"You know you're bleeding, right?" Mizuki said as she looked over at Shizuo as they sat on the school's roof.

"Huh?" he said looking over at her.

"Your forehead is bleeding." She said and he touched his head and sighed.

"Damn it…" he muttered.

"I'm guessing you got in another fight?" she asked and he nodded. The blood was mostly dried so she figured that he had fought this morning. The teachers probably didn't care so they let him bleed in class. He started to rub at his forehead. "Let me help you."

Mizuki grabbed a bottle of water she had near her and a tissue from her pocket. She put a little water on it and kneeled in front of him. He flinched from how cold the water was, but she took it for pain and was gentler with dabbing at the blood. Once it was gone she looked at his face and smiled.

"All better?" she asked him.

"Yeah…" he said blushing a bit from how close they were. She sat beside him to make it less awkward, but the awkwardness still remained. The silence that followed was more awkward than it usually was and Shizuo decided to break it once again. "So, how are your classes going?"

"Fine." She said shrugging, "And yours?"

"The same." He said feeling lame for asking such a boring question.

"If you don't mind me asking can you tell me how you got into that fight?" she inquired cocking her head to the side.

"A group of guys started pushing me around." He said with a shrug, "I'm not going to let anyone push me around."

"I wouldn't let anyone do that to me either, but I'd…" she trailed off like she realized she shouldn't be talking about something like that. Shizuo watched as Mizuki seemed to get lost in her thoughts for a moment before simply shrugging. "… I guess I don't really know what I'd do."

"If anyone bothers you, you can tell me, and I'll make sure they don't bother you." Shizuo said before he could even think about what he was saying. He regretted saying that, but didn't say so. He already had enough problems with people picking fights with him and his parents were frustrated with having bills for shop windows, and other things being sent to them.

"Oh, don't worry, I can handle myself." She said smiling confidently. Shizuo smiled back at her since she was usually quieter than even him. It made him wonder how she could stand being around someone as chatty as Izaya.

"How can you stand to be around the flea as much as Shinra-kun says you are?" he asked and she smiled gently.

"If I keep him distracted then he'll leave other people alone." She said and Shizuo blinked at her.

"You're sacrificing yourself for the sake of everyone else?" he asked and she shrugged.

"If you wanna say that, yes, I guess." She said nonchalantly, "but the funny thing is I'm finding him less annoying than I did when I first came here."

"Seriously?" Shizuo said scowling, "Please, don't become one of his little fan girls."

"Fan girls?" Mizuki half-laughed half scoffed at that.

"A group of girls that follow every word he says without question." Shizuo said and then sighed, "He had one of them hit on me and get my confidence up and then…"

"Please don't get all gloomy, I might just have to hug you if you do." She said and he chuckled.

"Y'know I usually don't get along with people real well, but your cool." He said smiling over at her.

"Well, I try." She said smiling smugly, "And trust me when I say I'm not one of his little 'followers'; I'm just his friend."

"Is he your friend though?" he asked her and she frowned.

"It's hard to tell with Izaya-san." She said and then sighed, "Can we please change the subject?"

"I was just about to ask that." He said with a smile.

"Did you take the apple that was on the counter before you left?" Mizuki asked as Izaya walked up to his seat in class.

"Yes." He said with a blank expression.

"That was supposed to be my breakfast." She said narrowing her eyes at him.

"You should eat more than just an apple." He said and she rolled her eyes.

"I do eat more than that, but that was my last apple." She said pouting at him.

"Stop pouting; I'll get you another apple." He sighed as she smiled happily.

"Did your parents mind that you stayed over with me?" she asked him and he frowned a little.

"They didn't notice I was gone." He said and she looked at him sadly, "Don't look at me like that."

"Sorry…" she mumbled, "… do you want to hang out again Saturday night?"

"Well, I was going to hang out with Shinra-kun…" He said then shrugged, "maybe we could all hang out together."

"Okay." She said putting on a forced smile.

"You find him annoying, right?" Izaya said smirking at her.

"Only when both of you are in the same room." She said to him, "that and he says perverted things about us."

"Well, you would be mine Mi-chan, if I were interested." Izaya said and she laughed.

"Oh really, so even though I'm not interested at all, you think you have a chance with me?" She scoffed at him rolled her eyes.

"Do you think I can't be charming?" he said and she cocked a brow at him.

"It's not that you can't be charming; it's that I'm not interested." She said and he smirked and leaned in close to her.

"Then who are you interested in?" he asked her.

"No one." She said leaning back in her chair to put some distance between them. She didn't want people in class to think there was something going on between them that was more than friendship.

"I could change that." He said sitting back looking at her as if she herself was a challenge.

"I'd rather you not try to do that." She said laughing nervously.

"Okay then." He said turning around as the teacher walked into class.

Mizuki sighed as she was dragged into Russia Sushi by Shinra and Izaya. The two boys were talking loudly about an assortment of things, most regarding school and a girl named Celty. Simon led them to a booth rather than the sushi bar. Mizuki sat by the wall with Izaya next to her while Shinra sat facing them. From the look on Shinra's face she knew he was about to make a comment.

"Dotachin!" Izaya called from his spot, "Come sit with us."

The boy who had just walked in with Simon blinked over at him and then grimaced. She could totally relate to him just from that expression. Izaya annoyed him too, but like Mizuki he came over to them and sat down next to Shinra.

