Chapter 2
"So, how did you end up in California again?"
Rags looked at Kida with a sideways glance. They were sitting in Kida and Izaya's room going over field notes from earlier that day.
"Well, at first I wanted to come here to just be a tourist. Then I came out to my family about being a bisexual and they kicked me out. I tried to stay with my friend Mikado but his parents were homophobes. Then I remembered my plane ticket and decided to move here."
He lowered his head when he remembered the last time he was in Ikeburkuro and how his parents abandoned him. He wiped away the tears that were threatening to spill over. The light brunette noticed this and scooted closer to him, pulling him into a tight hug.
"Its alright, Izaya went through the same thing a few years back. I went through it to. Diana is one of the lucky ones. She already went through her bi-curious faze."
Kida hugged her back and buried his face into her shoulder.
The door opened with a loud squeak as Izaya walked in with a plastic bag full of Code-Red Mountain Dew. He put most of them in the fridge and took three with him upstairs.
He opened his bedroom door and saw the other two hugging quietly.
"Am I interrupting something?" The brunette raised an eyebrow as the two took notice of his presence. He handed them each a soda and sat on his bed across from them.
"Kida was telling me about why he came to Redding."
Her and the brunette opened their sodas simultaneously and drank about half the two-liter bottles.
With a sigh of approval she replaced the cap on her soda and set it on the floor next to the bed.
"He went through the same thing we did." Izaya looked at her with confusion as he replaced the cap on his drink.
"His parents kicked him out." The brunette looked to the smaller with a bit of sadness. "Oh..." He was silent for a moment. He finally stood up and walked over to Kida.
The blonde gasped slightly as he was pulled into another hug by the older male. He felt a tear run down his cheek as he hugged the brunette back.
Rags smiled at the two and silently left the room.
The two sat that way for a moment or so before Izaya felt "pins and needles" in his feet.
He sat down beside Kida silently. The blonde finally broke the awkward silence with a small sneeze.
"Excuse you." Kida looked at him strangely. "You mean "bless you" right?"
Izaya shook his head slightly. "I'm an Atheist, so I say excuse you."
Kida looked at him with curiosity as Izaya laid back on the small bed. He laid next to him with his head on the brunette's chest. Izaya was about to retaliate but gave up when he heard a small snore come from the smaller boy.
"I'm back!" Diana announced happily. When there was no reply she wandered around the living room. She finally saw Rags asleep on the large couch. She wandered up stares to get into her pajamas when she noticed the door to the boys' room wide open.
She peeked inside and saw the two sound asleep on Kida's bed.
With a small smile she closed the door.