Dance Steps

by Chiharu Tanaka

A/n: It's me! crowd is silent Okay, okay…tough crowd. By the way, this story is more focused to Risa's point of view, because…well, it's secret. You'll see why later.

To people who would want to flame me or other Sato/Risa writers: DON'T.Save yourself the energy. I beg you, stay in your own cozy little world, and we'll stay in ours. We never had anything against yaoi/other Satoshi (or Risa) pairings, ok? We don't flame you, you don't flame us. Let's keep it that way.

Actually, I wasn't going to post this because I got only 19 reviews for 3 chapters…c'mon people! Reviewing isn't that hard! But because Knight Basilisk drew such a LOVELY picture (pictures, actually), I decided to post it anyway. Heheheheh...

Disclaimer: I OWN D.N.ANGEL!! MUAHAHAHA gets shot by lawyers (Lawyer: We should take this one to the asylum…)

Chapter 4: Dinner, Anyone?
After finally deciding to go for fish fingers for appetizers, curry rice for the main course, and ice-cream for dessert; the Harada twins return home. Eyeing her sister angrily, Risa wanted to scream, "This is all YOUR fault I got into this mess! I'll get back at you!" but a little voice in her heart made her forget all about it. The little voice that said, "Hey, if it wasn't for Riku, Hiwatari-kun would have NEVER set foot in your house!"

Risa sighed again as she placed the bag of groceries on the kitchen table. "Stop being so miserable, I'll help you, okay?" said Riku, feeling a little guilty at the sudden change of her sister's mood. "It's okay, Riku…I'm just nervous. Thanks for helping," said Risa in a nonchalant tone, placing the frozen food products in the freezer.

"I'm glad to hear that, sis. Now, let me make dinner. You can help, if you like," said Riku, feeling a bit more at ease. Risa grabbed a pair of aprons and handed one to her sister. Smiling, she said, "Okay, I'll help."

Risa stood there watching her elder sister chop the vegetables into slices. "How 'bout you try?" asked Riku, handing the knife to Risa. "O…okay…" Risa said nervously before starting to chop. Riku observed her, and gave her a thumbs up. "Not perfect, but it's a great improvement," she said with a cheery tune. Risa smiled.

After eating dinner, they watched a bit of T.V. before heading to bed. After taking a nice shower, Risa changed into her night clothes and sat on the bed. As she looked beyond the windows, she took a trip into her memories…

"And thank you for the trouble, Harada Risa-san,"

Risa gently placed her fingers on her chin. 'Risa. He pronounced my name so beautifully…' she thought, a cherry pink shade creeping up her cheeks.

The next afternoon was calm and serene. The town area is as peaceful as it usually is. Risa sighed, for what it seemed like the one millionth time that day. As the car was nearing the dance school, Risa placed her hand on her chest, thinking.

'Why ISN'T my heart beating madly?! Hiwatari-kun is just INSIDE!' she thought. She opened the door, Riku following behind her. As she walked slowly, footstep by footstep, thoughts began to run around in her mind. 'I always had butterflies in my stomach whenever…' she thought to herself, before she startled with a gasp, when Riku held her wrist and tugged her.

"Hurry up, we're already late!" Riku said, running up the stairs. Risa followed behind her, panting heavily. She wasn't getting much sleep due to insomnia, so she got tired easily. They quickly changed their shoes in the locker room and opened the door to the dance studio. The students had all of their eyes on the tardy twins.

"Sorry we're late Madam…we got stuck in traffic…" Riku reasoned frantically, doing hand gestures. Maria smiled at her. "It's okay, Harada-san. Just try to be a bit more punctual next time, okay?"

Riku nodded and let go of Risa's hand. Risa rubbed her wrist gently with her other hand, as Riku's grip was pretty hard. She bowed slightly to Maria before walking towards Satoshi, who was standing at one corner of the studio.

"Okay, this is the second line of steps we're going to learn today. First, the boys will…"

Maria's voice seemed to trail off into a long, detailed explanation in Risa's ears. Risa sighed again, before thinking glumly, 'It's not like I'm going to dance with Dark-san anyway…' After explaining, Maria demonstrated once again, with Carlos. Risa watched the beautiful blond-haired Spanish lady as she began dancing with the brunette Carlos. They spun around so beautifully, she gaped at them in awe.

