A/N: Welp. I've always wanted to write a fanfic on Shizaya, so Imma accomplish that goal. I have another story to get to, but I just wanted to post this first chapter before I forget about it. (｡ŏ﹏ŏ) I hope I portrayed everyone at least a bit tolerable…. Sometimes the characters in the show are really unpredictable. Also, only the main original cast will be in this. It's easier, and I am not really fond of the new characters, so yeah. I'll let you read the story now! Don't let me keep you waiting~
CHAPTER 1: Weirdly Chaotic Weather
It was cold. No…it was freezing. When did it get so cold? Wasn't it just mildly cold a few hours ago? Doesn't it get hotter later in the day? All of these things were going through Shizuo Heiwajima's head as he took a small step out the door of his favorite Russian sushi restaurant. He exhaled a soft, warm breath, and watched as it floated in the air. It was snowing. His eyes gazed at the falling snow, it looked really beautiful dancing in the air.
"So free…it doesn't have a care in the world." He spoke softly. Oh how he wished it was that easy to be free.
The sound of footsteps tapping against fresh snow was heard behind him. He turned his head to see his manager Tom walking up next to him, holding a cigarette to his mouth and breathing in the nicotine just to breath it out slowly. "Don't freeze out here, Shizuo. You don't have a coat on to warm yourself up, and it's colder than usual out here." Tom said as he took another puff of his cigarette.
"I'll be fine, Tom. A little cold won't hurt." Shizuo breathed out.
"This isn't little, Shizuo. You'll freeze to death if you stay out here too long. Now, do as I say and go home. We have no more debts to collect today anyway." The debt collector looked over to his friend and smiled.
Shizuo glanced at him briefly before giving a light chuckle. "Alright, alright, I'll head back. You be careful too, okay?" At that, Tom nodded and they both gave a wave of goodbye before heading their separate ways. Shizuo didn't really feel like heading back to his apartment, so he chose to walk around the city for a while. He's not going to hang around for too long; still remembering his boss's warning.
He strolled down the sidewalks, noticing the seemingly emptiness of the city. There aren't many people outside, now that he pays attention to it. Is this weather really so different? He rounded the corner of the street and looked around, until he stopped in his tracks when he spotted something very horrible. The fur lining of a coat that could belong to no one else.
But the Flea.
No, not the type of flea that infects animals. The type of flea that causes havoc all over the city and watches, as it crumbles and shifts in front of his eyes. The information broker; Izaya Orihara. He could practically smell the flea from here. The man was just casually trotting along the sidewalk, hands in his pockets and completely vulnerable. He looked pretty peaceful, humming to himself quite loudly as he happily made his way down the sidewalk. But that peace was not going to last for long.
Shizuo searched for the closest object near him, settling on a nice vending machine only arms reach away from him. He picked it up, ripping the cables and bolts that tied it to the ground out from under the machine, and hurled it at the sly informant broker. Izaya spun around and looked up, eyes widening in surprise for a moment before narrowing as he swiftly dodged the machine. He looked at Shizuo in amusement, eyes flickering with enjoyment as a wide smile appeared on his face.
"Oh Shizu-chan, I didn't expect you to be out here! How are you~?"
Shizuo didn't respond, instead he pulled the stop sign out of the ground and ran towards the raven full-force. Izaya ducked down as the sign swung where his head was, flipping back on top of one of the parked cars. He sighed and stuffed his hands in pockets. "It's not nice to ignore people, Shizu- chan. I didn't even do anything~" He pouted playfully and dodged another swing of the stop sign, hopping off the car and running down the sidewalk.
"IZZZAAAYYAAAA!" Yelled the blonde as he jumped off the car harshly, crushing the metal top of it to a pancake-like state. He hurled the stop sign at Izaya in hopes of it hitting the raven right in his stupid skull. But the informant broker just hopped to the side, looking back at Shizuo to stick his tongue out tauntingly. "You're gonna have to try harder than that, Shizu-chan~!"
"Dammit, stay still flea!" He growled through gritted teeth as he chased after the raven. Said man waved a hand at him. "Now why would I do that~?" He teased without looking back. The bartender watched as Izaya rounded the corner. He was fast, no doubt about that. Shizuo followed after him, running around the corner just to spot Izaya happily running through the snow.
Wait….snow? Did the ground already get that covered? Well- apparently so, as he saw Izaya trip over something hidden in the snow and stumble a bit before doubling over and hitting his head on a pole. Shizuo caught up to him as Izaya stood up, wobbling a bit.
