"Shizuo, wake up." Someone placed their hands on my shoulders and shook violently. I groaned and rolled over, taking them with me. "Shizu-chan, get the hell off me!" There was a struggle, and they wiggled out of my grasp. "Get up now, or you'll be late for work!" I opened my eyes slightly then covered them with my hand.

"Izaya, what time is it?"

"Time to get up, you brute." He ripped the blankets off the bed and started pulling at my legs.

"Stop that, Flea." I looked at him as my eyes adjusted to the light. He put his hands on his hips, and a childish frown appeared on his face.

"I'm going to make some breakfast, and you better be out of bed by the time its ready." With that he walked out of the bedroom. I groaned again and sat up. It's everyday with this guy. Ever since we bought this apartment, Izaya has been my personal alarm clock. It's annoying.

I took a quick shower, and dressed in my usual outfit. "Izaya, is breakfast ready?"

I walked out of the bathroom and smelled something burning. "Izaya?" Stepping into the living room, I saw thick smoke rising from a pan on the stove. Then, I looked down to see Izaya lying on the floor. I ran and turned off the stove, and then I picked up the pan and sat it in the sink, filling it with cold water.

In a matter of seconds, I had Izaya in my arms and was running towards the bedroom. I placed him on the bed then opened all of the windows in the apartment to get rid of the smoke. I ran back to the bed. "Izaya, wake up!" I tried to shake some life into him. "WAKE UP!" his eyes opened about a fourth of the way, and I stopped shaking him.

"Sh-Shizu-chan?" He turned to look up at me and opened his eyes a bit wider.

"It's me. Are you ok? What happened?" His body was extremely pale and cold.

"Umm, y-yeah, and I d-don't know" He tried to sit up, but I pushed him back down. "Let me up."

"No. Lie here for today. I'm calling Tom and telling him that I'm not coming to work." I stepped out and handled the phone call. When I walked back in, Izaya was asleep, so I grabbed the blankets off of the floor and wrapped him up.

I changed out of my work clothes, ate something, and then sat on the bed next to Izaya. He hadn't moved an inch in the past hour. I decided to just let him sleep. He had gotten some color back in his face, so I went to visit Shinra for a while. Before I left, I wrote a note that said where I was going, just in case he woke up before I got back. I grabbed my phone and headed out the door.

"Well if it isn't Shizuo!" I walked into the large apartment and sat down on the couch. "Do you need anything?"

"Yeah. Something's wrong with Izaya." Shinra sat in a chair across from me and gave a concerned look.

"Like what? Do you need me to take a look at him?"

"This morning he passed out. He was pale and cold to the touch. That's never happened before, and it really scared me."

"Where is he now?"

"At home. I woke him up to see if he was ok. He went back to sleep when I left the room to call Tom."

"I don't know what could be wrong. You should keep a close eye on him though. We just-" My cell phone rang, interrupting his sentence.

I read the caller ID 'Izaya-kun'. "I have to take this." I answered. "Hello. Is everything ok?" All I heard was raspy breathing. "Izaya, answer me. Are you ok?"

'C-come home.. Please.' He sounded frail.

I jumped to my feet. "What's wrong?"

'P-please.. Come home.' The phone disconnected and I got a dial tone.

"I'm going home, Shinra, something's wrong." I ran out of the apartment building as fast as I could. Shinra followed behind, yelling the whole way.

I broke down the door and barged into the bedroom. Izaya was in the floor, halfway in the bathroom. There were spots of blood on the carpet behind him. "Izaya!"

"S-Shizuo, h-help." I scooped him up in my arms and sat on the bed. He had blood around his mouth, and he was paler than before with dark splotches under his eyes.

"Let me check him out and see if I can find out what the problem is." Shinra walked up and started looking closely at Izaya's face. "Lie him down, and go in another room. I'll come get you when I'm done." I didn't want to do it, but I let go and laid Izaya down gently then walked away.

The examination took longer than I expected, but Shinra finally came out to talk to me. "Shizuo, this is bad. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but this could be fatal." My eyes widened at his words. "You need to bring him to the lab tomorrow, and let me run some tests."

Shinra left. I slowly walked and sat down next to Izaya. He was asleep again. Shinra had cleaned the blood from his mouth. I just sat there running my fingers through his hair like a mother would to her child. One word was echoing in my mind. Fatal. Fatal. Tears filled my eyes then started running down my cheeks. I sobbed quietly for what seemed to be hours.

My stomach was growling, but I didn't care. It was getting late, so I closed all the windows, changed clothes, and pulled Izaya close to me. He was still cold. I moved the blankets over us and held him tight as I began drifting to sleep. Maybe Shinra's wrong. Maybe it isn't so bad… But what if it is? What if I lose him? I can't handle it. More tears streaked my cheeks, and I sank into unconsciousness.

Ilyeli: Well guys, did you like it?

Izaya: I didn't -.-

Ilyeli: I wasn't asking you.

Shizuo: Yeah I didn't like it either!

Ilyeli: Calm down Izaya-kun and Shizu-chan. It might get better.

Both: Ok! *Hopeful looks*

Ilyeli: *Whispers* But maybe it won't.

I DO NOT OWN DRRR!