BS: I might not update soon this week. Thanks for reading this story to this far. I feel so insecure in typing this. Daisuke shall meet Dark in the next chapter, but... I won't spoil that part.
"Satoshi I want us to break up." Daisuke said one evening. Daisuke had felt restless these past couple of days. He finally decided to come to the truth with Satoshi during dinner. His response was something Daisuke never expected...
Satoshi was smiling slightly. He tried not to laugh at the expression on Daisuke's face.
"It's okay. I was about to break it off with you, too." He said relief flowing in his voice.
"Wh-what?" Daisuke stuttered surprised. For some reason, even though he doesn't like the turquoise hair boy, he felt betrayed. "Is there somebody else?" Daisuke grounded out. Satoshi started getting nervous here and rubbed the back of his head.
"Y-yeah..." Satoshi mumbled having an edge in his voice. He looked down on the table in shame. He didn't mean to tell Daisuke and he certainly didn't expect the question. He was starting to get tired of Daisuke moving that slowly.
"I'm going to bed, good night, Sato." Daisuke said and stood up. He turned around and left the dining room. Satoshi sighed in confusion at how Daisuke acted. Our favorite Niwa was crying in the bathroom, getting ready to go to bed.
'Am I really that unattractive?' Daisuke thought. 'Why does everyone leave me?' When he finished and slid into the queen size bed, the tears slowed. Daisuke decided to not anyone get close to him, not get a weakness and get hurt. He decided that he'd keep on his old mask for a period of time until he's sure that he'll be okay. Daisuke closed his eyes after he finished this thought and went to sleep.
Dark continued to blink at Kosuke and Emiko.
After a moment of silence, Kosuke repeated. "To-to came and said that you have to watch over our son." Dark blinked yet again. Emiko got frustrated and started shaking Dark's shoulders.
"Do. You. Understand?" Emiko shouted, each word having its own shake. Finally, shaking out of his stupor, he nodded.
"But how do I go to America?" Dark asked. He decided to give some respect and not lash out at Emiko for touching him. The touches a ghost gives to a living being can be quite cold.
"To-to has made a fake plane ticket for you. It's the day after tomorrow, so you better go pack up." Daikii spoke.
"Didn't Risa or Krad burn my things?" Dark questioned, sitting up.
"No. They thought that you wouldn't want them to burn your things so they kept them in your apartment. When they find out what to do with them, then they'll get rid of it." Daikii replied.
"What about my body?" Dark asked his final question.
"Just ignore that question. You'll gag if I tell you." Emiko finally said, joining into the conversation. Dark stood up and said bye to the Niwa ghosts and ran to his apartment.
"I hope the boy won't hurt when he realized Daisuke put up a barrier from everyone. He might not understand all of Daisuke's pain." Daikii said softly.
"Don't worry, father. When I spoke to him about going to America to find our Dai-chan, his eyes shone with happiness and relief." Emiko said smiling. Kosuke just stayed quiet and put an arm around his wife.
Dark ran straight into his room and grabbed a luggage bag from under the bed and threw things inside.
"Clothes… Toothbrush… Toothpaste… Comb… Money… Gel…" Dark muttered while grabbing the things. "Ah ha! Found it." Dark shouted as he picked up a necklace that has a black feather on it. "I'll give it to Dai." Dark said. Dark, hanging around when Satoshi called Daisuke by the nickname, copied him and calls him Dai, even though he knew that Daisuke wouldn't hear him.
In the morning, Daisuke woke up with an emotionless mask. He stood up and took a shower and does whatever you do in the morning. When he went inside the dining room, he faltered at the site of his ex-boyfriend in someone else's lap. His chest started hurting but he ignored it and made his face as neutral as possible.
"Good morning, Dai. I decided we could still be best friends." Satoshi said happily, something Daisuke never heard before except when he became Sato's boyfriend.
