Title: Down With Love!
Author: Heiwajima Shizuo.
Rating: T.
Warning: AU-ish, swearing, and innuendos. Rating might go up too.
Summary: Rule #1, no matter how cute he is, don't fall in love. Rule #2, no matter what he makes you feel, don't fall in love. Rule #3, no matter what happens, don't fall in love. Rule #4, no matter how much you long for him, don't fall in love. And most importantly, rule #5, don't fall in love!

Sorry for the mistakes!

Important: The house Shizuo is living in is the one Yu Ping lives in in the drama this is based off of, lol. You can see what it looks like in the first episode, (I think)

After 10 minutes of walking around the store and down a few streets, Izaya admitted defeat and brought a hand to hold his head. It hadn't even been a full day, yet he managed to fuck up terribly. Only he'd be able to manage that.

If only Psyche did too. If he did, Izaya wouldn't have been in such a predicament.

He knew leaving them there was a bad idea, but bringing him all the way to the back of the store was even worse. He'd seen kids at stores whenever he went to buy food for him and Psyche. But they always seemed annoying and would always nag they adult they came with. Izaya knew that would only cause a head ache so he decided to leave the two with one of the workers.

... Too bad the worker was a complete air-head who wasn't capable of looking after two little kids.

"Oh well..." Izaya said to himself as he shrugged. Since it was pretty much safe to say Izaya had lost the two kids, he thought he'd might as well walk back and tell Shizuo.

Though most people would've feared angering Shizuo, the thought did nothing to Izaya at all. The thought to him was rather amusing, actually. If the blonde was still anything like he was in highschool, which Izaya assumed he was, an angry Shizuo would still be as entertaining as ever.

As he walked down the street, towards the blonde's house, Izaya stuffed his hands into the pockets of his jacket as the wind blew. There was an air of carelessness around him and he whistled a little. He was surprisingly calm, swinging his bag with Ootoro slightly as he walked with an even pace down the side walk.

With the thought of missing two kids still in mind, he snorted quietly. The older one, Mairu, was a brat anyways. Though Kururi, on the other hand, seemed like a sweet little girl.

Izaya would've felt guilty if anything happened to Kururi, now that he thought about it. She seemed sweet and she wasn't rude to him at all.

Too bad she had to have such a snotty older sister to look up to.

Turning the corner, he soon realized how much he needed the money the blonde was willling to pay him.

Continuing on his walk, he groaned. He really did need the money for Linda. But he doubted a pay check would come anywhere near him if he was missing the two kids he was paid to take care of.

And losing them didn't quite fall under the category of 'take care of'.

Oh well. Things could've been worse, if you asked him. They could've crossed the street the wrong time and could've gotten run over, or some car could've stopped and grabbed the two girls and drove away before Izaya had the chance to get them out.

... Or something.

He didn't really know where those thoughts came from, but he didn't really seem to mind.

But still, as long as they were alive it was ok, right?

... Right?

After turning the corner, Izaya opened the gate into the house with the spare key he had been given. Closing the gate and locking it, the raven walked up the drive way. Quickly, his body went from calm to nervous with each step he took. He knew that if he had lost the kids, he would be in big trouble with not only Shizuo, but with Psyche.

Frankly, Izaya was scared of Psyche's reaction if he was fired. Though he was sure his brother wouldn't be mad, he didn't like the thought of Psyche being upset with him. The thought just didn't sit right with him, really.

Because Linda and Psyche had been best friends for as long as Izaya was able to remember, he knew how much his older brother cared about the blonde.

So whenever he saw the chance for money to help pay for Linda's hospital bill, Psyche always took it. Even if it involved pushing Izaya into jobs and opportunities he didn't want to take at times.

Izaya never really cared, though. He cared about the happy blonde, and his brother, Kida, too. So the thought of why he was doing something he didn't want to, which was to help Linda, helped him—even if it was only a little bit.

But being a nanny? Of all things—why couldn't Psyche have done it? He was way better with kids than Izaya.

Opening the door, Izaya swallowed nervously. Taking a looking around, Izaya took a few steps in, making his way towards the kitchen to put his bag of sushi down on the counter.

There was an eerie silence that left a low, almost inaudible ringing in the raven's ears.

"Izaya."

Said male's shoulders jumped before looking behind him.

With his arms crossed as he sat on the couch, Shizuo gave Izaya, what he assumed was, an attempt at not glaring at him.

Feeling silly for being so easily frightened, Izaya grinned to hide his embarrassment. "Why hello there, Shizu-chan~"

The raven was pretty sure he saw a vein in the blonde's forehead pop, much to his amusement. "Don't call me that."

