It was as if every dream he'd ever had of flying as a small child had suddenly come to life, amplified by the fact that every second of it was actually real.

His wingtip scraped against a branch as he made his way up and Daisuke watched until the last speck of his shoes disappeared over the trees, then sat down to wait, wrapping his arms around his knees. Was it just him, or could he not get his legs as far up to his chest as usual… oh well.

Dark was gone for almost an hour and by the time he came back the afternoon sun was directly over Daisuke's head and warming him to the core. He jumped to his feet immediately, "Dark!" and watched as he flared his wings and filled the space above the pond once more, then came down hard on the dock. It lurched and he lost his balance, skinning his knees through his tight jeans before finally coming to a stop at the end of the dock. "Ack."

The redhead walked down to him as he dragged himself to his feet, throwing his wings out behind him a few times before letting them settle against his back.

They were shuddering and twitching excitedly as if this was only the beginning of the amount of exercise they needed.

"Hey, Daisuke!"His face was flushed and his eyes glowed with happiness- he'd left all of his troubles here, on the Earth, and knowing that he could escape everything somehow filled him with joy. When he was in the air, nothing mattered except the patterns of the wind and the distance he kept from the ground.

Everything else…didn't bother him. "Oh man, you wouldn't believe-it's amazing, incredible… so beautiful…" He brought him into a hug and gusted in his ear,

"I'd love to take you up sometime, Dai." and he nuzzled his face against the thief's bare chest. "I'd love to go with you."

He breathed in Dark's scent, something that said quite clearly- male, and shyly leaned up for a kiss.

His lips met with Dark's like two puzzle pieces coming together, obviously made for each other, and as he opened his mouth to get a little more leverage Dark's tongue just barely flitted inside and flicked across his palette.

"Hn?" The phantom seemed amused by his surprise and did it again, this time inside his cheek and Daisuke let his torso meet with Dark's a bit more thoroughly, the narrow curve of his hips making Daisuke's heart pound. "Daisuke…"

His arm snaked up the back of the redhead's shirt and pressed between his shoulder blades to bring him closer so the redhead could feel Dark's heartbeat thudding quicker in his ribcage. Their bodies seemed to fit into each other, every curve and dip of muscle and bone complementing each other.

"Dar-" His kissing intensified and he started to nibble and suck on Daisuke's lips, and the redhead's arm latched on to the root of one of Dark's wings, noticing how the feathers were ruffling out in response to his excitement. He played with the soft feathers for a moment as Dark's taste filled his mouth and felt downward along the tendons, pausing when he heard his breath suddenly hitch. Flicking his own tongue along the top of the kaitou's experimentally, he combined it with looping his fingers around the top of Dark's strange limb and digging his thumb into that sensitive area.

The effect surprised him- the thief let out a noise he'd never heard before, a deep satisfied groan, and his wings flared out and then bent inward on themselves, surrendering to that touch.

"Don't…" The purple haired man whispered and trapped Daisuke's head under his chin, breathing hard and fast like a racehorse.

Daisuke took his hand back, "Did I hurt you?" and he laughed huskily, his eyes now glazed with something Daisuke didn't quite understand, and tried not to think on the fact that his pants seemed much tighter now. "No Dai… We should stop now."

He didn't want to stop at all, he wanted to keep going and lose himself entirely in this feeling, in Dark, he wanted…

...to go as far as Krad had gone with him, and that fact scared him.

"Why?"

His breath a little more even now, he explained, "Well, if we wanted to go any farther…the ground out here is really uncomfortable and…" and blushed as he added,

"I don't really want this to be the first place where we…" Daisuke hugged him very gently and finished "…ok."

He then startled as Dark's hand rested one his abdomen, just below where his belly button should be and put one tiny, pale hand over his enormous one.

"Hey, what are you…" The phantom frowned for a moment and took his hand away, looping it around Daisuke's and beginning to lead him back towards the house,

"It's nothing I just thought-when we were really close I could have sworn…" He shook his head. "Musta been my imagination."

As they reentered the house Dark told him, "I'm going out thieving tonight again Daisuke, so are you gonna be ok here by yourself?" He frowned,

"Towa and Argentine will be here too." and Dark ran a hand through his hair. "They're really no substitute for me." Daisuke nodded and asked him quietly,

"Just be careful ok?" and the thief agreed.

When he arrived back home at around ten it was no surprise to him to find Daisuke already asleep in his bed, his long tail curled around his waist.

He smiled, finished his nighttime routine and joined him, finding it very difficult to stay on his side of the mattress.

Finally as compensation he grabbed the end of Daisuke's long pajama shirt and, holding that little end of cloth close to him, he managed to fall asleep.

There, a little more DaixDark, are you happy now!..Kidding.