Yes, this is why I didn't mark this story under complete. Basically, this is one of the stories that I thought of that led to the story that you just finished XD It started out as a one shot between Risa and Satoshi but I was in the mood for some angst and this story is more goofy. Anyway, I just wanted to share it. ...Plus, manga-ka always put their own little one shots at the end of a manga or something so why can't I?
VIMH: Because you're not a manga-ka...or famous...
...Shush it...
Disclaimer: I do not own DNAngel or any of the characters in this story...
A Day in the Life
Satoshi Hiwatari sat on a bench in the park, glancing at his watch. From his watch, he gazed at the setting sun in the sky, then back to the watch. She was almost an hour late now. Why was he still waiting for her? It was something he had asked himself many times. Satoshi guessed that the reason was that he couldn't bring himself to disappoint her if she didn't come.
Ten minutes later, the sun had finally disappeared. The street lights flickered on, lighting the area. Satoshi grabbed the bag next to him and stood up. She had probably forgotten about their date they had planned.
The two of them had only been going out for about two weeks. Since they had been getting crammed with homework, Satoshi and Risa hadn't gotten a lot of time to talk. Yesterday, Risa and Riku had spent all day doing homework since it was a Saturday, though Satoshi had finished his in school. He had called her yesterday and offered a date, saying to meet in the park. She sounded excited on the phone but seeing as though she wasn't here, Satoshi figured it probably just wasn't that important.
He pushed his glasses up his nose and headed out of the park. Just when he was exiting the park, he spotted someone running towards his direction. They were waving their arms frantically. As they got closer, Satoshi noticed it was a girl. Risa, in fact.
"Satoshi!" She shouted as she arrived in front of him. Risa was out of breath but she still managed a smile on her face. "I'm so sorry! My parents dragged me to a friends' house. They wouldn't let me leave until we at least had dinner!" She explained. Risa glanced up to see how Satoshi was reacting. "You're not mad at me, are you?"
Satoshi's eyes were hidden behind the shine on his glasses. Risa wished she could have seen the look in his eyes. She knew his eyes never lied. "Why would I be mad? I've been waiting in this park for almost a good two hours. You never called to tell me you'd be late. I'm surprised you even decided to come. But am I mad?"
He lifted his head, revealing his eyes. Now, Risa really wished he wouldn't have looked at her. His eyes were cold; there was no emotion behind them.
When they had started dating, Risa was proud to be the only person, besides Daisuke Niwa, to be able to make Satoshi smile, to make him show emotion. But now... Now, Satoshi was acting like he normally did.
Yet, Risa could feel anger bubbling at the bottom of her stomach. "I told you I was sorry! What more do you want from me?"
Suddenly, Satoshi's arm reached out and cupped Risa's cheek. Her eyes were wide in surprise. "When did I say I wanted anything from you?" He growled. Satoshi knew that he was letting this get out of control, but he was tired, and frankly, didn't care.
She immediately looked away. "I told you, I had no control over it. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I promise, next time, I'll be on time! No, I'll be early!" Risa shook her fists. Watching Satoshi, she expected him to say, "There won't be a next time." but instead, he just walked past her.
"See you tomorrow." He said simply. Risa knew that he was still angry at her.
"It's not that easy. I wish you could live a day in my life. Then you'd realize how hard it is." She crossed her arms over her chest and headed home.
Satoshi had heard what she said and rolled his eyes. Glancing up, Satoshi saw a shooting star pass by. He shook his head, how could she know what 'hard' was? She only knew a little bit about how 'hard' his life used to be. There was no comparison between the two.
Risa woke up, somewhat dazed. Why was her room so cold? Sitting up, she glanced at her feet. She wasn't wearing a blanket. Well, that might explain it... She chuckled to herself. Moving her feet to the side, Risa noticed that her pink bedspread was no longer pink.
In confusion, she looked around. She wasn't in her room either. "Where am I?" She asked herself aloud.
At once, her jaw dropped. "GAH! Why do I have a guy's voice?" She, or he, screamed. Risa slammed open the bedroom door and sprinted out, searching for a mirror. As she ran past the bathroom, she noticed a flash of blue. Stopping, Risa slowly went into reverse, walking back towards the bathroom.
Once again, Risa's jaw dropped. Or rather, Satoshi's did. In the mirror, Risa's reflection was not hers. Instead, a gaping blue haired teenage boy stared back. He looked as surprised as she was. Then again, he was her. Risa waved her hand in front of the mirror, the reflection did the same.
"How could this happen?" She shouted, still disgusted that she was talking in such a masculine voice.
