Is This what Loves feels like?
Disclaimer: I do not own digimon or the characters. I just like to write my own sideline stories using other peoples creation.
Chapter One
An aubern haired girl walked silently along the path in the city park. It was a warm evening and the start of her spring break. The redish glow from the sunset gleamed amongst the many trees around the park. A light breeze in the air tickeled the leaves. It was warm but you still needed a light jacket.
Rika Nonaka found a small spot near the glass like lake. She sat down and gazed in front of her. Oblivious to the blue haired boy that was watching her. He approached Rika and sat down beside her in silence. Henry knew there was something wrong from the moment Rika had entered the park. Getting her to confess would be hard but he knew Rika would tell him, and only him in her own time. Rika sighed and looked down at her feet.
Six months ago, she and all the other tamers had fought the D-Reaper. Six months ago Rika learned that someone cared for her, someone she had been ignoring up intil that moment. Ryo had asked for her strength in order to protect her and the others. She thought she was falling for him, but tonight she was proved wrong. Ryo had told Rika how he felt and she simply rejected it. Not that she has afraid, but she didn't feel this way about him. Her feelings were with someone else. And not just an ordinary someone, they were for her best friend Henry. Her only real friend except for Renamon, but she was gone now.
"Did he tell you?" Henry asked quietly. Rika kept her face down and nodded. "What happened?" He asked her gently and Rika turned to face him, his eyes full of concern. 'Friendship Rika, thats all you have with him. Not anything else' Rika thought to herself as she gazed into Henry's deep grey eyes. 'But thats not all you want is it?' another part of her mind told her. Rika sighed again.
"I said I liked someone else and that we couldn't be together because it wasn't fair. I didn't mean to hurt him, but I couldn't be with him any longer." She looked away again. She was positive she had seen some longing or hope in his deep eyes, but as quickly as it came it flashed away again. "I don't know what to do now Henry, I don't want Ryo to hate me. I just like this other guy and well I, I Oh Henry!" Rika wrapped her arms around his neck and burried her face in his chest. She was shaking a little and Henry could feel his shirt getting a little damp but he didn't mind. He was here to comfort Rika and that was it.
"You know" Henry said a smile creeping on his lips "If anyone else knew Rika Nonaka was crying in my arms they'd take away the name Ice Queen." Rika couldn't help it but smile.
"I'm not crying" She got up quickly and wiped away her tears.
"Sure Rika. Listen why don't you come back to mine for awhile to talk? It's only 7:30 and I know for a fact you don't need to be home for another 2 hours. Please Rika?" He asked her. She turned and smiled at him. Her eyes sparkled from the last few tears that had been wiped away.
"I'd like that" She said quietly. Henry got himself up and offered a hand to Rika, she took it and pulled herself up still smiling a little and not letting go of Henry's hand. Surprisingly he didn't pull away either.
As soon as they started walking Rika realised her hand was still clasped in Henry's and she quickly pulled away. They continued walking in silence. When Rika had pulled away Henry had felt hurt, but Rika was his friend and if she didn't want to hold his hand she didn't have too, it was entirely her choice. Just like it would be to take their friendship a step further. He was falling for Rika, he had to admit it. But knew she only felt friendship for him. Wishing it was more he gave a small sigh, but smiled. At least they were friends, best friends even.
"Is something wrong?" Rika asked as she heard him sigh. Henry turned to face her.
"Well..No nothing's wrong Rika" Rika just nodded. He knew she was going to ask him later, but he was thankful for her not asking him now. He just wanted a bit of time to think. 'Man, i'm selfish' he thought to himself 'Rika's upset and i'm thinking about me. Not good, not good at all' He sighed again and carried on walking to his apartment block.
It only took about five miniutes to get from the park to Henry's apartment block, but this time it had taken more like twenty. They wee both walking slowly and deep in thought so it was natural they took a little longer. Henry took out his keys and made his way inside.
"Come in Rika, no ones home. They've all gone away for a weekend to visit my Grandparents" Rika smiled as she walked through into the familiar household.
"How did you pull off not going this time then?" Rika smirked knowing that Henry didn't like seeing his grandparents very much because they didn't treat him right and he didn't like it. Unlike his parents they didn't trust him one tiny bit so one of them was always with him. Unless he was in the bathroom or sleeping.
