Chapter Two: Assumptions and the Asses Who Make Them
Disclaimer: I do not own Durarara.
Author's Note: Well might as well see how far this goes, I grew to like this story. Stupid muse wouldn't leave me alone.
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A comfortable routine was taking place in the Orihara Family household. It's been a couple of weeks since the death of their parents and they have begun to adjust to the changes in their lives.
Izaya would get up early have his sisters' uniforms cleaned and pressed. Frustratingly enough Kururi still preferred to wear her gym uniform throughout the day instead of the normal school uniform. It was a quirk Izaya had already grown used to.
He would pull out a suit to wear for work though now he managed to find a long black trench coat with his beloved fur-trim though the color of the fur was a dark crimson. Mairu picked it out saying it would good on him and she was right.
Izaya had breakfast ready just in time for his siblings to wake up. They talked about any subject that came to mind mostly about school and work. Izaya carefully listening to make sure no one was bothering his sisters, but Mairu did most of the talking.
After clearing away breakfast they would go to the car Izaya invested in to take his sisters to school, to work, and any other place they may need to go.
He always had a drivers' license but never bothered to get a car of his own not that he couldn't afford it, but he preferred to take buses, trains, or just to walk so he could be around his beloved humans. He couldn't indulge in his little hobby anymore due to a tight schedule to keep and couldn't allow himself to be late.
During lunch that he cooked himself or had Simon deliver to him, Izaya would check up on his old internet haunts such as the Dollars' forums chuckling at all the rumors pertaining to him.
The people on the forums were expressing various emotions as to why he wasn't causing trouble or working as an informant. After striking fear in the more incompetent or too full of themselves employees by going about his daily rounds. Izaya always picked a different time to keep everyone on their toes.
Once the work day was over he would go to pick up his sisters to go home. At home he made sure they did their homework before releasing them upon the streets of Ikebukuro with the promise they'd come home for dinner.
Izaya would often go with them upon their invitation as Mairu and Kururi guilt him into buying all the latest Yuuhei merchandise. At the same time he would make them go with him to the bookstore so he could add to his already vast collection.
It seems he turned his apartment/office in Shinjuku into his personal library since he found little time to go there anymore as of late except to drop off another book in his collection.
Then they would make dinner together though Kururi and Izaya banned Mairu from the kitchen she wasn't very skilled culinary wise and was mostly assigned chopping or peeling duty. During dinner they would either watch television or just talk amongst themselves. It was a rather familial atmosphere they missed when Izaya moved out.
After dinner they would watch a movie each taking turns of whose choice it was though Izaya was subjected to what seemed to be a Yuuhei Hanejima marathon, but seeing his sisters' smiles made it worth it. Besides he begrudgingly admits little Kasuka wasn't a bad actor in fact Izaya often wondered how a naturally expressionless guy could be such a good actor.
Once the movie was over it was time for bed which he tuck his sisters in, kissed them goodnight and retired to his own room unless he had more work to be done, and that was the Orihara Family's routine.
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"So it looks like it is Western style, today?" Mairu murmured as she and Kururi saw scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, and various fruits for breakfast before they took a seat at the table.
"Yeah we're out of salmon, rice and pickled plums as well as the stuff to make Miso soup I prefer to make it from scratch." Izaya said writing out a grocery list.
Mairu said, "That and a bunch of other stuff I guess we have to go grocery shopping after school."
Izaya nodded his head, "It shouldn't take too long you'll be trolling the streets before you know it."
Izaya smirked, earning giggles from his sisters. "Miss it?" Kururi asked. She and Mairu both looked at their brother, they knew he loved to cause chaos and watching the results.
Izaya chuckled, "A little, but some things are more important besides I get a thrill from terrorizing my senior shareholders. Especially since they all believe they are so intelligent and much more experienced than I am at the business."
"Yeah by the way we noticed you haven't been fighting with Shizuo-nii lately. In fact you haven't run into him since that night a couple of weeks ago," Mairu mentioned.
Izaya nearly choked on his tea he was drinking while she spoke. "To be honest I've been rather busy and it's usually him that finds me," Izaya replied thoughtfully looking up at the ceiling.
The two girls looked at each other meaningfully. "Hey Izaya-nii we have something to do after school can you handle the grocery shopping alone?" Mairu asked.
"Sure it's fine I can't expect you both to hang around me all the time." Izaya mocked sighed as Mairu and Kururi rolled their eyes at Izaya's dramatic behavior. Soon they were dressed and ready to take on the world.
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"Have a good day at school! I'll see you when you get home!" Izaya waved to his sisters as they waved back, noticing many of the girls in the school yard blushed at seeing Izaya.
Mairu and Kururi weren't very happy about their behavior. Ever since Izaya took a more active role in their lives the bullies vanished, but the fangirls took their place.
They would often get invites to socialize with them in the hopes they could become friends so they could get close to their brother. Unfortunately for them being Izaya Orihara's sisters it meant you have to be alert to people's motives something Izaya taught them very well.
"Oh he's so handsome…" Fangirl number one gushed.