Risa couldn't understand how it happened. Why did she look like Satoshi? Why was she talking like Satoshi? Heck, why was she Satoshi?
Much to Risa's relief, Satoshi had slept in his clothes so all she would have to do is clean him up. Quickly, Risa washed her face, brushed her teeth and combed her hair. She had parted her hair, making Satoshi look like an English schoolboy. She felt a little disappointed when she didn't see breakfast on the table. Risa's stomach growled loudly as she searched through the cabinets. Luckily, she had found a box of granola bars. Risa stuffed five in her pockets before running to the train.
Once she had gotten on the train, she felt even more out of place. Girls were staring at her weird, and she could hear their giggles. It disgusted Risa. Then again, it was probably Satoshi's fan girls striking again. "Satoshi!" She could hear someone scream. There were a few, "Excuse me." and "Coming through." before a kid with a large head of red hair appeared. "Hey Satoshi! It's quite rare to see you on the train." He giggled softly.
"Yeah..." She tried to think of something to say. Daisuke was Satoshi's best friend, right? What would she do if he noticed that Satoshi was acting differently? "I just felt like it."
Daisuke had a confused look on his face. "Alright..."
Great! Risa had chosen the wrong response and now Daisuke obviously noticed! "So, what'd you do?"
"What'd I do?" She questioned.
"Yeah, Riku called me last night, telling me how angry Risa was once she came back from your guys' date. She said that she just stomped upstairs, slammed the door shut, turned off all the lights and went to sleep. Of course, not before letting out a loud scream." Daisuke couldn't help but laugh a little.
Oh yeah... I forgot about that... Risa chuckled to herself. "It was nothing but a misunderstanding."
"I understand." Daisuke nodded his head. "But I would have still gotten angry at Risa just a little. I mean, she was lucky you weren't late with her. Normally, you have to go do your commander-ing work. Then again, it is a little easier now that Dark and Krad are gone." He nudged her softly. Seeing her sad look, Daisuke's arms fell to his side. "Not the best thing to say?"
"No, it's alright." She smirked softly. "Well, here's our stop." Risa was relieved that they had dropped the topic. Maybe she had overreacted last night. It was her fault that Satoshi was so angry. But then again, he could have accepted her apology.
The two arrived at their classroom quickly, and Risa looked frantically around the room. There, sitting in her seat, was herself, reading a book. She watched Ritsuko walk over to the other Risa and laugh. "You're reading? Don't tell me that you're dying."
The other Risa looked up at her friend. "That's not really a nice thing to joke about."
A nervous laugh came from Ritsuko. "I know. I'm sorry about that..."
As fast as she could, Risa stomped over to Ritsuko and the other Risa. "If you don't mind, Ritsuko, can I talk to Risa?" She said as calmly as she could.
"Alright, I'll let the couple talk." She winked to the other Risa, only to receive a disgusted look back.
At once, Risa looked closely at the other Risa. Looking closer, their noses were almost touching. "Um... you're kind of close, aren't you?" She giggled softly, but Risa could tell it was forced.
"Satoshi?"
"Risa?"
Risa jumped at the other Risa. "I'm so happy it's you! If it was someone else, I'd be really uncomfortable!" She laughed. Looking out, Risa saw that everyone was looking at her.
"He's happy that it's her?"
"Someone else?"
"Uncomfortable!"
All at once, all the girl's eyes were glaring in Satoshi's direction. He sent an irritated look to Risa, meanwhile, she laughed nervously. "That wasn't what you'd call smart."
"I know, I know." Risa looked over to the fan girls. That got them. The girls all looked away when they saw Satoshi's glance.
The teacher walked in at that moment. "Please take your seat, Mr. Hiwatari."
"We'll talk about this later, alright?" Risa nodded to Satoshi and quickly took her seat.
Throughout the class period, the teacher had called on Risa, thinking that she was calling on Satoshi. Every question, Risa got wrong. She was starting to get annoyed by everyone's surprised reactions. Meanwhile, the same reactions came from everyone when they heard Satoshi, who they thought was Risa, answer the questions correctly.
Risa couldn't have been happier when the bell rang. She immediately grabbed her books and flew out the door, waiting for Satoshi a few feet away from the door. When he finally came out once the crowd around the door disappeared, she ran up to him. "So can we finally talk about this?" She asked, sounding a bit excited.
"Please try to sound calmer if you're supposed to be me." Satoshi said, staring down at his shoes.
"Right." Risa nodded. They walked in silence for a little longer, when suddenly, a large gasp came from Risa. "Wait! Why are you in my school inform?"
Satoshi gave her a confused look. "Because it's required for school..."
