Is this what love feels like?
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon.
Reviews: Thank you to the people who reviewed, no this isn't the end not my fic, I hope you all continue reading as it's my first Henrika fic!
IceQueen0690: Thank you for your compliment. I try and right my best and I think your stories are real good.
Aristide: Thank you for the more critical side. I know during the season Ryo isn't agressive, but I thought about changing his character in this fic. Don't worry, I promise Ryo'll turn out good in the end. I like his character anyway. I also think that during the final episodes Rika became a little more open. I wrote about her crying because, even though it's only been six months, I felt she should have taken that time to develop a softer side. As the story continues you will see Rika is only like that towards Henry, to everyone else she still remains the Ice Queen. Your review helped me with this next chapter as I tried to contrast Rika's feelings abit more.
Chapter 2
The morning sunlight blazed through a tiny gap in the curtains. A blue haired lump gave a grunt from his bed. He had just had the most amazing dream about telling Rika how he felt about her. He looked over to the other side of his bed. 'hmm, to bad it really was a dream'. Henry sat up on his bed and rubbed away the dust from his eyes.
"Hetwy, Hetwy wake up! You said you wud take me to the pwark today! Hetwy!" Shouted the loud voice of Henry's younger sister Suzy. He looked over at his alarm clock reading almost 10.
"Okay, Suzy. Let me take a shower and get up. I'll take you to the park in an hour. Go play for a little while. I'll come get you when Im done" He said to her as he made his way over to the bathroom. Even though it was still a little bit early for him on a Sunday. He never felt happier after his dream about Rika. He really wanted to tell her, after all they were such good friends. But he couldn't help but feel she didn't like him that way. He had never known about her boyfriends or any past relationship.
As he was in the shower he thought about all the things that could happen between him and the red-head. Eventually he decided to keep it to himself for a while, just until he was sure about his feelings. If it was just a crush, it would past. But he wanted to see if it would develop into something more. He hadn't felt this way about a girl before. He didn't think any other girls liked him either. He was wrong though, he wasn't the most popular guy in school but alot of girls liked him, but being the kind and considerate Henry he was, he was completely oblivous to it all
After twenty minutes had past Henry dried himself off brushed his teeth and got dressed. He went to the kitchen and took an apple to eat as breakfast on the way home, then he saw the note.
Henry,
Im really sorry about leaving you here. I'll be back as soon as I can. Be good and stay out of trouble. Watch Suzy for us. There is somethings I need to take care of. Your mother is still visiting relatives with your brother and sister. I know your old enough to take care of yourself and Suzy for a few days.
Love Dad.
Henry put the note down and called to Suzy.
"Suzy, Come on. We're going to the park now."
"Otay Hetry!" She called back from her bedroom. Just as they were both putting their shoes on, the phone rang. It broke the silence in the house apart from the shuffeling of feet. Henry sighed and walked over to the ringing noise.
"Hello?"
"Hi Henry" Said a cheery voice.
"Hi Takato, why are you so happy?" Henry asked frowning abit. He knew Takato was usually happy but not this happy.
"Oh you know, just glad to be alive. So er what are you up to today?"
"Well im taking Suzy to the park in a minuite why?" Henry asked still frowning
"Ermm, well the rest of the Tamers and I are gonna meet up at Guilmon's old hideout. Yamaki called this morning saying we should all go over around two, so are you in? Obviously Suzy will need to come too." Takato replied.
"Umm sure we'll be there."
"Okay, well I called all the other Tamers exept Rika. Could you call her, I mean your the only one she talks to an' all and she doesn't seem to like me."
"Right Ill call her, See you at two"
"Bye!"
Henry put the phone down and walked back over to his sister who was standing with her shoes and coat on.
"Suzy we can only go to the park for a little while. Then we have to come back for lunch and then go and meet all the other Tamers. I just have to call Rika and we'll go" He said turning back to the phone.
"Is Wika coming to the pawrk too, Hetry?" Suzy asked sweetly. Henry stopped and said
"No Suzy but we'll see her later" Then he made his way over to the phone to call Rika.
"Hello can I speak to Rika please?" Henry asked the person on the other side of the line.
"Im sorry, she's still sleeping, can I take a message?"
