Ha! Most of you couldn't believe what Dark did but it's only going to get tenser between the two. You can bet there will be fights. Harada twins now coming into the scene, the story has begun.
Let's start the show shall we?
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Chap. 10, Fake Answer
Daisuke was found in back stage. None of the main characters or most of the crew for that matter we're in a conference room. Discussing what had happened hours ago.
Earlier, when the news was announced in the auditorium about the 'challenge', Daisuke stood there about a good 5 minutes before sprinting out of the place. Some of the crew followed him until they couldn't keep up with him. The Producers and Directors tried to find him afterwards, making it seem like an "I Spy" game that had no solution. In the end, they gave up and went to the next possible way of solving this, having a private meeting. They took the main characters, Risa and some of the crew with them.
Daisuke returned an hour later and sat down in back stage alone, thinking if he should or should not continue this Play thing.
His red bangs covered his eyes as he hung his head, his back arching forward, and he let his arms bend lazily over his knees. His crimson eyes didn't have that shine at the moment. It had reflections of Dark.
I don't get it, why would Dark do that? I get maybe he likes Risa, too- Daisuke's eyes shot wide open, realizing what he thought about may have been incorrect. Dark liking Risa? He only met her when I fell down the stairs…Did he do something to her? Why would she agree? Does Risa even know I'm playing the part?
What am I thinking? I should let her be in the Play. She'll look better and less clumsy in that dress than I am. No, what I want to know is why Dark would consider Risa of all people to Play the part and replace me. I might as well ask him. There's no sense in pondering about it any further.
Daisuke lifted himself off the chair and went through one of the doors of the backstage and into the school building. From there, he went to where they had that gathering that made Dark and himself feel like they had amnesia. That's now where the meeting was taking place and he thought it may have started right before he came back.
It took longer than that, that's for sure.
He leaned back on the wall and looked down at his feet. Why are they taking so long?...
"That's it! I'm out of here!" a girl yelled out suddenly. Someone kicked the door out and out of it came a fumigating Hiroko, going to the opposite direction from where Daisuke was.
"Unbelievable! I have never met such people before. That's totally putting me into shame!" Hiroko yelled again, stomping her feet on the floor. Her sudden action just scared Daisuke and the rest of the people inside the room; all except Dark. He looked like he was brooding or sulking, which ever you preferred.
"Well, I guess this meeting is done. It seems we may have to stall it." Hitomi said, standing up from her seat. She had a huge pamphlet in her hands, a script of the Play. Satoshi, Aya and Krad stood up suit. The camera man and the ladies of the dressing room were there too.
As if he weren't supposed to be there, Daisuke hid behind the door. Unfortunately, he was caught by Dark as the door moved slightly to catch his eye. One by one, the people moved out of the room and went towards the direction where Hiroko just went. Risa was last as she still had her fancy dress and the tips of her hair in rolls.
When Daisuke didn't hear anyone else coming through the door, he let his shoulders limp down and relaxed. He came out of his hiding spot but when he did he received a surprise.
"Sneaking around like that and ease dropping doesn't make you look good." said the voice of a certain person in back of Daisuke. Daisuke got startled, only slightly jumping but he remembered what he came here for and faced Dark.
"Neither is backstabbing me!" Daisuke yelled. It just came out as he had felt, hurt. Dark's eyes had that same brooding look that Daisuke had when he was alone at back stage. His Amethyst eyes were of a darker shade and contained almost no light at all. As Daisuke began his exclamation, Dark just stood there, quietly.
"I don't get it, no matter how much I try to think about it, I don't understand why you would want to replace me so fast?!" Daisuke yelled, looking at Dark straight in the eye.
"We got along with each other, right? What did you mean then since last night? Since we met?!
"Please Dark, tell me why? Why would you do this?"
"I don't like you! I was just faking it that I did!" Dark yelled out this time. Daisuke grew silent, his eyes wide and his cheeks tinted pink by all the yelling. Dark moved back a step, continuing.
I'm having a day from hell
"This was all for the Play. I want a girl not a boy playing as the princess. When I found out that you had no other choice but to play that role, I thought about it and came up with the answer. I could take you out of the production by replacing you. And since you didn't like being the princess, that just made it all the better. I don't see why you're upset." Dark said.
It was going so well (before you came~)
That definitely shocked Daisuke to the pits of his consciousness. No, that just left him more questions, to himself and to Dark. Do I really want to be in the Play? Do I want to play as the princess? Does he like Risa, then? Is that really what he meant?
Is this even real…? Daisuke had a rush of flowing questions at that moment. It only looked like he was shocked to hear even himself.
"So, you like Ms. Harada?" Daisuke asked a question that slipped out of his mouth. Dark stayed silent for a second and then answered, "Yes, I do."