"Shit….not good.." The raven cursed to himself. Shizuo tried to catch his breath as he watched Izaya turn around, holding his forehead. He smiled, but it's not his usual smile. He's obviously in pain, trying to fake it all. "I'm gonna have to bolt, Shizu-chan~! I need to take care of something!" The blonde sighed, just realizing how clumsy the man is.
"You should probably have Shinra stitch that up for you. You're obviously too damn clumsy to take care of it yourself."
"…..Eh?" Izaya blinked confusedly. Shizuo groaned and took the ravens hand away from his forehead, looking at him intensely.
"I'm not dumb you know. I can tell you injured yourself pretty bad."
"I….don't know what you're talking about, Shizu-chan. Let go of my hand, please~" Izaya smiled nervously, now trying to wrench his hand out of the others grip.
"Fucking flea, stop trying to play it off!" Shizuo shook the informant broker, who was now floating just above the ground. He glared at the one in his grasp, the red eyes of the "flea" now showed a hint of fear surprisingly.
"Shizu-chan, please…let go. Don't you want me dead anyways…?" He's looking away. Trying to avoid making any eye contact with the blonde whatsoever. His statement sort of startled Shizuo, the man wasn't acting like himself.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" He asked.
"Why do you care?" His words were laced with venom, as were his eyes. They stared into golden ones, a deadly aura to them.
"I….don't." He let go of his hand, dropping the raven to the ground. He shouldn't care, he doesn't. Maybe it's just that hint of sympathy he has for anyone in pain. In any case, he didn't intend to stay out here for this long. So he'll spare the flea for once. "Go to Shinra. Get your head fixed and head home, flea. I'm letting you off free this time. Scram." He waved off the other and turned around to head back.
The informant broker stood up and let out a large sigh. Whether it was to calm himself down or just in annoyance, it didn't matter. "You're being awfully nice, Shizu-chan~ Sure you won't regret this~?" He's back in his cheerful mood, smile plastered on his face again.
'Guess letting go of his hand worked.' Shizuo thought. But that was still weirdly suspicious to him. Izaya never acted like that. Ever. Not that he should care, but it was still odd. His eyes moved and looked behind him. "I never regret anything. Now leave before I change my mind." The raven seemed to get the hint, spinning around and waving him off with a "Okay then~!" .
He really needs to get back, he's shivering a bit now. And that's definitely not good. So he started to walk back. He heard a buzz and looked up to see that the city TV was on, showing the news.
["In recent news, the weather is starting to change drastically. Subways can't make their ways to the stations from being caved in, as trains are blocked from getting to their own respective stations, being blocked by mountains of snow. It is suggested that all citizens find nearby shelters until the assumed storm dies down."]
Shizuo gave a large sigh and hung his head. "Great….now what? I can't get back home.." Saying that, he spotted Celty, driving over to him and stopping to get her PDA out. He raised an eyebrow in silent question, and she began tapping buttons.
["You can't get home, right? You can stay at Shinra and I's place. I'm pretty sure it would do you a lot of good as well, seeing as how you have almost no winter protection on."]
Shizuo looked at Celty unsure. "Is it really alright? I know you guys don't have a big house or anything."
Celty tapped on her PDA again, showing it to him.
["It's fine. Shrina would love to have some company over. He needs a break after all the work he's done today."]
Shizuo nodded and smiled. "Thanks. I know my boss wouldn't let me off the hook if I died of hypothermia out here." He joked. Celty's shoulders bounced up and down, displaying that she was chuckling. She patted the seat behind her on Dullahan and let Shizuo onto the bike before taking off.
Once they got to the house, Celty and Shizuo got off Dullahan and made their way upstairs, into Shinra's place. They opened the door and stepped in, firstly noticing that there were several other people here as well. Shizuo shrugged. The more the merrier he guesses. Shinra eventually made his way out into the living room, happily hugging Celty and welcoming her home. He turned to Shizuo and smiled.
"Nice to see you here, Shizuo. Sorry it's a bit crowded in here, Kadota and the others couldn't get home either." He led the two into the living room and sat them on the couches. It was increasingly warm in here compared to outside. It felt really nice against his cold skin. Shinra handed out cups of tea to everyone, and Kadota gladly took sip of it, lying back against the soft cushions.
"Ah….nothing like some hot tea to warm you up on a winter day."
"Yep! Too bad it isn't Earl Grey though…then I could feel like Ciel from Black Butler!" Erika chimed in.
