Next chapter, finally! No, I didn't have writer's block.I got really shy about putting this up because… well, it's really weird and dramatic! But whatever. I reallyhope you like it. Large emphasis on really.R&R soon!
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Chapter 5: FYI, Niwa
Riku woke up the next in her bed. She was still wearing the same clothes from the day before. She was a little confused about what happened last night. The memories of what happened after she hugged Dark were a little fuzzy. She blushed remembering when it happened. But she just couldn't remember what happened after that. She didn't even remember coming back home going to bed. Was that a dream? Riku asked herself. She sighed as she got up and went to wash her face.
"I'm wearing the same clothes as yesterday, I don't remember anything after that happened, and I just magically appeared at home in bed. That was probably a dream." Riku said.
"Riku?" Risa asked as she entered the bathroom.
"Oh, Risa." Riku said as she turned around to face Risa. There was a long silence as the two just stared at each other. Risa's face a stained wet and red. Riku could tell she was up all night crying. Riku went and hugged Risa.
"I'm sorry for what I said Risa. And for breaking up you and Dark." Riku said as she pulled back.
"Everyone was mad at me for things I didn't understand. Today I'm going to find Dark. Hopefully he'll still want to go out with me." Risa said. Riku blushed a tad.
"I'm sure he will." Riku reassured her. Risa smiled at her sister.
"But… do you think Niwa is still mad at me?" she asked. Riku blushed even more.
"I… I don't know."
"Why was he mad at me? Do you know?" Risa asked. Riku paused. She couldn't tell her, it wouldn't be right. If anyone should tell her, it should be Daisuke. Then, she shook her head.
"No." she replied.
"Okay. And are you still mad at me?" Risa asked.
"No."
"Why were you mad at me?" Risa asked. (She asks way too many questions, doesn't she?)
"I don't know. I'm sorry." Riku said.
"It's okay. Let's forget about it go get ready for school." Risa said in her normal mood.
"Okay!" Riku said, also more cheerful. The two got ready for school and went on the train together.
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After school, Risa ran up to Daisuke, who hadn't spoken at all in class. He hadn't raised his hand once or participated at all in class. He always just sat there, staring at nothing. The teacher had almost sent him to the nurse. He seemed so lifeless. Risa was almost sure he was still mad at her. She decided she had to talk to him.
"Niwa?" she asked. He didn't reply. "Are you mad at me?" He still didn't reply.
"I guess you are. Why? You haven't participated or talked at all in class. I'm sorry for whatever I did! I don't want you to be mad at me." Risa said. Daisuke didn't reply at first.
Behind a tree, Riku watched the two. She stayed hidden and listened in on their talk. She didn't want to miss it. It was important. Even though she knew eavesdropping wasn't good, she had to do it. She had to listen in.
"I'm not angry with you." Daisuke said, finally.
"Then what's the matter?" Risa asked. Daisuke sighed, looking down at the ground. He took a deep breathe and looked up at her finally.
"Listen, Ms. Harada, this going to be hard, but you'll have to understand. I don't want you to ever talk to me again. I don't want to be a part of your life and I don't want you in mine. We can't be friends anymore!" Daisuke said harshly. Risa was shocked silent. Her eyes were wide and watery. Daisuke turned around and walked away as Risa broke into tears. Riku came out from behind the trees.
"Oh, Risa!" Riku said as she hugged her sister. She looked at Riku with tear-filled eyes.
"You heard, then?" she asked. Riku nodded.
"Why? Why did he say that? Why is he so angry with me?" Risa asked.
"I don't know." Riku said, struggling not to let out the truth. "I'll be right back." She said as she ran after Daisuke.
"Niwa!" she yelled after him.
"What?" he asked as he stopped, but didn't turn around.
"How dare you say that to my sister. What happened to all that stuff you told me a few days ago?" Riku asked him.
"That's stuff of the past. I'm not going through this anymore." Daisuke said as he ran off. Riku didn't even bother following him. She felt bad for him alright, but what he said to Risa was way too harsh. He can't take out his pain on Risa. Riku thought as she went back to Risa.
"Riku? What happened?" Risa asked, still in tears. She didn't answer her question, she couldn't. Riku sighed.
"Let's go home." Riku said.
