Chiya glared at the flowers in the vase on the counter. Haruki smiled at her best friend's displeasure for the flowers. They were lilacs and sunflowers, Chiya's favorites, but at the moment she glared at them as if they were the most hated objects in the universe. Haruki glanced over at the table where another vase of flowers sat; as she looked around she noticed there were other things that were obviously gifts to Chiya.

"You must have made some impression on him." She said with a laugh.

"You've been gone a whole week." Chiya said to her, "you should've seen what he sent me the first day after that date."

"I can only imagine." she said with a sarcastic laugh, "what I want to know is how the girl who's never dated a day in her life suddenly snagged this guy?"

"I already told you about the –"

"That's not what I'm talking about." She said folding her arms across her chest and giving Chiya that I-know-your-not-that-dim look, "you said that you treated him like crap and yet he sends you all this?" Chiya shrugged as Haruki waved her hands around the room at flowers, empty boxes of chocolate, and sushi he sent to her, "you are not blowing him off even if I have to march you right there myself!"

"Fine, I'll go!" she said standing up and huffing to her room, "But I'm not going to like it!"

Chiya slammed her bed room door and her roommate just smirked to herself. Her best friend had finally found a guy – even if her parents were the sole reason they met – and she wasn't about to let Chiya push him away. She just hoped that he didn't interfere with Chiya's 20th birthday party that was coming up. It was one of those girls-night-out things and they planned to keep it that way.


Izaya smiled at Chiya as he walked up to her. She was dressed in a plain sky blue dress that didn't out shine her beauty in the least. He didn't think she would actually show up but from the expression on her face it seemed like she didn't want to be here.

"Did you enjoy the gifts?" Izaya asked as he walked up to her.

"Yeah, I guess." She grumbled and folded her arms across her chest.

"I have to do something before we go on our actual date, if you don't mind?" he didn't really care if she minded or not, they were going where he needed to go.

"Whatever…" she said as if she were bored.

Izaya smiled and took her hand before she could protest and began walking quickly through the crowds of people. Chiya frowned as they walked into an overcrowded bar, but didn't complain aloud to Izaya. He led her over to an unoccupied barstool and told her to wait here for him to come back.

"Hey beautiful," Chiya glanced up in the direction of the voice, "what's a beauty like you doing in a place like this alone?"

"I'm waiting for someone." She said and then went back to staring at her nails.

"Bartender," the guy said, "a shot of whiskey for the lovely lady."

A shot was set in front of her and she stared at it. She wasn't old enough to drink yet and wondered if she would get kicked out if she told him that, so she drank it. It burned as it slid down her throat and she tried not to cough.

"Another for the lady." He said as he sat next to her.


Izaya talked to Shiki for a good fifteen minutes. He finally gave him the info he wanted and then walked out into the bar once again to find Chiya. He went to the bar and found something he didn't quite like seeing.

Chiya was obviously drunk, but the weird hazy look in her eyes told him something else was off as well. A guy that was short and fat was trying to talk to her but she was pretty much out of it. Izaya realized what his intentions were; after all he just gave Shiki info on him. He was giving girls the date rape drug and then selling them as prostitutes. Izaya wanted Chiya to get close to him, and he didn't see how her being raped would help him any.

"Hello," Izaya said as he walked over to them. Chiya blinked at him as if she were seeing more than one of him, "you know she's underage right?"

"Huh?" the guy said with wide eyes, "What's she doing in this place then?"

"Well she was waiting for me," he said smiling coldly at the guy, "looks like I'll have to take her home since she's all drugged up."

"That'll cost you." The guy said and Izaya laughed coldly.

"I don't think you understand," he said flashing his flick blade at the guy, "my girlfriend isn't going to be one of your drugged up prostitutes."

"Orihara-san," Shiki put his hand on Izaya shoulder to keep him from doing anything, "We'll take it from here."

Two guys walk over and drag the guy away from the bar and out the side door. The guy was probably going to get beaten within an inch of his life or worse, but Izaya didn't really care. Their date was ruined, but he could probably find a way to twist it in his favor.

"Izaya…san…" Chiya mumbled before she started to fall forward. Izaya caught her before she hit the floor.

"He won't be doing that anymore." Shiki said unhappily, "Don't worry about her, he doesn't over dose them."

"That's nice to know." Izaya said picking her up with a sigh. She was lighter than he thought she would be which was a nice surprise. He held her up with one arm and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and called a cab as he walked out of the bar. Izaya thought of the way he could twist this unfortunate turn of events in his favor as he waited for the cab.


