Little Richard's Intentions for Ryo & Rika
Phase 2: The Matchmaking
DF103 – yup yup…back with another chapter…little Richard is going to play matchmaker! hahahah…this should be pretty interesting…so anywayz…I dun own digimon, but I own Richard and another character that'll be introduced in the middle of this chapter…so here's Little Richard's Intentions for Ryo & Rika – Phase 2: The Matchmaking…
The black van drove up to Rika's house. Henry turned around from the driver's seat and looked at Richard.
"Okay, make sure not to blow our cover," Henry said.
"How can I blow your cover, when you don't even have a cover on you?" Richard asked, looking confused.
"He means, don't tell anyone that you're trying to get Rika and Ryo together," Jeri said, giggling.
"Oh, okay, I won't," Richard said.
"Good," Henry said, patting Richard's blonde hair, "Now try to get them at the park."
"Okay," Richard said, as he jumped down from the van.
"Don't worry about Ryo. We'll take care of him. By the time you guys get to the park, he'll be near the hideout, okay?" Alice said.
"Okay," Richard said, heading towards the door.
"Wait, give Rika this letter," Henry said, handing Richard a piece of paper.
Richard nodded, took his duffle bag, and walked up to the door, until he was stopped again.
"And try to find any proof that she likes Ryo," Jeri said.
"Okay," Richard said, making his way towards the door again, as he dragged his bag on the ground. He knocked on the door, as the van left.
"Who is it?" Rika asked from behind the door.
"It's Richard," Richard said, as Rika opened the door.
"Oh, hey Richard," Rika said.
Richard handed Rika the letter that Henry gave him. Rika unfolded it and it read,
Rika,
Sorry for the short notice, but could you watch Richard for me for the next few days? Yamaki and Riley went on a week-long cruise and Alice and I are just packed with work. Since you seemed to get along with Richard, I thought you'd be a perfect person to watch him. I hope he behaves and I'll call ahead of time when I'm going to pick him up. Thanks.
"Is this from Henry?" Rika asked. "I didn't think he'd be the type to leave a kid without saying anything..."
"Yup," Richard said.
'Good ole Henry,' Rika thought.
"Come in, Richard, and make yourself at home," Rika said, opening the door wider to let him in.
To Henry and the others…
"So how are we going to get Ryo to the park?" Kazu asked.
"I'm thinking," Henry said, as he drove towards Ryo's apartment complex.
"Ask Ryo if he has Richard's coat or something," Takato suggested.
"Okay, okay," Henry said, getting out of the van. "There is a 50/50 chance of him having it. Hopefully, he'll have it or something." He shut the door.
Henry walked into the hallway, where Ryo's place resided. Now all he had to do was remember which room was Ryo's.
"Let's see, its either room 26 or room 28," Henry said to himself.
He walked over to room 26 and knocked on the door. It was after he knocked on the door that he realized that he had the wrong door. Henry was about to leave when he heard the door open and heard a friendly feminine, "Hello?" Henry turned around and looked at her as if she was an angel from heaven. She was about Henry's age, with brown, shoulder length hair, like Jeri, and had blue eyes.
"Yes?" the young lady asked.
Henry was speechless. He looked ridiculous with his mouth wide open.
"Umm…did you need something?" she asked, with a confused look.
"Uh. Sorry, wrong door," Henry said, as he looked into her blue eyes.
She smiled and said, "Are you just saying that as an excuse or are you telling the truth?"
"It's the truth. I'm looking for my friend Ryo, but I got the—" Henry started, but stopped as she walked closer to him.
"I'm Melanie. What's your name?" Melanie asked.
"Um…Henry," Henry said.
"That's a nice name. Nice to meet you, Henry," Melanie said.
"Uh…yeah, yeah you too," Henry stuttered, as he turned around to leave.
"Wait," Melanie said, grabbing Henry's arm, and taking out a pen, "give me a call sometime and maybe you can show me around the city, since I'm new around here," she wrote her phone number on his hand.
"Okay," Henry said, smiling.
As Henry started walking, still looking at Melanie, he stumbled over his own feet and fell. He looked back at her and saw her giggling and waving to him. He flushed red and got up, dusting himself off.
'Go Henry…just go ahead and make a fool of yourself in front of a girl you like,' Henry thought to himself, as he made his way to Ryo's door. He knocked on the door and waited, watching Melanie go back into her room.
"Hey," Ryo said, opening the door wider, "it's a surprise to see you."
"Yeah, I know. I was just wondering if you have Richard's coat?" Henry asked.
"Don't think I saw it—wait, I think he took it off somewhere in the park. Let me get my coat and I'll show you," Ryo said, grabbing his coat.
They walked out of the building and walked towards the van.
"Everyone else is here, too" Henry said, opening the van, "except Rika."
"Cool, I guess," Ryo said, hopping onto the passenger seat.
