A/N: chapter replacedby beta version nothing else is changed

Disclamer: I don't own anything with D.N.Angel

Warnings: will be yaoi mean boy/boy relationship don't like don't read. they will be a little OOC...

Beta: Now it is! Thank you Golda!

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Chapter 10

"How?" Dark asked. He was starting to get angry. Takeshi, the schools biggest snoop, had found out that he had been made up to look like a girl. The whole school would know by tomorrow. No, this couldn't be happening to him. He looked over to Krad, who didn't meet his gaze in return. Had he planned all this from the beginning? Had he just been a part of some game? He wanted to cry but as long as Krad was nearby he wouldn't let himself.

"Krad," he said. "How did Takeshi find out?" He tried his hardest not to sound angry, but it was difficult.

"I told him."

Dark just stared at him. He had told him. Krad had told Takeshi that he was going to be dressed up like a girl, and probably before he'd found out himself.

"I didn't mean to," Krad said, but Dark was too lost in his own thoughts to hear. "He'd been following us the whole time and when that guy drugged you he got the story out of me. I never wanted him to find out. Please believe me."

He heard Krad speak but he only dimly understood what he said. The only thing he heard was that Krad had told him. Why had he told him? Was he just someone everyone could use?

"Dark. Look at me."

Dark looked up and met Krad's eyes. He wanted to believe him, but he couldn't. Not when Krad had told Takeshi.

"I know this is all my fault, but please hear me out. You can tell me to disappear after you've heard what I need to say." Krad paused to be sure he had Dark's attention. "I'm going to tell you this because you have to understand. Believe me when I say I didn't want Takeshi to find out about dressing you like a girl, but I'd gone to Takeshi before to find out who you were and he got the great idea that I was interested in you. I think that's why he followed us.

"When I was a kid something happened to me that not many people know about. It's the reason why I don't normally trust people. When I was a kid – around ten – I had a friend that I always trusted. Until he betrayed me. His father had found out that I was from a rich family and he made my friend lure me to a car where he was waiting… they kidnapped and ransomed me for a lot of money. I only found out how much money it was years later and it was way too much; my father should never have paid it. That's why I haven't been able to trust people. That was why I went to Takeshi to learn more about you after we'd all been given our group assignments. He was the only one I knew who could dig out the information I wanted quickly. I knew it was a mistake to go to him but I had to know more about you; I needed to know if I could trust you. I got all the information I'd asked for, and some extra. Like that you weren't seeing anyone." He looked up at Dark and gave a little smile.

"He came by my house and told me just a bit before you arrived and he probably waited outside until you came and we left. When that guy drugged you I was so worried, I didn't think when someone started to ask what had happened, and I told him everything, I thought it was the police or something. I didn't realize who it was until he started to ask about the kiss in front of my house. Dark, I'm so sorry."

Dark just stared at Krad as he finished his story. Was everything he'd said true? He hoped so. But could he trust Krad again? Should he punish Krad for making a mistake? He didn't know. His heart wanted to forgive Krad but that was probably just because of his crush. His brain told him that he shouldn't trust the blond again, but he didn't want to think about it. He liked Krad a lot and the evening he had spent with him had made him like him even more. No, he wouldn't punish the blond because of this. He understood that he had made a mistake even if it was a big one, and he understood that Krad had problems trusting people. It explained a lot of things that happened in school.

But… If this came out, then maybe his stalker would stop following him. He had lucked out that she hadn't found him as she did every otherday. A small smile reached his lips.

"Everyone will know tomorrow, won't they?"

Krad looked up at him and he could see that there was some kind of hope in the blonde's eyes.

"I think he's writing an article for the school paper. It'll definitely be out by Friday, but there may be a teaser or something else tomorrow. I tried to force him not to, but I don't think I stopped him."

"It's all right."

Krad stared at him. "Do you mean that?"

Dark smiled. "Yeah. At least I found out before the paper was out. I wouldn't have been that happy to find out after everyone else. I just hope this will scare away my stalker."

Krad's eyes got wide as he heard Dark. Did Dark have a stalker; he knew nothing about someone following him.

"You have a stalker?" Krad asked silently. "Who?"

"I thought that you knew everything about me. Or did Takeshi miss something?"

Krad blushed, making his cheeks light pink.

"I don't know everything about you, just parts. So who is this stalker? How long has she been following you?"

