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"S-satoshi? What are you doing here?" Riku sputtered.
"I'm the commander in charge of capturing the thief. Why are you here?"
"Well… I…er.." she stalled.
Her fellow student, Satoshi, stood waiting, expecting a reasonable answer. Panicking, Riku racked her mind for any excuses. She never hated how much she was a terrible liar until now. About to use some lame excuse involving giraffes, the Harada was thankful when Satoshi's attention darted elsewhere. "I've got to go," he said before running down the seemingly dark and endless hallway.
I bet he left 'cause Dark got the painting, Riku told herself. Not caring that her part of the thievery wasn't fulfilled, she fled.
"You're lucky I got the painting in time," Dark chuckled, swooping down beside Riku before dismissing Wiz. "I'm never doing that again! Now Satoshi's going to be on my back for the rest of my life!" the accomplice complained.
When they reached Riku's home, Dark bent down," Do I get a goodnight kiss?" he teased. "Yeah right," snorted Riku, pushing his nose away with the palm of her hand.
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DAY TWO"Uh…Hi Satoshi…" Riku murmured nervously, thinking of an explanation of her presence the other night.
"Hello. Sorry about last night, I didn't have time to listen to your reason," he paused, waiting for Riku's excuse.
Admittedly, she had thought of an excuse that would be passable, but no way would she let those words out of her mouth. However, it came out anyway," I just wanted to see Dark because Risa was telling me about him…" she trailed off. Great. Now I sound like some rabid fan girl.
"Oh. Well, it is dangerous to be walking around while sentries are searching for Dark."
"Yeah..Sorry."
Riku could still sense his doubtfulness, and excused herself hastily.
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When the Harada arrived back from school, she expected a small, plain, white envelope sitting on her desk with a soon-to-be burned picture inside. There was no such thing in sight. Her eyes darted around the room, searching for the intruder. Whipping around, she was face to face with none other than the phantom thief himself.
"Give me the picture! You're breaking the deal!" Riku insisted.
"Haha. Don't worry, don't worry," chortled Dark. He dug in his pocket and eventually pulled out a small photo of Riku sprawled out on a bed, drooling in an obscene manner, and very un-lady-like. "EEH! Give me that!" Riku demanded, attempting to snatch it out of her hands. Dark raised the picture higher, and out of her reach, "Hm..I think you look cute," he teased. Not realizing his comment, Riku jumped and snatched the photo out of his grasp.
Of course, his remark finally processed in her mind and her cheeks turned bright pink. The younger of the two flipped around, with her back to him; she refused for him to see her blush. It made her feel inferior.
Waiting for the blush to cool down, Riku excused herself, telling him she was going to get something to eat from the kitchen. She was satisfied with a small ripe apple and made her way back upstairs.
Dark had already made himself comfortable; he was lying on her bed with his hands cushioning the back of his neck. "Augh. Get off my bed!" Riku said, a vein popping out on her forehead. Dark purposely rose out of bed extremely slowly and unhurriedly, which made the girl scowl disapprovingly. He eyed the already-bitten apple, quite mischievously, as he rose. Noticing this, Riku joked sarcastically as she held up the apple," Want some?"
Dark bent down and took a small bite of the fruit. Riku urked once more.
Mental note: never try and be sarcastic with Dark.
She rolled her eyes when Dark straightened back up, with a small grin on his face.
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Riku was back home before dinner. As part of their deal, Riku had to hang out with him everyday. Today they had just taken a simple walk through town. With Dark in disguise, of course.
"Hey, Riku. Where have you been?" asked Risa.
"I was helping out at school," Riku lied guiltily.
Suddenly, a reporter's voice filled the air (coming from the tv), "Dark, the infamous phantom thief, has been captured while trying to steal a piece of artwork!"
Both Harada twins froze. In unison, they turned towards each other; Risa's expression was petrified, while Riku's was astounded and shocked. Without any other words, they ran out of the door.