Chapter two ~ can you accept me?

'Riku!'

'Yeah Nobu?'

'Daisuke!'

'Yes Miss. Ishihara?'

'Maity-sensei's looking for you.'

'OKAY! Come on Niwa.'

'Oh! Coming!'

'Yes sensei?'

'Can you two make a cleaning duty roster by tomorrow morning please?'

'Yes,'

'That's all thank you.'

'So Niwa, do you,'

'Hm?'

'Wanna do the roster in my room this afternoon?' This makes me so nervous, please say yes, please say yes…

'Sure,' YES! Thank you! This is it, I will confess to you this afternoon!

On the way back to the dorms

'Can I drop back to my room, before I come over?'

'Sure.'

'I'll call when I'm about to head over.'

'Okay. OH! How's your burn?'

'Oh yeah, it's fine, it's almost gone, it wasn't too bad.'

'Good. When you come over, I have something to tell you, something important, other than the roster.'

'O…kay.'

The dorms

'Ha~~~a, okay, tonight's the night, I will confess, oh! I better get some snacks ready!'

5 long minutes later

'Okay that should do, they should be done soon. *sigh.* He still hasn't called. Hmm, I'll get changed.'

5 more long minutes later

[I wish, hello wake up angel, beep] 'Hello? Riku Harada speaking'

['Hi, it's Daisuke, I'm just entering your dorm, what floor are you on?']

'OH! I'm on the second floor.'

['Room number?']

'Just walk to the end of the hall on your right.'

['Okay, be there soon.']

'Okay.'

Daisuke's POV

'Wow, the girl's dorm is much neater, I better call Riku.'

[Bring…bring…bring...beep…'Hello? Risa Harada speaking']

'Hi, it's Daisuke, I'm just entering your dorm, what floor are you on?'

['OH! I'm on the second floor.']

'Room number?'

['Just walk to the end of the hall on your right.']

'Okay, be there soon.'

['Okay.' Beep….beep…beep]

*Clack* 'Ha~~~~a'

10 minutes later

'Second floor, turn to the right, and go to the end of the hall.'

Riku's POV

*KNOCK! KNOCK!* 'COMING! Daisuke?'

'Hey,'

'Hey, come in,'

'Wow. Your room is clean, well compared to Saehara's, now that's a mess. Why do girls always get the good stuff, and clean stuff? OH! Your jumper, here,'

'Thanks' *BING* 'OH! Sit down anywhere; I'll make some tea, how many sugars?'

'Two please,'

'Okay. Wow, why do girls get the good stuff?'

*Sigh* Wow, it's so hard to talk to him, why? Okay snap out of it get to work! 'Here's some tea, and I hope you like raspberry and chocolate chip cookies!'

'Great! So you wanted to tell me something?' Oh no! No! No! No! I'm not ready yet!

'Uh…yeah…about that…um,' find an excuse, change the subject, AH! 'Here's your tea,'

Daisuke's POV

'How's your burn? Can I see it?' OH NO! I was so excited; I forgot to put my protectors on!

[I wish, hello wake up angel,] 'Huh?' [Hello I say ciao, I love you]

'OH! My phone!' [Beep] 'Hello? Nobu? What is it? This isn't a good time…'

['Hey, listen, it turns out I'm not working today so, wait, what do you mean not a good time? Did something happen?]

'One moment Nobu, I'm just gonna take this call in the kitchen,'

'Oh, okay,'

'Nobu! I have a guest!'

['Who? Is it Mimi again, wait why do you sound happy about your guest?]

'Well, you know how I'm class rep, and the sensei wanted to talk to me and Daisuke?'

['Yeah,']

'He wanted me and Daisuke to make the classroom cleaning duty roster, and I offered Daisuke to come over and do it here,'

['Wait! Stop there! Is Daisuke in your room? What! You have to tell him you love him, and tell me what happens later, kay?']

'Okay, fine, bye,'

['Good, bye.' Beep…beep…beep]

*Clack* 'Is everything alright?'

'Yeah, how do you like the cookies? It's a recipe that's passed down in my family.'

'Yeah, they're good, so is the tea,'

'Good, I'm glad you like them,'

'Listen there's something I need to tell you too, but It's kinda hard to say it, here, so you wouldn't mind if we popped back to my place, would you?'

'Sure, I can pack the cookies; we may as well do the roster at your place then, hee,'

'Okay.'

At Daisuke's

'Ah…Daisuke, why are they staring at me? It's scary,'

'Here give me your hand, it's fine, not many girls come in the boys dorm, that's all, you don't want to get lost here, so I recommend staying near me,'

'Okay,'

'Guy's stop staring, you're scaring her, this is why girls don't come here, other than it's the guy's dorm.'

'Ooooo, Daisuke's got a girl, Daisuke's got a girl,'

'Stop it! Here's my room.'

'Oh! Okay, wow! It's so neat!'

'Please take a seat; I'll be back in a minute,'

'Okay,' so this is what the boy's dorm looks like.

'So, Miss. Harada, ah, how should we start the roster?'

'Umm…' This is my chance to tell him. No, he probably likes Risa. 'I shouldn't be here, you probably like Risa.'

'NO! Wait!'

'AH!'

'What's wrong?'

'My…back…hurts…where's the bathroom?'

'Over there,'

'Thanks.' Why does my back hurt? *Click* Argh. Better look in the mirror to see what's wrong. WHAT! WHAT's THAT? FWOOSH! Wings? Black Wings? 'NO! AHHHHH!'

'Miss. Harada? What's wrong?' *Clack* *Clack Clack* 'Why did you lock the door? Let me in! What's wrong?'

'NO! DON'T COME IN!'