"Why~? It suits you so well!"

"You call me that again I will hurt you."

"Oh really?"

"Is that a challenge?" Standing up, Shizuo walked over and grabbed Izaya by the collar of his black shirt.

"You know it." As Shizuo lifted a fist Izaya continued. "But if you did, I'd have to report you since that would be considered assault."

With that, Shizuo gave a small growl before releasing a triumphant Izaya. He was completely not up and not in the mood to deal with the raven. Then again, he was never in the mood, actually. "This is harder than I thought it'd be…"

"What's harder? Resisting my obvious sex appeal?" Izaya winked playfully before placing a hand on his hip.

Shizuo blushed lightly as he glared. "No. I meant that being nice to you is hard. Besides, you have no sex appeal."

"Ne! That's so mean!" Izaya pouted slightly. "I have a lot of sex appeal! You love it! In fact, I'll make you love me. Everyone usually does~"

"Whatever. Besides, you're that one that better not fall for me. Remember what I said?"

"Yeah, yeah. If I ended up falling in love with you, I'll be fired and I'll owe you money. Whatever." The raven waved his hand, dismissing it carelessly. "Besides, we all know it'll be the other way around~"

"Me? Love you? You must be insane."

"I'm right. I always am, Shizu-chan. I always am and always will be~!"

"Go choke."

"Oh~ How kinky~" Izaya winked as Shizuo rolled his eyes, walking past the shorter, confident male.

Going towards the counter, the blonde looked into the plastic bag Izaya brought with him. From his spot close to the counter where he had placed the food, Izaya watched the other's expression change from a scowl into on of surprise.

"Ootoro?" Shizuo asked, turning to look at Izaya.

"You know it! Why?" Izaya asked as he made his way into the kitchen to sit at the large, glass dining table. Resting his head on his hand, he turned to look at the blonde.

"This is Mairu and Kururi's favorite. How did you know?"

"I asked them what they wanted to eat and Mairu said she wanted Ootoro." Izaya smiled slightly. "Since it's my job to take care of those two, I thought I'd let them choose."

Standing up, Izaya made his way towards Shizuo and grabbed a small plastic container of Ootoro. After talking about it, the raven started craving it really, really bad.

Breaking apart the chopsticks that came along with the black, plastic container, he opened it and placed some of his favorite sushi into his mouth. His cheeks flushed and he smiled as he ate. He really did love that stuff. It was just simply amazing.

Noticing Izaya's smile, Shizuo stared. "Uhm, are you ok?"

Izaya swallowed then placed some more into his mouth, his smile never leaving his face. "Uh 'couse I'am. Why 'ould you 'sk 'at?"

"You're smiling."

"Wha' now? 'Sit illegal 'fo me to 'mile?" Izaya continued to eat, speaking with a mouth full of food, his cheeks still pink with a small blush.

"No it's just that... I've never seen you smile before."

"Then 'ookat Psyche-chan. We 'ook 'sactly 'like."

As Izaya continued to smile, eating his Ootoro happily, the blonde was left staring.

It was true, Izaya and Psyche did look exactly alike, despite the difference in clothes and eye color, but there was just something different about Izaya's smile in comparison to his older brother's. Shizuo wasn't sure what exactly was different, but there was just something about it.

He just couldn't place his finger on it, but he knew they weren't the same. Surprisingly enough, seeing Izaya's smile made him feel something he didn't feel when he saw Psyche smile. It was strange...

Looking away from the content looking raven next to him with a small blush, Shizuo focused his attention on the other three Ootoro containers.

'One for me, and the other for Mairu and Kururi.' He thought to himself. The blonde was surprised once more. The flea actually bought him food too.

"So where are the girls?" Shizuo asked calmly.

Izaya choked on his food.

Quickly placing his food on the counter, Izaya ran to the sink and coughed up his sushi. While he was focused on eating, he had forgotten all about those two!

"Well? Where are they?" Shizuo's voice was a little more demanding as he turned to look at Izaya.

"Uh… well you see…"

"Well?"

"I… uh… well…" Izaya was absolutely speechless. And the way he kept stumbling over his words, and mumbling was ratherpathetic.

"You did pick them up from school, right?" The raven noted the slightly menacing tone in Shizuo's voice.

"Yeah, I did—"

"So where are they?"

Izaya sighed inwardly giving up. He might as well face the music even though he knew it would lead to a good, hard punch in the face.

As he reach into his pocket, he realized he had not brought his pocket knife with him. Even though he brought with him everywhere, he knew it would've only caused complications if the two girls found it.

