Author's note: Hey, our lovely readers! I bet you thought we two are too busy being lovey-dovey with each other (and you weren't that far from the truth in this matter, hehe~) and we forgot all about you, but that's not true! We bring you fresh, yummy, winter story full of fluff and smut *grins* We played this rp last year around Valentine's and since the day of all lovers is just behind the corner, we decided to turn this roleplay into fic and share it with you. I hope you'll enjoy~ Love & kisses, Izaya-sama.

A/N : This is Shizuo. Enjoy the fic, we had fun roleplaying it. I hope the fluffiness will warm your heart!

P.S. Chronological order will be soon fixed. Second chapter is in normal order already.


Title: Hot freezing holidays
Rating:
M (for later chapters)
Pairings:
Shizuo x Izaya
Disclaimer:
We don't own Durarara! or any of its characters. But we would love to!


One evening, when he was checking his email like usually, Izaya raised his brows in surprise upon reading one particular message. He would dismiss it like one of the annoying spams, but he wouldn't be a good information broker if he didn't check the correctness of this peculiar message, since all in all it seemed pretty legit. He picked his phone and called to the company just to find out that he really won a five days long stay for two in the ski resort in north of the country.

Chuckling like a madman while spinning in his swivel chair for a moment, he mused how lucky he was once again. "Hmm~ I wonder if he'll like the idea..." He pondered once the short moment of joy passed. He took his phone once again, dialing a number of his beloved monster. "Hey, Shizu-chan~" He chirped as soon as the call was connected. "You mentioned you have one week long holidays starting from tomorrow, do I remember it correctly?"

Shizuo has just finished eating and was just in the middle of washing the dishes before he felt his phone's ringtone blaring and vibrating in his pocket. "Shit..." Since his hands were still wet he had a frantic time in drying them, stumbling in the process as he's forced to postpone doing the dishes. "What is it now?" He growled after he just wiped his hand as he fished for the phone, looking at the caller ID he immediately felt a lot better. But just when he answered it, he didn't have time to react as Izaya quickly asked him a question. "Hahh? Wait, what?"

"Do you speak English? Ty govoris po ruski?" The raven snickered into the microphone, mocking Shizuo with foreign languages. "I'm speaking Japanese, Shizu-chan~ Did you stop to understand your own language? It was a simple question. Do you have time next five days? No work, no special plans?" Taking a deep breath Izaya slowly asked again, spinning in his chair while his enthusiasm was slowly subsiding.

The blonde squinted his eyes as he held his phone with his other hand and walked out of his kitchen, plopping down on the sofa in his apartment. "Yeah, I get that.. It's just that you asked me so suddenly." He chuckled and tilted his head back, kicking his feet to and fro. "I guess I have the whole week free. Nothing happening at all, Kasuka's been a little busy lately. Why do you ask?"

"Hmm~" Izaya purred satisfied with the answer, wide smile creeping on his lips once again. "Would you honour me with your presence and accompany me to a glorious snowy paradise to spend the entire holidays with me skiing and relaxing?" Informant trailed a nail across his thigh, a little nervously waiting for the answer. "All inclusive, you don't really need anything beside some clothes..." He added, thinking aloud.

Shizuo listened as his lover talk carefully, his mouth gradually agape. "Wait, hold on. Hold on, flea." He waved his hand in the air hastily even though he couldn't see him on the other line. "I'd love to go anywhere with you, really. This sounds really fun and all but I don't want to be a burden for you.." He sighed, crossing and uncrossing his legs. "When do you wanna go?"

"If you would be a burden, I wouldn't ask you to come with me." Izaya stated with a sigh, but then smirked and continue in teasing tone. "Or maybe you would be happier if I asked someone else to go with me on this romantic trip, Shizu-chan? I don't believe so~" He snickered. "Look, I'm not paying for it, miraculously I won it from a phone company, since they drew one of my phone numbers. Lucky, ne?" He explained patiently in merry tone, swinging his legs in the air. "We're leaving tomorrow, wanna meet at the train station?"

Shizuo got up and nearly punched a hole in the wall as Izaya mentioned that he might bring someone else with him, little crumbles of cement falling to the ground. "Fine, I'm going with you. And whoa, luck's always on your side, considering that you won this trip. How can you be so sure that it wasn't some sort of scam or something?" The bodyguard teased back. "Ya know, not a lot of people like you.." He went to his room, inspecting his closet. "Yeah, I'll pack and we meet at the train station. Just for 5 days?"

"I'm the best info-broker far and wide, Shizu-chan, I wouldn't fall for such a simple trick." Izaya clicked his tongue at the other. He wondered what was the noise he heard through phone, but decided it's better not to ask. "Yeah, 5 days. Take some warm clothes, I checked the weather and it's pretty cold up there. A lot of snow too." He hummed, gazing at the screen of his computer.

"I think I have a few jackets stored at home.." Shizuo rummaged through his closet, looking for old sweaters and jackets he used to wear in his high school days at home. "This could be fun, you and me. Nice getaway from the city. All these gang attacks annoy me alot." Blonde frowned, thinking about the busy city life and he pulled out some warm clothes and laid them on his bed. "What time tomorrow?"

"Maybe the cold weather will cool your hot temper a little~" Izaya snickered and stood up from his workplace, heading to his bedroom. "We should go early, the journey takes 6 hours by shinkansen and I would like to check the place before it'll be dark outside." Raven rambled excited and opened the door of his closet, staring inside. "So...8:00 is okay for you?"