The students clapped for their instructors. Risa smiled, feeling the burden in her heart being lifted slightly. "Okay, you can try now with your partners," said Maria, stepping back onto the stage. Risa turned to Satoshi and did the standard position, her cheeks flaring. Her feet moved almost automatically when she felt his moving to a waltz.

She stared long and hard into his eyes, beyond his glasses, and into his soul. His mind was unreadable, yet she knew what he was feeling. Loneliness. 'Is he really just like me? An empty soul harbouring in a body?' she thought.

Unaware to them, the whole class was watching them in awe, as Risa turned around with Satoshi, doing a perfect waltz. Maria watched them, step by step, before turning to her students and uttering a low "Shh…" with her index finger on her lips. Riku smiled at Daisuke, who was already grinning ear to ear. "Looks like she found her most prized possession," said Riku under her breath. Daisuke replied with a slow nod.

Risa was turning around, her feet moving, her hair flowing with the movement. She was still staring at him, and she knew he was looking at her too. The whole world seemed to have just frozen in time. Risa felt the blush creeping away from her cheeks, as she became calm in his presence. Satoshi smiled, opposing to the usual smirk he gives to people, his blue eyes locked tight onto her golden ones.

A flicker of light ran through both of them. Risa gasped, seeing an unusual flicker of amethyst in Satoshi's eyes. They halted to a stop. Risa covered her mouth, realizing that she had gasped out loud. She looked into Satoshi's eyes once more, searching for that amethyst sparkle, but it was gone. His eyes were crystal blue, as it normally was.

"What's wrong, Harada-san?" asked Satoshi. She was still staring into his eyes. Worry. He was worried about her. She stuttered, not knowing what to say. "I-I'm fine," she said, with haste and disappointment. She knew that shade of amethyst.

'Dark-san…'

"Are you okay, Risa?"

Riku's voice came clearly echoing into Risa's ears. "Yeah, I'm fine…I'll just make dinner now…" she muttered moodily. Riku pouted, saddened at the change of the aura around her. "I'll help, like I promised."

Riku gave her sister an uneasy smile before taking out a pan from the dishwasher. Risa opened the fridge and took out a bag of frozen fish fingers. As she let the frozen fish fingers thaw, she pondered on what happened to her during the dance class.

'Why…Why did that glimmer appear in his eyes? Was it my imagination? Maybe I just miss Dark-san too much…' she thought in despair. 'I don't get why I can't get over him…he isn't the one for me…' she thought again, placing her palm on her forehead.

"Are you okay, Risa?" Riku asked again. Risa turned to her older sister. She nodded slowly. Riku pouted, then dug into her pockets and took out a strawberry-flavoured candy. "Here," she said, handing it to Risa. "Eat this and cheer up, will ya? Your moodiness will affect our dinner, you know…" she muttered. Risa took the candy and took of the wrapper. She popped the candy into her mouth.

"Thanks, Riku-chan. I'll perk up," she said, smiling. 'Dark-san can wait until after dinner. I've got guests to serve,' she thought, smiling confidently.

Riku smirked at her little sister. "Hey, Risa, you do know that this is just dinner-not a dinner date…" she slyly said, eyeing her sister. Risa pouted. "What's wrong with looking nice?" she replied angrily. Riku raised an eyebrow, still smirking. "Looking nice is an understatement in this case, Risa…" she said, eyeing her sister's light makeup, stunning red blouse and frilly white skirt (think tennis skirt).

Risa pouted, blushing. Riku sneered like a hungry fox and said, "Don't tell me, you're wearing like that to impress Hiwatari-kun? Huh?" Risa blushed harder than ever. "No way! I'm just wearing like this cause I like to look nice, okay?" she screamed at Riku.

Riku laughed. "Alright, alright, I was just poking some fun at you…" she said, still guffawing. Risa pouted, then stuck her tongue out at her sister, like a little girl. The doorbell rang. Riku jumped up in glee. "Ah, they're here!" she squeaked, running to the door. Risa blushed, panicking slightly. 'What if he doesn't like my food? What if I look too flashy? Oh man, he's gonna hate this!!' her mind screamed.

Riku opened the front door of her house. "Welcome!" she squeaked happily. Daisuke just grinned at her. "Hi, Riku," he said, smiling as always. Satoshi just smirked at Riku. "Wonderful evening, Harada-san. Thank you for dinner," he said, with that suave charm of his.