'Why? What's wrong?' *Clack* *Clack Clack*

I couldn't let my first love seem me like this, these impure wings. I heard a snap as the door lock broke as a result the door flung open revealing my sorry state. All he did was stare. I stared back. No! Now he's seen me, my bare back and my black impure wings. Yet he noticed, just by looking into my eyes that I was frightened. He smiled sweetly and came over and hugged me, why did he hug me? Isn't he going to run and tell everyone, "Oh! Miss. Harada has wings, Miss. Harada has wings!" He didn't and then I heard a small whisper in my ear.

'Don't worry I know how you feel...' then he lifted off his shirt, I looked, he grew big beautiful Red Wings '...because I'm like you,' he finished. He smiled again, looked at me with his big deep red sorrow-filled eyes and said 'black looks good on you.' He felt the feathers on my wings. He leaned forward, 'Can you learn to use them? Can you learn to accept them? Can you learn to love them? Most of all…can you learn to love…me?'

'Don't you love Risa?' Tears filled my eyes.

'No, I love Miss. Harada,'

'NO! STOP SAYING THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RISA OR ME! CALL ME BY MY NAME! WHY CAN'T YOU SAY IT?

'*smiles*, look at me, Miss. Riku,'

'Huh, say it once more,'

'Miss Riku,' he leaned closer again, 'will you accept the wings?'

'Yes,'

'Will you love them?'

'Yes,'

'Will you try to learn to use them?'

'Yes,'

'Good, second last question…' he leaned even closer, 'can you learn to love me?'

'I already do,'

'One more and you've passed,' what can there be left to ask? I've told him I love him, I've told him I can accept my wings. What is left to ask? He sat me gently down on the couch. He carefully folded in my wings. How does he do it? He came in close 'Last question…may I…steal your first kiss?'

'That's a silly question, but, yes.' I leaned closer finishing his last question.

'You've passed, now we should get you covered up before you catch a cold.' When he turned around to go back to the bathroom to get my shirt, I noticed he had no burn on his back.

'Where's the burn?' He stopped walking turned around to look at me; his face looked like someone who had betrayed another person.

'Well, what got burnt wasn't my back, it was a protector that I have to wear, it lets me use my wings, but not let anyone see them. You'll have to use them as well, but, you should stay here the night, you look pretty shaken up. I'll go get your shirt.'

'Don't.'

'Huh?'

'Don't get it, I don't want to wear it at the moment, I'd rather keep it off, but can you explain why I suddenly got these wings?'

'Alright.' He came back and sat down. He touched my feathers, it tickled. I broke out laughing.

'Tee Hee, don't, ha ha, touch, ha ha ha, there, Tee Hee, it tickles.'

'Oh really?' He smirked and continued tickling me until I fell over.

'Enough, enough! It's fun but please stop! I surrender!'

'Fine, *sigh,* okay you asked about your wings. Well, it's different for most of our "kind," some, for example me, are born with our wings. Other, for example you, get them when they fall in love with someone. Question, so you got them now because you fell in love with…'

'Yeah, but I fell in love in middle school, guess who it was,'

'Saehara?'

'NO!'

'I've only had one crush, one boyfriend.'

'Ummm.'

'Argh! You dummy! You're my first crush, and I guess if you accept me, I guess you would be my boyfriend.'

'I have accepted you, you've accepted me. But there's another catch, our "kind" have a special way of showing that we have accepted each other and that's in flight, which you haven't learned to do yet, which luckily for you, I don't have anything on for the weekend, do you?'

'Hmm, no.'

'Well I can teach you then, come.' He led me back to the bathroom stand there.'

'Okay?' He gently re-opened my wings.

'This may hurt a little.' My back was towards him. *Click* what's that? 'Okay, stand very still.' *Splash* Warm water gently sprayed my back and wings. He was right though, it does hurt a little, okay, fine, it hurt a lot. 'Nearly done.' The water stopped. 'There, how are you feeling?'

'Okay.'

'Now the next part you'll naturally love.'

'What?'

He plugged in a blow drier, 'ready?'

'Ready for what?'

'One…two…three!' He turned it on and slowly and carefully started drying my feathers. It felt heavenly. He smiled when he saw my face. He discreetly kissed my cheek, 'if you like this wind, wait till you're in the air, it's much better.' He then brushed my feathers, and then he folded them gently to fit in a shirt with two small holes in it.

'What are the holes?'

'You'll find out, just like I did. Want something to eat?'

'Ah, sure.'

'I'll be back then,' he put his shirt and jumper on, 'won't be long.'

'Okay.' I better call Nobu.

[Bring…Bring…Bring…Click…'hello?]

'Hey it's Riku,'

['HEY RIKU! How'd it go with Daisuke?']

'Well, he asked me and I said yes, but I'm not feeling well, so he's taking care of me at his place, just thought I'd tell you, bye.'

['Good job! Well feel better, bye.' Beep…Beep…Beep…]

*Clack* I didn't have to confess, thank you wings, if you didn't appear, I probably wouldn't of said anything, neither would he. Thank you. *Click* 'I'm back!'

'Hey!'

'You okay? You're sweating,'

'I'm…fine,' *collapse*

'Miss Riku!'

10 pm

'Nnnn….ohhhh….'

'Miss. Riku, you awake now? How are you feeling?'

'What happened?'

'Seems, the wings were more a shock to your soul than your body.'

'What does that mean?'

'Your body was coping fine, but your heart had forgotten about your hidden wings. But you're better now. See, I was right about you staying the night, here eat this, and then get some rest, I'll be sleeping on the couch if you need me.'

'Wait! There's enough room in the bed, you can still sleep here if you want.'

'You don't want to be alone, do you?'

'No, not really.'

'Okay then.' He fed me then got into the bed. Before we slept he told me with another person close, the holes in the clothing may not be needed.