"Can you tell her that all the Tamers are meeting at Guilmon's old hideout at 2'o'clock? I think it's important." Henry replied.
"Okay dear, and whose calling?"
"It's Henry"
"Okay Bye then" followed by a click then the dialing tone. Henry sighed again and hung up. He had a feeling today was going to be a long day.
Henry watched Suzy play in the sandbox, he pushed her on the swings listening to her scream happily as she went up in the air. Not really focusing much as his mind was on one thought. Rika.
Henry looked down at his watch. It was almost half past twelve.
"Okay Suzy, It's time to go back now!" Henry called to his sister who was playing on a small colourful climbing frame. Suzy jumped down and walked over to Henry smiling like there was no tommorow.
"Hetwy, you awre the bestest big browther in the whole world! I love you!" She ran over and hugged him tightly.
"Ahh Suzy, I love you too, now lets eat!" Suzy nodded and clung onto her brothers hand as they walked back to their apartment in silence.
Henry looked around the kitchen for the slightest bit of food finding nothing. He went back in his room and emerged shortly after with some money for lunch.
"Hey Suzy, do you want Pizza instead?"
"Why, What hawve I done?" She said walking up to her brother looking sad.
He laughed "Nothing, why do you think you've been bad?"
"Becwause evwytime you take me out for pizwa, you want to twell me that I've bween bad." She said almost starting to cry.
"Well are you ready for the bad news?" he asked, still trying not to laugh.
"No, but your gwoing to twell me anyway" She said looking at the floor. Henry knew this was mean but he couldn't help laughing.
"Sorry Suzy but the bad news is that we don't have any food so i'll have to take you out for Pizza. Is that okay?" Suzy looked up and smiled at her brother. "I'll take that as a yes then"
Just then a small knock came from the front door to the apartment. Henry walked over to reveal a very sleepy looking Rika.
"Hi Henry, umm can I talk to you a moment?" She asked not meeting his eyes. It was strange how much people would change in six months. Henry knew that Rika had broken up with Ryo two months ago because she told him she liked someone else. She hadn't told him or Henry who that other person was and to everyone else Rika and Ryo broke up because they just didn't feel right about it. Everyone exepted that. Henry was the only person who knew about why they really broke up, well him Rika and Ryo. And unlike Ryo, Henry never bugged her about who the other person was. He just figured she would tell him in her own time.
Suzy walked into her bedroom to give the two teens the privacy they asked for.
"So, Rika whats up?" Henry asked. Then she looked up at him, a huge bruise was covering half her cheeck. Her eyes looked pained and sad. "What happened?" He asked her, almost immeadiatly his eyes filled up with the concern he held for many of his friends, especially Rika.
"I, My Father. He c-came back l-last night" She suddered as she spoke the words. Henry stayed silent. "I w-woke up this morning. Gramdma gave me your message, and then I saw him with her" She spat the last word out, Henry sill stood there looking stunned. "She said- She said, we were all going out, I told her I was busy and He said not to talk to her like that." Henry guessed the he's and her's meant her mother and father. On the rare times Rika bought her father up, it sounded to Henry as if the mand was violent and needed help. Exept when she was a child, then she spoke about him like he was great. Until he left then, after almost killing his mother and daughter. Rika said he ran away because he was afraid of getting caught. "I told him that he didn't have the rights over me to say them sort of things, he didn't know me at all, and then-then he just hit me." Rika looked back down to the floor again. Henry placed a finger under her chin and lifted her head to hers. "Now i've got no-where to stay. I ran away, I didn't want to be with him at all." Henry looked deep into her eyes searching for anything but saddness. He hated seeing her this upset.
"You can stay here the night. I'm sure my parents won't mind." It was about the only thing he could manage to say to the distressed girl. Her eyes were red and he knew she was trying her hardest not to cry. Henry knew to her, crying was a sign of weakness and Rika wasn't weak. She was alone and found love hard, but she was not weak.
Rika looked at Henry and mumbled a 'thank you' and grabbed a small bag that was beside the door. He moved aside to let the girl pass.
"Put your things in my room. We're about to go out for dinner, We've got an hour until we meet up with Takato and the others. Are you hungry?"
"No, but i'll come anyways." She rubbed her eyes as Henry called for Suzy and they walked ouside. And all the way to the Pizza place in silence.
