"Say, why don't you do something to make Celty feel better? For example, give her something that symbolizes, let's say, your affection towards her." Izaya put his hand on Shinra's shoulder, trying to give him some hope. Shinra raised his head to look at Izaya with a confused expression. But hope could definitely be noticed in his expression.
"Huh? What do you mean?" said Shinra, now fully paying attention to Izaya's idea.
"I mean you should give her something to symbolize what you feel for her. Something that says 'I forgive you. It's all right.' You understand?" answered Izaya a little annoyed at how slow Shinra caught up.
"That's brilliant! Thank you! But I have no idea what to give her…" said Shinra puffing with enthusiasm and grabbing both of Izaya's hands in appreciation, before calming down and showing a thoughtful expression. Izaya was taken aback by the other's sudden outburst of emotion, but nevertheless, he continued with his plan, not removing his hands from the other's grasp.
"Well, let's think about something we can do now. Something you can cheer her up with." said Izaya feigning a thinking expression. Shinra was also intensively concentrating.
"I know." said Izaya, pretending to be surprised by a flicker newly shown to him "How about a crown of poppies. It's not hard to make and I'm sure you can manage that." Izaya was concentrating on reading the other's expression, doubting his plan for a moment.
"That's amazing! I always wanted to do something like that for her. That's one awesome idea. I'm sure she'll love it. Thank you, Izaya!" said Shinra with the brightest smile.
Of course the fool wouldn't realize it right away. He is so simple minded. The smallest trace of Izaya's doubt had vanished by the time the future-doctor finished speaking. Now all he had to do was lay back and watch things go smoothly. Now his biggest concern was finding a comfortable place to watch his plan develop in front of him. Maybe the car crash wasn't such a bad thing after all.
Shinra was dizzily looking around for as many poppies as possible. He wanted not any kinds of poppies. He wanted the prettiest and the most special ones. Just like his Celty. That simple thought brought a smile to his face. He started gathering the flowers he thought were the best. Then, his quest continued with finding a spot well hid from the others, including Celty, and skilfully building a tiny crown out of the surrounding hay and flowers.
While Celty was helping Kadota with the car repairs and chatting with Shizuo on her PDA, Shinra was still struggling to tie the first two flowers together. Izaya had been quietly peaking at Shinra through the piles of hay and red flowers which made it hard for him to clearly see what the other was doing. Izaya knew too well that patience was not his trump card and decided to take matters into his own hands.
"What's taking you so long?" Izaya was now standing next to Shinra, looking at him in a tedious manner to hide the annoyance that had built up inside him.
"I'm still…trying to…ugh! I can't get my head round this!" whisper-yelled Shinra dropping the flowers from his hands in defeat. "I can't even do this much for my dear Celty!" the future-doctor was on the verge of tears, but suddenly Izaya sat down next to Shinra.
"How about I help you out with this a little?" said Izaya taking two flowers into his hands and looking at Shinra, waiting for an answer.
"Really?!" said Shinra out of excitement, staring at Izaya in disbelief.
"Yeah…" Izaya knew it was out of character for him to offer to help others without expecting anything in return, but he gave it a shot anyway. He shuddered at the mere answer he gave. He sounded friendly. How disgusting. He thought. But it was all for his own entertainment. It wasn't his fault that Shinra was so clumsy and couldn't even tie some flowers together. He decided he had to step in for his plan to work perfectly. At Shinra's pace, they would have fixed the car before he could finish his plan and amuse himself. That would be so boring, I don't want that. Izaya thought. I'll just have to play along.
"But, don't tell anyone I helped you. Remember. This is your gift to Celty." Continued Izaya, pressing his index finger against his lips.
"Roger!" answered Shinra happily, unaware of Izaya's plans.
Izaya skilfully tied a dozen poppies together in less than 5 minutes. Meanwhile, Shinra was in awe at the fast pace the other's fingers moved. It was like he had been doing this for years.
"Here. Now go impress her, you stud." said Izaya on a mocking tone, offering the little crown made out of flowers to the other. Shinra was beaming, being proud of the little offering 'he made' for his dear Celty. With this, she was sure to forgive him. Maybe they would even hug. And maybe they would stay like that for a while. He was woken up from his day-dreaming by Izaya, who was unimpressed, violently shaking his shoulder.
