Reason I Love to Fly
Chapter 5
"Krad-san," Yuri turned back and looked at Krad. She had a look on her face that Krad couldn't understand.
"Yes?" he stopped in front of her.
"Can you not walk behind me?" she asked as she tightly clutched her white bag. Krad was surprised. "Can you walk beside me?" she looked deep into Krad's eyes, "Please?"
"Alright," he answered and he could see that Yuri beamed with happiness.
"Thank you!" she said happily.
"Ah! Krad-san!" Krad and Yuri looked towards the red-headed boy who called out to the blonde.
"Niwa," Krad called as Daisuke walked up to them.
"Hello, Daisuke-san," Yuri greeted him.
"Yuri-sama, good morning to you too!" Daisuke said.
"Good morning!" Riku beamed from behind Daisuke.
"Ah! It's Yuri-sama!" Risa exclaimed cheerfully, "Hey, the holiday has just begun! Do you want to do something exciting? There are lots of things going on in town right now! There's a carnival going on in town! There's a circus in there too! And there'll be lots of games and food and lots and lots and lots of things to shop for!"
"Um, Risa," Satoshi tapped on her shoulder, "We know you are excited. But can you lower down your voice? You are drawing quite some attention here."
"Oops, sorry," Risa said softly when she realized that some visitors at the square was staring at her. "Where's Yuri-sama?" she asked.
"Risa, you scared her with your excitement," Riku replied sarcastically.
"What do you mean?" Risa asked innocently and looked at Krad. "Oh," was all she said when she caught a glimpse of Yuri hiding behind Krad.
As silently as he could, a dark figure closed the distance between himself and Yuri, who was oblivious to his presence. But before he could reach her, Krad's firm grasp caught him off guard. Yuri gasped at the Krad's sudden change of action.
"Alright, alright," Dark said as Krad did not release his hand, "I get the message! Geez!"
"You'd better," Krad replied as he released Dark.
"Alrighty, Risa," Dark walked to the group of four, "Let's leave Krad. He'll not be coming with us to the carnival. He's on duty." And Dark proceeded to laugh hysterically as he walked down the road.
"I think that friend of yours drew more attention than Risa-san," Yuri told Krad.
"Yes, that is very true," Krad agreed.
"You know what?" Riku said out loud as Dark continued to laugh. "I don't know him and he's just a crazy pervert laughing for no reason at all."
"Don't say that," Daisuke tried to calm Riku's anger.
"Dark is just having lots of fun, that's all," Satoshi sided with Dark.
"Well, Yuri-sama, we'll be going now. Are you coming with us?" Risa asked Yuri politely. Yuri did not reply but deep in her heart, she wanted to go with them but her parents had not allowed her. As she looked at Risa, she saw that Daisuke and the others had already walked ahead of them.
"She had always wanted to go to town on foot but we never let her. If you get the chance, do bring her to the town and let her have some fun. It has been quite some time since I last saw her cheerful smile," Krad remembered Rikada said to him.
"Why didn't you allow her?" Krad asked.
"We're a rich family," Rikada began, "And Yuri is our precious daughter. I can't let her go anywhere without someone to watch over her. There's no knowing what will happen if we left her alone. We wished for her safety but by doing so, we sacrificed her happiness."
"Yuri-sama," Krad looked down at her and smiled as he took her hand in his, "Let's go!"
"Eh?" Yuri exclaimed as Krad pulled her along towards the group, "But…"
"It's alright, I'll take the responsibility," Krad said.
"But, Mother will-" Yuri did not finish.
"It's alright. Don't worry about it," Krad said with a smile, "It'll be fun!"
"Krad-san isn't the Krad-san we once saw. He was scary," Risa whispered to Riku.
"Yeah," Riku whispered back, "Krad-san doesn't look so evil now. He looks sincere."
"Krad has a soft spot for girls actually but this Yuri seems to get most of the spot's attention," Dark whispered between them.
"I see," the twins said softly.
"You pervert! What are you doing between us?" Riku shouted and began hitting the purple haired man.
"Riku! Stop it! You'll hurt Dark-san!" Risa tried to stop Riku from pouncing on Dark while both Daisuke and Satoshi walked ahead, trying to ignore the commotion behind them. Krad and Yuri walked silently behind the twins until they reached the colourful entrance to the carnival.
"Come on, Yuri-sama," Risa and Riku took her hands and led her into the carnival. Krad and the rest just followed the excited girls.
"Say Krad, what do you think of this Yuri?" Dark asked Krad.
"Don't you even dare to think about flirting with Yuri-sama, Mousy," Krad hissed, "Or you'll be dead before you know it."
"O….K….," Dark quietly stepped away from Krad to Daisuke, "Scary guy over there."
"Hey! You guys are s-l-o-w!" Risa shouted at them. Beside her, Riku looked upset that her twin shouted so loud and Yuri just smiled beside her.
'I want to see Yuri-sama's cheerful smile,' Krad thought as he looked at Yuri, who blushed under his stare. Yuri turned away from Krad's stare and looked ahead with her eyes shone in wonder.