"Yeah, I'll be there at 8. This could be fun." Shizuo smiled through the phone as he pulled out a nice bag. Resting his phone on his shoulder, he used both of his hands to fold the clothes and place them in the bag. "You know, I have a feeling you're gonna throw snowballs at me or something when we're there." He chuckled as he packed some socks too.

"Whoa!" Info broker theatrically gasped. "Seems like you can read my mind through the phone, Shizu-chan~ Better to end the call before you'll see more of my plans with you." Izaya chuckled too while checking his clothes with a critical look and after a moment he decided to go out and buy few things. "I'll see you in the morning, okay? Don't forget your luggage~"

"Just getting this straight ; if you ever decide to throw a snowball at me, I'll throw an even bigger one at you." Blonde jested playfully as he finished the rest of his packing, zipping up his luggage bag. "Yeah, see you tomorrow..." Shizuo collpased on his bed, trailing his eyes off to the ceiling before adding an extra: "Damn, wish you were here so I can hold you. See you first thing in the morning, flea." He ended the call and threw his phone on his bed, next to him.

"I wonder if he'll think the same after five full days spent with me~" Izaya mischievously snickered once he closed his phone after biding farewell to his lover. He ran down the stairs, grabbed his wallet and jacket and went clothes hunting into the nearest department store, skipping cheerfully down the street. After few hours of shopping, he returned home satisfied and tired. He packed all of the clothes into his sport bag, took a hot shower and went straight to bed, looking forward the next day.

xxxXXXxxx

"Hmmn.." Shizuo's 7 am alarm was the first thing that woke him up that day. After minutes of mindlessly staring at his ceiling fan spinning, he got up the bed groggily and dragged his luggage by the front door, before taking a hot shower in the bathroom. As he finished his shower, he put on his regular outfit, which consisted off a red jacket and jeans.

Half an hour before the meeting, Izaya stood prepared in his hallway and checked all the things one more time, reassuring himself that everything is in place. "Yosh, we can go~" He grinned and put his travel bag over his shoulder, the luggage surprisingly light despite the amount of clothes inside. The newest high quality materials really are a good choice when one wants to stay warm and not look like an onion. The price of the clothing didn't bother the young informant at all. He locked the door behind himself and as he walked to the elevator, he pulled out a phone out of the pocket of his new white fur-trimmed jacket. "I better check whether Shizu-chan haven't overslept..." He dialed the number and waited for blonde to answer as he walked out of the building.

Shizuo felt like everything was in place and ready, so after fixing his hair one last time, he took his wallet and keys before sending a message to Celty to let her know that he's not gonna make it to have a regular, routinely chat with her. His phone rang just as he was about to close his door while carrying the duffel bag. Quickly locking the door, he put the keys in his pocket and pulled out his cellphone, answering it. "Hello?"

"Morning, Shizu-chan~ I hope you aren't still in your bed." Even when blonde couldn't see the smile on Izaya's lips, it was clearly audible in his tone. "I'm on my way to subway, I'll be on train station just on time. How about you?"

"I'm on my way, I'll be there in a bit." Shizuo sighed through the phone and walked into the streets, just on the way to the station that they were supposed to meet. And since he wasn't in his bartender outfit everybody wasn't really steering clear from him or stare at him like a deer in headlights. "What are you wearing?" He asked curiously, nearing his destination.

"Good." Izaya's smile became even wider, just as he made a turn to the right and the entrance to the subway appeared on the end of the street. "Eh~? Why so curious, Shizu-chan?" Informant chuckled amused by the sudden question. "You're afraid that you won't recognize me without my usual outfit? Ara, ara~ I'm not telling you, I'm curious whether you'll find me like this or not." He smirked and glanced down at his fluffy white coat and gray jeans, his black hair hidden under white cap with soft blue winter motives.

Shizuo arrived at the train station, where a massive crowd gathered over at one end of the train to get in. "Tsk, I can smell you from miles away, flea. Who can even forget your scent? Let's see if you can recognize me too, cuz I ain't wearing the uniform." He smirked and scanned his eyes over the group of people in the station, and followed his guts as he made way through them, looking around to find familiar dark hair or furry jacket.

"We'll see who will find who, Shizu-chan~ I'm there in a minute, now I have to go." Izaya ended the call as he entered the train and after a short ride he arrived to the station, where two of them should meet. He went to the main hall and looked around, looking for a tall blonde in the sea of short black-haired Japanese. As he noticed a mop of blonde hair, he smirked and made his way through the crowd, approaching Shizuo from behind, so the blonde wouldn't see him. Then he pulled out a magazine about the ski resort and pretended to read it, while glancing at his partner over the page, fighting away the urge to laugh.

Shizuo hid his phone back in his pocket and walked around the station, waiting patiently for people to come and go so that Izaya will eventually show up in between them. "Where are you.." He sighed and began to stand in one place, as a sea of busy people brushed past him, too preoccupied with things happening in their life. Deeming that it was better to go to the side to make way, he turned around but noticed the fluffy fur on the white jacket, so he walked past Izaya and snatched the magazine from his hands. "Found you after all."

"Ara, ara~" Informant chuckled when he couldn't hold the laugh anymore, looking at his companion with impish sparks in his eyes. "But it took you a minute, ne, Shizu-chan~? Seems like your nose isn't what it used to be." He lifted his hand and tapped the tip of the said part of Shizuo's body playfully. "Nice jacket by the way." He complimented the piece of clothing, appreciating how good the red looked at his lover. "Prepared to go?"

