Chapter 2

Inside a perfectly pink polished shop of sweets sat a certain auburn-haired girl, drunk and sulking on her seat while rapidly devouring several cakes on her table.

People inside the shop began to feel nauseous as her alcoholic smell began to overpower the store's usually sweet atmosphere. Soon, people started to leave the shop but she took no interest of it at all.

This was her way of dealing with her life's miseries. Pushing them away by taking in lots of alcohol 'till she gets totally drunk and eating sweets 'till her sweet tooth is contented. But for people, especially for this shop, it was their time of agony whenever she's in this kind of state.

"Riku, you're eating too much… We'll get bankrupt if you continue on like this…" said Takeshi, the shop's manger and is also, unfortunately for him, her loyal loving friend.

"Besides," he continued. "you've already drunk too much alcohol right? Why don't you go ho—"

-GLARE!!!-

"—Like I said! Riku, you should eat more! Help yourself!"

That was a close call for Takeshi. He thought that he's be a dead meat! But he wasn't sure if he really saw her eyes glow red and her teeth sharpen…

"Nah… That's imposs—"

"D-did you see that? Her eyes glowed and her teeth suddenly became sharp!" whispered a member of his crew.

"It was so scary!" whispered another.

They shivered as they took a look at her. But once Riku looked backed at them with her eyes half-opened, they ran at the back of the shop and locked the door.

Meanwhile, at the other side of the road, a guy with a complicated way of styling his violet hair was standing, stopping his curiosity on taking in action to walk right in the store. But he can't help it after all the weird things he saw that happened inside the shop especially the… glow. Letting himself be taken to the shop by his steps, he crossed the road and soon after that, he was there- in front of the shop blinking his violet eyes as he looked at the girl sitting on her seat, sobbing while she ate her cakes.

Of course, being the gentle man as he's always been, he took no hesitation on opening the glass door. As he took his steps inside, he can't help to ask himself about the alcoholic smell lingering inside the store. But the very moment he took a seat in front of the girl, he finally knew where the smell was coming from.

Riku stopped eating then looked at him. Although her eyes were only partially opened, he knew that she got a big problem. Then, she began to sob harder making her eyes get smaller.

"Here. Take it." He said stretching out his hand to give her his handkerchief.

"D-d-did you s-sneeze on i-it?" Her voice shaky and rusted.

"No. Of course not, darling." He replied chuckling.

Dark watched her wipe her tears with it. Her red eyes signifying that she's been crying her tears out for the whole day. Her eyes can't even seem to pour out tears anymore.

"T-th-thank y-you, mis-s-tuh-r…"

Then she put his handkerchief in her pocket, took her bag on the table and started to leave almost losing balance and twirling around on her steps. Dark stood up from his seat, worried that she might land on her face but when he saw her already pulling the door, he sat down on his seat once again, his worry replaced by amazement.

"Boss, I think Miss Riku's already gone."

Dark looked back and saw people getting out of a door.

"Thank goodness!"

Taking a few steps away from his people, Takashi's eyes suddenly landed on the violet-haired guy sitting on Riku's table. As Dark met his gaze, there was a moment of silence between the two. Then right there and then, Dark knew that he has to prepare himself on shortening his wallet's life for a bit. After all, he's not that poor.

"Hello there mister."

"Ok, how much was it?"

"8,720 yen."

"Huwhat?! That girl ate that much?!"

As he handed his cash to him, he can't help but sweat but not for his money but for the girl. He still can't believe that a girl as small as her could take in cakes that much.

But when he got to the glass door and was ready to pull it open, there outside, was Riku half-asleep getting picked up by two guys who definitely don't look decent.

Seeing this, Dark quickly opened the door and took Riku's hand to pull her to his side. The two men, realizing this started to give Dark kicks and punches but he evaded them all.

"You idiots think that you could take me down with your lame actions?"

Putting Riku away from them, he started to beat them up. And surely, he was correct. They were lame. With his opponents lying on the ground defeated, he walked back at Riku who was sitting on the ground.

She was finally sleeping, sleeping like an innocent child who didn't care about what happened around her.

As Dark took Riku on his back, he can't keep himself on feeling jumpy as he thought of what he'll make her pay him back with all the things that she caused him.

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I forgot to tell you this. The chapters are jumbled… It's complicated but you'll finally know what I mean when I get further down this fic… Anyway, there you go…the second chapter. Thanks crimsonseeker20, first one to give me a review. :D

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