Melomania an extreme or abnormal love for music
The door creaked open ever so slowly, letting a small beam of light make its way into the seemingly empty room. Shizuo Heiwajima stepped in and flicked on the light.
Out of his whole apartment, this was his favorite room, his escape. It was perfect.
The space was small, with no furniture except a single tan folding chair in the center. Shelves lined three of the walls, filled with music boxes.
He could spend hours just winding up the magical little things and listening to them one by one, memorizing their tunes.
And that's exactly what he planned on doing today.
Nothing mattered while he was in paradise, not Izaya, not Celty or Tom, not even his precious little brother, Kasuka.
The ex-bartender crept to the left far side of his haven, and picked up the first music box on the top shelf: A well-sized rocking horse. He stared at it awhile before flipping it over to turn the key as far as it would go.
Shizuo slid it gently back into its place, and watched it rock back and forth, back and forth. Sighing, he sat himself down in the lone chair and closed his eyes.
Sometimes he wondered if this was an obsession or hoarding, but he'd always shake himself out of it. People liked to do things: Izaya liked making people's lives miserable, Celty liked to ride her motorcycle, Tom liked to collect debts, Kasuka liked acting, and it just so happened, he liked collecting music boxes.
The melody started to slow to a hault. The blond stood, and repeated the process. The Italian jewelry box, the silver canister, the clown in the drum, the spinning ballerina, and so on.
His obsession mattered not to him. It was just that standing there- in the room filled with music boxes and a chair, his personal little heaven- was the only place that he felt loved.
I DO NOT OWN DURARARA! OR ITS CHARACTERS (hence the name 'FanFiction')
I was savagely attacked by this plot bunny and the line for the summary last night. ;A;
I know it makes no sense but it wouldn't leave me alone, so I had to write it!
I now dedicate this to my friend who will be cosplaying Shizuo soon, and collects music boxes... you know who you are. :|