Had this story in my head for months, and can't remember how I got the idea. The title of the story comes from a Rise Against song named Dirt and Roses, but this story has nothing to do with the lyrics. I chose to make it the title because I decided to try to name every chapter named after a song. I thought Dirt and Roses sounded nice for a title and figured it might be a song that Izaya would like. While trying to think if it would be a good title, the back of my mind kept reminding me of a cover art to the hibidelic dounjinshi Cinderella Academy. The story starts out with those two so why not?
Now, the story will be mostly about DelicHibiya, with sides of Shizaya in the beginning. I don't know if I'll add the other alternates, although I'd like to add in Roppi and Tsuki in this somehow. Then towards the end, it will be a lot more focused on Shizaya.
Ok, enough of my rambling for now. Please enjoy!
Hibiya felt extremely awkward as he walked towards the crowded bar. He takes the last available seat as he takes in the new environment, which happens to be a gay bar in Shinjuku.
Maybe some explanation needs to be said.
A few months ago, in his hometown of Ikebukuro, Hibiya had started dating a girl named Erika. He had never dated anyone in his 21 years of life and was surprised such an outgoing girl as herself had asked him out. Even though he had no feelings for her he agreed to go on a date with her. He was more than happy to have her company, although he would barely show it to her she always knew.
There was a slight problem though. He knew he liked her very much, he just didn't think that it was the kind of like that would be considered love. But he figured that the more time he spends with her, then perhaps his feelings will grow into what she expects it to be. That was his plan anyway, until Erika revealed her hobby…
Yaoi.
He had only heard of such a thing from high school girls with their strange manga's. He never thought much of two men in love with each other; it wasn't brought up in any of his conversations growing up. Yet, after she told him about her obsession she would show him her manga and novels. He swears he only started reading them because he didn't want to be rude to his new girlfriend. As time went by, she continued to offer him countless of smut to read. He still couldn't say no. He was willingly reading them as she shoved them in his face. It didn't take either Hibiya or Erika long to think this was strange. Hibiya had never been interested in men before, so why did he enjoy reading these homosexual stories? And for Erika, whenever she showed one of her male friends her yaoi collection, they'd either be appalled or try showing her some yuri; she thought for sure Hibiya would react with one of these actions.
He tried explaining he loved the romance in these books rather than the sexual themes, but he himself started to doubt that as he found himself being more turned on as time went on. It wasn't long after this that he was finding real life men to be more attractive than they were before. When this happened, he tried staring at women and even going online to look at the filthy pictures online, which was something he had never done before. But it wasn't the same. He eventually went to Erika to apologize that he no longer wanted to be her boyfriend. She wasn't upset; she was actually expecting this to happen after all. They agreed that it was best that they stayed as friends.
"So do you like anyone else now?" She had asked him.
"No," he told her. "I don't even know where to look for a guy that would be interested in another man."
"Are you kidding me?! There are dozens of places!" She exclaimed before gasping as an idea hit her. "Let's go to a gay bar!"
"Wh-what?!"
"Yeah! You can find a guy there to get you started!"
"I don't know… I don't like to drink, isn't there any other place to look?"
"Oh come on, you got to live a little! What's the problem with a drink or two?"
"I don't like the idea of being hit on by a drunk, but…"
And so here he was, sitting in a bar someplace in Shinjuku. He would rather be in Ikebukuro, after having to travel for just a simple place, but Erika said they couldn't. Something about being banned from gay bars and the only places left were in Shinjuku… Hibiya started to think that he dodged a bullet with her.
Speaking of Erika, she was with him for an hour to help get him comfortable, but then ran off with her camera. He felt lost without her, but a drink should change that. He waited as a man behind the counter came over to him.
"What would you like?" The man asked. Hibiya examined him; he had messy blonde hair, which obviously had to be dyed. His mocha colored eyes seemed to glare at him, but Hibiya was unfazed. He figured dealing with so many drunks every night would put anyone in a bad mood.
"Something sweet please," he asked the blonde man.
"Alright, I think I got something you may like." The man then walked away to prepare the drink.
Hibiya sighs and takes his time waiting by examining his surroundings. Men were on the dance floor, dancing in a way that reminds Hibiya why he never usually comes to places like these. He watches some more and notices the difference from the past night clubs he had gone to. There were no women dancing with the men. There seemed to be a woman here and there around the club, but none of them were noteworthy. They were most likely in this place for either moral support or their own sick fetishes like Erika.
As he watched the so called dancing, he looks more carefully at how the men were just grinding against each other. Some just seemed to be out there having fun and enjoying the music .A few couples were looking into each other eyes with lust. There were even some just plain making out like they had no shame. Despite what was going on, Hibiya couldn't get his eyes off of this.
"You know," a voice snapped him out of his thoughts, "I'm not one to go out looking for sex, but fucking someone with a face like yours would be amazing."