"Okay." Daisuke said and exited the room and left the house. His appetite disappeared. He walked back to the park where he passionately kissed the wind. Daisuke didn't want to feel loved and then abandoned, so he ignored the fact that it was another person.
He sat on the swing he used last time and rocked back and forth lightly. He faced the ground and was lost in thought.
'How can Sato say that to me when he's in the arms of someone else?' Daisuke thought. 'But I guess it doesn't matter. Nobody would want a piece of trash, a slut like me.'
Slowly, tears slid down his face. He went back into his mind and saw his memories. He tried to escape the clutches of the demon of his past. He shook violently, but nobody in the park noticed. Daisuke didn't care if he cried there. He felt at peace there, for some weird reason.
'Going on a plane ride. Going on a plane ride. Going to America. Going back to Dai.' Dark sang in his mind as he boarded the plane. In the past two days, he tried getting a hold of his former two best friends. Risa was flirting with a guy in the mall, when Dark found her. She spluttered as Dark walked up to her. She accepted the fact that Dark wouldn't tell her anything.
As for Krad, he disappeared. Risa said that Dark's death was a big impact on him. She said Krad blamed himself for the accident and left for America to heal. Dark was excited to see his best friend since childhood and his Daisuke.
On the plane, Dark remembered the time when Daisuke flew to America. His cheerful mood suddenly vanished. He remembered Daisuke accepting Satoshi's love for him and became his boyfriend. He started sulking and got jealous. At one point he almost pouted, but he caught himself before others saw it.
Dark thought over the memories that he saw in Daisuke's past. The last one he saw was a week before he left.
FlashbackDaisuke was in bed and was thrashing around and whimpering. Dark sat up in his chair as he watched in horror at Daisuke who was starting to scratch his arms till it bled. He grabbed Daisuke's arms and shook him, but he was unprepared to be sucked inside another memory.
In this memory, Daisuke was sitting on the floor with his back on the wall of an alley. He was bloody and bruises were forming all over him. Dark looked around for the culprit. He saw three guys walking off with smug looks on their faces. He desperately tried to throw some punches at them.
None of them landed, so Dark walked back towards Daisuke. Daisuke was knocked out and blood seemed to seep out everywhere. His head was as dark as Dark's hair because of all the blood. His shirt and pants were very bloody red. Dark didn't know how Daisuke healed.
In a closer inspection, Dark saw some scars like before.
'So he started cutting after his family died…' Dark whispered to the wind softly.
Dark was thrown back into his chair when Daisuke jumped up and ran into the bathroom. Dark chased after him in fear that Daisuke will start cutting again. He was right. Daisuke grabbed a knife that was used to cut gauzes and was about to slice his skin open when Dark jumped forward and wrestled the knife out of Daisuke's hand.
Daisuke seemed half asleep. He didn't seem to notice that he was fighting with thin air. He grabbed Dark's arm and bit. Dark yelped and pulled away, bringing the knife with him. Daisuke hugged his knees and rocked himself back to sleep.
Dark was surprised that the knife was in his hand that he let go. The knife crashed out the window of the restroom. He didn't bother to check if the knife landed on someone or if Satoshi was awake from all the noises. Dark walked back inside the restroom and gaped at all the blood that seems to pour out of Daisuke's arms.
'How sharp are his nails?' Dark thought. He grabbed some gauze and wrapped them around Daisuke's wounds after cleaning them. He put Daisuke in bed and cleaned up the blood. He sat on the chair and watched Daisuke the rest of the evening
Dark woke up. He glanced around and saw that the plane was landing. He sighed in relief that it was just a dream and Daisuke wasn't really bleeding on his arms again. He stretched as best as someone can when they're strapped onto a seat.
'Daisuke. Just wait. I'm coming for you.' Dark thought, totally forgetting about Krad.
BS: Yay! Chapter 4 finished.
Dark: Finally, I'm alive and looking for Daisuke.
Emiko: You made Dai's life so horrible.
BS: I'm sorry, but it'll make the story a bit longer if Daisuke put up a fight to love.
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