Engel an der Leine

What if I told you that I'm not who I seem I am?

What if...I told you I was something else?

Something not of this world...

Would you hate me?

Would you pity me?

Would it make me important to you?

Would you throw me away if you found out?

For you...I'd live a lie.

I'd live in the darkness for you...

Since my heart is already...dark...

Chapter III:

"We're really close now!"

"Excellent, good work."

"But there's a problem..."

"What's wrong?"

"We ran into Lucifer's minions."

"That's not good...we must make haste."

"Yes Michael-sama!"

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Krad was sprawled out on couch, he didn't have the slightest clue of what to do, they were snowed in, and Dark was eating another sandwich. Something to kill time, anything, suddenly, Dark came in and sat on the other couch by Krad's.

"Krad..."

"Hm?"

"How long are we going to be snowed in?"

Krad shrugged, "Until the snow melts or until it melts enough that we can open the door."

"Oh..."

"For all we know it might last a couple of days or just till tomorrow."

Dark started twirling the feather necklace around, the blonde looked at the boy, "You like that necklace don't you?"

"Aa...it's really pretty, it looks just like an angel's feather."

"Yea..."

"Was this yours?"

"Yea...Kaa-san bought it for me a couple of years ago, she thought it suited me."

"Oh...where is she now?"

"Hm? My parents died in a car crash two years ago."

"I'm sorry..."

"Hn. Did you have parents?"

Dark thought for a moment, he wasn't sure exactly what parents were, all he knew was that he was created and he was raised in heaven, there weren't exactly parents there they were more like mentors and supervisors. The one that took care of him the most was Michael-sama, but he doubted that he was a parent.

"I don't think so."

"You aren't sure?"

The slave shook his head, "All I know is that I fell and these men took me."

"..."

"Who were they?"

"Who?"

"The lady and the red haired boy."

"Hm? Emiko and Daisuke?"

Dark nodded, "They were friends of my parents and they visit once in awhile."

Krad's explanations were very brief and straightforward but they covered everything that was on Dark's mind. They talked for a bit more, then the fire went out, and the two of them sat in the darkness.

"Great...stay here, I'll go grab some flashlights and see if there's anything we can relight the fire with."

Dark could hear Krad get up and walk away, he just lounged on the couch thinking about all the things that he learned about the blonde in the last little bit. Krad's parents left everything to him when they passed away and he lived alone ever since, he worked for this greedy person who thought of nothing more than his own benefit, he finally gave Krad a month off and then Dark came in.

Krad came back in and tossed some wood into the fire place; he found a lighter and got the fire started again. Dark wondered silently why his master didn't ask about his scar.

Krad laid back on the couch and said, "After the snow melts I'll bring you to meet Emiko and Daisuke again alright?"

Dark nodded, "Krad..."

"Yea?"

"Most people told me that masters were strict, punishing, and...you get the idea...why are you...not?"

The blonde shrugged, "I'm not sure, I'm just me. And it's not true, I can name quite a few people who aren't brutal and strict to their slaves."

The boy looked questioningly at his master, "Really?"

"Yea, I mean there's Emiko, Towa's more like a maid than a slave, you really can't tell the difference."

"Emiko-san has a slave?"

"Yea, Towa was a little like you and then she got influenced by the Niwas, now she squeals everything she sees something on sale on the streets."

Dark was speechless, but he knew what Krad said was right though since Krad himself wasn't a cruel sadistic master.

"We're going to have to buy you a new collar, one without a leash; it just gets in the way. And you need new clothes too."

Dark nodded dumbly, the blonde looked at him and asked, "Is there any cold food you'd like to eat?"

The slave shook his head, Krad got up and headed to the kitchen with his flashlight, Dark followed him and looked around, it was all gloomy, he could barely see the other rooms, Krad opened the fridge and grabbed a carton of milk. He poured the liquid into cups and passed one to Dark, while he chugged his down.

The boy drank his and watched the blonde rummage through the drawers, suddenly, something was tossed to him, he looked at the package in his hand and back at Krad.

"It's chocolate, try it."

Dark unwrapped the chocolate and took a bite, it was sweet and creamy, it had to be the best thing he ever tasted, he took another bite.

"Arigatou Krad."

"I see you like sweet things don't you?"

"I guess."

Krad raised a brow and smiled, "You haven't tried a lot of things have you?"

Dark shook his head still munching on the chocolate bar, he watched Krad move about looking for something to eat. Finally, Krad grabbed something from the fridge.

"I thought we ran out of sushi, you want one?"

"Sure..."

Krad passed one to Dark who was licking his lips from the chocolate, the blonde started eating his and the boy looked at it for a second before trying it.

"Oishii..." Dark smiled and ate another one.

The blonde smiled and put another one in his mouth, it felt really nice there, kind of like in the middle of the night when it's a little chilly yet peaceful. All that was missing was the nice scenery which unfortunately was covered up with snow, Krad sighed, he finished his sushi and headed upstairs. He saw Dark eat the last sushi and settled on the couch again, just then he remembered.

"Hey Dark, come upstairs for a moment."

Dark got off the couch and headed up after his master, he saw Krad standing in the middle of the hall with a little glimmer in his eyes.

"Krad?"

The blonde just smiled at him and tugged at a string and a set of stairs came down from the ceiling, Dark stared at it before following Krad up into the shadows.

"This is the attic, it's really dusty since no one's been up here for some time now."

Dark's eyes adjusted to the darkness almost instantly, he could see boxes and trunks around, the boy saw the blonde pull a painting away which revealed a door. Krad opened the door and gestured for Dark to tag along, they headed up a few more stairs before it was a dead end, they had to kneel a bit just to fit, Krad felt around then gave a sudden hard push upwards, and the top opened up, the blonde climbed up, he held out a hand and helped Dark up.

The site took Dark's breath away, everything was white, houses, cars, streets, everything. There were no people on the streets, everything was silent, the snow was falling calmly and the sky was grey.

"Everything's white!"

"Yea, I guess everyone's got snowed in, we're the only ones outside right now."

"Aa..."

"I use to come up here all the time in winter; I guess I just forgot about it. It's a nice place to just sit and think."

"Yuushou..."

"Yea...I'm going to stay here for a bit, if you're cold you can go inside."

Dark shook his head, "It feels really nice here."

"Aa..."

The two of them stayed outside on the roof for a bit more until the sky darkened a bit more. Night came by faster than they expected, Krad took a last look before slipping back down.

"Saa...lets head back down. We can always come up here again."

"K..."

"Maybe the snow will clear up tomorrow, then we can go outside again."

Dark brightened up, "Really?"

"Yea...there's always going to be tomorrow to look forward to."

The boy nodded happily, "Until tomorrow then."

The two of them headed back down and the opened closed, leaving a little bare spot on the roof.

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Yuushou means a beautiful scenery and such.

Oishii means delicious

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Nya I know this chapter's a bit short and it took me a long time to update nya Gomen nya Please R&R