Yet another request from YumiBaraHime! :D I love you, hun!

I do not own Diana Twining (Yumi does) or Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist (Madoka Takadono-sama does). c:

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Diana's smile always brightened Dantalion's day ever since he had met her a few weeks back during a family day at Stradford. He had met her by chance, really. He had been looking for William and accidentally mistook the girl for the reincarnation of his master. He had thought it was him when he saw the golden hair, but he had been mistaken when he took note of the length and the way the locks were shaped. When he had called her by the realist's name, he new that it was too late to stop himself.

When he got to her just as she turned to face him, he had apologized, saying that she looked like one of his friends, to which he was quick to defend himself by saying that he had only seen the blond of her hair and thought that she was someone else. She only giggled at his attempt at apologzing, telling him that it was quite alright, that it wasn't exactly the first time that it had happened. She had then asked him where she would find her twin brother who happened to be the one the Nephilim had mistook her for. When he had told her that he had no idea, they had decided to search for him together. They had spent a good part of the day together, getting to know one another while they searched for her brother.

They eventually began to spend more and more time together after that, mainly because Dantalion seemed to be a master of sneaking out after the evening roll calls and sneaking into Diana's room through the window. The girl never understood how he did it, what with he brother being the Jacob House prefect and whatnot, and it didn't seem to help whenever he would just chuckle and tell her that it was a secret. It drove the poor girl crazy! Soon after the first time he told her that it was a secret, though, she kept her mouth shut and kept her questions on that regard to herself. It seemed to be better that way.

He would come for various reasons; to hug and keep Diana company in the night (nothing naughty, just sweet and fluffy, romantic on a small scale), to help her in her studies (depending on the subject), to bring her some flowers or some sweets that his butler made (although he never told her that little tidbit; he would just say that there was a really fancy bakery that he passed by on his route that was hard to catch open or something along those lines, he forgot sometimes), or to just catch her up on what William was up to, since she hardly got to see her twin brother. He knew it bothered her that she didn't seem to know as much about William as she used to, so he provided her the information she wanted just for a free snuggle and a kiss on the cheek.

Dantalion had a faint idea as to what the feeling he had was towards Diana, from what he could gather from what Camio told him about love. He didn't love the human girl, did he? Well, maybe, but that was beside the point! He couldn't love her. If he did, he would just break her heart and -.

Who was he kidding?

He loved her.

He loved Diana Twining.

He always felt so different around her, what with a light, fluttery feeling in his chest and butterflies doing flips in his stomach. He always felt so light around her, so much happier than he usually was.

He felt so human.

It was a night that he was with Diana, holding her against his chest, his hand combing through her blond locks as he looked at her fondly with his crimson eyes. She was sleeping against him, curled into him and holding onto him as a source of warmth, despite the blanket over her body. The Nephilim felt so happy when she was around, no matter what it was that she was doing. Whether it was smacking him stupid for something that he had done, or just sleeping against him like she was currently doing.

He didn't want to break her heart like he knew that he was going to do. He wanted her to be happy, to keep that smile that made his bad days the best that he ever had. But what could he do? Maybe make it to where...?

That would be the only thing that he could do without breaking her heart. That was what he thought at the time.

So what did he do?

He gave a soft sigh, leaning down to kiss her temple, a small spark connecting them. It caused the girl to stir, but she did not wake. Instead, she sighed softly in her sleep, nuzzling up against her boyfriend happily. He smiled at that, combing her hand one last time before beginning to move her off of him. He slipped out of her bed, laying her down on the bed and her pillow, tucking her into the bed. When he turned, he felt a hand on his wrist, a small whimper following.

"Please... don't go..." she pleaded softly. She then fell lax, withdrawing her hand and rolling over. It was only her talking in her sleep.

Dantalion held his breath for a moment to make sure she wasn't awake. When she was indeed asleep, he let his breath out quietly. He then climbed through the window, careful to be silent as he did so. He didn't want to wake her up just to have her see him go. He glanced back at her and smiled gently, sadly.

"I love you, Diana Twining..." he whispered softly. Then he was gone.

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Yes, I left you all in a cliffhanger. Mwahahaha! *Dodges Chinese food* XD

Read and review please!

~Lenore