What You Wish For
Chapter 2- Something Like Heaven
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"You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be and I don't want to go home right now..."

-Goo Goo Dolls, "Iris"

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His breath caught.

He glanced down uncertainly at the auburn-haired beauty that held him tightly. The heart monitor must have been broken, because he could have sworn that his heart must have stopped beating all together. The grip she had on him tightened, and if it were any other girl he would have wondered why people thought girls were weak.

He inhaled sharply, trying to savor the moment because he knew it couldn't be real. It had to be a dream.

And a damn good one at that.

She broke away, and he exhaled a ragged breath he hadn't known he was holding. To his surprise and relief, his DNA didn't threaten to transform him, but at the same time, he was disappointed that the moment had ended. Strange… Daisuke hadn't said anything within his mind since he woke up…

He glanced up to see Riku's face turn a bright red in sheer embarrassment, her eyes averting from his gaze to her shoes as if they were the most intriguing things she had ever laid eyes on.

She stuttered for a coherent sentence, she tried to apologize, but the right words wouldn't come. She blushed in humiliation, but when she saw him rip out the IV's and begin to stand up, it wasn't an apology that shot out of her mouth; it was a reprimand.

"Ah…! I-uh…HEY! Don't stand up! You've been in a coma for two weeks!" she exclaimed, eyes flickering with hidden concern.

Coma? He obediently laid back down, half because he was in shock, half because he was afraid of Riku herself. The last thing he remembered was… Kaseye's Hourglass! Had he somehow managed to fall off the roof?

He touched a large bandage adorning his forehead. Another one wound around his right shoulder, while a cast covered his left arm that he assumed was broken.

"Now go to sleep!" Riku ordered, making him lose his train of thought.

He gave her a protesting look. "Hey, you can't just make me go to sleep-"

"You need it!" she huffed, crossing her arms defiantly. He smirked inwardly at this. Riku was worried about him. He would have pinched himself, but decided this was too good of a dream. No use ruining it now.

"I've been in sleeping for two weeks, and you want me to sleep more?!"

"Do you think I care!" she asked, eyes flaring.

"I don't know. Do you?" he asked quietly, catching her eye. He was already pretty certain what her answer would be, but she surprised him by not answering at all.

She bit her lip, blushing, her gaze shifting to her extravagant shoes once again. For a moment, he noted how pretty she looked. You know you want her… but she's never been yours to have. He stood, ignoring nagging voice in his head, his common sense that told him to stop.

Before she could protest, his slowly pulled her to him as close as he could with one broken arm. She stiffened, and then sighed heavily, helplessly giving in to his intimate embrace. He subconsciously stroked her satin hair tenderly, breathing in her angelic scent.

Instantly, an intense desire pulsed through him, one that he had not felt in his entire lifetime. And for this one moment, he could pretend that she belonged to him, and only him.

However, the moment was short-lived, because a short moment later the door opened to reveal a very wide-eyed Risa and Daisuke.
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Real World (hey, that's a TV show!)
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"So I've finally found you."

Emiko Niwa landed nimbly on the Atherton museum (hey, she's still young!). She frowned disapprovingly at the unconscious snow-covered Dark sprawled across the center as she approached him. She brushed snow from his body, her brows furrowing in concern. Luckily, he had dressed warm and had only been out for a few hours, so the snow wouldn't make him sick aside from a slight cold.

She and her father had worried when he hadn't come home. Wiz was nowhere in sight, so she assumed he transformed into Dark and lead the police away from the real Dark. (What a smart little guy!) Of course, this shouldn't have fooled Satoshi, but she couldn't worry about him now.

Peering closely at Dark, she found no traces of any kind of wound. There was no sign of anything that could have knocked him out either, and she was sure he wouldn't have waited around for the cold to do its damage. She stood and sighed in frustration.

Then it caught her eye.

She kneeled down again, to find Kaseye's Hourglass was cradled in Dark's right hand. So he had succeeded in stealing it! She turned it over, inspecting it for anything sinister. But unlike what Dark had seen before, she saw no words engraved in ethereal light.

Finding nothing out of the ordinary, she finally stood and spoke into her walkie-talkie. "I've found him. Bring the car."

Little did the Niwas know, Dark was really in a faraway place, and he wasn't going to return in a very long time…

If ever.
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Alternate Universe
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Dark felt a jolt of pain stab at his forehead. He jerked away from Riku, his mind already trying to fabricate explanations for his actions. Then he realized whom he was trying to apologize to.

