Everyone's different. So painfully different. Nothing can ever be normal, a calm life forever out of reach. Even though everyone is different I'm still outcasted. Ice, fire, telepathy and the one guy who has super strength is still feared. "Shizuo the monster, don't be friends with that guy you'll be snapped in half," they say.
On a campus of people with different powers, no one but Shinra cares about the freak. Everyone's a freak and there are a couple of people who are ostracized. Me and that loner Izaya, no one would touch that fucker with a nine-foot pole. He is the essence of bad news. Izaya never really socializes with anyone but with Shinra occasionally. But he does deal information, he's the main source of all gossip on campus. And not trash gossip either, it's always right.
It's creepy, all he does is sit under that sakura tree, staring out at rest of the courtyard. I have no clue how he doesn't have telepathy, he can't read minds. His power is a tad bit weird, he's a kitsune aka part fox. Izaya has the entire package, red cat-ish eyes, black fox ears with gray tips, his tail a pure white. The weird thing is he has nine tails.
I repeat nine tails. That is so very rare, kitsune are not very common in the first place. He's an oddity but I'm not going near that guy, his evil grin says everything I need to know. It pisses me off, that stupid grin he's always wearing. Rumors say he controls the school, pulling the strings like a puppeteer messing around with the students play things. But there are so many variations of that rumors now one really knows the actual answer. It's the only rumor that doesn't have a clean cut answer, and of course, Izaya just smiles as the misconceptions spread.
I have no clue why Shinra is friends with him, Bad news is practically written all over Izaya. I never spoke to him but even Shinra says he can be an asshole. Shinra probably just wants to study him, he always was a curious man. And it's probably the only time to study a nine-tailed kitsune. Everyone is at least a tad bit curious about Izaya.
Shinra keeps trying to drag me to that tree, to meet Izaya. I just kinda gave up yesterday, it pissed me off on how persistent he is. Every day the constant bothering, In the break I'm Shinra going to get dragged to that damn tree. Izaya never goes to any classes but has the highest grades, straight A's. No boring lectures or forced work, just the pleasant smell of sakura petals for Izaya. It pisses me off, but what difference does it make, We'd both still be outcasts and school still would be boring.
The rang, signaling the students to go home. " Shizuo let's go, Izaya's waiting", Shinra said with his cheerful voice, tugging my sleeve. Students flooded the halls, some going home others to clubs. Shinra and I navigated the crowds, pushing past students to the courtyard. As we approached the tree Izaya stood up and smiled his signature grin, I was now noticing he had tiny fangs. Not as big has an actual foxes teeth but they were there.
" So you must be Shizu-chan, Izaya Orihara, how wonderful it is to meet you"