Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this fanfic except the words I decided to use and what order I placed them. Songs used are Lucky by Britney Spears and We Are by Ana Johnson.
Satoshi paid perfect attention in class; after all, he had to keep his grades up. But today, he was distracted. It wasn't because Krad was bugging him, as a matter of fact; Krad was sleeping at the moment. No, it was because the most beautiful girl ever was sitting beside him, Riku Harada. Most would say that her sister, Risa, was so much better looking, but she was snobby and could only truly care about herself.
On the contrary, (a/n: I wanted to use the word 'contrary' even though it sounds a bit old fashioned…) he much preferred Riku. She was smart, sometimes, athletic, and a fun person to be with.
But he wasn't just paying attention because she sat next to him, no, he was worried. She hadn't been her normal self lately; she seemed lost in thoughts, thoughts that seemed to haunt her.
He inwardly slapped himself, he wasn't supposed to be in love, it could get in the way of 'more important things.'
'Why couldn't YOU sit next to Riku?' complained Dark.
Daisuke, who had been doodling simply answered, 'Yell at the teacher, she assigned the seats…'
'I think I will," said Dark defiantly, 'Hey, what are you drawing?' Daisuke covered up the picture before Dark could see.
'It's none of your business!' he screamed inside his mind as loud as he could manage. Dark sulked while Daisuke decided to pay attention to the teacher, for the time being anyway.
'Why does this always happen to me?' thought Riku sourly as she tried to pay attention to the teacher blab on. 'I mean, Risa always gets what she wants. How do I always end up in situations I don't want to be in?' She sighed as her gaze slowly drifted to the window. It was a nice day, 'I'll walk home today…" she decided.
"Ms. Harada?" called the teacher.
"Yes?" she asked, her mind still somewhere else.
Satoshi noticed and began to worry even more. 'Perhaps,' he thought, 'I should walk her home from school today, just to see if she is okay, nothing more,' He persuaded himself for the rest of the period that there was no possible way that he liked the older Harada. Just when he thought he was sure, a voice in his head began to speak, 'You know you like her, but you can't have her,' the voice cackled evilly, 'because, she's MINE!' Krad!
'I thought I told you to go to sleep?' thought Satoshi bitterly.
'And I did sleep, for a little while anyway…'
'Can you manage to shut up for three more minutes? Class is almost over!'
Without another word, Krad pretended to fall back asleep, but in actuality, he was looking through Satoshi's eyes.
What he saw surprised him. He never knew that Riku sat next to Satoshi! He cursed silently as Satoshi looked back to the board. 'Look back at Riku!' he had almost screamed, but contained himself. If he blew his cover, Satoshi might try to give him a sleeping drug or take some drastic measure like that.
Riku unconsciously twirled a strand of loose hair around in her finger, deep in thought.
The bell rang not a moment later, it startled her a bit. She stood up, a bit dazed, and headed toward the door.
"Wait!" called Satoshi. She turned around, curious what he wanted.
"Yes?" she asked.
"You seemed a little off today, would you like me to walk you home?" he said, his voice serious, but full of concern for her well-fare.
"Umm, thanks," said Riku, a slight blush crossed her face.
They left the school together. They walked a bit in silence. Riku broke the silence, "Umm, Satoshi, I'm really sorry…" she said, ashamed of herself.
"Huh?" to say the least, he was extremely confused.
"Sorry, I don't want you to worry about me, I can take care of myself…" she said. 'I AM STRONG!' she thought.
He nodded, understanding. A few minutes later, they arrived at her house.
"Thanks for walking me," she said softly.
Satoshi felt warm arms wrap around him. He looked up at her puzzled, why was she hugging him, he'd done nothing. Still, he enjoyed the moment while it lasted. Blushing, Riku hurriedly ran inside, "See you tomorrow!" she called.
Krad laughed as Satoshi headed back to his house. 'Is that the best you can do?' he asked, still laughing. "Shut up…" Satoshi muttered darkly.
"Early morning, she wakes up with a knock, knock, knock on the door.
It's time to fake a perfect smile because it's you they're all waiting for.
Isn't she lucky this Hollywood girl?
And they say she's so lucky, she's a star.
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart thinking,
if theirs nothing missing in my life then why do these tears come at night?"
Riku stopped singing, she thought she heard something. But after looking around and seeing nothing, she decided to write a song for how she felt, 'Maybe,' she thought, 'it will help me sort out my feelings.'
She took out a notepad and pencil and began to write,
'See the devil on the doorstep now.
Telling everybody, oh, just how to live their lives.
Sliding down the information highway,
buying in just like a bunch of fools.
Time is ticking and we can't go back.
What about the world today, what about the place that we call home?
We've never been so many, and we've never been…so alone.'
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she wrote. The worst part was that every word she'd written was true. Dark was like the devil and she needed to get the nerve to talk to Daisuke. Time was slowly running out and soon there would be nothing more.
She quickly wiped her tears away as she heard Risa calling her.
"Riku, I need you!" she called from downstairs.
"What?" asked Riku calmly in a normal tone of voice, heading down the spiral staircase.
"Can we go see Dark?" she asked, squealing.
"Fine," said Riku sighing, she had a rough night ahead of her.
So, REVIEW, please. Or else I won't continue the story… So, did you like this chapter? I thought it turned out ok… REMEMBER TO REVIEW: )-Gaerniko