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Daisuke stood in his room. He stared at his picture of Risa. He no longer saw all the beauty in it that he used to always see. He covered it up and took it outside. He threw it inside the garbage can. No more. He said to himself. He went back inside and sat in his room. He couldn't take it anymore. It was always Dark. Well, he was sick of him. He was sick and tired of feeling the pain. He was sick of being Dark's second. He wanted no more. He would find new love. He would make other friends. He didn't want to ever here the words "Risa Harada" again, as well as the words "Dark" and "Riku". He was done with them.
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Riku sat in her room as well. Risa had gone straight to her room the minute they got home so Riku was left by herself. She couldn't believe what Daisuke had said. It was so unlike him. But she understood his pain. It was the pain she had always felt.
Flashback
"So, Niwa, what did you want to talk to me about?" Riku asked as she sat down next to Daisuke on the wooden park bench. He had asked her to meet him in the park because he had something important to talk to her about. He looked oh so flustered and he was blushing a great deal.
"Listen, Ms. Harada, this is going to be kind of unbelievable, but it's true." Daisuke explained. What is he getting at? She thought. Daisuke blushed harder.
"I'm just gonna come right out and say it, okay?" Daisuke asked.
"Okay." Riku said, nodding her head. She blushed a little. Daisuke took a deep breathe.
"I like… your sister." Daisuke confessed. Riku didn't respond at first.
"WHAT?" She screamed at the top of her lungs. Daisuke covered her mouth quickly, making her blush a little more. He looked around to make sure no one was watching.
"Shush! Someone might hear you!" Daisuke said as he removed his hand. Riku blushed a tad.
"How? Since when? … And why?" Riku said as if liking Risa was an impossible. Daisuke blushed even more.
"I don't know. It's just that… when I'm around her, I feel so… nice. And she's so nice and beautiful." Daisuke explained, turning super red.
"Um, you realize we're twins, right?" Riku asked. Daisuke stared at Riku. He knew they were twins, but… they were so different.
"Um, take no offense by this, but... you're just different. I mean, you're beautiful, too, but…" Riku blushed here, " … but she… her long, silky, chocolate colored hair… her glimmering brown eyes… her soft, smooth skin… her—" Daisuke went on about Risa until Riku stopped him.
"Okay! Okay! I get it. She's still my sister, you know." Riku said, a little annoyed and little creeped out.
"Sorry." Daisuke apologized. Riku rolled her eyes and stood up.
"So, is that it?" Riku asked.
"Kind of, but…"
"Well, then I'll be going now." Riku said as she started on her way off. Niwa and Risa… I guess it could happen. Riku thought.
"Hey, wait!" Daisuke yelled after her.
"What?" Riku asked, turning back to him.
"I was kinda hoping you'd… you know… help me out a little. You know, tell me some things she likes or places she likes and I could take her to or when she's busy or not." Daisuke explained. Riku rolled her eyes again.
"No, I think you're okay. Besides, I'm not going to spend my day or time telling you facts about Risa." Riku said as she turned back around to walk away.
"Hey, wait!" Daisuke yelled as he ran after her.
"You're just gonna say no and walk away?" Daisuke asked. Riku nodded.
"Yup." She replied. Daisuke stopped following her.
"Man, she's so stubborn… and so harsh…" Daisuke mumbled.
"I heard that!" Riku yelled, but she didn't stop walking.
"Things are so different now…it's like a neck and neck battle between the four of us." Riku said with a sigh. Things were already getting worse. Riku found that she was spending a lot of time in her room thinking. She thought more about what Daisuke had said.
"We can't be friends anymore!" He had said so harshly. Riku still couldn't believe he said that. It was so unlike him. He was always considerate of others feelings and tried his best not to hurt them… especially Risa. But now… the way he yelled at her… it was terrible.
"How is she?" a familiar voice asked as he entered the room. Riku jumped in surprise. She turned to the broken sliding doors to see Dark.
"Oh, you're back." Riku said as she got up.
"I said I would be. So how is she?" he asked again.
"Not good. She's in her room crying right now." Riku explained. "Hey, wait. How'd you know what happened?"
"Ah, I have a way of knowing these kinds of things." Dark said.
"Yeah, right. You were spying on her, weren't you?" Riku asked. Dark turned his head in shame.
"You did it, too." Dark said. Riku stuck her tongue out at him and turned her head as well.
"Maybe you should go talk to her. I bet you could make her feel better." Riku suggested. Dark shrugged.
