Shizuo looked at the clock. 16.14… Too early for dinner. With a lack of anything better to do he checked on Izaya. He may be a flea, he was still a patient, and in Shizuo's care, no matter how weird that seems.
Looking at Izaya, Shizuo couldn't help but compare him to a mummy.
Ridiculous.
That bald spot on Izaya's head made actually made Shizuo smile a little. Nevertheless, he did not enjoy the scene and didn't look forward to see it every time he walked by, so he went to his closet and ruffled through it. He then threw the blanket over Izaya, so that only his head and shoulders stuck out, which improved the view in his room a lot, in his own opinion.
Still lacking anything to do, Shizuo decided to put on some movie, and lazed on the couch for a few hours. He lit a cigarette to relax himself. At first he was still a bit on edge with the knowledge Izaya was in the other room, but it wasn't long before he got used to the idea and could go on with life as usual.
He fell asleep as he wasn't really interested in the movie, only to wake up a few hours later.
Izaya had woken up a while ago. He had taken his time to recall everything and answer some of his own questions in silence. But there were several questions he didn't have an answer to. For one… Shizuo.
I never did get what he was thinking… But saving me? That's too strange… Why would he, who's always out to kill me, save me… And bring me too his home too? Then again, I noticed before, he never does push on through when he has the chance to. Moral? Hmm… That would be normal… But if it's Shizu-chan we're talking about… Impossible! Right…?
That one he wouldn't be finding an answer to that one anytime soon, so his thoughts moved on a more important problem.
How can I get the Awakusu-kai of my back? No, before that, what brought them on my tail in the first place?
He had played some dirty tricks on them, especially that time when he used the granddaughter of the boss to try and kill Shizuo. Although it had been a weak attempt, using an upgraded stun gun. Well, in fact, it hadn't been his intention to actually kill him. Just to set him up. Shizuo completely fell for it to, and had a large group of Awakusu-kai chasing him throughout Ikebukurou. But the plan still failed, because he refused to fight back…
Did the Awakusu-kai want to get back at him for that? Seems little late. Moreover, that girl probably wouldn't ever mention his name, she was both too smart and too secretive for that. She wouldn't recognize him either, as he had somebody else do the dirty work.
Of course… Shiki-san might have noticed…
Still, their questions didn't have anything to do with that. Aozaki had been asking him about numbers, gangs and personal information. And about the Dollars. Of course, Izaya hadn't said a thing. But in fact, if they had asked and paid the usual way, a lot of the information they asked for were things he wouldn't mind selling. Aside from his personal info. So, why did they ask that way? Izaya couldn't find the answer to that in his current state and decided to give up on it for the time being, sure that he would find out when he had access to his network again.
He then saw the pain medication. He could use those… But there was no water to take them with… Izaya suddenly smirked.
"Shizu-chan~! Shizu-chan~! Shizu-chan~!"
Shizuo woke of to the sounds of a certain flea, annoying him to no end. Holding back his anger with all his might he stood up and went to his bedroom.
"Shut up, damned flea. What the heck do you want?"
Izaya smiled all innocent as he looked Shizuo in the face. He pointed at the meds.
"Won't you give me some water, Shizu-chan~?"
Veins popped on Shizuo's face, he was about to punch Izaya, but his fist stopped just before the impact as Shizuo saw Izaya wince and making a pained face, waiting to be hit.
Ah... Fuck.
Instead of Izaya Shizuo hit the wall with his first, as he went to get water. When he got back he puts them right next to Izaya.
"There."
He then stomped right back out of the room.
Izaya was dumbfounded. Not only did Shizuo not punch him... He actually got the water… Confusion!
Even so, Izaya was still thankful somewhere within him, and quickly took the meds with the water.
Shizuo took another look at the clock. 18.30… About time to make dinner. He wasn't exactly a great cook, but he had been living on his own for a while, and his food usually didn't taste half-bad in his own opinion. It was definitely better then take-out every day.
So Shizuo made a simple meal. He cooked some rice and fried some chicken and vegetables, finishing the dish with ready-made sauce that just needed water added to it. It was simple, but it was at least better then fried eggs and it smelled rather nice.
By the time Shizuo was done the pain meds had kicked in and Izaya was feeling a lot better, actually able to roll over and sit up now. Maybe even walk, but he wasn't sure about trying that yet. So he sat up in the bed and took a good look around for the first time. The room wasn't very big, but it had everything it needed. A 2-person bed, although on the small side, and a large closet, which probably held all Shizuo's clothes and linen, and then there were two small nightstands on either side of the bed, the one on his side currently housing nothing but meds, bandages and O-… It was probably empty under normal circumstances. Out of curiosity Izaya checked the one on the other side. It just held a few books, a pack of cigarettes, a lighter and a few spare-buttons. Izaya wondered if those books were ever being read, so he took one out en flipped through the pages. It had obviously been read… a lot too. Some pages were a little torn, and cover was practically falling off.
