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Hey, guys! I know this chapter is short, and I know it's taking me forever to update but I've been having way too many problems with Windows Vista! Anyways, thanks for being patient, here's chapter 3!
One Week 'till Marriage
Chapter 3: Tuesday Triumph
"Hey, Dark… What are you going to do until the wedding?" asked Towa, looking up at the wide smirk upon his lips. The room was dimly lit by many candles; no windows or doors allowed the bright light of the sun to enter the small room. "Even if she did lose the game, that doesn't mean she can't reject you at the last minute, you know?"
Dark's smirk turned into a mask, a neutral expression plastered onto his gorgeous features. "I know," he started, letting his eyes flutter closed, "I'm trying to change the way she feels, though… I don't want anything to go wrong, and I don't want her to do anything that will hurt herself…"
"I see… If you can't convince her by the wedding though, remember, I serve you third, not first. Your mother's orders come before yours, as your father's does before hers." Towa said, bowing as she exited the room.
Dark growled, grasping the arms of the maroon-colored recliner, "What are you thinking…? Mother…" Dark leaned over, covering his eyes with a gloved hand as he grit his teeth.
The door opened, a small clicking noise filling the room. Riku stepped in, grasping the door frame with her slim fingers, "Dark, what are you doing?" she asked, still clinging to the door frame. "When did you wake up?"
"I couldn't sleep, so I've been up for a couple of hours." He replied, standing up from his seat to smile at her. He walked over to her, grasping her hands in his as he bent over to whisper something in her ear. "Did you miss me?"
Riku's face flamed, "of course not! Why would I miss such an egotistical jerk like you!" she yelled, crossing her arms as she 'hmphed' and turned her face to the side. "I just wanted to know if it was going to be a regular thing so I could wake up earlier and have the time to myself!" she lied, turning her back towards Dark.
Dark let out a sigh as he let his left hand rest on his hip, "You know, it wouldn't kill you to play along with me for once…" he mumbled, casting a lazy gaze to the side.
"Play along with one of your sick fantasies? I'd rather kiss Krad!" she retorted, looking back at Dark as she stuck out her tongue like a child.
Dark grabbed her tongue, "Oh, really?" he questioned, smirking at her as she tried to slap his hand away.
Riku glared at him, yelling incomprehensibly as Dark laughed at her new language. Riku finally stopped, grabbing his hand to make Dark look at her. She squeezed his hand and while he wasn't paying attention she slammed her foot down on his, eliciting a howl of pain from the unsuspecting prince.
Riku took pleasure in her revenge, but while she indulged in it, a hand came upon her shoulder. "Miss Riku, what's going on?" said Daisuke, looking over her shoulder at Dark who sat cross legged in order to nurse his injured foot. "Uh... Dark?" said Daisuke, looking down at the invisible injury Dark continued to tend to.
"He's nursing his pride," Riku muttered, looking happy at her work. "Oh, yeah, were you looking for someone?" she asked, completely ignoring Dark as if she didn't do anything to him at all. Dark glared and cursed behind her, still unable to fully recover from the unexpected blow.
Daisuke paused, "I forgot why I came here!" he shouted, clutching his head and looking shocked with his lack of memory. "Wait--" Daisuke paused to look thoughtful before letting his fist drop into his open palm, as if he had remembered whatever it was he needed to. "I came here to tell Dark that his mom wanted him in her room." he said, looking satisfied with himself.
"What for?" Riku asked, obviously curious as to why his mother would summon him to her room so out of the blue. "Did he do something, or is it about the Marriage?" she asked, giving Daisuke a look of suspicion.
"I honestly don't know what you're thinking, but--" Daisuke babbled nervously, trying to sneak away with tiny steps. Riku grabbed his shoulder, pulling him back towards her.
"If it has anything to do with the marriage, don't you think I have a right to hear about it?" she questioned, slightly irked by the sneakiness that was going around the palace. "I don't care about the hierarchy either, if you were thinking about trying to threaten me with it, Dark." Riku stated, somehow seeing Dark slowly rise to make a comeback.
Dark sighed, lately all he'd been doing is sigh or half-heartedly joke around. "Well..." he started, not even bothering to think about what to say, "I think you should just sit back and let me deal with things for a bit, OK?"
Riku clenched her fists, "I'm not just going to sit back and let you 'handle things'! I have a right to hear your family's opinions or discussions about our marriage!" Riku argued, angered by Dark's thoughtless comments. "Ugh, you're unbelievable!" Riku shouted, stomping off in the opposite direction of the way Dark was supposed to be heading.
"Wait, Riku!" Dark called, running after his fiance, catching up to her with slight difficulty. "I didn't mean it that way, all right?" he tried, looking exhausted by the entire situation. He placed his hands on her shoulders and silently prayed that she would forgive him
Riku 'hmphed' and crossed her arms, "Just go and 'handle' things by yourself, I'm not stopping you." she said, turning around and getting out of Dark's grip.
"What? Hey, is there something you want to tell me, or have you just gone insane?" Dark questioned, thinking about how strangely Riku seemed to be acting today. "What's up with the attitude, you're worse than Risa and Mio today..." he mumbled.
"Excuse me?" Riku turned back around to send an icy glare at Dark. Dark just looked back at her with all seriousness, as Daisuke slipped away from the intense scene. Riku froze, 'he's right...! What's wrong with me?'
Riku paled, she hardly ever made such a fool out of herself, and in front of Dark it was just too much. "I--" Riku seemed to speak without anger, only pure embarrassment. No words could come out, and no thoughts came to mind. She was drawing a blank, and Dark softened at the sight of Riku's nervousness.
Dark looked up from Riku the sound of footsteps. Daisuke and Towa came into sight from around the corner, and Riku also lifted her head to look at the two in such a panic. Daisuke and Towa were both running as if something were wrong, but suddenly they both stopped in their tracks. Daisuke's expression of panic suddenly turned into a look of mortification, and Towa suddenly smiled and giggled as she blushed a light pink. Both of them were staring down at one thing...
Riku cast her gaze downward to see what caused such a commotion, but was shocked at her own actions when she saw that hhr hand was clutching the hem of Dark's shirt. It was like a child holding onto the material of his mother's skirt, cute and innocent. Riku tried to push herself away from Dark when she realized what was going on, but Dark was able to catch her hand in his and stop her from stumbling backwards.
He smirked, and lowered his face to her hand, winking at her as he placed a delicate kiss upon her heated flesh. "I'll take care of things, trust me, OK?" Dark returned Riku's hand to her side as he turned on his heel in one swift motion, a look of complete triumph upon his face. "I'll see you tonight," he said, the tone of his voice suggesting something much more than a friendly visit.
Towa could hardly contain herself, and Daisuke just stood where he was, on the verge of fainting.
OK, so that wasn't such a great chapter... but since Vista was giving me so much trouble I finished the chapter on the edit documents thing for my account, but they had some kind of submissions error, and all my work got deleted twice... ... ... Trust me, that wasn't the greatest day of my life.
Well, sorry for the hold up, and if anybody knows how to fix the sound for Vista on AVI files etc. can you contact me, please? ;;
Thank you for reading, please review!