Wrong Love Letter
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NOTE: This is the sequel to the fanfic, "The Fallen Angel". In this fic, Shuichi Hikari, Satoshi's brother, is actually Kaitou Dark. Though I'll still label him as Dark but everybody here will call him Shuichi Hikari. I don't own D.. I'm just a fan. This is a DarkxRiku pairing.
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Without wings, without powers, without rays, or golden auras. Shuichi Hikari, previously known as Dark Mousy, has claimed to have a human life, human name, human soul and human feelings. The only missing are his memories. As if taken away, his past memories seemed to be lost forever. For one day, he believes it will reveal itself to him without him asking and so, as he awaits, he lives a normal life as a third year high school student of Azumano High School, as Satoshi Hiwatari's long lost brother, as a campus heartthrob and ace student of the seniors.
"Harada-sempai?" a girl called.
Riku turned and stared at the girl; seems like she is a freshman student. "Hai?" Riku replied. The girl hurried on to get closer to her and hands out an envelope before her. Riku sweatdropped. "Uh...what...is this?"
"I beg of you, Harada-sempai, please put this in Hikari-sempai's shoe locker," the freshman said.
"E-eh? Me?" Riku exclaimed. "Ne...why don't you just put it yourself?" she smiles halfway.
"B-but...Harada Risa-sempai is scary." the girl said.
"Yes, we tried putting Mari-chan's letter in Hikari-sempai's shoe locker but she nagged at us and chased us away," the girl's friends agreed.
"Risa?" Riku sweatdropped. She sighs.
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Riku raises a brow. "Risa? What are you doing?"
"I'm guarding Hikari-kun's shoe locker! So many stalkers come lately and give him weird letters!" Risa claimed.
"How much are you paid for doing that?" Riku asked. "and will you please move. I will use my locker,"
"You are mean, Riku! You're not helping. Hikari-kun and I are totally compatible. A lot of people say so!" Risa said.
"And they're your friends," Riku said.
"Riku, you-" "Hi, girls." Shuichi called.
Riku and Risa turn. Riku kept quiet and shut her locker after putting her outdoor shoes in. Risa beams and greets Shuichi. "Ohayo, Hikari-kun."
"I'll go on ahead of you, Risa." Riku said inexpressively. "Where are you going, Riku-chan?" Shuichi called.
"I so regret letting him call me by my first name," Riku thought. She turned and stared at Shuichi. Shuichi stared back at her. "Homeroom," is Riku's only answer – ironically impolite and polite at the same time.
"Okay. Take care going upstairs," Shuichi smiles.
Riku turns her back on him and moves on walking.
She believes Shuichi is far worse than Dark is. A total playboy and a jerk; the night of the first day she met him, he kissed her on the hand. The next day, he was with his female classmates. The next week, he kissed one of his girl friends on the cheek. The week after that, she saw him kissed Risa on the forehead. The month later, he was flirting with second years from other sections. Month later after that, he is flattering the freshmen girls.
"Who knows what he'll do next? To think I used to think he'll be..." Riku sighs. "What the hell? The one I like is Dark and I'll stick to that." she's determined; but her determination always withers away once the thought of Dark's sudden disappearance comes to her mind. Where is he now?
Riku reaches in for her jacket's inner pocket and holds out the love letter the freshmen girl asked her to deliver. She thought she could put it in the locker at the time even with Risa around, but Shuichi came in early. She wasn't able to do so. She sighs.
"I'll do this later," Riku murmured.
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"Hikari-kun is very bright! You're top one again!" Risa claimed. Dark was only about to look for his name among the students who got the highest points on all subjects when Risa cheered for him. "Thank you," Dark said. He smiles.
A faint feeling glints inside him, a very familiar feeling. He looks around and there he is, Daisuke Niwa, the stranger who feels familiar.
Daisuke is at the other end of the crowd; He's looking for his name on the list of students who passed their Geometry subject. For some unknown cause, Dark's heart is beating in an irregular pulse. He is feeling excited. "What's wrong, Hikari-kun?" Risa asked. Dark shakes his head. "Nothing," he said. He turns to look at Daisuke again. This time, Daisuke appears with Riku beside him. The excitement in his heart turned to jealousy. His eyes narrowed.
"Who is this boy?" he thought. "Hikari-kun?" Risa asked. "Harada-chan, who's with Riku-chan over there?" Dark asked.
