Chapter 7- Misconceptions

BYR:

Guess who survived day one of torture?! That's right! This badass chick right here! Now I'm about to leave for Day 2! Four hours of nonstop work is tiresome. And if it weren't enough, we have to take 4 QUIZZES EVERY SINGLE DAY! And on oral presentation on the last day… noooo…. Shoot me now! Well at least it's only a 5 day class… I guess I'll live… Stupid college 101….

Sorry for the late update. I said I would update the next day but hours upon hours of quiz taking and other frivolous thing just knocked me out and I was just too tired to work on this… So here it is, bright and early in the morning(4:15 the moment, cant sleep)! I got up early just for you so be grateful! Enjoy~ :3


Mimi- "Oh my god! Is that-?!"

Hina- "No way! What is she doing?!"

Koto- "Boss! What should we do?!"

Yasuki- "Calm down girls. Shizuo is strong enough to face an enemy like her. Her spells won't work against him. But just in case..."

The leader of Team Shizaya started rummaging through her otaku backpack and pulled out a long thin needle like dart. Her eyes beamed in an evil aura as she dipped the tip of it inside a small bottle.

Hina- "What is that?"

Yasuki- "It's kinda like those poison darts that assassin's used in the middle ages. People also used it for acupuncture too. And since my family runs a hot springs resort in Okinawa, I find these lying around the house all the time~ no harm in borrowing one~"

Mimi-"But what's that you're dipping it in... It's not poison right..."

Yasuki- "Goodness no! It's a sleeping drug. No harm done to the body, just makes you fall over."

Koto- "Ohh I see now! So if Akane gets too close to Shizuo, we hit her with one of these..."

Yasuki- "And she'll be out like a light!"

Hina- "Yasu, this is why you are the leader! You think of everything!"

Mimi- "Way to defend the OTP!"

Yasuki- "Aww thanks girls~"

So as they sat nearby the table where Shizuo was sitting, the girls closely observed the witch as she approached the blonde and sat down in Izaya's seat.

"H-Hi...Shizuo..."

"Hmm? Ohh it's you."

"What are you still doing here? You've finished your food."

"I'm waiting for Izaya to get back."

"Ohhh..."

(Izaya Orihara... I don't understand! What does he have that I don't?! He's a guy! I'm a woman! I can give Shizuo so much more than him! So why is he in love with that bastard?! He's not gay! I would've known if he was! So why?! He must be confused or maybe Izaya is blackmailing him! That must be it! My poor Shizuo! I must save him!)

"Umm...Ahhh...Shizuo...?"

"Yeah?"

"I Ahhh...was wondering...have you...ever kissed with a girl before...?"

Akane averted her eyes down to her leg as she fidgeted in her seat, embarrassed to ask such a dumb question. She knew for a fact that the blonde had never gone out with anyone before. That's because she hunted down every single person that had the faintest interest in the male and..."convinced" them that she was the one who would be together with him.

"Umm, no… I haven't…"

"Ohh really? That's surprising, since you're like all cute and handsome and stuff…."

"Ohhh, thanks. No one has ever told me that before."

"Ohh well you know me, always telling the true, ahahaha~"

"Hahaha, yeah, you were always like that, spoke your mind. I like that."

"R-R-Really?!"

"Yeah."

(He likes me! Shizuo said he likes me! Well technically he said he liked how out spoken I am, but still! It means that he likes some part of me! I wonder what else he likes?!) Akane's face went up in a full blush as she scooted her seat closer to the blonde, leaning in and resting her elbow on the table.

"What else do you like?~"

"Uhhhh…"

Something didn't feel right; Akane was too close to him. Never has he ever gotten this close to another girl before, most of them stayed away from him. Now with one literally inches away, he began to feel uncomfortable. And that look in her eyes, was that lust he sensed?

"Aww, come on Shizuo, you can tell me~"

"I….ah…"

"Hey, since you never kissed a girl before, why don't we fixed that?~"

"Wh-what?!"