Chiya snuggled her face closer to the warmth she was lying almost on top of as she started to wake up. She could feel a slight pounding in her head, but it wasn't as bad as the usual headaches. She could feel something warm stroking her back and which felt nice, but as her senses returned to her she realized something was a bit odd. She glanced up and was greeted by Izaya's smiling face.

"Ahh!" she screamed and jumped back only to meet the wall on her back. He sat up and smiled at her.

"Good morning to you too." He said with a smile. Chiya tried to think back to what had happened the night before when they had gone to that bar, but she didn't remember anything except going there.

"W-what happened last night?" she asked almost fearfully.

"Well… after I came back to find you, I found that some guy had somehow given you the date rape drug, and was trying to get you to leave with him, but thankfully the bouncer took him away and I brought you here." He lied a little, but he still got a good reaction from her.

"What would've happened if…" she pulled her knees up to her chest as she let her words fade out.

"I probably would've had to fight the guy, or you would've ended up raped." He told her bluntly.

"Wait… where are we?" she asked and he smiled.

"We're at my loft in Shinjuku." He told her and her eyes went wide.

"Oh my gosh Haruki is probably –!"

"I called her, don't worry, I didn't tell her what happened, but I told her you wouldn't be coming home until tomorrow." He said putting his hands up to stop her chattering.

"Okay…" she said with a relieved sigh as she closed her eyes.

"Are you feeling okay?" he asked her cupping her cheek in his hand.

"Kind a, well, my head hurts." She said with a shrug.

"You probably have a slight hangover." He said as she closed her eyes again and leaned her head into his hand a little. Izaya smiled a little, it was shocking to be able to get this close to her, even after everything that happened. She had been so bent on pushing him away and yet here she was, taking comfort in his presents.

"Thank you for defending me while I was out of it, and for calling Haruki…" she said with her eyes still closed.

"Anytime, but I hope I don't have to do that again." He said and she smiled a little.

"Mmm…" she mumbled as she started to slide to the side. He realized she was starting to fall asleep. Izaya grabbed her up and laid her down beside him too fast for her to react. "Izaya-san what are you doing?"

"Getting you comfortable so you can go back to sleep." He told her and she rolled her eyes.

"I should probably go home." She said and he laughed.

"It's a little after midnight; I really don't think you should." He said and she sighed.

"Hey, wait a second, how the hell did I get in these clothes?" she asked as she realized she was no longer wearing her blue dress, but a old gray sweat shirt and black shorts. It was uncomfortable for her since the clothes were too big on her and kept sliding off of her.

"I put you in those so you'd be more comfortable." He said honestly, although he didn't really look at her body.

"What?" she said with a high pitched voice as her face got bright red. Izaya smirked at her reaction, it was what he had been hoping for, and it was humorous to him.

"Aw, you're so cute when you're embarrassed!" he laughed and she buried her head into his pillows, "you have a lovely body, really."

"Shut up." She whimpered and he smiled before rolling over and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Aw, come on, I didn't really look that much." He said and she dug her face further into the pillow.

"Leave me alone…" she whined.

"Never," he said and then snuggled closer to her, knowing it would make her feel uncomfortable, "you'll have to come out and face me sometime." She just whimpered and tried to curl her body away from him. Izaya let her go, but watched her start to fall asleep. "You know I could get something for your headache if you'd like?"

"No, thank you…" she said softly as she peeked up at him.

"Okay," he said cocking his head as he watched her, "are you okay, I know it has to be scary after what happened, and not remembering it."

She nodded and bit her lip, "thank you for helping me again…" she said looking down rather than at him. Izaya would never admit it, but he thought she was adorable at that moment, even if she was being shy.

In the silence Chiya fell back to sleep and Izaya pulled her onto his chest and then went to sleep as well.


The walk back to Chiya and Haruki's house was a quiet one. Izaya walked with her, but to her displeasure insisted on walking with his arm around her waist. She made it harder on him by leaning against him while she walked. He didn't seem to mind to her disappointment, but he was warmer than she was so she stayed close to him.

"See you next time, I guess." She said as they reached her porch.

"Wait," Izaya said with a devious smile, "Can't I get a kiss goodbye?"

"That's, like a third date thing." She said blushing slightly.

"That's too bad then huh." he said and then pecked her quickly on the lips before turning and walking away.

"Damn it…" she grumbled before walking into the house.


Ladybug's Ramble: Aww~! They're so cute~! Tell what you think of what happened and if you have any suggestions throw them my way. Sorry I haven't updated in so long but my laptop went down and I lost almost every one of the stories I have posted on here. I got a new laptop (Thank goodness!) and have started writing again so I'll be updating like before. Also I have a new story I posted and I think if you like this one you'll like that one. It's called The Innocence of an Angel. Please review, fave, alert and all that jazz. Ladybug out~!