Note From the Author: Ah, hello again. Sorry for taking so long, I've actually had this chapter written quite a while before the series debut on But, I'm kind of lax, so eh. Anyway, thank you to all my reviewers (who said odd things…how is it intriguing?). I do enjoy your comments, especially since they aren't fangirl rantings. Which are amusing for what they're worth, but quite irritating. Oh! And one more thing, don't forget that Dark-san and Krad-dono's birthday was on November 11! Be sure to give them presents. Me and my comrades are baking them cakes tomorrow. That's it, see you in Chapter Three.

(Eternally: Chapter Two)

Operation "Get a Date with Toshi" was incredibly easy, just as expected. She had agreed to come to come over to his house on Saturday. Dark wondered faintly if she had a fever, she still looked flushed from yesterday.

Needless to say, Krad was still in a 'scary' mood, shutting himself in their father's room (their father had not come back from the bar or the brothel for the past two days) for long periods of time, coming out only to go to school or stalk about in the shadows of the day. Dark hoped that this behavior would continue for three more days, until Saturday. It kept him quiet, though it did come at a price.

It was Saturday evening. Dark was preparing a romantic meal of chicken noodles in miso soup when he heard a faint "Mousy…" right in his ear. He started and turned to see Krad uncomfortably close.

"Krad…what do you want?" He didn't answer; just lay his head on Dark's shoulder. "Krad, get off me," Dark said, pushing his twin's head off his shoulder. Krad eyed him indifferently and slinked off to their father's room. Brushing the spot where Krad had put his head, Dark had only just returned to cooking when there was a knock on the door. Already! He had told her 6:30, it was only 6:10.

Lowering the stove-top heat, he hurried to the door. Sure enough, it was Toshi. And Dark had to admit, she cleaned up really well. Not that she wasn't pretty to start, but she had removed her glasses (behind which she had been hiding beautiful gray eyes), brushed out her hair, and put on a red tank top and a blue denim skirt-which did her figure justice that the school uniform didn't. And for once, she didn't instantly turn tomato red, but a faint pink blush spread across her cheeks. "Hello Dark-kun," she said quietly.

"Oh, er, hey. Well…" he stepped aside and let her in, "I was not expecting you, I'm a little behind…"

She smiled at him. "It's okay, can I help?"

Dark shook his head. "No, there really isn't much to do besides stir it, it's almost done. Do you want to go in the living room?" She didn't answer, just stared with wide eyes at a spot just behind him. Dark glanced behind his shoulder. Krad was right behind him, uncomfortably close as usual. "Krad! Scram, punk!" Krad retreated back upstairs. "Sorry…" he said to a very frightened Toshi. "He's my twin…obnoxious, but what do you expect from a sibling of any sort? Come on." He guided her into the living room. She sat down on the couch as he returned to the kitchen to check the food.

By the time Dark returned Toshi seemed mostly over her shock. "You have a nice home," she said cheerily. Dark shrugged and sat next to her. "Dark-kun...I-I was wondering, are we going to go on another date?"

Dark smiled coyly. "Food is ready." And he headed back into the kitchen, Toshi a few moments behind. The answer in his mind was a no. True, she was nice and all, but she didn't really have anything special to her that appealed to him. All he wanted was to see what the reward for this date would be, then he would have enough of her.

They ate dinner in relative silence, Toshi had returned to her shy and flustered state, and Krad's reappearance (this one took much more yelling to get rid of him) scared her again. And after dinner, she helped him clean up, and she took his hand and led him back to the couch. "Okay, Dark-kun, as I was asking…um, do you think we'll go on a second, you know, um, date?" The word date took such effort to say, one would've thought she was a priest uttering her first swear word.

"Did you enjoy this date?"

"If it wasn't for Krad-kun, then it would have been perfect." Yeah, right. I saw your face when you first ate the noodles.

"In that case…" Time for his reward. He leaned closer to her face and though she did flush, she reacted the way he wanted her to. Their lips met for all but three seconds, Dark broke away. Such a pain, working with amateurs. She was too busy being red faced and staring at her knees to notice Dark wiping his lips.

"It's late, I had better go back." She smiled hesitantly at him. "Thank you, I had a wonderful time."

"Let me walk you to the street," Dark offered, holding the door opened for her. She smiled and walked through.

When they had reached the street, she turned to him and said, "See you soon."

Dark watched her walk away before calling out, "The answer to your question is no, I don't want to go on a second date." He saw her face crumple just as he turned away and headed back home.

"Steal anything tonight, Mousy?" After his date, Krad had returned to his normal behavior.

"Yeah, how could you ask? I am a master thief, aren't I?"

"What did you steal tonight?" Krad found the leftover chicken noodles in miso and pulled out a bowl from the cabinet.

"Toshi-chan's first kiss." Dark sighed. "Not that it was really worth it, mind you. But it makes the number of target dates go down by one, so I suppose I'm grateful."

Krad laughed lightly and shook his head.