A/N: late update is late~ now presenting the second chapter and May the odds be ever in Izaya's favor


It was Saturday today and the only ones left in the Orihara residence was Shizuo and Izaya who were both minding their own business that is until Shizuo decided that he needs to be groomed

"stupid flea! Hey! Don't ignore me! I need my grooming!" Shizuo said as he tried to gain Izaya's attention though it came out as a series of cute nya~

"What is it Shizu-chan?" Izaya said teasingly upon realizing that the cat who seemed to hate him was now rubbing at his ankles as he watched an anime

As Izaya simply watch Shizuo he can't help but think that Shizuo was indeed cute

"Shizu-chan no kawaii~!" Izaya said as he grabbed Shizuo and cuddled him near his face fully surprising Shizuo who was shocked with the sudden treatment

"Stupid flea! I said groom me not cuddle me! Only Mai-chama and Kuru-chama has that liberty!" Shizuo screamed though Izaya only thought of it as Shizuo liking it more

"I guess I'll have to groom you" Izaya said happily as he went to get the brush for Shizuo's personal care

Gah! I'm glad he finally realize what I wanted sheesh Mai-chama and Kuru-chama could tell what I want easily stupid flea!

Shizuo thought as he licked his fur and paws when he was suddenly grabbed by a pair of hands

"what the hell?" Shizuo screamed only to calm down once again upon landing on a lap

"Shizu-chan should just be like this always" Izaya happily commented as he started brushing Shizuo's golden fur

"tch. Shut up and groom me properly flea!" Shizuo complained though it fell on deaf ears since Izaya only hears Shizuo's constant nya~

Izaya chuckled "Shizu-chan must really like my brushing techniques better than Mairu and Kuru― OUCH!"

Shizuo glared as he bit Izaya's finger

"What the hell did I do to you?" Izaya questioned the cat right at the moment when Mairu and Kururi had just returned home

"Iza-nii! Stop bullying Shi-chan!" Mairu reprimanded as she snatch Shizuo away from Izaya and patted her beloved cat's head

"Wha―? Wait a minute that cat bit me and you still go to its defense?" Izaya half screamed and half questioned Mairu in such a loud voice that made Shizuo cover his ears in Mairu's arms

"Look what you did! Shi-chan got scared because of your shouting! There there Shi-chan don't mind that cruel Iza-nii~ hmph" Mairu said as she patted then stomped off the room leaving a flabbergasted Izaya

That damn cat turning my sisters against me?

"Kururi just what the hell did I do to that cat for him to antagonize me?" Izaya asked Kururi who was simply watching the scene earlier

"first encounter( your first encounter was )…not good" Kururi nonchalantly replied before leaving an even more flabbergasted Izaya in the living room


"Mairu(it's my turn today)…Shizuo(to take care of)…bath (he needs it)"

"Kuru-chama I want to eat pudding afterwards!" Shizuo said as he followed Kururi in the bathroom

"Mairu…Shizuo( he wants some sweets)…Pudding( do we still have pudding?)"

"yup I bought a dozen of them" Mairu answered as she went inside the tub and prepared their bubble bath

"yay~ thankyou Mai-chama Kuru-chama~" Shizuo said as he jumped inside the tub and swam towards the twins

"Shi-chan's really cute~" Mairu said as she grabbed Shizuo and started shampooing him outside the tub

"Mairu…turn(it's my turn)" Kururi stated as she grabbed Shizuo and massaged his scalp

"hai~hai~" Mairu said teasingly as she happily watch the bonding between Kururi and Shizuo

Wah~ Kuru-chama is a good massager…which reminds me about that stupid flea…how dare he insult the talented hands of Kuru-chama and Mai-chama…I'll avenge them later…


What do I have to do so that Shizu-chan would like me?

Izaya thought as he lay on his bed when he suddenly remembered Shinra. Izaya quickly dialed Shinra's home phone number

Damn it Shinra hurry up and answer!

"ah moshi―"

"Shinra! Do you know how to tame a cat?"

