•Christmas Lights•
Riku kept running, running deeper into the forest then stopped catching her breath looking back no sign of the school or Daisuke, she shivered a bit the cold had gotten to her, her bear legs were shivering and her jacket around her, she placed around her knees and started a fire. "After all dies down...I'll go back." she looked up at the afternoon snowfall, and sat back.
"When you see someone you really really love kiss your sister!" rang inside her head as she warmed up she wondered, did she really mean it?
Did she...Love him?
She did but did he?...
•Daisuke•
Daisuke stopped screaming throat sore beating from pain screaming her name, seeing the footprints in the ground he started to follow them, wind blowing snow into his red hair he coughed then thought. "Did she really mean that?" He could understand if she was angry and all but, when she said the word 'Love' the feelings he felt for her changed quickly making him shout loud. "Harada-san!"
•Riku•
-"Harada-san!"
Riku looked up. "Niwa-kun?" she whispered standing up, throwing snow onto the fire it sizzled as smoke was seen and it went out she saw the shadow of Daisuke she panicked and ducked down, she still didn't want to face him so soon so she stood up, as soon as she was about to start running away, her jacket got caught and scratched her arm she screamed from the scratch the scream got Daisuke's attention.
"Harada-san, are you okay!"
The shadow once that was Daisuke was next to her trying to help her, she shook him away.
"Niwa-kun, I can do it!" she with a painful groan, Daisuke stopped her by grabbing her arm, and pulling the jacket off the branch, he examined it. "How is it?" she finally asked.
Daisuke tore off some of his white school shirt and lifted it up. "Take it off."
Riku went red. "What!"
Daisuke blinked and went red as well. "No nothing like that! Just your jacket!" he waved his hands, she obeyed.
"Okay.." she slipped off her jacket slowly and he took the tore shirt piece and began wrapping it around her arm, slowly Riku watched him do it then it came out of his mouth. "Harada-san."
Riku looked up seeing he was done. "Thank you." after she put of her jacket award silence came.
"Come on Harada-san...we have to head back."
Riku snapped out of it and nodded. "Yea, everyone is probably wondering where we are." Riku began walking back toward the school but Daisuke stopped her.
"Wait Harada-san, the school's not that way." Daisuke said and she shook her head.
"It is this way, I know where I'm going." Riku said back at him, now he shook his head.
"I came running from that way!" Daisuke pointed northeast.
"And I came running from that way!" Riku pointed southwest.
"Well, we should go my way." Daisuke said as he began walking the other way, Riku didn't follow. "Harada-san?"
"We're lost aren't we?" Riku asked looking up at Daisuke with her brown eyes.
"No, we can't be!" Daisuke said then saw riku start making a fire again. "Harada-san, what are you doing?"
"Making a fire again.," she said as she began rubbing the sticks together and smoke came out! "Come on!" then the fire popped up, making her jump back a bit, she sat down then Daisuke sat down beside her, it was getting late and the snow started coming down.
Riku shivered from the cold her left arm still hurting as the cold hit it, her arm became numb.
"Are you cold, Harada-san?"
She looked over at Daisuke. "Just a bit, I'm fine."
Daisuke didn't think twice, he took off his jacket and placed it around Riku. "There, are you okay now?"
Riku blushed and nodded. "Yes." his jacket was on her! 'Niwa-kun's jacket is so nice.' she thought.
"Harada-san?"
"What?" she asked again.
"Back at the stream, before you ran off do you really mean what you said?" Daisuke finally asked. 'Calm down, don't get over exited enough for Dark to answer me that is!'
Riku was red she didn't know what to do; she stood up again dropping his jacket running off again.
"Not again!" he stood up and this time ran fast enough to grab her arm! But he tripped...and...
"Ah!..." Riku blood red, redder then an apple looked two inches from her face was the one, she tried to run from Daisuke fell ontop of her!
He let go of her hand and wrapped his arms around her. (A/N: It's nothing bad! x.x) "Harada-san, I don't want you to keep running from me!" he continued to talk. "I heard you back there threw your tears the word Love do you mean it!"
Riku's eyes watered again. "I-"
"Do you mean it...do you love me?" he asked looking at her in the white snow.
"..I Did mean it." Riku finally said as she hugged him back crying. "I meant it!.." she then let him go. "But, I know you like Risa and-."
Daisuke smiled. "I liked Harada-san at first, but the one I like now is." he smiled at her. "Riku-san."
She smiled at him, and then realized someone was right over them. "What!" she gasped and let Daisuke go, Daisuke stood up seeing.
"H-Hiwatari!" Daisuke asked, Hiwatari had a flashlight.
"So here you two are." Satoshi said looking at Daisuke and Riku, with his ice blue eyes. "They noticed you two were gone for quite a while."
Daisuke stood up and he helped Riku up. "I'm sorry it's my fault I'm the one who ran off."
"Riku-san, don't blame yourself, please." Daisuke said to her putting his hand onto her shoulder she nodded at him. "Okay."
Satoshi coughed they looked over at him and they both blush. "Let's head back to the school you two."
They both nodded and followed Satoshi towards the school not to far away but Satoshi stopped. "It's to late for use to go back to school, you two follow me to my place."
"Your place!"
"Yea, you can call your parents while your there am I right?" Satoshi asked Daisuke he stopped to think.
"He's right, it's no big deal you can call Harada-san when we get there, and I'll call my parents." Riku nodded in agreement to Daisuke as soon as they got out of the woods they went to an apartment, where Satoshi lived.
"You live here alone?" Riku asked, he nodded. "Wow."
"Niwa, Harada-san, you can call them when ever you like." Satoshi walked into his room. "I'll be right back!"
Daisuke smiled, and then looked over at Riku. "Riku-san?" she was staring out the window.
"Niwa-kun look!" Riku pointed at the lights of the city from the small view. "It's so beautiful!" she smiled as the reflection of the city Christmas lights hit her eyes.
Daisuke looked at her. "Thank you Riku-san."
"For what?" she looked at him with a questionable look on her face.
"For telling me the truth." Daisuke said to her, putting his hand intertwined with hers they looked back out at the Christmas lights.
"It's like the stars.." Riku said as she leaned on Daisuke's shoulder.
"Yea...the Christmas lights look like stars." He said to her as he looked at the lights. "Merry Christmas, Riku-san"
"Merry Christmas, Niwa-kun"
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Kaname Kururugi ♪