat up straight and looked at her, blinking away tears.
"But... this is Henry... he never acted like that before.... EVER...." Josh's calm demenor vanished as he started to sound like a hurt six-year-old, the regular sound of the digimon that he was before in his voice.
"Com'ere..." Arista held out her arms, much like Josh had to her that sunny afternoon. But, she had been used to Rika turning her away, Josh wasn't...
Josh curled up into her, placing his head on her shoulder and crying bitterly like a young child.
"I know it's hard, love. I know it is..." Arista whispered softly into his ear and rocked him back and forth.
~
"Henry wait up!"
Rika ran across the wooden porch connecting her room from the rest of the house, trying to keep up with Henry, almost at the door that hooked onto the hallway, and out the front door.
"Why should I even talk to you anymore?" Henry whirled around with anger raging through every single part of his body. "You never told me... you should've told me.. I've been worried sick about him for the longest time... and you knew... this whole time!"
Rika protested with all her strength. "Henry, I just found out earlier today... it's not like I've known forever."
"But you had the chance to tell me..." Henry's voice cracked as his gray eyes softened down into a crying state as one single frustrated tear at his girlfriend emerged.
"So sue me that I was so wrapped up in your arms that I forgot. And if you wanted to know something you could've asked." Rika snapped back at him, putting her hands on her hips.
"Well I was too wrapped up in your eyes to ask you anything!" Henry's mouth broke in a grin as much as he tried to fight it.
"Then why are you getting so mad at me, you hypocrite?" Rika started into a giggle, forcing herself to look sturn.
"Well probably because you're so stubborn..." Henry's smile grew into a laugh.
"I get it from you..." Rika took a step towards him, closing the space gap between them, but still laughing.
Henry draped his arms around her waist. "I thought you were mad at me."
Rika put her hand playfully on his chest and grinned. "You know I can't stay mad at you for more than two minutes at a time, never had been able to..."
Henry smiled lovingly at her. "I'm sorry.."
"I am too."
Rika softly kissed him. "Now com'on..."
She motioned back by tilting her head quickly to the side towards her bedroom door. "You have someone you need to talk to."
Henry placed an arm over her shoulders as they walked back in the bright moonlight of the crisp autumn night. "Do you think he'll ever forgive me?"
Rika put her head on his shoulder and sighed. "Do I really need to answer that question?"
Henry shook his head slowly as he put his hand on the handle of the door. "No.. you don't..."
He opened it slowly and to both tamer's amazement they looked upon their digimon, human formed, in each other's arms, slumped against the table, fast asleep.
"Well..." Henry laughed quietly. "I always said... they'd find a way."
~
You can be seen at every party at the playboy mansion.
Fun, said, I know I gotta draw the line.
You wanna be in the flashes of light, holdin' me tight.
Get your phony laugh, I guess you gotta be photographed.
You can say it's real but I know where it's at.
Just don't tell me that,
You are gonna love me,
I don't wanna hear it baby..
You don't have to tell me that it's gonna be the last line..
Baby I won't go for that.
Even if you did say you were gonna be there,
I don't want you back.
'Cause it's not about love,
Just don't tell me that.
----
"So, guys, what are you up to?" Arista asked politely, trying anything to avoid the conversation at hand as she set her tall blue-tinted glass full of water back down on the small table in Rika's room and looked up at the other three that sat, one on each side.
Rika made a face at her, more a scowl than a sarcastic one at her attempt to further the small talk.
"Don't get off the subject." Rika snapped at the blonde-haired girl as she sat back on her knees and looked at Josh. "You have something to tell Henry, no?"
"No....." Josh said slowly.
Rika glared fiercly at him, Henry just looking about the three. "Is there something I missed?" he asked.
Josh grinned at him innocently. "Not that I know of." he said simply, feeling himself grind his teeth slowly in nervousness.
Henry was one of the first to pick up on it. "Josh?" he asked almost in a whisper, loud enough for the tall boy sitting next to him to hear.
"Okay, alright, so I do..." Josh blurted, flailing his arms for a moment or two at Rika. "You satisfied?!"
"Not yet... you still have to tell 'im." Rika crossed her arms over her chest and raised an auburn eyebrow at him.
Josh just frowned at her and leaned his left side against the table, turning himself towards Henry.
"Well, uh, I don't exactly know how to explain this..."
Henry gave him a look, that read 'Don't tell me, I already know'.
Josh went silent, but Rika pushed him in the back of the spine fiercly with the knuckles of her fist.
He grimaced in pain, glared at the lilac eyes, and turned back to Henry.
"I'm.. not human."
