Merry Christmas! This was a little Season fic I thought up in honor of Christmas.
Disclaimer: DNAngel isn't mine. But if you want, you could get it for me for Christmas… -smiles sweetly-
Anyway, this is set in an Alternate Universe. It's still in Azumano, but they're 14 and 17 (Daisuke, Satoshi and Krad, Dark respectively). None of them know each other, and there's no magic or stealing of artworks.
Anyway…. On to the fic!
Christmas Warmth
The streets were crowded with last-minute shoppers, all frantically bustling with children or bags in tow, snapping at the former to hurry up. The Christmas lights were so numerous and bright they almost made Satoshi Hiwatari feel slightly dizzy. That and the carolers, or the Christmas music that rang out from cell phones or radios, or those cheap decorations that squeaked out short versions of Season's classics.
It was depressing, to be truthful. He was the only one who wasn't frantically rushing around, or laughing and joking around with family or friends. He wouldn't go home to a family happily wrapping presents for the next day. He wouldn't have a nice warm dinner for Christmas Eve, surrounded by his parents, or siblings—he didn't have any. And he sure as heck wouldn't be anxiously getting up on Christmas morning to search the tree for presents bearing his name to enthusiastically rip open. Instead, he would go home to a dark, cold house, go to work the next day, come home late, get up early Christmas morning to file reports from the night before and maybe go down to the police station, him being the fourteen-year-old Commander of the Azumano Police Force. And would do all of that alone.
He could faintly remember holidays resembling something warm and happy. The memory was faded, so much that sometimes he wasn't sure if it wasn't just some dream of his early childhood, before his family had died and he'd been adopted. Though on the surface he would scoff at those memories of sitting in his mother's lap, watching his younger sister take a piggy-back ride on his father's back before they would switch off and his father would let him put the angel on the top of the tree, inwardly, he knew he treasured those memories more than his lonely life itself.
He was leaning casually, solitarily, against a pine tree covered in Christmas lights, casting contradicting glows of red yellow and green around him. Sick of his solemn, gravelly quiet apartment, he'd decided to see what pre-Christmas Eve day was like at the outdoors mall in Azumano. It was depressing though, the feeling of being left out, but anything was better than the nostalgic feeling he'd been getting lately at home. Even if it was another feeling of nostalgia.
"Oh no! I'm still ten dollars short!"
Sapphire eyes turned involuntarily towards the smooth-toned voice now frantic with distress. It belonged to a short red-haired boy, about his age, who was now flailing around, emptying his pockets and wallet and shopping bags filled with odd assortments of wrapped presents. Fiery red eyes glowed with an inner light as they searched about.
"I wanted to get Mom that dress…" he said, disappointment audible. Satoshi cocked his head, an expression of mixed amusement and forced indifference alighting his face, and he couldn't help but chuckle at the wild antics of the frantic ruby-eyed boy. His eyes wandered over the boy, wondering why he felt warm just by looking at him. He looked familiar too, but he couldn't place from where. Taking a glance at the object in front of him, he saw it was a stunning blue silk dress. Glancing at the diminutive, striking gown, Satoshi imagined that the boy's mother must have been beautiful, and with a heavy feeling in his iced heart, he wondered if his mother had been beautiful.
Making his mind up, the blue-haired boy pushed himself away from the tree and found himself making his way over without thinking.
Daisuke Niwa was in a state of panic. After three days of searching, he had finally found something he was sure his mom would adore, something just for her. He glanced at the dress periodically between searching hopelessly for the last ten dollars he needed to buy the dress. He only needed to find presents for one woman, his mother, and even that he couldn't do right, he thought desperately.
Just as he thought he'd have to give up, a sudden tap on his shoulder made him whirl around, only to be faced with a blur of green.
"Wha—?"
"Here. Take it."
Daisuke only had a moment to become aware of brilliant azure eyes underneath light blue hair and a small smile before it disappeared back into the crowd, leaving him with a ten dollar bill in his hands.
"But…" his words trailed off, useless since the mysterious blue-eyed boy was gone.
"Thanks…" he murmured, smiling brightly. Mom would love the dress, he was sure. He wished he could pay back the sapphire-eyed boy someday.
Satoshi smiled to himself as he made his way back to his apartment, feeling strangely happy at seeing the ruby-eyed boy's smile. Maybe there was some warmth left in Christmas yet.