Hibiya flushed at the comment. He turned to yell at the pervert, but once he had a good look at the person he stopped before the words came out. The man that was sitting next to him looked exactly like himself! The only difference he could find was the color of his eyes; they were a crimson red color.
This identical man was grinning from ear to ear from Hibiya's reaction. "It's rare for people to find a twin, never thought I'd be one of those people. After all, it is hard for someone to be as handsome as myself."
Hibiya was left flabbergasted. Was this man a narcissist? He tried making himself appear calm, but he knew this man was looking right thought this and could see him freaking out inside.
"Leave him alone flea," the bartender says as he sets down a green drink on the counter in front of Hibiya. In exchange, Hibiya hands him ten dollars, telling him to keep the change.
The 'flea' whines at the blond, "Oh Shizu-chan, you aren't jealous that I found someone to spend time with while you serve these humans, hmm?"
'Shizu-chan' leaned in close to Izaya, whispering, "It's more of getting turned on at the thought of two fleas moaning out my name. I can't be having thoughts like that while I'm working, got that?" He looks over at Hibiya who didn't seem to hear the words, giving him a suggestive grin.
Izaya takes a sip of his own drink. "Sorry to disappoint, but you know how I don't like to share. So threesomes are out of the question. Although I wouldn't mind him watching~"
Hibiya glares at him. "I am not here for your amusement and sexual fantasies. So if you will, go find someone else to bother."
Shizuo rolls his eyes before walking away to serve some drunk at the end of the bar. Izaya, however, was becoming more entertained by Hibiya. "If you don't want to be hit on, then perhaps you shouldn't be in a place like this, ne? You're lucky it's me sitting next to you, because I would've slipped something into your drink by now to keep you quiet until morning."
"I just received my drink so I don't see that happening."
"Uh huh….Oh look! Those guys are making out over there!"
Hibiya turns his head to see what was in fact kissing each other furiously… With Erika snapping pictures all around them from different angles…
With a sigh, he turns back to Izaya, whose grin seemed to have grown. Looking at him suspiciously, he notices the other man glancing down at his drink. With curiosity, he looks down to the drink in his hands to find that it was now only filled with ice. His drink was empty!
"So easy," Izaya sighs as he chews on a straw that Hibiya hadn't noticed earlier. "Good think I was thirsty and not bored. Otherwise I probably would've sold your unconscious body to someone desperate."
"E-excuse me, but I think I'll take my leave now." Hibiya would've fought this man to pay for his drink, but this man frightened him. A LOT. So instead he slides from his seat and backs away, but he's quickly stopped by the man's next words.
"Oh dear Hibiya, isn't it rude to just leave so impolitely like that?"
"H-How do you know my name?"
"Hmm? Oh yes, I had a customer last year that wanted me to do some research on your family once. I only remember you because you are, after all, my twin. Now come back and sit down. Shizu-chan is too busy tonight to keep me entertained."
Hibiya wanted to rush over to Erika, grab her, and run the hell out of this place. But the look in Izaya's eyes told him that would be a bad idea. So he slowly sits back up on the stool, being careful as the other man watched his actions.
"Good choice. If you ran off then I wouldn't have been able to show you these pictures of you walking into this place!" Izaya holds up his cellphone with a picture of Hibiya and Erika walking into the club's entrance. "But I guess if you did run off, I would've just sent them to your family. That way they could give them to you instead." He closes his cellphone and puts it back into his pocket, all the while loving how this was going. "So Hibi-chan, what brings you to a place like this? Last that I checked, you weren't dating anyone and hated places like these. Why the sudden change?"
He clears his throat before answering, trying to be careful as to not to let himself stutter. "My girlfriend, or rather ex-girlfriend, brought me here to test my sexuality."
"Oh? So you're interested in men are you? How fascinating! We're more alike than I thought!"
"Right…"
"Tell me, what would you look for in a man?"
"I don't know; I only discovered this interest in men recently."
"Ok, well out of all the men here, who do you find attractive?"
Hibiya takes a look around, studying everyone once again. Although he was finding that he liked to see the men grind up against one another, he just couldn't bring himself to actually like any of the men themselves. It looked like there was only lust out there on that dance floor, which was not what he was looking for at the moment. He looks around the bar, there were drunks hitting on other men. How despicable! They should at least have some class instead of looking like idiots. Then he looks around to the couples that were just whispering and smiling at each other. He found this to be more attractive.
"Here," The blonde, Shizu-chan, comes up to him. He sets down a new green drink. "I saw what the flea did, so this'll be on the house."
Before he even says thank you, Izaya cuts him off. "Oh bartender~ I would like an AMF please."
"That's enough drinks for you."
"What? Are you still mad that you had to carry me home last time? I said I was sorry that you weren't able to have sex."
"I wasn't mad about that; I was mad because of how easy you were letting the guys in this place hit on you! No more drinks and that's final!" The blonde refuses to hear his boyfriend's response as walks away, leaving an annoyed Izaya.
