Ch.1: A sleeping angel…and The Island, Day#1
Story so far: Risa, Riku, Daisuke, and Satoshi's class go on a 6 day, 5 night long trip to a small island. On the ferry to the island, Risa gets assigned seat partners with Satoshi.
"Kya! Risa, you're so lucky! I mean, you get to sit next to Satoshi!" one of the girls from the class squealed.
"Whatever, the only reason I'm sitting here is that I was assigned as his seat partner!"Risa mumbled as she looked over at her sleeping partner.
'It's not like I don't like sitting here...' Risa thought. '...it's just that...' She suddenly got very angry. '...all he's doing is sleeping! He hasn't said anything since we got on this boat!'
She clenched her fists. 'Besides...it's not like it matters! I love dark!' she decided.
Just then Satoshi falls over on Risa as the boat rocked. "Wah!" Risa yelped. Satoshi woke up for a couple seconds, just to roll back off Risa.
Risa blushed. "Ah?" Somewhere deep inside her, she kind of liked it when Satoshi fell on her…she liked… his touch. "No!" she said out loud. Some of her classmates turned to look at her, but she didn't notice.
'I love Dark! I shouldn't care about Satoshi or what he does!' she told herself. Risa stood up. "I'm going out on deck!" she hollered. With that, she stomped away from where the rest of her class was sitting.
Later on the class arrived at the island and started to file out of the ferry. "Hey you guys! Wait for me!" Risa hollered trying to catch up to her friends that were up ahead. As she was stepping off the ferry, she tripped on one of the steps. "Ahh!" she yelled. Just then, she fell over on Satoshi and they both tumbled to the ground. Their lips met in a brief but light kiss. Both Satoshi and Risa blushed (mostly Risa, who was as red as a lobster.).
"I'm so sorry Hiwatari-kun!" she apologized. "I should have watched where I was going!"
"Yea…" muttered Satoshi, "…you should have…" Risa felt a little anger rise in her.
"You can get off me now…" Satoshi reminded her. "Oh!" Risa blushed even more as she got off him. "Ok! Is everyone ready?" their teacher asked. And with that, the class headed for the hotel.
On the way to the hotel, Risa replayed the little events that occurred on the way to the island. Satoshi rolling over on her… the kiss…
Risa blushed at the thought. Someone slapped her back, it was Takeshi. "What are ya blushing for Risa?" Takeshi teased. "Did Satoshi tell you that you have bad breath?" "No!" Risa yelled. "You saw us?" she asked. Takeshi smirked. "Yes, and don't worry, I won't tell Dark!"
"Don't tease me Takeshi!" Risa yelled. "You're so mean. And since when did you ever talk to Dark!" she asked. "I never said I did." replied Takeshi. "So stop teasing me then!" Risasniffed and ran to catch up with her friends. "Sheesh! What a crybaby" Takeshi muttered to himself.
When they got to the hotel room, they were split up into groups of three for each room. Fortunately, they got to choose who they wanted to group with. Riku, Risa, and Ritsuko paired up together. "Risa? Are you feeling ok?" Ritsuko asked. "If you are, we can go down to the beach where everyone else is heading." Riku added. "No that's ok." Risa said smiling. "I'm not feeling well." She lied. "Oh… ok then." Riku replied. "Well you can stay here and rest then" she added. After Riku and Ritsuko changed into their swim suits they headed out to the beach with the others, leaving Risa alone.
After her sister and her friend left her alone in her room, Risa took a moment to think about things. She walked over to the window and looked out at her classmates, messing around and having fun in the sun (Hey! That rhymes! XD).
"What's so special about friends…about Satoshi?" Risa thought out loud. "I wish you were here Dark." She muttered to herself.
After the incident with Daisuke (see book #4. Sorry I skipped that part.), Risa went back to the window and let the hours pass until the sun was setting and everyone was started to come back in and have dinner and get ready for bed. After everyone ate, everyone went to the bath.
"Risa, are you coming?" asked Ritsuko. "No. I already took a bath when you guys were gone." answered Risa. "Ok…"Ritsuko said. Riku and Ritsuko got their stuff and left the room to go to the bath. On their way there, they passed Satoshi, who was just coming back from the men's bath.
"Oh! Konnichiwa Hiwatari-kun!" said Ritsuko and Risa in unison. "Hey…" Satoshi replied quietly, passing them to go back to his room, which he was sharing with Daisuke and Takeshi. The three continued on theirs businesses.
On his way to his room, Satoshi saw that the door to the Harada twins and Ritsuko's room was open. 'Guess they forgot to close it.' Satoshi thought to himself. Just when he reached the door knob to close it, he saw Risa sitting on the floor, crying. 'What's wrong with her?' he asked himself. Instead of closing it, he opened the door and walked inside.
