Warnings: AU. Dark x Krad. OOC-ness bound to occur. Rating may change. Lemon in future perhaps. Only watch a few episodes of the anime, check once, so forgive me if there were any mistake.
Disclaimers: Not owned by me of course, or else the anime would have Dark and Krad ended up together in bed while Satoshi and Daisuke being together instead of Riku and Daisuke in the end, not forgetting having Risa out of the anime. Original characters are mine.
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Tsubasa
Chapter VI
It was a Sunday.
Everyone was excited to shop for clothes, work their usual part-time job, spend their time lazying around, play games with friends, and so on. All except one guy in Room 205.
He was still on the bed. It was not because of laziness nor tiredness. It was plainly just another day for him to idle, not knowing what to do with that day. Everyone seemed to be busy with their own stuff. All except the blonde.
Finally, Krad lifted himself from the bed and walked towards the bathroom. 'I need to bathe at least. What a hot weather for today...' Krad thought as he prepared clothes for himself. 'Eh?' He realised that he was alone in the room. His room mate was nowhere in sight. He frowned at the memories he recalled out of the blue. The kiss...
And he blushed.
"Dark..." The blonde's eyes widened as his room mate's first name escaped from his lips. He covered his mouth quickly, afraid of anyone could hear even though he was all alone in the room.
Afterall, that purple-haired was all along very friendly towards him. However, Krad himself did try to open up himself to him, over at the roof top. He felt his chest tighten back then, when Dark mentioned that they were friends.
'But how dare he made a fool out of me. Fake or not, I don't care.' Krad frowned as he shook his head and calmed himself, 'It's not my problem.' He turned to look at the front door. He walked over and put the latch on. "I'll see how you can come in..."
Although said, the blonde felt he himself was very silly and childish. Like a child throwing tantrum. He sighed at his foolishness. But there was something he could not forget about. He was still curious about the pointed tooth that he only had a glanced when Dark gritted his teeth back then. 'He really looked painful back there...'
Before Krad realized, he had been thinking about the another one from the moment he woke up. He felt his cheek redden.
Shaking away the thought, he continued his routine of the day. Just then, he heard his long forgotten cellphone ring.
He freezed.
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"That's why I thought of a date that can be catered to Jun and you, Krad and I!!" Dark exclaimed as he sat on the table, "What do you think?"
"What do you mean?" Kai frowned.
"Well, since Krad came, he never really go out and have fun with us, isn't it? So I thought we can go out together today and have fun!" Dark popped in another sweet in his mouth and chewed.
Kai sighed, "What're the chances that Krad will go out with YOU? Didn't you forget that you made fun of him at the roof top? I think he's still mad at you."
"Kai! It was serious then. I really did feel uncomfortable! I can't possibly tell Krad that I'll react like that whenever the weather is too bright for me, can I?" Dark retorted, and his eyes started to lower to the ground, "And I don't even know how he will think of me when he finds out..."
The older one's eyes softened. He knew it was hard on the younger one, but he could not do anything to help him. Instead, he walked over to him and brought him into his embrace.
"Kai?" The purple-haired muffled under Kai's shirt, "I'm all right..."
"I know." Kai sighed.
"Would it be better for me to leave the room if the both of you continue to ignore my existence?" The silver-haired took another sip from his coffee.
"Haa," Kai giggled as he released his arms from the younger one, "All right. So what're we planning to do now?"
Dark got off the table he was sitting. "I'll go call him. Then we'll decide where we should go yea?" Dark gave a winning grin and left the room.
Kai laughed, "I wonder what gives him the confidence."
Jun smiled, "Maybe something did happen to them."
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He was sure he had not told anyone that he got a cellphone. So no one should know his cellphone number. The only person who knew the number was that person. That person whom he dreaded. He did not want to meet him. He knew that nothing good would come from that guy and yet, he could not defy him.
His cellphone was still ringing.
Krad picked up the phone warily, still hesitating. He knew that all of this normal high school life was just a dream. He could never lead a normal life, much less to have a friend.
He was sent here for a reason he did not know.
He answered the call.
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Very unlike of him, Dark skipped back to his room.
'So Krad, let's go out and have fun with us!' Dark roleplayed the scene in his mind once again. Oh yes, he did not want to screw up this time. He realized that he might have gone too far the previous time, even though it was real.
Dark's pace slowed down as he was almost reaching Room 205.
"I wonder how Krad will think of me if he knows about me..." Dark's head lowered, "...though it's not that I mind but..."
His head tilted up quickly, in realization. "Why do I care so much about how he feels or thinks?" He asked himself in a very out of sudden mode. He covered his already reddened face and smirked, "Maybe I know the reason myself already." Before he knew, he was standing outside his room door.
'Ok, don't think about it first.' Dark concluded for that moment as he turned the door knob and pushed the door. 'Shit. The latch is on...'
"Krad? You're in there?" Dark was very careful in choosing his words, for he did not want to anger the blonde, "Krad? Kai, Jun and I want to talk to you about something. Can you take off the latch please?"
There were some movement in the room. Dark closed back the door and waited patiently for the door to open. Indeed, soft approach did help the situation. Dark cheered innerly for the success.
When the purple-haired was all ready to greet the blonde with a big smile, the expression on the blonde's face was unbearable. It made him pause his action and stare at his room mate, not knowing what to do.
The golden orbs stared back to the purple ones. Krad's eyes were void from emotions and yet, there were tears which were ready to flow down his cheeks. His clothes were last night's, his hair was untied and messy.
Dark narrowed his eyes. Immediately, he grabbed the shoulders of the blonde and pulled him closer to himself. "Krad..." Dark's voice filled with concerns, "What happened?"
Without any word, Krad threw himself into the embrace of the another abruptly and held him tightly. He buried his head into Dark's chest.
Shocked, Dark wrapped his arms slowly around Krad. He heard sobs coming from the blonde. His heart ached painfully as he tried to compose himself. His purple eyes searched around the room for anything or anyone unusual, until they finally settled on a cellphone on the floor.
"Krad? Who called? What happened?" Dark asked softly as he patted the golden hair. Yes, it was so unlike of Krad to be in this state. 'What made him like this?' He pondered, 'Who made him like this?'
The thought of someone who made Krad react like this, the purple orbs started to glow. His voice became hoarse. He gritted his teeth, "Who..."
"It's him..." Krad's voice was barely audible, "He said he's coming..."
"Who is 'him'?" And before Dark could questioned further, the blonde had went limp in his arms, with fresh tears on his face.
Violet eyes softened as he looked at the blonde in his arms. 'Who does Krad fear the most till he's like this? Who's the one who responsible his being here? Who made Krad's someone who does not have a heart like a normal being?'
There were a lot of questions that ran through his mind, but he could not think straight. He carried the blonde to the bed and laid him there carefully.
Violet eyes disappeared under the eyelids as Dark took a deep breath and held it to calm himself. As he let out the breath that he was holding, he opened his eyes slowly. They were no longer purple in color.
"I'll protect you." His red orbs glowed with anger.
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A/N: Welcome back! Oh yes, I've returned... with a short chapter!! Over here, please accept my apology, for my absence for 2 years. Initially, my schedule was really packed back then. After that, I got writer's block. Now, as much as I want to continue, I do hope that there're still people out here and there who support this fiction of mine. But I won't be updating often. I've become rusty... but I'll still do my very best here. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, please review coz' it motivates me. Really. Thank you so much!
Hikari Haruka