"Eh? Riku-chan? You call Riku by her first name?" Risa said. "Ne, Risa-chan, who's with Riku-chan?" Dark asked. "Wah...Hikari-kun, this is so embarrassing!" Risa claimed. "Eh? That's Niwa Daisuke-kun. He is one of our classmates. Me, Riku and Hiwatari-kun."
"Niwa-kun!" Risa claimed. "Eh?" Daisuke reacted; Riku just looked. "Eh? What's with these two being together?" Riku thought as she stirs up jealousy in her mind. "Yo, Riku-chan," Dark called.
"Harada-san, hi," Daisuke smiled. "To Harada-san's friend as well, konnichiwa." "Ah, yeah. Hi," said Dark. "My name's Hikari Shuichi." "Pleasure to meet you," Daisuke said.
"Niwa-kun, forgive me for not introducing Hikari-kun immediately to you. He's actually Hiwatari-kun's big brother," Risa said. "Nah, it's fine. We've been busy lately. I bet Hikari-sempai especially," Daisuke said. His eyes are on to Dark; Dark's eyes are on to him as well. Dark's feeling of familiarity towards Daisuke is growing. His mind is filling with words to tell to Daisuke.
"Yeah, especially when exams came. That reminds me. Satoshi's actually a pain in the head. Even though we've been together in one roof for some time now, he refuses to call me onii-san. He once called me onii-san but he never did again ever since. It's frustrating," Dark said.
Daisuke laughs. "That is much like Satoshi-kun. He'll never show you what he truly feels but he definitely accepts you. That's what I think," he said.
"Satoshi once told me about you. Are you close with him?" Dark said. "Pretty close, but I'm not sure how close we really are. We talk a lot of random things but not to the point of sharing a lot of things, like playing sports or talking about concerns," Daisuke said.
Dark and Daisuke continuously throw in and back things to discuss. Riku and Risa ended up listening to the side. Later on, Dark and Daisuke started walking while talking. Riku and Risa ended up following on the back.
"Feels much like they've been friends for a long time than we are with Daisuke," Risa said. "Un," was the only thing Riku could say as she stares at the back view of the two young men in front of her. She recalls Dark's look from his back. Her heart began to stir.
"This is getting worse than I thought. He reminds me of Dark more than he did before," she thought.
"I thought I wouldn't pass Geometry. I'm so glad staying up so late was worth it," Daisuke said. "Yeah? Then congratulations on that," Dark said. Daisuke laughs, "Thanks," he said.
"Being with Satoshi-kun, you must be aware that he is the Commander-in-Chief of the police. I think that's one of the reasons why Satoshi-kun is aloof on you. He tends to think he is superior among most people having that achievement," Daisuke said. "Yeah. I told Satoshi to quit his job and live a normal high school life. You know what he told me? 'My life was normal up till some old man insisted that you live with me.' What rude boy. I'll definitely scold his guardian when I meet him," Dark said. Daisuke is frozen hearing Dark's words.
"Nani, Daisuke?" Dark said. "Look, Riku. Hikari-kun easily called Niwa-kun by his first name," Risa said. "Ne, Da...(coughs) Shuichi-kun, let's talk some other time again. We'll have classes soon so let's split now. How about it?" Daisuke said.
"Ah, right. Okay. See you then," Dark said. "Ah...arigatou. Ja," Daisuke said and stiffly turned to Risa and Riku. "Ne, let's go?" he said. "Un," Risa and Riku said, sweatdropped.
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"What happened, Niwa-kun? You suddenly turned pale. Are you feeling ill?" Risa said. "Iie. Arigatou, Harada-san," Daisuke said. Riku watched Risa and Daisuke talk with her mind moving away from her own pace. She subconsciously turned her head back to look at Dark. What surprised her was that Dark is still behind them with the expression much similar to the expression Kaitou Dark had usually worn when she meets him.
"Such strong feeling...why do I like this girl so much?" Dark thought while staring back to Riku. Riku turned away immediately after feeling anguish at the moment.
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After school, Riku stood by the lockers having reminiscence on Kaitou Dark. Dark finally showed up. Riku is staring at him for a while as he comes closer to her. He smiles at her. "Riku-chan, what's up?" he said. "Nothing, why?" she snobs. Dark just laughed. "Ah, then may I use my locker please?" he said.