Risa heard the door creak open and then close. She turned around, wondering if either Riku or Ritsuko had forgotten something and came back to get whatever it was. "Riku? Ritsuko?" she asked the darkness. "Sa-Sa-Satoshi-san!" she stuttered. Satoshi then appeared out of the darkness.
"Why are all the lights off?" Satoshi asked, still wearing his usual, serious expression. "Um…ah…" Risa sniffed. "…because I want them off." She clenched her fists on her lap. "Hiwatari-kun…" Risa started. "…may I ask u something?" Satoshi went over to Risa's bed and sat down. "What is it?" Satoshi asked, still looking serious.
"Has Dark ever…" Risa paused. "…has he ever said anything about me? When you are trying to catch him?" Satoshi stared at her for a long time. Finally he got up and walked to the window. "No." he said. "He never said anything…about you." Risa felt tears stream down her face. "He did talk about someone… it just wasn't you." Satoshi added. "Then who was it?" Risa asked quietly.
"It's…it's none of your business." Satoshi said somewhat coldly. "Why do you ask?" Risa stood up and looked at the floor while facing Satoshi. "Because…because…" she looked up. "Because I love him!" she cried.
Al of a sudden, Risa got up and rushed over to Satoshi and hugged him and sobbed into his chest. To her surprise, he hugged her back. "Satoshi-kun…" Risa sobbed quietly. "Why do you love him?" Satoshi asked. "Well… because… he's hot…" Risa started. Satoshi frowned. "…and he makes me feel wanted and I feel safe when I'm with him." Satoshi looked away, still frowning. "He makes all the girls that he meets feel that way." Satoshi muttered to himself, remembering the time where Dark almost kissed him when he was in disguise as a police woman. "What?" asked Risa, who stopped crying. She looked up at Satoshi. "Hiwatari-kun?" Risa squeaked as she realized that he was hugging her. Satoshi let go and walked back to the window.
"You know Dark won't be here forever, right?" Satoshi asked, somewhat calmly. "What?" Risa asked, confused. "As for me…" Satoshi turned around and walked up to her and hugged her. "As for me… I will." Risa blushed. Then he gently lifted Risa's chin up and kissed her. Still trying to figure out what was happening, Risa just stood there, letting Satoshi doing whatever he wanted. After running his hand through her hair, Satoshi slowly broke the kiss and let go of her.
Risa blushed even more. "H-H-Hiwatari-kun?" she stuttered. Satoshi looked sad. He walked to the door and turned around when he was just about to walk out. "Forget about Dark. I don't want you getting hurt." And with that, he closed the door behind him and left. Risa stood facing the door, where Satoshi had been just a moment ago. She flopped down on the floor.
Satoshi just walked out of the door when he saw Riku and Ritsuko coming back from the women's bath, on their room. They saw him. "Hey Satoshi!" Riku called out happily. "Why were you in our room with Risa?" Ritsuko asked. Satoshi looked away and put on his serious face again. "Just saying hello." He said bluntly and walked away. "Ok, well… thanks for keeping her company." Riku hollered. Satoshi didn't say anything. He just kept on walking.
When he entered his room, he was surprised to see Daisuke and Takeshi there, waiting for him. "Oh hi, Satoshi." Daisuke greeted him quietly. Takeshi got up from the floor where he and Daisuke and him had been playing cards and walked over to Satoshi and put his arm around him. "Hey, Satoshi!" Takeshi said grinning. "What'cha been doin' all this time? We got here fifteen minutes ago, and you left the bath ten minutes before we did!" Takeshi said jokingly. "You haven't done anything with younger-Harada-san, have you?" Takeshi smirked.
Satoshi blushed slightly and looked away so that Takeshi and Daisuke couldn't see. Satoshi brushed back his hair. "No." he said calmly as he walked towards his bed. "What made you think that?" he asked rather sternly. "Um, nothing!" replied Takeshi, a little taken aback. "Just that incident this morning…" Takeshi trailed off. Satoshi Changed into his sweat pants (No shirt) and got into bed. "That has nothing to do with now."
"Ok…" Takeshi looked at Daisuke, who looked back. "I think we should get to bed too." said Daisuke. "It's already past ten." He added. Then he and Takeshi got in their own beds too and turned out the light.
"Risa?" yelled Ritsuko. "Why are all the lights out?" asked Riku. Once they turned them back on, they found Risa setting on the floor, looking like she just saw a ghost. "Risa!" Riku and Ritsuko both ran over to where Risa was sitting. "Are you ok!" Riku and Ritsuko asked Risa, trying to pull her off the ground but couldn't get her to move.
As her sister and friend tried to see if she was ok, Risa just continued to stare into space, replaying things in her mind. 'What Satoshi mean when he said that Dark wouldn't be here forever?' She asked herself. 'And…' she put a finger to her lips and blushed. '…and why did he kiss me?'
To Be Continued
