With that realisation, he hastily turned around and ran all the way back to Izaya's apartment.

He ran up the stairs to his place and had to ring the doorbell 7 times before a cute, little, annoyed flea opened the door.

He didn't give him a chance to talk or do anything at all as he moved in and hugged Izaya.

"Izaya, I'm sorry" he said in a soft voice "I completely forgot"

Shizuo felt terrible. Years of complaining that Izaya celebrated nothing with him other than his own birthday and now he had messed up what could have been his first proper celebration with him.

"Izaya, I'm sorry"

"Okay Shizu-chan. Let me go and come inside"

Shizuo complied. They went in and sat on the sofa

"Kasuka came and I didn't realise it was the 23rd. Then we went home and I-"

"It's okay Shizu-chan. You don't have to explain yourself, I know." Izaya said as he moved in and sat closer to Shizuo.

"I knew Kasuka came. I knew that he's probably with you and Ruri. I knew about his stalkers. I knew everything Shizu-chan. I knew" saying so he rested his head on Shizuo's shoulders but said nothing more.

This was just so stupid. They were finally getting closer and now they were back to being the same. Sure it was Shizuo's fault but really Izaya didn't even remind him. Didn't call him, didn't troll him, didn't even send a gang after him.

Didn't come to fight him

"You didn't come to fight me" he said with sadness not looking at Izaya anymore but staring at a random corner of a tile

Beside him he heard Izaya sigh. He felt Izaya move away. Izaya got up and went to stand near his table instead.

"Why would I Shizu-chan? How long are we going to keep this up? How long do you want me to keep pretending?"

"Pretending what?"

Izaya didn't answer. He just looked at Shizuo. Words had never been his thing but this was the first time silence was getting him this angry

"Pretending what Izaya?" he asked again his voice louder as he too stood up from his place on the couch.

"Pretending to be friends Shizu-chan" Izaya said with a straight face. Shizuo froze

"I've always wanted to be something more with you Shizu-chan. I'm not happy being friends. I wanted more. I want more. And that's what I was going to tell you on the 23rd"

"Wait you mean?"

"I wanted us to be lovers. I want to celebrate not just my birthday but yours too, and Christmas and New Years and every other festival and every single day. I want to celebrate with you. I want you to celebrate with me." Izaya looked away the hurt shimmering in his eyes as he opened up his heart to his greatest enemy and his longest friend.

"Izaya you-"

"So Since you forgot, it obviously means I'm not that special" Izaya chuckled "Not that I didn't know that already"

'What the heck?!' thought Shizuo. He had known Izaya right from high school and this was the first time ever he saw the man behaving mature.

Now

When it wasn't at all needed

"Izaya you damn fool!" Shizuo screamed which alarmed Izaya as he immediately took out a knife.

Shizuo looked at him, anger pouring out of him as he walked towards the raven head.

"Shizu-chan you-" Izaya was unable to complete his sentence because two strong arms pulled him straight into Shizuo's chest.

"You damn flea! Of course I want the same thing too! I've been the one waiting for years damn it!"

Because the weird barrier between them was his fault. Because as his feelings for the raven head had significantly and substantially grown over the years, he was always so scared that Izaya just didn't feel the same way. He always thought that he would be burdening the other with his feelings. So he had waited. He had been patient. All these years he was waiting for Izaya to cross the bridge that he had failed to notice when and how they had already reached the same side.

As it turns out, there was no bridge between them. Everything between them, all the obstacles in their relationship had been entirely imaginary born out of fears. Fear of losing each other, fear of rejection, fear of hatred, fear of loneliness.

Seems like they were both suffering from the same thing

"Damn it! Before you go into a whole new tangent of things I can't understand, listen to me okay" Shizuo said as he grabbed Izays's shoulders and looked him straight in the eyes.

"I love you Izaya. I have for a very long time loved you. Before that I liked you and before that I admired you. But I've always been too scared of my own feelings. I thought you didn't feel the same."

"I thought you didn't feel the sa-"

"Shh let me finish" said Shizuo as he placed his hand on Izaya's mouth.

"I was scared of a lot of things. Mostly myself and of you too. But since we're already at this point then here it is. I love you and I would like to be in a relationship with you."

Shizuo finished and released Izaya's mouth. Shizuo's hands went back to the other male's shoulders as he waited for a response.

And came none.

"Oye Izaya!" Shizuo said as he slightly shook him. Izaya was frozen probably in shock

"Hey Izaya!"

Next thing you know there was a movement and a slash and Shizuo's arm was bleeding because of a knife wound

"Shizu-chan" Said Izaya "You stole the words out of my mouth!"

"So you mean?"

"Yes you Protozoan! I love you too and Yes I want to be in a relationship with you!" Izaya happily screamed

Then he pulled Shizuo by the collar and kissed him in a slow, surprise Izaya kiss.

"Shizu-chan you'll celebrate every day with me right?"

"It's a promise" Shizuo smiled as he answered

"Well then I say we celebrate right now!" Izaya giggled and threw a knife at Shizuo which managed to graze his cheek and leave a trail of blood.

"Iiizzzaaayyaaa!" came Shizuo's low growl and Izaya laughed as he ran away

"Come back here you damn flea!"

[Izaya and Shizuo were at it again today. There was more destruction than normal too. Their chase today was so wild, it even got covered by the media. It's all over you tube and it's still gaining popularity!] typed Celty

When she turned on the TV even the news coverage that day was replaying 'The Great Chase' as they had started calling it

"Well Today is a special day. Of course they'll be celebrating!" Shira chirped

[What's today?] Asked Celty

"Izaya called me up in the middle of the chase. He said he and Shizuo finally became official"

[About time. No wonder they're celebrating] typed Celty as they both turned to the TV to continue watching the chase.


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