That was before he saw the tree branch shoot through a gap in the bars. 'If I had stood still or stepped forward Id be a Satoshi ka bob! Niwa-kun saved me. He risked HIS life for me.'
"Hiwatari-kun? Hiwatari-kun you okay? Did I hurt you? Come on answer me Hiwatari-kun!" Dai statred to get panicy. He started to shake Satoshi's shoulders. "Come on answer me!"
Satoshi blinked confused at why Dai was shaking him. "Niwa-kun?"
Dai stopped shaking him and had a releieved look on his face. "Thank god your okay." His body seemed to become weak and his head flopped down on Satoshi's cheast as he began to cry again.
Satoshi combed his fingers through Dai's hair, something he wanted to do for so long. "Im okay, Niwa-kun, thanks to you. You risked your life for me. Why? You have everything in your life and you save me, the nobody."
Dai's voice was muffled by Satoshi's shirt. "Your my friend. I dont want you to get hurt any more. You've been hurt too much in your life already." Satoshi fidgited a little when Dai's warm breath tickled his chin and while he spoke he felt the vibrations in his cheast.
"Niwa-kun, youre over exaggerating. Im fine. We'd better get up now. Come on." He helped Dai to his feet then grabbed Dai's bag before they both walked back to the couch.
'Dai!' Dark screamed.
'Yeah Dark?'
'That was...dont do that again. You could have gotten hurt.'
'Yeah. instead of my brother figure you now sound like mom.' He sat in the middle of the couch.
'I sound like Emiko? Gah.' with that he disappeared into the back of Dai's mind.
'Yeah, Hide while I flip out! your no help.'
Satoshi sat down holding Dai's bag. "Niwa-kun? Dark not helping?" Dai nodded. "Well what would you expect from a four hundred year old art theif? Heres your bag."
"Thank you Hiwatari-kun. Do you know what time it is?"
A blue light appeared as Satoshi checked his watch. "Eleven."
"Thanks." He opened his bag and rummaged inside for a minute. "Herm. Can you hold this? and this? this and this? and this? There it is."
Dai pulled his flashlight out of his bag and stared at it for a second. It was almost like Dark planned this whole thing. Dai shrugged and flipped the switch lighting the room brightly.
"Im glad I brough this." Dai said cheerily as he put his things back in his back then rummaged around again. "Notepad, pencils, books, paper, gum, candy, sandals, wait why are those in there?, cd player and cds, hmmm...maybe I didnt bring it."
While Dai was digging around he put the things beside him and Satoshi grabbed his notebook to flip through to see if he had all of his notes but instead of notes he found drawings Dai had worked on.
Each new page Satoshi flipped through was better than the last. Halfway through he saw the beginning of one of him but it was scratched out. The next page was the same, a pictuire of him that was started then scratched out, ten pages were like that, all of him and all scratched out. The eleventh one was complete and was him but at the bottom Dai had written 'Not realistic enough' with a big X through the picture. When the twelth page came up it was a picture of the school with everyone pkaying and a little version of himself, Satoshi, reading alone in the shade of a large oak tree.
Dai was finished digging through his bag and out everything back in and realized his notebook wasnt in it. He looked to Satoshi and blushed madly. He had already seen the ones of him. Dai blushed even more when Satoshi flipped the page and got to the one Dai had drawn of the classroom and of Satoshi looking out the window.
Satoshi finished looking through the pictures and realized he was so captivated by Dai's work he hadnt heard Dai finish with the things in his bag. "Those are really good, Niwa-kun."
"Thanks, but they need work."
"Not much. Although," He smirked. "Those with X's need work and completion." Dai blushed a dark red. "I'd like to see them when youre done."
"They...er...um...they arent any good."
"Well, Niwa, may I borrow a sheet of paper, a book, and a pencil since I left my notepad at home?"
"Sure." Dai pulled Satoshi out his math book a sheet of paper and a good pencil.
