I AM SO PUMPED RIGHT NOW!

The wonderful Yen Press licensed Durarara!, and will bring Volume 1 to us January 2012. IN ENGLISH! 8DDD I am SO preordering that baby!

Well, sorry for the delay, but I am back in school now, and let me tell you: TROLOLOL, I love the advantage of a service period 8DDD If there are any mistakes, blame my IPod, 'kay?

Disclaimer: I am just a fan, nothing more, nothing less. Besides, if I was the true creator of Durarara!, wouldn't I have made Erika's dreams come true? Yes, but because Narita is in control, I cannot D'8

Okay, ramble ceases now.

On a hilarious note! I lost my locker combination, and had to get t retrieved from the Assistant Principal :'D Yeah, laugh at Arancar, now XDD

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They should have really expected it, what with being Japanese students of a higher educational reich, but alas, they did not believe the day their retched professor in English would have them tackle the most hated subject for any sane student would come. But yet it occurred in the form of white scrap sheets one late October day in their 2nd Year, the words 'PowerPoint Project' jumping out of the top in bold text.

._. 16. They should know to expect the unexprected._.

"Ew, 'Shakespearean Theatre'," Shinra wrinkled his nose as a sign of displeasure, his elementary school friend copying the gesture as the assignment was distributed at random, "I really don't like him, it's so dull."

"It is," he groaned, practically glaring holes into his prompt, "theatre? Just what do I care for theatre?" At this point, Shinra turned around in his seat, excited in finding a comrade in the hate for their current school project. "Ha, Shizuo-kun, you too? That's great!" A stare from the bleach-blond, however, quickly made him change his mind.

"Uh, I-I mean, that's terrible?"

Izaya's abrupt intrusion from Shinra's left quickly broke the slight tension. "Ne ne! What did you guys get?" he asked, leaning in towards his middle school best friend for a glimpse at the scrap the instructor had distributed. "Ah, it was Theatre, and you?"

"Conspiracies!" he chirped in response, gesturing over towards Kadota two seats forward, a cloud of gloom practically towering over his head, "Dotachin got Themes." Shizuo cocked a curious brow. "But he's better at English than the three of us combined." The raven-haired boy wagged a finger at him, "But that doesn't mean he LIKES it!" he reprimanded, to which Shinra laughed.

"You seem happy!" he pointed out, ignoring Shizuo's threat of chopping off his friend's index digit, "didn't think you would like work for English." The other boy gasped dramatically in response.

"Of course I would! It is only just one of the grandest playwrights ever! Imagine what dark mysteries are behind his name!" Izaya's eyes practically sparkled as Shizuo sweatdropped.

"You..." he uneasily muttered, "I can't help but feel you're going to destroy literature as we know it."

._. 17. They felt uneasy._.

"Wah, did you know that the people in England couldn't read, so they had to use colored flags for advertisement?"

"Why are you telling me now, write it down for later! Write it down!"

Shinra pouted at the blond, but did as instructed and jotted down the information in his notebook. He soon returned to flipping through the pages of the borrowed textbook once more for a few moments before he broke the silence again.

"Ah, and they didn't have toilets inside-" Shizuo promptly slammed his mechanical pencil down.

"Shinra-" was the only stern warning.

"I am aiding in our research!" he wailed, nearly causing the other to snap. "Random speaking isn't helping!" he barked back, some nearby students flinching at his harsh tone.

They decided to take a spot in the library, Shinra having convinced Shizuo that working together would ease the load on the both so they wouldn't have to slave over the assignment so roughly. It was a good idea, working together, but frankly, in the blond's opinion, he probably just wanted to get home to Celty a few hours earlier. The again, he was receiving help with the project, albeit in a rather noisy manner, but it would have to be something he had to deal with until the due date. 'Two weeks,' he thought to himself, 'I guess I can do that.'

"Oh! And they used the surrounding fields outside as lavatories!"

Maybe not.

._. 18. They felt irritated._.

"Wah, Dotachin! You look pooped!" Izaya cried one day from across the classroom. The month had reared to November, and the due date was set in four days, to which most students in their class were hurrying to meet.

"'Pooped'?" Kadota looked perfectly puzzled as he took his seat,"what an odd choice of words, Izaya." The raven-haired boy simply shrugged for a moment before continuing, "You're finished, ne?"

"Sort of," he admitted, "Just have to put it in an order that makes sense, and you guys?"'

"Just have to organize what I have to say," Shizuo replied, while Shinra nodded from just in front of him. "And you, Izaya-kun?" the doctor-to-be questioned, "what do you have left?"

"Oh I finished!"

Shinra's jaw promptly dropped, the only other response from the other two being a mere raise of the brow.

"S-say wha-?" he unintelligently stuttered, earning a slight giggle from the other.

"Done! Actually, I finished about three days ago, but- you know what, I'll tell you later!" And just in that instant, their instructor walked in, calling for the class to quiet down. Izaya turned in his seat, propping a text book open and ignoring Shinra's mild squeak of protest.

"That's so embarrasing," Shizuo slumped in his seat, he too ignoring the boy in front of him as he gawked very much like a fish out of water, flipping open to the current classwork like the surrounding students.

._. 19. They felt defeated._.

"Wahh! Did you know the Globe Theatre set on fire during a preformance of Henry the Eighth?"

"Shinra, SHUT UP!"

._. 20. They were getting nowhere._.

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Inspired by a project I did last year for AP English Language, but I omitted the part where my classmates booed because the supposed 'smart girls' were all in he same group :'D Which was myself, E.M, M.R, and two others, M.O and T.A (lol, bragging much? XD) We were assigned 'Theatre', but it was pretty fun! The above facts are true from what I remember about my research. By the way, this will have a secondary part, but you'll have to wait for that~!

I also read on TV Tropes that Shinra has a mile-long masochistic streak, and because of that, he doesn't see jaw dislocation as a barrier to his friendship with Shizuo 8DDD I thought it was so hilarious, I had to emulate it a bit, since it's been all Shizuo and Izaya lately XD And pooped is a correct term, it means exhausted; I just think Izaya is childish enough to use it :'D

I have been speaking a lot with fellow writer Kiyoumi (you are made of awesome, dear, like seriously), and I am seriously considering adding a bit of actual Shizaya, not just imply it, as fun as that is. Won't be hardcore sucking face either, but it'll be there; what do you guys think? Whether it is a yes or no will be no effect on me, really, but it is after all for you guys' pleasure~ ;D

Next is something that Kiyoumi brought up and I just HAD TO DO 8DD

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