IF ONLY
IF ONLY I UNDERSTOOD
The soft notes played by the music box were heavenly. It filled the spacey room, breaking any silence that had before dominated its surrounding. Even though I still think it's a bit strange to be giving a guy a music box, but I can't help but think that it was a very beautiful gift.
"Wow," he whispered, clearly as fixated by the musical instrument as I was. The corner of his lips twitched upwards, a threat of a smile. "I wonder… what made this remind her of me?"
Pfft. Can't you tell?
"What?" he answered back, eagerly.
She's telling you that you're a softy, I replied, working a smirk.
He sighed, quiet.
"Hey, Dark."
What? I repeated indifferently.
"Do you think…"
"Daisuke~!" Emiko's voice cut him mid sentence.
Looks like your mom's calling, I stated.
"Yeah, let's go," he motioned, pulling out of bed. He shut the music box gently, letting the melody drown.
Hey, Daisuke. I began, hesitating to bring this up again, but I went with it anyway. What were you trying to say?
He smiled, looking right ahead as he headed out the door.
"It's nothing. Never mind, Dark."
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"YOU ALREADY SENT THE NOTICE!??" Daisuke demanded.
"Oh, I'm sorry, hun. It slipped my mind this morning," his mother inquired, pursing her lips, going for the childish innocent look that enables her to get off so many times before. "You better change your clothes now, Dai-chan."
"Momm~!!" whined the red haired boy. "You keep doing this! At least, tell me earlier so I can be well prepared. Today was…"
Horrible, terrible, emotionally draining, I offered.
The childlike face suddenly turned serious, finally giving her son her full attention. "Today was…?"
Daisuke bit his lower lip, clenching his fist. He turned away from her gaze and murmured, "Nothing, it was nothing."
Even though she was clearly dissatisfied, she dropped the subject and started towards the changing room, getting the black coat I'm so used to wearing now.
Actually, obviously Daisuke was lying. It was not a fine day. Let me tell you why…
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"NIWA DAISUKE!"
He woke up drowsily from his peaceful slumber. As the surrounding finally sunk in to his tired mind, he instantly straightened his back and locked his eyes to the towering figure in front of him.
"Well, had a nice sleep, Mr Niwa?" the new English teacher, Madame Roselle spoke coldly contrasting with her sweet tone, her earlier soft smile now leading to an ugly smirk.
Daisuke wiped the dried saliva from the corner of his mouth, eyes wide. "I'm sorry, Madame. It won't happen again."
"Of course. I'll make sure of it," she answered before she moved on, leaving a confused Daisuke dazed from her strange remark. He ignored the muffled giggles from his classmate, instead focusing on seeing the reaction from one person particularly.
Riku smiled his way, confirming his fears. He smiled back briefly before returning his attention to the surface of his desk, too embarrassed to look her in the eyes.
After the bells have rung, signalling for the end of the school period, shuffling noises could be heard from every class, result of chairs being pushed back as the students stood up to bid their teachers farewell. But, this did not occur in our class, as the unfamiliar teacher continued her lesson obliviously, long after the other classes were emptied. Her impatient listeners shifted in their seats uncomfortably, longing to step pass the gates leaving the school ground.
What is WRONG with this woman?!? I too, have my limitations. And staying back after school being made by an old red headed hag is threatening to cross it.
"Beats me," he whispered back, not wanting to be mistaken as a loon by being caught talking to himself. He looked around to his other companions, all looking drained and tired. Saehara was constantly muttering how late he was going to be, looking very much like the infamous rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. Surprisingly, even Hiwatari's usually calm face was crumpled in frustration as he kept glancing towards his watch impatiently. Daisuke's attention then returned to the teacher, who was, if I weren't mistaken, looking straight his way.
"Now then, any questions?" she spoke as her lips grew into a thin line (Was that a smile?). Every head that was before resting on their tables shot up, hoping that their lesson today had ended. They shook their head slowly in instinct, hoping that it would quicken the process.
After a moment of deafening silence, she dropped her hands to her side, resting her long ruler on the teacher's table and finally said the magic words. "Okay, class dismiss."
The whole class let out sounds of relief, quickly gathering the items, fear that the teacher would change her mind.
As they were starting to get out, 'us' included, the stern voice was heard again.
"And Mr Niwa, I hope you learned your lesson."
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"That woman was definitely mad," I growled.
I mean, making me stay in a classroom full of middle schoolers was one thing, but making me stay late and teaching a supposed to be weapon in war to make people die of boredom with a loud siren voice that kept me awake was another.
Yeah…
I imitated his infamous sigh, and continued my flying with ease. We weren't anywhere near the destination spot, and I would've been criminally early if I were to show up at this time, so I took my time enjoying the cool night breeze.
"It's not your fault, you know…" I tried consoling. Daisuke gave himself a hard time after the incident.
Heh, yeah right. Did you see how they glared at me? He spat bitterly.
"Come on, they were just exhausted. Their minds weren't clear." I reasoned. "It's that old bitch that they're pissed at."
He smiled, and then as quickly he caught himself.
Dark, that's not nice! He whined half-heartedly, the corner of his lips threatening to reform his earlier smile, his previously foul mood lifted. So, anyway, what was the name of our target tonight again?
"I'm not sure…" I racked my brain, remembering. I snapped my finger as the memory returned. "It's called …Second Eternity."
There. :) Sorry, for the late update. Partly because I was brushing up on my DNAngel knowledge. Another part is I was looking for Daisuke's mom's name. ^_^
Thank u for the reviews! Cookies for every reviewer! **Loves!!**
But, I'm waiting for a bad review tho... just to get it over with. **sigh**
Anyways, sorry for the lame name, I have zero idea for that. My head was screaming "Time of Nothingness"!! (=_=.. been playing Kingdom Hearts for too long…)
So… thank u for reading. :) Hope u enjoyed it. If u have any problem with the story, suggestions, critism, any mistakes u might want to point out… please do. :D.
-Syrasya
