There was only a week left until the dance, and neither Daisuke or Satoshi had asked anyone yet. Neither had Riku or Risa, and all four of them were starting to panic.

It was lunchtime, and again, Riku sat down on the bench she had sat down with Daisuke on a week ago.

"I hope he finds me again…"

"Hey."

Riku's head snapped up. "Dai-"

It wasn't Daisuke. Instead, it was Dark.

"Oh. Hi!" She put on a smile. As the week passed by, Riku had grown warmer to Dark. He wasn't that bad now. Once she got to know him, he was a nice and funny person to be around. However, she still disliked Krad pretty much.

Dark sat down. "What's up?" He looked at her with an innocent face. He'd been giving her lots of those.

"Ah, I'm just sitting. I want a nice, peaceful lunch, y'know?"

He laughed. "Yeah…" he looked at his knees, where his bento was sitting. "Ask her now, before Daisuke gets her."

"Dark? You ok?"

"Heh, of course! I get into little trances like that once in a while." He smiled, took a deep breath and said, slowly and carefully, "Riku. Will you go to the dance with me?"

"G-go to the dance with you?" Riku was shocked.

"Uh.. yeah. Unless you don't want to go with me… I'll be ok with that…"

"I was hoping Daisuke would ask me… but then I suppose he's too shy. He'd probably ask me at the last minute. Or maybe even forget."

"Of course it'd be ok! It'd be great." She smiled.

"Great! Well, now that that's done, I've gotta go find Krad. See you later!" Dark gave her a big grin.

Riku watched him leave. "Now that I know him properly, he's actually not that bad. His smiles. I like them."

Daisuke pulled himself together. "I've got to do it this time! Or else Dark will get her for sure. I can do this, I know it!" Donning a bold smile, he spotted Riku on a bench, and walked to her.

"Hi Riku!" he said, giving her a grin.

"Daisuke! Hi!"

He sat down beside her. "Ok, here goes. First, say "what's up."Second, talk about… something. School. Third, ask her. You can do it, Daisuke!"

"What's up?" He asked her, following his plan.

"Oh, nothing as usual. But I'm in a good mood today, so don't make me angry!" She teased.

Daisuke laughed, and paused. "So how do you like our school so far?"

Riku turned to look at him. "It's great! It's one of the best schools I've ever been to."

"Nice to know that. I'm happy to hear it." He smiled. "Ok. Here goes."

"Riku, will you go to the dance with me?" He blushed, but was happy he had asked her.

"Oh… crap. I'm so sorry Daisuke, I'm so sorry!" She stared at the ground. "P-pardon?"

"Will you go to the dance with me?"

Riku bit her lip. She was so disappointed. She didn't want to break Daisuke's heart, but she couldn'tturnDark downeither!

"Daisuke… there's something you need to know."

"Huh?" There was a hint of panic in his tone.

"Someone asked me already. Dark."

Daisuke sat looking at her, stunned. He couldn't move.

"Daisuke, I'm so sorry! I thought you would never ask, and he asked me, so I couldn't just reject him!" Riku cried. "I hope you don't mind."

"…………no, it's ok. I... have to go now." He stood up, and dashed from the bench, without looking behind him.

"Daisuke!" Riku cried. Daisuke didn't look back. Instead, he kept running.

Risa ran towards Satoshi.

"Hi!"

"Hello." he gave her a smile.

"Satoshi! Can you come to the dance with me?"

"Eh? So she's not going with Dark?" Satoshi thought, happily. "Why not?" He grinned.

"Really? Ohh, thank you!"

Satoshi looked at her. "But… what about Dark?"

Risa looked sad for a moment, then smiled at him. "Oh, him. Well, he's going with Riku! She's sooo lucky!" She noticed his blank look. "Of course, it'll be fun going with you too! I wouldn't have asked you in the first place if you weren't fun!" Risa said, trying to cheer him up.

"Thanks. Come on, lunch break's almost over. Let's go inside."

After school, Daisuke went home without Satoshi. He had packed up and left so fast that no one had even seen him leave. Except Riku. She had been watching him for the rest of the day. They sat beside each other, but he never looked at her once. Even when they had to face each other when they were practicing their English, Daisuke was staring somewhere above her head.

Back to Daisuke.

He kicked a stone as he walked down the street.

"Why am I such a chicken? Why did I put it off until this week?" he thought. Heavy rain started coming down. He had no umbrella. "I deserve this. I deserve all this crap." Depressed, Daisuke trudged down the street, soaking wet.

It was a day before the dance, and Daisuke still didn't have anyone to go with. He looked around the classroom, and picked a random person.

"Ritsuko would probably love to go with me. At least I know this time she doesn't have a date yet."

"Ah! Ritsuko!" he shouted, forcing a happy tone into his voice.

"Daisuke?" She blushed. "What is it?"

"Ah.. is it all right if you come to the dance with me?"

She gasped, and had a huge grin on her face. "REALLY? Omigod, omigod, omigod!" Ritsuko hugged him around the waist, and ran off to tell her friends.

"Omigod! You're like, sooo lucky!"

"What are you gonna wear?"

"I wish I were you!"

Sighing sadly, he jammed his hands in his pockets and walked out of the room.

Ahh! I feel so sorry for Daisuke! Poor guy. I wonder how the dance will turn out. Chaotic? Romantic? Confusing? Oh, so many choices! Yes, I'm having fun…

Anyways, thanks to everyone who commented so far! I'm sooo happy! cries

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