Mal got nervous and grabbed a tattered teddy bear as if it could protect him and turned around to see nothing. Getting paranoid he looked all around him but there was nothing there until his eyes got stuck on D and bue. Mal looked down , thinking about that giggle and a theory popped into his head. My annoyance and...jealousy...of those two might cause the illusion, but a giggle has to come from someone or something at least so...how could it just disappear. He looked once again at D and bue, feeling angry again, he looked back down at the bear and squeezed it progressively tighter and tighter until it exploded. The sound caught bue's attention, "mal? What's wrong?" "I-it's nothing." "You made a teddy bear explode the minute you looked back at us." Just then D shot up,gave bue a quick peck on the cheek then turned to mal nonchalantly and smugly, "jealous, ain't 'ya?" Mal glared then ripped the headless teddy bears arms off. D smirked, another giggle came from behind mal, neither D nor bue could hear it. The two were confused when mal turned to face behind him then started looking around frantically and nervously. He got up, "how 'bout you two go...make out under an apple tree or something." He said them without them as he stared down at one of the corners of the room, D and bue didn't move a muscle. Mal turned around slowly and gave them a glare, even D was a little paranoid as to what he might do so he took bue by her hand and dragged her out of the room. So mal was left alone in the room, "alright, where are 'ya?!" He impatiently yelled while spinning around so nothing could sneak up on him, another giggle came. The entire room seemed to disappear and mal felt as though he'd been thrown into a black abyss since nothing surrounded him. Then a large single mirror appeared in front of him and who was in it shocked him. "Hey." It was what looked like an older mal, he looked about 5'7 and his voice was even deeper than he had thought. "Are you the-" "-older you, yes. I'm 16 and there's a few key secrets that you should know." The older mal got on one knee with a very serious face. The younger mal was just dumbfounded, "now, listen closely."

Meanwhile, D and bue were walking in the hall, both deep in thought and both wondering what they should do but bue had a few other things on her mind. Are we actually an official...couple? I bet D would say yes... "And you are correct, my bue." She looked down, red with embarrassment then D put his arm around her and she blushed hard, D smirked. He snapped his fingers and they found themselves on a grassy hill, he imagined a blanket and, of course, a moon with stars spread across the sky. Bue's mind started to wonder as her and D got down on the blanket, D kept his arm around her, she looked up at the moon and the smile she had faded. I...kinda...miss the sun, I've grown tired of the moon an' the night, but I can barely remember wha' it fel' like. Before D locked the door an' closed the portal...I was wishin' I could stay on mike's side an' even take control, whether 2 days or 2 minutes, it would make me happy. D turned to her with a serious scowl, have you forgotten what would happen, even a simple dim flashlight would hurt us all.

I can't help thinkin' 'bout it though, mike's body isn't sensitive to the sun so if I were to take over...-

No!

B-but...

NO! You could die! You'll just have to live with the moon and the night.

No... If the body can handle it then...so can I. Wha' if we wen' to mal's ol' room on mike's side?

You know I'm the only one who can open a portal to leave the darkness. Have you forgotten the last time I was in the light?

But...D

No and I mean it. I'm not letting you or mal leave the darkness. Bue looked down with a frown and sighed.

I do it to protect you guys, if you left now I know you wouldn't be able to handle so much as a small lamp, let alone the sun. I won't open a portal for you.