"Thanks, I bought it when I was still in highschool. It was cheap but I still like it." Blonde wiped his nose. "Hey, my nose's still good. Maybe I'm just so used to sniffing your body's scent every night that I don't register it no more. And yeah, I'm prepared~" Shizuo smirked, grabbed Izaya's hand and walked through the crowd at the trains. He didn't seem to give a shit if people were staring at them like they were oddballs. "Want me to carry your bag for you, Izaya?"

"In highschool? It was like...couple of years ago?" Izaya blinked as he stared at the jacket and back at Shizuo's face, following him on the way to the bullet train, not minding his surroundings at all either. "You seriously need to go shopping with me sometimes, Shizu-chan." He made a mental note to take the other to some shop immediately after they come back from the trip and then looked at Shizuo a little offended. "Thanks, but I'm not a girl, Shizu-chan. Want me to carry your bag?" Smaller man retorted with a smirk, when the coming train caught his attention. "Ah, that's our train." He pointed at it.

"There's no need to go shopping for clothes if I wasn't gonna use them. The clothes Kasuka gave me was pretty enough." Shizuo gave a cool, short answer and shrugged, heading towards their train. "Hey, relax~ I was just asking if you need help, it's called being polite. I won't treat you like a girl." Tall blonde shot an apologetic smile, resisting the urge to kiss the other to make up for it. "Let's go~" He leaded Izaya inside the train after squeezing through people and as he stepped in, he let go off raven's hand to put away his luggage, before choosing a seat in the train just next to a window.

Izaya forgot about the incident with luggage as soon as he bordered on, following Shizuo to free seats. He threw his bag up on the shelf above his seat. "Are you excited, Shizu-chan~?" He looked at the asked man, obviously excited like a little kid, just after he took place opposite of his lover. "I hope we'll have a lot of fun~" He rocked happily back and forth in his seat, glancing between blonde and the window.

"Of course I'm excited. We're leaving from all of...this." Shizuo pointed outside, referring to the hectic routine of the city and leaned in the back of his chair in glee. "I hope you have alot of fun too. I don't wanna see you working something on your laptop, the whole point of this get-away is to relax. Deal?" He stared at informant wearily. "I want all your attention." He remembered that he still was holding the rolled up magazine that he took from Izaya, and began to read it thoughtfully.

"Wanna now a secret, Shizu-chan~?" Izaya leaned over the small table in front of him to be closer to the other, whispering conspiratorially. "I left the laptop at home, I took just my phones. So it's your duty to entertain me during this trip, I'll be haunting you forever if I'm going to die of boredom~" A smirk crossed his lips as he returned back to his seat, making himself comfortable as the train left the station. "Is there anything you wanna try out?" Izaya pointed at the magazine in Shizuo's hands, which contained the description of the resort and activities for visitors. "There's a chance to try dog sledding, isn't that something for you?" Raven tilted his head curiously.

Shizuo looked up to him from the page of the magazine. "You left it at home.." He blinked as if half-expecting Izaya to bring it with him always, anywhere, before a smirk tugged at the corners of his lips. "Heh, what if you're the one who has to entertain me?" He laughed at his joke as his eyes transfixed back on the magazine, which had alot of attractive images of plenty of activities to do. "I'm fine with anything just as long as I get to spend time with you, Izaya.." He read the brief description of dog sledding and blinked. "Using dogs to carry you around like that?" He gave it a thought. "It won't hurt to try."

"You're forgetting who's the lucky winner here, ne~?" Izaya kicked Shizuo with a tip of his shoe playfully. "Of course you're here for my entertainment, not the other way around, Shizu-chan~" Info broker waved his hand at the other in a prince like mannerism. "I'll make you call me Izaya-sama entire week, if you piss me off." He showed the blonde a shark-like smirk, bathing in his VIP position during this journey. "And I don't mind to try mushing either. Maybe we can have a little competition~" His eyes glinted with a light of challenge. "Now when I think about it, you strike me as a person who likes dogs." He tilted his head, observing Shizuo's face with a new found interest. "Is that so?"

"Whatever, Izaya. I don't mind calling you Izaya-sama since it doesn't affect me, dunno why you thought of it like a punishment for me though. Besides, if I do piss you off we always make up the next second, right?" Blonde smiled as he looked at info broker, handing over the magazine to him. "Here, why don't you read about that dog thing yourself?" He waved his hand in disinterest. "Dogs are usually the one who follows me around at the park. To say the least they don't bother me at all, I guess dogs are fine. It's people who piss me off at times." He stared out in the window as the train moves. "And you must be a person who likes cats?"

"Hmm~" Izaya smirked as he took the magazine back and left it on the small table in front of him, so he could take a look into it later, since the journey was quite long. "You're totally tempting me into some nice little role-play where I would make you my personal servant, in proper suit and everything..." He mused with playful smile and nodded. "I'll totally remember it for later~ Since you don't mind to call me Izaya-sama and all." He snickered and looked outside the window too. "Well, you know your lover, don't you? Of course I like cats, Shizu-chan. Dogs are too simple minded creatures." He explained as it was the most natural thing in the world and rested his head on his left hand, watching the land outside that looked just like a row of unidentifiable smears in the current speed.

"But aren't I already your servant?" Shizuo laughed and crossed his arms, slumping down in his seat with a bored look. "Nah, I'm just kidding. But I didn't know you're into those type of roleplay. I have no idea what a servant's outfit is." He shook his head in mild bewilderment. "Yeah, I know you. You're practically obsessed with cats, but you don't own one in your apartment. Weird." He chuckled and kept his gaze lock onto Izaya's face, observing him with a seraphic smile suffusing on his lips. "Kasuka owns a cat, you know. He used to ask me to take care of it. Hey, why don't you own a pet anyway?"

