Disclaimer! No, I don't own DN Angel or anything like that. Mitsuko and her family are my creation, the rest is, unfortunately, not.

Please read and review! My first fanfic! Tell me if something is wrong so I can fix it. I want to become a better writer, so I would really appreciate feedback!

The days begin to pass, and I quickly fall into a routine. I'm usually the first up, so I get started with breakfast, then Emiko and I do work around the house. We break for lunch, and I spend the afternoon buried in research about how to get me home. Dai is often with me during this time. And when he isn't Dark usually is. Then we have dinner. After dinner we either all hang out until bed or watch Dark make fools of the police as he steals something else from right under their noses.

The panic fades a bit more each day. And as my panic fade other feelings begin to form. I am happy here. Happier than I was back home. That one takes a while to realize. But as more and more time passes, I notice it. I smile more. I laugh a lot more. Yes, I miss my family, but...this one more than makes up for it. They go out of their way to make me feel at home.

The times I most enjoy are when Dark and I research together. Spending time with him like that is such a gift. It's so rare that he does, and I cherish every moment of it. I'm slowly beginning to want to stay here. I mean…I miss my mom and Hinata…but Dark is…he's smart. And funny. Yes, he's a flirt, he's a player. But…I'm falling for him. I'm falling hard and fast and he's becoming all I want. I need to be with him. And it kills me inside that I can't have him. He is so far out of my league. And he's not even human. Why would he want me? He probably sees me as the weak little thing he first met.

As I descend into the basement, all I can think about is him. If my dad would have liked him. If my mom and sister would. What they would say about the fact that he is not just any thief, but he is the Phantom Thief. I'm thinking about what those lips would feel like against mine, what his body would feel like pressed against mine. It's driving me crazy.

I enter the library and start "researching". I didn't tell anyone, but I think I already found it. I just…I don't want to go. I mean…It wouldn't be so bad to stay here…do this every day. It's a gorgeous town. I could go to school here. Stay here. Near my Dark. It's a nice place. It's nice, not being that depended on. Being able to be me and just relax. Not worrying if we have this or if dinner is on the table on time. Living with people with a sense of humor.

This life is so different from mine, and I love it. This kind of environment is exactly what I have always wanted, but never been in. Daisuke is one lucky guy to have grown up in this. In a place where laughter is encouraged and you can just relax and be you. I wonder what it was like.

I hear Daisuke sit next to me, and I start focusing more on my research and less on my inner most thoughts. "So, Dai," I say as I glance over my shoulder, then freeze. "Hey, Dark. How have you been? Haven't seen you in a while."

"Good. So, I wanted to talk to you about a couple things."

"Oh, really? Like what?"

"You have mentioned your dad a couple times but you haven't said what happened to him."

I look back down to the books. "Car accident. Killed on impact. Three months ago. Then we immediately moved to be closer to Mom's family."

"What's the rest of the story, Mitsuko?"

"…he was leaving…he was leaving us. He was leaving me. It was always him and me. Just us two. Mom and Hinata were always so close but so were he and I. And he was leaving me. For someone he had "a real connection" with."

And he hugs me again. For the first time since I fell asleep on the couch and he carried me upstairs, he holds me. His arms wrap around me like I am the most precious thing he's ever held, and he holds me like he never wants to let go. We sit like that for a while. His arms around me and my head on his shoulder.

"Mitsuko, would you consider…I mean…if we didn't find a way to send you home could you handle it? I know you would miss your family but…I mean Emiko and Daiki think of you as part of the family and Daisuke loves having you here…."

"What about you, Dark? What does the Phantom Thief think of me?"

"I…I like having you here. Actually I just like you. It's a bad idea for me to get involved, Mitsuko. I am not my own person. I won't grow old or age. I won't be able to have a normal life. And even if I could, I'm Phantom Thief Dark. A normal life is forever denied to me. But for the first time in all my years, I met someone I would consider giving all that up for. I met someone I want more than anything."

"Me?"

"You. My princess."

And so I kiss him. What else would you do after that? I mean, is there even another option?

And he kisses me back. And it is perfect. He wraps his arms around me again and pulls me as close as he can. Cliché as it sounds, I swear there are fireworks.

I finally pull back and look at him. "Promise you aren't doing this because we are both flirts and I have Daddy issues. Promise me you mean it."

"Done. You have my word. I mean everything I have said to you." I look in his eyes and all I can see is how much he means it. How much he wants me. Wants to be with me. So, I kiss him again.