A few hours later Dark landed gently with Aomi in his arms on the steps leading to the front door of Aomi and Rio's home. Aomi had such a good time with Dark she didn't want the evening to end. But it had to. Aomi had to go to work in the morning, or actually, had to go to work in a couple of hours. She was going to ask when she could see him again, but Dark beat her to it.
"If I can convince Rio to let me have another night to myself, do you want to do something together again?"
"Yeah, I'd like that," Aomi answered smiling. "But lets give it a couple of days. I don't do so well without enough sleep. I'm going to need a couple of days to recover from tonight."
"You're getting old," Dark said teasing her as he gently swept back Aomi's hair from her eyes.
"Gee, thanks," Aomi said not seeing the gesture but definitely feeling it. It had caused a tingling sensation down her neck and it sent her heart racing. She stepped back away from Dark but couldn't go much farther before she backed into the front door. Dark took a step towards Aomi almost pinning her against the door.
"Well, good night, then," Aomi said reaching for the door knob, "I'll see you later..." but Aomi didn't get to finish her sentence. Dark had stopped her with a kiss. Aomi pulled away and stared at Dark. She was afraid he would try to kiss her and she had wanted to get inside before he tried. He didn't seem offended that she had suddenly pulled away. He actually looked amused.
"What was that for?" She asked in surprise.
"Just saying good night," Dark answered simply. Dark leaned in for another just as Aomi asked, "Are you trying to make me fall in love with you?"
"Maybe," Dark whispered looking straight in her eyes still trying to lean in for another kiss. "I wouldn't be me if I didn't try," he added.
Aomi, ready to indulge herself in a second kiss, backed away from Dark after that last comment. She could see a mischievous gleam in Dark's eyes.
"So are you saying you would just go around making girls fall in love you, no matter who they were?" She was annoyed at herself for thinking that he could be serious about her.
"Yeah, of course," Dark replied smiling wickedly at Aomi trying to kiss her again. Aomi stopped him by placing her palm on his forehead.
"So basically I'm supposed to fall victim to your charms and fall madly in love with you?" She asked getting a little irritated with his ego.
"Yes," he answered not even sounding like he was ashamed.
"You're impossible, you think every girl is just going to fall all over you and let you take advantage of them," Aomi replied exasperated. This guy is too much, she thought to herself.
"Well, I'm hoping they will take advantage of me," Dark said with a straight face. What a pervert, Aomi thought as she sighed and rolled her eyes at Dark.
"Now stop acting offended and give me one last kiss good night," Dark said pulling Aomi closer.
"No, and I'm not acting offended," Aomi added pushing Dark away.
"I can't help it if you ended up being the first girl I saw to make fall in love in love with me," Dark said pulling her back towards him.
"Oh and you're so sure me or any girl will fall in love with you," Aomi answered back pulling away again.
"Of course. Why wouldn't they?" Dark asked with mock surprise as if the thought of a girl not falling in love with him was impossible.
"You are so full of yourself," Aomi told him trying to keep from laughing.
"I know, it's part of my charm," Dark said pulling her back towards him again. "How else should I act when I look as good as I do," he finished flashing her a smile.
Aomi couldn't help but laugh. She just couldn't take him seriously anymore. Not when he smiled at her like that.
"You know, you spoiled any chance of a second kiss saying what you did," Aomi scolded him.
"No, I'll get it. It just may not be tonight, though I would like it to be," Dark said softly leaning in, once again, for that second kiss. Aomi ducked and escaped under Dark's arm.
"If you're going to play games then I might as well go along and play hard to get," she said smiling just as wickedly as Dark.
"Oh really, this should be fun then," Dark said with a little twinkle in his eye. He watched as Aomi unlocked the door and opened it.
"Wait a minute." Dark called grabbing Aomi by the arm gently. "Are you seriously going to leave me here without a second kiss. You ruined the first one pulling away so quickly. That was more like half a kiss. You owe me the other half," Dark demanded.
Aomi turned around to look at Dark. He did look a little disappointed, but she did like the idea of leaving with the upper hand, no matter how tempted she was to kiss him again.
"Good night, Dark," she said deciding it was best to leave him wanting for more.
"Good night," Dark smiled as he turned around and headed down the steps.
"Wait, where are you going? What about Rio?" Aomi asked remembering her brother. Being with Dark had felt like a real date that she forgot he still had to change back to Rio.
"Don't worry, Rio will be home in a few minutes," Dark said winking at Aomi as he stepped onto the sidewalk and headed down the street.
Aomi stood on the landing leaning against the door as she watched Dark walk away. There was such a mixture of emotions swirling through Aomi she didn't know how to react to them. She was finally experiencing everything she wished she had been able to a few years ago when she had been in love with Dark. Now she was confused. There was this excitement she was feeling at finally getting Dark's attention and a desire to be with him. But she was scared at the same time. Scared that she might fall in love with him again. Scared that if she did, there would just be disappointment because she knew they could never have a relationship. How do you love someone who continues to exist and never change while he watches you change and get older, she wondered. How would something like that work? Finally she decided that she wouldn't allow herself to fall in love and whatever time she spent with Dark would just be for fun. She was sure that was Dark's intentions all along.
With one last glance at Dark, walking down the street, Aomi sighed and walked through the front door to her and Rio's home. She shut the door and leaned against it wishing she had given Dark that second kiss and had not pulled away so quickly from the first one. That kiss, though short and catching her off guard, had left her feeling light headed and had sent her pulse racing. Aomi had never been kissed like that before and Aomi had a lot to compare with. Well, if Rio let Dark out, Aomi did have another chance for a second kiss. With that thought, Aomi smiled to herself and went inside.
