A SHOT IN THE DARK
Chapter Two: Spicy Mocha
A.N I missed this last time, I do not own any D.N Angel characters. Enjoy!
The next day, Daisuke was called to the principal's office for a meeting. He stood quietly outside the principal's office waiting for the principal to finish a telephone call. From behind he heard footsteps, turning around slowly he was once again greeted by the same person he feared so much yesterday, Dark Mousy.
"Hi. Are you here to see the principal too?"
Dark gave Daisuke a friendly smile.
"Yea. Hope I'm not in trouble for anything."
Daisuke fidgeted with the watch on his right wrist, avoiding eye contact.
"I'm sure you're not. My name is Dark Mousy. Nice to meet you."
"Daisuke Niwa."
Daisuke took Dark's outreached hand and shook it gently.
By this time the principal had finished his phone call and called for them both to enter his office.
"Daisuke Niwa and Dark Mousy from class 2-D, you two have been chosen by your teachers to be the new library assistance this semester. Starting tomorrow, before school you will need to shelve some books and do some other administration tasks in the library."
Daisuke jumped at the principal's request.
Oh no. Just when I thought I had wriggled my way out of the problem. Now, I have to spend even more time with him. I could get recognised.
"Huh? Library assistants? Us? But we don't know each other."
"It doesn't matter; it could be an opportunity for you to get to know each other."
Could the timing be worse than this?
"Do you not like me Daisuke?"
"Errrr… no. It's not like that, it's just that we have never talked to each other so I was worried, that's all. I'm sorry if I offended you."
Daisuke quickly dismissed the idea so that the situation could not get any more awkward.
"That's great. Well, remember it starts tomorrow morning at 7:30am and you can leave when the bell goes. It shouldn't be too much work. That's all; you can go back to class now."
"Okay. Thanks Sir. We'll try our best. Let's go Daisuke."
Daisuke followed Dark out of the office still trying to comprehend what just happened.
What if I get discovered now? That would be a big problem. It'll be so hard to explain. Darn you Shiori!
The following morning, Daisuke met Dark inside the library and got straight into their job. As they shelved the books that were returned that day, Daisuke decided to keep his distance from Dark, though that plan wasn't as easy as he originally thought. Dark would constantly try to have a conversation with him, his effort finally got to Daisuke and he gave up on ignoring him.
"Oh, so you moved to this school at the start of the year?"
"Yup. I went to a school near my house in the countryside. My mum wanted me to go to a better high school so we decided to move into the city. Since I just moved here, I don't have many friends, so I hope that we can become friends…"
"Sure. Of course."
Daisuke tried his best to give Dark an encouraging smile.
This is going to be hard. He's so nice.
"Umm… Daisuke, have you ever been to the Maid Café on Fray Street?"
Daisuke mentally collapsed at the mention of the Maid Café, and stopped shelving, standing completely frozen stiff.
"Errrr… I've heard… of it… Why do you ask… all of sudden?" he stuttered.
"I went there yesterday after I saw an advertisement on T.V. It sounded interesting."
Crap. Why did he have to bring it up? Did he really figure out it was me?
"How was it?"
Daisuke pretended to be interested but secretly wanted to change the subject as quick as possible.
Dark smiled. "It was pretty good."
Why does he have to like it so much? What do I do!?
That afternoon, Dark and the other two boys came to the café for afternoon tea. Once again, Daisuke was the one who was in charge of their table.
"Look Miu, their here again." A fellow maid pointed to their table. "They've become regulars."
Daisuke looked over to their table but quickly turned away once he saw that Dark was staring at him again.
"Do you think their school is near here?"
"I don't know."
Daisuke briskly walked up to their table to take their orders.
"Good afternoon Miu-san. How are you?"
"Good thanks. You?" Daisuke said putting on his girly voice.
"I'm fine. My name is Saehara by the way. I was wondering what this drink is called."
The boy pointed at a photo on the new menus.
"It's a Spicy Mocha. A new addition to the menu."
"That sounds interesting. I'll have of those thanks Miu-san."
"I'll try the lemon cheesecake today thanks."
The ice blue haired boy was slowly working his way down the cheesecake menu.
"Café latte again please." Dark had ordered his daily café latte.
"One Spicy Mocha, lemon cheesecake and café latte coming up." Daisuke quickly skipped off to complete the orders.
So far so good. No reactions yet. I just hope it stays this way.
For the next couple of days, Dark, Saehara and the blue haired boy came to the Café after school and sat at the same table five near the shop window. Every one of these days, Daisuke took their orders. Every day, Dark ordered his café latte. Every day, Daisuke had caught Dark staring at him and blushing at least once. Every day Daisuke was risking exposing his secret. And every morning of those days, he would try to avoid talking about the Maid Café when he was with Dark in the library.
A week had passed and Daisuke was fairly confident that Dark would never realise that Miu was actually him. However, after one particular morning, he realised that he should still be very careful, because the slightest action could blow his secret.
"Hey Dark. I've finished shelving…"
Daisuke walked towards Dark realising that he was staring at his face.
Oh no. No way. Is he having a sudden flashback or something? Why is he staring at my face?
Dark slowly dropped what he was doing and walked slowly up to him. Daisuke panicked and backed away. Dark backed him up against a library shelf and reached out to touch his face. Daisuke internally screamed and shut his eyes.
Dark's fingers softly brushed the side of his cheek.
"There was an eyelash on your cheek."
What? It was just an eyelash.
Daisuke reopened his eyes to see Dark smiling back at him.
Phew. That was a close call. I should be more careful, stop being so careless.
"Errr… I was wondering…"
Think of something random. Think of something random.
"Do you have a… girlfriend?"
Damn it. That was the best I could come up with!
"Haha. I know it's hard to believe but at my old school, there were no girls in my classes. This is the first time I have seen so many girls, so I have problems telling them apart."
"Well, isn't that… err… troublesome."
"Well, lately there has been ONE girl that I can tell apart. But that's only one."
"Oh, I see."
Could it be me? No way. I can't be. Can it?
A.N Sorry for the long wait. I've been a bit busy with some other fics. 'Love Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me' and 'Blind Valentine's Game' if you are interested. Thanks for reading.
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