Sequel to Pinky Promise semi-middle school AU and uh… yeah a slightly angsty first chapter, BUT I SWEAR IT GETS REALLY CUTE! I promise


Warm summers. This was most people's favorite time of year. The time when school was out and everything in the previous year would start over, even though the official New Year had been gone for many months. This wasn't a good time at this very moment though. It was a nervous wreck sort of time. Everyone was worrying and stressing over the new school, the new people, everything would be new, that is, except them. Him and Shizuo Heiwajima, who had been friends for almost two years now, they never changed. There was something in them that kept them the same everyday and week, every year. They never once differed from the norm, which in there case was doing just that.

Neither of the two boys were normal, but that's how they liked it. Everyone feared Shizuo's superior strength; it left him lonely, craving attention. He needed a friend desperately and after 5 years of being called a dangerous monster and having the word unstable pinned to him like a hazard sign, he was just about to accept being alone the rest of his life. Until him, Izaya Orihara, a.k.a. the sunshine in Shizuo's dreary life. Izaya was cruel and at times snobby, but he was the same as Shizuo, alone. Izaya was the kind of person no one could really trust. He could ask you to marry him one day and the next he'd be looking at you face-up in a body bag, giving himself a mental pat on the back. He was almost more feared than Shizuo and for the most part liked Shizuo as much as Shizuo liked him. Izaya liked knowing he was Shizuo's center of attention and made sure that he always was. Shizuo on the other hand liked how Izaya wasn't afraid of him; it was reassuring to know that maybe if one person could stand him then maybe others could too. They were made for each other and they knew that would never change, they hoped at least.

Izaya walked on the raised part of the sidewalk that bordered the fence of the large middle school they'd be attending in the fall. It was big, had a HUGE courtyard, and a pool. Shizuo would love that. Izaya thought as he tried to keep his balance on the thin concrete slabs. Shizuo walked next to him only he was walking on the actual sidewalk. He always rested a hand on Izaya's thigh whenever he walked on the raised side to make sure he'd be able to catch him if he fell, which he sometimes had to do.

They were walking to the school to take a look inside, even though the school wasn't exactly legally open to the public, but that didn't stop them. Once they reached the main gate Shizuo took a few quick yanks at the steel bars to see how strong they were, not very. He took in a quick breath and pushed the gaits open. Izaya smiled as he walked past his monster and guided him inside the building. He turned back and told Shizuo to close the gates behind them as seeing the gates open would cause suspicion. Shizuo does as told and closed the gate. Izaya walks along the soft green grass all the way up to the entrance of the building. He takes a peek threw the window and sees the empty halls, smalls shreds of paper hung from poster boards. Shizuo walks behind Izaya and hugs him from behind resting his head on Izaya's shoulder. Izaya smiled as Shizuo hugged him, but it was already over 80 degrees and Izaya was a bit warm so he pulled away from the brunette and told him to stand watch. Shizuo grimaced at being pushed away, he hated when Izaya didn't let him touch him, it was a pain, but he did as told and turned away to watch the barren street for any passer bys which there weren't any. Izaya picked at the lock with a paper clip and opened the doors easily. Shizuo turned as he heard the rusty metal door creak open. Izaya looked towards his friend and smiled. He got to his feet and walked inside, Shizuo not far behind him.

They were all alone in that big school. It was terrifyingly quiet and any sudden creak would shock them as they took long strides down the halls. Izaya wasn't all that scared though, and neither was Shizuo. They knew the school was empty and if anything only a fly would appear trying to escape the heat. It was no use really; the inside of the school was hotter than the temperature outside. Shizuo could feel the small beads of sweats glazing his forehead and started to slow his pace behind Izaya. Izaya noticed that their footsteps, which were normally always in sync, were now unkempt thumps against the hard floors. He turned to see Shizuo sliding slowly against the white walls, trying to stay up right as he walked at snail speed.

"Are you hot?" Izaya asked as if he didn't already know by the small gleaming droplets of sweat that fell from Shizuo's chin. The boy only nodded and slid down to the floor to rest his practically baking muscles. Izaya walked over to his friend and kneeled down to his level. He took off the jacket that he was surprisingly still wearing and used it to dab away the moisture on Shizuo's forehead.

"This school has a pool. Do you wanna go take a swim?"

