tampered | Log; Ongoing

She had never flown at night before, so Suu was enthralled by the rush of the cool wind through her hair and the sprinkling of stars that peeked out from the clouds. She flew over the City, her mechanical wings making her glide with ease, as she looked for Dark on the City rooftops.

Spotting a lone figure atop an apartment building, she made her descent slowly in front of him and, once her feet touched the concrete firmly, made the wings disappear from her back.

She smiled shyly.

Dark slowly stood, having seen the mechanical wings. He was tempted to bring out his own wings, if only to compare but shook his head slightly. There would be time for that later.

He grinned, "Suu, I'm glad we meet under better circumstances. Would you like a cup of tea?" He gestured towards the thermos and the cups.

"Ah, yes. It's much nicer to meet like this."

She tilted her head to the side, regarding the thermos and cups. "Tea? Up here? Okay..." She was used to having her tea in the morning, when one of the killer model dolls would bring it to her when she awoke. Then again, she wasn't in the greenhouse anymore, and things have changed so much since she arrived in the City. She nodded her head to Dark, "Umn. I like the cold, but hot tea is nice too."

Dark nodded as he unscrewed the cap of the thermos and began pouring. "Yeah, the rooftop is usually pretty cold, the wind and all. But it's nice up here when the sky's clear and you can see all the stars..." He trailed off as the steam from the tea rose.

Setting the thermos to the side, he offered a cup to Suu.

She took the cup from Dark with both hands, holding it near her face and letting the warm cup heat her cupped hands and the steam her face. She smiled her thanks to him and blew on the liquid first, then took a tentative sip.

"Mm, I like the cold. Especially when it rains. I remember when it snowed here! It was my first time seeing snow, and it was very fun playing in it!"

She closed her eyes and recalled her first happy snow day. After a while she opened them and stared at the sky. "It's very pretty up here. Even when the stars are covered up. And they look nearer now. I don't remember them being this... sparkly from inside the greenhouse."

"Do you want to sit down?", she asked, but as she said that she already sat down beside the thermos itself.

He took a seat on the other side of the thermos, his hand grasping the tea cup. Glancing up, he saw only a few stars, most covered by the clouds. Dark shrugged and took a sip of the hot tea. "Yeah, I spend most of my time up here, thinking. It's peaceful and reminds me of home. Sorta." He amended quickly, remembering that he didn't really have a place to call home. Most nights, he was out, meeting with cute girls or stealing Hikari art pieces.

He glanced at Suu. "I remember when it snowed back where I was. There was this lonely girl in the snow, waiting for her lover." His smile was bittersweet. "In the end, they found peace in one another."

"Up here, alone?" she looked at him, curious. She wanted to ask him if he liked being alone, but stopped herself. She remembered that he wanted to keep what she saw in his dream to herself, and she wasn't going to pry.

"How was Dark's home like? Is it like this place too?"

"Oh... did you know that girl? I'm glad that they found each other in the snow." she looked into the depths of her teacup. "I hope they don't get separated from each other..."

Dark nodded, "Sometimes. Once in a while, I bring a friend along and we stare at the stars." He glanced up again to see the clouds and glanced back at Suu. "Sorry."

"Home..." he paused, unsure how he should answer the question. "It's a normal neighborhood. School, offices, museums, things like that. Nothing really unique."

He pondered the question. "I didn't know her well, but we were acquaintances. I'm sure her and her lover will be together for a long time."

"Mm? Ah..." She smiled at him. "It's okay. I'm glad that Dark and I are up here tonight. It means that I'm a friend."

Dark smiled back, "Of course you are, Suu."

He stood up and stretched, his wings materializing. Wings of black feather reached out and wrapped around him. "I often bring friends flying but since you have your own wings, would you like to fly with me?

Ah, Dark's wings. She remembered that the first time she saw real wings was when she saw Nill, no matter that her wings were small. So his black wings truly amazed Suu.

"Waaah...", she set aside her cup, stood up and reached out to touch a black, shiny feather. "I haven't seen black feathers before. Your wings are really beautiful, Dark."

"And yes, I would love to go flying!" She made her own wings materialize on her back, feeling it to be clunky next to his sleek ones.

Dark shrugged, his wings following the upwards motion. "Black feathers don't exactly symbolize the best of things but I'll make do. It does, of course, help blend in with the darkness."

He watched her wings materialize and placed a finger on the metal wings. He brushed it across. "Smooth," he whispered, "A masterpiece. Let's test them out, shall we?"

Grinning, he bent his knees and pushed off the ground and into the night sky.

She wondered about the things he said, about black feathers not symbolizing the best of things and testing her wings out, when with a beat of her own, she followed him up into the air. A masterpiece? She never thought of it that way...

"Um, okay..."

She was now flying beside him, fascinated on how his wings moved and their dark sheen.

Grinning, Dark did a flip. His wings beat beside him, allowing him to hover nearby. He edged closer to Suu and leaned in, as though to tell a secret.

His voice was a stage whisper. "I hope you don't mind, but..." A finger poked her shoulder. "You're it!"

With that, he flew backwards, waving cheekily at Suu.

Suu blinked a few times in surprise. She expected to be told something serious, but did not expect the poke at all. She was amazed at him doing a flip in mid-air, but was now even more amazed at him actually flying backwards.

It? Aah, she remembered that one. Chase. Not the bad kind, the chase that she and Kazuhiko went through, but the one that she and Pup played before they went flying themselves.

Realizing this, she smiled widely at him, and proceeded to rush forward to chase Dark. "Okay! I'm going to chase you!"

Dark spun as he saw her coming towards him and flew straight up into the cloudy sky. He grinned. Simply a chase, with nothing to really worry about. Not escaping the police, not escaping the homicidal maniac. Good stuff.

He cut through one cloud and glanced around. No sight of Suu. Dark scratched his head.

She was trying her best to chase him. She really was. But he was simply too fast for her, and the minute he hit the cloud cover she lost sight of him. Not thinking twice, she dove into the clouds after him, momentarily disoriented after being surrounded by the... fluff.

She coughed, and tried to look and move around silently in search of Dark. They were playing tag after all.

Hearing a cough, Dark spun to his right, making his way back through the cloud and towards the sound. Moisture stuck to his wings and hair as he slowly made his way, trying to make as little sound as possible.

Although, he reflected, the cloud seemed to be loosing shape, because he kept beating his wings. Inside the cloud.

...Damn.

She noticed that her hair was already just a bit damp because of the clouds, but she didn't really mind it. Still trying to peer into the wisps and clumps of cloud, she noticed that some wisps of cloud were moving against the wind somewhere to her left.

Stifling a giggle, she immediately dove to her left, and burst through from her cloud, to his.

"Tag!" she said, not poking him back in return but actually almost tackling Dark himself, because there was no ground to steady herself after all.

"Oops!"

Dark instinctively wrapped his arms around Suu as she nearly crashed into him. "Whoa, be careful there. You were rather fast there. Good catch."

He smiled but it died a little as he noticed how wet her hair was. "You know, we should probably go in. It's getting pretty cold out here. We can play tag some other time, ok?"

"Oh? It's okay, I like the cold." Suu looked up at Dark's face from where she was, still in his arms. "But if Dark says so, okay!" She smiled. "Thank you for today!" And she gave him her own hug in return.

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