Ice Angels

In Sickness and In Pain

Silent night, holy night,
All is calm, all is bright

"Krad!" Dark was clenching onto Krad's arm tightly as the boy continued to scream out in pain. Daisuke and Satoshi rushed in, dropping all that was in their hands onto the floor to stare at the scene before them. Dark had one hand on Krad's extremely warm forehead, and another grasped tightly around the boy's forearm, shaking him angrily.

"Dammit Krad! What's wrong?" Dark grinded his teeth together as he watched the blonde scream and clench his chest, pulling at his shirt in one tightly wound fist. Another whimper emitted from his lips before he slumped, unconscious. In that instant, Satoshi was at his brother's side, feeling around for a pulse.

"You idiot! What did you do to him!" the blunette hissed bitterly. When he found Krad was still breathing and alive, he glared at Dark, waiting for an answer.

"He...He fell in the pond but I helped him, and now he just started...started to scream and..." For the first time Dark stood without words, just staring down at the pained expression of the blonde. Satoshi was already pushing the boxes aside Daisuke had dropped and pulling Krad's coat onto the limp form.

"Hurry up, we've got to get him to a hospital." It was a simple command from the younger of the two, but Dark obliged taking Krad into his arms, pulling him tight to his chest, biting his lip. Satoshi was rushing the other three out of the home before he glanced back at the fire that burned brightly in the room. He cursed, and ran out into the snow.

"How...is he?" Dark was waiting impatiently as a nurse flipped through her papers, scanning until she found Krad's name.

"Hikari? Right now, he's asleep. But he looks like he nearly had a heart attack..."

"What!" Dark yelled, jumping from his seat, "He's sixteen! How can a—"

"Mr. Mousy, lower your voice," the nurse barked, ushering him back into the chair, "None of the doctors here can figure out why. He seems to be a perfectly healthy boy, and it's a total mystery why he could have an attack!" She placed a hand on her hip, using the other to push away silver hair.

"Mr. Hikari Satoshi? Is it hereditary in your family for heart attacks?"

The blunette looked up from a perfectly fine book he was reading and pushed his glasses up, saying simply, "You could say that..." Daisuke looked over at him, confused, before the three faced the woman, Towa, again.

"You can visit him now if you like," she muttered softly, "But make sure you're quiet, so not to wake him."

Dark was the first to jump up, and jog over to a plain white door with the number six imprinted on the front. He shyly turned the knob and walked in. Satoshi and Daisuke did not follow him and he sat down in silence, next to Krad's bedside. The blonde was sleeping peacefully, except for the occaisonal ragged breaths that escaped his thin lips. Dark stared down at the angelic face and pulled the blanket around his fragile form until it tucked beneath his chin. For several hours he sat back, staring at the boy's relaxed expression.

When the older male noticed it was dark outside, with snow gently passing by the black canvas, he sighed and tried to pull himself back up. Visiting hours were sure to be up soon, and Daisuke and Satoshi had come two hours before to tell him they were going home. A hand was curled around his wrist and Dark looked down to find lazy golden eyes trying to open. Failing, they remained half open, giving the boy a dazed look, which was probably accurate from all the drugs he'd been given.

"D...Dark? Thank...you..." Krad's eyes rested once more and it wasn't long before his rythmic breathing returned. For some time, Dark stood, looking down on him. Golden strands spread out on the white sheets that seemed like the pure snow that fell gently from heaven. Krad's fingers were still wrapped firmly around Dark's wrist and the boy sat down and continued watching the boy sleep. It was not long after that a nurse tentalively opened the door to find both boys asleep. Dark's head rested on the bed beside him, and his hand was gently wrapped in Krad's. In her older years with gray hairs the old nurse talked of two boys she saw asleep, something she would never forget. When asked why, she claimed they had wings spreading from their backs. Light, and Dark. The excuse was, the old lady was hallucinating. She kept her fantasy to the grave.

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"You sure you're alright with leaving so soon, Satoshi?"

Two boys walked along a snow ridden sidewalk, leaving footsteps in their wake. The taller of the two looked down at the redhead and simply nodded.

"Yes. Krad knows I don't like hospitals. Truthfully, neither of us do."

The redhead furrowed his brow and wrinkled his nose before he asked, "Why?"

Satoshi looked down at the innocence that was Daisuke and shook his head, whispering, "It's only...A bad dream."

Before Daisuke could inquire anymore the boy was ahead of him and he found himself running to keep up as he called out to him, "Satoshi! Wait for me!"


Oooooo. Mysteriousssss. -gets hit again- Waaa! You're all so cruel. I'm building the plot here, people! -whine- I still haven't had any suggestions either! Well, I have but either I already plan to use them in the story, even before the person suggested it...The whole Krad/Satoshi past will come up eventually. And why is everyone so familiar! It should come up in the next few chapters. Or...more. This is far from over, so should I come up with a different summary? Should I continue this? Should I burn my keyboard? Should I send away my computer for a month so that it can be fixed of the virus it has, yet I still update for the sake of you all! As I've said, it's more of just a winter fic than a Christmas one. Ultra short! Sorry! Thanks for reading and reviewing, and please continue to do so! Oh and guess what guys! The mid-terms I was stressing for I really dun need to worry about. i do so well in all my classes that I don't even have to show up for the exams to pass my classes! SWEET. --With love, peachie

Oh, right! I wanna see if anyone can name allll the songs by the end of this. XD If someone can...I don't know. I'll do something. Give 'em a cookie or something. Oo