Chapter 2

"Shizu-nii~" her voice rings in his ear while he is trying to stop himself from ripping the shelf off the wall. He grits the butt of his cigarette and eyed her in confusion. "What are you doing here?" his voice sounding a bit cold.

"What do you mean Shizu-nii? To get this last carton of milk of course~" she coos and waves the milk carton in front of Shizuo's face. The girl giggles annoyingly and disappears to the next isle. Shizuo grits the cigarette harder and the fillings are getting into his mouth ignoring the bitterness. He has half a mind to fling her out the door- but just because she's a girl and he hates violence especially unnecessary ones he doesn't. But then again, Orihara Mairu is the flea's little sister- and technically she is taunting him with his carton of milk. Doesn't that give him an excuse to throw a punch at her? Since she is a mini Izaya after all.

But still. She's a girl. And at this point it sucks.

So Shizuo is force to turn to the stupidest solution ever. Take a deep breath and count to 10. At a rate of how often it works, zero percent. But because she's a girl and he can't hit a girl no matter how much he wants to cause he hates violence. His normal routine for the day, ruined. But he just has to get use to fate breaking his normality of life whenever fate gets the chance. It's only normal for things to change a little. Like the circle of life.

Thinking too much about it makes his head hurt. Shizuo shrugs it off and heads to the counter. He'll just have to buy his milk someplace else. After paying the cashier he heads out the door and scavenges for another convenience store. Then, he gets this feeling like somebody is following him. He cranes his neck over his shoulder and nobody is around. He starts walking again, this time slowly and silently unsatisfied. He knows his gut feeling was never wrong.

Little sounds of footsteps were heard and yes again, he's right. Knowing who it is, he speeds up and turns into a run. He takes the corner on his left into an alley and stops. He peeps out; the edges of his lips curl up. His follower must have run out of breath (considering his long legs, not many people can catch up to him).

As he is about to step out of the alley way, somebody jumps out from behind and catches him by his neck. "Shizu-nii~ Why are you running away from me? I wanted to say hello to you" her high pitch voice sings in his ears. He struggles to get her off as she twirls around his neck holding him tighter.

"Get off!" he shouts releasing her grip and holding her in mid air.

"My, my~ you're not going to throw me away now are you Shizu-nii~~" she taunts.

Giving her a frown, he lets her down. "Go home you annoying brat". "Oh, how scary" she coos. Laughing to herself, she skids her away to the opposite direction. Shizuo's eyebrow twitches at how annoyingly similar that girl is to the flea. It makes him want to kill the flea even more. He clenches his fist. Next time, whenever that flea makes his surprise visit, he will be ready and get him.

"Kill,kill,kill,kill,kill…." He chants under his breath, then his phone rings. "Hmm?" his voice growls. "I'm not working tomorrow; I guess you can take the day off" the person at the end of the other line, Tom. "But I need you bright and early on the next day got it?" he continues. Shizuo gives him a simple grunt and flips his phone shut. Good. At least tomorrow he can spend his day focusing on eliminating his arch foe.

"Kill,kill,kill,kill…."

-H.S-

Mairu locks the door behind her and chuckles to herself. She leans against the door and jolts up to head to the kitchen. She searches for a glass and opens the carton to pour the milk in. Slowly she sips the milk letting the creaminess fill her taste buds and the ice cold sensation satisfies her throat. She shakes the half empty glass in front of her face and thought, how funny it was to see Shizuo's face when she taunted him. She laughs to herself again.

Never regret the things you do that make you happy. That's what her brother used to say to her and her twin. She always admired the fact that her brother is always smiling and having fun. Even when he was taunting someone, though she could not think how that is fun- but it made him happy. But she never thought badly of him. She took whatever he was doing as a practical joke. And seeing him happy made both of them happy. That's why they adored him so much. But only that day she'd seen him frown and that day that she marked the turning point of their lives.

She plop herself onto the the pendent on her necklace, she sighs hard. "Don't worry Kuru-nee, I'll find him", she says in a promising voice. Her eyes stare at the white ceiling. "I guess cleaning spree will be done sooner than I thought….. The sooner the better I guess". She wonders where or how to start looking for her brother.

The first person that came to her mind was Shinra. She used to hear stories about Shinra obsessing a headless rider or was it called- a dullahan. Mairu always had an interest in this Shinra person. She finds him completely different from other humans. Like her brother, they used to share the same interest.

Humans are so unpredictive, that's why I love them so much. Those words rang in her ears like a church bell. Yes, her brother loves humans –and sometimes, more than them. She'd always question him, but her answers were unanswered. He'd just ruffle her hair and gave his signature smile. It was really annoying really. She doesn't get his secrecy, and it bothers her that her brother is just so mysterious and yet- he was the only one she trusted (besides Kururi).

Sighing for the third time today, she got up from her couch. She shook her head, thinking too much about the past wasted her time. She took her latex gloves, a pail, some detergent and a scrub. For the rest of the day, she cleaned all the bathrooms and the store near the staircase.

-H.S-

Shizuo exited the convenience store with a bag of one carton of milk. He felt satisfied, now he can eat dinner and drink his desperate need for milk without any distraction. Arriving home, he locked the door and switch on the kettle. Sitting down on the kitchen counter, he wondered about today.

She's back. The flea's little sister is back. What is she doing here? He hasn't seen her in four years. She had changed a lot. She definitely grew taller and her face became more angular. Now that he thinks about it, her looks doesn't resemble the flea at all- which was good. At least he doesn't need to get so pissed and start breaking someone's teeth, like he accidently did when Izaya dodged a flying punch.

One thing that hasn't changed about her is that she acts so much like the flea. The way she talks, the way she smiles or even chuckle, is the flea's. Guess he pretty much did a good job taking care of his sisters. Then, something at the end of his mind was off. Something was missing about today's encounter. Kururi wasn't there.

Shizuo thought twice about it. She wasn't there. Last time, he remembered seeing them both together every time. He never once seen them separated. And they did everything together. Plus, they were like mini annoying Izayas. When he was in high school, he often here the juniors talk about them. Apparently, they were pains like their brother.

The electronic kettle beeped, he flicked the switch and poured the steaming water into his bowl. He put in the instant noodles and waited for it to cook. Kururi and Mairu are more than two peas in a pod. They were more than just twins, they were soul mates. That thought made Shizuo flinch and he shook his head. But the fact is true. They were so close that other people seem to look at as an incest couple. It bothered Shizuo. And because of that, he made a conclusion that the Orihara family was a complete weirdo –period.

Slurping his noodles, he shrugged off whatever he thought about. Mairu's milk taunting technique managed to get him pissed. He knows whose plan was it. And tomorrow is a bloody good day to be thinking a thousand and one ways to eliminate the town's parasite. He'll be getting his revenge soon.

A/N: Okay so I know its tad boring. I haven't shown anything on whats happening yet. But I do hope you review and tell me what you think of this chapter ;) Please do~