While I Was Away
By: Naru-chan
Disclaimer: I no own DNAngel! Please and thank you!
Naru-chan: Hi! Hope you guys didn't mind the wait too much! Thank you soooo much for reviewing me! ::bows gratefully:: Thank you thank you thank you! T.T
Dark: Finals have been here…
Daisuke: And she had to pick new classes…
Satoshi: … (can't think of anything to say since it has nothing to do with insulting Dark)
Riku: But no need to worry! Chapter eight is here!
Risa: Mmmhmmm! 3
Dark: Yes…I know everyone has missed me! It's all right, my fans, for I am here!
Satoshi: They didn't miss you at all. Baka.
Dark: ::mutters to self:: Don't…let…him…get…to…you…
Daisuke: Hey! Those anger management classes much be working!
Risa: Wowwwww!
Riku: Hmph.
Naru-chan: Anyway! Thank you so much for all the reviews once again! All of you…All of you felt so bad for Dark and understood him more…But I hope you don't forget Daisuke! But thanks for saying how much you felt for Dark.
Dark: ::grins:: I'm like some romantic love hero!
Daisuke: ::blushes sadly:: How can I compete with that…?
Riku: ::hugs Daisuke:: You're an adorable love hero!
Daisuke: ::blushes brightly::
Dark: HEY!!!!!
Satoshi: Feh. Can't even get your own girl.
Dark: SHUT UP!
Naru-chan: Before he gets out of control, here's chapter eight!
Chapter 8: His Tear
"Dark…"
"Hmmm?"
"I…" Riku stopped and stared down at her hands, feeling sorrow and regret wash over her. Still, she knew she had to say it. It was what he needed to know. So then why was she so reluctant to hurt him? Because of how much he cared, or was it how much she cared? "I…I want to tell you that you're…you're not the one I love…"
"Ah…But-" he began to say that he already knew that. But it hurt that she reminded him. It was like his hope was constantly being crushed. Just when his wings are about to spread, they're bound again.
"BUT! But…I think I have…feelings for you, so…" she blushed so much she trailing off. "So…I just wanted to…tell you…that…"
"Riku…" he smiled sadly, with a tad bit of affection. "It's not because you're sorry for me is it? Because if it is-"
"NO!" she exclaimed nearly fanatically, leaning forward. She shook her head desperately, as if to convince him. Then she jumped back, closer to the edge of the couch, blushing and feeling foolish again. "No…I wouldn't do that. You've… you've really helped me in so many ways! But…I…I just can't…forget him…is all."
"Riku…" he whispered softly. He reached out, blushing slightly. Slowly he put a stray of hair back over her ear. It was just his excuse for touching her. They both knew it. And they both didn't care. "You know…your first love doesn't have to be your only love…"
"I do know that," she answered, her eyebrows scrunched up in anguish. "I know that, but…he just…is…I don't know how to say…"
"But he hurt you!" Dark couldn't help but cry. Sometimes the pain and jealousy overflowed inside of him, and he could do nothing to stop it. It was like an overfilled cup that poured over time from time.
"Don't say that! He's the kindest, caring person I've ever met – more so than you!" She winced faintly and glanced away quickly from his accusing scarlet eyes. An image of Daisuke smiling at her sincerely flashed in her mind caused her heart to speed up. "It's true that he hurt me, but…it's not as if I ever told him I cared so…I'm just as in fault! And I…I ran away. I ran away to Paris. So don't blame this person you don't know for hurting me…"
"I can't…help it, Riku…" He gritted his teeth in pain. "I can't…help it."
"I know…I'm sorry…" She truly did know. He was feeling the way she felt when she looked at Risa, who had Daisuke's love. Daisuke's love…that had Risa rejected. She lifted her hand to over his, which had still been near the side of her face, and pressed it against her flushed face. "I know he doesn't care. I know I will be hurt… but I still love him. He's still here…in my heart.
"My first love doesn't have to be my only love…I know that! But the thing is…my first love is still my only love…"
Dark winced inside, but he didn't show it. He knew if he did, Riku would only feel worse… He sighed, taking her hand in both of his and pressing it against his forehead (but not straight on). He smiled brokenly. He whispered softly, "Yeah…I know that too…"
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Riku closed the door and let out a long breath. She was back home now, pretty much ready to just go to sleep. She felt totally exhausted, both emotionally and physically. Perhaps mentally as well. She needed time to think things over. Too bad someone had other plans.
"RIKU!" Mio magically appeared right in front of her, with a wide smile on her lips. Riku nearly reopened the door right then and there to get out before Mio could reveal what was up her sleeve. Mio was wearing what looked like a gypsy's outfit, with the head cover, the purple tube top, and everything else she had initially put on to appear as such. In her hand, she held blue cards with interesting designs covering it. "I have your love fortune!"
