He was strange as a child. He liked to play with things. No, not like other mere boys who occupied themselves with video games and sports, he liked playing with people. It started out as a weird obsession with ants, then bloomed into playing with the minds of others.
On sunny days, he would steal one of his mother's mirrors for makeup and grab a magnifying glass, watching unblinkingly as the ants squirmed helplessly under the burning rays. Then, seconds before the ants were about to be cooked to death, he stopped, grinning from ear-to-ear as the burned ant wobbled, practically begging for it to be put out of it's misery.
He found that amusing.
But, the problem was the ant's expression (or lack of) which made him bored, so, he turned his attention towards humans. And he never, till this day, regret it. Those priceless expressions, those predictable actions and decisions, he loved it. Therefore, he loved humans.
He would put them in the most conniving situations, and watch as they squirmed in discomfort; Just like those ants.
Another "ant" he was planning to play with was Anita Martinez. Not only would he be playing with her mind, but with Shizuo's too. Yes, that was the new game he will play, all he had to do was get more pieces, which explained why he was currently in Ikebukuro.
He walked with a light bounce with every step as he finally found what (Or rather who) he was looking for.
Izaya smirked, as he approached the small boy.
Noah skipped happily by his babysitter's side, a grin stretched across his face. He had convinced Nana to take him to the busy streets of Ikebukuro, window shopping and buying candy that he'll surely get cavities from. He figured since his mom never buys him more than one candy, he'll get it from his babysitter.
Nana, being the gullible old woman she was, she believe his white lie when he had said that 'mommy says its okay'. He didn't consider it lying, as long as Anita didn't find out, everything would be fine.
"That's a lot of candy. What would your mom say if she found out?"
Noah froze in spot at those words. He spun around to be greeted by a man with mahogany eyes and a dark fur trimmed coat.
"Y-your not going to tell her, are you?" He panicked. Nana had stopped and looked over at him curiously
"Oh, of course not. Your mommy is actually a friend of mine, she asked if I could watch you for the rest of the day" The raven haired man smiled
"Is that true?" Nana eyed him cautiously "What's his mothers name, then?"
"Anita Martinez, of course" He smirked innocently
Nana gave him one more cautious eye before she sighed "Alright. You can take him off my hands for awhile"
Izaya smiled at that as he clasped Noah's tiny hand in his "Okay. Come on Noah-chan~! We're going to have lot's of fun"
Noah looked up at the nameless man "What's your name?"
"Izaya Orihara, but you can call me Onii-chan!" Izaya beamed. Noah smiled at that, skipping along with the man happily
"Okay!"
