Daisuke arrived at the lunchroom to see an already awaiting Kiyoko. Her porcelain face wore a gentle smile as she waved. Beside Kiyoko stood Risa and Riku Harada, the twins, they seemed to have been talking. Riku gave him the same greeting, "Hey Daisuke!" she said waving him over. Quickly the twins approached him. Swifty, he was pulled to a table, and sat down.

Dark on the otherhand had a lot on his plate. For some reason, he couldn't help but wonder about the tone Satoshi used when he asked about Ki. Was he planning to hurt her, or what?

The trio sat down. Looking around, Dark noticed Kiyoko had disappeared once again. "Where's Kiyoko?" Daisuke asked. "I don't know.." Riku said turning to look herself. It was hard, there were so many people dressed in the same white and red uniforms. "She's such a great girl. It's such a shame that's she's not seeing anyone. Any boy at this school would die to be with her." Risa said poking at her pear. Riku turned to look at her sister. "Yeah, she lives alone and everything, all except for Hideaki. Her parents sent her here so she could come to this school. They stayed back in Nagoya for some business or something." Risa nodded at her sister's comment.

"You know, the Winter Dance is coming up. I wonder who she'll go with. Better yet, who am I going with?" Risa said picking up the pear, and examining it before she would actually put it into her mouth. It was already late into the month of December, and it was still warm out, well late fall somewhat.

"Kiyoko will find someone, she's practically perfect." Riku said...

Kiyoko sat beside the wall of the rooftop as she stared out at the surrounding horizon. "Hikaru, get down from there, you'll fall again." Satoshi said as he sat leaning against the wall beside her. "I'm not going to fall Satoshi. Quit worrying." She stepped off, and sat upon the ground. "And why do you call me by my last name Hikaru?" Satoshi looked up from his book, to meet her mirror like gaze. Her ice blue eyes put him in a trance like state for a moment, but he soon pulled himself out.

"I just have my reasons." Satoshi said cooly. "And those reasons are?" Kiyoko had by know gotten up. She was standing on the wall, the plunge more than a hundred feet below. Her shoulder length hair blew in the wind, giving her the effect of flying. "Kiyoko watch out!" Satoshi yelled getting up. Responding to her name, Kiyoko whipped around, her foot slipping.

Gravity took affect. Her body began to fall back toward the concrete ground, hundreds of feet below..

Quickly, Satoshi leapt forward grabbing her. Luckily, he had caught her before anything disasterous would happen. Kiyoko soon found herself tightly enveloped within the boy's arms. His grip tighened a moment, and soon, it slowly began to loosen. "I told you you'd fall again Hikaru." As much as he hated to, he slowly released the girl. He didn't want to let her go. She was safe for that very moment within his arms. Surely just knowing Daisuke Niwa, would greatly hurt her in the long run.

Letting her go could become another disaster.

Why, why do you torture me so?

The day was swept by in a blur of flash and color. Throughout the day, Satoshi tried in vain to stay close to the girl making sure Kiyoko stayed away from harm's way.

Kiyoko never really had a reaction to the embrace, but if she did, she didn't show it.

Kiyoko made her way through the front door, but suddenly found herself, clutching her arms as a chill ran down her back. "Are you cold?" A voice said appearing beside her. She turned her head to see the same blue haired boy as before. A small smile appeared across her face. "I guess so." A sigh escaped his mouth. "What am I going to do with you Hikaru. You cause so much trouble." Quickly he reached into his bag and pulled out a long white scarf. "I do not cause a lot of trouble." Kiyoko said in protest. Carefully, he wrapped it around her neck. "There."

Kiyoko's eyes looked down at the scarf for a moment. "Thanks." Satoshi had already begun to walk away in his usual aloof manner. "It's no problem, Kiki." The strange boy waved slightly without turning and walked off. "Wait!" Kiyoko began to run after him but something called after her. "Kiyoko!" hurriedly she turned to see the Harada twins, walking with Daisuke. "See you tomorrow!" The three waved.

"You too!", Kiyoko waved back turning her attention back to Satoshi. But as she looked back, he had disappeared.

Dark, ran through the halls with a pained expression. Ki was there, he just knew it. For some reason, he just couuldn't get enough of her. Her voice, her intense stare, anything and everything about her. It seemed completely impossible to get her out of his mind. He raced through the halls. By now he could see the spotlight of the room. Hurriedly he ran forth, exepecting to be bathed in her warm delicate glow.

As he arrived, the room was empty. Her presence had gone, and all that was left of her were a few stray feathers, and another pair of headphones. His trot slowed into a disappointed stride. As he noticed the headphones he ran off, and quickly placed them on to hear her newest enchanting message.

"I talk to absolutely no one.
Couldn't keep to myself enough.
And the things bottled inside have finally begun
To create so much pressure that I'll soon blow up.

I heard the reverberating footsteps
Synching up to the beating of my heart,
And I was positive that unless I got myself together,
I would watch me fall apart..." Ki's voice, was soft and silky, as Dark listened intently.

"Why, why do you torture me so?"

Hi, again, it's me. I hope you liked this chapter.

So Dark can't get enough of our dear Ki.

Satoshi and Daisuke can't get wnough of Kiyoko. Does Kiyoko like Satoshi or Daisuke? But there's always the conflict of Riku.

Preview of what's to come...

"Hold me, whatever lies beyond this morning, is a little later on.."

"How could you.."

"If you love me as much as you say.."

"Time stops for no one..."

"Regardless of warnings, the future doesn't scare me at all.."

"If you can't rach out to me, just send a sign across the sea, and I'll pick it up.."

"I'm your best kept secret, but your biggest mistake.."

"Jealousy is not an easy thing to hide.."

Yeah, there are a lot of quotes this time, because I really like coming up with them and I was on a roll. ANd remember, they'renot always in the next chapter, a few of them might be though...

And before I forget, the song Kiyoko was singing was Who I am Hates Who I've Been by Relient K.