"It's one of the usual sexual fantasies, ne~? Don't tell me you don't have any." Izaya shot his lover a doubtful, yet curious look and leaned into the seat, stretching his legs so they touched Shizuo's. "And of course I know your brother has a cat, Shizu-chan. It has some funny name, right?" He tapped a tip of his forefinger against his cheek as he was thinking. "Yuigadokusonmaru was it? I think. And why don't I have a cat..." Izaya looked thoughtfully for a moment, then simply shrugged. "It actually never occurred to me that I could have one. After all, you have to take care of it even when it doesn't need as much attention as a dog...What would I do with it when I'm out of my apartment for a few days?" He tilted his head. "See, I can't have a pet." Then his lips curled into smile. "I have you, that's more than enough responsibility." He chuckled.

"I do, but my fantasies aren't as hardcore." Shizuo raised his hand in a shrug to signify indifference, and the touch Izaya had on his legs caused him to extend his leg out, just a little bit so they were closer to informant's. "Yeah, that was the name. Could you believe he said it to me with a straight face when he wanted to name it that?" Older Heiwajima laughed in amusement, thinking about past memories. "Ah, but Yuigadokusonmaru rarely comes to my place now, so he probably had some sort of caretaker for it." He shots the black-haired man a wild look as soon as he mentioned that he has him. "Oii, am I like your personal 'substitute' for a cat or something? I can take care of myself, you know. I'm not that much of an animal as you keep on saying."

"Hardcore?" Izaya muffled the fit of laughter by his palm and after it died off a little, he looked at Shizuo with bunch of questions at his tongue. "You must be pretty innocent if this seems hardcore to you, Shizu-chan~ You have to present me those fantasies of yours, you made me rather interested." Informant put the hand over his mouth again because of another wave of chuckling, then put his hands up. "Calm down, Shizu-chan~ I'm just saying that I'm not some old lonely lady that needs a cat to keep her company, because I have something much more better than that." He winked at his partner knowingly, adding a little stroke of his leg against Shizuo's to support his words.

Shizuo laughed softly and reciprocated Izaya's actions, stroking his leg. "Nahh, we've done more hardcore stuff before. It's just that I have a feeling that my fantasies aren't as frequent as before. I mean, we do it every night. There's no reason to fantasize over your body when I've already marked it my own." He smirked and leaned on the table in front of them, resting his crossed arms on it. "Oh, is that so?" He mutters a breath. "S-sorry I overreacted, flea. Yeah, you're better than any dog who follows me home. Or anyone for that matter." Shizuo smiled warmly at raven and tilted his head to the side, looking at the blurred landscape outside as they're moving. "How many more does it take till we arrive?"

"'We do it every night', eh~?" Izaya repeated the words while his brows knit in a slight frown, because the statement sounded to him like he's not so appealing to his partner anymore. "Well, you sure can sneak into my bed quietly, because I don't remember you being there yesterday." He shrugged nonchalantly and withdrew his legs back. Crossing arms over his chest he moved himself into somewhat distanced position and looked out of the window once again. "Still few hours. You can either take a nap or if you're hungry, we can buy some bento from steward with food cart."

"We do it every other day except yesterday." Blonde corrected his statement just now and leaned into the table closer, observing Izaya's face attentively. "It's just a day since I went home early. Maybe if we withdrew from making love I might fantasize you more often." With blunt honesty he spoke all that and let out a soft sigh, burring his head on the table, while he looked at the side. "Few hours more, huh. I don't feel sleepy. Not just yet. Do you think they have some kind of pudding being sold here?" He gazed at the smaller man.

Izaya looked at him with pretty composed expression, hiding the bubbling emotions with ease after years of practice. "I don't know about pudding, but they surely have something sweet." He pulled out the wallet from the pocket of his jeans and left a bill on the small table. "Here, you can buy something when the food cart will go around. Take some sushi bento for me, I think I'll take a nap." He faked a yawn as he hid the wallet again, the he leaned himself against the seat comfortably and closed his eyes. Totally ignoring Shizuo and his surroundings, he thought about what he has to do once coming back from this trip and he started to regret that he left his laptop at home, since it's obvious that next days await him few long, lonely nights. "I'll make you crave for me to the point that you'll come crawling and begging for me to pay you some attention, Shizu-chan. Just wait and you'll see." Informant swore in his mind and nodded to himself inwardly.

Shizuo looked at the money skeptically since he had his own money in his wallet too, and after scrutinizing contemplation he took the bill anyway, cocking his head around to see if the food cart was around. "Just some bento, okay? I wonder if they have that sushi you eat all the time. Ootoro or something." As he leaned against his chair, the cart coincidentally arrives next to them along with a variety of bento from all shapes and sizes, the prices for the small and big ones were pretty obvious. "I'll have this one, thanks." He chose a nice bento for Izaya and after paying the stewardess he slid it across the table near his lover. "Izaya, here." He alarmed the other softly and bought a bento for himself too, since they didn't have anything sweet. "Well, it's better than nothing."

Izaya listened to Shizuo's conversation with a stewardess, but even when the blonde call his name, he pretended to sleep and continued in the act for another hour or two, spending time thinking about various topics until the hidden irritation in him subsided and he finally fell asleep for real. When he woke up from the slumber, there's just half an hour of the ride left. "Hmmm~" He stretched all of his limbs comfortably and looked around, blinking.

"Good morning." Shizuo looked at him, noticing that raven just woke up after a few hours. The bento he bought earlier has just been eaten by him, the rice and the sushi was all gone by now. There was some rice near his lips but he licked them off. You were really tired all of a sudden. Did you just remember something bad, or did you get sick? I don't mind spending our time there with me warming you up." Blonde chuckled.