Riku flushed. She didn't realize she's actually standing in front of his locker. As Dark opens his shoe locker, Riku remembers about the letter she's supposed to deliver. "Ah, how am I supposed to give this now? I shouldn't have spaced out and left the letter in his locker before he came."
"What is it, Riku-chan? You look troubled," Dark asked. "Huh? Eh? Ah, n-nothing," Riku stutters. Out of anxiety, her bag fell from her shoulder. Some stuff in her bag fell off. "I'll get it," Dark says and leans down to pick her things up. Riku alarms and pulls her things from his hand. The accident happened when she pulled two books from his hand and the love letter between it slipped off and fell to the ground.
"What's this?" said Dark. "It has my name written on it." "What? No," Riku alarms and pulls the envelope from his hand. "Riku-chan?" Dark said.
Riku is blushing hard. She gets on her feet and runs away. Dark, having fewer clues on the situation, misinterpreted that the envelope was from Riku herself.
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Riku twists and turns on her bed. "Why the hell did I ran? I should've just said 'Oh, that was for you.' Why the hell did I act that way?!" she shrieked. "I bet he thinks it was a letter I'm meaning to give him."
A clink from the window surprises her. "Eh? What's that?" Riku said. Another clink after another and it finally disturbed her. "Who's doing that?" Riku said and looks out the window.
Dark is just below. He smiles and waves at her.
Riku flushed and turned away. "EH?! What the hell is he doing here?" she shrieked. She looks out again. This time, she is more surprised seeing Dark climbing his way to reach her window. "Waa! No!" Riku freaked.
She turns away and gets afraid to be near the window. Dark taps on her window while looking at her. Riku hesitantly opens the window.
"Hi," Dark said. "Sorry to disturb you this late." "H-how-" "I asked Satoshi where you live. I didn't knock at your door anymore because I only wanted to see you. Your folks might get a bad impression on me if I'll have to disturb them, too, just to see you."
"He keeps on saying he only came to see me. I'm feeling more uncomfortable," Riku thought. "I-I don't-" she stutters. Dark brushes away lightly the strands of hair getting on Riku's face. "I won't go in. I just went by. I'll see you tomorrow," Dark said.
Riku blushes. She watched Dark as he went his way back to the ground. He waves at Riku. "Goodnight, Riku-chan. Ja," he said and fled. Riku grips on her clothes. The feeling she's having is the exact feeling she gets when Kaitou Dark comes over and by. "I don't like this feeling. If I will end up liking Shuichi-kun because I think he's like Dark, he will hate me," Riku said. "and I will hate myself."
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The next day, Riku didn't get much sleep the night before and came late to school. Most of her fellows in lacrosse asked why she wasn't able to attend the morning practice. She took some time talking to them and it was then she realizes that Dark is also around the area. When the girls finally bade to her, he approaches her with a warm smile across his lips.
"I was looking forward to see you play this morning. How come you weren't able to?" Dark said. Riku sighs. "Oh, I don't mean that in the negative way. I was just saying that I was worried," Dark said. "I wasn't feeling well this morning so I took more sleep," Riku said.
"I see, so- Eh?" Dark stares at the envelope Riku is handing out to him. "This-" "This letter is from a freshman who wanted to confess to you yesterday; she asked me to deliver it to you since she was scared of Risa because Risa has been guarding your shoe locker when she has free time in the morning. This is the letter you saw yesterday, but I was not myself yesterday that I ended up not giving it to you on time," Riku said.
Riku went past him after telling him about the letter. Dark watches her as she leaves. "She didn't even look at me," he said.
Riku sighs as she stands before her shoe locker.
"Harada!" a girl called. Riku turns and sees the group of girls who begged her yesterday morning about the letter. "I'm sorry, I-" "Don't waste your breath, Harada," one of the girls said. Riku notices their rudeness towards her; she is speechless.
One of the girls pushed her to the lockers. "We asked you nicely to give the letter to Hikari-sempai. Why did you do it? Mari-chan waited all night for him."
"Even though it was getting late and it was cold, she remained waiting for him."
"We thought you're kinder compared to Risa-sempai. You were actually worse!"
"Mari-chan couldn't come to school today because she caught a cold, you cold-hearted witch!"
"I'm sorry," Riku bowed before them.
"By continuously saying 'I'm sorry', do you think you can change the fact that her heart is broken now, Harada-san?"
