'My arms are sore.' Red, sunset eyes, fluttered open. The young teen struggled to get up from the freezing ground. 'Oh! I give up.' Instead he opted for rolling onto his back.
Hey, Daisuke! You ok?
"Dark? What happened?" Daisuke asked.
Intense battle with Krad, as usual, responded Dark.
"Oh, ok," the red headed teen said sighing with relief. He then gasped and sat up real quick, more than his sore body could handle. Daisuke hugged himself to stop the pain.
What do you think you're doing? You're body isn't ready to be in motion yet! The purple haired knight yelled.
Daisuke gritted his teeth together from the pain and proceeded to crawl towards his only best friend. Of course Saehara Takeshi and the Harada twins were close friends, but none of them knows his darkest secret. Only Satoshi.
"I know this Dark, but he is my friend. I have to check if he's ok."
Dark sighs. Don't over do yourself kid.
Daisuke had finally reached Satoshi and checked his vital signs. The red headed legend sighed once more. "At least he's still alive."
Daisuke heard a groan next to him and smiled when Satoshi's eyes fluttered open. He averted his eyes to look at Daisuke's. "Again?" he asked.
Daisuke nodded his head, "Yup, again."
Satoshi sat up and shook his head. "Damn, why can't they get along?" Daisuke just shrugged his shoulders, and looked at the ground they were both sat on. Satoshi then got to his feet and helped Daisuke up. "Let's get going before the police comes, or anybody notices the damage."
After a few awkward minutes walking in silence Satoshi noticed his friend clutching his arm tightly, blood trickling down his arm. "I hurt you pretty badly," Satoshi said while looking away in shame.
Daisuke blushed slightly. "No, no it's ok, really. Besides, I got you pretty bad too." Satoshi smiled.
Without running into curious pedestrians, the two friends had made it to where the road splits up.
Daisuke looked up at the starry sky. 'Much more noticeable than in the summer.' He blew out a cold breathe, watching the puff of smoke float off somewhere unknown. The couple had stopped walking, looking off in a distance, daydreaming.
Daisuke looks at Satoshi. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow in school."
The cyan haired prince nodded, and they both stared off in space once again.
"Daisuke..."
He looked at Satoshi and locked eyes with him and saw conflicting emotions cross those brilliant turquoise eyes, something that he couldn't identify.
Satoshi lets out a sigh and begins to walk left.
"...Satoshi."
He stops and turns to look at this best friend, his 'only friend' and smiles. "I'll see you in school tomorrow," and continued walking.
Daisuke smiles at this friend's back and walks to the right.
'That damned alarm clock.' Daisuke's hand fumed around on the floor for a few seconds until he found it's prize, a shoe. Daisuke let the shoe fly. Bulleyes.! Sound deceased, mission accomplished.
One minute later there were shouts and footsteps heard getting closer to the legend's door. "DAISUKE!" Closer and closer."DAI, SWEETIE!"
Daisuke covered his head with his pillow. Slam! The door slammed fully open. "Rise and shine Mr Legends! Up and at 'em!"
The red headed boy groaned, even Dark groaned.
Tell her to shut her trap, Dai.
'I can't do that!'
Dark grinned. Scary-cat!
'Then you tell mom to shut up.'
Please! I don't wanna lose my head to Emiko!
Emiko pushed the shades back letting the bright sunshine sting her son's eyes. He turns to his other side blocking the light out.
Emiko frowned at Daisuke's back. "Fine, have it your way. Be late for school."
That got Daisuke out of his bed. "Satoshi!" He ran out of his room, cleaned up, and dressed quickly.
"Satoshi?" His mom followed him downstairs to the door watching him stuff his face with a piece of toast. "Isn't Satoshi the white wings?"
Daisuke let out an impatient sigh. He knew what was coming, it's been coming for the past two years, since he was fourteen.
"I don't like him one bit, Dai. Don't trust him either. Why can't you hang out with your regular--," Emiko was cut off by her son.
"Mom! I know already! And with my regular so called friends, mom, they don't know me like he does! What would they think of me if they knew I was the legend? Satoshi's the only friend that can understand what i go through my life, and same for him." Daisuke then slammed the door shut behind him.
Emiko stared at the door dazed.
"He's right, Emiko. They are the only one's that go through such immense pain," Grandpa said.
She turned to him with worry etched across her face. "I know dad, but still! Satoshi's the white and Daisuke's the black."
Kosuke has enters the room. "Emiko. It is destined that both wings will rule the Kingdom. And I think it's those two."
Grandpa nodded his head in agreement. "The white wing may be our sworn enemy, but remember daughter, the white wing will be our savior as well. For he is the prince..."
"Hey! Satoshi, wait up!" Daisuke yelled to his friend. Satoshi stopped walking and waited for his friend to catch his breath. Daisuke was bent over trying to bring oxygen into his lungs.