And you told me you needed space…
After that, his facial expression changed. Can you describe silence on a person's face?
With a kiss on the side my face (not again~)
"You're right, Dark, I don't want to be a part of this Play. Why would I? You really have done me a big favor. Thanks." Daisuke said and then walked away from him and went home.
At night
Emiko recovered the plates from the table. Dai's father, grandfather, and his mother all ate but…
"Kosuke, don't you think something's off? Daisuke acted so strange when he came home." Emiko said, putting the plates in the basal and going to the couch where Kosuke was found sitting. He looked up at Emiko from the newspaper he brought with him.
"Yeah, but I think well should leave him alone, at least for today." Kosuke said, going back to the paper.
"You're right; we probably should leave him alone." Emiko said, putting her elbow on the rim of the top of the couch and looked over Kosuke's shoulder, seeing the paper.
"Whatever is bothering him, I bet he could solve it all by himself…" Kosuke assured. As the scene changes from the living room, to the stairs and up to Daisuke's room. He was on his bed, his face smothered with his pillow. This was new to him. In truth, he did want to be in the Play. Everyone was fun to be with and Dark didn't tease him that much but he got used to it. Maybe it was more than that but for now; he knew he might be out of the Play. Dark would convince them of not letting him come into the production.
Not to mention (the tears I shed)
Daisuke uncovered his face up to his eyes and opened them. The pillow muffled his words but if you heard him closely you could hear him say "This smells like Dark…"
He lifted his face from the pillow and threw it on the floor, lazily. He plopped himself on the bed again and looked into space, his head facing the closet absently. He tried to remember the events of last night. The dress, the incredible speed Dark had, and the part where he asked him why he stayed.
"Just the right person to tease, huh?" Daisuke muttered, repeating what Dark said last night. One of the phrases, anyway. Then Daisuke started to go through with what Dark said.
But I should have kicked your (ass instead)
"Lonely? Does he live alone?" Daisuke asked himself, sitting up on his bed now. This really wasn't much of importance but he got another question. Why would anyone want to sleepover at a "co-character's" house and say he just wants to know you better? Seriously, is that even a good reason to stay? Well, he did say that he wanted fun and he's sort of known for that…Wait, known. His reputation! He picks up girls and then leaves them heartbroken! That's it. That has to be the reason!
I need intervention
"No way Dark, I'm not letting you hurt Ms. Harada." Daisuke spoke out. His feelings for Risa were still there! Now that he found the wrong answer to solving things, he was not backing down from the Play, at least. He proposed to it himself to try to be the princess so that Risa won't get closer to Dark.
With all that in mind, he decided to go back tomorrow, convince Saehara about the proposition he made in the announcement and get back in the Play.
With Dark
Unlike our red head friend there with being so positive all of a sudden, Dark was not as happy.
He was sitting, or more like slouching against the door frame of his home. The place was vacant, almost hollow-like with the lights turned off. His home was a mansion. A vast place but it seemed as though no one lived in it. It's been like that for a while now, since his parents died. He was able to run the place with whatever riches were left for him to live off of but it didn't fill up the emptiness that his parents left.
Attention to stop this temptation to scream
'cause baby
He took the maids out of the house; tried to find work for them so that they wouldn't be jobless. After that he stayed all by himself in the mansion and the tendencies that maintained the house were left untouched. He made himself a life of a regular high school guy.
Everything is fed up straight from the heart
When he felt the loneliness, he went for the girls and that's how he got to be known as a heartbreaker. In the end, each girl didn't fill up that emptiness. He quit looking for girls when he noticed it was actually hurting them.
The mansion, his parent's death, his loneliness, and something more; everything was now a secret for anyone who would not know yet. But the only one that doesn't know, that was close to him until now, was Daisuke.
Tell me what do you do when it all falls apart
It was better kept that way. All of what his life was about.
Gotta pick myself up. Where do I start?
"I'm sorry…Daisuke…I'm sorry…" Dark whispered. His whispered echoed through the walls around him, making him feel the mansion of its emptiness. His hand was up on his face the whole time, covering half of it from his template to his cheek. He removed his hand now, showing his eyes that seemed full of pain.
'cause I can't turn to you when it all falls apart
Now you know… now you now most of Dark's secret; most of it.
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Well, was that too deep? I know pain when I see it but was that going overboard? Too Dramatic? Come on, tell me!
Well, I just thought I should do this at an early time. I was being lazy really because I'm supposed to be studying for midterms right now. XD Oh well, it's just midterms, not the state test or finals.
Oh, I almost forgot. Those were lyrics I put to make this chapter have more of a feeling to it. It's called "When It All Falls Apart" by The Veronicas
It looked good didn't it?
See you soon! 1/21/09