"But I fell asleep in my pink silk pajamas! How'd you get in my uniform unless... GAH! Did you actually... You didn't really... Did you?"
Satoshi merely shrugged. "Well, I couldn't come to school in your pajamas... I never knew that bra's were so hard to put on." He tapped his chin with his index finger, ignoring Risa's petrified look. "I had to ask your sister for help. She wondered if I was sick but I just told her that it was a new one and that-"
"All right! I get it!" Risa flailed her arms, trying to make Satoshi stop. She turned around and sighed. "I can't believe you did that..." Once again, she crossed her arms over her chest. As Risa glanced down, she noticed something. A loud laugh came out of Risa's mouth. "Cool! I'm taller than you!"
"You mean I'm taller than you."
"Well, right now, I'm taller than you." She laughed. "This is cool, I-" All of the sudden, Risa ran into an open door.
Satoshi's eyes glanced over at her as a smile crept on his face. He couldn't help but laugh. "It's proven that taller people are more clumsy because it takes longer to send commands to your limbs." He told her.
"Don't say that when you're like me!" She shouted. "You make me sound like a nerd!"
"A nerd?" Now, Satoshi started to wonder. "I'm a nerd?"
Risa began to shake her head frantically. "No! You're not a nerd! ...Alright, just a little... But you're a hot nerd!"
"A hot nerd?"
Instead of saying anything back, Risa just decided to be smart and not say anything else. She knew she was just embarrassing herself. The two of them headed to the lunchroom. This part of the day was Risa's favorite part of the day, yet her least favorite. She loved it because there was no work to do and she got to hang out with her boyfriend. Though, hanging out with Satoshi normally got her glares from all his fan girls.
Satoshi was receiving those glares right now. He tuned his head towards the girls, where they began to stick their tongues at him. He just tilted his head and gave them a soft look. Taken back, all the girls sat back down, beginning to talk. Risa figured they were wondering why she was being so calm about what had just happened.
Once they got their lunches, they both took their seats next to Riku and Daisuke. Risa stared at her sister, looking confused. She wanted to talk to her but she knew that Riku and Satoshi had almost never spoken a single word to each other. Now, of all times, would be awkward.
Meanwhile, Daisuke smiled happily. "So, Satoshi. What are you going to do on your night off?" Daisuke joked around, eating a spoonful of chocolate pudding.
Risa saw Satoshi go to open his mouth but he seemed to remember just in time. "I...um..." She stared at Satoshi, hoping he'd give her answers. Watching his mouth move, she noticed he was mouthing words to her. "I was planning on relaxing at my house. It's been a while since I could do that." She said as calmly as she could.
She felt bad, seeing Daisuke's look of disappointment. It was obvious that Daisuke had just offered to hang out but both she and Satoshi knew that they couldn't do that in their current condition.
Satoshi seemed pleased to see that lunch was over, though Risa didn't seem as happy. They had to sit through another two hours of class before getting to leave. Two more hours of having to pose as each other. This much stress really could not have been good for Risa's health, Risa reminded herself throughout the day.
Three more minutes...
Two more minutes...
One. More. Minute!
The bell finally rang and Risa bolted out of her seat. "YES!" She shouted, only to receive very confused looks from her classmates.
"Did Satoshi finally go loony?" She heard Takeshi whisper to Daisuke.
The students all got up and concluded the day, gathering their things to leave. By the time Risa grabbed Satoshi's bag and walked over to him, she saw Takeshi sitting next to talk to her. He had a deep, dark shade of red covering his face. "Excuse me, Risa... I was just wondering... You know that the school dance is in a few days, right? Well, I was wondering-"
"You do know I'm going out with Satoshi, right?" Satoshi told Takeshi in a very cold tone. Risa winced at it, thinking it was just a little too cold, especially with her voice saying it.
"I know that!" Takeshi grabbed Satoshi's shoulders. "But Satoshi doesn't love you! Don't you see that? He just sees you as someone there! I love you, Risa! How can I prove that?" He shouted. The boy looked away for a few seconds and Risa could tell that Satoshi thought he was going to get out of this untouched.
Then again, Risa had no idea how she would have replied to Takeshi after his confession. But that wasn't really how Satoshi felt about her. She knew that Satoshi didn't just think of her as someone there... Right?
Her eyes traveled back to the two just in time to see Takeshi lean uncomfortably close to Satoshi, and in a choppy movement, plant his lips on his. Risa's jaw dropped to the floor. Meanwhile, Satoshi's eyes snapped so wide, Risa was surprised his eyes didn't fall out. The kiss only lasted about fifteen seconds, but to both Satoshi and Risa, it seemed like forever.
