RP here between Shotacon and The Cloaked Schemer. Please don't post if you ain't us! This'll be a Dausike/Satoshi pairing in a after anime collage setting! And off we go!

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Satoshi looks once again over the papers in his hand. It had taken a little string pulling, but he'd gotten his way in the end. 'Even if you won't be mine, I'll still be by your side...' He thinks, a cirtain red head drifting through his mind. With a sly smile, he sets off for his new dorm room.

A few days before the beginning of summer corses, the campus is bustling with first years and returning students, all hevely ladend with what they deemed necessesties for dorm life. Satoshi spots a few guys trying to get a couch through the narrow side door of one dorm, while a few others stood back and laughed at the futile attempts. Voices and faces filtered past the blunett, going mostly unnoticed. Moving swifty, he located his dorm, and accends the front step. His only piece of luggage, a small gray suitcase with wheels, clatteres up the stairs behind him. "Third floor, room 3T, in the back corner..." He mutters to himself. A short ride in an elivator, and a quike walk, and he arrives. His heart skips a beat.

He slides his key in the lock, and slides inside. There is no sign of his soon-to-be dorm mate. 'All the better' He grins, looking about at the smallish space. Two beads, one on either side of the room, two desks against the far wall, faceing a large window. Peeking through the door on his left, Satoshi takes not of the small bathroom, with shower and tub. Satoshi moves over to the right hand bed and sits down, lacing his fingers over the extending handle of his suitcase and setting his head on them. Letting his mind wander, he waits, praying his red haird angel will soon arrive.

Daisuke sighed as his mom yet again fussed over his hair as they sat outside the University. He pushed her hands away, knowing that she was only trying to make him look presentable. That's how it always was with her. She wanted him to look nice while in public. "Mom! I look fine. You're going to embarrass me!" he exclaimed. She smiled sheepishly and moved back.

"I'm sorry dear.. You know I worry about you." she said. Daisuke nodded and leaned over to kiss her quickly on the cheek before getting out of the car. He straightened his shirt and ran his hand through his hair, pushing a few strands of the red hair out of his eyes. He grabbed his two bags out of the back of the car, shot a smile at his mom before turning and heading into the building.

A smile formed on his face as he headed up to his dorm room. He was going to go meet up with Riku for lunch at a little cafe down the street and he was eager to see her again. He didn't have a chance to over the summer and he was looking forward to this. He pulled his dorm information out of his pocket and looked at it as he headed towards his room, somehow managing to avoid running into anybody.

He saw that he was to be rooming with Satoshi and he hoped that this wouldn't end up being uncomfortable because of what happened in the past with Dark and Krad. He hoped not. He really did want them to be friends. Daisuke paused outside the door before turning the knob, finding the door unlocked, and opening the door. He smiled lightly when he seen Satoshi already there and he set his bags on the free bed. "Hey." he greeted.

A slow grin crosses Satoshi's face at the sight of the redhead's boisterous face. He lets his eyes ravel over every detail of the boy's face before locking gazes with him and saying, "Hello Niwa. You are well I hope?" Satishi stands and begins unpacking while he waits for Daisuke to recover.

He unpacks 2 white shirts, and a set of jeans, the only clothes he bothered to bring. Placing them carefully on the little slelf at the end of his bead, he begings unpacking his book. His heat picks up in pace in the redhead's preasance, and he curses himself for it.

Daisuke nodded as he opened one of his suitcases, pulling out his clothes and folding them neatly before setting them at the foot of his bed. He'd worry about putting them away later. His other suitcase was some things he brought for him to do in his spare time. Like notebooks and paints. Once he was done stealing artwork, he became really interested in it and is now hoping to have a career in it.

"Yeah. I've been great." he said, setting the now empty suitcase under his bed. He sat down and put the second one on the floor. "How have you been?" he asked, curious now. He hasn't seen Satoshi in such a long time, and despite them ont really getting along well in the past, he did care if he was doing alright.

Satoshi sighs, sitting down on his bed. Having finished unpacking, he contents himself in watching the smaller boy work. "I haven't done much. After losing my job as Chief, I went out and began taking all exames I could." The blunett's rich voice reverberates around the room, the tone of sheer disintrest quite evident. "When I heard you were heading to collage, I thought I'd come along to see you didn't get eaten up by the wicked collage girls on campus. With your cute face, Riku will have to beat them of with a bat."

Standing up, Satoshi steps forward. Standing close behind Daisuke, he leans in and whispers in his ear, "And I'm sure Dark would never forgive me if I ever let anything happen to you." With an evil smirk, Satoshi reaches over the smaller boy's shoulder, picking up a paintbrush before stepping back. He stands, twirling the brush in his finger, waiting for a response.

Daisuke could hear the disinterest in Satoshi's voice and he had to force himself not to frown. How hard was it to at least try to be interested in a conversation. A smile formed though at the thought of Riku beating on other girls, which he knew for a fact she would. She was that type of girl.. But she never did seem like the jealous type. "I don't think I'd get 'eaten up'. I know how to stay faithful." he said.