"I doubt it. I don't think she likes me that way anymore." Dark said. Riku turned back to him and gave him a 'are you crazy?' look.
"Are you kidding me? She said she loves you!" Riku yelled. Dark turned back to her.
"Are you serious?" Dark asked.
"Why do you think Niwa is so angry with her? He was there when she said it!" Riku yelled.
"Oh… well that explains a lot. But… I feel bad for her. I just don't feel that way for her. I know I said I could fall in love with her, but…" Dark stopped. Riku blushed and turned away.
"Oh. So that wasn't just a dream." Riku said, embarrassed. She remembered what she did again.
"Of course it wasn't. Why would you think that? Oh, I get it. You thought something as great as getting a hug from me was too good to be real." Dark said, teasing her again.
"No! First of all, I hugged you!" Riku yelled. After hearing herself, she blushed madly. Dark chuckled.
"If you were wondering how you got home, I brought you back. You didn't pull back and you know I wouldn't so we kind of just stood there hugging. After a while, you just fell asleep in my arms. I took you back here and put you in bed." Dark explained. Riku's face turned a very bright scarlet. How did I fall asleep while hugging him? Oh, I can't believe myself! Riku said in her head. Suddenly, Dark grinned.
"Hey, now you're the pervert! You hugged a stranger!" Dark said. Riku blushed.
"No! First of all, that's not perverted thing to do!" Riku pointed out.
"You should know…"
"Shut up! Second, we're friends now." Riku pointed out. Dark rolled his eyes.
"Oh, yeah. Yesterday when I kiss you we're not friends, but suddenly when you do something stupid, we're the best of friends. That's perfect." Dark said with sarcasm.
"I never said the best of friends! And hey, kissing me more was perverted than hugging you." Riku said.
"Once again, you should know…"
"Stop it! And third, you hugged me back!" Riku yelled.
"Well, you kissed me back so I guess you have no right to call me pervert." Dark said.
"Whatever. It's not like I call your pervert anymore…" Riku mumbled.
"You called me pervert yesterday!" Dark yelled.
"Oh, enough!" Riku yelled. She marched right to the door and opened it.
"I'm going out and you better not follow me!" Riku yelled as she walked out and slammed the door behind her. As she passed Risa's locked door, she was filled with pain, anger, sorrow, and much confusion once more. She went downstairs and left.
Riku walked around the neighborhood, thinking more about Daisuke and Risa. She also had new thoughts… about Dark. He was much kinder and cooler and nicer than she had thought. She was actually becoming good friends with him even though she only really got to know the day before. I guess I could let Risa date him. Riku thought. But the minute she thought about Risa and him together, she was filled with different emotions. She was confused about them. Suddenly, she saw Daisuke's house. It made Riku feel sad and depressed and confused all over again. Suddenly, she heard noises coming from the back. Without warning, Daisuke came from the back.
"Oh, it's you." Daisuke said. The cold in his voice gave Riku the chills. Then, she realized something. If he doesn't want Risa to be a part of his life, then what about me? She thought. She was pretty sure of the answer.
"Listen, just go. I don't feel like talking right now." Daisuke said. Riku clenched her fists.
"I have something to say to you, Niwa." Riku said, firmly.
"What?"
"You have no right to treat Risa like that. I understand that you're hurt right now, but you can't just go and take it out on Risa. She has no idea about your feelings for her. She is completely clueless about why you're acting this way." Riku said.
"That's exactly it. She has no idea about my feelings for her. I've devoted my whole life to her and she's so clueless." Daisuke began, but Riku didn't let him finish.
"I don't want to hear it!" Riku snapped back at him, "You think that you're in so much pain. You think that you're all alone and no one understands you. Well, you're wrong. I understand you. But you have no idea what the meaning of pain is. I do. Maybe she's clueless about you're feelings, but you're not any different from her." Riku said, tears forming in her eyes.
"What do you mean by that?" Daisuke asked.
