Digimon Fan Fiction ❯ True Fear ❯ Bad Reaction ( Chapter 2 )

The bell rang. It was twelve o'clock, which meant it was lunchtime. Henry was thankful to get out of History class which was boring him to death. Not only that, but he was also very worried about Rika. Something was wrong... he just knew it. The boy had excellent insight.

Henry went to his locker and fetched his lunch. He didn't trust the cafeteria food in the school, for it was cooked by other students and Lord knows what they did to it. Not to mention that the line-ups took forever. As Henry walked out of the hallway and into the main entrance, he spotted Rika eating her lunch at a table outside.

'Alone as usual,' Henry sighed. He decided that this may be a good time to talk to her. He went outside and walked over to the isolated Rika.

"Hi, Rika," Henry greeted.

"Hey," Rika responed indifferently.

"Is it alright if I sit down?"

"If you want."

Henry sat down across from her and sorted out his lunch on the table. He sensed an aura of tension and uneasiness coming from the girl.

"Is everything alright?" He asked, concerned.

An expression of annoyance crossed her face.

"Everything's fine. Why do you keep thinking that something is wrong? Nothing is wrong!"

"Sorry... it's just... you seem rather... uneasy today..."

"I'm fine," Rika replied coldly.

"Rika?"

"Yes?"

"If something's bothering you... you can always tell one of us... we're your friends."

Rika seemed to scoff at his words.

"Rika?"

"That's great, Henry," Rika responded indifferently.

Henry sighed. This was going to be a lot harder than he thought. They sat there, eating in silence for a couple of minutes until Henry broke the silence.

"So... how's your mom?"

"She's fine."

"...and your grandma?"

"Great."

Once again, they sat there in silence. Henry sighed. He knew what he wanted to say, but did not know how to say it in a way as to not cause a quarrel. He began to speak...

"Rika?"

"Yes?"

"Have... you ever gotten the feeling where you know something is wrong, but... no matter what you say or what you do... the person refuses to tell you?"

Rika got this suspicious look in her eye.

"Why?"

Henry leaned forward and looked her straight in the eye.

"Rika... what's wrong?" Henry asked in a stern, yet caring voice.

Rika let out an exasperated sigh.

"Do I need to carve it in stone for you? I told you... everything's fine."

"As much as I'd like to believe that, Rika... I don't. In fact, for the past three years, I think you've been anything but fine."

Rika broke the gaze and scowled angrily. Henry continued to speak...

"Rika... when I saw you in English today... something didn't seem right... you seemed fine earlier in Math, but in English, when the teacher started talking about incest you-"

"I think this conversation's gone far enough," Rika snapped. She gathered the rest of her lunch and stood up to leave. Henry stood up as well.

"Rika, wait. I'm not trying to invade your privacy, I just don't want anything bad to happen to you."

"Heh... too late for that," Rika muttered deridingly.

"What was that?" Henry asked, not sure of what he heard.

"What?"

"You said something. What did you say?"

"Nothing," Rika retorted. This alerted Henry even more. As Rika turned to leave, Henry seized her arm. Right now, he was more concerned about his friend's well-being than her reaction to being touched by the opposite gender.

"LET GO!!" Rika screamed, viciously yanking her arm out of Henry's grasp, fear and anger radiating from her eyes. Henry stood there, shocked. He had expected Rika to react badly to him touching her, but he had never expected her to react THAT badly.

Rika, shocked at her own outburst, took off in a flash. Once Henry came back to his senses, he took off after her, but lost sight of her rather quickly thanks to the crowded high school.

'Cursed crowds!' Henry scowled. 'Now I'll never find her!' Trying to find one certain girl in this high school was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Henry then decided that he would have to find her later. It was no use trying to find her through these crowds. He went to go find Takato and talk to him about what he had witnessed. There was definitely something wrong with Rika... definitely.

To be continued...

Author's Note: Okay, I apologize if that was a little rusty, I'm trying to start writing again. How was that? Did you like it?