Dead silence filled the air and a blank look crossed Henry's face.
"Uh... Josh.. you lost me..."
Josh set his elbow on the table and buried his face in his hand, groaning. "Rika can't you just tell him?
"Nope." she answered simply.
"Arista..." he looked up with saddened blue eyes, clearly forced.
"Heck, no.. I'm not saving your back this time.. I told Rika my part... it's time for you to tell Henry."
Henry just looked between the three again. "I did miss something.. you know something I don't."
"Henry.. I'm Terriermon."
Henry's gray eyes went an almost black color as he stared at Josh, both hands covering his face now, not giving any intentions of looking up any time soon.
"This is some big joke..." Henry looked franticly between Arista and Rika.
Rika shook her head. "No, Henry... it's not."
She looked over at Arista and nodded sharply at her. Arista took a deep breath and stood up, now looking down at the blue-haired boy.
"My name.. isn't Arista..."
Henry went dead-silent again.
".. it's Renamon."
Henry looked straight at Rika with hard eyes. "You knew... and you never told me?!" he demanded angrily.
Rika's violet eyes softened. "He wanted to tell you, Henry."
Henry stood up abruptly, glaring at Josh who's face was now uncovered, showing redish eyes with tears coming down his cheeks.
"Some partner you turned out to be..." he snapped at Josh, turned and walked out.
Rika jumped up immediatly.
"Henry..." she said loudly as she ran after him and out the door.
There was an eery silence between Arista and Josh for many moments, until Josh managed to say something in a strained voice, head buried in his arm as he laid from his chest up on the table.
"He's right." he whispered.
Arista slumped onto her knees and looked at the usually bright-eyed boy, depressed and angry at the world now.
"Don't say that..." she stroked his hair slowly. "... he just dosen't understand. This is how Rika acted when she first found out.. remember how I was such an emotional wreck?"
Silence from Josh that was taken from Arista as a yes.
"And you comforted me... but she and I are even closer together now because of this human thing going between us."
He slowly sat up straight and looked at her, blinking away tears.
"But... this is Henry... he never acted like that before.... EVER...." Josh's calm demenor vanished as he started to sound like a hurt six-year-old, the regular sound of the digimon that he was before in his voice.
"Com'ere..." Arista held out her arms, much like Josh had to her that sunny afternoon. But, she had been used to Rika turning her away, Josh wasn't...
Josh curled up into her, placing his head on her shoulder and crying bitterly like a young child.
"I know it's hard, love. I know it is..." Arista whispered softly into his ear and rocked him back and forth.
~
"Henry wait up!"
Rika ran across the wooden porch connecting her room from the rest of the house, trying to keep up with Henry, almost at the door that hooked onto the hallway, and out the front door.
"Why should I even talk to you anymore?" Henry whirled around with anger raging through every single part of his body. "You never told me... you should've told me.. I've been worried sick about him for the longest time... and you knew... this whole time!"
Rika protested with all her strength. "Henry, I just found out earlier today... it's not like I've known forever."
"But you had the chance to tell me..." Henry's voice cracked as his gray eyes softened down into a crying state as one single frustrated tear at his girlfriend emerged.
"So sue me that I was so wrapped up in your arms that I forgot. And if you wanted to know something you could've asked." Rika snapped back at him, putting her hands on her hips.
"Well I was too wrapped up in your eyes to ask you anything!" Henry's mouth broke in a grin as much as he tried to fight it.
"Then why are you getting so mad at me, you hypocrite?" Rika started into a giggle, forcing herself to look sturn.
"Well probably because you're so stubborn..." Henry's smile grew into a laugh.
"I get it from you..." Rika took a step towards him, closing the space gap between them, but still laughing.
Henry draped his arms around her waist. "I thought you were mad at me."
Rika put her hand playfully on his chest and grinned. "You know I can't stay mad at you for more than two minutes at a time, never had been able to..."
Henry smiled lovingly at her. "I'm sorry.."
"I am too."
Rika softly kissed him. "Now com'on..."
She motioned back by tilting her head quickly to the side towards her bedroom door. "You have someone you need to talk to."
Henry placed an arm over her shoulders as they walked back in the bright moonlight of the crisp autumn night. "Do you think he'll ever forgive me?"
Rika put her head on his shoulder and sighed. "Do I really need to answer that question?"
Henry shook his head slowly as he put his hand on the handle of the door. "No.. you don't..."
He opened it slowly and to both tamer's amazement they looked upon their digimon, human formed, in each other's arms, slumped against the table, fast asleep.
"Well..." Henry laughed quietly. "I always said... they'd find a way."
~
