The Face Inside

A/N - Ok. Quick author's note. Know that this is the first DNAngel fic that I have released. I have one in the works right now and it's sitting on the pile of other stuff that I'm writing. I swear I'll get back to my other fics eventually. For now work is killing me. I banged this out after listening to Linkin Park's "Papercut" and I thought the song was really rather perfect for the boys. Comments are always welcome. Read and enjoy. ^_^

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~I know just what it feels like

To have a voice in the back of my head

It's like a face that I hold inside

A face that awakes when I close my eyes

A face watches every time I lie

A face that laughs every time I fall

(And watches everything)~

When I look into the mirror, what do I see? I see my face . . . but there's someone underneath that face. There's a face that isn't my own. I can see you in my eyes, violet behind crimson. You're watching through my eyes, waiting. Waiting for your time to be released. Until my fourteenth birthday I had only myself. And now I have you. Inside my head, under my skin. At times it feels like we're the same person instead of two different entities.

//Don't be so serious, Dai-chan.//

You're never serious. You're always laughing. Laughing at me. Because I'm not as cool as you are. I'm no the famous Kaitou Dark Mousy. I'm only Niwa Daisuke. I'm only your host. Are you my friend? You're part of me, so how can you be my friend?

//I'll always protect you, Dai-chan.//

Dark . . . .

~I know I've got a face in me

points out all the mistakes to me You've got a face on the inside too and

Your paranoia's probably worse~

I don't like looking into the mirror. I don't want to see my face because I know I'm going to see you in my eyes. That look in your eyes makes my skin crawl, my blood freeze. I don't want you to look at me. I don't want you to look at him. I know what you will do to Niwa if given the opportunity. I won't allow it.

//He is your enemy, Satoshi-sama.//

I don't want him to be my enemy. I've never had a friend and he wants me to be his friend. I'm not like you. I'm not a killer. I wish you weren't inside me. I wish I couldn't hear you laughing. I don't want you! Leave me alone!

//You belong to me, Satoshi-sama.//

Krad . . . .