Satoshi glanced down at him. "You must've ran the whole way," he stated, more than asking a question. Daisuke straightened his back up and smiled.
"You're right."
They continued walking to school together in silence and light conversation.
Satoshi spoke up, "I'm sorry about all this. Forgot to apologize yesterday night."
Daisuke looked up at Satoshi stunned. "No, no. It's ok Satoshi. You don't have to keep apologizing to me."
"It's not ok. It's never ok, Daisuke! I keep hurting you," shouted Satoshi.
Daisuke felt himself warm up all over despite that it was cold outside and the fact that he was wearing a hoodie over his school clothes. He grew out of wearing coats that doesn't keep the chill out, not that hoodies are better! Him and Satoshi just grew out of that stage together. Daisuke puts a finger to his lips in thought. 'Come to think of it ... we've grown out a lot of things together. And hard times...'
The red head put his arm around Satoshi's shoulders. "As long as I keep forgiving you, it's ok Satoshi," Daisuke said with his perfect smile.
The prince doesn't know why or what possessed him to do what he did. He hugged his best friend, his 'only friend', tightly. Daisuke wrapped his arms around Satoshi and closed his eyes. 'If only I could stay like this with Daisuke forever. Why can't I? Why her?' Satoshi's thoughts were interrupted by her and the rest of their group.
"Hey guys!" Riku exclaimed. "We weren't informed about a group hugging session."
Daisuke smirked, "Well, I guess you weren't invited."
Satoshi was grinning madly on the inside, but emotions voided on the outside.
"Well, anyways!" Risa joined in, "Keiji Saga, your so called boss, is throwing a party this Saturday night around nine. You going?"
Keiji Saga was the same age as the 'Angel' group, sixteen. And openly gay about it! He pounces on Daisuke every time leaving Satoshi steaming mad at the end too, but hey, nobody notices.
"Yeah I'm going," he responded. Then the bell rang and everybody went into the building to get to class on time.
'Why do I get so jealous? Every time ... he's not even mine, he's hers.' Satoshi took a glance at Riku. 'Can't stand her, why doesn't she just die? Wait, what am I saying!m I want Daisuke to be happy, but shouldn't I seek happiness as well? Eh, selfish.'
But you're mine. You don't need anybody else.
'Krad...'
Nice to see you too, my tamer.
'What brings you back from the depths of hell?' Satoshi looks at Daisuke making sure Dark hasn't surfaced from the presence of his counterpart.
Daisuke looked up to find Satoshi looking at him. Satoshi mouthed one name 'Krad'. His friend got up from his desk to sit next to him.
"What's going on? He's not taking over you again is he?" Daisuke whispered. Satoshi shook his head and concentrated on Krad.
He's near, the legend. I can feel his power. Krad turned to Satoshi. Why do you want him?
The prince stared into Krad's astonishing yellow eyes. 'The same as why you want Dark. You miss him so much. Why don't you just get him back?'
Krad growled at his retainer once more then vanished in a blur of pure white feathers.
Satoshi opened his turquoise eyes, and looked at Daisuke and nodded his head.
"What's going on?" Daisuke asked.
Satoshi smiled, "Krad's just jealous that's all."
Satoshi gave him a knowing smile and winked at him. He blushed lightly. 'Beautiful.' Satoshi thought. He then got up getting tired of being stuck in a classroom doing nothing but setting up decorations for St. White's Day.
Daisuke watched him get up and going to the door.
"Hey where you going?" he asked. Satoshi just turned back towards the door, and motioned for him to follow. And follow he did.
Daisuke found Satoshi outside behind the building kicked at the snow. Daisuke liked it this way, when it was just him and Satoshi. He wouldn't tell him though he was afraid to.
Satoshi turned and looked at Daisuke. "So, you decided to follow me this time."
Daisuke shrugged and looked at the ground.
"Well, you know. It gets boring in there sometimes. Even with Riku," he said, noticing the sudden change in Satoshi's mood. He became distant.
'He must not like when I talk about other people.' Daisuke changed the topic. "So, are you going to Keiji's party?"
Satoshi looks at the landscape before them. "I don't know--"
His friend had knocked him down onto the snowy ground. "You better go! What am I going to do without you?" Daisuke asked.
Satoshi smiled. "Fine I'll go and get drunk."
Daisuke shook his head 'no'. Satoshi then began to wonder what Daisuke would be like if he were drunk. 'I wonder...' He then realized that Daisuke was straddling him. Satoshi would've shoved him off, but the moment was too real for him. 'If he moves his hip once. I'm going to take Dai right here and now.'
Daisuke just smiled at him from above, oblivious of what he was doing to Satoshi. How every touch set him on fire.
'If only I wasn't with her...'
The two best friends were not aware of someone watching their playful banter. Riku turned away and walked back to class with dread filling her heart. 'I know those two are best friends and everything, but--' She sighs. 'I just don't know.'