AU story where Izaya and Shizuo are raised in an orphanage, Enjoy~

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"Shizuo, this is Izaya Orihara, please take care of him and show him around." Mrs Yukimae said smiling, hand clutching a smaller boy's one who had pitch black hair and scared reddish brown eyes.

"Ok!" Shizuo replied smiling, taking the new boy by the hand and leading him away from the female care taker.

They lived at a small orphanage in the south of Ikebukuro, there were a few children here and it was owned by a married couple who couldn't bear children, so they settled for taking care of other children who were orphaned. It was nice living here and everyone was friendly.

"My name is Shizuo; I've been here ever since I was born." Shizuo smiled, still holding Izaya's hand. "Well, I was three months old though, but that was four years ago." He scratched the back of his head, slightly ruffling his brown hair. "I was put here because my mummy couldn't take care of me. At least that's what Mrs Yukimae said."

"I'm here because my parents don't want me anymore." Izaya muttered, but Shizuo heard it and gave Izaya's hand a squeeze.

"It's ok, we're family now." Shizuo stopped walking, facing the boy with a beaming smile.

Izaya gaze upon that smile, and couldn't help but smile in return. It was a nice smile Shizuo that had. "Yeah," he nodded, squeezing Shizuo's hand to let him know it was ok.

He did feel sad that his family had abandoned him here anymore. But he felt better knowing Shizuo was there with him.

"So how old are you?" Shizuo asked.

"Three." Izaya replied.

"Wow, so I'm older then you by a year. Cool," he led him to the playground. "This is where we play. Everyone likes to play on the slide. But I like the swings." Shizuo pulled Izaya towards them, helping him onto one while he took the other. They slowly swung themselves, gaining little momentum but that was ok. They didn't need to go high or fast.

After a little while, Shizuo hopped off, pulling Izaya along with him. "And this is where we sleep." Shizuo then led Izaya to the bedroom; it was room full of beds, five to one side and six to the other. There was eight kids currently living here, but with the new addition to the family, there was a new bed in place on the right side of the room.

"Hello Shizuo," Mr Kenshin came in, smiling. He had short dark hair with brown eyes and held a friendly expression. "Are you showing Izaya around?"

Izaya hid behind Shizuo, a little unsure of the man standing before them. "Yep." Shizuo nodded, his beaming smile shining brightly.

"Well, were about to have lunch, so why don't you take him to meet the other children?"

"Ok!" Shizuo took Izaya's hand once again, leading him down the hallway and into a huge hallway where eight children were playing with toys, drawing and telling stories. They all instantly looked up, noticing a new face amongst them.

A few rushed towards them, smiling and greeting the new boy. Others, such as the girls, stood by and they would introduce themselves later. Izaya didn't know why, but he had a feeling he would like it here.

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At night, it was a different story.

Izaya was thankful his bed was next to Shizuo's at least. That way he didn't feel as scared. But he shot up from his sleep, not because he wet the bed but from a nightmare. One that was still very vivid in his mind.

Carefully and quietly, he crept towards Shizuo's bed, gently shaking his shoulder to wake him. Shizuo's eyes slowly opened to half way, staring at Izaya's face. He sat up rubbing his eyes.

"What's wrong Izaya? Do you need to go to the toilet?" he asked.

Izaya shook his head. "C-can I sleep with you?" Shizuo gave him a confused expression. "I had a nightmare. So can I?"

Shizuo took in his trembling form and pleading eyes. He smiled and sifted to one side of the bed, "yeah, sure."

That seemed to calm him down a little as he crawled in beside Shizuo, who laid down, covering them both with the blanket and smiling. Izaya snuggled towards Shizuo, who seemed very warm and smelt nice.

"Good night Izaya." Shizuo smiled.

"Good night Shizuo." Izaya smiled.

They both slept peacefully and without a problem.

Months flew by and Izaya and Shizuo had only grown closer. When Izaya had a bad dream, Shizuo would let him sleep in his bed, although he would let Izaya sleep in his bad without having a nightmare which happened a lot. They eat together, played together, laughed together. Did everything together. Just like a real family.

Two years after meeting each other and Izaya's feelings only grew to love Shizuo even more. They weren't just friends anymore, they were like brothers.

Now he was five and Shizuo was six. They both had started school but weren't in the same class because of age difference.

