[next day at Shizuo's apartment]
The sound of beeping ripped through the silent room, and after a few seconds, there could be heard annoyed grumbling, and then…smack!
The thing known as alarm clock was now smashed on the floor, in a shape no alarm clock should ever be. Then some more curse words and Shizuo finally sat up, squinting his eyes.
'Shit…. what...oh that's right… I have a plane to catch.'
Finally some time later in the somehow right state of mind, he got up, got dressed, ate his breakfast and packed some of his final things. He took out his cig and lit it. It always calmed him down somewhat. He sighed.
'Well, this is it…'
He stepped out of his apartment with the entire luggage, and locked the doors. There won't be anyone in there for a month… Shizuo slightly wondered if anyone will notice his absence, except for the people that already knew, but pushed it in the back of his mind. He didn't have time for stupid thoughts like that. He was going on vacation for god's sake! And a well-deserved one too. At first he hadn't even thought about it, but then Tom decided it was about time he took a break, and besides, Tom and his boss are out of town for now, and Shizuo didn't really have anything better to do, so he looked in a catalog that Kasuka brought him and choose a random one. Kasuka then booked it and arranged everything, since Shizuo wasn't very good with people. And he got a huge discount at that.
But anyway, time to get going. He put out his cigarette, put on his sunglasses and started walking towards Ikebukuro airport.
[Same time, Izaya's apartment]
Oh, how exciting! Izaya laughed like a little kid in amusement park and stepped out of his apartment. He double-locked the door, set all the alarms and cameras and told Namie she is now officially on vacations.
Just for fun though, he put a sign on the front door that read: 'my lovely humans, if you are reading this I am gone by now and I hope you will not miss me too much, but do not worry, for I will come back even from hell itself. –Izaya'
He laughed. This should really freak Celty out. He never thought this would be so much fun. He boarded a train to Ikebukuro and comfortably seated himself. Trains were his favorite means of transport actually. He could observe his humans and no one interrupted him. And besides, you can't even imagine how many blackmail material you can get if you just pay attention. For example right now.
A man in his thirties was harassing a young girl, who was obviously not comfortable and didn't know what to do. Izaya smirked and pulled out his phone. He made sure he got pictures clear enough and even taped some of it. He then stood up and walked up to them.
"Oya, oya! What do we have here?" He said with a smirk playing on his face.
The girl gasped and looked at him with big pleading eyes. And as he predicted, the man completely blew up. It's a common reaction, usually when you are scared, you either run away, try to fade in the background or overreact and try to look intimidating. Judging by his actions and personality Izaya already knew it's going to be the third one.
"What the fuck do you want haa? Does it look like I'm doing something? Do you have any proof? Hah! If you don't, get off my back!" he yelled and Izaya's smile became face-splitting.
"Actually…I do have proof." He said and you could almost hear the laughter in his voice.
The man paled and drops of sweat appeared on his face. Izaya snickered. 'Ehehehe, a new slave! How lucky! I'm so glad I got on this train. He might not be much, but every pawn is valuable if you know how to move it.'
His eyes took on a dangerous glee, as he opened his mouth;
"Check mate."
Finally at the airport, ten minutes before the flight, he took some time to look at the people who will be boarding the same plane as him.
'Hmm, let's see…a few students; probably easy to mess with, a businessman, a single mother and her child, Shizu-chan; again with his cigarettes I see, a seem-to-be happy family, an old lad-…wait, what!...back-up, back-up!'
His head snapped in the previous direction.
'….S-Shizu-chan? What the….! Oh god hide, hide!'
Just before Shizuo made eye contact, Izaya ran behind a pillar that stood on his right. He prayed to whatever it was out there, that the monster didn't see him yet. It would be a disaster. He carefully looked over to the blond and saw him cringe and grimace. He was muttering something along the lines of 'it stinks, it fucking reeks' and Izaya knew his instincts were kicking in. Izaya almost sweat-dropped.
'Goddamn, I don't smell you impotent monster! What in the hell are you doing here Shizzy? You are ruining my day! Get out! Please! I'll give you 100 yen! I'll give you …. A sausage! Yes, a sausage, now get ooout you stupid mut!'
But no matter how mentally strong he was, Shizuo didn't budge. And then they announced that the passengers must board the plane. He saw Shizuo move towards the entrance. His jaw dropped. No way, no way, Shizuo was not on the same plane as he was, right? I mean what? How…?
But nothing he thought seemed to change the fact that the brute is boarding the same flight as he is. So he calmed down his nervous body and slowly made his way to the stewardess.
"Thank you for choosing our-"
"Yes, here is the ticket."
He quickly passed the stunned stewardess and with rushed steps boarded the plane, his eyes scanning the place in search for a certain monster. He finally found him by the window in the last row. Heh, now he can avoid him and everyone will be happy. But the gods seemed to have different opinion, contradicting Izaya's by all cost.
"Excuse me, where is my seat located?" He asked a stewardess, grinning at her.
