Is this what love feels like? Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon.
Again thank you to the people who reviewed this story so far. Please read my other fanfics and tell me what you think. Sorry for any stupid mistakes made like spelling, grammer etc.
Chapter 5.
Makino Nonaka stood outside the door of the Wong apartment. She was red eyed and flustered.
"Henry where is she? I need to see my little girl." Henry stared at her, suprised by her sudden arrival. He thought about Rika, he knew that if he told her mother she was staying her she'd be angry.
"Im sorry Ms. Nonaka but I can't tell you where she is."
"Henry, she's my little girl. You have to tell me I know you know where she is."
"I haven't seen her scince the meeting yesterday Ms Nonaka. Im sorry I can't help you." He knew it was bad to lie to this women but Rika was his friend and he knew she needed some space at the moment.
"Oh, well thank you anyway. And if you see her, tell her to come home." Henry nodded as Rika's mother walked away. He shut the door and sighed, leaning his back against it.
Twenty miniutes after the incident with Ms Nonaka Rika arrived back with Suzy.
"Hetwy, we'wre back!" Suzy called as she opened the door.
"Okay Suzy. Go play in your room while Rika and I make something to eat." Henry said as both girls walked into the room he was in. Rika was still half smiling but when she saw Henry's expression it immeadiatly turned into a frown.
"Whats wrong Henry?"
"Your mother came by today, while you and Suzy were at the shop."
"Oh No, im so sorry, wait-what did yu say to her, you didn't tell her I was staying here did you?" Rika asked nearing the blue/black haired boy.
"Calm down Rika." He took a breath and walked towards her. "I told her I didn't know where you were. But Rika, you know you can't stay here forever."
"Fine I'll leave then!" Rika snapped at him, knowing she wasn't wanted.
"No, you can stay as long as it takes to clear your head, but you'll need to confront her soon Rika. You can't keep hiding from her."
"I know, but I don't want to go back. She told her that my father and her were getting back together. And I don't want anything to do with him." She spat.
"Listen, lets just make something to eat and then we'll talk later. What movies did you get?" Henry said calmly.
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After eating and watching movies, Rika put Suzy to bed. It was almost ten and Rika and Henry were sitting in silence waiting for the other to speak. Henry thought back to the dream he had. He had been thinking about it scince Rika had brought it up.
"Rika, I need to tell you something, what I said about that dream wasn't the entire truth. Let me tell you what happened...
FLASHBACK.
"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.
END FLASHBACK.
"...So thats what my dream was really about. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before." Henry didn't look at her, instead he just stared ahead of himself.
"Henry, that didn't happen between Ryo and I. He didn't do anything, so don't worry about it." Rika spoke softly and calmly as if reading Henry's mind because at that exact time, it was what he was thinking. "And do you really feel that way about me?" Rika whispered and sat down beside Henry.
"Well, I'd by lying if I said I didn't love you Rika."
"And I would be lying if I didn't love you too. But I am scared of being hurt, I don't want you to leave me if we were together, thats why i'm so cold. You're the reason I broke it off with Ryo." Henry wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"I don't want to leave you Rika. You mean to much to me and I just want to protect you." Rika leaned into Henry's chest.
"I know you do." She mumbled. They stayed like that for a while just being comforted by each other's company. Finally both of them seemed to be slipping into sleep. But before Rika closed her eyes for the final time she whispered two words to Henry.
"Thank you." And with that the both fell asleep.
Disclaimer: I don't own digimon.
Again thank you to the people who reviewed this story so far. Please read my other fanfics and tell me what you think. Sorry for any stupid mistakes made like spelling, grammer etc.
Chapter 5.
Makino Nonaka stood outside the door of the Wong apartment. She was red eyed and flustered.
"Henry where is she? I need to see my little girl." Henry stared at her, suprised by her sudden arrival. He thought about Rika, he knew that if he told her mother she was staying her she'd be angry.
"Im sorry Ms. Nonaka but I can't tell you where she is."
"Henry, she's my little girl. You have to tell me I know you know where she is."
"I haven't seen her scince the meeting yesterday Ms Nonaka. Im sorry I can't help you." He knew it was bad to lie to this women but Rika was his friend and he knew she needed some space at the moment.
"Oh, well thank you anyway. And if you see her, tell her to come home." Henry nodded as Rika's mother walked away. He shut the door and sighed, leaning his back against it.
Twenty miniutes after the incident with Ms Nonaka Rika arrived back with Suzy.
"Hetwy, we'wre back!" Suzy called as she opened the door.
"Okay Suzy. Go play in your room while Rika and I make something to eat." Henry said as both girls walked into the room he was in. Rika was still half smiling but when she saw Henry's expression it immeadiatly turned into a frown.
"Whats wrong Henry?"
"Your mother came by today, while you and Suzy were at the shop."
"Oh No, im so sorry, wait-what did yu say to her, you didn't tell her I was staying here did you?" Rika asked nearing the blue/black haired boy.
"Calm down Rika." He took a breath and walked towards her. "I told her I didn't know where you were. But Rika, you know you can't stay here forever."
"Fine I'll leave then!" Rika snapped at him, knowing she wasn't wanted.
"No, you can stay as long as it takes to clear your head, but you'll need to confront her soon Rika. You can't keep hiding from her."
"I know, but I don't want to go back. She told her that my father and her were getting back together. And I don't want anything to do with him." She spat.
"Listen, lets just make something to eat and then we'll talk later. What movies did you get?" Henry said calmly.
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After eating and watching movies, Rika put Suzy to bed. It was almost ten and Rika and Henry were sitting in silence waiting for the other to speak. Henry thought back to the dream he had. He had been thinking about it scince Rika had brought it up.
"Rika, I need to tell you something, what I said about that dream wasn't the entire truth. Let me tell you what happened...
FLASHBACK.
"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.
END FLASHBACK.
"...So thats what my dream was really about. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before." Henry didn't look at her, instead he just stared ahead of himself.
"Henry, that didn't happen between Ryo and I. He didn't do anything, so don't worry about it." Rika spoke softly and calmly as if reading Henry's mind because at that exact time, it was what he was thinking. "And do you really feel that way about me?" Rika whispered and sat down beside Henry.
"Well, I'd by lying if I said I didn't love you Rika."
"And I would be lying if I didn't love you too. But I am scared of being hurt, I don't want you to leave me if we were together, thats why i'm so cold. You're the reason I broke it off with Ryo." Henry wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"I don't want to leave you Rika. You mean to much to me and I just want to protect you." Rika leaned into Henry's chest.
"I know you do." She mumbled. They stayed like that for a while just being comforted by each other's company. Finally both of them seemed to be slipping into sleep. But before Rika closed her eyes for the final time she whispered two words to Henry.
"Thank you." And with that the both fell asleep.