He raised an eyebrow though at the cute face comment. That was an odd thing to hear from Satoshi.. But he said nothing, figuring it was best not to think too much about it. He unconsciously leaned back away from the other when he stepped closer and he frowned slightly. "I don't think it's your responsibility to watch after me. I'm perfectly capable of doing that myself." he said, standing up. "... Can I have that back?" he asked, keeping his tone polite as he reached out for his paintbrush.

Satoshi feels a twinge in his chest at the cold response he gets from Daisuke. 'He's usualy so easly flistered by suchthings. Have I been gone too long?' Feeling a strong lament in his heart, he keeps it from showing on his face. He hands the tool back without a word and turns to his own side of the room. "I'm sorry Daisuke. Of corse. I know you can. You have proven yourself many times over to me, and I should know better." Shucking his shirt and laying accross the end of his bed, Satoshi slides under his covers. After a little fumbling, his pants soon follow. Now free of his constaining clothes, he mutters. "I haven't slept in a few days Niwa. I'd like to sleep now. I'm sure Harada-san is waiting for you somewhere." He pulls his covers up high and tries as hard as he can to stop his heart from shttering.

Guilt flowed through Daisuke for a moment. He couldn't help but feel as what he said was somehow offensive and he quickly scanned his brain to think of what it could possibly. His mind came up blank though and he knew that if Dark was here, then he would surely be laughing at him now. He opened his mouth to apologize for whatever it was he's done wrong, but Satoshi started speaking, so he closed it again as he put his paintbrush back where it belonged. "... You don't have to apologize..." he said, glancing over at his roommate. "I'm the one who's sorry." He let out a quiet sigh before turning and heading out the door to go meet Riku without waiting for Satoshi to respond so he couldn't reject it.

Hearing Daisuke's kind words causes great confusion within the blunett. 'He's kind to everyone. That's all it is. There's nothing special about me.' His hand comes up to clench over his cracking heart. 'After all. I was his enemy for so long, how could I be anything other than something he'd want to forget. After all that trouble I put him through inside me, then breaking the heart of his girlfriend's ssister. The sister with whom he loved for so long.' Curling into a ball, tears streak silently down pale cheeks as the boy who had been alone for his whole life, feels lonely for the first time.

Daisuke meet up with Riku at the cafe and they talked for a long time about what they were doing during their time apart. While they talked, they laughed and had a good time. It was about two hours later when they finally left. Riku still had a lot of unpacking to do, and Daisuke offered to help her, but she declined. So he nodded, kissed her cheek lightly, and headed back to his room. He made sure to enter quietly, just in case Satoshi was sleeping. He sat down on his bed and pulled out his drawing pad, planning on starting a new drawing. On what, he wasn't sure yet.

~*~*~*~*~Dream~*~*~*~*~


Light fades, a scream in the dark. He can feel it within. The beast trying to claw it's way to the surface. His very soul feels rent in two as his other half tries to break free. Cries unheeded by the white winged demon, he screams his pain into the overwhelming darkness.

~*~*~*~*~Reality~*~*~*~*~


Satoshi tosses and turns, a cold sweat breaking out over his entre body. His damp skin causes the sheet covering him to tangle around his limbs, creating a taunt cocoon. Small Whimpers and whines escape his lips from time to time.


~*~*~*~*~Dream~*~*~*~*~


His back itches. The itch swiftly becomes a burning, then tearing. Reaching back, he cries out as the white blood soaked wings rip their way out of his back once again.

~*~*~*~*~Reality~*~*~*~*~


Satoshi cries out as he wakes. His limbs head fast against his body by the sweat soaked sheets, he struggles desperatly to free himself.

Daisuke frowned when he hears Satoshi sounding like he was in pain. He quickly jumped up to see what he could do to help. He seen the sheets wrapped around the other's body and started pulling on them, trying to untangle them. It was harder than it looked and Satoshi wasn't making it any easier with him struggling like that. "Calm down! Please try to relax!" he exclaimed, pulling harder on the blankets and somehow managing to get them to come undone, thus successfully freeing his roommate.

As soon as his arms are freed, Satoshi clings to his dorm mate. His breath comes out in hard pants as the phantom pain of Krad's wings tearing their way out between his shoulderblades begins fadeing. Without thinking, he leans in and presses his head against Daisuke's stomach. Satoshi's arms wrap around the smaller boy's back. He can feel his hand tremble as the dream vanishes like a whisp of smoke. His voice creeks out, harsh and soft from all the strain, "Forgive me Niwa, but may I say like this for a little bit?" He can still hear Krad's smooth voice caressing the back of his mind like razors wraped in silk. ~Perhaps I should take care of him...~

Daisuke could easily see how much this dream had upset Satoshi so he didn't complain when he wrapped his arms around him. He lightly patted his head, hoping that would help soothe him. "You can stay like that as long as you want." he said. He'd be willing to do anything to help his dorm mate to relax. He didn't like seeing him so upset like this and he wondered what the dream was about. But he couldn't bring himself to ask, in case he just made it worse.