"Well I said that I had alot of homework and I wanted to do it now so that I could go out with you guys later in the holiday. Do you want a drink?"
"No, um Henry. Somethings wrong. Tell me"
"Rika, I saw you upset first so you tell me your problems." Henry said grabbing a soda from the fridge and sitting down. Rika frowned, she knew he'd say that but figured it was worth a shot. Knowing Henry he'd keep her here until about a quarter past nine, then walk her home without telling her. Then she got an idea.
"Henry can I use your phone? I wanna call my mom"
"Sure go ahead" Rika smiled and walked into the hall where the phone was.
RING RING...RING RING
"Hello" answered Rumiko
"Hey mom, im staying ay Henry's tonight. Nothings wrong I just want to talk to him, and I have alot to say" Rika said hoping her mother would say yes, even though Rika would stay if her mother said no. Really she was just telling her mom where she was.
"Well, okay hunny but be back by 2pm tomorrow. You've got a photo shoot" Rumiko replied slowly. Rika groaned.
"Okay mom bye" Rika hung up the phone and turned to see Henry behind her with his eyebrows raised.
"Explain" He said pointing at the phone.
"Err well Henry I knew you wont going to tell me so I figured if I stayed here you would tell me. Umm Im sorry, I'll go" Rika turned round to walk out the door. Henry pulled on her arm as she turned. Smirking Rika turned back around and said
"I know you to well!" She laughed and walked into Henry's room with him close behind her. She sat on his bed and looked up at him. "Now tell me what's wrong, and I want you to tell me first because you never do" Sighing Henry walked over to where Rika was siting and sat beside her.
"Rika, you know how much our friendship means to me?"
"Yeah, it means alot to me too" Rika said. 'Oh no, now he doesn't even want to be my friend' she thought but something at the back of her mind was telling her that, that wasnt what Henry was going to say. She turned to face him and met his eyes, filled with a million and one emotions.
"Well, lately i've been thinking that our friendship means more than just friendship. I just keep thinking about you and how much I like you. We've like this more or less scince we met and when you started dating Ryo I felt jealous and now I kno-" He was cut off my Rika placing her lips gently on his capturing them in a kiss no-one was expecting. "Wow" was all he managed to say after they pulled away from each other.
"I've been thinking that too, well not the jealous part but you're the other guy I meant when I was talking to Ryo. I just didn't want to say in case you didn't feel the same way-" this time Rika was shocked as Henry kissed her with gently he took her hand in his and held it until they finished kissing.
Suddenly reality hit Rika. She pulled herself away from Henry and stood up. Confused Henry asked
"Whats wrong? Did I do something bad?"
"No, It's just that. While Ryo and I were together he did something, well tried to. Thats the other reason we broke up" Rika could feel hot tears well up inside her eyelids as she closed her eyes praying she silently praying inside herself that she wouldn't be hurt again.
"Did he...try to.. err. Oh my god Rika I can't believe he did that!" Henry shouted as he stood up furious at Ryo for doing something like that.
"Henry he tried, but he didn't. Why else do you think he's got a broken nose? I did it when I was trying to get away" She turned back to Henry. Seeing her like this made his heart melt. He didn't want her to be sad. He wanted to comfort her, he wanted to protect her and he wanted to kill Ryo.
"I just can't believe he would try to rape you!"
"Like I said, he didn't do it"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Rika looked into Henry's hurt filled eyes.
"Because, I didn't want you to know. I wanted to keep it a secret. I knew you'd get mad at me" She said softly pulling away from Henry's embrace.
"Rika, I'm not mad at you, Im mad at him. He shouldn't have done it, it was wrong"
After a few moments of speaking Rika sighed.
"Where do we stand?2 She asked quietly.
"Well we know how we feel, but if you don't want to take this any further then we won't" Henry said softly stroking a strand of Rika's firey hair. "I just want to make you happy"
"Henry you do make me happy, when im with you im nearly always smiling. I just don't want to get hurt. And I don't want you to either."
"I would never hurt you, i'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have told you" Henry sighed looking ahead of him.
"No, Im glad you did. And if you still want it, then I would like to start a relationship with you. Just not yet, I need some time to think"
"I know you do, but im here for you, whenever you want to talk."
"Thankyou Henry" and with that Rika kissed him gently on the cheek, smiled and fell into a deep sleep.