"How do you know it's a girl?" Dark smiled as Krad's blush got deeper. "But you're right. She's Risa Harada. You heard of her?"

Of course he had. Her sister Riku had been followed him around for some time now – not long enough to be called a stalker – and she always talked about her sister. Not that he listened to her.

"Yeah, I've heard of her." Krad said. "And I feel sorry for you. If she's as bad as her sister is annoying. I have my own problems with Riku."

Dark gave him a small smile. He was happy that Dark wasn't mad at him. He had looked angry at first but now he looked calmer. Maybe they could still be friends after this. He hoped so. For some reason he didn't want to lose the purple haired boy. Did he just say lose? He wanted Dark as a friend, nothing else…or did he? He had enjoyed the kisses they had shared, at least more than he thought he should have.

"What I've heard," Dark said. "Is that Riku is the more preferable of the twins. I've never met her so I don't really know anything about her, but I try to stay as far away from Risa. I need to find a way to get away from her. Maybe this'll help."

Krad studied Dark; was he really okay with this? The whole school would find out this Friday that he had been dressed like a girl and he just said that it's all right. He tried to look for something that told him that Dark didn't like it. He didn't like it himself, how could Dark possibly like it? He wasn't sure which of them would be affected most if this got out, he or Dark. It would be a close call.

He had been in the school paper before, but then it had been about how he'd never gone out on a date with anyone and the speculations why he didn't. Why was everyone so interested in his love life? Now he had gone on a date but it wasn't even a real one. Or was it? He wasn't sure anymore. From the beginning it had just been a way to do their project but now he wasn't sure how to see it. He did enjoy the other boy's company and thought of him as more than a friend. Did he really think that?

"Krad?"

He woke up from his thought when he heard his name. He had been so lost in them that he hadn't noticed that Dark had turned to him.

"What?" he asked.

"You looked so out of it. You all right?"

Krad looked shocked at Dark. Of course he was all right. He wasn't the one that had been drugged. He had just been lost in thought, nothing else. He hadn't been thinking about the other boy. He really had to stop thinking about the other boy. He shook his head to clear his mind.

"I'm all right. But how are you? You're the one in a hospital you know." He gave Dark a smile that the violet haired boy returned.

"I'm fine. I just want the doctor to realize that too so I can get the hell out of here."

Dark turned away from Krad. He really wanted to get out of the hospital. He felt fine so why not? There was no reason for him to stay, was there? Why couldn't the doctor just come and let him go?

As if thinking it was enough the doctor walked into the room. Both Dark and Krad turned to him.

"Can I leave now?" Dark asked before the man had a chance to say something. The doctor smiled but shook his head.

"I'm sorry but you have to stay the night. We couldn't find anything dangerous, but we want to have you under observation for the night in case we missed something." The doctor smiled kindly at them before he turned his head toward just Krad. "I think it's time for you to go home. Your friend will be all right and visiting hours are long over. He will be released tomorrow you can come back then. You don't have to worry about him anymore, he's just fine."

Krad nodded at the doctor, there wasn't much he could do but to leave. He turned to Dark and met his eyes. The dark purple eyes held him and he almost couldn't look away. He reached out and touched the soft cheek before he said goodbye and left the room. In a way he wanted to stay; no he definitely wanted to stay. It was his fault that Dark was there. Before he was out the door he turned around to look one last time at Dark.

"I'll be back tomorrow," he whispered not sure if Dark heard him. "I promise."

Slowly he looked away from Dark and walked out and towards him home.

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"What did you put in that drink?"

"The usual, of course. If that boy hadn't shout we would have had succeeded. That girl was perfect. She had everything."

"I know that. Why do you think I chose her? I knew it was her the moment we walked into the restaurant. When that stupid boy left I knew that we had a chance, but we blew it. We gotta have that girl."

"We will find a way to get her boss. She'll be ours. Then nothing'll stop us."

A dark laugh echoed through the room, followed shortly by another.

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A/N: chapter is not beta yet but will be replaced when it is. I couldn't wait too long to update since I haven't don it in a while.. anyway here was chapter 10 I hoped you enjoyed it. this story is becomeing way longer than I planed from the begining... a lot of things I hadn't planed for has happen... but I still enjoy writing it ;P
anyway now it's time to go to bed. I'm tired. bye bye please review;P