After a few minutes, Satoshi's body finaly relaxes. Reliceing the red head, he mutter a thank you before sitting back on his bed. His eyes have returned to their usual look of dissinterest. He scoots back until his back hit's the wall and pulls his knees up to his well tones pale chest. He smirks internaly as he realises he's sitting nude in front of the usualy shy Niwa. Deciding to not torture him, Satoshi pulls his sheet over his legs before resting his head against the wall and drifting off into a more restful, dreamless sleep.

Daisuke took a step back when Satoshi released him and had opened his mouth to finally ask what it was that was bothering him, but it appeared that he had already fallen back asleep. So he ran a hand through his hair as he went to sit back on his own bed, deciding he might as well take a nap as well. After all, there wasn't really anything going on. So he got under his blanket and closed his eyes, drifting off to sleep

Satoshi wake in the cool light of dawn. It's pale pinks and reds filter through the window, causing it to glow. He looks over at his once enemy. 'No, Daisuke was never my enemy. It was always Dark...Not Niwa.' The suns rays make his hair look like his head's on fire. The boy shifts in his sleep, allowing Satoshi a better view of his face. Unale to bring himself to face what he'd done the previous night, the blunett dresses and head out on to campus before Daisuke wakes.

Daisuke hadn't been planning on actually falling into a deep sleep. But the next thing he knew, sunlight was beginning to come in through the windows. He frowned and rolled over, not ready to get up yet. He hated getting up early and was glad for a chance to sleep in. But once he rolled over, he had succeeded in waking himself up. He sighed as he sat up and looked over to Satoshi's bed, finding it empty. A curious look crossed his face, but he didn't think too much of it. He got out of bed and dressed before heading out. He wanted to explore the campus some before he had to get to any of his classes to save himself from getting lost later.

Wandering around for the better part of an hour, Satoshi finds himself at the cafaterium. Moving through the line of early morning break fasters. Getting only a small cereal box, and whole milk 8oz carton, he take a seat in the back corner of the seating area. He can hear the giggles and fawning of several of the campus girls. "No matter where I go, I always get attention from everyone but the one I want...' Pushing up his glasses, a flash of red catches his eye. Looking up, he realises Daisuke has just walked in. Satoshi looks down at his meal, doing his best to ignore the fiirey red head.

Daisuke wasn't sure how he ended up in the cafeteria, but he was glad that he did. He didn't know until he walked into the room that he was hungry. He walked into the line and got some eggs and bacon and looked around the room, looking for a place to sit. He could see Riku sitting with some of her friends, and he started in her direction. But he could see Satoshi sitting by himself in the corner and he immediately turned and headed in his direction. He stopped by the table. "... Do you care if I sit with you?" he asked.

Satoshi watches Daisuke out of the corner of his eye. When he sees the boy approaching, he shifts all his focus to his "meal". He nods indecateing that he doesn't mind and says, "It's not like there's anyone I'm saving it for, but wouldn't you rather be by you Sacred Maiden?" Satoshi can't keep the slight chill from his voice at the last two words. "There is nothing sacred about the deciving snake. If only he knew.' Satoshi's thoguhts drift around to different ways he could knock her off without getting caught.

Daisuke smiled lightly when Satoshi seemed okay with him sitting at the table and he took a seat across from him. The smile vanished though when he heard the coldness towards Riku. "She's sitting with her friends." he said, dropping his gaze to his food for a second before lifting it again to look at Satoshi. "Besides, I don't think you should sit alone on your first day at school."

Satoshi raises an eyebrow at his airheaded companion. "You do remember that classes arent until tomorrow. It's just orientation today." He smirs before scooping of a bite of fruitloops and munching it down. His face falls, and he says softly, "Besides, you said you didn't want me around you. That you could take care of yourself. Do you think that I can not do the same?" Satoshi knows he's being pety, but his low blood sugar is putting him in a bad mood, and loosening his lips.

Daisuke was silent for a second... Classes were tomorrow and today was orientation? How had he forgot that?! He felt like an idiot. A frown formed on his face. "I never said I didn't want you to be around me." he said, standing up abruptly. "But since you don't want me around, I'll go sit with Riku." With that, he turned and walked off to go sit with his girlfriend and her friends.

Satoshi feels his heart ache at the bite in his dorm mate's voice. His appetite gone, the blunett decides to head to the campus library. He stands and dumps his half eaten cereal into the garbage before casting one small glance in Daisuke's direction. Seeing him sitting beside one of the harpie sisters makes his blood boil. Satoshi leaves quickly to avoid causing a scene. The wave of girls following him out of the cafatirium goes completely unnoticed by the now steaming blunett.

It takes less than ten minutes for him to find the expansive lirbrary. The sight of so many books he hasn't read yet does wonders for his temper. He decides to get his class books later. Insted he moves to the nearest shelf. Scooping up an arm load of new books, he meanders over to a back couch and sits down. Tossing the load of books onto the seat beside him to discourage visitors, he picks up one of the larger volumes. Tucking his feet up, he decides to read until orientation.