Disclaimer: I do not own digimon or the characters. I just like to write my own sideline stories using other peoples creation.
Chapter One
An aubern haired girl walked silently along the path in the city park. It was a warm evening and the start of her spring break. The redish glow from the sunset gleamed amongst the many trees around the park. A light breeze in the air tickeled the leaves. It was warm but you still needed a light jacket.
Rika Nonaka found a small spot near the glass like lake. She sat down and gazed in front of her. Oblivious to the blue haired boy that was watching her. He approached Rika and sat down beside her in silence. Henry knew there was something wrong from the moment Rika had entered the park. Getting her to confess would be hard but he knew Rika would tell him, and only him in her own time. Rika sighed and looked down at her feet.
Six months ago, she and all the other tamers had fought the D-Reaper. Six months ago Rika learned that someone cared for her, someone she had been ignoring up intil that moment. Ryo had asked for her strength in order to protect her and the others. She thought she was falling for him, but tonight she was proved wrong. Ryo had told Rika how he felt and she simply rejected it. Not that she has afraid, but she didn't feel this way about him. Her feelings were with someone else. And not just an ordinary someone, they were for her best friend Henry. Her only real friend except for Renamon, but she was gone now.
"Did he tell you?" Henry asked quietly. Rika kept her face down and nodded. "What happened?" He asked her gently and Rika turned to face him, his eyes full of concern. 'Friendship Rika, thats all you have with him. Not anything else' Rika thought to herself as she gazed into Henry's deep grey eyes. 'But thats not all you want is it?' another part of her mind told her. Rika sighed again.
"I said I liked someone else and that we couldn't be together because it wasn't fair. I didn't mean to hurt him, but I couldn't be with him any longer." She looked away again. She was positive she had seen some longing or hope in his deep eyes, but as quickly as it came it flashed away again. "I don't know what to do now Henry, I don't want Ryo to hate me. I just like this other guy and well I, I Oh Henry!" Rika wrapped her arms around his neck and burried her face in his chest. She was shaking a little and Henry could feel his shirt getting a little damp but he didn't mind. He was here to comfort Rika and that was it.
"You know" Henry said a smile creeping on his lips "If anyone else knew Rika Nonaka was crying in my arms they'd take away the name Ice Queen." Rika couldn't help it but smile.
"I'm not crying" She got up quickly and wiped away her tears.
"Sure Rika. Listen why don't you come back to mine for awhile to talk? It's only 7:30 and I know for a fact you don't need to be home for another 2 hours. Please Rika?" He asked her. She turned and smiled at him. Her eyes sparkled from the last few tears that had been wiped away.
"I'd like that" She said quietly. Henry got himself up and offered a hand to Rika, she took it and pulled herself up still smiling a little and not letting go of Henry's hand. Surprisingly he didn't pull away either.
As soon as they started walking Rika realised her hand was still clasped in Henry's and she quickly pulled away. They continued walking in silence. When Rika had pulled away Henry had felt hurt, but Rika was his friend and if she didn't want to hold his hand she didn't have too, it was entirely her choice. Just like it would be to take their friendship a step further. He was falling for Rika, he had to admit it. But knew she only felt friendship for him. Wishing it was more he gave a small sigh, but smiled. At least they were friends, best friends even.
"Is something wrong?" Rika asked as she heard him sigh. Henry turned to face her.
"Well..No nothing's wrong Rika" Rika just nodded. He knew she was going to ask him later, but he was thankful for her not asking him now. He just wanted a bit of time to think. 'Man, i'm selfish' he thought to himself 'Rika's upset and i'm thinking about me. Not good, not good at all' He sighed again and carried on walking to his apartment block.
It only took about five miniutes to get from the park to Henry's apartment block, but this time it had taken more like twenty. They wee both walking slowly and deep in thought so it was natural they took a little longer. Henry took out his keys and made his way inside.
"Come in Rika, no ones home. They've all gone away for a weekend to visit my Grandparents" Rika smiled as she walked through into the familiar household.
"How did you pull off not going this time then?" Rika smirked knowing that Henry didn't like seeing his grandparents very much because they didn't treat him right and he didn't like it. Unlike his parents they didn't trust him one tiny bit so one of them was always with him. Unless he was in the bathroom or sleeping.
