Hello, I have had this document for a while, forgot to post it, lol. Anyway, I do not own the characters, but I do own the plot. I hope you enjoy. ~

They walked side by side, it really didn't mean anything. Shizuo would say that, then again, sometimes it appeared to be more than that. Some looker by's would occasionally stare wondering if they were possibly related, always giving Anri that sad, sad, stare as if to say she were such a poor child to be standing next to that man, one, Mr. Heiwajima.

Shizuo stopped to growl for a moment taking out one of his cigarettes and lighting it, Anri only stared at the man. He was taller, much taller than herself. He nonchalantly shrugged, as they continued their walk. Anri had often wondered why they were stuck in this predicament. Her thoughts always lingered back to Celty, who was concerned that Anri could be chased once again across the streets of Ikebukuro. Anri really didn't mind, she always had Saika to fall back on. Even so, Celty would occasionally show up at Raira Academy with Shizuo, with Celty urging her to walk with him. Anri had half thought it was strange to say the least.

Shizuo would sometimes sneer at the building where he had first met the flea. Celty sometimes seemed flustered, perhaps Shinra had said something to her earlier in the day, Anri would usually conclude at that.

Sometimes Mikado would walk with Anri as well, usually acting like he had just laid an egg and screamed running into the forest whenever he glanced at Shizuo. It's not that Mikado was afraid of Shizuo or anything. He just found it all, very questionable.

But then there was the occasional case in which Shizuo's enemy, the flea, would come about. Always taunting as Shizuo ripped up a light post and hurled it at him, sometimes being hit by a vehicle at some point. Anri would mostly keep to herself so as to not get in the way. But yesterday, yesterday, the flea had decided upon a different action. Rather than allowing Shizuo to get hit by large metal/mechanical objects at high speeds as he tried striking at the said flea.

Yesterday, the insect had decided to pick his fight with Anri, and after all, it was because of Saika. Izaya didn't share his humans, they all belonged to him. Or at least that's what the parasite thought, as Shizuo had so put it while at Shinra's and Celty's place once, twice, or maybe three times more.

And well, of course, Anri had to defend herself against that man-with the mystical blade known as Saika. Shizuo had grimaced approaching the flea with a vending machine in hand, as well as it being in vain. And neither did Anri cut that horrid man, as the "horrid man's" secretary, Namie, would probably put it.

The entire thing though, angered Shizuo. How dare he attack a young girl. The annoying flea, Izaya, although didn't care in the least. He did what suited him, and what suited him were things that were, according to him, were in his best interests.

Though, what Shizuo and Anri had neglected to say, or even make note of was, a mutual understanding that they had. An understanding of which Celty had known of, but neither of the other would tell anyone else. Shizuo, in his embarrassment of considering Anri as someone who could possibly love him, whether it was Saika or even her, herself that could maybe love the strongest man of Ikebukuro, and probably even the world over. And as well as this, Anri, who had never thought of the man as, a monster, but as a human being with just some inhuman capabilities. And she had told Celty that there were people that could love Shizuo, (Which Celty didn't doubt.) but it was only hard to find the people who could look past his strength, and of which, that Anri had considered that she might be one of them.

And even thought the subject had never been brought up again, since then, Celty had tried to play match maker. Due to some ill advised guidance from Shinra, with the 'bastard' Izaya's warning.

"Shinra, have you ever had two friends that possibly liked each other, but would only tell one friend, who was the same friend to each of them, coincidently?!" The dullahan had typed down on her PDA in a rush.

Shinra had give her a look of sincerity, but also slight amusement at Celty's panicky appeal for advice. "Well, what do you mean, Celty? The two friends like one another, but won't tell each other? And they both tell the another friend that they like each other?" He had asked trying to clarify her statement.

"Well, you see, I have this one friend who says that two of their friends told her that they might like each other, but she doesn't know what to do; or what to tell them! Shinra, do you have any ideas?!" Celty clacked down again on the keyboard rashly.

"Hmm…"

"Well?!"

"Calm down, Celty… Now, do you know how much they like each other?"

"Not really…"

"Alright, then…-"

"I just want them to be happy enough with some advice I can give them."

"-Okay… Well, I can't really give you advice for this one, but if want to make them happy, perhaps you should try to get them to admit their feelings for one another. It's well, worth a shot. What do you say?"

"Well… That might work. Maybe. I don't know how either of them would react… It'd be kind of strange. But alright. I'll see what I can do!"

"I'm sure everything will work out fine, Celty. Of course it might help if I knew who you meant…"

"I don't know if that's such a good idea, Celty, my faithful transporter…" Izaya interrupted nonchalantly with a smirk upon his face.

"No time! Izaya just don't get into trouble with Shizuo anytime soon!" Celty waved her PDA in front of the flea's face before making a dash to the door, and her motorcycle, well, horse.

And thus began walking Anri to and from school for reasons Celty didn't give an answer to Shizuo of as to why…

Hello, again.~ Anyway, I don't know if I'll add on to this, so tell me what you think. Please and Thank You. ~