"Morning~" Izaya answered with a grin, obviously in better mood than he had before he fell asleep. "I think travelling makes me a little sleepy." Informant shrugged with a sheepish smile, but even when he wasn't as angry as before, he still planned to take a little revenge on his lover. "Nah, I have enough of warm clothes that will keep me cozy, Shizu-chan, don't worry~ No need for you to play the role of a heater." He informed Shizuo with innocent expression and he noticed the empty boxes on the table. "Eh...Shizu-chan? Did you buy any bento for me?" He shifted his gaze to blonde quizzically.

"It's gonna be pretty cold there." Shizuo looked off at the window, resting his chin on his hand, excitement running through his veins just from the lovely thought that he can spend some quality time with his lover away from the city. "I mean, if it's at night. Guess we have to be extra cuddly when we're sleeping tonight, flea." He smirked before he raised his brows at raven, pointing at the bento on the table. "Your bento is right in front of you, Izaya. I wouldn't eat your food." He tilted his head confused. "I bought two bentos, but you probably didn't remember cuz you went to sleep."

"Oh!" Info broker smacked his forehead and laughed. "I think I'm still a little groggy from the nap~" He explained while taking the bento. He opened it, observing the contents with interest. "Thanks for buying it for me, Shizu-chan. Itadakimasu~" He snickered and dug in heartily, throwing one piece of sushi after another into his mouth. "So you want to have a room together, eh~?" He watched Shizuo while finishing his quick lunch.

Shizuo chuckled and watched the other closely, as if being in his own world from not paying any attention to his surroundings. "You like that? It may not be the best quality of sushi but that shit's all they got in here." He nodded and stared at raven lovingly, his eyes were surprisingly gentle for someone who had a really bad temper. "Yeah, I thought it's already decided from the beginning that we get a room together. Isn't that right, flea?"

"It's surprisingly tasty for a snack which you can buy in the train." Izaya chewed the rice and fish with appetite of a wolf, finishing the last piece surprisingly quickly. "Ah, that's probably true..." He agreed with Shizuo's assumption, putting the empty box on the table next to the one that blonde left there before. Then he looked back at Shizuo, straight into his honey eyes. "But I probably could do something about it, since it seemed like you want to take a break from our sexual life, Shizu-chan. No need to push yourself into something what you don't enjoy~" Informant shrugged nonchalantly.

Shizuo looked at him with his jaw dropping slightly, shock written on his face. "What? What are you talking about? I didn't say that I wanted a break from sex. In fact I need you every time I think about you." Blonde frowned a tad and buried himself back in the chair, leaning on it. "I always enjoy every minute being with you. I don't know where you got that idea from.." He shook his head. "Listen, you. We're getting a room together and you're gonna fucking enjoy it as long as I have you with me." He pointed in raven's direction.

Izaya's expression brightened with every word that came out from Shizuo's mouth, soft smile turning into a wide happy grin once blonde finished his proclamation. "Uhn, we have a deal then, Shizu-chan." He reached with his hand to Shizuo's and locked his finger with Shizuo's finger, which was pointing at him, doing a gesture that somewhat resembled a pinky promise. "Let's have a lot of fun together, during the day and during the night too~" Shift in informant's mood was almost tangible, when he retrieved his hand and rocked excitedly in his seat, humming some cheerful tone, thoughts of the revenge forgotten.

Shizuo blinked as the other interlocked his fingers with him but then he just chuckled and played along with it. "Yep. So you better enjoy these 5 days without work, cuz I'm gonna make you feel so fucking good you can't even think of anything else." He winked at Izaya and retracted his hand back, looking at the landscape outside, the temperature gradually dropping. "Oh, we're almost there, train's slowing down." He peeked outside the window and watched in awe at the completely different place he's never been before. "Hey, where're we staying anyway?" He looked back at Izaya.

Butterflies fluttered in his stomach upon hearing the promise and Izaya winked back at his partner. "I can't wait to see those warming up techniques you have in store for me." With that he followed Shizuo's gaze out of the window, the piles of snow covering everything caused him goosebumps just as he watched it from the safety and warmth of train cabin. "Welcome in Akita, Shizu-chan~ That's something else than Tokyo, eh?" He glanced at blonde with grin. "We're going to one of the ski resorts near the city, we'll take a taxi from the train station. It shouldn't take more than hour to get there."

"Sounds good to me." Shizuo smirked as the train slowed down rapidly, reaching the station of their destination. Already the lights are switched on and people are already hastily shifting in their seats, children were noisy as they ran around the seats. "Ah, we're here.." Blonde stood up and retrieved his bag from the store above their heads, grabbing Izaya's bag too and gave it to him. "Whoa, who knew it was this cold. Though I don't feel a thing, not so sure about you." He laughed as he looked at smaller man in the cute fluffy jacket and gestured for him to walk out with him. "Let's go~"

"Thanks~" Izaya took his bag from his lover and glanced between it and the frozen country behind the window. "I think I won't risk it and rather prepare myself for the antarctic weather." He nodded and while all of the passengers slowly left the train, he swiftly took off his coat and pulled out a nice red and white sweater. He put it on himself, followed by the white fluffy coat and finished his outfit with matching cap, scarf and gloves. He checked his visage and satisfied with it, he followed Shizuo out of the train. "You sure you'll be alright without a scarf and cap, Shizu-chan?" He glanced at blonde slightly worried, right after the chilling wind on platform colored his cheeks to fine shade of pink.