So there he was, without his knife—completely and utterly defenseless. The one day he didn't have his knife with him—Oh well, Izaya was fast. He could always just dodge whatever came flying at him and run like Hell—

"I said, where are they?"

"Funny story, I—"

"Neeeee! I can't believe you!" Whipping his his head at break neck speed, Izaya found himself looking at Mairu who had both hands on her hips. Beside her was Kururi who had a hand in front of her mouth as the other held the back of her older sister's shirt shyly.

Izaya stared blankly. "Huh?"

"Remember? We were playing hide-n-seek and you forgot about us!" Mairu said, giving the tall, crimson eyed male a look.

Quickly, something clicked in Izaya's head and he began to play along. "Oh yeah! Sorry you two. You guys are just so good at this; I gave up and forgot to end it."

"Next time you better yell and tell us when you give up!" Mairu took her sister's hand and lead her towards their blonde uncle.

Reaching over, Izaya grabbed two containers, two pairs of chopsticks, and handed them to Mairu and Kururi. "You two better eat, ok?" Izaya said, patting Kururi on the head as she blushed sweetly.

"Thank you." Said the younger sister in a soft, angelic voice before her sister mumbled a small 'thank you' of her own, surprising both Izaya and Shizuo.

Izaya was surprised considering the fact he was sure the elder hated his guts, whereas the blonde was surprised that they seemed nice to the raven. Usually, they would've done something rude, like throw the food given to them at the nanny, insult him, or something along those lines. Instead, the politely accepted their food and even said 'thank you'.

"I guess I'll just leave you to your job. Make sure these two eat and go to bed on time, ok?" Shizuo said to Izaya as he made his way to the door.

"Aren't you going to eat?" The raven asked, motioning to the container of Ootoro he bought for the tall blonde.

With his hand on the doorknob, Shizuo spoke, "Thank you but no. Just save it for me. I'll eat it later."

"Where are you going?"

"I have a meeting I have to attend—"

"What? Why did you even come here?" Mairu practically yelled, making her sister wince slightly. "If you're not going to eat dinner with us, why did you even come home?"

"I came to make sure your new nanny over there didn't screw up. Since you two haven't driven him crazy yet, and since there isn't mess and everything seems to be in place, I assume you both are in good hands." He said, turning the handle and walking out. Outside, he looked into the house and waved. "I'll see you guys later."

And with that, Shizuo was gone, leaving Izaya alone with Kururi and a fuming Mairu.

"I can't believe him!" Mairu yelled loudly, throwing the container of Ootoro down onto the floor. Once again, her sister winced.

Confused, Izaya looked at the mess on the kitchen floor. "What was that for? I thought you said you wanted to eat that!"

"Well I change my mind. I'm not hungry anymore." She glared at him as Kururi tugged at her older sister's shirt.

"That's not very nice, you know." Izaya refrained from yelling at her. "All I did was buy you what you said you wanted to eat and you repay me by throwing it on the floor and making a mess—?"

"I don't care! You're useless anyways! Stupid fuc—"

"Bad word! Calm down, Nee-chan—!" Kururi tried to keep her sister in check but was caught off by a sharp glare.

"Aren't you upset too? He left us again—"

"I-I am, Nee-chan, it's just that—"

"Just that what? Huh?" Mairu yelled loudly, making her sister wince once more. As Izaya watched the Mairu and Kururi's exchange, he felt bad every time the younger winced at her sister's harsh tone.

"A-All our n-new nanny did was buy us f-food… you didn't have to make a m-mess—"

"Oh? So you're defending him now?" She glared. "Why in the world are you defending him?"

"I'm sorry, N-Nee-chan. I-I…" Kururi said, on the verge of tears. And it was that moment that Izaya inally stepped in, ending the fight between the two preschoolers.

"Ok you two, settle down. If you want, you can have the rest of my Ootoro since—"

"I don't want your stupid food! Ugh!" After walking over and punching Izaya's crotch with a surprising amount of strength, Mairu stomped out of the kitchen and up the stairs angrily.

"Nee-chan!" Kururi called after her sister but it was no use. She was already on the second floor and in their room.

As Izaya stood there, crouched over holding his abused crotch in pain with closed eyes, he cracked a crimson eye open. Kururi was tugging at his shirt gently as she frowned. There were tears in the corners of her eyes and she bowed slightly, "I'm sorry about Nee-chan. She's always l-like this…"

"N-No problem…!" Izaya managed to say despite the overwhelming pain from below the belt.

Just who knew someone so small and so young was capable of punching so damn hard?

