Disclaimer: I do not own DNAngel or any of its characters.
Thank you for your patience! After three long months, I have returned! I've been working on so many stories that I think my brain is going to fizzle out or something! Especially with school, where I learn absolutely nothing! This year all my teachers just talk and it's getting on my nerves! Anyways, on with the story!
One Week 'till Marriage
Chapter: Monday Madness Part 2
"What, are you done?" Dark asked, raising his head to see Riku standing before him in her usual clothes.
Riku shrugged, "I guess I'll wear the one you helped me with. It's pretty simple, aside from the three ribbons on the back," Riku said, her eyes averting their gaze away from Dark. A light blush covered her cheeks as she walked past Dark. "So, what now?" She asked.
Even after being at the Mousy's palace for such a long time, she still didn't know what to do with herself. House cleaners did housework, and nothing around the palace really interested her to a point where she would spend time on it. Being around Dark was work and sometimes it was fun. However perverted Dark was, it did not change the fact that she enjoyed being with him occasionally.
Riku turned on her heel, her back facing Dark as she mumbled something incoherently about being irritated. Dark's eyes became hazy and filled with a small spark of anger, "Riku, you're avoiding me." Dark stated, barely six inches away from her.
"I'm not!" Riku retorted, spinning around to give him an angry look, "It's just—" Riku started, her face flaming. She paused, and sighed heavily in frustration, "It's just—" She tried again, her voice getting weaker.
"It's just…?" Dark urged, "Come on Riku, just say it." Dark stated; his hands on his hips as he looked down at her with expectancy.
"Embarrassing!" Riku shouted, pausing briefly, as she let the moment sink into her brain before she made a run for the closed door. Dark quickly followed after her, smirking the whole way.
"Riku, come on—let me see your face!" Dark shouted, "You look cute when you blush!" Dark yelled, catching up to her quickly.
"Wha—!" Hearing Dark's comment Riku tripped over her own feet. Dark tried to stop before falling over Riku, but instead, ended up tripping at the last moment, "Not again!" Riku shouted, putting her hands up in defense.
With a loud 'crash' Dark and Riku went rolling in a tangled mess, until they hit the wall, about three yards away.
All was silent when they finally stopped rolling, Riku pressed up against the door. Dark groaned as he lifted his head off her shoulder, his hands entwined with hers. Riku opened her eyes as she heard Dark's voice, but immediately wished that she hadn't…
Dark's eyes were half-lidded as he pressed closer to her, his lips a hair's breadth away from hers. Riku squeezed her eyes shut, trying to pull her hands away from his grasp.
"Just one kiss…" He mumbled quietly, pressing his lips to hers. His lips were firm, yet soft, and gentle. His kiss lasted for barely three seconds, but for Riku—it felt like an eternity…
Riku gasped for breath, but Dark just groaned in frustration, "Get off me!" Riku demanded, wriggling beneath him.
"Riku, don't do that unless—" Dark started, his voice a little shaky as he tried to restrain himself from explaining anything she didn't need to hear. "Look, I'm getting off so don't move around anymore." Dark said, standing up and releasing his grip on her hands, with the exception of helping her up.
Riku stared at Dark before slapping him, "Pervert…!" She said in an angry whisper, stomping away from him.
Dark clenched his fists, "It's because of you…!" Dark said, "I'm like that because you make me that way…" Dark replied, walking towards another door, and pausing suddenly; embarrassed by his own words.
Riku just continued on her way out, completely ignoring Dark's comment. Upon walking out of the room, Riku saw Daisuke holding Wiz in his arms.
Riku paused to inhale and exhale deeply, "Daisuke, is it all right to let Wiz eat that?" Riku asked, pointing to the two strawberries that Wiz held in his mouth by the stem. Riku reached out to pet Wiz with her hand, and to take a quick look at the strawberries.
Wiz looked like he was smiling, "Kyuu!"
Daisuke smiled, "Of course it's all right, and it's one of his favorites actually." Daisuke started, "Good thing there are two of them." Daisuke mumbled absentmindedly.