Daisuke.

In a separate body.

"…Daisuke?" he stated, clearly alarmed. Mindless explanations conspired in his mind, immediately trying to make sense of this perplexing tyranny. He pinched himself, and grimaced. Since when did dreams hurt?

"Hey Dark," Daisuke said, clearly unfazed. "I see you're obviously feeling better," he continued, giving a sly grin instead of an infuriated glare to him and Riku. Dark could only pinch himself harder in confusion, wondering in utter amazement why he wasn't waking up.

Dark hesitated. "You're not… mad?"

"Why would I be?" Daisuke asked, his eyebrow furrowing in uncertainty.

Dark blinked at him incredulously. To tell the truth, he was immensely relieved that Daisuke was a very understanding person. If Dark had seen the girl he loved hugging another guy, he would have pummeled him to their death.

"So… how are you two lovebirds doing?" Risa asked, a devious smile stretching across her face, glancing suggestively and directly at Dark and Riku.

Daisuke smiled at her. Dark's mouth went agape. Riku looked like she wanted to choke. Correction, she looked like she wanted to choke someone.

Love… birds…?

Dark pinched himself so hard that blood trickled down his arm.

"Shit! Oww!" he winced painfully.

"RISA!" Riku exclaimed, her face turning redder than Dark had ever remembered it being. Riku grabbed Risa and stalked out of the room with her, (Risa still giggling) and Dark suddenly realized that Daisuke had been holding Risa's hand.

How much could possibly happen in two weeks?
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"So, how are you feeling?" Daisuke asked after Riku dragged Risa out of the room. He swirled in a 360-degree circle in the chair beside Dark's hospital bed, fingering something in his hair.

"Care to explain what's going on?" Dark asked, closing his eyes and crossing his arms. He had lain back down due to Daisuke's request without a fight, knowing that what Daisuke was about to tell him may be intense.

"Sure. Risa wants you and Riku to get together. She thinks Riku likes you."

Too intense!

It was like music to his ears and he knew it, but there were other matters to attend to, although he wouldn't mind talking about Riku later. He forced back a smile and tried his best to look serious. "Not that! About the situation!"

"What situation?" Daisuke asked, frowning.

"Have you lost it?" Dark asked, opening his eyes to glare at him.

"No, but you look like you're getting close."

He has no idea what I'm talking about. Dark thought hopelessly. He decided not to press on about their separation, because it may all just be a dream after all. He didn't admit it, but he knew that if it were just a mere dream, he would be extremely disappointed. "Fine. What's the date?"

"May 26. Or is it the 27th?" Daisuke pondered, scratching his head.

It had been winter when he stole the Hourglass. The last time he had checked, it did not snow in May. Pieces of this information snapped together like a puzzle in his mind. "Why am I here? Did I fall off the roof?"

Daisuke looked at him as if he had grown six heads. And by the way that everyone else was acting; Dark wouldn't be surprised if he had. "Only Riku knows, but I know for a fact it was definitely not on a roof."

Dark's eyes shut in concentration. "You didn't even ask her?"

Daisuke looked sadly out the window. "No. She wouldn't tell anybody, not even the doctor." They were like that for a few minutes in the deafening silence. "We hoped you would tell us."

"I must have hit my head." Dark lied. "I don't remember much." Whatever happened two weeks ago, it must have been serious. What happened to me, and what did she see? he thought.

"Riku wouldn't tell anyone, you know how stubborn she is." Daisuke said seriously. "Anyway, did you know that she had been to your hospital room everyday?"

Everyday?

Dark didn't reply; his eyes fluttered open and were set intensely at the window, deep in thought. All in one day, his world had changed. He and Daisuke weren't one person. Daisuke wasn't going out with Riku; he was going out with her sister, Risa. It was winter, and now it was spring. And Riku had hugged him. For every ending, there is a new beginning.

This wasn't a dream, Dark confirmed.

This was heaven.
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AN
Dedicated to Stephanie
, who got me into DN Angel even though she will never know about this fic or I'll jump off a cliff.

Done with the boring chapters! You guys are the best! I plan on giving up on this story though… Impressive, eh? Two chapters and already getting writer's block! Oo;; Oh well, we'll see how it goes. This chapter took me forever to write.. I didn't want to disappoint anybody and I'm a terrible proofreader.. I need an editor.. excuse me while I go sob in a corner :(

next chapter (if I ever come around to writing it) Dark goes to school? should he be in 8th grade like Daisuke? O.o

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