"I can't..."
"What? You can't what?"
"..."
"Shizuo?"
"I can't go."
"... Okay, you can't go where exactly?"
"Tom-san, leave me alone." (a/n: Does Shizuo call Tom Tom-san?)
"Haaaah? You were the one who called me Shizuo, and by the way, where are you now? We need to visit the Natsuko family."
"Not going... can't... why... ARRRRGGGHHH! BYE!"
Looking at the cell phone that he was previously talking to, Tom scratched his head. "What was that about?" Pondering further, Tom figured he didn't want to know. 'I haven't had an off day in a while...' Tom thought, taking Shizuo's absence as a window of opportunity, he decided that today would be the day.
~~?Shizaya or Izuo?~~
Skipping down the crowded, paved sidewalks of Ikebukuro, Izaya had plenty of room to swing his arms about, especially with the wide spread people gave him. No one wanted to be near him, they were frightened, and he knew. The fact just made him giggle all the more.
Suddenly coming to a stop, Izaya pouted. "Nnnnnn~ I came all the way here to see Shizu-chan but he hasn't showed up yet." Pretending to ponder this further, all those around him, even if they didn't want to look, looked anyway as an imaginary light bulb went off. Slamming his right fist into his left palm, he shouted, " I know!~~ I'll just find Tom-san!" Smiling a seemingly innocent smile, he beamed and said playfully, "Tom-san! Ready or not, here I come!" and once again, skipped away to his destination; Russia Sushi.
~~?Shizaya or Izuo?~~
Arriving at his objective, Simon was out giving fliers while scaring many of the other customers away. "Simon! Is Tom-san here?"
"Ahhhh, Izaya, fighting is bad. You're not going to start one are you?"
Waving his hand in a cheerful way, Izaya replied, "Of course not Simon! I just wanted to play with Shizu-chan! And he's always with Tom-san."
"Hmmm, well Tom is inside, but Shizuo isn't." Smirking happily, he added, " Don't forget to buy some sushi okay Izaya?"
"Hai hai!" Was Simon's halfhearted reply as Izaya sauntered inside.
Immediately spotting Tom, Izaya yelled his name. Hearing his name shouted so loudly, Tom jerked n Izaya's direction. "Oh, Izaya, its you."
"Just 'you'? Not 'magnificent you'?" Izaya teased lightly, earning an incredulous look. "Well, I'll forgive you this time Tom-san! But only if you tell me where Shizu-chan is. I came all the way here to play with him!"
"As much as I want your forgiveness Izaya, I don't know where he is, he didn't say. Actually he was acting kinda weird, as far as I could tell. Couldn't really tell, we were only talking over the phone. He didn't even show up today"! Tom chided to Izaya absently.
Looking to his side at Izaya who had just taken a seat, the smile Izaya had put on looked as if Izaya was about to kill someone. Not once breaking his expression, Izaya got up and walked out without a word.
Tom made an annoyed look, 'Well then.' he said to himself and rolled his eyes.
~~?Shizaya or Izuo?~~
"SHIZU-CHAN!" Izaya yelled bursting through the front door. Since Kasuka is usually never home, The house was unsurprisingly messy with furniture strewn amok, most likely from Shizuo's fits of rage. The house itself wasn't very impressive either, big enough for a small family but in terrible condition. Shizuo was almost never able to keep a steady job, so money was a problem, and even if Kazuka bought a newer, bigger and cleaner house, Shizuo would probably mess that one up too. Shizuo hadn't shown up to work today, so maybe he would be sleeping inside, the monster wasn't much of a morning person. The bedroom was the first place he looked, then the kitchen, bathroom, and any other place he could think of. Izaya couldn't find him anywhere!
Pouting, he was just about to leave when a small brown cat with light hazel eyes blocked his path. "Awwww! Shizu-chan has a kitty! Co'mere!" Reaching at the cat, he let it take an attentive sniff, before hissing at him. Slightly surprised, Izaya cocked his head. "Don't like my smell? Neither does Shizu-chan, or so he says, something about me smelling bad... but I always take a shower everyday... Well, whatever." He said before taking one of his switchblades and throwing it with unusual precision. However instead of getting cut, the cat used the speeding object as a stepping stool and launched itself at Izaya, only able to claw at the front of Izaya's shirt. Breaking character, he grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck and lifted it to eye level. Holding it far enough so that its attempts to claw at Izaya failed. " You stupid goddamned c... at?" Not risking looking closer, Izaya narrowed his eyes for a better look. The cat's fur was the same exact brown and texture (don't ask how Izaya knows what Shizuo's hair felt like) of Shizuo's before he bleached it.
