Riku slumped to the ground, her legs giving out on her. She was panting heavily from all the traveling they had been doing. Dark looked back at her and sighed in annoyance. "What? We haven't taken a break since yesterday morning and it's already the afternoon!" she said when she noticed his sigh. "Fine, fine. We can rest. Might as well spend the night here since you're soooooo tired." He said as he looked at the girl who sat before him. She glared back at him. "Just shut up! We've basically been climbing up hill since we left that town and I'm tired! I wouldn't be surprised if you were tired yourself! Stupid idiot!" she said the last part to herself. Dark heard her but made no comment to her as he set his bag on the ground and began to search through it. "What are you doing?" she asked him as he pulled out a bulk from his back and set it on the ground. He looked up at her, pausing his search. "Well, if we're going to be spending the night here we might as well sleep in tents. Unless you would rather sleep outdoors where rain can hit you if it starts and it looks like it's going to start soon." He said as he motioned towards the sky. Riku stood up immediately and walked over to him to begin to help set up the tent. "We only have one. That's all I could find." He said as he looked at her. To his surprise, she made no complaint; she just hurried to set it up and through her bag inside it. She paused at the entrance. "You coming or not?" she asked him. He stared at her until she disappeared into the tent at the sound of thunder. This caused him to stare at her more for her strange behavior.
Once inside, both were silent. Riku said nothing but only stared at her feet with her knees drawn to her chest. He looked at her again, still confused by her odd behavior. "Is something wrong?" he asked her. She looked at him before speaking. "No, nothing's wrong. I'm just….tired is all." She replied, her voice surprisingly calm. But the emotion he saw in her eyes said otherwise. She was scared. But why? Thunder rolled on in the distance, triggering a thought in his mind. He looked at her with amused eyes and a smirk. "Hey, Riku. Are you by any chance afraid of thunder?" he asked her. She glanced at him before down casting her face. "Why do you want to know?" she asked him, unable to keep her voice from shaking the slightest bit. "You are, aren't you?" he asked her, his smirk still on his face. She faced him suddenly with anger apparent on her face. "So what? I can't help it! I just don't like stupid thunder? Happy now?" she asked him before pulling her legs back up to her chest and resting her chin on her knees. He stared at her. "No, I just wanted to know okay?" he said before sighing and leaning back on his arms. Suddenly, thunder roared loudly, echoing inside the tent. Riku jumped at this and flung herself at Dark, clinging to his shirt like it was the last thing on earth.
Dark looked at the girl who was now latched to his shirt. He didn't think it would affect her that much. After a couple of minutes of silence and shaking, Riku finally pulled back. "I'm sorry!" she said as she looked at the ground, her bangs covering her eyes from his view. "I-It's okay." He said. Riku still shook from the thunder. In a way, Dark wished he could do something. Thunder roared again causing Riku to latch herself to Dark again, this time never leaving from the grip if his shirt. Dark stared at the girl before slowly wrapping his arms around her. He hoped it would calm her down until the storm ended. It did seem to work. Riku's shivering finally came to an end but her grip on his shirt never loosened until a long time afterwards. He looked down to find that the reason for this was because she had fallen asleep. He didn't want to disturb her but he didn't know what to do. Finally, he slowly and carefully took his arms from around her and gently pushed her onto her own sleeping bag. He stared at the sight for a moment before lying back down on his own and slowly falling asleep, the last though in his mind seemed to stay there. She's kind of cute when she's sleeping.
Sorry! I'm sorry I haven't updated in forever you guys...It's just, that trip to Texas got me out of my writting mood and well, I'm still trying to get it back. Review please!