On A wing Chapter 4: tears
"Dark! Dark!" Riku yelled while running through a field of pansies. Her feet rubbed against the flowers as she ran towards a black feather. She continuously rubbed her face to not make the tears show. Her fingers barely touched the black feather and she knew it was in her reach. She ran faster and grabbed the feather in her right hand. She stopped and regained her breath. She opened her hand to see the black feather. Her eyes widened in horror as she saw the black feather turn to dust.
"Dark!" She woke up breathing heavily dripping with sweat and looked around. She looked at the blanket around her curiously. When she realized where she was, tears flowed out of her eyes.
Risa came running inside panting as if she was out of breath. "Riku! You're home!" She then stopped and looked at her while she was crying. "What's wrong? Did anything bad happened?" She patted her back.
Riku looked up to see Risa and hugged her sister. "I'm just glad to be….hic….home!" She said and buried her face under Risa's shirt. Liar. She thought. That's not why I'm crying… Wait, why am I crying?
"It's all right Riku, you're home." Risa smiled gently looking down at Riku patting her head softly. "You don't have to go to school today. The teacher said that if you're still sick, then it's okay. I'll bring your homework."
Riku nodded and then let go of Risa's shirt. She rested her head against her soft bed again. She fell into a deep sleep hoping she wouldn't dream that nightmare again.
A soft breeze came inside her room. A dark feather came in through the window. Riku felt the breeze and didn't flinch. Must be Risa. She mumbled and turned around, trying not to feel the breeze. The window finally closed and she tried to remain asleep.
"Riku..." A soft voice has spoken. "I see you're sleeping right now. I know it's silly that you can't hear me right now but I need to tell you something... something important." Riku flinched. The voice sounded firm but soft, serious but gentle. The one who was speaking was Dark!
"Da-!" She stopped. Her voice was taken away and her body was frozen. She couldn't speak nor move.
"Riku, I love you." Dark spoke softer than a mouse making sure that she could be the only one who hears this. He kissed her cheek and opened the window. "Good bye."
Wait! Dark! Don't say goodbye. She started to cry that the words wouldn't come out. Stop! She screamed in her head but the words still wouldn't come out and even if it did, it was too late, he had already left.
Risa then came in her room. "Riku? I came to check on you." She spoke quietly and gasped as she saw her sister crying on the bed. "What's wrong?"
"D-D..." She realized that her sister loved Dark too and she didn't want to tell her what was going on with her feelings. She cried silently and softly. She tried to stop the tears from falling but realized she couldn't. She was too weak to handle all of this.
"Dark-san?" Risa said sounding like she knew what was going on. She felt Riku flinch and realized she was right. "I knew it wasn't Daisuke you were talking about. It must've been Dark since I called Daisuke's house to see if you were there."
"I'm so... confused..." Riku finally spoke. Her words were tangled with her tears and her eyes were red. She looked like a mess. "I thought I loved Daisuke." She spoke softly. "That's right. I only loved Daisuke! Daisuke is the only one I love." She said speaking quietly. She felt guilty saying that. She knew it wasn't true. "Daisuke." Her voice squeaked.
"All right then." Risa sounded very worried and turned on the TV. It was the news. The news about Dark stealing another item. Riku froze in shock. She wanted to move out of her feet but she knew Risa would find it very suspicious. She looked at Risa calmly looking at the TV. Isn't she gonna go after him? Riku thought.
"If you want to..." Risa said quietly. Her voice sounded sad but firm. She looked gravely serious about something and looked down at her hand. "You go after him..." She looked at Riku. "Why were you crying earlier? Did you feel relieved when you got home?"
Those words pierced Riku's heart. "I-I..." she looked at Risa wondering if it was okay to tell her the truth. She broke down crying in Risa's arms. Something she knew she would never do but she did. She felt so miserable. "I was crying because... I didn't want to leave Dark!" She uttered those words behind her tears and continued crying. "I love Dark!" Her heart shouted out with her words then she sighed. "I'm sorry, Risa."
Risa smiled and stood up. "Then go to him!" She said and gently pushed Riku. Riku smiled and then ran off. I'll go see Dark... She thought. And when I see him... I'll tell him those words... I'll tell him that I love him. She said looking determined as ever. She rushed through the crowd of people hanging around the museum and saw Dark on top of a rooftop.