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Seagulls
Dark's staring at the water and counting seagulls. He likes to count them nowadays while sitting by the calm, blue sea. Slowly, he is getting better.
"Are you waiting for someone, lover boy?" Krad's in a bad mood and he is out to ruin everyone else's.
Dark turns to him, says, "Prick."
Daisuke's done with school for the day and he wanders down to the beach before going home. He's got his progress report in his backpack, but he doesn't exactly care. Good grades are his specialty after all. Seeing Dark and Krad, he keeps a distance. Those two, they are crazy. Not the same crazy, though. Dark's been hurt. Krad's just a prick.
Satoshi's not busy either, being commander and all, so he comes over to pester Krad. "Running away, tail between your legs?"
Krad growls at his ex-tamer. "Why you!"
Krad's not happy, but the truth is biting at him. He knows that he is running away, from Dark and from Satoshi, from the people who care about him most. But, ever since that day, he can't seem to face the truth, the reality. The loss of a friend does that to people.
Daisuke walks over and grins at Dark. "How many today?"
"Twenty three." Dark smiles, and there's innocence in that one smile.
Daisuke offers Dark a hand. "Let's go home."
The thief rises and stands beside his redheaded friend, watching Satoshi and Krad go at it. He shrugs before following Daisuke across the beach, back to the Niwa household. He wants to say to Krad that he is very sorry, that he would've wanted things differently, too.
"Daisuke, wait," Satoshi yells and chases after them.
Krad follows. The commander hasn't seen either of them for weeks, too busy with work and his next degree. Catching up will not be pleasant.
"What's wrong?" Daisuke asks his blue-haired companion.
Satoshi blinks and asks, "What happened to Dark?"
Daisuke smiles sadly. "A change of perspective."
"Change of... What do you mean?"
But Krad's the one to answer, having been there. "The door's locked and no one's home."
Satoshi blinks and looks at Daisuke who is holding Dark's hand. "Is he coming back?"
"Yeah. No one's kept the phantom thief down for long, not even a speeding car and a drunk driver."
Dark turns to look at Krad and says softly, "Prick."
Daisuke smiles and says, "I guess we have that straightened out."
The End
I'll let the reader decide if Dark gets better or not.
