Chapter Seven: Entering the Fire

Izaya was lifted up with his feet hanging above the ground swinging lightly. "You don't know what you are talking about! You are something else. Your whole philosophy is a mind fuck! Leave Shizuo alon-"

A loud smashing sound was heard hitting against the wall in the dark closed alley. "Put him down Tom. Now." A gruff voice sternly said, heavy breathing was heard echoing off the walls.

Tom turned around swiftly to see a steaming Shizuo glaring in his path. "Sh-Shizuo." The expression on Tom's face slowly changed to a worried appearance. Shizuo's eyes was beyond dark and horrifying. His hair a mess, face red with anger as his stance stood as if he were a predator. The broken vending machine on the ground was utterly destroyed. The broken glass shattered all around it. Some drinks were cascaded across the ground, others were dented in with the pushed in metal. Just looking at the deformed piece of city property made Tom only swallow some of his nerves. He could only be thankful for that current moment it wasn't him sandwiched between the machine and the dirt filled ground.

Roughly a foot was pressed on a now broken vending machine breaking more of the glass against the corner of the alley. Blonde bangs now blocked the no doubt angry expression that was placed on Shizuo's face. "I said put him down Tom." Lifting his gaze Shizuo stared at Tom, there it was. It was as if inside those brown orbs revealed the disasters forming in his brain. The gleam in his eyes was far from happy. It was a gleam, a warning of murderous intent.

Hand shaking at his side, Tom dropped the informant to the ground with a thud. Then realizing this strange situation the hair braided man stomped over to Shizuo. "He is using you Shizuo! Why can't you see that?" Fisting his hands onto Shizuo's vest, he shook him to express his point.

Growling aggressively, Shizuo tore his bosses hands from himself and pushed Tom back. "I told you to stay out of my personal life with Izaya!" He snarled, his mouth snapping.

"I am only trying to help you!" Tom pushed back against Shizuo's chest with an aggressive shove making the ex-bartender stumble backwards a few steps.

"Tsk. You're pissing me off Tom." Shizuo warned. Taking a glance, Shizuo looked at Izaya who was leaning against the wall rubbing his arm watching the scene play before him. Shizuo could only feel regret that he even allowed Tom to get this far. His friend, his boss who he was supposed to be able to trust to listen to him had betrayed him.

Growing more angry himself Tom pushed at Shizuo again. "What the hell happened to you man? You hated-you hate him!" Shizuo's eyes narrowed sharply as his boss shook his shoulders alarm was going off in the Blonde's mind, ticking like a time bomb ready to explode.

"I don't want to argue with you Tom." The blonde stated as clenching his teeth together and his fists tightening, nails digging in the palm of his hands.

"Do I need to knock some sense into that thick skull of yours?" Tom shouted. Suddenly, Izaya watched as a fist was thrown landing against the others face. Izaya's eyes went wide as he stared at the expression on his boyfriend's face.

He couldn't believe what scene was in front of him. Tom had actually hit Shizuo square in the jaw. The pair was frozen in their stance, neither believing themselves what had just occured. Shizuo's eyes were wide and wild like an animal's. The other, his eyes were widen as well, his jaw was dropped in shock.

Without a moment left to spare, Izaya himself snapped and lundged at Tom. Lifting himself from the ground he charged. Expertly opening his blade he went behind Tom and held it to his throat, threating to slice it without a moments hesitation. "Do you really know me like you think you do Tom?" Eyes widened even more, Tom didn't dare move. "I don't believe you do. If you really knew me, you would know I am very possessive of what is mine. All humans, and especially my Shizu-Chan are mine. If anyone even attempts to harm my long life opponent I will not have mercy on them." A small smirk played across the informant's lips. "You say I am using Shizu-Chan, you have it backwards. He is using me. Using me in such a way you would never believe." Leaning forward Izaya whispered in the man's ear. "He will never be yours."

Quickly Tom turned around not caring about the knife anymore that was placed firmly against his throat. With his fist in the air he aimed at the smirking male before him. Swiftly, a steel grip caught the flying punch before it even landed on Izaya. Instead of landing another hit, Tom himself was struck with a punch straight to his gut. Keeling over his glasses fell to the brim of his nose as he clutched his stomach. Spitting blood from his mouth he coughed out in a threatning tone. "Shizuo." He coughed.

Another punch was thrown to the already bruising gut. "I warned you Tom, you messed with Izaya after I already warned you to leave us alone."

More blood was spit out onto the ground, after a slight coughing fit Tom grunted out with blood falling from past his lips. "Fired. You're fired."

Withdrawing his fist from Tom's abodemin, Shizuo tossed Tom out of the alley. Mummering to himself in a low tone voice the blonde said, "I quit."


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