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Chapter Three: Take Mine

"Do you do that often?" Rei asked.

Rei was struggling to follow after Izaya, who was navigating through the large crowd with ease.

"Do what?" Izaya stopped and turned to face her.

"Get chased by scary men with lampposts?"

"Scary?" Izaya laughed. "Shizu-chan is hardly scary! Annoying maybe, but nowhere near scary! But enough about him! Let's go eat sushi, I'll treat you!"

Izaya turned on his heels and began weaving through the crowd once again. Rei followed him with great difficulty. Not only did her feet ache from running, she was also rather small in comparison to an average girl her age, which made it harder for her to keep track of Izaya in the crowd.

Rei hissed in pain when she felt someone step on her foot. She was really beginning to hate herself for giving away her shoes and this crowd wasn't helping either, every single time she catches up with Izaya someone steps in her way. When Rei finally caught up with Izaya again, she reached her hand out and grasped the back of his hoodie.

"Where are we going anyway?" Rei asked.

"Russian sushi," Izaya tilted his head back at her. "We're not far."

"Russian sushi?" Rei repeated.

"Yup," Izaya grinned. "Ah! Here we are!"

Rei let go of Izaya's hoodie and watched him walk into the store uncertainly. It wasn't the store as much as the man that made her uneasy. But Rei was not about to run away from the mysterious stranger. She followed after Izaya into the store. The two were greeted by a large foreign man, he smiled at them both and showed them to their table.

"Konichiwa Izaya! Nice to see you," the man greeted. "Who is this?"

"This is Rei-chan," Izaya introduced. "Rei-chan, this is Simon."

"Hello," she waved back.

"We'll have the usual," Izaya ordered.

"Understood," Simon nodded with a smile.

With that said, Simon walked to the kitchens. Rei noticed the store was pretty much empty apart from Izaya and herself. Rei subconsciously picked up her chopsticks and began to fiddle with them. Izaya watched her the whole time silently with a smile on his face.

"Izaya-kun," Rei snapped her attention to him. "Who are you?"

"I'm an informant," he leaned in closer. "But the real question is: Who are you Rei-chan?"

"Why do you keep asking that?" Rei frowned slightly. "My name is Nakata Rei, I'm 16."

"No, no, forget the formalities," Izaya shook his hand indifferently. "I already know about your history and family. What I really want to know is what makes you tick."

"Why?" she asked, her tone almost accusing.

"You interest me," Izaya rested his chin on his hand. "It's not everyday you meet a girl that runs towards trouble while others run away."

"… Does that mean we're friends?" Rei watched him cautiously.

This caught him by surprise.

"Sure," Izaya nodded. "We're friends."

"I see…" A little grin crept onto her face.

"What's so funny, Rei-chan?" Izaya asked.

"Nothing it's just… I made a friend," she shook her head.

Izaya stared at her incredulously. He smiled – this girl was just full of surprises. At that point, Simon returned with two plates of sushi. He placed each plate in front of the two. Rei stared at her plate for a bit before picking up her chopsticks and reached for her food.

"How do you like it?" Izaya asked.

"It's nice," Rei nodded back curtly.

Izaya eyes trailed down to her plate… it was empty. He looked back up at her smugly. Rei looked up at Izaya then at his plate, back up at him and at his plate again.

"Are you going to eat that?"

"No, go ahead," Izaya pushed his plate towards her.

Rei immediately picked up her chopsticks and began eating the sushi. Truth be told, Rei normally ate very little but something about this sushi made her go crazy. Izaya watched her scarf down the sushi at amazing speed.

"You hungry, Rei-chan?" he propped his chin on his hand once again.

"Not really," she replied. "This is good sushi."

"Glad you like it," he chuckled. "By the way Rei-chan?"

"Hm?"

"Why aren't you in school?" Izaya queried.

"Well… a few weeks ago I was sitting in class," Rei started. "I looked out the window and saw people getting on with their lives. I realized then that school was a waste of time, so I quit."

"But you're going back soon," Izaya stated.

"How did you-."

"Oh I have my ways, Rei-chan," he grinned again.

Rei watched him carefully – how in the world did he know she was going back to school? Apart from her brother, she only just told Hayashi earlier today… could it be? Did Izaya find out from Hayashi?

'So much for confidential.'

Izaya's phone chimed and he immediately flipped it open.

"Ah Rei-chan, sorry but we'll have to cut this meeting short," Izaya said as he flipped his phone shut. "I have some errands I need to run."

"Um sure," she stood up after him.

Rei waved back at Simon before leaving the store, in which he waved back with a smile.

"Well this has been interesting," Izaya turned to her.

"Yeah…" she mumbled back.

"Oh by the way…" Izaya reached for his shoes and pulled them off. "Here, you're feet look painful."

Rei stared at the pair of shoes offered at her, they were obviously a few sizes too big for her. But nonetheless she accepted them with a nod.

"Thanks," her lips twitched slightly upwards.

Rei slipped the shoes on and tied the laces the tightest they'll go.

"I'll be seeing you soon, Rei-chan!" Izaya smiled.

"Bye."

X

That night Souichi returned home to find his little sister sitting in the living room staring at a pair of men's shoes. Rei had her arms wrapped around her legs tightly and kept her eyes glued on the shoes. Souichi walked over and sat next to her, he noticed her feet were bruised and cut up.

"How was your day?" he asked.

"Decent," she whispered back. "I decided that I liked shoes again."

"Oh? Why the sudden change of heart?" he smiled slightly.

This was new – whenever Rei stopped 'liking' something, it'd normally take a few weeks for her to start 'liking' it again. Maybe the counselor was finally working. Well whatever the reason was, Souichi was glad Rei will start wearing shoes again.

"I met a man."

Souichi's smile dropped immediately.

"Oh? What's he like?" he asked.

"Weird," she replied. "He's different from others…"

"What's his name?"

"Orihara… Izaya," she finished with a disturbing grin.

Well that was Chapter 3... Kinda crappy and short, sorry! But I hope you enjoyed it! I can't believe I got 4 reviews for chapter 2! I was so happy! :)

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