Chapter 13

Dark awoke slowly, not really wanting to move. He sighed in happiness, snuggling further into his pillow. It was then he noticed something; his pillow was breathing. Opening his eyes, the thief looked up to see Daisuke's crimson eyes watching him, amusement dancing in those depths.

"You're so cute when you're trying not to wake up, you know that?" Daisuke said playfully, nuzzling the thief's cheek.

Dark shifted, and then winced as pain roared up from that over-used place inside him. The violet-eyed beauty suddenly froze, memories of what had happened coming back to him. The boy watched, idly amused, as Dark's face turned nearly as red as Daisuke's own hair. Dark opened his mouth, then shut it, opened it again. A small squeak escaped, and Dark snapped his mouth shut.

Daisuke couldn't help it; he laughed, and then locked Dark's lips in a bruising kiss. "You're too adorable. I really don't deserve you."

Dark gulped slightly, and then finally was able to get out what he wanted to say. "We… We…" Nope, scratch that, still couldn't say it.

Daisuke chuckled, kissing and nipping his way along Dark's jaw. "Yes, we did. Why, does that not please you, oh lovely one?"

Dark smacked Daisuke's chest in response to that comment. "Stop being weird, it's not like you."

Daisuke grinned. "Stop being so like yourself. It's not like you."

Dark blinked. "That made no sense whatsoever."

Daisuke nodded. "Yes it did. Lately you've been quiet, shy, reserved. You're starting to act like the Phantom Thief I first fell in love with, not the one that I brought home with me about 3 months ago."

Dark tilted his head. "And does that not please you, oh silly one?"

Daisuke roared with laughter. "Now there's the Dark I know and love!" Daisuke kissed the thief again. "Where have you been, my angel?"

Dark grinned. "Hiding from you and your lecherous ways."

Daisuke rolled his eyes, squeezing Dark and causing him to squeak at the pressure. "You were worse than me, and I learned from the best."

Dark huffed slightly, and Daisuke knew that if he could have, he would have crossed his arms. Daisuke suddenly sobered up, and Dark frowned. "Daisuke? What is it?"

"Seriously though, why are you acting like yourself again? What happened?" Daisuke asked slowly.

Dark looked away slightly. "I think I've come to terms with what's happened. I can't change the past, but I can live for the future. I can't ever change what happened to me during my imprisonment, but I'm not going to live the rest of my life in fear." Dark grinned. "That takes away all the fun. Besides, I love you, and I'm not going to waste the rest of my time with you being afraid every minute that you're suddenly going to turn into Krad. That's never going to happen, and I know that now."

Daisuke hugged Dark tighter, nuzzling the thief's purple hair. "I'm proud of you Dark, I hope you know that."

Dark nodded against Daisuke's collarbone, and then blew lightly on the boy's chin. "Now, if I remember correctly, it was your birthday, and your family was waiting for you to come downstairs when all of this happened. Perhaps we should go see if they're still willing to celebrate?"

Daisuke snorted. "No doubt Mom will want to know all the details. Or they'll complain about hearing you scream."

Dark blinked. "What?"

"You're such a screamer Dark; I really didn't think you would be. I thought you'd be more of a… mewl person, kinda like Hiwatari." Daisuke mused, his fingers idly playing over Dark's spine.

Dark shuddered. "I don't want to hear about that. And I can't help how I am." The thief struggled in Daisuke's arms. "Now come on, let me go and let's get up. I don't want to lie around all day, and it is your birthday. Let's go celebrate; you are turning, what, 17?"

Daisuke nodded with a grin. "You bet."

Reluctantly, the boy let Dark go, and the thief pulled himself to his feet, stretching his back. "It feels a little weird not to have my wings out."

Daisuke tilted his head. "That reminds me, you had them a couple of hours ago, and I just barely noticed they were gone."

Dark grinned. "It's a little easier to sleep in the same bed with someone if you don't have wings. I banished them a little after you fell asleep. You did fall asleep before I did, for once in your life. You never did that before."

Daisuke pulled on his shirt. "I was tired, can you blame me?"

Dark sniffed the air, and then frowned. "Don't you think we should take showers? We don't want to go talking to your parents and possibly your friends smelling of sex."

Daisuke grinned, and then nodded. "Alright. Let's go take a shower."

Dark started to follow the redhead, and then paused. "Wait. You said 'shower.' As in 'one.'"

Daisuke grinned, and then wrapped his arms securely around Dark's waist, pulling the thief with him into the bathroom and locking the door. There were a few thumps, and then smacking sounds as lips collided, and then the water turned on, blocking out the rest of the sound. A person didn't have to ask to know perfectly well what was happening within the confines of that bathroom. In fact, Emiko, Kosuke, and Daiki knew quite well, especially when Dark started screaming again.

Daisuke sat on the loveseat, stretching his arms and then allowing his left to fall on the back of the loveseat as his right settled on the furniture's arm. Emiko and Kosuke sat on the couch, Daiki next to them. Dark walked into the room, and delicately inserted himself against Daisuke's side, laying his head against the boy's shoulder and leaning against him. Daisuke started playing with Dark's hair, and then thief purred slightly in his throat.

Kosuke coughed slightly. "Well then, I'm glad that that's all settled."

Emiko grinned, waggling her eyebrows. "How was it? Is Dark good?"

Dark let out a squeak, blushing deeply and turning his face into the redhead's neck. Daisuke shook his head slightly. "Mom… Do you have to ask?"

"Well of course. Now then, how was it?"

Daisuke sighed, and then grinned. "He's quite the scratcher. Got marks all over my back now, on my upper arms…" Daisuke pulled up a sleeve to show off red lines along his bicep where Dark's nails had gotten him.

Emiko giggled. "And, as we could tell, he's also a screamer. I really wasn't sure if he would be like that, but I was really leaning more towards him being a gasper or a mewler." The woman grinned looking towards her husband and her father. "Those two thought he would be a screamer. So I guess they won the bet."

Kosuke grinned, while Daiki just chuckled. Dark was positively trying to crawl into Daisuke's side, his face as red as his lover's hair. Daisuke laughed, pressing a kiss against Dark's forehead through his thick purple bangs.

The doorbell rang, and Emiko sprang to her feet. "Oh good, the guests are here!"

Daisuke and Dark both blinked at the same time, their voices echoing as one. "'Guests?'" They looked at each other. "Oh great."

The two scooted apart just in time; Riku, Risa, and Satoshi walked into the room, the girls wearing smiles, and Satoshi wearing his usual small smirk.

And, in comes Satoshi! WOOO! -waves little flag- Hooray for reviewers, I loved you all. Thanks for your support so far, and please review for this chapter too!