Riku ushered the two boys into the house. "I bet you're hungry, I know I am-my tummy's growling like a tiger!" she joked. The two boys laughed along with her. "C'mon, Risa's waiting in the dining room," she said, walking towards the dining room.

Risa almost squeaked loudly when she saw Satoshi walk in. Dressed casually in black pants, a navy blue long sleeved shirt and a white t-shirt over it, he still looked elegant as ever. "Hi, Risa," greeted Daisuke. "Good evening, Harada-san," greeted Satoshi. Risa smiled at them, blushing slightly. "Good evening, Niwa-kun…Hiwatari-kun," she stammered uneasily.

Riku saw her sister's uneasiness and said, "Okay, please sit, and let's get dinner started." All four of them sat down on their seats. Risa shifted to one side uncomfortably, sitting across Satoshi. Riku just smiled, having a devious plan wrapped up in her mind already. "Itadakimasu!" all four of them chimed together. Risa sighed to herself inwardly as she picked up her fork. 'This is going to be a long night…' she thought in embarrassment.

"That was good, Risa," came out a compliment from Daisuke's mouth. Risa somewhat nervously smiled at him. "Thanks…but Riku helped me a lot, really," she stammered. Even though she was looking straight at her sister's boyfriend, she could feel it, Satoshi was watching her with those cobalt blue eyes of his. She shuddered slightly.

The four were in the living room, as Riku and Daisuke snuggled comfortably on the two-person sofa, Satoshi on one armchair and Risa on the other. "Aww, shucks, Risa-chan. You're getting better- now please stop being so humble!" replied Riku, ending her sentence with a giggle. She grabbed the remote control and turned on the TV. "I wonder if something good is on…" she mumbled.

After flipping through some 200 channels on their private cable, Riku turned off the TV. "Ahh, there's nothing good these days. What's the point of having private cable?" Daisuke pursed his lips together, thinking. "Why don't we play something on your PS2 instead?" he said, contributing an idea to his complaining girlfriend.

Risa sighed. 'I'm not bored…but I might as well watch them play to get my attention off Hiwatari-kun. But why am I thinking of him? I can't be falling for him now…' she thought, looking at the blue-haired teenager. He turned his head to the right to face her, and winked seductively. Risa's cheeks flushed a brilliant shade of crimson, as she watched him wink at her. 'Okay, maybe I am…'

Daisuke took out the King of Fighters 2003 disc from the cover. "Wow, let's play this!" he exclaimed, popping the disc into the PS2. Riku giggled and picked up a controller. "Okay, let's fight!" she shouted, proudly doing a fist at her boyfriend's face. "No problem, baby! Hey, Risa, Hiwatari-kun, you want to play later?" he asked, turning to the quiet two.

Satoshi's lips formed a sly smirk before replying, "Sure, why not?" Risa pouted. 'Something tells me Riku's going to get me to play against Hiwatari-kun,' she thought miserably. Daisuke picked a character and so did Riku and they, well, played the game as usual. After 5 rounds, Daisuke got tired of being defeated by Riku 3 out of 5 times, so he stood up and said, "I'm going to get some sodas…you play for me, Hiwatari-kun."

Riku laughed at him, but he didn't mind it anyway. Satoshi sat on the carpeted floor and picked a character to fight against Riku. The battle began, and both began to click rapidly at the buttons on the controller. Riku growled and pushed the buttons harder. Risa watched as Satoshi's character hit Riku's with multiple blows. She smiled slightly as she saw Riku's character fall over in defeat.

Daisuke returned to the living room with four cans of sodas and handed one to Risa. "Risa?" he asked. Her eyes was transfixed to the TV, and also on Satoshi. Daisuke noticed this and placed the soda on the coffee table instead. Riku was groaning in anger. "Again!" she yelled, pointing a finger at Satoshi. He just calmly shrugged. Another battle came up again, and Riku lost…again. She sighed. "Man, Hiwatari-kun…you're good. I can't do this anymore…"

She reached for a can of soda, opened it and gulped it down hastily. "Dai-chan, can't you beat Hiwatari?" she pleaded. He just shrugged and said, "But you beat me, how am I supposed to beat him?" Riku sighed. "Good point."

An idea struck her mind. "Hey, Risa-chan, how 'bout you try playing the game?" she asked. Risa scowled at her. "Don't try to blackmail me, I'm not playing," she said sternly. Riku pouted and loudly said, "Drats. Chicken…" Hearing that, Risa fumed angrily at her sister. "Chicken, eh? I'm playing!"

