"I quit."
"Excuse me? No one quits on me. I fire people, not let them quit."
"That makes me the first then, Shiki-san."
Shiki sighed and leaned forward, "Listen Izaya, do you really think I would let my best infobroker quit on me? I don't care if I have to trap you here forever. You're not quitting."
A few days earlier.
"Shizu-chan!" Izaya whined, "Let's go on a date!"
"A date?!" Shizuo exclaimed.
"It doesn't even have to be somewhere meaningful We can just take a trip to Shinra's apartment if you want. I just want to go somewhere with you." Izaya said. It's been a week since the "Kasuka incident" and their relationship didn't progress at all. The brunette wanted something to happen. It didn't matter what, as long as it sparked their life a little bit. Shizuo bit his lip and scratched the back of his head,
"I've…never gone on a date before so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to set this up."
Izaya laughed a little at his boyfriend and then said, "That's fine. How about we go eat out tonight? We can go to Russian Sushi."
The blonde nodded in agreement. Before Shizuo set off to work, he would always linger by Izaya's side until he got a light peck on the cheek and a, "Come home safely." And when Shizuo came back, Izaya would always be there to jump into his arms, kiss him and say, "Welcome back."
Shinra always said that they acted like a married couple, but he figured they were happy with the way they were.
When they were just about to set off for Russian Sushi, Izaya's cellphone rang. The brunette looked at Shizuo with sadness in his eyes and the blonde knew exactly what it meant. Shiki was calling him. And if Izaya's boss was calling him, he knew that there wouldn't be time for their relationship. Shizuo sighed and told him to pick it up and that they could go out another time. The brunette almost looked as if he was going to cry as he nodded and flipped his phone open.
"What?" Izaya grumbled.
"Well…someone's on their man period." Shiki responded.
"How may I be of service, Shiki-san?" Izaya asked as calmly as possible. Sure, he was irritated with his boss ruining his date before it even started but his boss was his boss and his job was his job. What the boss says; goes.
"I need you to gather information from this man in another country."
Izaya hesitated and remembered that he swore he wouldn't leave the country while he was dating Shizuo, "Uh…Shiki-san…I can't."
"You can't? Or you won't?" His voice sounded like he was trying hard not to snap at Izaya.
The brunette and held his breath, he glanced at the blonde and then whispered so that Shiki-san was the only one to hear, "I'll come over right now."
He heard Shiki sigh on the other end as he said, "Fine."
When Shiki hung up, Izaya turned to Shizuo and smile, "I'm sorry Shizu-chan... I'm going to go over and tell Shiki that I'm going to quit being an informant for a while. I really don't want to waste time anymore. I want to spend more time with you. So please…wait for me."
The blonde chuckled and ruffled Izaya's hair, "Idiot, I'll always be waiting for you. Come back soon, okay?" He kissed the informant on the wrist and let him be off on his way.
When Izaya got to Shiki's apartment and told him he wanted to quit, Shiki got his bodyguards to keep him locked up. The brunette panicked and pulled out his pocketknife. He pointed it at the guards who were slowly approaching him and made his way towards the door. The guards quickly jumped him, muffled his screams, drugged him and then dragged him off to Shiki's room.