"Oh and why is that?" Riku asked, curiosity overtaking her mind as she put her hands behind her back, and looked at him expectantly.
"Well…" Daisuke mumbled, looking at Wiz as if he were asking approval.
Wiz replied with a loud, "Kyuu!" and a movement of his tail.
"There's this other…" Daisuke paused to wonder, "Come to think of it, I don't know what Wiz is!" Daisuke said in shock, his eyes going blank as his body went rigid as a board, and his hair looked like it had been struck by lightening.
"You're right, what are you Wiz?" Riku asked, looking at Wiz with intense concentration.
"Kyuu?" Wiz said, tilting his head to the side with a look of confusion.
"Well, he kind of looks like a lop-eared rabbit…" Daisuke said, theorizing aloud.
"I don't know, you could be right but… I think he looks like a hybrid of a dog and a rabbit." Riku said, her eyebrows knitting together.
"Hmm, I guess so. Anyways, I was taking Wiz into town because he has a friend he wants to share the strawberries with." Daisuke said, his voice implying that Wiz's friend was a girl. Daisuke winked at Riku, and she immediately caught on.
Riku smiled, "How adorable! I hope it goes well!" Riku said, "I think you should hurry though, since you definitely don't want to keep a lady waiting." Riku said, walking off as she waved her goodbye.
"I hope it goes well…" Riku thought, her eyes wandering around, looking at all the expensive furniture and decorations around the palace. "Unlike what just happened to me…"
Pausing to think about what had happened only minutes ago, she turned to look back, only to see Satoshi. Satoshi was just as he always was, pushing his glasses up, and nodding in acknowledgment of her presence. Without thinking, she blurted out her question to him, "Have you seen Dark?"
Riku quickly slapped her hands over her mouth, "No, are you looking for him?" Satoshi questioned monotonously, "Or are you planning to avoid him at all costs?" Satoshi tried, smirking at her reaction.
"Since when do you smirk? You hardly show any emotion at all!" Riku shouted, attempting to change the subject as her face gradually reddened.
"I show emotion when I feel it necessary." Satoshi stated matter-of-factly, as he lowered his head to reveal his azure eyes through the glare that had previously been in the way.
"Damn you," Riku muttered, "Do all men have to be such—such idiots?" Riku sputtered angrily, stomping away from Satoshi in a rage.
"No, but maybe you're just expecting too much." Satoshi said, spinning around to look at Riku again.
"What do you mean by that, huh?" Riku asked, her anger sparking into a flame.
Satoshi shrugged, "I mean exactly what I said; you're expecting too much out of men—out of Dark." Satoshi said, knowing the effect Dark's name would have on her.
"I don't expect anything out of that jerk!" Riku shouted, "He should just die by the wrath of the sea…" Riku mumbled.
"You don't mean that. I know that, and so do you." Satoshi said, "Just go and make-up with Dark—it can't be as bad as you make it out to be." Satoshi said as he walked off.
"Stupid Satoshi… You expect me to think clearly after I haven't been to school for so long? You expect me to be able to think with that jerk Dark on my mind?"
Riku, lost in thought, bumped into a familiar face—Towa.
"I'm so sorry!" Riku shouted, bowing to the friendly house cleaner.
"Oh, my… Riku, shouldn't you be with Dark?" Towa questioned; her hand on her cheek as she looked down at Riku.
"Why does everyone have to pester me about Dark?" Riku groaned inwardly, "Why should I?" Riku sighed, "It would be the same with or without Dark… If not better without him." Riku muttered disdainfully.
"Did you two get into a fight?" Towa asked, already assuming that they had.
"It takes two to fight, and I had no part of it." Riku stated, closing her eyes as she crossed her arms and pouted.
Towa giggled, "I'm sure you two will make up sooner or later, but for now—I should be attending to Mrs. Mousy."
"Wait, why does everyone assume that we got into a fight?" Riku shouted, her voice sounding whiny.
"It's true though, isn't it?" Towa remarked, winking as she rushed off.
Riku slowly made her way around the palace, sighing heavily at almost every step. Whenever she reached a turn, she would groan loudly in disapproval, "Why does this palace have to be to damn huge!" Riku yelled to nobody in particular, swinging her arms about lazily.