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon.
Reviews: Thank you to the people who reviewed, no this isn't the end not my fic, I hope you all continue reading as it's my first Henrika fic!
IceQueen0690: Thank you for your compliment. I try and right my best and I think your stories are real good.
Aristide: Thank you for the more critical side. I know during the season Ryo isn't agressive, but I thought about changing his character in this fic. Don't worry, I promise Ryo'll turn out good in the end. I like his character anyway. I also think that during the final episodes Rika became a little more open. I wrote about her crying because, even though it's only been six months, I felt she should have taken that time to develop a softer side. As the story continues you will see Rika is only like that towards Henry, to everyone else she still remains the Ice Queen. Your review helped me with this next chapter as I tried to contrast Rika's feelings abit more.
Chapter 2
The morning sunlight blazed through a tiny gap in the curtains. A blue haired lump gave a grunt from his bed. He had just had the most amazing dream about telling Rika how he felt about her. He looked over to the other side of his bed. 'hmm, to bad it really was a dream'. Henry sat up on his bed and rubbed away the dust from his eyes.
"Hetwy, Hetwy wake up! You said you wud take me to the pwark today! Hetwy!" Shouted the loud voice of Henry's younger sister Suzy. He looked over at his alarm clock reading almost 10.
"Okay, Suzy. Let me take a shower and get up. I'll take you to the park in an hour. Go play for a little while. I'll come get you when Im done" He said to her as he made his way over to the bathroom. Even though it was still a little bit early for him on a Sunday. He never felt happier after his dream about Rika. He really wanted to tell her, after all they were such good friends. But he couldn't help but feel she didn't like him that way. He had never known about her boyfriends or any past relationship.
As he was in the shower he thought about all the things that could happen between him and the red-head. Eventually he decided to keep it to himself for a while, just until he was sure about his feelings. If it was just a crush, it would past. But he wanted to see if it would develop into something more. He hadn't felt this way about a girl before. He didn't think any other girls liked him either. He was wrong though, he wasn't the most popular guy in school but alot of girls liked him, but being the kind and considerate Henry he was, he was completely oblivous to it all
After twenty minutes had past Henry dried himself off brushed his teeth and got dressed. He went to the kitchen and took an apple to eat as breakfast on the way home, then he saw the note.
Henry,
Im really sorry about leaving you here. I'll be back as soon as I can. Be good and stay out of trouble. Watch Suzy for us. There is somethings I need to take care of. Your mother is still visiting relatives with your brother and sister. I know your old enough to take care of yourself and Suzy for a few days.
Love Dad.
Henry put the note down and called to Suzy.
"Suzy, Come on. We're going to the park now."
"Otay Hetry!" She called back from her bedroom. Just as they were both putting their shoes on, the phone rang. It broke the silence in the house apart from the shuffeling of feet. Henry sighed and walked over to the ringing noise.
"Hello?"
"Hi Henry" Said a cheery voice.
"Hi Takato, why are you so happy?" Henry asked frowning abit. He knew Takato was usually happy but not this happy.
"Oh you know, just glad to be alive. So er what are you up to today?"
"Well im taking Suzy to the park in a minuite why?" Henry asked still frowning
"Ermm, well the rest of the Tamers and I are gonna meet up at Guilmon's old hideout. Yamaki called this morning saying we should all go over around two, so are you in? Obviously Suzy will need to come too." Takato replied.
"Umm sure we'll be there."
"Okay, well I called all the other Tamers exept Rika. Could you call her, I mean your the only one she talks to an' all and she doesn't seem to like me."
"Right Ill call her, See you at two"
"Bye!"
Henry put the phone down and walked back over to his sister who was standing with her shoes and coat on.
"Suzy we can only go to the park for a little while. Then we have to come back for lunch and then go and meet all the other Tamers. I just have to call Rika and we'll go" He said turning back to the phone.
"Is Wika coming to the pawrk too, Hetry?" Suzy asked sweetly. Henry stopped and said
"No Suzy but we'll see her later" Then he made his way over to the phone to call Rika.
"Hello can I speak to Rika please?" Henry asked the person on the other side of the line.
"Im sorry, she's still sleeping, can I take a message?"
