" what the hell just happened flea?" Shizuo said with angry infused words and confused eyes.
"Ooh, what a wonderful nickname Shizu-chan, I'm glad we are getting com-" Izaya said being cut off by Shizuo. Izaya was being held by his collar, pressed against the sakura trees trunk.
" Don't dodge my questions, what the hell was this" Shizuo threatened, confusion coating his words. How was Shinra involved, what is going on in general? Multiple questions spinning around in Shizuo's head, and no foreseeable answers in sight.
"Silly Shizu-chan, client confidentiality have you heard it?" Izaya teased, his smile oozing with forced intentions. Shizuo could tell he was hiding something, Izaya's smile wasn't nearly convincing. His eyes showing a mysterious story of unreadable emotion. A convoluted cocktail of masked emotion. No discernible, clear cut answer to be found of Izaya's pale face.
"Spill it flea!" yelled an enraged Shizuo, pressing Izaya's chest harder against the tree. shots of immediate threats spilled out of Shizuo's words. Izaya slightly flinching, his eyes still shooting daggers. No real progress being made, Shizuo steadfast on getting an answer, Izaya not budging from the "client confidentiality scheme".
"Tisk. Tisk. Tisk. Shizu-chan how very protective. The problem is done and done, no worries should be
had...my friend,". His words slathered in offhanded evil. Like an underhanded threat, Izaya's villainous voice amplifying his snake like intentions. There was this constant fake aura about him, like a veil of unfeasible, boundless possibility. A dragon's flames protecting the unknown treasures of the human soul.
The silence was growing, like a bubble of infinite awkwardness. Stares boring holes into the psyche. Growing pressure on Izaya's chest causing black and blue splotches to spurt and grow. A pained look grew on Izaya's face a cocktail of reflection and twinges of throbbing pain. A major surprise to Shizuo, no gasps or groans.
" The problem is fixed, the situation is handled I promise. No need to be roped into this" Izaya said his voice shaking, pain flashing in his eyes. Vulnerability seeping out of his voice. A loop being throw at Shizuo, something new. A slip up in his cover, leaving Shizuo with no reaction to pull from.
Izaya grabbed Shizuo's wrist and stared into Shizuo's eyes, tearing his soul to shreds. Shizuo dropped Izaya, his red v-neck now stretched. Izaya grabbed his book out of Shizuo's hands and silently walked to the foot of the hill.
" Thanks, Shizu-chan, my promise stands," Izaya stated, mysteriously hints of happiness enlaced his voice. The sun began to set painting the sky beautiful orange and red varieties. The city calming down but Shizuo's mind still whizzing with questions. The uncertainty of the future filling the cracks of Shizuo's mind.
The answer to Shizuo's qualms didn't come. School continued as usual and Izaya returned to his normal trollish ways. Practically forgetting the conflict mere days before. The rivalry between the two shifting to a more underhanded stabbing. Nothing new but the intensity between the silent enemies, till the rumors started to spread. This one more dangerous than the multiple slipped secrets before.
" Did you hear some guy got ran out of town by one of the local gangs"
" Really! Who. Nothing has happened like that for a while"
" I forget his name, something with a k. Kasai! That's it"
" Wasn't he the guy who wields fire."
"Yeah, I heard he actually burned one of Izaya's tails"
"Really and he was run out by the yakuza, poor guy"
The rumors spread like wildfire, spinning out of control. The school was enchanted by the dangerous drama. To the point of constant stares on Izaya, Shizuo, and Shinra not limited to the school's attention. The burnt tip of Izaya's tail didn't help to get the attention off his head. Shizuo not usually taking interest in the school's stream of gossip but theories end up planted in Shizuo's mind.
How is Izaya related to the recent events, how is he related to Kasai being chased out. What power does he actually have, and Shizuo has this little inkling itching in the back of his head. That suspicion being Izaya has a little too much power, reaching into the gang territory. Izaya's promise was indeed fulfilled revealing the strings he puppeteers (allegedly). A new situation being born entirely. Snippets of worry latching onto Shizuo's conscious. How safe is this situation, what risk do they run?