"Don't worry, I'll make sure you'll be coming back for more."

He voice turned cold and possessive as she leaned in closer to the blonde's face. Fear and anxiety was written all over the male's face as he tried to move, but he was so much in shock that he couldn't. (Move! Move dammit! Shit this isn't good!)


"Sh-Shizu-chan...?"

Big scarlet eyes trembled as the vision on his love and the witch siting at the same table pierced his eye sockets. His heart felt as if someone had cut it open and was stabbing it repeatedly, over and over again, each time the pain was far worse than before. Izaya felt as if he'd lost the sense to breathe, his mind collapsing into a dark hole as he stood by the entrance, unable to move. Shizuo was too far away to even notice the brunet as he stood there, staring at them. Akane was slowly leaning in on the blonde, her toxic lips about to capture their prey. (No…no Shizu-chan…move… MOVE DAMMIT! Why are you just sitting there?! Do you want her kiss? Is that it…. Am I no good for you….)

He felt like crying, drown in his own tears as they were just centimeters away from each other. For some reason, he couldn't call out to the blonde, he couldn't run towards him to stop the kiss. Why? Why wouldn't he move?!

Because for once in his life, he realized that the happiness of someone else was far more important than his. And Shizuo's happiness was the most precious thing to him. So if he couldn't keep him happy, then he would let him go. He would let him be with someone else, so long as he was smiling that beautiful soft smile. Even if it meant the death of his own heart.

"Shizu-chan…."

Tears running down his face, he body unconciously began to move towards the blonde, feet not listening to his mind as he kept telling himself to leave Shizuo. (Dammit Izaya! You really are an idiot! You love him right?! And he loves you! So get your ass moving and stop that kiss! There's no way that protozoan would cheat on you! Who would?! Have you looked yourself in the mirror?! I definitely see nothing to not like! And he does too! SO move it!) As he was arguing with himself and moving closer to the table, a sudden outburst made him stop in his tracks.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!"

The sudden disturbance from across the room caused Shizuo look away from Akane and face a group of girls that were in his class. One of them, Yasuki was her name?, flicked this thin, almost invisible like needle towards Akane and it struck her in the neck. The witch yelled "Ouch!" when the weapon pricked her skin and faced the Otaku group.

"You little bi…tchhhhh…"

Falling over onto the floor, the fan girls cheered aloud as a small crowd began huddling around the fallen body. Shizuo stood up when Akane collapsed and look from her to team Shizaya and back before asking-

"Ummm…should I call an ambulance?"

Mimi ran up to the blonde and tugged on his shirt, drawing his attention down to the short girl.

"Neh neh Shizuo, Izaya is standing right there!"

"Izaya?"

Looking around the room, he spotted the flea just a few feet away, his eyes wet and a dejected look was plastered on him. An unnatural force came over the blonde as he made his way over to Izaya, who slowly took a step back before turning and taking off out the doors.

"Izaya! Wait!"

Shizuo took off after his boyfriend as the crowd in the dining room began to disperse from the scene.

"Ohh I hope Izaya can see that this was all a misunderstanding! I don't want them to break up!"

"Don't worry Hina, I bet they'll be holding hands and drink cocoa from the same cup later! Now let's drag her out of here before the cops come!"

"AYE SIR!"


Izaya was running through the lobby, his mind in shambles as he kept pushing and pushing his body to the limit. He needed to get out, to get away from the monster. The sight of them almost kissing burned his heart; it was too much for him to bare.

"I knew it… I was never good enough for him. How could I be so naïve!"

As he approached the main lobby doors, Kyohei and Shinra were standing around waiting for Shizuo to show up. So the sight of Izaya running full speed towards them caught them by surprise.

"Hey Izaya! Where's Shizu-"

The brunet didn't even hear Kadota speak as he rushed passed him and disappeared out the door. Stunned and confused, they heard more loud footsteps coming their way before a panting blonde stopped in front of them.

