CHAPTER THREE: IS THERE A PROBLEM?
He had bestowed upon her amethyst eyes,
A series of elegant fireflies.
Who glided and danced charmingly under a moonlit sea,
Of extravagant scarlet beauty.
A beauty that the female friend could have stared at for endless hours,
As she gazed dreamily upon a field of red rose flowers.
"Oh Henry, this is………MAGNIFICENT!" Rika answered dreamily not taking her eyes off the beautiful fixation infront of her.
"I'm glad you like it so much Rika," Henry said with a satisfied smile, "this is why I bought you here in the first place. Passion Peak is famous for its lovely rose gardens. Couples and Friends come here every year on Christmas Eve to watch some of the roses come into bloom. And knowing how much you love roses, I decided to bring you here to see the roses for yourself.
"Really. Oh Henry thank you," Rika said hugging Henry happily, "this is the best day of my whole life."
"You're welcome Rika," Henry replied returning the hug, "I'm glad I was able to make that day possible."
Rika beamed at Henry before kissing him lightly on the cheek as she took off into the rose flower fields. Henry touched the cheek where Rika had just kissed him and with this, he smiled happily.
Rika ran gleefully into the rose fields only stopped directly infront a horde of fireflies. Rika watched intimately as the fireflies danced gracefully infront of her eyes.
The fireflies swirled and twirled in formation, each of them forming different shapes like stars and circles and putting on quite a show for Rika. Rika giggled and clapped the fireflies' lovely performance.
All of a sudden, the fireflies dispersed and the next thing Rika knew, the fireflies formed a ring around her body. Rika stared down at the little fireflies, each of the light on their bottom shinning luminously. Rika then moved her hips to one side and as she did, the ring of fireflies moved with her. Rika moved her hips to the other side and the fireflies did the same. Rika was amazed by how the fireflies moved in time with her body and this gave Rika an idea.
Rika then started to dance, twirling her body and moving her hips to imaginary music. And as Rika danced merrily, the ring of fireflies moved in time with every step that Rika took. If Rika twirled left, the fireflies twirled left and if Rika twirled right, the fireflies did the same thing; and Rika really seemed to enjoy the fireflies company as they danced in motion with her.
Henry watched this magical performance from a distance as his friend danced with the horde of fireflies. It was a lovely thing to watch because the fireflies shinning yellow light really brought out the true exquisiteness in Rika, much to Henry's delight.
"Wow! She looks so beautiful out there," Henry said to himself as he continued to watch Rika.
Rika twirled and twirled in her little dance and for the grand finale, Rika jumped and twirled and then curtsied.
Henry applauded Rika's presentation and with this, Rika blushed a little and smiled.
"Bravo! Bravo! Encore! Excellent dancing Miss Nonaka," Henry said to his friend.
"Thank you Mr. Wong," Rika said smiling, "but don't only applaud me, applaud the fireflies as well, they helped me."
"Oh. Well….thank you too Mr. Fireflies," Henry said clapping the fireflies too. Rika just giggled at him. The fireflies then scattered from around Rika and this time formed around Henry.
"Er? Rika, what is this?" Henry inquired looking at the horde of fireflies fearfully.
Rika giggled again. "It looks like they want you to dance this time Henry," Rika replied.
"Wha? But I can't dance…at lest not ballet," Henry said.
"Then what can you dance?" Rika asked.
"The waltz," Henry replied, "but I need a dance partner."
Henry then smiled at Rika. "Care to dance again Miss Nonaka?" Henry asked politely outstretching his hand.
Rika took Henry's hand. "I thought you would never ask," Rika answered with a grin.
Henry beamed at Rika as he brought her closer to him and placed his right hand on Rika's waist while his other hand held Rika's in a tight grasp. Henry then looked Rika in the eye as the two of them began waltzing through the rose garden. Although they did not have any music, Henry and Rika still continued to waltz. With the ring of fireflies moving merrily in time with their body movements, Henry and Rika waltzed with each other in silence, though still neither of them took their eyes off the other.
The two friends waltzed and waltzed all through the garden and coming to the end of their little dance, Henry turned Rika with his left hand and then dipped her down. A small smile played at Rika's lips as Henry brought her back up and there little dance ended.
After the dance, Henry and Rika gazed at each other dreamily. Neither of them bothered to release the other as the both of them just stood there staring deeply into one another's eyes. Out of such passionate tension between the two friends, the fireflies removed themselves from around Henry and Rika and this time they formed a shape infront of the two friends. Henry and Rika stopping their gazing and stared in the amazement as the horde of fireflies took shape. And to the two friends' utter astonishment, the fireflies had formed a huge shinning heart.
Henry and Rika could not believe their eyes at what the fireflies had done but still the two of them smiled and laughed a bit at the lovely shape before them.
"Wow, that is just amazing," Henry said, "I wonder where these fireflies learned how to do that?"
"I don't know," Rika replied, "but …they do have an honest point about something."
"And… what's that?" Henry inquired turning to Rika.
"That I truly love this place with all my heart," Rika answered.
Henry smiled at the ginger-haired girl
"I'm really glad that you brought me here Henry." Rika said looking at Henry.
"You're welcome Rika," Henry answered.
Rika then smiled as she cuddled Henry, who looked at her a tad surprised but yet still he returned the hug.
"Henry," Rika muttered.
"Yes Rika," Henry said.
"I just want to let you know that this has been the best night of my life," Rika said.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it," Henry said with a smile.
"Oh Henry, you are the best friend a girl like me could ever have," Rika said, "and I just hope that the two of us could just be best friends forever."
"Are you saying that you only want us to be…best friends for the rest of our lives?" Henry asked.
"Mmmm Hmmm," Rika moaned in response.
"Oh," Henry said understandingly, "well in that case…Rika, we need to talk."
Rika suddenly looked up at Henry in shock. "What? Henry, you have never told me that we needed to talk ever," Rika said, "is there something wrong? Is there a problem?"
Henry let go of Rika and turned his back to her. He did not answer her question.
Rika stared at Henry. "Henry," Rika said to the blunette boy, "Henry, answer me! Is there a problem or not?"
"Yes there is a problem Rika," Henry responded finally, "a problem that is going to affect both of our lives."
Rika shuddered a little at Henry's words. "Well then…what is this problem?" Rika asked.
"You really wanna know?" Henry asked his back still turned to Rika.
"Yes Henry, now tell me," Rika demanded, "what is the problem?"
"The problem is our friendship Rika," Henry replied seriously finally looking around at Rika.
"What? " Rika said as she stared at Henry wide-eyed.
Uh oh! What just happened? One minute Henry is dancing happily with Rika and the next minute, he says that there is a problem with their friendship.
Will Rika be able to handle this? And how much will this problem affect both Rika's and Henry's lives?
Keep reading to find out.
Puppychild.