"Well I said that I had alot of homework and I wanted to do it now so that I could go out with you guys later in the holiday. Do you want a drink?"
"No, um Henry. Somethings wrong. Tell me"
"Rika, I saw you upset first so you tell me your problems." Henry said grabbing a soda from the fridge and sitting down. Rika frowned, she knew he'd say that but figured it was worth a shot. Knowing Henry he'd keep her here until about a quarter past nine, then walk her home without telling her. Then she got an idea.
"Henry can I use your phone? I wanna call my mom"
"Sure go ahead" Rika smiled and walked into the hall where the phone was.
RING RING...RING RING
"Hello" answered Rumiko
"Hey mom, im staying ay Henry's tonight. Nothings wrong I just want to talk to him, and I have alot to say" Rika said hoping her mother would say yes, even though Rika would stay if her mother said no. Really she was just telling her mom where she was.
"Well, okay hunny but be back by 2pm tomorrow. You've got a photo shoot" Rumiko replied slowly. Rika groaned.
"Okay mom bye" Rika hung up the phone and turned to see Henry behind her with his eyebrows raised.
"Explain" He said pointing at the phone.
"Err well Henry I knew you wont going to tell me so I figured if I stayed here you would tell me. Umm Im sorry, I'll go" Rika turned round to walk out the door. Henry pulled on her arm as she turned. Smirking Rika turned back around and said
"I know you to well!" She laughed and walked into Henry's room with him close behind her. She sat on his bed and looked up at him. "Now tell me what's wrong, and I want you to tell me first because you never do" Sighing Henry walked over to where Rika was siting and sat beside her.
"Rika, you know how much our friendship means to me?"
"Yeah, it means alot to me too" Rika said. 'Oh no, now he doesn't even want to be my friend' she thought but something at the back of her mind was telling her that, that wasnt what Henry was going to say. She turned to face him and met his eyes, filled with a million and one emotions.
"Well, lately i've been thinking that our friendship means more than just friendship. I just keep thinking about you and how much I like you. We've like this more or less scince we met and when you started dating Ryo I felt jealous and now I kno-" He was cut off my Rika placing her lips gently on his capturing them in a kiss no-one was expecting. "Wow" was all he managed to say after they pulled away from each other.
"I've been thinking that too, well not the jealous part but you're the other guy I meant when I was talking to Ryo. I just didn't want to say in case you didn't feel the same way-" this time Rika was shocked as Henry kissed her with gently he took her hand in his and held it until they finished kissing.
Suddenly reality hit Rika. She pulled herself away from Henry and stood up. Confused Henry asked
"Whats wrong? Did I do something bad?"
"No, It's just that. While Ryo and I were together he did something, well tried to. Thats the other reason we broke up" Rika could feel hot tears well up inside her eyelids as she closed her eyes praying she silently praying inside herself that she wouldn't be hurt again.
"Did he...try to.. err. Oh my god Rika I can't believe he did that!" Henry shouted as he stood up furious at Ryo for doing something like that.
"Henry he tried, but he didn't. Why else do you think he's got a broken nose? I did it when I was trying to get away" She turned back to Henry. Seeing her like this made his heart melt. He didn't want her to be sad. He wanted to comfort her, he wanted to protect her and he wanted to kill Ryo.
"I just can't believe he would try to rape you!"
"Like I said, he didn't do it"
"Why didn't you tell me?" Rika looked into Henry's hurt filled eyes.
"Because, I didn't want you to know. I wanted to keep it a secret. I knew you'd get mad at me" She said softly pulling away from Henry's embrace.
"Rika, I'm not mad at you, Im mad at him. He shouldn't have done it, it was wrong"
After a few moments of speaking Rika sighed.
"Where do we stand?2 She asked quietly.
"Well we know how we feel, but if you don't want to take this any further then we won't" Henry said softly stroking a strand of Rika's firey hair. "I just want to make you happy"
"Henry you do make me happy, when im with you im nearly always smiling. I just don't want to get hurt. And I don't want you to either."
"I would never hurt you, i'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have told you" Henry sighed looking ahead of him.
"No, Im glad you did. And if you still want it, then I would like to start a relationship with you. Just not yet, I need some time to think"
"I know you do, but im here for you, whenever you want to talk."
"Thankyou Henry" and with that Rika kissed him gently on the cheek, smiled and fell into a deep sleep.