DF14:I'm sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry it took me so long to update! liltenshiarishi gave me an idea so... THANK HER! Cause if she didn't give me an idea it would've taken me even longer to update.

Dark had finally stopped chasing Krad, who retired to the couch for a rest, and sat on the floor in front of the couch. He looked around the room and noticed Riku wasn't there, so he decided he would go outside to look for her. As soon as he was out the door he noticed it was dark outside and Riku was sitting on the top step in front of the door. "What are you doing out here?" He asked softly as he sat down next to her.

"I don't know, I guess it was getting a little hot in there with you and Krad running around," Riku answered and giggled.

Dark laughed softly, "Yeah, sorry about that."

"Oh no, it's ok I'm glad you were having fun," Riku said and smiled. There was a comfortable silence for a little bit. "I was so worried and sad when I thought you were in that explosion," she suddenly stated.

Dark looked at her, 'She... was sad?' "I'm sorry, I never ment to make you feel tha-"

"Don't say that! It's not your fault, you were going in to save Father and Risa. I never did say thank you..." Riku looked at Dark, and her eyes began to sting with tears. She then slung her arms around Dark and started to cry on his chest.

Dark was surprised by this, but he put his arms around Riku and let her cry.

"I - I thought you -sob- were gone!" Riku cried as she tightened her grip as if he were a lifeline and Dark also tightened his grip.

"I'm right here, I'm not going anywhere... even if my Dad tries to drag me back home," Dark reasured the girl in his arms as he stroked her back.

Riku's tears began to calm, but she didn't lift from Dark's chest, "Please... never do that again... I-I can't lose you..." Riku pleaded softly.

"I won't... I promise," Dark answered softly as he continued to stroke her back. He smirked as he soon realized her breaths evened out, signaling she was asleep, but he stayed there not wanting to risk waking her up from her much needed rest.

Unbeknownst to the couple on the steps, Krad was watching them from the shadows with a smile on his face.

"Looks like we didn't need to make a plan now did we?" Risa asked softly walking up behind Krad, also with a smile on her face.

"Guess so, wheres Father?" Krad asked.

"He's asleep inside, we can tell him tomorrow," Risa answered. Krad cocked his head, "Didn't I tell you Father was going to help us with our plans?"

"He was?" Krad was utterly confused, but he shrugged, "What can I say the old man still surprises me."

"Who are you calling old man?" Their Father's voice came from behind them.

"AAHHH! OH YOU SCARED THE HELL OUTTA ME! Now our cover's probably blown," Krad said as he peeked around the corner but he fell to the ground anime style! "They're asleep! I swear they could sleep through the apocolypse!"

"Asleep? Dark was awake a minute ago. Guess he fell asleep while we weren't looking." Risa stated.

"No such luck," a pair of voices sounded behind them in unison.

"AAHHH!" all three, including their Father, yelled. When they turned to see who it was, they saw Riku and Dark laughing on the ground holding their stomachs with tears in the corners of their eyes.

"So- So what was this -laugh!- this plan you were t- talking about," Dark got out through laughs.

Riku was histerical at seeing her Father jump and scream so she may as well be mute not counting the laughs.

Krad and Risa looked at each other, "Nothing." they both said at the same time.

Dark finally stopped laughing and was now just chuckling, but then he looked at them skeptically. "I heard you talking about some plan, that didn't need to be after all for some reason," he said looking at Risa and Krad.

"Well, since we're not gonna do it any more there's no reason to tell you," Krad said nervously.

"Oh don't worry about it, they're not going to tell us Dark. It's like trying to ask a squirrel where he put his nuts for the winter." (O.o ok that sounds weird for some reason)

"Guess your right. We should probably be getting inside, it's starting to get cold and it the winds say it's going to snow," Dark stated.

"Yeah, it is getting a little cold," Risa said rubbing her arms.

Once that was said everyone went inside and sat in different places inthe livingroom. Risa, Krad, and their Father were in different chairs in the room while Dark and Riku were sitting on the couch.

Riku started shivering, dispite being inside, so Dark let his soft ebony wings loose and put them around her. She looked at Dark and blushed a little, but then snuggled into his chest to keep warmer as he tightened his wings a little as not to let to much cool air come in their little cacoon of warmth. (lol)

After a while everyone soon fell asleep.

DF14: Well that's all my brain could muster for now, I hope you liked it! Sorry it's so short though, heh heh. And again, I'm sooooo sorry about taking so stinking long to update! And also again THANK LILTENSHIARISHI! She gave me the idea of putting a Dark/Riku moment in here. lol. Reveiw!