A/N : This scene has got nothing to do with the previous chapter. Just thought I'll clear that up! :P


"…Why am I here again?"

Mikado turned around exasperatedly to face Izaya who was sitting by a dining table. Izaya, who was balancing himself on the two back legs of a chair, looked over to Mikado and smirked; the cooking book he was reading placed softly on his lap.

"Because I kidnapped you and forced you to make dinner for me?"

The teenager in question continued to stare at the informant, wondering whether the man has finally lost his mind and gone off the deep end. Then again, wasn't Izaya crazy in the first place?

"Why?!"

"There are a lot of reasons. Too many to list out," said Izaya as he leaned forward to make the chair he was sitting on fall back on all four of its legs. He opened the cookbook once again and flipped randomly through. When he noticed the warning glare Mikado gave him, he chuckled lightly and decided to comply with Mikado's demands.

"Because Namie won't answer my phone calls, I was bored, I am hungry, I don't know how to cook, I don't feel like going for a take-out, I know you've only eaten potato chip snacks for 3 days now, you were –"

"Woah, woah, woah, woah, woah!" stuttered Mikado. "Back up! How did you know I was only eating chips for 3 days now?"

"Eh~ Because I dug out your trash can? The grocery store receipt said you bought enough to last a week."

"You did what?!"

"The spaghetti is boiling over, boss."

With a panicked yelp, Mikado turned around once again to lower the heat and prodded the spaghetti in the pot slightly. After making sure that the water won't boil over again, the high school boy paid attention to the other pot and stirred its content. The waft of tomato pasta sauce greeted his nose. Unbeknownst to him, Izaya had stood up from his spot and crept up behind him.

Leaning over Mikado's shoulder, Izaya took out his pointer finger and ran it over the ladle Mikado was holding. A generous amount of sauce covered his finger and he licked it so as to have a taste.

"Might need a little bit more salt."

"Don't you change the subject! Why were you going through my trash? Th-That's gross!"

"Ah~ But Tanaka Tarou-kun, you intrigue me. I don't really know myself, but you seem fun! I could play with you all day just like I play with Shizu-chan all the time!"

"E-excuse me?"

Izaya ignored him and went back to the table, whistling a tune that Mikado was unfamiliar with. Mikado saw him opening the cookbook yet again and decided that he'll just play along with this. After all, it's just cooking dinner right? It could be worse.

Scratch that. Somehow...the way Izaya was checking him out while he's wearing an apron...scares him.


A/N : Hmmm, in my head, Izaya seems to like kidnapping poor Mikado a bit too much. But then again, I doubt Mikado would go anywhere willingly with Izaya, so he had to be kidnapped. :D

If anyone else wants a scene for these two, requests are fine~