Riku slapped her sister's arm playfully. "That's the spirit! Now, go whoop Hiwatari-kun's butt!" she cheered. Daisuke bit his lower lip to stop him from laughing at the thought. Risa blushed and sat on the carpeted floor, folding her white skirt neatly. He smirked at her, an evil, mischievous glint in his eyes. "I'm not going to go easy on you…" he said, almost a whisper, which made Risa blush harder. 'Oh God, his voice is so sexy…' she thought, turning to the TV.

A gentleman always keeps his word, which made Risa very unlucky. Her character KO'ed only 10 seconds after the battle started. "Mou…" Risa pouted, feeling embarrassed and angered at the same time. She began clicking the buttons rapidly as the second battle started. She managed to keep her character alive for about 45 seconds, before she lost again. She turned her head sideways at Satoshi. He was still smirking. "I told you, I won't go easy on you, Harada-san," he said in a soft whisper, which made him sound like a seductive bishounen.

Risa stood up, feeling humiliated, not to mention confused and hyped up from Satoshi's choice of words. "I guess the battle's over…" Riku said, smiling. Risa sat back down on her seat, glaring at Satoshi. He casually ran his fingers through his blue hair. 'She's so attractive when she's fiery…' he thought, before reaching for a can of soda himself.

Watching him pick up a can of soda, slowly opening it, and gulping it down slowly, looking so calm, Risa glared at him. Hard. All her childish anger, jealousy and hatred seemed to be channeling out through her eyes. Satoshi put down the can of soda and looked at her. She was glaring at him, he noticed. He closed his eyes to blink slowly, sighed disappointedly and opened his eyes and looked at her once more.

Risa gasped inwardly. His eyes no longer had that 'warm' feeling, like the way it had when she looked at it during dance class and at the café. She couldn't even blush, looking at him that way. His cobalt blue eyes turned so cold, she felt herself shiver that warm summer night. His eyes seemed to want to tell her something, but the perplexity of the situation made Risa afraid of him.

She got up from her seat, feeling scared, and hated. 'He hates me…' she thought. Her feet seemed to move quickly, away from the living room, her slippers making a soft 'clip clap' on the floor.

"Where are you going, Risa? Risa!" yelled Riku. She turned towards Satoshi, and he had the same expression and gave Riku the chills as well. "I think I'd better go home now. I have some work to do," said Satoshi, with the coldest tone Riku and Daisuke had ever heard from him. Riku felt uneasy, seeing the change in Satoshi like this. "O…Okay, let me show you out…"

Risa was leaning against the wall in the other corner, and she heard Satoshi speak. Warm tears start to fall out of her eyes, rolling down her pink cheeks. 'He hates me…' she thought miserably, her thought repeating as she ran up to her bedroom. She climbed onto her bed, and sobbed helplessly into a pillow. 'Dark-san…'

To be continued…
A/n: Oh man, I am so EVIL! Well, I wasn't able to realize that Satoshi was being too warm. heh heh… thanks for the tip, Daisuke-fan-gurl. Actually, there is a reason why he became so cold all of a sudden. Don't comment saying – 'You're a dumb writer, you suck! How can you change his expression so fast?!' or 'You suck, man. Even my 7 year old sister writes better than you. How can you make it like that, that's SO OOC.' IKNOW I'm a dumb writer, and I suck, but who are you to say about Satoshi's sudden change, it's in the plot! You'll see why later. XDD I'm so evil not to tell you why! Hahahahaha

Oh, by the way, satisfy me with your reviews. If I don't get at least 27, you'll never see the lights of chapter 5 (7 reviews per chapter, is that too much?) (I've got school to face, and, being dumb, I should know you all probably face it too…). Muahahahaha. Bring along as many people to read and review my fic and other wonderful Satoshi/Risa fics out there too. There's too little reviewers here, people! Make your friends fall in love with this amazing couple too, ya hear me?! Together, we shall add the amount of Satoshi/Risa fans, art, and fics out there! Muahahaha!!! gets shot by yaoi fans (especially Satoshi/other bishounen from DNAngel fans)

(By the way, anyone here wanna help me with writer's block? I've got school in a week, my brain's gonna be drained…and I myself haven't finish up the plot of this story, I'm making it up as I go, hehehe…e-mail me, it's on my profile page! Thanks! And...i don't know if I wanna post up my Satoshi/Risa art...should I?)