Riku is dumbfounded. She realizes that she was agonizing a lot about her own love that she sacrificed the fate of another girl's love life. The group of girls walks out on her. "Wait!" Riku called.
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Riku stayed at a park a few blocks away from school. She is sitting and glides by the swings when she sees Dark come running. He stopped and looked around. Riku hides; she sneaks on him.
Dark looks around. "Ri-" "Hikari-sempai," a girl called. Dark turns around. "Eh?" He stares at her. "Are you Shimata Mari?" Dark asked. "Un. I am," Mari bowed. "I thought so. You look familiar. As I recall, you were the freshman who let me borrow her dictionary when I was in need," Dark said. Mari's eyes water and she nods.
Dark smiles. "It was only now that I received your letter and I'm thankful-" "I-" "but I like someone else, though I don't think she sees me the same way I am happy that I am allowed to be with her at most times."
Dark looks around the place as he feels they are being watched. Riku hurriedly hid behind the wall. "Hikari-sempai..." Mari cries. "Please don't hate her. She did her job and delivered your letter to me, though it was late. She even told me about your case and she obviously felt bad about it. She a good person," Dark said.
"Why are you speaking for her?" Mari said. "Because I'm her friend and she's special to me. In your condition, no matter how much she apologize, I don't believe you will listen but if it's me, I know you will listen," Dark said.
Riku cannot hear as much because Dark's voice is too soft. Mari is crying but then she is also smiling. "What are they talking about?" Riku murmured. "Thank you, Hikari-sempai. I love you," Mari says and hugs Dark.
"EH?!" Riku is dumbfounded at the sight. Dark reciprocated her embrace. Riku began boiling. "What the-"
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"Riku! Where have you been? You actually skipped school!" Risa scolded. "No, I didn't. I only skipped classes but not the entire package. I was at school roaming around," Riku said.
"What are you talking about?! It's the same thing. You didn't appear to classes." Risa said.
"Will you quit screaming? The butler will hear you. I only did that today since I wasn't feeling well. That's all," Riku said. "I'm going to sleep. Let's talk later." She said as she kicks Risa out of her room.
"Riku, you're becoming rebellious!" Risa yelled.
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Riku gasps when she sees Dark inside her room. "Y-you...when did you get here?!" Riku said. "For a while now. I was hiding behind the door. I didn't realize Risa is actually a nagger, huh?" Dark laughs.
"Why did you let yourself in my room?" Riku said. "I figured you wouldn't let me talk to you since what we're going to talk about was the letter that the freshman girl gave me," Dark said. "Eh? Didn't I say that-" "Don't run away, Riku." "What? What are you talking about?" "Don't run away from your feelings, Riku." Dark said.
Riku is speechless. "'Don't run away from your feelings' he says. Which feeling is he pertaining to? The guilt?" Riku thought. Dark stands from his seat and approaches her. He stands in front of her. Her eyes are on him and so are his on her.
"Which...feeling?" Riku thought. Riku feels hotter across her cheeks. She clenches her fists and turns away. "Riku, you-" Dark said. "What do you mean run away? Are you crazy? Quit fooling around and don't get yourself in my room again, you pervert!" Riku shrieked and began throwing things to Dark.
"Riku, I didn't realize you become violent when you express your feelings, but I understand, I will accept everything about you," Dark said.
Riku blushes harder. "GET OUT!" she yelled throwing a seat at him.
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"I thought this was my greatest chance of hearing her confession to me. It turned out bad," Dark murmured. "Pervert? I don't deserve such nickname. That girl...eh?" Dark gains a feeling and realizes it was not the first time Riku has called him 'pervert'.
"When did she-" He remembers Riku's angry face, but with longer hair, and keeps saying 'pervert' to his face. Dark stirs a strange feeling; his heart pounded faster and his cheeks burn. "I-I-I won't lose. I'll make her take it back!" Dark claimed. "Who...was that again? Was it Riku? But I don't remember Riku having long hair. Since I'm this nervous, could that girl supposed to be my ex-girlfriend or something? Maybe I'll ask Satoshi when I get home."
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Riku digs her face to her knees. For a while back then, she had a feeling that she wants to confess to him. When his eyes are locked on her, she felt she wanted to hug him. "This is going wrong! It's getting worse! Where are you Dark?!" Riku shrieked pulling strands of hair from her head.
"Eh?" Dark looked back and around. There was no one. "What? I thought someone called me."
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