"eh yeah wha―"

" hurry up and come here NOW! Bring everything necessary for taming a cat!"

Izaya then slammed the phone and congratulated his self for thinking a solution to make Shizuo like him

"ah Celty~ I'll be going to Izaya's house I'll be back by lunch" Shinra said as he peek at Celty's room

[I see in that case take care]

"matta ne Celty~!"

And with that Shinra Kishitani left his apartment and headed straight to the Orihara residence along with couple of books regarding cats in his bag


Meanwhile in the Orihara household

"we don't trust you" Mairu said to her older brother who was apparently trying to get them out of the house and leave Shizuo to him

"Shi-chan (Shi-chan hates you right?)"Kururi stated in a monotone while patting Shizuo's head as he comfortable nestled in her arms

"that's why you should leave him to me―"

"NO! what if you try to kill Shi-chan while we're out?"Mairu said with strong conviction that made Izaya wince

"I'm not that cruel" Izaya simply stated with slight pout and look contemplatively at Shizuo who really seemed to enjoy Kururi's presence

Damn… this is harder than I thought it would be and Shizu-chan's not even sparing me a glance

Somehow that thought made him feel a bit sad and this did not go unnoticed by his sisters, somehow regretful on how they were quite mean to their onii-chan the past few days, they were about to agree when right at that moment Shinra Kishitani decided to barge into their house without Izaya's consent

"Izaya-kun~! I brought my medical supplies along to check up on your cat~!" Shinra happily exclaimed in the top of his lungs as he spoke to Izaya who was just staring at him while he waved at his friend's two sisters

"since you might have used your cat as a guinea pig for our chemistry project" he said with a laugh "though seeing the cat is fine either your about to do it or the cat has some great immune system"

if he had not continued speaking Izaya might have been with Shizuo and he might not have to go home with a black eye it had took 3 hours to coax, to beg for mercy, and plead the twins from Kishitani Shinra and Orihara Izaya

luckily for Izaya (and Shinra since the twins had decided to mutilate their bodies and dump it in Tokyo bay if they hurt Shizuo) they had relented and Izaya has half of the day to play with Shizuo much to our cute tabby cat's chagrin.

"well then Izaya-kun shall we start?" Shinra asked as he patted Shizuo who was resting on his lap while receiving dagger glares from his friend

"Shinra" Izaya said with a twitching smile before continuing "how come Shizu-chan likes you more than me?"

"ah! You see Izaya-kun animals have a way of telling whether someone is good or bad… you see that is their instinct or in human terms intuition" Shinra calmly explained as he continued petting on Shizuo who enjoyed it which was evident on the way his tail swings

"so what's the first step?" Izaya asked as he plop beside shinra and slowly tried to pet shizuo's head when

"Iiiizaaaayaaa-kun?" Shizuo growled as he scratch the back of Izaya's hand that tried to pet him

Shinra simply stared with an amused face at Shizuo's reaction before heartily laughing and petting Shizuo effectively calming it down before it made a scratch post out of Izaya's face

"Izaya-kun should just take his time" Shinra calmly said as he continued to pat Shizuo who enjoys it

Making Izaya a bit sad which Shinra took notice , Shinra calmly fixed his glasses before speaking once again gaining both Shizuo's and Izaya's attention the moment they were fixed into a heated game of staring

Shinra-san may be an annoying person but he is tolerable and kind not to mention if I made him like me enough he'll probably favor me over the flea

Shizuo smirk in satisfaction that Shinra noticed as he tuned out Izaya's ranting

"Izaya-kun can your cat smirk?"

"he has that that impeccable ability to act like a human sometimes..." Izaya trailed off

If only Izaya knew that what he said had caused the gears of Shinra's mischievous and ingenious mind to well test out some of his curiosity though of course that would be left for a later date what matters most right now is to help his friend in his goal of making his endearing and cunning cat with impeccable abilities to―well like him.


A/N: and the next chapter shall be the start of "Taming the Cat arc"