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You look so fine
I want to break your heart
And give you mine
You're taking me over
"You Look So Fine," Garbage
New Feelings
Daisuke stretched and blinked as the sun fell into his eyes as he walked from his dorm to the Student Union. A breeze picked up and he pulled his jacket tighter around himself; he picked up his pace and jogged through the door.
The Student Union was part café and campus store. The right half was a coffee shop and the left half was filled with text books, campus sweatshirts, and items necessary for classes. Chairs and tables were set up through out the place.
He scanned the crowd of people and made out Hikari sitting next to the window on the left. A cup of coffee and a half-eaten chocolate chip muffin sat in front of her. He quickly grabbed a bagel and a coffee and slid into the seat across from her.
Her eyes snapped open in alarm but a soft smile crossed her face when she saw Daisuke. "Hey…I haven't seen you a lot this last few days."
"I had trouble with work. My boss and I got into a disagreement but I put him in his place quickly. You?"
"Work too. We had to help the new girl adjust to the office."
They fell into a comfortable silence. The rays of the sun cast a golden hue over Hikari's hair and he found his eyes drawn to her. She met his gaze and held it for a few moments. Heat rose to his face and his hand reached across the table to brush against her smaller one.
Electricity rose from his fingers all the way up to his shoulder blade, leaving a comfortable numbness in its wake. She shivered, retracted her arm, and hurriedly grabbed her leather messenger bag off the floor.
"I have to go, Davis. I'll see you later."
She strode away from him and out of the door without looking back once. He sat there rigidly; eyes staring at the place Hikari had once occupied, and grabbed his own bag. The numbness still hadn't gone away…
Hours later Yamato leapt down from a tall, oak tree in the park and landed in front of Mimi. An expression of annoyance marred his handsome features and he raked a hand through his blonde hair.
"Where the hell are they? They were supposed to meet us here for patrol an hour ago!"
Mimi stared at him in silence and leaned against the trunk of the tree. She sighed and kicked at the ground in front of her. "They ditched us."
He blinked at her. "What? Why?"
"Why do you think?"
He stared at her in bewilderment for a few seconds before realization dawned on him. His hand dropped to his side and a flush of red appeared on his normally pale face. He opened his mouth to say something, thought better of it, and shut it again.
She giggled. "It's not that bad. You don't have to look so horrified."
"It's not that….it's just when I get my hands on Tai!" The blonde could picture Taichi laughing at them and he felt his blood pressure rise.
A cold hand fell on his shoulder and he almost jumped as Mimi's face appeared only five inches away from his own. "So what now? You going home or are we going to have that date after all?"
"Um…I…that's-,"
"You really have a way with words. Did anyone ever tell you that?" His mouth formed a reply but it died on his lips as she took his hand in her own and led him over to the bench. She dropped down onto it and raised an eyebrow at him. "So…"
He sat next to her but stared down at his feet. "So…" His left foot tapped the ground restlessly and he slowly raised his eyes to her face. "Why?"
"Excuse me?"
"Why do you do this? Why do you hunt vampires and demons? You could be doing anything you want and you chose this life. Why?"
Several emotions, he couldn't identify, appeared on her face and were gone so quickly that he thought he imagined them. She crossed her arms over her chest and turned her body away from him.
Afraid that he had overstepped his boundaries, he parted his lips to speak but she placed her index finger to them, silencing him. She leaned in to him and he shuddered as he felt her lips move as she whispered, "Forgiveness."
She pulled away from him and walked towards the park exit. He stared at her retreating form until she had disappeared from his line of sight and retrieved his cell phone from the pocket of his coat.
He dialed in the familiar number and drummed his fingers on the bench as the other line rang. "C'mon. For once in your life get off the computer and answer the phone."
On the other end a young man with short red hair, pale skin due to hours spent working indoors, black eyes, and a small build blinked at his phone. He reached over in puzzlement, his close friends knew to email him, and picked up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Koushirou, it's Matt. I need a favor."
Koushirou licked his lips and answered, "Fine. What is it?"
"Have you ever heard of anyone named Mimi Tachikawa?"
"Who hasn't? She owns a very powerful business over in America and makes a lot of donations to charities. She's in the news a lot. Why?"
A sigh came from the other end. "She's helping us with some vampires named Jyou Kido, Miyako Inoue, and Ken Ichijouji."
"No shit?"
"No shit. So I need you to look in all of our records for anything about her. Anything to explain what a billionaire is doing killing demons every night."
"I'm on it."
There was a click on the other end and just like that the conversation was over. Koushirou blinked before turning back to his computer screen.
"Whatever happened to saying goodbye?"
Author's Notes: That's all for now. I have a revised version of an older story of mine called 'No Day But Today' out right now, so please check that out as well. Please read and review.
