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The waffles were all gone.
Now, Satoshi had never understood the general population's absolute fascination with the topic of waffles, but it did come to his attention that the disappearance of waffles from the Niwa kitchen table was a great source of unhappiness to Risa. Her lower lip pouched out almost invisibly as she was informed sheepishly by Daisuke that Kosuke and Daisuke's grandfather had undertaken something of a waffle-eating contest, things had gotten out of hand and well... there weren't any more waffles, or even mix to make them with.
It was then that Riku popped up with an idea.
"Hey! There's a waffle place down the street! You two could go there!" She exclaimed, beaming at her sister and Satoshi. Satoshi shot her a cynical look, pressing up his glasses slightly.
"And you and Niwa Harada-san? What will you do?"
"Oh,we'll be fine, right here." Riku explained calmly, making shooing motions with her hands and grinning. "Go on, go on, you'll have fun."
Risa looked over at Satoshi, smiling hesitantly. Satoshi could almost imagine what was going through her mind, something along the lines of 'is this a date?', 'am I betraying Dark?', and the like.
"Do you want to go Hiwatari-kun? I'll pay for half of course." Risa said firmly and Satoshi could tell by her tone that she had already decided in her head that this was definitely NOT a date. He shrugged lightly.
"I don't mind going."
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Fifteen minutes later, Satoshi began to wonder if he did mind going, and whether or not it was too late to just go back to Daisuke's house. Risa wouldn't glance at him, completely wrapped up in staring at the menu when they had ordered food five minutes ago.
"Do I make you nervous Harada-san?" Satoshi finally asked, leaning forward slightly on the table. Risa glanced up, blinking innocently.
"N-no..."
"Then I am merely more boring then the used menu. Good to know." He commented, leaning back again and looking at Risa with an appraising eye. She was so cute when she got flustered...
NO. Dark-obsessed fangirl. He couldn't have those thoughts.
"It's just... the dream was so... I can't think of you without... gah, you don't know what it was like!" Risa finished in a rush, frustrated with her inability to put it into words, something she usually did quite well. Satoshi nodded slowly.
"Actually, I do."
She stared at him.
"Huh?"
"I had the same dream." The blue-haired Hikari commented and Risa just kept staring, tripping over her words until she finally came up with an intelligable sentence.
"Then why did you look so sad?"
Satoshi hesitated.
"When a knight has his princess stolen from him, what does the knight do? After all, a princess is a knight's very purpose. To protect her is his highest goal. I honestly don't know what the knight would do without her."
Risa was silent, then Satoshi saw the glimmer of understanding.
Complete understanding.
She stood suddenly, scraping her chair backwards in her hurry.
"I-I'm going to go to the ladies' room, I'll be... right back." She spoke joltily and fairly fled the table, heading to the bathrooms. Satoshi looked after her, worried. He'd sprung his feelings too boldly? No, that couldn't be it... maybe it had just all dawned on her at once?
He waited five long, excrusiating minutes before sighing and heading towards the bathrooms. He paused at the door to the women's bathroom for only a moment, then pushed it open and entered. The bathroom was empty except for the sound of crying and a mantra of 'stupid, stupid, STUPID!' coming from the last stall. There was little doubt as to it's owner's identity. The blue-haired boy walked down the row, stopping in front of the one closed door.
"Harada-san?"
The chanting and sniffling abruptly stopped.
"H-Hiwatari-kun, you're not supposed to be in the girls' bathroom."
"I thought the situation might override that rule just this once."
There was a sniffle.
"Hiwatari-kun... why do you like me? I've been beastly to you for so long, and I still love Dark and... and... and everything!"
Satoshi leaned his forehead against the doorframe, closing his eyes.
"I have no idea. I keep noticing things that... I don't see with anyone else but you. Your habits, phrases, they're ingrained in my head and I can't say why. You're in love with Dark, that alone should keep me away from you!" His voice got louder and he fought it down, sighing quietly.
"But it doesn't..." He whispered.
"But you're Hiwatari-kun... you've always got an answer... you always know what you're doing--"
"I've never done this before! I've never felt this way!" Satoshi wante nothing more than to remain cool and rational for Risa's sake during this conversation, but his thoughts and emotions kept getting in the way.
"W-what if I can't like you like you like me?" Risa asked quietly, her voice still choked, but she had opened the stall door slightly, poking her head out to gaze at him.
"Then... we'll know more than we did before." Satoshi replied.
Risa smiled.
"Even if it doesn't work out, I'll walk you home in the rain when you're in dragon form."
"And I'll provide you with jackets when you jump off buildings."
"Wait, that WAS you! Kyaa! Hiwatari-kun! Then that whole... kiss thing...?"
There was a long pause.
"Are you BLUSHING Hiwatari-kun?"
"It's a simple reaction to current surroundings and circumstances..."
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Should I end it? I think I'm out of ideas...
TO BE CONTINUED IF I GET INSPIRED, which isn't really likely, unless I see something that forces me to reconsider...
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