Shizuo shoved one hand in his pocket and waited patiently till Izaya put some extra clothing. "Nahh, I'm feeling pretty good. Wait.." He pulled out a red scarf from his bag and zipped it up again, before putting it around his neck. The scarf was covering his mouth as he wrapped it around himself. "Okay, now I'm good. The scarf was something my mom gave me.." He smiled as he walked next to raven out of the station and through the crowd of people. There wasn't much people compared to Ikebukuro, which was a weird thing for him because he thought that this place was a popular tourist attraction. "Hey, Izaya..You ever been here before?" Shizuo looked at him as they walked.

"Huh? I wasn't." Informant interrupted the inspection of the place to look at Shizuo, keeping the same pace of walking as blonde as they both walked side by side to the exit. "Do I look like a big traveler to you?" He snickered, amused by the idea. "I didn't really get out of Tokyo many times. I suppose you neither." He glanced at blonde to confirm his assumption. Right then they reached the exit and walked off the door of the station to snowy street in front of the building. "Oh, there's place for taxis." Izaya pointed into the direction of the parking lot. "Let's hire some. We can come back to inspect the city later, it wouldn't be too comfortable to walk around with luggage."

"Yeah, I suppose you haven't been out of Tokyo. I guess that's a hotspot for 'observing humans' or whatever your sick hobby is." Shizuo laughed breathlessly, clutching to his luggage. He looked like a pretty normal tourist except for the fact of his blonde hair, he stood out from the rest even though he didn't notice it. "Oh, good. We could check out the resort first. I think I have enough money to pay for the taxi." He walked with Izaya to the parking lot, and when they reached there he hired a taxi, with the driver opening up the back so that they can put the luggage. Taking Izaya's bag too, he placed their luggage and closed the bonnet.

Informant puffed his cheeks. "Oi, my hobby is not sick. I'm simply curious and people are fascinating in their simple minded predictability..." He would honor Shizuo with one of his nice, long rants, just if the blonde listened to him. But seeing that he rather went to deal with a taxi driver, he muttered for himself. "Stupid brute..." He let the blonde deal with the luggage and took a seat in the car with a sigh. After both men joined him, he told the driver the address and the man started with a friendly chitchat. It seemed like he's interested in talking to people coming to this city on the north from other parts of the country.

Shizuo got in the car and rubbed his hands together to spark up some heat, after wearing his seat-belt. Paying some attention to the taxi driver, he just gave short and gruff replies to the man, perhaps being a little shy to continue the conversation. He was able to get that the taxi driver was a middle-aged man who loved to drive tourists, showing them around the city and recommending cheap restaurants. He listened to the man with a half smile and stared out the window, wondering what the ski resort looks like.

As a proper informant, Izaya chatted with a taxi driver during the whole journey to ski resort, getting info about the man himself, the people from this area plus some tips about the places worth to visit without actually sharing any personal data about himself or Shizuo. He really was good in his job and the journey passed quickly. After 40 minutes or so, taxi driver parked the car in front of concrete-glass building in the middle of mountains covered by powder snow. Man got of his car to help both of his passengers with their luggage and with a last wave and friendly smile he left. "Looks pretty good, what do you think, Shizu-chan?" Izaya turned to blonde with excited smile after observing the hotel and its surroundings for a second. The place gave a feeling of modernity and comfort, but with a nice tone of cozy atmosphere. The hills towering behind the resort were full of ski-lifts and people enjoying their holidays, dozens of ski-tracks zigzagging in the sea of frostbitten trees. "That reminds me..." The question suddenly popped out in his mind as he watched one particular skier dashing to a small ski jump. "...what's the level of your skiing abilities, Shizu-chan?"

Throughout the whole journey, Shizuo just listened quietly, a little in admiration at how charismatic Izaya were in the car, as he was able to extract some information with the taxi driver. When they arrived, he lifted his luggage bag and muttered an appreciative thanks to the cab driver, then started walking to the resort. "This place is.." Without even completing his sentence, he looked as if he was mesmerized by the scenery of the resort, with white snow covering the land. The breathe coming out from his mouth was cold and icy as he's reminded again why he didn't bring his packet of cigarettes with him. "Hm?" Izaya's question brought him back to the current situation. "I'm not sure about skiing. You'd know that I haven't done it before. So I wouldn't know unless I tried." He looked at the other as they reached the entrance of the hotel. He held the door open and a breeze of warmth from the hotel comforted him, counteracting with the cold.

Izaya tried hard to stop the laugh as he imagined Shizuo failing horribly on the skis, covering the sound by a forced coughing into his hand. He turned around as to fix his luggage on his shoulder, just so he had some time to gain control over his facial expression. "Oh, I see." He patted his lover's back after he calmed down and walked past the other into the hotel's lobby. After quick look around the hall, he walked toward the reception with a wave at Shizuoto follow him, satisfied with the luxury that he could see around. Elegant receptionist gave him a professional smile when he stopped in front of her desk and she asked what she could do for him. "Good afternoon, I should have a reservation here. The name's Orihara Izaya..." Being used to countless stays in the hotels, Izaya quickly proceeded with details. "Ah, you are the winner of the romantic weekend for two in our hotel." Receptionist glanced at him from behind the screen of her computer, confirming the information. Izaya nodded and with a wide grin he turned his face to Shizuo, while receptionist continued. "We've prepared our romantic room for newlyweds for you and your part-..." Her smile faltered for a millisecond as she looked at Shizuo too, glancing between both of new clients for another second. "...oh, but I could reserve different room for you and your friend if you wish." Izaya chuckled at that, amused, and looked from her troubled face to Shizuo once again. "No need to complicate the situation, madam. We can share the newlyweds room, it really doesn't trouble us at all. Right, Shizuo?" Receptionist's cheeks dusted by a pink tint at that and she muttered an apologize, while typing away on the keyboard of her computer, finishing the details of the reservation.