"Oh, it's in the back…hmmm… ah! You are sitting by that blonde gentleman." She smiled. "Have a nice flight sir." And she took off.
Izaya was stone-still. He didn't hear right…he couldn't. This day could not get any worse. For god's sake! His seat was right next to Shizuo's! What the hell should he do?
'O-o-okay. D-don't panic! What should I do? Think!'
Scenario 1:
He happily skipped over to his seat. "Ah! Shizu-chan! Looks like we are sitting together ne?~"
*A chair smashed into his head*
Scenario 2:
He walked up to Shizuo. "What the hell are you doing here?"
He pulled out his knife. *An image of a busted and crashed plane*
Scenario 3:
'mmm…ootoro…'
'Ah. My thoughts went the wrong way. Gaaah! None of those will work! What the hell should I do?'
He slowly turned in Shizuo's direction. His head was resting on his hand, his eyes staring out of the window. *sigh* Oh well. Better to get it over with.
His legs started to move in the direction of his seat. His heart started to beat a bit faster. Somehow a smirk appeared on his face, an action that went unnoticed by the brunette. Maybe because it was already a routine. Or maybe it was the thrill. But It could quite possibly be a third thing. A feeling the raven ignored, or didn't even know existed.
He didn't say a thing. He simply sat down and pulled out a book. Shizuo, who detected movement on his right turned to look at the person he was sitting with.
He stared…blinked…stared some more…took off his glasses…stared…
Izaya's eye twitched, though he was still smirking. "Ne, Shizzy, could you stop that? It's kind of annoying you know." He said, never taking his eyes of the contents of the book.
Shizuo's face went from deadpan to shock and then twisted into rage as he finally found his voice and abruptly stood up, hands already baled into fists. "What the hell are you doing here, haa?"
"Dear passengers, please fasten your seat belts, we are now taking off. We wish you a nice, relaxing flight."
Izaya sighed and put down the book, then proceeded to fasten his belt.
"Are you ignoring me you asshole?" Shizuo was now already shaking with anger. He aimed his fist at Izaya, who ducked and dodged the attack. "IIIIZAAAYAAAAAA!"
"Shizu-chan, I want you to calm down a bit, I don't like this any more than you do. And just so you know, I'm going on vacation and don't want to fight with you right now. I was hoping we could, just for the time being, ignore each other the best we can. I, for once, don't want to crash a flying plane."
Ok, Shizuo was kind of surprised, yet he was still glaring at the informant. There were so many things wrong with that statement…thought, what informant said made sense. He also wouldn't want to damage the plane he will be flying on. He didn't exactly want to die in a plane crash if he destroyed something. But back to the topic.
"What the hell are you talking about? You, don't go on vacations. Ever. If you would, we wouldn't hate each other as we do, you manipulative bastard!"
Shizuo stood still for a moment, thinking about what Izaya said. He slowly sat back down, his glare never leaving the brunette, and fastened his own belt.
'Ah, that's good. Shizu-chan doesn't seem to be that angry anymore. But…I guess I better tell him the truth. He'll know I'm lying either way…I don't want to risk him getting angry…' He sighed and soon after smirked.
"Well, that's true. You caught me. Actually, a client of mine kind of screwed me. I have to back off for a while and Tokyo isn't safe. Sooo, I was thinking of visiting some places, you know see the world. *cough* Kill some teenagers *cough*"
Shizuo snorted. "Hah, serves you right! Who did you piss off? Mafia?" when he didn't get a reply, he looked over to the brunette. "Wait…you actually pissed off mafia?" Izaya just closed his eyes and Shizuo sweat dropped. After a moment of silence he said: "Fine. I'll go with you on whole not-fighting-this-time thing, but if you piss me off, I won't hesitate to throw you out of the window ya hear?"
Izaya looked at the bartender and smirked. "Deal. Anyway Shizu-chan why are you here?"
Shizuo glared at him. "How many times do I have to tell you? It's Shizuo! But if you must know I'm actually going on vacation...sort of. Tom-san is out of town and he told me to go somewhere. Kasuka brought me a catalog and I picked a random vacation advertisement."
"Hooh! Good for you ne, Shizu-chan! You're always so angry, this should help those wrinkles on your face! So, where exactly are you going?"
"It's Shizuo damn It! And I'm only angry when you are around! Like I said yesterday, I'm going cruising for a month and can't wait to be away from your ugly face."
"Ah, Shizu-chan, that hurt! …Ooo, I see. That explains a lot."
Izaya took out the book again and smirked. 'Well, that explains about the one month thing he said yesterday. I guess he was talking about himself… heh, I never considered him taking a break. Stupid unpredictable monster…'
They both then proceeded to ignore each other, and things weren't looking so bad. Izaya was intrigued by the book and occasionally let out a chuckle, which Shizuo tried to ignore, but it always made a vane pop out on his forehead. But other than that it was fairly quiet and Shizuo could enjoy the view the plane provided. They stayed like that for about 40 minutes and neither could really complain. Izaya just turned a page in the book, and let out another snicker. And strangely enough, it somehow made Shizuo interested.
