"You piss me off."
I remembered how suffocating it had been when those words left the mouth of a blonde whom I somehow found interest in. He was the first person - human - to ever get my attention. I even took the liberty to try and make acquaintance with the guy, and he says that? How unpredictable. Disgusting. Well, since he so honestly told me how he felt about me, I'll dedicate my life to making it permanent. To burn my image into his mind. If he doesn't like me, I'll make sure he hates me to the core. To make that hate bubble and overwhelm him. Till he suffocates, like how he did me. I'll be the only thing constantly on his mind, and I'll crush him from the inside.
That promise I made to myself was being well fulfilled until this happened. I open my front door to see a certain blonde standing outside with his school bag over his shoulder and a cheerful expression on his face.
"Izaya," He brightens up when he notice me step out of my flat, locking the door behind me before I go.
"Why are you all the way here in Shinjuku? Our school's in Ikebukuro remember?"
"I know flea. Just wanted to walk to school together." This wasn't how it's supposed to be.
"Why?"
"So you won't be so lonely, Izaya kun~" He grinned lightly. I'm not supposed to feel glad about this. So what is this fluttering feeling?
"Izaya?" It hurts.
"It's nothing. Let's go."
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"Shizu chan, do you hate me?" Out of curiosity I decided to ask.
"Huh? Of course not. Why would I?" Sure you won't. "I mean like, honestly, you're the only person that's ever approached me without being afraid of my strength. You even saw how I beat up those guys at the field when Shinra introduced us. I'm really glad I met you. I think I would have been glad to meet you even if we weren't friends." He's saying that with such sincerity. That smile on his face shouldn't be there, at least not when I'm here.
"I don't think that's true." I replied sounding as coldly as I could. "Believe it or not I was from another timeline, one where Shizu chan and I were both enemies. We hated each other ever since we laid eyes on one another. 'Hate at first sight' ne? We even tried to kill each other on the first day we met." I chuckled at the thought of how Shizuo used to scream my name and chase me around and out of Ikebukuro. I have to admit that it was fun taunting the protozoan from time to time.
"If that's so how did you get here and why did you ask to be friends in this timeline?" He looks slightly surprised.
"I don't know how I got here but I said exactly the same thing I said in the other timeline. It was only Shizu chan's answer that was different."
"... What was my answer th-"
"You piss me off."
"Huh?"