"Wha-?"
"Just pick two," Mio cooed. The smile on her face never disappeared. She waved the cards in a very tempting manner.
Riku blushed. She reluctantly did as she was told, pulling two of the blue cards slightly upward. Mio took those two cards and stared at them.
"Oooooo!" she grinned. She flipped the cards over, revealing a "D" and an "A". She winked suggestively at her friend. "Someone whose name begins with 'D' and 'A'!" She leaned forward and whispered suggestively into Riku's ear. "Dark."
"I don't believe in such things!" Riku hastily answered. A little bit too hastily. She blushed and quickly turned away, heading toward her room. That stuff was more for someone like Risa. Risa believed in foolish things such as this…! Not her. Still…she couldn't help but wonder if it was true, which made her face more flushed than it already was. As if she hadn't had enough on her mind as it was…!
Mio's smile stayed as a smile until she heard the door close. Then her entire face fell. Her eyes lost its shine, her eyebrows bunched together in pain, and her mouth turned into a sad frown. Her hand squeezed into a fist, which shook. She let out a sigh and allowed herself to lean against the door.
'For Dark. Yeah…just remember this is for Dark…'
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"IT'S GONNA BE CHRISTMAS!" every laughed merrily. Krad and Sabrina popped some party toys, causing colorful confetti to fly around the room. Mio laughed, holding a drink in each hand. Dark and Riku laughed with them, but remained just watching. They were all dressed up.
Krad wore a red sweater with designs going through the center, and a Christmas hat, which everyone all donned on their heads.
Sabrina had curled her jet-black hair and clipped it upward, letting it stream over her shoulders under her hat. She wore a red dress with white fur at the neck, bottom, and where the buttons supposedly were. Her boots were a furry white with red laces.
Mio, on the other hand, wore a short, black dress that had wide sleeves and though tight, it was just right. She wore high heels that wrapped around her slim legs with black ribbons. She had silver earrings that looked like Christmas ornaments as well.
Dark was wearing a red button down shirt (the color the shade of a rose) under a black blazer that tightened at the elbows slightly. He wore black pants that matched. He looked as handsome as ever, and he knew it.
Riku had been forced to wear a dress (since she had originally planned to wear jeans). It was gorgeous, being pure white. It had many black ribbons running through it, like the "X"s it made across her stomach, beneath her chest, where the cloth had been made to gather around in ruffles that matched all the ruffles that appeared near her thighs, which had lace-like material underneath. She wore black stockings with white boots, which laces were ribbon again and black. Her sleeves were wider that Mio's but they began to cut off to reveal skin at the elbow. There was a bow coming from her back as well. At her neck was a bell necklace. Her caramel hair had been painstakingly (according to her) curled into ringlets. Mio and Sabrina had even forced her to put on make-up, though her shiny lips were in a frown and her face bright red from embarrassment!
Dark couldn't believe his eyes. He'd never seen her so…so dressed up before! She looked like a doll… She usually was always beautiful to him, but this… this…! He couldn't breath! Almost literally.
"Hey…Dark, is it just me or are you turning as purple as your hair?" Krad asked mockingly. He raised a golden eyebrow at his friend. "Do I have to remind you to breath or something?"
"Sorry!" Dark gasped for breath. He felt embarrassment wash over him for a moment, and then he grinned, trying to cover his mortification from being caught looking so lovesick. "There's nothing like seeing how long you can hold your breath!"
"Yeah. Right," Krad answered, his tone dripping with sarcasm and slight disgust. He quickly walked off to kiss his Sabrina before he caught the "stupid" disease from Dark.
Dark swallowed hard. After a short pause to compose him, he approached Riku slowly. He tapped her on the shoulder lightly. She turned around and smiled slightly.
"Hey there, almost Christmas, you know." A tint of pink was on her cheeks as she said this. Dark looked…nice today, as she had already noticed. Then the cards flashed in her mind, causing her heart to beat faster.
"Yeah, and you sure looked as pretty as…well, as always," Dark grinned, blushing a little.
"Oh GOD! Mio and Sabrina had forced me to wear this!" she claimed in dismay, blushing madly. "It's not as if I wanted to wear such a thing!"
Was it just her, or was he staring at her like…like… She glanced upward – or rather, intended to glance, but was captivated by his red eyes… Red eyes that reminded her so much of the one she loved, and yet…there was a difference… These red eyes had something the others didn't… Love.
She couldn't breath. And with the way she was staring at him…nor could he.
