A/N: It took so long for me to update this, I'm so sorry! This chapter may be a bit uninteresting because of major writers block, but I hope you like it anyway. This chapter is longer than the others to make up for the long delay.

Ch. 9: Love's a mystery

"Hey Daisuke, if you don't get up you'll be late to school…again." Called Dark.

Daisuke lay flat on his bed staring lifelessly into the ceiling. His eyes were dazed, and sighed tiredly. "I couldn't bare to let him leave Dark…you were right…I do have feelings for him…I always had…but if anyone besides you and me know about this…"

"And what about Harada-san?"

"I…I don't know Dark…I…I thought I loved her…but…but…"

"Don't worry about it too much, you'll tire yourself out. You're still injured by Krad so don't push yourself too hard."

"You're right Dark…"

"I'm always right."

"Whatever…" Daisuke turned to his side.

"Hey! Don't go back to sleep! You're going to be late! Out of bed I say!"

"You're not my mother…"

"But I am you."

!RING!

To his surprise, Daisuke somehow managed to be on time for school, but he didn't care. He was too deep in thought, and all because of Satoshi. When he looked behind him he didn't see Satoshi, and sighed disappointedly.

"So what did you do this weekend?" Takeshi, who was sitting next to Daisuke asked.

Daisuke turned to him nervously. "N-Nothing…it was a dull weekend." He replied quickly.

Dark smiled at Daisuke's lie. He wondered what Takeshi would say if he told the truth.

"Yeah same for me."

Daisuke sighed wondering about Satoshi.

"Hey, dude. Why do you have cuts on your neck?" Takeshi asked Daisuke.

"Well…I…erm…I fell from my bed yesterday…" He looked away. He felt silly lying like that, but he knew no one would believe him if he said what actually happened.

Takeshi tilted his head. "Pathetic." He then looked around, noticing the lack of girls on their side of he classroom. "Hey, where's that weird Hiwatari guy?" He asked.

"I don't-"

Suddenly, the classroom door opened and everyone stared silently. Standing in the doorway was Satoshi, who was lightly panting.

The teacher blinked. "Hiwatari-san…you're…late?" He looked as surprised as everyone else, Satoshi was never late.

Satoshi appeared to have caught his breath but he said nothing to anyone, and walked calmly over to his seat. Daisuke watched, his checks became redder with each step he took.

"Hey Dai-chan, is something wrong? You look ill." Takeshi commented.

"I…no, it's nothing." Daisuke put his head down onto the desk.

"Man, you get weirder and weirder every day."

Later

It was time for lunch and Daisuke was getting ready. He looked over at Satoshi, who was staring blankly into the window with his arms crossed.

"Satoshi-kun…do you want to eat lunch on the roof today?" Daisuke asked shyly.

Satoshi closed his eyes. "How can you even ask me that?"

"Look, I'm sorry about yesterday…"

Satoshi turned away to the window once again.

"He's so difficult to talk to sometimes…" Daisuke thought. "Well then give him a kiss, I'm sure that'll cheer him up."

"Are you crazy? I can't do that! Not at school! Besides why would I want to kiss another guy?" Daisuke snapped at Dark, who rolled his eyes.

"There he goes again denying it." Dark thought. "Whoa, calm down Daisuke." He chuckled. "I was just making a suggestion, what's the big deal?"

Daisuke didn't answer. Instead he went to talk to Satoshi again. "So…um…why were you late today…if you don't mind me asking…and does your shoulder still hurt?"

Satoshi continued to sit with closed eyes and crossed arms. This intimidated poor Daisuke.

"He seems so different at school…" Daisuke thought. He wondered if Satoshi was just being himself, or if he was still upset. He looked over at the pale boy sadly, and then walked away with his bags.

A tug on his wrist stopped his movement completely. Behind him was Satoshi, who pulled Daisuke to face towards him, taking both of his hands.

"Sa-sa...Satoshi-kun?" Daisuke stuttered nervously.

Satoshi cerulean eyes stared into Daisuke's crimson ones emotionlessly, Daisuke was frozen still and trembling. Satoshi could easily notice the uneasy feeling in the other teen, but he continued to hold his hands.

"Daisuke! Creepy boy's being…well, creepy again! Get out of here!"

"I can't move, Dark…"

Satoshi suddenly smiled kindly, and lifted one of Daisuke's hands, kissing it. "Yes…I would love to eat on the roof with you today." He said calmly, and then he let go of Daisuke.

Dark blinked with a sweatdrop. "Wow…that was weird."

"You mean y-you're not mad at me?"

Satoshi looked as if he was thinking deeply about something. There was silence for a few moments, which to Daisuke felt like an hour. Satoshi then smirked.

"No…I'm not mad, what made you think that?"

"Uh…nothing!" Daisuke blushed. "L-lets go to the roof then!"

The roof

The two sat in silence as they ate. Daisuke kept looking over at Satoshi, but Satoshi didn't even glance at him as he continued to carefully nibble at a single piece of bread.

"Um…Satoshi-kun?"

Satoshi was caught off guard and blushed a little. He still wasn't used to Daisuke calling him by his first name, he's been doing it all day and he was baffled by it.

"You seem out of it…is something wrong?" Daisuke continued.

Satoshi leaned his head against the wall and looked at the sky. "It's Riku…that you like." He calmly said.

Daisuke was startled. "W-What do you mean?"

"You…" Satoshi's voice began to trail off.

"No! No that's wrong! I-It's you that I…"

Satoshi began to cough, clenching his fist held tightly against his chest in pain. His breathing began to weaken, and he leaned forward, his glasses fell off his face and slide on the ground.