Shizuo stared at the receptionist with a bored look, as if going to a romantic room meant for a male and a female wasn't at all awkward for him. "Uhh, yeah..." He mumbled in agreement with Izaya's statement and a bellboy came in front of them. The man proceeded and took the bag of blonde's hands and Izaya's too, offering to take them all the way up to the room. "Thanks." Shizuo simply expressed his short gratitude to the bellboy and as he walked past the receptionist, he noticed her cheeks being bright red by now with the corners of his eyes. Which he found a little weird, since they were just checking in the hotel. Maybe she was attracted to Izaya or something? If she was... "Hey, Izaya. Don't leave my side or something." Blonde tried to hide the fact that he is in fact a little possessive of the informant and doesn't want girls to flirt with him, nor Izaya flirting with them for that matter. "I uhh, just want to stick with you since you're a lot more experienced in this stuff than I mean." He hastily added as he quickly grabbed Izaya's hand and walked to the elevator. Pushing the button to their correct floor, he waited and as the door opened they then made their way to their room number. Sure enough their bags were already there.

Izaya found it wonderfully amusing how the receptionist became so obviously flustered over the fact that she's lodging two guys into the room reserved for couples, but with his great acting skills he managed to keep nonchalant expression on his face. He wondered if she deduced that he and Shizuo are lovers and not just a very close friends and came to the conclusion that probably yes, seeing how the redness of her cheeks became more obvious by every passed second. He watched her like a scientist would look at a new species of animal that nobody has ever seen before, until Shizuo's statement brought him back to reality and he couldn't stop the soft laugh anymore. "Oh, no worries, Shizu-chan, I'll be sure to stay very close to you during this week~" He rewarded the blonde with a bright foxy smile, knowing very well what kind of thoughts are running through Shizuo's mind as the fortissimo snatched his hand and pulled him into the elevator. He knew that Shizuo's possessiveness and jealousy have no boundaries and he would lie if he tried to tell he doesn't find it appealing. Plus he found it really adorable how the other tried to hide the fact behind such a transparent excuse. Resisting the urge to molest Shizuo right there in the cabin full of mirrors, he stood next to him casually and waited for the right floor. In front of the room he gave tips to waiting bellboy and shooed him away, so he could have Shizuo just for himself as the blonde already entered the room. Following him inside, Izaya burst into a fit of laughter as soon as his eyes glimpsed the decorations. The color dominating the room was pink, from light pinkish tone to soft purple, with some golden details here and there. On the bed there was a big heart created from white rose petals, but the canopy above it was even more impressive. "Tell me about being cheesy." He snickered as he glanced at his lover. "We're going to live in a doll house for a few days. Let's celebrate the rare opportunity~" With another wave of laughter he walked over to the table decorated by a luxurious bouquet from colorful roses and took a bottle of champagne that was suited next to it together with two glasses. He walked back to blonde and handed him the bottle. "Will you open it?"

Shizuo turned his head towards informant in bewilderment just as soon as the guy started laughing when they entered the room, but he's already a bit used to the other bursting out in laughter at the most random of times, so after shaking his head mildly, he crept in the room and placed his bag on the large bed in the middle of the spacious, pink-coloured room. "So this is what their room looks like. Kind of 'too much' if you ask me." He sighed and then as Izaya approached him, asking him to open the champagne, he simply took the bottle of raven's hands. "Don't you need some kind of cork-opener?" He looked at the bottle.

Izaya tilted his head at him in slight disbelief. "Eh. You've never opened champagne before, Shizu-chan? It doesn't have a normal plug as other kinds of wine. There's a bit of wire keeping a plug in the bottle, so you need to undo it and hold the plug, because otherwise it'll shoot out together with half of the drink..." He reached for the bottle to take it back as he explained. "Maybe it would be better if I opened it then, it would be a waste if it's going to end all on the carpet~" He chuckled teasingly.

"I hate drinking." Shizuo gave his short, blunt and brutally honest answer with a grimace, as he watched Izaya tok back the bottle. "Buuut.. I guess today's an exception to have a little sip with you." Walking back to the table where the two glasses were situated, Shizuo took one of the two glasses and held it out for Izaya so as to save the trouble. "Here."

"I see, I see..." Informant replied absent-minded as he got rid of the wrapping and observed the mechanism of the plug. Honestly speaking, he has also never opened the bottle of champagne before, since he wasn't much of alcohol fan himself, but he saw his parents opened it occasionally as kid, so theoretically it shouldn't be a problem for him. But because the pure knowledge isn't everything in real life, he ended up hitting Shizuo into chest with the plug that flew out before he had chance to catch it, soaking blonde's shirt with some champagne that erupted from the bottle too. "Ooooops~" He yelped and quickly poured the liquid into the glass that Shizuo held and to the other one on the table too, efficiently stopping the bubble shower. "Eh..." He glanced at blonde with nervous smile, checking the harm that he made on him and his reaction.