The braided girl was so strong, it was almost comical.

After bowing and apologizing on behalf of her older sister once more, the small girl hugged Izaya's legs before turning and going upstairs after Mairu.

Standing by himself, Izaya straightened himself wondering to himself, 'What the fuck just happened…?'

"Mairu and Kururi are adopted. They're parents both died when Mairu was around 3 years old and Shizuo-san was the only family member they had left in Japan, leaving him with no choice but to adopt them. If he didn't the two of them would've been left at an orphanage. If he did, the two of them would have been separated and alone." Psyche said as he made himself comfortable, snuggling up to Izaya who sat on his bed, leaning his head back against the head board tiredly.

As Izaya yawned, Psyche placed his head on his younger brother's shoulders and closed his eyes. "So in other words, both of them have been alone from the start with only each other and Shizuo-san to rely on. I feel bad for them, though. Shizuo-san is their only real family but it doesn't seem like he spends a lot of time with them…" Psyche trailed off with a small yawn.

It was almost 1 AM and both Orihara's were beat. Izaya, who had arrived home around 12:30 AM, went straight to bed. As he walked up the stairs, Izaya couldn't help but wonder what caused Mairu to blow up earlier.

Though he suspected that she was just naturally bratty like that, he knew he was missing something. People didn't explode like that over nothing. He was sure of it.

After entering his room, Psyche soon followed, walking out of the washroom and down the hall behind his brother. As Izaya collapsed onto his bed tiredly, he watched with tired eyes as Psyche walked around their room, sorting and preparing files for the next day at work.

When he removed his dark, fur-trimmed jacket, Izaya asked Psyche about the two girls.

He thought if he asked, maybe he would have a better understanding as to how to handle the two. Izaya was vaguely able to remember the things Psyche had told him when the pink eyed male was forced to babysit the two once.

Despite expecting some story that would only give him all the more reason to not like the elder sister, he started to feel a little sorry. It must've been tough not growing up with a mom or dad…

"Anyways that's all I can say now, Iza-chan. I'll tell you the rest in the morning. I have to go to work early tomorrow. Good night, Iza-chan!" Psyche said, shifting and wrapping his arms around his brother's stomach, nuzzling his face into the side of Izaya's torso.

"Sure. Wait a second! Hey! Why don't you go sleep in your bed?"

"I'm already in yours! Plus I'm so use to sleeping with you, Iza-chan!"

"Go sleep in your bed." Izaya tried pushing Psyche off, but the elder only held onto him even more, hugging the younger Orihara tightly.

"Psyche."

"No!"

"Go to your bed."

"I dun wanna!"

"Psyche."

"Please!"

"I'm tired."

"So am I! That's why I don't wanna get up and go all the way to my bed! I'm already comfortable too!"

Sighing Izaya gave up. "Fine. You can sleep with me. Just don't hog the blanket, ok?"

"Ok~!"

With that, Psyche fell asleep hugging his younger brother. Meanwhile, Izaya lied there with an arm around his brother as he thought about Mairu and Kururi.

'A life without a mother or father... huh?'

DownloadedFeelings: Mairu intimidates me too… which is pretty sad since I'm the one writing her, lol xD And I'm glad you think Kururi is cute! It's what I've been aiming for ^^ Thanks so much for reviewing! :D

cats2find: This probably wasn't a fast update and I'm sorry! D: I'm glad you like the fic though! (:

WhiteCrow10: I LOVE Psyche! ^^ Since the plot needed an older brother, I thought I'd throw in Psyche. Haha! Oh the bathroom scene x) I had a lot of fun writing that part, lol. Omg, I don't blame the other maids either. Teehee ^/^

Masaomi Kida-kun: Since you've reviewed each chapter, with a lot to say, all I can say is thank you and I'm glad you really like this fic! Even though you've said so much and I'm saying so little, thank you so so so much! :DD

Aihara-Yuki: Almost all of my Shizaya fics are rated T, LOL. I'm glad you like this one! :D Since this one ended with a little bit of Mairu and Kururi's past, I'm going to have to go into more detail about it next chapter! ^^ Thanks for reviewing, favoriting, and subscribing!

Aokidanza: Yay! I'm really happy it's different, lol! Haha Psyche is adorable, oh my goodness x). Izaya has his moments, I guess. Hahaha~ xD Thanks for the review!

All people who reviewed or just read without reviewing: Thank you! Oh! And thanks to everyone who favorite and alerted! :DD Sorry about the late update, I've just moved houses and my computer wasn't set up until yesterday around midnight )x

Anyways, tell me what'cha think? :3