Dunno abut you people but my alarm seems to get more hysterical if I leave it going. Kitsune yuusen means- (desperate fox fighting)It'll make sense later.

Oh! and ~blah!~=thinking.

BEEP.

BEEP?

BEEP!

BEEEEEEE- crack. Dark smashed his fist down on the snooze button and groaned, grabbing a cocoon of blankets and wrapping his arms around them. They were so soft and warm, like skin and pajamas.~Mmmm…Wanna sleep s'more…~ He stroked his blankets happily, a question mark forming in his mind when he hit a velvet triangle-like edge. He rubbed his fingers along the inside of what he thought was a pillowcase, ~And y'know its funny because my bed only has one pillow…Heh…~

He froze. ~…Wait a minute what the HELL?~

And opened his eyes. A little fox child lay in his arms, just barely awake, large ruby eyes blinking sleepily.

What he had thought was a pillowcase was in fact the inside of one of his feline ears, and Daisuke murmured "Mmm… Mrooww- Morning, Dark."

Dark blinked for a few seconds as his brain processed this, then sat up ramrod straight (lol) and scooted to one corner of his bed, pointing vigorously.

"W-Why in the name of Buddha were you in my bed?" The little redhead rubbed his eyes and sat up, his tail brushing Dark's naked thigh (At least he'd worn boxers- he usually slept in the nude.) and sending little pinpricks of pleasure through the phantom's whole body. "I got lonely. Don't you ever get lonely in this big scary house?" Dark replied unsteadily "Well, sometimes- hey, my house isn't scary!" then noticed his clock. "Jesus Christ I'll be late!" He cried, jumping out of bed and pulling on random articles of clothing. Daisuke watched him and flicked his red tail back and forth, asking "Where are you going?" as Dark accidentally tightened his tie a bit too much. He struggled, gasped and explained "I gotta go to work." Running down the stairs while Daisuke followed, his hair in a great crimson jumble. "Work?"

Daisuke repeated and his ears hung low as he realized it meant that Dark would be leaving. Dark downed an entire pot of coffee in three gulps,

"Yep. I'm a car salesman!" and headed for the door, opening it just as Daisuke asked "When will you be back?" "Sometime around six and there's clean clothes in the laundry and food in the fridge ok thanseeya!" Dark shut the door and the sound echoed in the long barely lit hallway. Daisuke twitched his tail once and placed his hand on the wooden door, then said softly " Bye." standing there for a moment longer. Dark wasn't like his other master at all. He was nice. Daisuke…liked him, and this morning when he'd wrapped his arms around him, even accidentally…He smiled a little, the hairs on his head fluffing out at the pleasant memory. He'd felt so…safe.

"Dark…" Something brushed his leg and he hissed instinctively, startling the little thing so much it actually fainted at his feet.

He stooped "Meeuu?Who are you?" and picked up the little unconscious rabbit. It woke at his touch and asked "Kyuu?" meeting his eyes with small ruby ones.

Daisuke almost giggled and carried the little rabbit around with him the rest of the day, eventually finding the kitchen and laundry room and changing into a red sweatshirt that was too large and striped jeans. Dark had kind of an odd sense of fashion- that was for sure. He then explored the mansion and found Dark's room.

He stood on the threshold of it, digging his toes uncertainly in the carpet, and then walked inside and lay down in Dark's bed, wrapping his long tail up over his hip.

The rabbit crawled into his lap and curled up, closing his eyes. It wasn't that he wasn't used to being alone- his other master had been gone a lot too…

He fell asleep by accident and woke up just as the front door slammed and he heard a faint "Daaaisuuuke?" He tumbled down the stairs and ran into the thief's arms "Dark! I missed you!" and hugged him tightly, his head barely reaching Dark's neck. The Phantom wrapped his own arm around the little fox's narrow shoulders gingerly. "Hey. Did you eat dinner yet?" Daisuke broke away from him and showed him the little rabbit. "No, I fell asleep. Who is this?" Dark took the little white animal from him and set him on his shoulder, walking back towards the kitchen. "This is Wiz. He's a little artwork that I rescued. I just couldn't seal him." Dark rummaged through the food in his dark wood cabinets and eventually found some rice. He then went over to the fridge and fetched out some frozen vegetables, putting two bowls of them in the microwave. "So are you going to stay here tonight?" Daisuke asked and slipped into a metal stool, his tail curling around the rim of it.

"Nah, I gotta go out and steal this statue- the Kistune Yuusen- tonight at seven. Speaking of which…" He took out a small white note card from a stack on his counter and a pen and wrote down a warning notice, then handed it to the little rabbit, which promptly jumped out of the kitchen window. Daisuke's ears dropped down until they were almost invisible in his hair and said softly "And um… were you going to seal that artwork too?" Dark caught his tone and his amethyst eyes flickered like jewels in the harsh light. "What, you know that piece or something?" Daisuke's tail curled up close to his body and he admitted,

"I… I am that piece. Well, half of it anyway." his large ruby eyes stared up at him fearfully. "You're not going to seal me are you?" He looked down, his hands in a knot at his waist. "I know… I'm not cute, but I haven't hurt anyone…" Dark caught him in a sudden and warm hug, breathing into his sensitive ear,

"No, I couldn't do that to you. And you're wrong…" He pulled away from him and Daisuke saw something like regret in his eyes.

"You're the cutest thing I've ever seen, by far." Daisuke blushed until his cheeks were nearly the same color as his hair and shivered a little. He wasn't used to- nice embraces. Certainly not ones that he enjoyed as much as the … 'other' person did.

Tiger eyes, large and metallic, feline…Eyes that craved for him…

Daisuke wrapped his arms around himself and suppressed a small cry. He was far, far away from that….He was safe now…He'd found a new master. The microwave beeped angrily, enticing Dark to turn around to deal with the contraption. He handed the little fox a bowl, "Hey, you ok?" and dug into his own greedily, watching as Wiz jumped back through the window and landed on some hand towels. "Y-yeah…" Daisuke said softly and began eating with his utensils daintily- he was amazed by how flippantly Dark treated food. He'd…. never really had more than would keep his stomach quiet for an hour or so. But today, his guts had hardly made a sound.

It felt really good to be full. "Well I guess I'll have to steal something else to send to Emiko too…"The Kaitou propped up his feet on the counter after settling into a stool himself. "Emiko?" Dark nodded, a grain of rice on his chin. "My boss. She's the one who takes the work I steal and sells them on the black market.

That's why I can afford this huge house." Daisuke reached out and touched his chin, and a deep blush rose on the Phantom's cheekbones. "Wha-?" Daisuke smiled and pushed the single grain between the thief's rose-colored lips. "You missed one." Dark swallowed and his blush slowly disappeared. "Ya coulda just told me, you know." He fidgeted for a moment and checked his watch nervously, and Daisuke said softly,

"Do you have to go now?" Dark nodded, put their bowls in the sink and promised,

"When I get back we can watch a movie, ok? Promise!"

and left once again, leaving Daisuke with the little artwork on his shoulder and a flush on his face that just wouldn't go away.

Er... Yeah, he'll steal it in the next chappie, promise!