"Satoshi! I wanna ride the Ferris Wheel!" Yuri heard Risa shouted as she ran to Satoshi.
"Riku-san, you want to ride it too?" Daisuke asked and was quickly answered by an excited squeal.
"Yuri-sama? Do you wanna ride with us?" Risa asked. Yuri turned to her and nodded.
"I have other things to attend to," Dark said and he started off towards a group of girls, who were whispering and giggled when they saw him.
As the wheel began to turned, Krad could see the excitement Yuri tried very hard to contain. He smiled when he saw Yuri looking out of the window with a wide smile on her face.
"Happy?" Krad asked. Yuri turned to him and nodded with the most cheerful smile she had shown anyone for years. Krad became mesmerized by her hearty smile and he found himself staring at her.
"Yuri is happy!" she said, "Yuri has never been on a Ferris Wheel before."
"Yuri-sama," Krad blinked when he realized the difference in Yuri's speech.
"Oh!" Yuri covered her mouth, "I'm sorry." And she pinched herself hardly on the cheek.
"Yuri-sama!" Krad stopped Yuri from hurting herself.
"I'm not supposed to speak that way!" Yuri said.
"You don't have to hurt yourself," Krad said as he withdrew his hand from Yuri's cheek.
"I can't think of any other way," she hung her head, "Mother and Father dislike me referring myself as Yuri but…"
"It's alright!" Krad placed a hand on her head with a smile, "Use it whenever you feel like it around me. I will keep it a secret."
Yuri looked at him and smiled like a child, "It's our secret!"
"But you'll have to enjoy yourself at the carnival today," Krad said.
"Yuri will!" she replied cheerfully.
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"What do you think they are doing?" Risa asked Satoshi as they watched Krad placed his hand on Yuri's cheek.
"I don't know," the blue headed boy replied.
"Ah! It can't be!" the long haired girl gasped.
"What?" Satoshi asked.
"Is Krad telling Yuri-sama his feelings?" Risa said.
"Don't be ridiculous," Satoshi said immediately but as he watched Krad smiled at Yuri, "Then again, it could be true."
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"Yuri-sama looks very happy," Riku commented.
"But why is she pinching herself?" Daisuke asked curiously.
"Maybe it was to make sure that she wasn't dreaming," Riku replied.
"Well, maybe but Krad sure acts different around her," he said as he saw Krad rubbing Yuri's cheek.
"I don't know about that," the short haired girl said when she saw Krad placed a hand on Yuri's head.
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"Yuri-sama sure looks very happy today," Risa whispered to her twin, "See? It's all thanks to me that I have invited her to come with us!"
"Yeah right," Riku mumbled.
"It looks like Dark is Yuri-sama's unofficial bodyguard," Satoshi commented as he watched both the angels with Yuri at a game booth.
"Hey," Dark called Yuri casually, "Do you see that big white doggy up there?"
Yuri nodded with the wide smile that she had worn all day. "Alright! I'll get it for you!" Dark said and winked at Yuri. Both Yuri and Krad watched as Dark readied himself to score the prize.
"First one!" Dark said as he threw the dart right into the red 50 point mark, "Score!"
"Second one!" he mumbled, "Hey, this is easy!"
"Last one!" he became way too confident by now and, "WHAT? How can I missed?"
"That's for being too confident, Mousy," Krad said and Yuri laughed.
"But Krad! You know how good I am with these things!" Dark whined.
"125 points for a teddy, young man," the owner shoved a cute brown bear into Dark's hand despite the fact that Dark was still boasting about his specialty with darts.
"This is all I could get," Dark handed Yuri the bear, which Yuri took gladly.
"Thank you!" Yuri exclaimed happily as she hugged it to her chest.
"Alright!" Dark said to himself, "Hey, Mister! I want a second chance!"
"I think you should give it up, Dark," Krad said as he raised his first dart.
"Krad," Dark began as he stared at the blonde man on his right, "Are you serious? YOU, of all people, are playing darts?"
"Can't I?" Krad said as he sent his first dart flying.
"Not bad," Dark commented as Krad's first hit was in the middle of the red mark, "But I can do it too!"
"But I still concentrate on it, unlike you," Krad threw his second one.
"Third one counts!" Dark said and smirked as though he knew that Krad wouldn't make it. 'I'll have something to tease Krad about later,' he laughed mentally.
"You're so great!" Yuri exclaimed.
"Of course I am," Dark said not knowing that Yuri was actually talking to Krad, "Huh?"
"It's a shame, Dark," Krad said after he handed the white dog toy to Yuri with a smile, "That I was able to get it."
"Wha-?" Dark became speechless and his face was turning red from anger.
"Don't be mad," Yuri held up the teddy to Dark's face, "Or Teddy here and Yuri won't be happy too."
"Dark is having his mood swings now," Krad told Yuri, "Just leave him be. Besides, it's getting late now, we should get back."
