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Daisuke sighed. He just knew this was a bad idea. But once his mom had heard about the annual lock in, she had insisted he take part. Every year their school had an event where they locked students in the building for the weekend, they were supposed to stay up the entire time and finish their final projects for this various classes. Of course, Daisuke hadn't wanted to participate. Since that would mean he couldn't work that weekend if a magical artifact activated or something. But there was just no arguing with Emiko Niwa once she got an idea in her head.

Many other students were present at the Lock in as well. Saehara, Riku-san, and Harada-san were a few that he had known would be there. But Hiwatari-kun's presence had been a complete surprise to him. Apparently Hiwatari-kun had taken the weekend off from his other activities to complete the experiment he was doing for his final project in science. Though Daisuke was sure that Hiwatari-kun had been partnered with Risa for that project, it seemed like Hiwatari-kun was going all the work. Riku-san was there to complete her final protect in History, with the aid of the school's library. Harada-san hadn't even started on her final project in cooking. Daisuke himself had yet to find inspiration for his final project in art class. Unfortunately, he had a feeling that Saehara was only there to try and gain blackmail on the students who were there to actually work.

The doors would be locked in a couple hours and they would have full run of the school for two days. For some reason Daisuke didn't think that this would end well at all. Either way, he was stuck here thanks to his mom, so he headed to the art room to try and get started on his project.

Riku found Daisuke an hour later pacing the art room with a frown on his face. "Niwa-kun, what's wrong?" Was he really having that much trouble with his project? Usually Daisuke was so creative. Maybe he had finally run out of ideas. This was really going to upset their art teacher, who had been looking forward to Daisuke's project. It didn't seem like Daisuke had heard her. She moved to one of the desks and dropped her large pile of books and papers on it with a small bang.

Daisuke jumped having been startled. He blinked at Riku. "Riku-san, when did you get here?" He hadn't even heard her come in. He was too distracted by a conversation with Dark on what he should do for a final project. He really should pay more attention. This wasn't the first time someone had snuck up on him while he was distracted by something else.

Riku shook her head. "I've been here for a few minutes Niwa-kun." She said laying out her papers on the desk and picking up a book. "The Library was getting too loud. So I thought I would come down here and work." It was much quieter in the art room since it was just Daisuke. The library had been invaded by some of the louder students looking for books. But this was also the perfect excuse to spend some time with her boyfriend, so she wasn't that annoyed. "Why were you pacing like that?" Riku figured that since Daisuke asked her a question, she might as well as him one in return.

Daisuke sweat dropped. "Well, I'm having some trouble thinking of a project. Every idea I get just doesn't seem to make it onto the canvas. . ." It was frustrating. He had ideas, but they weren't good enough for him to use. Daisuke had some very faint ideas currently in his head, but he couldn't seem to grasp them long enough to transfer them onto paper. And the few ideas he had started sketching out hadn't looked as good as they had in his head.

She giggled. "Niwa-kun, you're so weird sometimes. It's just an art project. It doesn't have to be perfect. Just draw or paint or sculpt something and have fun with it." That's what she had done, and her project had been completed in a few hours. But of course, Daisuke was more into the class then she was. Riku had to admit, that she hadn't exactly put a lot of effort into her sculpture. It somewhat resembled a cat, but Risa had told her it looked like an angry alligator.

"It's not that easy for me to do that Riku-san." Daisuke admitted. "I like to have an idea of what I'm going to do before I start it. And I want it to look good, because I really like art class." Plus, he knew that Dark would never let him live it down if he made something stupid. Of course, he couldn't tell Riku that, but it was one of the reasons that Daisuke wanted the project to be good.

She sighed. If this mean that much to Daisuke then she'd try to help him. She hummed in thought for a moment. "Maybe you should walk about for a bit? You might gain some inspiration from the other's projects. There are a lot of interesting ones going on around the school." She suggested. Riku was sure that pacing around the stuffy art room wasn't going to give him any sudden ideas. So it was probably best if he went out and maybe tried to talk to some people. Plus, Daisuke was probably just over thinking the project, he did that sometimes. Talking to someone might take his mind off it and help him get an idea.

"That's a great idea Riku-san!" He grinned. "I'll go do that, thanks a lot!" Daisuke headed for the door. He suddenly stopped and cocked his head to the side curiously as if someone was speaking to him. He then face-palmed and turned back to Riku. "Riku-san, would you like to come with me? I mean, if you're not too busy with your project." He added quickly.

Riku blinked, she hadn't expected him to invite her along. She smiled softly. "Of course Niwa-kun, I can work on my project later. Let's go see what everyone else is doing." She put her book down and left the room with Daisuke.

Note!

And this is part one of a two or three part segment!

This lock in is going to be very fun to write out~

If you readers find the time, tell me what you think!