In the time of Halloween, there are spooks, ghosts, pranksters, monsters but frequently, joy. When the season comes, adults prepare candy while kids prepare costumes. Trick or treat; a great tradition. A time when adults give of money in the form of a candy and when a kid is like given a very great amount of money in a form of candies. Kids at the age of ten or below still play this tradition. But for kids above of ten, have their different ways of celebrating this tradition.
For fourteen-year-old Risa, she loves Halloween. A time when she can delineate another immense party. A time when she can be once again praised for an awesome celebration. A time to flirt. Her parties, especially great parties, never fail to invite boys.
As for another fourteen-year-old, Riku also loves this season. A time when she and her best friends like Ritsuko, spend time together. A time when they have fun telling ghost stories. A time when her sister gets on her nerves.
Without her permission, Risa wouldn't get this party started. Risa needed Riku desperately. Without her, there would absolutely no party! Risa needed her as a party decor buyer. As a planner in ways like how things are arranged. But Risa plans the invites, music and food. Riku was a – slave. Fortunately for Risa, Riku always say yes. When the anger pressure reaches her point, she gives up and allows Risa. Now, by this time, Risa is petitioning Riku to buy the essential things for tomorrow's festivities.
As the auburn-haired fourteen year old walked out of the door, she suddenly got weird shivers up her spine. Although she was wearing a black cloak and black pants, adding black shoes (black absorbs heat to the body), she still felt cold. The season was cold. News were, since Christmas was fast approaching, so was Mother Nature's holiday cheers. She shoved of the shivers and ran to the store.
As she entered, there were only a few people. The cashier and three or four shoppers. She immediately rushed to an aisle that had stocks of packed candy. She quickly grabbed stocks and stocks of candy. She bought that for the kids that would go TorT-ing (Trick or Treating). After gathering the stocks of candy, she paced herself and transferred to an aisle that had party decors. Like before, she grabbed confetti, wall decorations and Happy Halloween cards.
After gathering the necessities for the party and TorT-ers, she went to another shop and bought a cup of noodles. She decided to eat before returning home. Knowing that her sister was once again hanging-out with Satoshi Hiwatari. They've been dating since Riku has known Satoshi. The time when Risa came home with that certain blue-headed boy. When she introduced him to Riku. And when they got into Riku's nerves.
Riku walked towards the park while carrying the heavy baggage of groceries. Searching for a place to rest, she sat on a bench, placed down her bags of shopping and started to eat her warm cup of noodles. When she started eating, she noticed that she wasn't alone. Someone was also beside her. A boy.
She examined him carefully. He was a tall man, had broad shoulders and was totally admirable. It seemed that he had purple hair. At first she couldn't see it clearly because the cap on his head had covered the shiny hair. He also wore black clothing. A black leather shirt that had silver-sparkling stones on the edge of his shirt, a black silhouette pants that was partly surrounded by a silver-colored belt and big black boots that also had silver rocks on the edges of the boot. He seemed like a punk. She couldn't tell. His eyes were closed.
She continued eating her noodles when the boy suddenly spoke. "Did someone die in your family, too?" She looked at him with glittering eyes that were a bit confused. "Excuse me?" She asked back.
"It seems that you're wearing all black. Did someone die in your family?" He asked with a clear but sad voice. She shook her head and said, "No. I only wore black because the weather's totally cold. Plus, it's my favorite color. And another thing to it, it kind'a adds to the Halloween spirit. How about you?"
"Well, as you can somehow guess, some whom I loved died and yeah, I love this color too," He said sadly. Riku frowned and apologized. "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you… Is there anyway I can help you, sir?"
He suddenly smiled and faced her saying, "You don't need to apologize. And by the way, my name's Dark Mousy." She smiled back and said, "Hi Dark. My name's Riku Harada." After she greeted, she quickly took out another cup of noodles from her grocery bag and gave it to Dark. "Here Dark, eat this!" She then grabbed his hand and placed the noodles on his palm.
"Are you sure, Riku?" He asked with a sudden shock but politeness in his sweet voice. Riku nodded and told him, "Eat up! I bought that for my sister but I decided to give it to you. She won't mind because she hates noodles. Plus, she must've eaten with her boyfriend already." He thanked him and he started to eat.
A few seconds of silence came upon them. Then Riku asked him, "Dark, how old are you anyway?" He faced her and answered promptly. "I'm already sixteen. How about you?"