"Ah…Look…"
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"AHHHHH! WHERE THE HECK ARE WE?!" Risa wailed in distress. She waved her arms in the air, as if this would make them suddenly not be lost. She half sobbed pathetically, though she didn't really cry. She couldn't help with this dramatic reaction to their situation. Everywhere they looked French people. French, French, French! They had no idea where they were or how to get to Riku.
Risa quickly glanced over at Daisuke. She had expected him to be panicking like she was, but he wasn't! Not at all! He was just staring off into the distance. At this rate, their whole trip would be wasted. Risa groaned to herself and debated whether or not to call Riku to tell her they were here. But then she had to be surprised! She sighed tearfully and put away her cell phone. They would just have to figure this out on their own.
Satoshi watched Risa watch Daisuke. Jealousy was eating him inside out. Why couldn't she just love him like the beginning?! Then it occurred to him that in the beginning…maybe she hadn't loved him then either. Maybe the one had always been…
He quickly showed these thoughts out of his mind. He had to think about the present. They were lost. In Paris. Where none of them had been to before.
'Oh, this was such a nice situation,' Satoshi thought to himself, not noticing all the French women who was staring, blushing, and pointing at him.
Something was wrong. Or rather…something was stirring. Daisuke felt it. It was in his heart. It was like dread…or was it really? It was like the way he felt when he had watched Riku escape from his grasp. The way he had felt when he had chased after her to the airport… He just couldn't concentrate on the scenery. He couldn't concentrate on the map or the fact that his hands were growing numb. He couldn't think. He couldn't feel. Yet…
The scenery was changing. Why was it changing? His feet were moving. Nothing was registering in his brain. He faintly heard Risa scream after him, obviously worried what would happen to him all alone in Paris with nothing but a map and a bag with his gift. His gift for Riku…
He had to see Riku…!
Then this feeling would disappear! The endless storm of misery and self-hatred…of hurt and the clinging onto the cast of shadow that she left behind would disappear too! They would be happy! They would finally be together after so long! He'll finally get to tell her he loved her! Everything would be…would be…! He didn't realize it, but if anyone looked at his face right then, they would see a frantic, desperate smile.
Flashes of Riku ran through his mind. Her blushing…her frown…her pout…her smile. Everything about her! Soon…he felt it…soon they would meet. It was like destiny! Fate… They were meant to be! He felt it inside him! Surely Riku would feel the same way…
He kept running. Where he didn't know, but something was pulling him somewhere, and that something he didn't know either. Was he going to where he needed to be? Everything was such a blur to him now. He didn't care though. Something was more important right now. Something…something…! It killed him that he didn't know what!
Sweat dripped down his face, which he ignored. He absently noticed that his friends were rushing after him, bumping into strangers in their path. But he still didn't stop. Unknown to him, his scarlet eyes were blank, in a dreamy state, as in he wasn't really there. And that was partially true. He wasn't really there.
"Daisuke! Daisuke! DAISUKE!" Satoshi, Risa, and Takeshi shouted as loud as they could though they were out of breath. "Where are you going?! Where?"
He had to keep going. If he stopped, he feared his heart would stop. Cold wind whipped his red hair into his face. It stung. It felt like a whip slapping his face. He didn't feel a thing.
Riku…Riku…RIKU!
"Riku…!" his heart cried out unknowingly through his lips. His whole body…his every vein cried out her name.
He was running up…stairs? So fast…so fast…he was going…going…Up! It was like he was ascending the stairs to a place called "heaven". He made it! He felt like crying out with joy. He was there! He felt it! He was going to see…!
"Ri…ku…" he uttered, frozen. His world came crashing down on him right then and there. Everything that had been so alive in him…had just died. Because right in front of him…was…Riku. His beloved Riku. The one, the only… The Riku he loved so much he was willing to die for. Yes…it was her…kissing another person.
And then…there was nothing. He felt nothing. Not even the single tear that slid down his cheek slowly…sadly. There was nothing left…
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Naru-chan: …What do you think? O.o;;
Daisuke: ::sniff sniff::
Dark: What about me????
Krad: ::sighs:: Hey, at least you appear more in the story than I do!
Satoshi: He's got a point.
(Everyone): ::stares at Dark accusingly::
Dark: …FINE!
Naru-chan: He's used to all the attention…ANYWAY, please review to find out why they were k-i-s-s-i-n-g! lol
Dark: ::blushes and looks away innocently::
Satoshi: Ooooo, intense!
Naru-chan: So hurry and review! By the way…there might be about 5 more chapters? I'll have to see about that! Review! Sorry it's a lot short than usual…