It has already been a few months now since that last battle with Krad. Dark is now gone as well…Sometimes I feel comfortable of finally being "privately and peacefully alone" again, but during most instances I just can't help but miss him. I feel like a part of me has been ripped off. I feel…incomplete…

I'm glad that Hiwatari-kun has changed A LOT after the incident. He started to smile a lot more, talk a lot more, socialize a lot more, and show more signs of life. He has become like a completely new person. Yet, I feel that above all those good changes in him, something's amiss, I just don't know why, until…

"Niwa…"

"Hm, what's the matter Hiwatari-kun?"

"How are you? Do you feel uneasy?"

"Oh, I'm completely fine. I don't feel ill at all. Why did you suddenly ask?"

"I meant about losing him…"

"Oh…"

"Uh…I'm sorry I brought that up…I'm really such a big idiot…"

"No, Hiwatari-kun! Don't blame yourself…it's just that…I didn't think that you would ask…"

"It's ok if you don't wanna answer."

"Well, how should I put it…I'm kinda like at peace and at the same time worried…"

"Worried? Why?"

"Well, Dark's hobby is actually to fool around and mess with me, and all I ever wanted back then was to get rid of him. But you know, when he actually disappeared, I felt like I lost a lot…When I was with him I felt very confident, very brave, very strong…"

"Oh, I see…"

"How about you Hiwatari-kun? How does it feel not having Krad in your body anymore?"

"You know, a lot of times Krad really does do nothing but trouble, but there are instances when he actually cares for me…so I kinda miss him….but…."

"But….what?"

"But, I'm glad that he won't be able to cause you harm anymore…I'm…glad that somehow, even in a small way, I've stopped your suffering…" *blushes*

*blushes* "Hi-hiwatari-kun…thanks…I appreciate it…but you know, you should take care of yourself as well…I won't be happy to see you unwell…it would make me feel bad as well…"

"Niwa…thank you…"

"For what?"

"For being here with me…right at this moment…and all those times…thank you…" *blushes*

"You don't need to mention it…You know that no matter what happens, I'll always be with you…" *blushes*

I thought I was doomed to be alone…with no Dark, and no one who understands this certain feeling of emptiness I have…until I knew that Hiwatari-kun is in the same predicament as I am…