"I know they are so lucky to have a good looking caring older brother like Izaya my brother is such a homely looking asshole," Fangirl number two hissed in jealousy.
"I heard he cooks all their meals for them, you've seen their homemade lunches it always smells so amazing!" Fangirl number three sighed.
"Yeah and I saw them at the mall a few days ago, he bought everything they asked for without complaining, and I heard he was owner and CEO of Setsugen that huge company so he's extremely wealthy," Fangirl number four stated.
"They're so lucky!" The Fangirls sighed in unison.
"It must be tough for you guys," Anri said as she walked over to Mairu and Kururi.
Anri was never close to them due to them being related to Izaya, but lately she saw a change in Izaya that made her want to approach his sisters. The only thing that really stopped her until now was her distaste of such behavior, it was no better than the fangirls. However she needed to know, Izaya is a dangerous man and their paths have crossed more than once.
"What do you mean?" Mairu asked instantly on guard.
"I heard about what happened. I lost my parents too now you only have your brother to take care of you now," Anri whispered after stating her condolences.
Kururi commented, "Not really."
"She means our parents weren't close to any other us, Izaya-nii took care of us for the most part anyway he would make sure we had food to eat, clothes to wear, and made sure we took care of ourselves properly all our parents gave us was money." Mairu elaborated.
Anri's eyes widen in shock, she never knew Izaya even cared about his sisters.
"Yeah you're just like everyone else you think you know our brother based on his reputation. Sure we know what he's capable of and the horrible things he's done, but he's our brother the only one who really cares about us," Mairu sneered.
"He has done terrible things are you really defending him?" Anri glowered right back.
Kururi stated, "We're family."
"That's right it's always been us against the world. Anyway don't bother us again we know all about people trying to use us. It's been happening to us all our lives," Mairu sent a rather lethal glare before taking Kururi by the hand and walking away.
"What was that all about?" Mikado asked hanging back listening to what was said but not joining in.
Anri sighed, "That entire family is twisted."
"There are two sides to every story and the way they made it sound was it wasn't just them being used, they could have been talking about Izaya as well," Mikado commented.
Anri blinked, "You really think so?"
"I do, people like Izaya aren't born that way. Something makes them that way anyway we better get going or we're going to be late for class," Mikado said.
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"Man oh man I'm tired how is it that my work load has tripled since the new boss came in," A rather lanky man with long brown hair tied in a ponytail and soft green eyes sighed while standing in the break room pouring a cup of coffee.
"Stop complaining Yugo do you want the boss to hear you?" A shorter man with shoulder-length dark blue hair and black eyes wearing glasses sighed from the table he was laying his head down on.
Yugo chuckled taking a seat, "You act like he's some sort of ninja, Kane."
Kane whispered, "You didn't hear the rumors about Izaya Orihara… he was a dangerous informant, a master at parkour, and used to duke it out in the streets with that Shizuo Heiwajima."
"I'm sure it's just a coincidence that they shared the same name or something," Yugo waved his hand in dismissively.
"No there are videos on the internet and everything I got some on my phone, take a look," Kane said as Yugo got up and leaned over his coworker to look at the video.
As a video of Izaya and Shizuo squaring off, Izaya throwing deadly looking knives with accuracy though they did nothing to Shizuo other than a few cuts and destroying his bartender uniform. All the while Shizuo threw objects no normal man could throw with Izaya dodging them with ease, taunting Shizuo which only made his angrier.
You gasped, "Damn you weren't kidding I had no idea how insane our boss was."
"I know who picks a fight with Shizuo Heiwajima I'm surprised he isn't a stain on the street," Kane agreed.
"I guess he's lucky," Yugo said with Kane nodding his head.
"Or he's quite skilled at dealing with Shizu-chan." Izaya appeared behind Yugo and Kane, as the two men winced in fright, their faces paled as they slowly turned to face their smiling boss.
Yugo and Kane screamed in unison, "Mr. Orihara!"
"That video brings back memories I believe it was spring the Cherry Blossoms were blooming. Did you know that legend behind Cherry Blossoms? They used to be white before the blood of the fallen soaked the earth. It caused the trees' roots to absorb the blood turning the blossoms into a lovely shade of red or pink," Izaya smiled as the atmosphere turned cold.
"Anyway I better get back to work have a nice day," Izaya grinned before gliding out the room leaving two very frightened men.
Yugo whimpered, "I take it back he's scarier than Shizuo Heiwajima at least all you get from dealing with him his broken bones."
"Yeah I have a feeling that if you piss Mr. Orihara off you disappeared." Kane whispered shaking in his seat.
"Hey guys!" Riana smiled in the doorway of the break room as Yugo and Kane screamed in fear before running out the break room. "What's with them?" She wondered.
"Just eager to get back to work, I love seeing my employees hard at work," Izaya chirped from the other side of the break room door before heading back to his office.
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End of Chapter
Author's Note: I know Shizuo didn't make an appearance in this chapter, but he will in the next. And Izaya isn't completely changed he has an entire company of people to torment so his trolling days aren't over.