"I… Izaya… Have… you seen him…?"

The two males both pointed out the door as the blonde thanked them and took off without an explanation. Feeling very much out of the loop, Kyohei sighed and hung his head, a gloomy cloud raining down on top of him as Shinra patted his back for comfort.

"Aww don't worry Kyohei! I'm sure it's just a lover's quarrel, nothing to worry about! I'm bet they had a fight over what color socks Shizuo should wear!"

"I hope you're right…because I'm tired of playing relationship counseling…"


"Izaya! Quit running away!"

"No! Go away Shizu-chan! Go back to your new girlfriend!"

"My new- WHAT?! She's not my-"

"I don't want to hear your lies!"

"Dammit I swear I'm gonna kill you if you don't stop running!"

"Well at least the two of you have something in common!"

"What?!"

He was pissed, Shizuo was really pissed off right now. (The damn flea always jumps into conclusions before he even knows the facts! This is what pissed me off so much about him! Now I'm stuck chasing after him again and losing my temper! I'll kill him!) He reached his arm out and was able to catch a bit of the shirt before slowing down and yanking the light weight male backwards into the snow.

"Shizuo you idiot!"

"Who's an idiot?!"

"You! Shizu-chan is the biggest, dumbest, more obnoxious idiot in the world and I hate him!"

"Ohh really?!"

The blonde's eyebrow twitched in irritation as he pulled at Izaya's shirt collar and brought him up close to his face.

"Say that again and I'll make you regret it."

"Tch! You don't scare me!"

"Listen. What you saw back there isn't what you think."

"Ohh really? So I was just imagining Akane leaning in to kiss you and you not even moving a muscle! You were practically screaming 'KISS ME!'"

"I didn't want her to kiss me! I don't even know why she was going to!"

"Ohh Geezus you are so oblivious! She LIKES you!"

"What?! No she doesn't!"

"Yeah, she does! And she wants me out of the picture so she can have you all to herself!"

"But… that's impossible…"

"And why's that?!"

"Because I love you."

The sudden confession struck the brunet's heart as his face expressed shock. Yeah, he heard Shizuo say that he loved him before, but to say it now in this situation, it felt…comforting. Especially the way he said 'I love you'; it was filled with confidence and no hint of doubt.(Dammit… I really hate it when he gets all confident and mushy like this… A monster shouldn't act this way… It's too embarrassing…)

"Che… stupid Shizu-chan…always making me go crazy and lose my cool…"

"Haha, sorry. But really, you don't have to worry. I'll stay away from Akane from now on."

"You don't have to do that for me. It doesn't matter who you want to hang out with."

"Still, I'll know you'll just get jealous and mad at me before running off again. And frankly, I don't feel like chasing you all the time."

"Hahaha well I'm glad you have you priorities straighten out."

"Come on, let's go back."

"Ohh! I almost forgot! Kyohei and Shinra wanted you to go skiing or snowboarding with them today! They' re waiting for you in the lobby."

"So that's why I saw them there. But…what about you?"

"I have important things to do, so I can't today. Maybe tomorrow."

"Seriously? You're gonna bail on me?"

"I'm not bailing! I just have other things to do! You'll understand why soon~"

"Okay…"

"Just go change into something warm."

"Fine…"

They headed back to the large cabin resort where they ran into a stressed Kyohei and the usual smiling doctor before reassuring that things are still going as planned.

"We'll be back in 5 minutes!"


And so, Kadota and Shinra waited. And waited… Aaaannnnd waited…. Until finally-

"God dammit where the hell are they?! I'm freakin' gonna kill those two myself if they don't show up! Making me wait and waste my time!"

"K-Kyohei… I don't think I've ever seen you so angry before…."

"It's those damn two idiots! I'm their freakin' babysitter!"

"Yeah.. I can see that… Ohh look! Here they come!"

Izaya and Shizuo were walking down the stairs, and from the looks of it, they were, yet again, having another fight.

