It wasn't that Izaya liked little children. Far from it. However, he prefered them to adults. Not to mention that those same adults would pay close attention to whatever the children said, which made it easier to manipulate them.

So Izaya made it his common goal to talk to any alone child. They were willing to share information, although it sometimes borderlines "dog," and that was when Izaya got annoyed.

However, today's kid was not that, so Izaya would be amused. He had found the child sitting on a park bench. All by himself. So of course, he had to plop himself down next to the child. Instantly, he knew he would have fun when the child looked upon him with suspicious eyes.

"Hi! I'm Izaya! Nice to meet you! What's your name?" Izaya gave a kind smile, and the boy, surprisingly, relaxed a bit, opposite to what "his type" would do. A tad disappointing. Izaya wanted to see the boy stiffen up, even more suspicious. Now he'll have to see why he acted that way. Most likely he has a family member similar to Izaya's attitude right now.

The boy replied, "Takeru. Oikawa Takeru."

(Guys help how to you do breaks that show up in the story? Like *** in the middle or something idk)

He had taken his eyes off the boy for a minute, just to buy a drink. When he came back, the boy had already invited a stranger next to him. Toru really thought that his nephew had more sense than to start conversing with a man, in a park, in the middle of Ikebukuro. As he walked toward the two, he could sense some people looking at them with a touch of concern. Most likely the man was a creeper who liked kids. What a pain this will be.

"My, Takeru, aren't you popular!" A man, most likely in his late teens, waved toward them. He wasn't bad-looking, and his apparel didn't look bad. He was most likely just a teenager taking a break in Ikebukuro with his brother or nephew.

His eyes, of course, were wary and must be the person Taku-chan was talking about, the volleyball player. ("He's really good, and he teaches me in his free time!")

"Hi! We were just talking about you! You must be Oikawa. I'm Orihara Izaya." Izaya smiled, and he smiled back.

"Nice to meet you. I hope that Taku-chan didn't say anything bad about me."

"Far from it! I hea-" His attention was diverted to a blond man rounding a corner. Shizu-chan. "Well, I must be going now! It's been nice!"

(break)

He realized now, that the man's eyes had been subtly searching. Izaya smiled now. His interest was piqued.