Shizuo nodded and Izaya smiled. He put out his hand to help his friend to his feet. Shizuo happily obliged and took hold of the appendage. After Shizuo was to his feet Izaya told him to hold onto his hand because it would get darker the farther away they had to get from the windows, the only source of light. And it was a good thing he did, the gym were the pool was located in the back of was deep into the center of the building and there were no windows anywhere. Shizuo was becoming extremely overheated and needed to cool down and quick. Izaya squeezed his hand tighter to assure him it would be all right and he'd be able to cool off in a second. After about a minute of wandering they finally reached a door that had the words "pool" stenciled on the front. Izaya pushed open the door and looked inside. It was shining blue and aqua green colors. The pool had lights in the bottom, which made the water look like it was glowing, as if it was alive as the water pulsed across the linoleum tiles. It was freezing in that room, though in contrast to the oven on the other side of the door. Izaya's body had gotten warm from the weather outside but in that room he was steaming as the hot air clinging to his skin and clothes mixed with the frigid, moist air. It felt amazing finally being able to cool off, that is, until Shizuo caught wind of the chilled air and squeezed his way past Izaya, practically breaking the smaller boy's ribs as he tried to get past. Izaya scowled, huffing, puffing, and stomping at the brunette child as he walked into the poolroom after him. Shizuo was oblivious to Izaya's paroxysm though as he started peeling of his T-shirt and his shorts. Izaya only tilted his head almost surprised. Shizuo continued to take off his shoes and socks until he was only left in his underwear. Izaya stared, even though it was no big deal he stared at Shizuo's bright red short cut boxers, they looked tight almost as if they were briefs. Shizuo turned around and smiled.

"Are you going to swim too?"

Izaya shrugged. He wasn't planning on swimming but the next thing he knew he was stripping off his clothes until he was almost bare too. By this time Shizuo was already back floating along in the pool, splashing the cool water all over the place. Izaya looked over the edge of the pool to Shizuo who only swung out his arms, pin wheeling them so that he was backstroking. Izaya sighed and dove into the water. It was glacial and snow like almost… which made him remember something horrible. Snow, those stupid frozen pieces of water that would send tremors down your spine. He hated it, he didn't always, he didn't like it either but at least he didn't hate it. It's because of snow Shizuo would cry again. Or maybe…maybe it was Izaya's fault. The last time Shizuo ever cried was in the fourth grade, that was Izaya's fault. Shizuo would shed a tear if an adult scolded him for trying to protect Izaya from a bully. That was his fault too. Izaya felt his face go hot and his heart clench at the thought. In some way, he thought, this has to be my fault. He felt like he was about the melt, like his chest was being engulfed in fire and it was scorching the rest of his body slowly turning him numb. A strong hand snatched Izaya's shoulder and pulled him out of the water, that's when he realized he had been thinking all of that stuff while he was still submerged.

His lungs burned and ached as he tried to suck in as much air as he could. It was painful to breath. Shizuo picked Izaya up and Izaya wrapped his legs around the larger boys waist, clinging to the strong shoulders that kept him safe. Izaya finally caught his breath and was still clawing into Shizuo's neck for support. His legs felt like jelly and his stomach burned, he felt like he would throw up. Shizuo rubbed Izaya's back trying to get him to stop shivering, he nuzzled into the crook of Izaya's neck and breathed long extended sigh on his pale skin. Izaya let one more tremor run threw him as the warmth hit him. He pulled his nails from Shizuo's shoulder blades and collapsed on the side of the pool. Shizuo looked worried as Izaya's body laid still as stone, eyes closed, and chest flat and unwavering. Shizuo's mind was going threw the worst possibilities until Izaya took in a deep breath. Shizuo whimpered out a sigh as small tears stung his eyes like hot coals. Izaya opened his eyes just barely to see Shizuo weeping over his body. Izaya lifted his hand and pinched at Shizuo's cheek.

"Don't cry Shizu-chan, I'm fine. I don't want you to cry over me ever again." Izaya's voice came out as an almost soundless whisper, his throat sore and dry. Shizuo took in a raspy breath and forced on a smile. Izaya smiled as well and shook his head to wake himself up. Shizuo only stood firm, his hands still wrapped around Izaya's waste. Izaya only smiled brighter.

"I'm sorry I scared you, Shizuo. I got… distracted."

The memories started flooding all over again. He imagined how Shizuo would react. What Shizuo would do. He tried to keep it hidden for as long a time as he could but Shizuo would notice Izaya's empty house and him not showing up to the first day of school, no doubt. But he just couldn't tell him, Shizuo wasn't ready to hear that now, summer wasn't over and he wouldn't have to leave Ikebukuro, leave Tokyo, leave Japan! And he didn't leave until the day before school started. The day he would leave Shizuo, stranded. He shook the thought out of his head and took hold of Shizuo's shoulders.

"Come on Shizu-chan. Let's swim!" Izaya bellowed. Shizuo only nodded and quickly dunked his head under the water, the small cocoa colored locks of hair trying to reach the surface. He came back up and shook his head pelting Izaya with the drops of water still hugging his hair. Izaya laughed and splashed Shizuo with water. The brunette only laughed too and started the pinwheel motion again spattering the water onto Izaya as he kicked his feet to swim across the pool. Izaya chuckled and smiled as Shizuo swam laps across the pool. He thought about the move some more, even though he really didn't want to. He had all summer to spend as much time as possible with the person he cared for the most. He was going to make the best of it, no matter what.


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