"Can you tell her that all the Tamers are meeting at Guilmon's old hideout at 2'o'clock? I think it's important." Henry replied.
"Okay dear, and whose calling?"
"It's Henry"
"Okay Bye then" followed by a click then the dialing tone. Henry sighed again and hung up. He had a feeling today was going to be a long day.
Henry watched Suzy play in the sandbox, he pushed her on the swings listening to her scream happily as she went up in the air. Not really focusing much as his mind was on one thought. Rika.
Henry looked down at his watch. It was almost half past twelve.
"Okay Suzy, It's time to go back now!" Henry called to his sister who was playing on a small colourful climbing frame. Suzy jumped down and walked over to Henry smiling like there was no tommorow.
"Hetwy, you awre the bestest big browther in the whole world! I love you!" She ran over and hugged him tightly.
"Ahh Suzy, I love you too, now lets eat!" Suzy nodded and clung onto her brothers hand as they walked back to their apartment in silence.
Henry looked around the kitchen for the slightest bit of food finding nothing. He went back in his room and emerged shortly after with some money for lunch.
"Hey Suzy, do you want Pizza instead?"
"Why, What hawve I done?" She said walking up to her brother looking sad.
He laughed "Nothing, why do you think you've been bad?"
"Becwause evwytime you take me out for pizwa, you want to twell me that I've bween bad." She said almost starting to cry.
"Well are you ready for the bad news?" he asked, still trying not to laugh.
"No, but your gwoing to twell me anyway" She said looking at the floor. Henry knew this was mean but he couldn't help laughing.
"Sorry Suzy but the bad news is that we don't have any food so i'll have to take you out for Pizza. Is that okay?" Suzy looked up and smiled at her brother. "I'll take that as a yes then"
Just then a small knock came from the front door to the apartment. Henry walked over to reveal a very sleepy looking Rika.
"Hi Henry, umm can I talk to you a moment?" She asked not meeting his eyes. It was strange how much people would change in six months. Henry knew that Rika had broken up with Ryo two months ago because she told him she liked someone else. She hadn't told him or Henry who that other person was and to everyone else Rika and Ryo broke up because they just didn't feel right about it. Everyone exepted that. Henry was the only person who knew about why they really broke up, well him Rika and Ryo. And unlike Ryo, Henry never bugged her about who the other person was. He just figured she would tell him in her own time.
Suzy walked into her bedroom to give the two teens the privacy they asked for.
"So, Rika whats up?" Henry asked. Then she looked up at him, a huge bruise was covering half her cheeck. Her eyes looked pained and sad. "What happened?" He asked her, almost immeadiatly his eyes filled up with the concern he held for many of his friends, especially Rika.
"I, My Father. He c-came back l-last night" She suddered as she spoke the words. Henry stayed silent. "I w-woke up this morning. Gramdma gave me your message, and then I saw him with her" She spat the last word out, Henry sill stood there looking stunned. "She said- She said, we were all going out, I told her I was busy and He said not to talk to her like that." Henry guessed the he's and her's meant her mother and father. On the rare times Rika bought her father up, it sounded to Henry as if the mand was violent and needed help. Exept when she was a child, then she spoke about him like he was great. Until he left then, after almost killing his mother and daughter. Rika said he ran away because he was afraid of getting caught. "I told him that he didn't have the rights over me to say them sort of things, he didn't know me at all, and then-then he just hit me." Rika looked back down to the floor again. Henry placed a finger under her chin and lifted her head to hers. "Now i've got no-where to stay. I ran away, I didn't want to be with him at all." Henry looked deep into her eyes searching for anything but saddness. He hated seeing her this upset.
"You can stay here the night. I'm sure my parents won't mind." It was about the only thing he could manage to say to the distressed girl. Her eyes were red and he knew she was trying her hardest not to cry. Henry knew to her, crying was a sign of weakness and Rika wasn't weak. She was alone and found love hard, but she was not weak.
Rika looked at Henry and mumbled a 'thank you' and grabbed a small bag that was beside the door. He moved aside to let the girl pass.
"Put your things in my room. We're about to go out for dinner, We've got an hour until we meet up with Takato and the others. Are you hungry?"
"No, but i'll come anyways." She rubbed her eyes as Henry called for Suzy and they walked ouside. And all the way to the Pizza place in silence.