The cat, still twisting and turning renewed his efforts with more vigor, but Izaya just held tighter. "Shizu-chan, is that you?" Ceasing its movement, the cat looked straight into Izaya's eyes and they stayed that way for a few minutes. "SHIZU-CHAN IS A CAT?!" Izaya yelled with none of his usual false articulations. The supposed cat Shizuo folded his ears down from the loudness of the shout. With Shizuo's aggressiveness gone, Izaya pulled the cat in closer to get a better look only to have his face almost slashed, it was a good thing he had good reflexes. Dropping Shizuo in surprised, he turned tail and began walking away.
"A-Ah! Shizu-chan! Don't run!- Wait you're not running- ah -just stop!" Izaya said running after the cat who somehow went a great distance in its steps. 'Actually' Izaya remembered, 'What am I suppose to do any way?' Scooping up the now lenient cat, Izaya stayed deep in thought while figuring this out. None of his plans were working out, not like they ever did with Shizuo, that barbarian always ruined Izaya's plans. Maybe that was why he wasn't that shocked about Shizuo's new look. Looking down at the cat his arms he wondered what was going on in Shizuo's mind as he simply looked back at Izaya calmly. "Ahhhhh, Shizu-chan, what do I do now?"
~~?Shizaya or Izuo?~~
"Shinra! Shinra! Shinra-chan! Open up!"(a/n I have no idea what Izaya calls Shinra) Izaya yelled, pounding on the door with Shizuo in the other arm.
"Hai hai, I'm coming Izaya." Shinra answered, accompanied by the sounds of his footsteps. Opening the door, looking expectantly at Izaya, "What do you wa-" he said before a brown cat was abruptly shoved at his face.
"Shizu-chan is a cat!" Izaya replied wrongly to the unfinished question.
"Well he certainly is a neko but not a real cat like this."
"..."
"..."
"Wait, what?"
Shinra grinned a grin Izaya's never seen before. A grin Shinra makes only when he knows something Izaya doesn't. This is the first time it had ever happened and Shinra planned on milking it as much as possible. "Oya? Izaya you don't know what happened? Even when it happened to your favorite per-"
"First, he's not my favorite, second, he's a monster, not a person, and third get to the point Shinra.", Izaya growled, not liking the position he was in.
"Where's the fun in that? Hmm Izaya?"
Smirking, Izaya strutted his hip out with a hand resting on it, purring audaciously, Izaya said, "You know Shinra, you're a good acquaintance of mine, but we're not friends. I have no qualms in causing a... disturbance." His eyes narrowing dangerously, contradicting his playful expression. It would have seemed threatening if the brown cat in Izaya's arm hadn't suddenly clawed it's captor's face.
Hissing at the dislike of being ignored, the malignant cat used the pause of surprise to get away and dashed through the open door.
"Ah! Shizu-chan!" Izaya yelled running past a face palming Shinra.
"Like I said, its not Shizuo." sighing, Shinra fumed slightly at his failure to keep his one an only secret away from Izaya.
Izaya could easily catch up to the cat, but when he'd reach down to grab it, the cat nimbly dodged the appendage.
The chase ended quickly when the deft bundle of fur ran through an open slit, and into a dark room.
Knowing the cat was trapped, Izaya swiftly opened the door and flipped the switch for light. Seeing the cat on the bed, he was about to pounce on it when a sight stopped him in his tracks, frozen to the spot.
"Ehhhh?! Shizu-chan!?"
HAHAHAHA IT ENDS HERE! I think you guys understand already though. I really wanted to continue writing but I have an event to go to so, I'll stop here post it and continue later tomorrow. I really shouldn't be writing another story since I haven't finished any of my other ones, but I found inspiration and I had to! Thanks for reading and please review!
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