They drove to the park and walked over to Guilmon's hideout, where the coat really was.
"See, there it is," Ryo said, pointing to the coat.
Simultaneously…
Rika looked at Richard, who was in a T-shirt, on a cold day like this.
"Aren't you a little cold there buddy?" Rika asked.
"Uh. Just a little," Richard said, looking up at Rika.
"Where's your coat?" Rika asked.
"Um. At the hideout," Richard replied, smiling innocently.
"Now that's an issue. How about we take a trip to the park to get it, huh?" Rika asked, reaching over to get her coat.
"Yeah," Richard said, excitedly.
They both walked out the door and made their way to the park.
"I think it's in the hideout," Richard said.
The two of them walked over to the hideout and saw Henry talking to someone.
"Hey Henry," Rika said, stepping into the hideout, "I thought you had work to do."
"Oh, it's my lunch break right now," Henry answered.
"Hiya, pumpkin," a voice said, from one corner.
"Ryo?" Rika asked, surprised by his voice.
"Long time, no see, wildcat," Ryo said, flashing a smile.
"Hi, Ryo!" Richard yelled, giving him a hug.
"Hey, Richard. How's your day with Rika so far?" Ryo asked.
"Good," Richard answered.
"That's good," Ryo replied.
"Um. I'll leave you two alone for a few minutes," Henry said, "Come on, Richard."
"So..." Ryo started.
"Look, if it's about this morning, forget it," Rika said.
"What about this morning?" Ryo said, smiling again.
"Very funny," Rika said.
"But, seriously. I wasn't going to ask that," Ryo said, "I was going to ask about your time with Richard."
"Oh, my bad," Rika said, watching Richard chasing Henry around, "he's a cute kid."
"Yeah," Ryo said, watching Richard also.
There seemed to be an awkward silence between them.
'Maybe I can take this chance to ask her, since she looks dazed,' Ryo thought.
"Rika? Do you like me?" Ryo asked.
"Mm-hmm," Rika said, absent-mindedly.
"Really?" Ryo asked.
"...Huh?" Rika asked, as she looked back at Ryo, who was smiling, "What?"
"Oh, nothing," Ryo said, innocently.
"Whatever," Rika said.
"Hey, there's a new heated pool built near my apartment. Maybe you and Richard can come over later to my place and the three of us can go together," Ryo said.
"Heated pool? Sounds fun. But I don't know if Richard can swim," Rika said.
"If he does, that's great. If he doesn't, we'll teach him," Ryo said.
"Okay, I guess I'll see you later then," Rika said, getting up.
"Yeah, later," Ryo said.
Rika went out to talk to Henry about the swimming pool idea, while Ryo still stayed in the old shack.
'I wonder if she really meant to say "mm-hmm" because, afterall, she was 'out there,' Ryo thought.
"At least, I'll get to talk to her more," Ryo said aloud.
Back to Rika and Henry...
"Are you sure it's okay for me to take him to the pool?" Rika asked.
"Yes, it's okay, Rika," Henry said.
"Okay, just making sure," Rika said, watching Richard again.
"Richard, get your coat. You're going to be leaving soon," Henry said, facing Richard.
"Okay, Mr. Wong," Richard said, running to the hideout.
"By the way, thanks for taking care of him," Henry said, facing Rika again.
"No problem," Rika said, "he's no problem at all."
"That's good. He's a good kid," Henry said, as Richard ran towards them with his coat on.
"Okay, I hope you brought your swimming trunks because we're going swimming," Rika said.
"Yay!" Richard said.
"Now, be a good boy for Rika," Henry said.
"Okay," Richard said, smiling once again.
Ryo soon came out of the hideout and walked up to them.
"So, I'll see you whenever you come, right?" Ryo asked.
"Um, do you want me to call before we leave," Rika asked.
"That'd be kinda nice," Ryo answered, "here, I'll give you my number since you probably don't know it."
Ryo took out a pen from his pocket and wrote it on Rika's hand. As Henry watched them, he remembered Melanie and how she wrote her number on his hand. Henry looked down at his hand and saw the number. He thought about her the whole while he stood there.
"Henry...Henry?" Ryo said, slightly shaking him.
"Huh?" Henry said.
"Dude, let's go," Ryo said, heading for the van.
"Okay, I'll call you when I'll be able to pick Richard up," Henry said, stooping down to Richard's height.
"Put the microphone in your towel bag when you go swimming, okay?" Henry whispered, into Richard's ears.
Richard nodded as Henry stood up and walked over to the van.
"So you ready for a fun day?" Rika asked.
Richard simply nodded.
DF103 - Sorry for the long wait people...yup yup...school starts and writing time becomes scarce so...I won't be updating as fast as I usually do...but...here's another chapter...hope you like it...please review...I would really appreciate it...well, till next chapter...PEACE