"I told you, it doesn't look right!"

"Dammit flea who the hell cares?!"

"I do! If you want to go out with me, you have to listen to what I say!"

"I'm afraid to ask…but what are you two talking about…?"

The blonde and brunet took a break from their bickering and faced the nervous glasses wearing male.

"Shizu-chan and I are arguing about the color socks he should where with his snowboard suit."

That did it; Kyohei finally cracked. Falling over, he was seen twitching on the ground by the other three males as they stared down at him.

"Poor thing… I really do feel bad for him…"

"Ehh? Why? What's wrong with Dotachin?"

"Nothing nothing, just continue what you were saying."

"Well as I was saying, Shizu-chan here has NO sense of fashion whatsoever! Do you know what color socks he was about to wear?! Do you?!"

"What color socks are he about to wear?"

"GREY! He was going to wear grey socks with his white and blue snow suit!"

"My boot would've covered it! No one would've seen them!"

"It doesn't matter! I would've known and it would've bothered me the entire day!"

"I'm wearing the socks you picked out so would you just drop it!"

"No! You have to learn the style and fashion with the things you wear and-"

"ENOUGH! Shizuo! We're leaving! Izaya! Go do whatever the hell you planned to do! GOOD BYE!"

Kyohei had sprung up from the floor and started dragging the blonde out the door, Shinra close behind waving goodbye before he left. Astonished by the act, the brunet shook it off before he returned back to his room. On his way back, he saw Yasuki with her camera in hand and had an idea.

"Hey! Yasuki!"

"Huh?! Ohh Izaya~ Have you and Shizuo made up?"

"Yeah, listen, you're good at taking pictures right?"

"Yeah."

"Can you do me a favor? I wanted to go with Shizuo to take pics of him snowboarding, but I have a busy schedule and can't make time. I was wondering if you would do it for me?"

"Y-you want me to willing take pictures of Shizuo?!"

"Uhhh…yes…?"

"AHHHH! I'll do it! Don't you worry! I'll get only the best shots for you!"

"Thanks! Be sure to make yourself a copy if you want. Think of it as payment."

He winked at the fan girl before setting back to the room, Yasuki screaming down the hall to her girls before taking off on her mission. Laughing, he pulled the card key out his pocket and was about to swipe it, when something threw him off.

"Huh? I was sure I closed the door before I left… Guess I was in too much of a hurry to doubt check it…"

So he entered the unlocked room and stepped in. But as soon as the click behind him was heard, a cloth came smashing into his face, covering his mouth and nose as he breathed in the chloroform. (Wha-what's going on…. My head… it feels so…heavy…) Crashing to the hard wood floor, Izaya struggled to keep his eyes open as he caught a blurry glimpse of his attackers. (No… It can't be….) Akane and her lackeys where closing in on the drugged male, evil grins seen on all their faces as the leader leaned down and roughly grabbed his hair.

"I told you Izaya Orihara, Shizuo will be mine."

She threw him back on the ground before giving him a hard kick in the abdomen, causing him to choke for air and cough.

"Yui and Ryo; you stay here and watch him. Yuki, you're coming with me. It's time to visit my love."

As he watched the witch leave the room, he tried to cry out for help. But no sound came from his throat. His world felt as if it was drowning and he couldn't keep his eyes open any longer. And so, his mind traveled to limbo as he slipped from consciousness and was left defeated on the floor.

A/N:

I'm really starting to get annoyed with my own character, Akane… And I can see that most of you are too, which is good! Means I know how to mess with your minds! Mwahahaha! Anyway, you were all so kind to review for me~! Thanks you, you're all too kind!

But seriously, your reviews on the last chapter were HI-LARI-OUS~ I died laughing at each one lol your prediction were ohh so close! And I kinda wanted to make them true, but then decided to be nice, so I hoped you liked it! REVIEWS ARE A WONDERFUL WAS TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS!~