Izaya beamed, walking down the hallway and spotting Shizuo. "Shizu-chan!" Izaya ran over to him. he started calling Shizuo 'Shizu-chan' a little over a month after they had first met. Shizuo didn't mind the name, although he did say it was for girls. But he then said that only Izaya can call him this because it's Izaya's special name for Shizuo

"Hello Izaya." Shizuo smiled. Izaya had decided that he really liked that smile on Shizuo, it was a nice smile and it suited him well. "It's lunch so you wanna go outside?"

"Yeah," Izaya nodded, interlacing his fingers with Shizuo's and started following Shizuo as they went outside. They found a shady spot underneath a tree. Shizuo was telling Izaya everything about what happened in class and Izaya followed laughing.

When school was over, they walked hand in hand, "so what do you want to do when we get back Izaya?" Shizuo asked.

"I wanna get ice cream with Shizu-chan." Izaya smiled, adding a small skip to his step.

"Ok!" Shizuo smiled.

"We're back!" Shizuo and Izaya announced as they arrived. They saw the other children gathering at the door which lead to the office. Voices were coming from the door as they stepped closer.

"What's going on?" Shizuo asked, Izaya behind him.

The other children turned out, placing a finger to their lips and shushing them loudly. They turned back, each trying to catch onto what they were hearing.

"There's a couple here wanting to adopt, we want to know who though." A boy, Takashi whispered.

"Oh," Shizuo nodded.

"Are you sure you want to adopt him?" Mrs Yukimae asked.

"Yes, this boy will be fine." A woman's voice said. "Right dear?" she turned towards her husband.

"Yeah, I like him," a man's voice.

"Alright. Would you like to meet him then?" Mrs Yukimae asked. "He should be back from school by now."

"Yes, we would like to meet Shizuo." The woman smiled.

Izaya stiffen at hearing Shizuo's name. He turned to look at Shizuo, who had turned to stone, his eyes wide open and mouth slightly parted as he let out trembling breathes. The children scattered as the doors opened and standing there was a young man and woman, both smiling down at the boy to which they recognised.

The woman bent down first. "Hello Shizuo, my name is Namiko Heiwajima. Starting today I'll be your mother."

"And I'm kichirou Heiwajima, and I'll be your father." the man smiled.

"Its name to meet you," Namiko smiled.

Izaya couldn't look at this. He slowly ambled away, staring blankly at the ground. He didn't want to see it. To see Shizuo meeting his new family. It wasn't right, it wasn't polite.

So he headed towards the bedroom where he dropped his bag to the ground, not bothering to put it in its place as he made his way outside towards the tree they first met under. He could still remember it, as clear as day when he first beamed that smile at him.

Izaya couldn't stop the tears as they welled in his eyes and streamed down his cheeks at the happy memory. Turning away, he headed back into the bedroom where he found only shizuo packing.

Izaya walked up to him, hand fidgeting. "Are you going?"

Shizuo froze at the voice, then slowly turned towards him. "Yeah," he sounded sad.

Izaya sniffled. "Are you coming back?"

At this, Shizuo looked away, "no, I'm not coming back."

Izaya instantly wrapped his arms around Shizuo's waist, burying his face into his neck. "Don't go!" he broke out into a sobbing fit.

Tears began to appear in Shizuo's eyes as he clutched the raven haired boy closer. "I have to."

"But you said we were going to get ice cream! You said we were!" Izaya let his tears fall freely.

Shizuo broke away, wiping his eyes and putting on a smile, just as bright as before. "Then I promise, one day in the future, we'll get ice cream together." He held out his pinkie. "And I'll pay, ok?"

Izaya sobbed slightly, hooking his pinkie around Shizuo's. " 'kay, I promise," a small smile appeared on his face, but it didn't stop his tears completely.

Shizuo finished the rest of his packing into the one suit case with Izaya watching him the whole time. Shizuo said good bye to the children and they returned with their farewells before he walked outside to meet his new parents that had finished sorting out the documents.

His new father, Kichirou, took his suit case while his new mother, Namiko, took his hand. Shizuo craned his head back for one last glance back at the orphanage, the children were waving as he left. His eyes scanning their faces for Izaya, until he found him in the window of the bed room, waving.

Shizuo beamed, smiling and waving his hand high into the air. Making sure to give Izaya his biggest smile he ever had as a way to say that they will meet again. At this, Izaya waved back, burning the image of Shizuo's smile into his mind.

Shizuo turned, following his new parents to his new home where he'll begin his new life as Shizuo Heiwajima.

I'm not sure whether to make Izaya an asshole or not but I'll keep writing to see where it leads me. If you guys have any suggestions on what could happen, let me know.

Anyway, give a review of what you think.

Until next chapter.