Bue turned away grumpily, D imagined a mirror and forcefully turned her over to face it. "See this, THIS is your face now! Being here for two years, it'll never change! You're not gonna leave, buena!" "Shuddup!" She started feeling her face and poking her sharp teeth then got over it but still wouldn't face him. "It's funny. No matta' how good a person has it, they still wan' more. They'll try to fin' somethin' in their life tha' they don't like, we all have somethin' we wan', someone or somethin' we're jealous of. In the darkness, we can imagine anythin' we wan'. Have pretty much anythin' we wan', eat whateva' we wan', play whateva' we wan' with no limit...except...the light." D stayed silent. "And ye', all we have is each other bu' for some reason the two of 'ya are completely fine with that." D chuckled, bue was mad. "I'm not jokin'!" She turned back over to face him, "ahaha! You have such interesting points of view, that's one of many reasons why I love you." Bue was a little surprised, she knew this already but hearing it out loud seemed weird. She tried her best not to blush at D's statement but it happened anyhow, he smirked then gave her a kiss on the cheek. Bue looked up at him, her hand on the cheek he kissed then D pushed her hair flap back to behind her ear so both her eyes shined in the moonlight. "Lovely eyes." He told her, bue blushed again, they were both lying down bue pulled herself up closer to D and leaned on him comfily. Her face had a smile glued to it despite the fact that she had been angry with him just before, though she was still a little confused on one thing, "...so...are we a couple?" D tried to hide his smirk, bue, getting annoyed, furrowed her brow awaiting an answer. "Gee I dunno...you tell me." And he gave her another real kiss, it shocked her every time. He's so predictable an' ye' I neva' see it comin', it irks me at how he does it. She let go and sat up, her knees in her chest with her arms wrapped around and looking away, "I feel kinda bad for mal." "I know, those headless teddy bears are pretty creepy, whaddaya bet the count's at now? 10, 13?" Bue pushed him, "you're so insensitive you jerk! how can you be so mean to him, he's your companion!" "I may have made him but it doesn't mean that I don't question him." "Question him?...'Ya mean loyalty to 'ya." D sat up and lifted her chin up with his thumb under her lip and a cocky grin. "Why yes, indeed. My dear, loyal buena." She slapped his hand away. "I thought we were all jus' friends...you an' I though…-" "-are something more, my fair lady." He sang, bue pouted. "The way 'ya describe us is less friendly an' more slavery, I'm no servant!" D with his cocky grin, stared her directly in the eyes and she couldn't move when his own glowed their usual crimson. "Y-ya b-bastard! 'Ya c-c-can...'t d-do th-this any...more, n-not to m-me!" D had a feeling she was right and stopped, bue slapped him then nearly passed out. She laid back down on the blanket, D did the same and she kicked his calf and he got a charlie horse. "Myeeeh, you're pretty cute when you're not bein' a douche!" D managed to smile through the pain he'd just endured, bue pulled up a mirror of her own to look at her face, D was curious and a little surprised she did this on free will. She was mostly playing with her hair then sighed and turned to look at D, "wha' woud'ja do if I cut ma' hair?" "WHAT?!" She saw D's horrified and confused face, "it's no' bueno talkin', I'm really thinkin' 'bout it." "Well then you'd look just like a boy, what if you just tied it back or something?" "If I cut it jus' beneath the shouldas', yours're above, then ma' hair would jus' lay flat an' it wouldn't make me so hot-". D looked down with a small blush and a chuckle. "-Not tha' kinda hot!" "Where's this all coming from?" "Where's this all 'I love 'ya' even though we're 10 comin' from, hmmm?" She had a point that D couldn't quite compete with as he gnawed on his lip, looking nervous. He put his hand to her cheek and caressed it, she blushed now and he smirked, bue looked away embarrassed. "So what would you do if I did cut my hair?" "I'm telling you that you shouldn't cut it, or else I'll keep all scissors and knives away from you." Bue pouted, "Why do 'ya have to have control ova' everyone hea' (here), can 'ya at least tell me tha'?" "I'm the darkness. Plain and simple." "Haha, well, 'ya can't MAKE me obey 'ya so...what's stoppin' me from choppin' these locks o' mine?" "They look good on you! I don't want to see you change, Just stay the way you are right now. That's all I'm asking." Bue clapped her hands and with a poof, scissors appeared in her hand, D grabbed her wrist just as she was about to make the first slice. "I said don't!" "And I say that I'mma do this because I want a change in style…-". D smirked, and bue looked back at him with a prediction in her head, he didn't even need to say it. "-What about a...negotiation? Hmmm?" She put the scissors down, intrigued, D saw an accomplishment. "If I open a portal for you to go to mike's side and show you that you're basically going at suicide then...you don't cut your hair." Bue held out her hand for shaking. "Sure. I already got an outfit planned out for concealing as much of my body as possible. I'll be fine." She tried to reassure him, D reluctantly shook her hand and worrying about whether he'd made a huge mistake or not.