"Thank you." Satoshi walked over to the wall infront of Dai and sat aginst it, tapping the pencil to his lips.
The lights flickered on and Dai perked up, maybe he could go home.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Niwa-kun. These bars wont retract until the sun comes up when I can tell the day watchman the codes. Sorry."
"Its okay, Hiwatari-kun. At least im not locked in here alone. Im glad you are here." He hgave Satoshi a smile and began doodling in his notebook.
Satoshi smiled a little before starting on his page about something. Both kept up whatever they were doing for half an hour until Satoshi spoke again.
"Niwa, May I have a couple more sheets of paper?"
"Yeah." He pulled out some more paper. "If you need more just reach in my bag, I dont mind."
Dai became so engrossed in his drawing that he didnt realize Satoshi was studying him. When Satoshi's watch beemed midnight Dai looked up and saw Satoshi half asleep against the wall.
Ten minutes later Dai walked over to Satoshi's sleeping form and sat two sheets of paper down beside him and sat on the couch. Dai wasnt tired but he had nothing to do so he started to draw again.
Satoshi woke up when he heard the couch squeak when Dai got off of it and pretended to stay asleep when Dai walked close to him and sat something on the ground beside him. He heard Dai go back and sit on the couch, then opened his eyes.
Dai sat, once again, engrossed in his drawing and beside Satoshi sat two pieces of paper. Satoshi picked the page up and saw a picture of him sitting cross legged against the wall with his eyes closed in slumber with the pencil and paper falling out of his hands to the ground.
The other page was a bit more interesting to Satoshi. It had him sitting in a meadow looking at the viewer with kind eyes and a smile. Behind him was Dai hugging him lightly around the neck with his eyes almost closed in happiness while his mouth was open laughing. They were both loking at the viewer with a kind of knowing look and it made Satoshi smile.
Dai looked over his notebook a little to see Satoshi's response to the drawings. The first one he saw a spark of 'man im ugly when I sleep' in Satoshi's face. The second drawing, the one Dai was afraid Satoshi would tear up, had taken Dai the longest to draw. He watched Satoshi's face and saw a smile almost identical to the one he had in the picture come to his face. Satoshi held the page delicatly almost afraid to ruin the picture.
Right before Satoshi looked up at him Dai went back to drawing. Satoshi knew Dai had been watching him but none the less he loved the pictures. He wished Dai would have drawn him with his mouth shut insead of slightly open in the first picture.
A little while later, Dai fell asleep on the couch and before he went to situate Dai, Satoshi began drawing him as payback for the one of him. The picture was done faster than Dai had done the one of Satoshi and Satoshi kept every detail in there even the slight trail of drool in the corner of Dai's mouth and the smile he had as he slept.
Satoshi stood up and stretched before walking over to Dai. He took the notebook out of Dai's hand and sat it and the pencil that had already dropped to the floor on Dai's bag. He tried to get Dai to lay down but Dai wouldnt move and awoke to another boom of theunder.
"Hiwatari-kun?" He asked sleepily.
"Im right here Niwa-kun."
"Will you sit with me?" Satoshi shrugged. Dai would be asleep soon anyway then he could get up and lay somewhere else.
"Alright, Niwa-kun."
"Thanks."
Satoshi sat down and realized Dai want going to let him up until morning. Dai's head fell against his shoulder as Dai fell asleep again. It would have been easy if that was all but Dai grabbed a handful of Satoshi's shirt like a child needing comfort. He wrapped his arms around Dai to keep him still and to comfort hin in his sleep
He smiled sadly at the sleeping boy in his arms. "You really are like an angel. Fate decreed that you have to suffer though. Im sorry that fate is so horrible to drag one so innocent as you into this." He combed his finger through Dai's hair again over and over.
Satoshi's arm was pushed down by the sleeping Dai to where it was wrapped around his waist and Satoshi looked wide eyed for a second.
"The morning will come soon and will bring trouble. Both of us had better sleep while we can."
I hope you all have liked this so far. Thanks for reading .