Clouds of condensed breaths dissipated into the freezing temperatures of the Christmas Eve night. Even the fountain of the city park was decorated with wreaths, but thankfully no lights. That job was taken over by the park lamps and the railings, casting odd multicolored lights and shadows. The park was dotted with an intermingling amount of pine trees and bare oaks, leaves having fallen in the long forgotten days of autumn, now outlined with the glowing iridescent color of pure white snow.
The water was on the point of freezing over. Already the edges had the thin lines of frost, and another couple cold nights would bring a perfect skating rink for the people. Birds perched on the branches of the bare oaks that looked like glowing skeletons due to the Christmas lights shivered in puffballs in the dark night.
It was cold. Krad Hikari tried to will his shivering body to cease its trembling, but he was so cold… his numb body only shivered harder, and he couldn't help but watch his vision fade in and out. Here it was.
The day he would die. He'd die on Christmas Eve.
Technically, there was a place he could go. Two places. One was work—but he'd given that up. He hated being used like that, even if it was to survive. It only made him feel low and useless. Then there was the homeless shelter. But he hadn't gone in there in years, too proud to depend on other people. He'd tried to make a life for himself, but it was hard with what little he'd started out with.
It was hopeless. He didn't want to go anywhere, he wanted to at least die in peace.
A few people passed him by, and even though it was Christmas Eve, none spared him a glance. It was a selfish city he lived in. He knew that. But he didn't really care, he didn't care at all at this point, whether he lived or died. In truth, it was a quicker and easier path if he just went ahead and died tonight. That way he didn't have to live through another freezing winter day.
Golden threads of hair fell into equally golden eyes, obscuring his vision, which was just fine with him, he thought as he closed his eyes. He was definitely going to die tonight… he could feel it, from the way his heart beat erratically, and his body no longer shivered, only lay there, soaking up the cold of the snow underneath him.
He wondered briefly if there was a chance of Heaven for him… no… it'd be Hell for sure.
Numbed ears never heard the soft footsteps that approached almost curiously.
Dark Mousy had never seen anyone more gorgeous. Golden hair, and he'd even caught sight of golden eyes before they'd closed over. A pale face, smoother than moonlight, lips blue in the cold. But he was all alone, and it pulled at hidden strings in the dark-haired man's heart. He'd been alone for a long time too, and somehow, he felt that there was something he could do.
He decided, right then and there, that he wanted the blonde for himself. To nurture and care, since it looked like he was homeless anyway. To save someone from the loneliness he'd experienced.
Making his way slowly over, he knelt next to the figure laying immobile on the cold ground and reached out with one hand to gently brush the golden bangs away.
"Hey…" he called softly. Slivers of gold opened to look at him in a daze.
"I didn't know… there were angels in Hell…" the soft murmur made him laugh.
"Well, I don't know about angel, but I am one sexy devil," he responded with a grin, "I don't know about Hell either, to me it seems like you're still alive and kicking."
"What do you want?" the blonde murmured weakly, attempting to dispel the heaviness of his head. Suspicion lurked like the unseen enemy it was in his brain.
"You," Dark stated simply, smiling warmly at the half unconscious blonde.
Unfortunately, Krad took it the wrong way, "You won't! Leave me alone!" he said angrily, trying to raise himself up, glaring defiantly at the violet-haired man.
"You don't have a place to go," it was a clear observation, "Do you want to come with me?"
"No…" the long-haired blonde said weakly, almost collapsing back onto the ground, but was caught by strong hands underneath him.
"Don't think you have a choice," Dark grinned, cradling the blonde into his arms, and kissing blue lips softly, "Don't worry, I'm not trying to take advantage of you. Let me help you…"
There was nothing Krad could do. Had he wanted to leave, he wouldn't have been able to, his body unresponsive and his mind clouded. Thing was, he didn't want to. Somehow, he gave in to the taller man's warm and gentle embrace and let his mind drift shut with the sight and sound of amethyst eyes whispering smooth comforts in his ears.
Dark pressed the pale, frozen body closer to himself, willing it to warm and for golden eyes to awaken again, heading with a quick, confident step back to his house. The blonde would be his, and he vowed to take care of him with everything he had. Underneath the clear night and the glowing lights and sounds of Christmas, amethyst strands of hair slipped across icy lips as a warm-hearted devil kissed a frozen-hearted angel.
Well, this is the first chapter of our wonderful little Christmas fic. There will be more, just because I don't know how to write one shots.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!