Satoshi quickly backed away, gasping for breath. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT FOR?" Risa managed to comprehend through Satoshi's high pitched shrieking.
"I just... I'm sorry, I-" Takeshi stared at his shoes, ashamed.
"I'm sorry, I can't." Satoshi quickly grabbed his bag, and headed for the door. Risa hid her smile when she saw him trying to pull his skirt down farther. She also picked her bag up and followed him.
They walked in silence for a few minutes, until Risa spoke. "What he said wasn't true, right?"
"Of course not. He's the one that's just there." Satoshi growled, still angry.
"That's all I wanted to know." Risa couldn't help but smile to herself now. "Actually, was it good?"
Satoshi flashed a swift and quick glare before looking forward again. "You don't happen to have any mints, gum or toothpaste on you, do you?"
"No, but I heard Ritsuko does..."
Sitting in Satoshi's apartment, Satoshi chugged down a can of Pepsi, then burped loudly and threw the can to the trash. Risa grimaced slightly. She thought it was a little gross that he was doing that in her body. "So, do we know how this happened?" She asked.
"I've been thinking about that." He told her, closing his eyes to relax. "And I came up with something." Satoshi nodded. "Last night, when I was heading home, I saw a shooting star. You wished that I could see a day in your life, I guess the shooting star thing does work if that is the case." Satoshi explained to Risa.
"Well, I only wished for a day, right? So tomorrow, we'll be back to normal?"
"Only time will tell." He leaned his head back on the couch. Risa, on the other hand continued to try to figure out everything.
She laughed at herself, thinking how stupid the wish was. Risa knew that she was just angry at that time, and anger makes people do stupid thins. "Satoshi, where's the food?" She asked, though Satoshi never said anything back. "Satoshi! Yoo hoo!" Risa walked over to him to take a closer look to see he had fallen asleep. "Are you narcoleptic?" She asked him, even though she knew he couldn't hear her. Risa walked over to him, kissed his forehead (though it was odd kissing her own forehead...) and went to Satoshi's room to go to sleep.
In his bed, he stared up at the ceiling. Why had she made such a dumb wish? Her life wasn't half as bad as Satoshi's when he had Krad. She meant, Satoshi even tried to commit suicide because of the angel, even though it was for a somewhat good reason. But Risa couldn't help but feel happy that now she had Satoshi to herself. She shouldn't have done this to him, making him have to wear a skirt, deal with her low expectations and worst of all, kiss Takeshi. Risa knew she was going to have to get back at the annoying reporter.
Slowly, the ceiling began to fade from view and everything was covered in darkness.
Satoshi...
Suddenly, Risa shot up and out of her bed. Lying on the floor, Risa rubbed her head. She then heard knocking coming from her door. "Risa, come on! If you don't get in the shower, I'm taking it and you can get the cold water for once!" Riku shouted. Wait... Riku?
Risa noticed her usual, pink and plushy room was back in her view. What had happened? Was it all... just a dream? Risa walked out in the hall, just in time to intercept her sister. "You're lucky." Riku growled. "But next time you come home as late as you did, I'm not waking you up." She told her before heading back to her own room.
In the shower, Risa let out a deep sigh. So it wasn't a dream. Satoshi must have woken up and walked back to her house so that she didn't have to wake up on a couch.
After she blow dried her hair, put on her makeup, ate breakfast and brushed her teeth, she met her sister at the door. Risa waved her twin goodbye before starting a light jog to the train station. Once she stepped on the train, she noticed Daisuke waving to her and walked over by him, laughing happily as they talked. Everything was back to normal...
By the time she arrived in the classroom, there was Satoshi, sitting in his desk, reading a book. She walked up to him and smirked. "Hey Satoshi." Risa giggled softly, trying to act like nothing happened.
"Hey." He closed his book and looked up at her. Risa loved Satoshi's blue eyes and how they were gazing at her. "I'm glad you got home safely." Satoshi stood up, bent over and kissed Risa's forehead. At once, her face became beet red.
"What was that for?"
"I'm just returning the favor." Satoshi winked at her with a small smirk before sitting back down. Risa glanced around, making sure none of his fan girls saw that.
As the teacher walked in, Risa rushed to her seat, her blush still somewhat on her cheeks. She was happy that everything was back to normal, and to know that she actually meant more to Satoshi than 'someone just there.'
I had come up with the corniest ending.
Ok, this took so long because I decided to rewrite it after I saw how boring it was XD So here you go! Thanks for reading and thanks for the reviews!
-Paige