"Hmph. Fine then! See if I give you a head this week."
"How long have you two been dating?" Hibiya asks out of the blue, taking a sip of his drink. When he sets it back down he covers the top with his hand.
"Oh, observant now are we? A little more than three years."
"Did you meet him here while he was working?"
Out of nowhere Izaya begins to laugh his head off. Hibiya was becoming frustrated at this. How was his question funny? "Shizu-chan wouldn't be working here if he hadn't met me. He couldn't keep a job down to save his life. He came and saw me after hearing I was in need of a secretary. The brute had no idea how to do the job, but damn did I love to see his ass when he leaned down in the bottom filing cabinet." He licks his lips from the memory as a shiver runs down his spine. "Such a shame I needed actual work done rather than have someone to watch. So instead of just firing him and let him find his own work, I found him a job at this place."
"That seems rather nice of you…In a way."
Izaya snaps out of his daydreams and puts back his mask. The rich boy caught him off guard, impressive. "It seems we've gotten off track. You never answered my question."
"Well if you really must know, someone like Shizu-chan."
The raven raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"
"From what I've seen, you two have a way that you show that you care for each other. He gives you a degrading name such as a flea and refuses you drinks. Yet, if you can threaten someone such as me with simple photos, I can't imagine how easy it must be to cause suffering for someone who has trouble with keeping a job. You gave him this, you can easily take away, no? And I for one have only been around you for not that long and already I can tell you are not one to be bothered with unless necessary. If he's been with you for so long, he must be either crazy or in love."
Izaya said nothing at first. He was silent as Hibiya sipped his drink some more as he patiently waited for a reply. The silence was starting to get to Hibiya. Did he say something wrong?
Without a word, Izaya reaches for his phone. Hibiya couldn't see, but it looked like he was texting someone. After a few minutes of this he shut his phone, his smirk back on his face.
"You know Hibi-chan, I think you can be a fun toy for Shizu-chan and me- by the way, his name is Shizuo; I'm the only one that gets to call him Shizu-chan-but like I said, I don't like to share. Instead, I think you will do just nicely for someone else I know." Izaya stands up to his feet. He picks up a jacket that he was sitting on and slides it on. "You and your friend should get out of here. I want you at my place at 7am sharp."
"Excuse me?"
"My secretary has suddenly gone ill and is off work for a week. I need someone to replace her ASAP. Because I have photos of you, I think it would be best you do as I say, no? Work for me this week, for free, and those photos will be deleted." He stands up from his seat and leans in close, forcing Hibiya to lean back away from him. "If you do a decent job then there might be a nice bonus for you." He leans back away, grinning like a mad man. "I have to go now, urgent business to take care of."
With that, Izaya leaves, not before blowing a kiss to Shizuo. The said blonde yells out to text him when he gets home and waves back at his raven haired man.
Hibiya just sits there for a moment, dumbfounded. It wasn't long before he finishes up his drink before going off to find Erika. He wondered if he should just ignore Izaya and let him send pictures to his family. But he needed time to sort through his feelings before anyone else finds out about it. Besides, Izaya's atmosphere seemed to change after mentioning his thoughts on Shizuo and him. He was curious as to what kind of events this could lead to.
He found Erika so they could leave. He had to actually lift her off the ground just to get out of the building, but after getting out into the cool night air she seemed to settle down. She shoves her camera away to begin her waves of questions. He told her of what happened and she nodded to everything. Except…
"Do you know where he works?" She asks him.
He has to think about it to remember, but the question was a good question. Izaya never gave him his address. He feels his phone vibrating in his pocket before he could really give a good answer. He opens it to find a text from an unknown number with a street name, apartment number and the name Izaya at the bottom with the words "P.S, bring me some coffee and donuts. ;)"
…Hibiya stops walking, looking everywhere down the nearly empty streets. This Izaya guy was surely not one to be messed with…
Meanwhile…
A groan was heard throughout the dark room as his cellphone went off from a seventh new text. He tried to ignore it, thinking it was his boyfriend, but then figured his boyfriend wouldn't try getting a reply this badly. He turns on his cellphone, shutting his eyes for a moment from the brightness. He squints at the light to see the words.
"7:30am is the earliest I can get you in for an appointment. If you don't make it, then your loss. –Izaya"
He replies with a simple k and sets his alarm for 5:30 before setting the phone back down. He pulls the covers over his blonde hair as he continues to try to sleep without being disturbed again.
End of Chapter
I want to explain that Izaya's and Shizuo's history with eachother is going to be changed around a bit.I know I probably made Hibiya a bit OCC, but I'll try to make him the way he should be later on. Most likely when he meets Delic for the first time. And you're probably wondering what's in it for Izaya? Well, that'll be explained later on. I'm not sure if I want to add lemons in this story yet, but I would like to add some suggestive themes in here because I have a few ideas for Delic...
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