Izaya opened the 36th page and started reading, when he was quite rudely cut off by his enemy. It was quite strange for the other man to speak if there was no need, especially with Izaya. Truth be told, Shizuo himself didn't know why, his mouth just opened on its own, but he didn't really give it a second thought.
"What are you reading?" Came out of blond's mouth. Izaya looked from Shizuo to his book, and back to the blonde again. Then he smirked.
"I didn't know books interest you Shizu-chan." Shizuo's eye twitched; probably the nickname again.
"They don't. I'm just curious." Izaya laughed.
"Ah, well then, I am reading Shakespeare's –in my opinion- best play. Hamlet. Ever heard of it? I would expect every single human to know about such masterpiece, but I'm not going to be surprised if you say no."
Instead of getting angry by Izaya's remarks, he actually found himself interested. "Hmm…Hamlet huh? Yeah, I've heard of it, but I never read it. But, isn't it supposed to be really difficult to read? And it's in English right?"
Izaya was kind of surprised, and for about 2 seconds, his eyes widened as he stared at the bartender and blinked twice, but then let out a chuckle. "Ahaha, I didn't think Shizu-chan had even the slightest idea of what Hamlet is! I guess I was wrong. But yes, It is as you said. If you don't have the appropriate knowledge of English language, you probably won't understand much of it. But hey, since you already brought it on, why don't you try reading some of it?"
He handed Shizuo the book and slowly a smirk crawled on his face. 'It might be fun to see him struggle reading the lines. I wonder…will he lose his patience after a while?, will he throw a fit? Hahaha! I want to see!'
Shizuo stared at the book, his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes full of concentration. Izaya barely held in a snicker. Izaya waited. A vein popped out on Shizuo's forehead. 'And 3…..2….1…!' Shizuo closed the book with a very loud thump and glared at it.
"What the hell? There is no way I can possibly read that! Did the stupid author even think about the people that will read this book? Of course he didn't! Just because-"
He was interrupted by a loud laugh and glared daggers at the person, who held his stomach, apparently laughing his ass off.
"Hahahahaha! Shizu-chan, you really suck at English don't you. I thought you were going to throw the book all across the plane."
Shizuo's eyes narrowed. "Shut the hell up, Izaaayaa!" Shizuo slightly closed in on Izaya and let out a growl. Izaya snickered a bit, sighed, and then smirked, amused by Shizuo's actions.
"Here, give me the book. Witch part don't you understand?"
Shizuo's face went from anger to his usual impassive features. He let out a breath and tossed the book back to Izaya. He fixed his glasses a bit, and looked out the window. If you would look very, very closely, you would notice a slightly different color on his cheeks that was a bit more reddish then the rest of the face. Shizuo mumbled something the informant didn't quite catch, thought he may knew what it was.
"Eh, what was that Shizzy?"
Shizuo's eye slightly twitched. "I said, I don't understand shit okay!"
Izaya blinked and then chuckled. "Well then, we will just have to go through all of the book ne? I'm not letting you pass on this chance Shizu-chan, it's not like you will find anyone better than me who will explain it to you like I will, and I know for a fact you will not read it yourself. You'll see, once I explain it to you, it will become interesting."
Shizuo scowled, but leaned closer as Izaya opened the book on page one and started explaining and translating things for Shizuo to understand better. The blonde found himself interested and actually enjoyed their interaction. He asked a thing here and there, questions which Izaya was delighted to answer, and Shizuo had to admit it wasn't half bad, actually, it was quite enjoyable. Not that he would admit it to anyone.
And same went for Izaya, since he could talk his heart out. Usually When Izaya would start talking and explaining his theories, people would usually just roll their eyes and tune him out, or start glaring. But Shizuo actually listened and he was interested too, since, quite frankly, usually no one even wanted to be close to Shizuo, much less interact with him this way.
Even in school, when he didn't understand something he would throw a fit, and when he said he didn't understand, teachers didn't even try to explain it to him, then when he came home and asked his mother to try to help him, she just told him a few tips here and there, using as little effort as she possibly could, so after some time, Shizuo stopped asking. After that he studied on his own. His grades weren't something he could be proud of, but he managed somehow.
So it was, in its own way, refreshing to have someone who answered all of your questions and explained anything you couldn't understand. And maybe, just a little bit, he was happy that Izaya was with him. It felt like someone had finally taken some time for him, and not the other way around. It felt nice, having all the attention of one person directed at him, and not just trying to rush as little words as they could out of their mouth, trying to quickly end the conversation and get the flying fuck away from Shizuo.
With Izaya it was different. At first he described it simple, so Shizuo could get a grasp of things, and then went more and more into detail. This was probably the first time they actually enjoyed each other's company.
Funny, how your worst enemy suddenly doesn't seem as bad as before.
