D. N. Angel Fan Fiction ❯ By the Light of the Moon; Romance of life and death ❯ Tick Tock ( Chapter 3 )

Again, I'm very sorry for the wait… but at least I got this one a little faster than the last one, ne?

 

Chapter 3

 

“Daisuke? Dai-chan?” Dark blinked down at the small red head, “Dai, you're going to be late for school… Hey Dai-chan…”

 

Daisuke groaned sleepily as he the phantom thief lightly shook him awake.

 

“Are you ok, Dai-chan?” Daisuke's confused rosette eyes met Dark's at the sound of concern in the older male's tone.

 

“I'm fine.” He stated as he took note to where he was.

 

“If you're fine then why were you sleeping on the bathroom floor?”

 

“I…” A sigh, “I was a little ill last night, but I'm fine now.” A suspiscious look from the thief, “Honest… See.” He stood and patted himself down as if to dispel any worries the other might have.

 

“Uh huh…” The violet eyed boy cocked his head to the side and eyed Daisuke, “This sudden `illness' of yours wouldn't have anything to do with Riku-chan would it? You're not getting nervous about taking the next step are you? `Cause if you are I could help you out.” He smirked devilishly.

 

“No no, nothing like that. In fact… Riku-san and I broke up just before you got your own body.”

 

“WHAT~?!”

 

“Yeah, she recently found that she had feeling for you. So we decided it'd be best to just be friends.”

 

Dark looked thoughtful, “I wonder if that has anything to do with you and I having our own bodies… I wonder if this is what happens when I find someone with the same feelings for me that I have for them.”

 

Daisuke shrugged, a little depressed that his suspicions of the other were confirmed, `So he really does like Riku-san…'

 

“What? What's that look on your face about?”

 

Daisuke looked up startled, “Wha-what look?”

 

“Uh-huh… You're going to be late for school… Wait a minute.” Dark caught Daisuke as the red head sped from the bathroom in a panic, “Before you even think about do anything you'd better brush your damn teeth, you smell like vomit.”

 

The boy's face surpassed the color of his hair… Dark laughed at Daisuke's embarrassment… all was right with the morning.

 

As the week progressed Dark made more appearances around town in hopes of meeting with Riku more. With each night Dark saw Riku Daisuke grew weaker and more tired.

 

The indistinctive image of the man would appear in Daisuke's dreams to taunt him about the time slipping away.

 

One night in particular he had been drawn back into the dream without warning just as Dark slipped out the window to go meet up with Riku. When his eyes fluttered open all he said was red… nothing but red, there was no floor, no ceiling, no walls no nothing. He just seemed to be floating in this red nothingness.

 

Raising his guard he attempted to bring himself out of the dream, nothing happened.

 

“Foolish boy.” The voice he'd grown familiar with echoed in the void.

 

“Where am I?”

 

“You're time ticking away quickly. I'm beginning to think you're a lost cause. There's no way you could Dark's heart now, not now that he's realized that girl likes him. What makes you think he'd go for you over a girl?”

 

“What? But How did you…?”

 

“So foolish. I'm in your mind, I may have stayed silent, that doesn't mean I left.” The voice scolded, “I told you I'd update you on your time left, didn't I?”

 

“Y-yes.”

 

“A quarter of you time is up. I'll continue to update you when I feel like it.” And any trace the man might have had there was gone.

 

Daisuke was baffled and attempted to move around the void when a chain sped from nowhere in particular and clasped around his left wrist.

 

“Daisuke! Daisuke wake up! This isn't funny, get yer lazy ass out of this bed right now!”

 

Eyes fluttered heavily as they unveiled rosette eyes, “Dark-kun?”

 

“Oh thank god.”

 

“Mom?” He blinked confusedly as he noticed not only was Dark by him but his mom and grandfather stood in his room as well. “What's going on, why are you looking at me like that?”

 

“Why don't you tell us?” His mother stated worriedly.

 

“Huh?”

 

“You've been doing this a lot lately kiddo.” The old man stated, “Sleeping for longer periods then was ever normal for you.”

 

“What? But it's only ten... twen..ty…. pm?” He trailed off as it showed it was not noon. What the hell?

 

“Daisuke, honey, you'd tell us if you were having problems wouldn't you? You're not on any drugs are you?”

 

“No mom. I'm just a little tired that's all.”

 

“Protein, honey.” The old man deadpanned, “He hasn't been eating normal either. He might be anemic.” His grandfather added helpfully… sort of helpfully.

 

“WHAT?! My baby's not eating?! OH WHERE DID I GO WRONG!?” The woman cried dramatically.

 

“Mom…”

 

“I know… I'll go make you some ramen… It's light on the stomach.” She said awkwardly as she left the room, old man right behind her.

 

Daisuke blinked up at Dark in utter confusion.

 

“I don't know Daisuke. I get the feeling that you're hiding something. But I know better than to push.” He gave Daisuke a disapproving look and left the room as well.

 

Daisuke sunk back down in his bed and sighed, he could feel the migraine coming on.

 

A/N: Thank you to all who reviewed. I know this took a bit of time and I'm hoping it was worth the wait. Please do not hesitate to correct me on anything.