"Dotachin this is Mi-chan, Mi-chan Dotachin." He said cheerily.

"Tenma Mizuki." She said nodding to him rather than bowing since they were at a table.

"Kadota Kyohei." He said nodding back to her and then turned to Izaya, "Is she the one you said you were dating?"

"No, I broke up with her." Izaya said nonchalantly.

"The girl is lucky to be rid of you…" Mizuki muttered under her breath.

"What was that?" Izaya asked and she just shrugged.

"She said – ow!" Shinra said as Mizuki kicked him.

"Hush up Shinra-san." She said glaring at him.

"You're just as grumpy as Shizuo-kun." He said to her and she laughed.

"He isn't grumpy just easily annoyed; I guess I am too though." She said shrugging lazily.

"You know Shizuo-san?" Kyohei asked her and she nodded.

"Can we please not talk about that protozoan?" Izaya said sighing in irritation.

"Yeah, I sit on the roof with him at lunch, he's pretty cool." She said ignoring Izaya much to his chagrin.

"Really, he sits at my table when it rains." Kyohei said to her.

"You go to Raijin too?" she said and he nodded, "Maybe I can talk him into sitting with you rather than on the roof."

"Good luck." He said and she laughed.

"If you do succeed in getting him in the cafeteria I'm going to sit with you." Izaya said and she smiled over at him.

"If you do, I'll hold you down and let him punch you as much as he wants." She said her smile turning dark.

"Oh, Mi-chan has a dark side." He said winking at her suggestively. She rolled her eyes at him and shook her head at him.

"How can you say something like that after what I just said?" she scoffed at him.

"I was just trying to see if you actually have the ability to blush." Izaya said and she dead panned.

"Aw, aren't they cute." Shinra said and Mizuki slowly turned to look at him.

"I swear to whatever deity there is I will beat you within an inch of your life if you say that one more time." She said narrowing her eyes dangerously.

"But… you guys are." He whispered.

"Damn it Shinra-san!" Izaya grabbed her as Simon came to the table.

"It looks like she's really hungry Simon-san." Izaya said before he had the chance to say anything.

"I get you sushi; you no need to eat Shinra-san." Simon said and she shook her head.

"I'm not going to eat him I'm just going to hurt him a little… okay a lot." She said and Simon shook his head.

"Violence bad; Sushi good." He said setting their tea down and taking their orders for sushi.

"He's right…" She said nodding, "… Sushi is better than fighting."

"You become stranger every day." Izaya muttered.

"And I always will." She said smirking.

The four of them left Russia Sushi laughing, but the group split soon after. Izaya walked with Mizuki cheerily as always. As they walked out of sight of their friends he put an arm around her and she sighed. She didn't really mind him doing things like that, but Izaya had been getting a little… flirtatious.

"This is the reason why Shinra says the things he does." She said despite leaning against him a little.

"Like I said the other day, if I wanted you, I would have you." He said and she rolled her eyes.

"Prove it." She muttered and he smirked as they reached her apartment building.

"Do you really want me to do that?" he asked sliding his arm around her waist.

"I just don't understand what makes you think I'd be interested in someone like you." She said leaning into him a bit more without even thinking about it.

"Do you think I'd be interested in you?" he asked her.

"Depends, what do you like in a woman?" she asked.

"Hmm… I like someone that can keep me entertained." He said and she snorted a little, "what do you like in a man?"

"I don't know, I've never had a boyfriend, and you're my first friend, really." She said softly as if she were embarrassed by this. He found himself think that it was cute that she thought had no experience with love or friendship. It made him think of how easily he could manipulate her.

"Well, at this point I would tell you I love you and you would either admit your feelings or deny them, but I don't love you, well not you specially." He said as they reached her apartment door.

"What do you mean by that?" she asked him furrowing her brow.

"I love all humans, equally." He said and she chuckled a little.

"And what do you think of those who aren't human?" she asked pulling her key from her pocket.

"I hate them." He said and she flinched.

"Why?" she asked him.

"Well, maybe I just hate Shizu-chan." he said cocking his head to the side as he thought about it.

"Oh, so you just hate Shizu-ch, I mean Shizuo-san." She said making him laugh.

"Yes, Mi-chan, I just hate him." He told her as she leaned against her door, "Why, do you think I hate you?"

"Well…" she looked away from him and seemed shy for the first time.

"I don't hate, but I do want you as my friend." He said now making Shinra his best guy-friend.

"I thought we were already friends." She said with smile.

"Then I guess we are." He smiled as she smiled back at him.

Shadow's Ramble: So… this was supposed to be mostly about Shizuo… I guess that didn't work out as I thought. I hope you guys like this chapter even though it's kind of just filler, although you got to see how close Izaya and Mizuki are getting. I think I'm going to pair them together. What do you guys think?

Oh and that little part where Izaya said "Well, at this point I would tell you I love you…" I looked into how the Japanese date and they actually have little group dates/not dates. Anyway when they decide they're interested in each other they have dates/not dates where they just walk around and hang out and then one of them (usually the guy) will say he loves her (They don't actually have a word for like, only love) and she'll either say she feels the same or not. When they admit their love they are then considered as boyfriend and girlfriend. It's kind different than how westerners date.

So please review, alert, and favorite please~! Shadow out~!