"Satoshi-kun!" Daisuke yelled worriedly.

"Dai…Daisuke…" He whispered, trembling.

"I'm going to call the nurse." Daisuke told Satoshi.

Satoshi winced. "No! I-I'm fine." He said seriously as tears formed in his eyes.

"You're not fine!"

"…Daisuke…" Satoshi closed his eyes and fell to the side. Daisuke then caught him in his lap.

"He's unconscious…" Daisuke took Satoshi's glasses of the ground and put them back on their owner's face gently and then began to run his hands through Satoshi's thin blue hair. "Satoshi-kun…I'm sorry."

School nurse's office

Daisuke sat near Satoshi, holding his hand as Satoshi rested calmly on the bed. Daisuke had gained permission to stay with Satoshi for a couple of minutes, which he was thankful for.

"Dai…su…ke…" Mumbled Satoshi.

"I think he's waking up." Said Dark. 'You shouldn't be so worried about that guy."

"Dark, he's my friend. I care about him."

"He's just your friend?" Dark laughed. "I think you two are more than friends."

"Dark! Can't you stop bothering me about him just once!"

"Ah fine. Just remember to wake him up with a kiss."

"SHUT UP!"

"Something wrong Niwa-san?" The nurse said, looking over at Daisuke. "Would you like to go see the school physiologist?"

"No, no, I'm fine. Sorry about that." Laughed Daisuke. "Now people think I'm crazy now! Look Dark, just leave me alone."

"Alone with your boyfriend?"

"He's not my boyfriend!"

"Whatever you say." Dark smirked sarcastically.

"DARK!"

Two pupil-less eyes fluttered open slowly and almost lifelessly.

"Satoshi-kun! You're okay!" Daisuke smiled and gave Satoshi a big hug.

Satoshi's pupils return and his face turned to confused shock from the instant hug.

"O-Of course I'm okay…" He replied somewhat coldly.

"B-but Satoshi-kun…"

"Don't worry about me." Satoshi sat up weakly.

Daisuke sat at the edge of the bed, staring intensely into Satoshi's dazed eyes. Satoshi stared back with complete lack of emotion. Daisuke scooted over, continuing to stare at Satoshi with more and more effort. Satoshi sighed in the back of his mind.

"Perfect time for a random staring contest." He thought sarcastically. He wasn't amused.

"You pass out and you expect me not to worry?" Daisuke asked seriously while he stared.

"I could have transformed, I could have killed you…I'd be fine if you stayed away from me…but you don't, you're always so foolish…you stay by my side no matter what…" He replied, staring back at Daisuke's large crimson eyes.

"S-Satoshi-kun…" Daisuke whispered quietly. He began to blush when he realized how close their faces were. He looked away slightly. "Ahem. Satoshi-kun…I…I"

"DAISUKE!" A loud voiced yelled. Curtains opened and Takeshi stood in between them. "The teacher wants you to come back to class…" The then saw the two boys looking as if they were about to kiss. His eyes widened.

Daisuke turned in surprise towards Takeshi. "N-no…I-it's not like that…" His blush deepened while Dark laughed uncontrollably as he watched the scene.

Takeshi waved a hand. "Whatever! I don't want to know!" His voiced revealed that he was deeply disturbed. "J-Just get back to class!" He then walked away quickly.

Daisuke sighed; he then realized that school was not the best place to try to admit his feelings for another guy. Though, what mattered now was Satoshi and not what others think of him. "Satoshi-kun…are you sure you're alright?"

"Yes…t-thank you." Satoshi smiled happily. To truly thank someone was something Satoshi rarely did, but he knew Daisuke deserved it. He wanted to thank him for being so foolish, but he knew that Daisuke wouldn't understand.

Daisuke smiled back, he noticed that Satoshi looked truly happy. Even if the reasons were unknown to Daisuke, it made him happy as well. Daisuke stood up and looked back at the smiling boy. "I'll see you later!" He said, and ran off to class.

"How can he be so cheerful after what Krad did…after what I did…?" Satoshi said to himself. He slammed a fist of despair into the pillow. "He's no naive...but that's why…that's why…" He winced. Holding his head in severe pain, he fell back on the bed, where he instantly fell asleep.

Later

At the end of the day, Satoshi still had not come back to class. This worried Daisuke, and he ran straight to the Nurse's office when he was done with his work.

"E-excuse me miss…I-is…"

The nurse answered instantly. "Hiwatari-san? He left a few minutes ago."

"Oh, o-okay. Thank you." Daisuke ran off. "Where could he have gone?" Asked Daisuke.

"Its so cute, you and him." Dark commented.

"Since when do you care!" Daisuke looked annoyed. "You think this is all a joke! B-but it's not!"

Dark chuckled. "Sure, I think it's funny and I may dislike the ex-chief commander, but I support you two anyway." He smiled kindly. "You'll find out soon enough."

"He's up to something" Daisuke thought. "We have to find Satoshi-kun." He told Dark.

"Well, if you were a creepy blue haired teen where would you be?"

"If I was Satoshi-kun…where would I be?" Daisuke repeated.

A hand on his shoulder caused Daisuke to jump. "S-Sa-Satoshi-kun? I-I didn't see you! How are you feeling?"

"Fine. How are you feeling?"

"I-I'm okay."

Satoshi sighed. "I must go home…I can't stay with you for much longer…"

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing…"

"If you say so. I'll see you later Satoshi-kun!" Daisuke said happily running off.

"I doubt it…" Satoshi said sadly, while Krad laughed evilly in the back of his mind.