"Crash!"
"Oh, crap…!" Bending down, she picked up pieces of the expensive looking vase, piling it into her hand.
"That isn't safe you know," Riku heard, feeling the heat of a body from behind her, as his hand manipulated hers into shifting the pieces into his hand, "Sorry… about earlier." Dark clarified, whispering into her ear as he pressed his face into her silky hair.
"I'm sorry too…" Riku said reluctantly, leaning back into his semi-embrace, "I over-reacted."
Dark smiled, "So you don't mind if I… do this?" Dark questioned seductively, kissing her on her cheek.
"Don't push your luck, pervert." Riku joked, leaning back until they tipped over backwards.
"Hey, you…!" Dark said, in a mock scolding voice as he tried to sit up.
"I'm not sitting up until you do what I want." Riku said, not budging an inch.
"I could say the same," Dark said, wrapping his arms around her waist loosely as he lifted his leg between hers a little as a threat.
Riku gasped, "Let go of me pervert!" Riku shouted, squirming around.
Dark shot up into a sitting position, his face as red as a rose, "Riku, If you'll excuse me…" Dark mumbled, mortified at his 'situation'.
"Why should I, pervert?" Riku asked, crossing her arms as she continued to sit in his lap.
"You should excuse me because I'm having a bit of a 'situation' here," he emphasized, groaning impatiently.
Riku just looked at him in suspicion, clueless to what he meant.
"Okay, if you want me to explain—I will, but don't blame me for what you're about to hear." Dark muttered, "I'm a little tight in the groin area right now, and I'd really appreciate it if you let me take care of my 'situation'." He explained quickly, tapping his fingers on the white marble floor.
Riku jumped off him immediately, "Eeep!"
"Exactly what I thought!" Dark shouted, running off.
"Pervert!" Riku shouted, clenching her fists as her face burned.
Dark wasted no time, and as he ran into his room, he smirked at the thought of Riku's flaming face.
Riku stood, turning to look for a maid who could give her a dust pan and a broom. To her misfortune, she was met by Daisuke's utterly shocked facial expression. His mouth was agape, his eyes were wide, his face was bright red, and all he could do was stutter incoherently. Wiz looked up at Riku with a question in his eyes as he watched Daisuke's expressions.
Riku waved her hands about wildly, as she shook her head to say 'no'. "I'm sorry for disturbing, Miss Riku...!" Daisuke shouted, as he attempted to turn on his heel to run away as fast as he could. Riku grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and shook him back and forth, "Don't get any weird ideas okay? It's not like I asked him to—uh—you know!" Riku shouted, blushing madly.
"I—uh—erm—I understand!" Daisuke confirmed, comical tears coming down in waterfalls from his wide-open eyes. Riku dropped Daisuke to the floor with a 'thud' as she crossed her arms loosely.
Riku sighed, "If it's this hectic now, what's it going to be like when I'm actually married to him…?"
End of Chapter 2
Sigh... I wish school didn't exist! It's driving me insane! Waking up is like me getting killed and revived each day, and school is like going to meet Krad to meet my death... Argh! If only I didn't have to deal with teachers who teach nothing, and make me go to school anyways! Wouldn't the world be wonderful without teachers like that?
Oh, yeah... I was wondering if there would be any objections to my new idea for this story. So, my idea is to make future story arcs rated M. Of course, depending on the story arc the rating will change. I'm asking because I wanted to start to form a more serious relationship between them, since they would be married after this arc. ( Well, maybe they will... ) Anyways, I needed to have an opinion on this so that there wouldn't be any major problems or objections to the story, and the future arcs. Please let me know your opinion!
You can find me by googling my penname, Kisaiyo, or, on Myspace as Kisaiyo. Sorry for the opinion rage but, I hate myspace because it's the Devil's Spawn, and I only use it to keep in touch with my friend who lives far away from me. More of my contact information is on my profile!
Anyways, I wish I didn't have to deal with this-- but I do, so, yeah... Well, thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed it! Please review!