"FYI, Niwa, I love you." Daisuke's eyes widened, "But you're just as clueless as her. You're too busy being 'devoted' to her that you haven't realized how much I've loved you. I'm sitting here watching my love give his heart to my little twin sister. How do you think I feel?" Riku started to cry, "And then I see my love get crushed by my sister. I see how you feel and it hurts me even more. Then, she started dating this Dark guy. You may think you're agonizing over it, but think about me. Then, she goes and falls in love with Dark and you start acting up. You say all these cruel things to my sister. How do you think I feel?" Suddenly, it started raining, "Do you know how confused I am right now? Do know how much pain I'm going through? The more pain you feel, the more pain I feel and added to the pain I hold alone. Stab me through the heart, I dare you. That won't even compare to the pain I'm feeling. You think you're in so much pain, but guess what? I'm worse." Riku shouted. She was crying so hard by now. It had started to pour now. Riku turned around and ran away. Daisuke stood there in the rain, watching her run away. He had no idea how she felt.
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When Riku got home, she locked herself in her room as well. She was glad that Dark wasn't still there. She curled up under the covers and cried. How would he react? Would life be different? Would it all be so awkward? She cried harder. She never wanted to tell him that way. She knew that when she told him it would be a real awkward and shocking thing, but she never thought she would shout at him the way she did. Now, she was starting to feel bad about what she said to Daisuke. Confused was only one word to describe Riku's feelings and pain. Everything was messed up. How could she ever talk to him again? She was sure he wouldn't be able to talk to her either. And at the rate it was going, Risa wouldn't be able to pull the two together. She also needed to patch things up with Daisuke. The way things were going, it looked like Riku would never talk to Daisuke again. And it hurt. She did still love him even after all that had happened. So much hurt and pain was running through Riku.
Soon, she fell asleep.
When she woke up, it was kinda late. I must have fallen asleep. She thought. She got up and washed her face. Then, she went to see how Risa was doing. She knocked on the door, but there was no reply. So Riku just went right in. She couldn't find Risa anywhere. I guess she went out. I hope she's feeling better. Riku thought as she went back to her room. Suddenly, she started thinking about Risa and Daisuke again. She sighed.
"I have to get my mind off them. Maybe I'll read my book. That should make me stop thinking about all this." Riku said as she looked through her stuff to find her book. Suddenly, she remembered that she left it in her parents' room. She opened the two doors into their huge master bedroom.
Her jawdropped as she saw who was lying down on the bed.
"What the heck are you doing!" Riku asked, her voice getting louder.
"Huh? Oh, hey Riku. Just lying down." Dark replied calmly. Riku stared at him like he was crazy. He seemed like it, anyway.
"In my parents' bedroom?" Riku asked. Dark shrugged.
"It's a nice bed, you know. And—" Dark began, but Riku didn't let him finish.
"Don't you have your own house or something?" Riku asked.
"I was kind of kicked out, if you know what I mean." Dark explained.
"By who!" Riku asked. She never thought of Dark as the kind of guy that someone would just kick out. OR the kind of guy that would let someone kick him out. Dark didn't really seemed to care. He shrugged.
"Ah, someone." Dark replied plainly. Riku rolled her eyes. Dang, this guys such a bum! Riku thought.
"Well, couldn't you at least ask me? Or even Risa? Or someone?" Riku asked, angrily.
"Sorry. No one was home anyway… Anyway, can I stay here for a couple of nights?" Dark asked.
"What?" Riku asked, "Are you crazy?"
"Come on, we're good friends, remember? Like I said, I was kicked out of where I live. I need a place to stay in for a couple of nights." Dark said. Riku held back from slapping Dark across the face.
"Ooh…" Riku held back from screaming 'NO!' at him, "…fine." She said finally. Dark smiled.
"Good. I'll stay here in this room since your parents aren't coming back any time soon. So can you get me a some soda? And are you a good cook? I'm getting kind of hungry. Can you go cook me something? Oh, and I'll need some pillows and blankets and—" SLAP! Riku slapped Dark across the face.
"Ow! That hurt!" Dark yelled as he put his hand on his extremely red cheek. Riku turned her back to him.
"Yeah, I know. That's why I did it." Riku said with a snicker. She walked out of the room and slammed the door shut. Dark rolled his eyes as he went into the bathroom to get a small hand towel. He ran it under cold water, rolled it up, and placed it on his cheek.
"She's gotta stop doing that." Dark said as he sat on the bed. He sighed as his stomach grumbled.
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Ha ha… don't treat Riku like a personal maid or she'll slap you! Hopefully that'll be the last slapbecause it's getting very annoying... Anyways, review please! I'll be waiting!
