Rumors can be fun to start, Izaya knew that very well. But being the one having a rumor started about him? That was something entirely new to Izaya. Rumors spread like wild fire. Whether it be in high school, or a place of business. Rumors always spread like wild fire.

"Slut" was a bit of a harsh word, very harsh when you have done nothing to earn such a title. Izaya had somehow earned that title. He wasn't sure why, or who stated him such a thing in the first place. It started to bother him.

Most people would just whisper about it as he passed them. Some called out to him by the word, asking questions that dripped with vulgarity.
The only people who hadn't spoken to him like the others were most of his teachers and his small group. Kadota, Shinra, even Shizuo. Izaya originally thought that Shizuo would call him out on the rumor as soon as it hit his ears, but no, it had been eleven days since the rumor started, and Shizuo hadn't spoken about it once.
The blonde finally brought it up, however, after classes, in front of the school gates ,on that eleventh day.

Shizuo actually called Izaya a slut. Something the raven was sure the blonde knew was not true, but he gave in to the stupid rumors anyway. It stung. Painfully. And it showed. It was written straight across his face.

Slap!

The sound of hard contact between skins made students walking by stop in their tracks and stare at the two. Izaya Orihara had just slapped Shizuo Heiwajima across the face.

It was silent. Still. Izaya made the world start again by taking three steps back. Izaya's face riddled with shock and horror. Placing the hand that had slapped Shizuo over his heart, Izaya gripped the fabric shirt that was in the way. Izaya's head tilted downward, making him look at the ground.

People were whispering about him again.

Before Shizuo could look fully at the raven or speak a single word, Izaya ran away.
Izaya ended up resting against a wall near where Ikebukuro and Shinjuku connected. Izaya slid down the wall, 'til he sat with his knees up against his chest.
Shizuo had followed the raven to the edge of town. The blonde stood a few steps away from Izaya, who stood up, with support from the wall, so he could run away again.

I'm sorry.

Izaya had a look of shock again. Shizuo apologized. The gap between the two had gotten smaller. Shizuo brought Izaya into a warm embrace.

"Do you believe them…?" Izaya asked softly against the blonde's chest.

"You may be many things, Izaya Orihara, but you are no slut."

Izaya's arms were then wrapped around Shizuo's back.

Monsters could be gentle. Izaya witnessed that.


A short story I wrote in the early hours of the morning that includes two of my head canons for Izaya.

1. Izaya doesn't puch, he slaps (usually bitch slaps, but this story was a bit too serious for that)

2. In high school, a rumor was made about Izaya being a whore (yeah, that's one of the head canons, you guys)