Shizuo must really like it… Izaya put it back into place.
He then smelled Shizuo's cooking… Reminding him he hadn't eaten anything all day. He suddenly felt really hungry… Causing him to smile deviously.
"Shizu-chan~! I'm hungry~"
"Be good and beg and I might give you some."
… "But shizu-chan… I'm really hungry~!"
"Say please, and don't call me that."
… … … "Please Shizuo?"
Shizuo was surprised at what he heard, but he definitely heard it, so he walked in and fulfilled his part. He put a full plate down next to Izaya, who was intently staring at him, clearly unhappy about his defeat. In words, no less…
"Dare to complain and you'll be starving for the next days."
Izaya's eyes dropped as he took a bite.
"It's ok…"
No, In fact, he really liked it. He preferred home-cooked meals in any occasion, but his own cooking was extremely crappy at best. Although there was no way he'd actually admit that.
Shizuo groaned under his breath and muttered. "Tshh… Unthankful flea."
He went back to the living room and ate there, watching the news, and put up a cigarette afterwards, hoping it would help him relax a little. When he was done he picked up his plate and went to get Izaya's, finding it emptied perfectly, and Izaya asleep under the covers, all rolled up.
"Hah… I'll take that as a compliment." Shizuo smiled as he took the plate and brought it back to the kitchen, where he did the dishes. His phone then rang, it was Shinra.
"Yeah?"
"Hey, how is he?"
"Sleeping, but he was already up and trolling about an hour ago."
Shinra laughed on the other side of the line, although Shizuo hadn't meant it to be humorous.
"Alright, that's good. But there's something I forgot to mention… His IV will have to be changed tomorrow morning, think you could handle that?"
"Eh… I have no idea how to do something like that."
"It's okay! It's really simple actually; you just have to change the bag!" Shinra quickly and simply explained Shizuo how to do it.
"Hmm, yeah... Ok, I think I can manage that."
"Ok, great! Thank you Shizuo! Anyway, it seems it will be a busy night, so I'll hang up now.. See you."
Beep, beep, beep-
The phones went dead, and Shizuo closed it.
Hmpf, saving that flea is more work then I imagined… Which reminds me, where am I supposed to sleep tonight? … Oh hell, it's my bed.
Although it was still a little early Shizuo decided to get to sleep. There was nothing on tv either way, and after accidently smashing it in a wall several times he tended to avoid using his laptop. He took a shower first and changed into pajamas. Normally he wouldn't bother, but he thought it was somehow appropriate. Finally he brushed his teeth. But when he got to the bed he realized he'd all forgotten about the blood and everything. He sighed, he'd have to re-place the sheets first.
"Oi, IZAYA, wake up."
Izaya just made some rather cute sleeping sound and turned away. Which caused Shizuo to grab his shoulder and shake him. He was holding himself back, but it was still quite rough and caused Izaya to yelp in pain as he woke.
"A.. auch! Shizu-chan, stop! Ah!"
Izaya was gasping for breath as Shizuo let go of him.
"Get off."
Shizuo commanded, wanting to get on with it.
Izaya looked confused, 'how?' he seemed to be asking.
Shizuo threw the pillow Izaya had been using on the ground next to the bed.
"Sit on that."
Seeing no other way to avoid Shizuo's wrath Izaya complied and carefully let himself slip of the bed, onto the pillow.
Shizuo then took of the top blanket, which was perfectly clean, as it had only served to make Izaya invisible. The other one was taking of and tossed towards the door, the sheets following. Shizuo got some others from the closet and put them on the bed, changing the pillow sheets as well. He then went out of the room to throw the dirtied sheets in the washing machine.
Izaya took this time to carefully climb black onto the bed, enjoying the clean sheets.
When Shizuo came back he was trying to get his pant off, since those were still a little damp. Shizuo automatically turned the other way, somewhat embarrassed; the scene reminded him of a manga page Erika had once stunned him with when she needed to get away.
Izaya however failed to notice Shizuo come in completely, as he was fully focused on ignoring his pain as he finally managed to kick of his pants. He felt his stitches pull on his flesh at the sudden movement, but he didn't open any wounds. He could have though, which was another reminder to be careful. He then curled up and pulled the blankets over himself, facing the wall.
Shizuo finally moved as well, turning off the light before crawling onto his own part of the bed.
Izaya was shocked as he felt Shizuo tug on the blanket.
"Eh! What are you doing?"
"Sleeping."
"Wait, here?"
"I ain't sleeping on the cough in my own house. Get out if you don't like it."
Shizuo pulled his blankets over him. He had to curl up a little, as the bed did not support his full length; he usually slept diagonally over it.
Izaya went quiet. He was not comfortable with this, and he was pretty sure Shizuo wasn't either, but he thought he'd probably feel the same way had the roles been reversed. So he just accepted it, and let himself fall asleep next to the monster he hated, and who saved him.
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