Expecting that Izaya would have no problem opening the bottle at all, Shizuo was slapped in the face hard by his own decision, making the biggest mistake in his life for giving the bottle to raven, regretably. "I-Izaya..!" He growled like a cat getting provoked as the liquid gushed onto his shirt, which he felt lasted for an eternity as liquid soaked his red coat and scarf. All the while keeping a rigid posture, Shizuo braced for impact pretty well, with his eyes closed. "You..." He took a deep breath and opened his eye back, staring at the glass full of champagne. "Tsk, who knew you'd be this clumsy." He laughed and had the urge to playfully pour the glass on Izaya's torso as revenge but he didn't, so he just quickly took a sip before taking his coat off.

"Ugh." Izaya sighed in relief that Shizuo didn't hurl the frilly bed on him, amazed by blonde self-control which was really becoming better and better over time. His cheeks dusted by shining red as the other started to laugh at him. He put the bottle on the table, taking his glass instead, mumbling under his nose. "I don't really know how that happened, I have all the necessary info and yet it exploded like that...I'm sorry, ne?" With a sigh he took a sip from his own glass, still embarrassed because of his failure, watching Shizuo putting off the wet coat. "Seems like we're not going outside today, since you need to have your coat washed and dried, hm? Well, maybe taking a rest for the fist day after such a long journey isn't bad idea~" He smiled as he already plotted a bunch of ways how to spend the rest of day with the blonde in this frilly room.

Shizuo spread the soiled shirt on the bed, and unzipped his bag, rummaging through the clothes he brought from home. "Don't have to apologize, flea. It's not that much big of a deal." As he pulled out an extra long-sleeved shirt, he swung it above him, poking his head out at the collar. "Nah, we could go out. I can survive out in the cold, but I don't know if you would~" He teased the info-broker on purpose, since he knew how cold Izaya would get especially in the winter. After he's done changing his shirt, he started to fold his clothes in the lattice, hotel wardrobe they provided. "So where do you want to go, Izaya? We could hang about in the resort, check out the stuff they have. Or we could go skiing.." There were some more heart-shaped decorations as usual, and he finally realized that it was supposed to be Valentine's day.

"Are you sure you won't get a cold, going out just like that? It's more cold here than in 'Bukuro." Izaya gave him a scrutinizing look and decided it's better to stay inside as much as possible. He followed Shizuo's example, took off his warm clothes and put them on hanger so he could unpack too. "Hmm, it'll be dark soon, so let's spare the skiining for tomorrow. We could check the hotel and maybe a bit of its surroundings, then we can stop by in the hotel restaurant for a dinner." He thought aloud, while putting his things into a closet and some into the bathroom, until just a small package wrapped in light blue paper stayed in his bag. He took it out, hid it behind his back and stood in front of Shizuo with a coy smile. "Ne, close your eyes, Shizu-chan~"

"Yeah, let's save it for tomorrow. What kind of stuff do you think the hotel has anyway?" Shizuo closed the wadrobe just as he finished unpacking his stuff, wondering that since it's Valentine's day, and it's getting dark outside, he mentally decided if he should invite Izaya to the hotel's dinner for two. But as the raven approached towards him sneakily, and with a sly way to it, he raised his brows curiously. "Haa? What are you gonna do~?" He closed his eyes regardless. ''Is he gonna give me a kiss or something?" He said it mentally as his curiosity rises.

Standing on his tips, Izaya pressed his lips on Shizuo's in a short sweet kiss. "Happy Valentine's day, Shizu-chan~" He smiled after he pulled away and shoved the present in blonde's chest. "Here, chocolate for you. Not home-made, but it should simply taste better for that matter..." Lacking a time and will, he decided to buy Shizuo a nice package of bonbons created from different types of chocolate, after he remembered the fiasco with birthday cake.

When he felt a pair of soft lips being pressed against his lips, Shizuo couldn't help but smile and open his eyes as Izaya pulled away, his prediction coming true. But before he could celebrate his short-lived moment of pride, there was already something pressed on his torso. "Whoa, flea.." Taking the little package in his hands, he opened the light blue paper to discover the delicious-looking bonbons, and instantly his mouth started to water since he has a big sweet tooth. He stood there for a long time, too caught-up looking at the chocolates. "These are...chocolates?" Since he's never had something as luxurious as that, he looked at the other with a genuine, loving smile. "Thanks, Izaya~"

As he continued watching Shizuo staring at the sweets, Izaya fought the urge to wave his hand in front of blonde's face to bring him back into reality and succeeded, letting Shizuo enjoy the happy moment. "Well, yeah, milk, dark, white, hazelnut and other flavors of chocolate, but still just a chocolate, Shizu-chan~" He chuckled softly as the blonde seemed like he has just discovered another universe. "I know you love sweets, but I didn't know what flavor you like the best, so I took this. Not that it's anything fancy." He waved his hand, even when the box of bonbons was pricey enough. "So..." His eyes shifted back to his partner's face from the present and he gazed at blonde for a moment as if he's expecting something. "Yeah, that's it~" Shrugging his shoulder after the moment passed he turned around to the wardrobe. "Are we going out now?"

"They look good. I wouldn't ask for anything else." After he's done, Shizuo placed the bonbons on the nightstand and covered it. "I'm planning to eat them after we're back at night." As he straightened up his new shirt, he did feel a little guilty for not buying Izaya something, but it's not like he didn't want to. He just forgot that it was Valentine's day, plus he was a little shy since the money he got wasn't that much to get the raven something as big. Figuring to make it up to the other tonight, he crept behind informant and wrapped his hand around him. "I love you." He kissed the back of Izaya's neck before letting him go. "Yeah, we're going out now. Let's see what the hotel has to offer."


Thank you very much for reading~ Your comments are always appreciated.

This story will have probably 6 chapters and I guess each one of them will contain some yummy Shizaya action, so prepare yourself. This was just fluffy beginning *winks*