"Oh yes! Shinra serving us our Earl Grey tea like Sebastian, no less!" Walker piped up and Erika started giggling with him.
Shizuo looked towards the two otakus and sighed. "I have no idea what they're talking about…"
Shinra took a seat on the couch across from him and chuckled. "Don't worry about it. I don't get half the stuff they're saying either."
As the group talked, sharing small stories and having nice cups of tea to warm up, they eventually fell asleep. They had no idea how long they were asleep for before a hard knocking came to the door though. It woke them all up, but nobody actually got up to answer it. Shrina sighed and grumbled, picking up his glasses off the coffee table and walking over to the door to open it. The minute he opened it though, three kids stumbled through the door as a large cool blast of wind and snow forced it's way between the crack of the doorway. They instantly shuffled over to the couches, shivering quite a bit. Shizuo got up and decided to help the doctor close the door, as he seemed to be having trouble with it. Once they pushed it closed, They leaned against the door and looked over to the trio that just tackled their way in there.
The three smiled sheepishly before Mikado chose to speak up. "Sorry, this was the nearest place to where we were, and it's terrible out there."
Masaomi slammed a hand down on the ground and added to it. "Yeah, yeah! The news said there was even gonna be hail later! It's crazy!"
Shinra and Shizuo exchanged worried looks before darting for the remote and turning on the TV.
["Recent reports have shown that the chaotic weather is not dying down so soon. The wind force is picking up, and more chance of hail will be appearing later in the day. All stations are shut down, and citizens of Ikebukuro are ordered to find shelter and stay there throughout the night. In other news, Shinjuku is getting it worse, in massive snow storms as houses and even apartments are being caved in by the huge amount of snow. All citizens around that area are to evacuate now, before storms reach higher levels. Thank y-."]
The TV powered off as all the lights in the house went out. Everyone was shocked already by the news, but now they don't have any light. Shinra shuffled around and went to the switches around the house, trying to turn them on but to no avail. "It looks like a power outage, everyone. It doesn't seem that we have electricity." Shinra stated calmly.
Celty typed on her PDA and showed it to everyone as they gathered around her.
["I'll find a flashlight or candles for later. Anyone know where Izaya is?"]
Shrina frowned and held a hand up to his chin. "That's right, Izaya lives in Shinjuku…it's really rough there. Maybe I should call him. He's my friend after all, I have to know if he's okay." So he dialed a couple numbers into his phone. It rang once and stopped. A robotic voice came through saying that the line has been disconnected. He hung up and sighed. "Great…now I'm worried.."
Shizuo looked over at Shinra, confused. "He wasn't here earlier?"
Shinra looked slightly surprised by the question. "Uh, no. He wasn't. I haven't seen him since yesterday."
The blonde groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I told him to come over here earlier! God, that idiotic flea can't stitch his own injury. What a nuisance."
"Wait, injury!? When was this!?" Shinra yelled, shocked.
"Goddamn flea tripped and injured his forehead on a pole while I was chasing him earlier. I specifically told him to get it fixed but of course he doesn't listen." The bartender growled.
"Aww~ Shizuo is worried about Iza-Iza! How cute~!" Erika cooed, earning a light chuckle from Shinra and a roll of the eyes from Shizuo.
"Shizuo…I'm worried about him. I don't want him to get caved in and die of coldness, especially when the power is out! So….can you go out there and see if you can bring him here? By the time you come back, we'll be all set up, don't you worry." Shinra asked the blonde softly.
Shizuo rubbed the back of his neck and heaved a sigh. "Fine….but only because I'm gonna be the one to kill him. So he's not allowed to die yet."
"Aw, a tsundere seme! Don't see many of those these days, do we?" Erika sung as Walker joined in by agreeing, resulting in them laughing together as they pointed out the semes in anime.
Shinra sighed and went into the other room, coming back a few minutes later with a scarf and coat for Shizuo. "Here, put these on. You'll be sick in an instant if you don't." He handed them out to Shizuo and the bartender took them gratefully, putting the clothing on. It fit quite well, actually. It was pretty comfortable.
Shinra smiled and looked out the window. "It's still pretty light out right now. Use your phone in case you need a light source or if you have to call us. Be careful, okay?" Shizuo walked over to the door and opened it, letting a huge gust of icy wind blast through.
"Got it, I'll make sure to bring the flea back safely too." He spoke before closing the door behind him as he walked into the frosty weather.