"I'm fourteen," She answered back. After she had finished her noodles, she shoved the cup and starred at him. He seemed nice. Even though he did look like a total punk. But when she had learned the reason of his clothing, she had felt his sorrow. Loosing someone you love is one of the greatest sadness in life. She knew that feeling. The feeling of loosing her parents was very painful. She had tried to do suicide when she lost them. But with the help of Risa, she was able to stand up once again.
"Dark, do you have plans for tomorrow evening?" She suddenly asked him. He looked at her and answered, "No. Why?" She smiled and answered, "Well, I was hoping that you could come over at our place and join the party that my sister was planning."
"Sure. What time?" He smiled. "It starts at six. But you must arrive before that time because I want you to catch the Halloween Harvest Explosions. The harvesters are the ones sponsoring and preparing the fireworks," She answered while smiling at him. Then, their eyes were now starring at the other. Riku blushed and so did Dark.
Riku quickly grabbed a piece of paper from her pocket and wrote something. She then handed it to Dark and said, "Here. This is my address. Remember: It starts at six! Well, see you! I need to prepare for tomorrow's festivities!" She waved goodbye and so did Dark.
She ran home with a happy smile on her face. When she opened the door, she placed the baggage near the stairs and ran up to her room. She dressed herself to a white shirt, blue shorts and white sandals. After dressing up, she ran back down and started to decorate the house. Since Risa was still busy at Satoshi's, she decided to start preparing without her.
She hanged up Halloween posters. She laughed as she read one of them; it said, 'Enter or else the zombie dog starts to pee on you!'
She started to carve pumpkins. After carving, she placed them around the house.
She prepared a bowl for a place where candy that was to be given off. She then placed it near the front door.
Hours after, she swept her sweat away. "I'm finally done!" She said with great pride. The door opened and there was Risa. "Sorry if I was late, 'Ku! I had to send off the invitations!" Riku smiled and said, "It's no problem! Hey, you start cooking! After that, place it in the refrigerator so that tomorrow, we could just microwave it!" Risa nodded. After that, she once again ran up to her room. She then realized that it was already six in the evening.
After a long hard day of preparing the house, she took a bath. After that, she lied on her bed. She then remembered the boy at the park. She still remembered his innocent face when he asked of her clothing. "Maybe he's still at the park." She quickly dressed herself up once again. She chose a dark-colored tank top and black jogging pants. After dressing, she slipped her feet onto a pair of black slippers.
She ran downstairs and told Risa that she was going to talk a stroll. When she stepped out of the door, she quickly ran to the park with great speed. She was just too excited to see him once more. She wanted to talk to him more. And maybe even, she wanted him.
When at last, she finally arrived, she saw no purple-haired boy. After sighing, she sat on a bench. "Maybe he isn't a night walker."
"Who isn't?" A voice asked from behind her. She then realized the voice. It was sweet and precise. She smiled and answered, "Why, you of course." She turned to face him and smiled. "Why are you here, Dark?"
He chuckled. "To tell you the whole truth, I was hoping that I could see you here once again. And I guess God really made my wish come true." Riku blushed and said, "Flattery with me is so corny. But when you flatter me, I feel it." Dark smiled and blushed.
He starred at her. Such a wonderful creature. Body of an angel. Eyes of the ocean. Voice of a dream. And beauty of what all men dream for. He felt he was so near her. He felt that they've known each other for what seems like a decade. Even though they just met, he felt so attached to her. And so did she. She felt that she was so governed by his eyes. His voice was her security. And even more.
"Riku, I don't know what I feel… I feel like that I've known you for years. I just have a craving for you. Like I need you. It's like that I…" Riku cut him off as she said, "I love you?" He slightly nodded. They blushed in unison. Riku's heart was hurt. It throbbed too much. And did Dark's. Without any more anticipation, Riku finally spoke. "Dark, I better go home now. Maybe my sister's looking for me anyway…"
Dark nodded and said, "So do I…" She faced him and asked with concern, "Are you going tomorrow night?" He smiled tenderly and answered, "I… I wouldn't miss it!" They waved goodbye and once again parted from one another.
As Riku arrived home, she ran back to her room without greeting Risa anymore. She was holding her right chest tightly as she kept on saying, "Stop throbbing! Stop throbbing!" She blushed hard. Dark admitted that he had feelings for her. And that was one thing that she would have never regret.