Hi...this is awkward...but I didn't even know Akane is an actual character in Durarara. I haven't read the manga, sooo I'm not sure what to do about this now. I guess it can be a different Akane? Unless you guys just think it's the same one, I don't know if it's OOC or not, so yeah...It's weird because she looks similar to how I imagined it, but her hair is messier and is around the same age as Shizuo. Okay I'll just shut up now. I don't even know if you guys read this part or not haha
A part of me didn't want to leave the room for a while, after changing it took me half an hour just to leave the bathroom. Now I was curled up in bed with all the blankets over my head, so far not moving from here for 3 hours.
I heard the door creak and held my breath, frozen under the blankets to hide my embarrassed face from Shizu-chan. If he couldn't hear me breathing, then he could definitely hear my heart beating. Why was my heart beating so fast anyway? I mean, it's not like I'm uncomfortable being seen naked, even Namie had seen me naked once or twice. It was never any big deal, shouldn't I be more nervous if a girl saw me naked than a guy? And out of all guys, Shizuo?
"I-Izaya…you awake?" He said in a low soft tone that made a shiver go down my spine, it was actually quite soothing. I heard some sort of rattling for a few seconds before silence took over. The warmth of his hand appeared on my shoulder, although to him it probably just looks like a giant lump.
"I brought you some food to eat, after that, take your painkillers." He kept his hand there for a few seconds before moving it away, leaving my shoulder cold once again. Speaking of pain, my stomach was aching, I wasn't even sure if it was because I was hungry or because of the cut. As soon as the door clicked shut I threw the blankets off me and pounced for the food. A sandwich? How boring…oh well. I didn't even care what I was eating right now, I just needed to fill my stomach.
The door clicked again and I sat frozen with half of the sandwich shoved in my mouth and crumbs all over my face. The door slowly swung open displaying Shizuo leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed.
"Hmm? So you were hiding from me."
"I wammbf…" I tried to speak, forgetting that my mouth was full of bread. I felt like sinking into the bed and shoving my face under the pillows. What the hell was happening to me? I unintentionally dropped my head in shame.
"If this is about what happened earlier…" Shizu-chan paused as I now actually did shove my head into the pillow, along with a groan indicating for him to stop.
"heh, it's okay, it happens." He's laughing at me...Oh god. He doesn't care, he's enjoying my misery. Without looking, I threw the rest of the bread in my hands to the area I heard his voice coming from.
"Oi! That took a lot of effort you know? I'm not the best chef around."
"mmm" I moaned in a low voice into the pillow, indicating him to go away.
"Alriiight! I get it. I'll leave." Even if that tone was a bit frustrated, I could tell he was acting playful. He's more comfortable around me now…and here I am with my face buried into his pillow to hide my flushed face. This time after hearing the door click again, I stayed still for a few seconds before tilting my head sideways and letting out a huge sigh. I began to notice every time Shizu-chan was around now I found it harder to breath. Was I falling in love with him?
Nope. No. Definitely not. Impossible.
I just….enjoy teasing him.
I reached over for the other half of the sandwich and sat up to nibble on it. It didn't even taste that good…he really isn't a great cook. And this is just a sandwich! Well I guess it's an improvement from all that take away food he eats.
I sat around in the room for a few more hours, constantly checking on my laptop if anyone was online…nobody. Geez, it seems like everybody is busy, and I'm stuck in this house doing nothing. Wait…what's this? I had an email from Namie…I hadn't told her about leaving the house, or even that it had been vandalised by the red daggers so she was surprised to see the houses state. She had already hired cleaning services… and furniture replacements…and a few places to repair the walls…great. I should be happy right? I can go home soon…
I decided to get something to snack on, my body was still pretty tender, I had to make sure I didn't move the right side of my body too much and walk slowly. Since I could move a bit more now, I didn't have to keep bell, half of the time Shizu-chan didn't hear it until the fourth ring anyway. I passed the couch that Shizu-chan had been sleeping on, it looked worn out compared to when I first arrived. In the kitchen I found a shiny red apple and began to munch on it.
Shizzu-chan was nowhere to be seen…not that I was really looking for him. I had passed all the rooms he could be in except for that room with the closed door. I walked slowly towards it, listen for any kind of sound indicating he was in there…but there was nothing. I quietly opened the door to that room and I could see through the glass sliding door, Shizu-chan sitting in the little garden with cigarette in his mouth. He looked so peaceful sitting out there that my feet started to move by themselves and before I knew it I was standing at the sliding door. I slid open the door and closed it behind me, joining Shizuo on the grass to stare at the skies. He didn't acknowledge I was there, he breathed out the smoke while sighing. He hadn't been smoking for a while, he never smelled like smoke. Shouldn't he of been getting cranky without smoking? Maybe it's opposite for violent guys like him, they become nicer when they don't smoke. The thought made me snicker.
It was still a bit bright but the stars were beginning to come out. It wasn't warm but I didn't feel cold because of my long sleave red and black pyjamas. After finishing my apple, I placed the core by my side and lay down, placing my hands across my chest.
"Do you always come and sit out here Shizu-chan?"
"When I have time." He said while he took the cigarette into his hands from his mouth.
"It's nice." I said while closing my eye and breathing in the scents of the blossoming flowers around.
"Yeah…refreshing."
There were long pauses of silence yet it wasn't awkward. The sound of the wind rustling the leaves was calming.
"Shizuo?"
"mm? You actually said my name." He mumbled while he lay himself down in a comfortable position with his arms resting under his head.
"…Do you like Akane?" I hesitated to ask but managed to get the words out. I turned my head to look at him slightly, not wanting to look directly at him. He took a long time to answer, probably trying to find a way to twist his words around.
" It's…hard to say. I guess I did in the end but uhh not at first, she was a bit annoying but I guess it kind of grew on me." He was using past tense? "I knew from day one that she had a crush on me, she was so persistent…"
"was?"
"Y-eah..she passed away…about 5 months ago."
"…"
"It's okay, you don't have to say anything, heh, I know this kind of stuff isn't really something you're good at." He could see I was struggling with words to say at a time like this. Obviously, I had never tried to sympathise with humans before, but I felt like I needed to do something for him.
"Besides…you already know I…." Shizu-chan realized what he was about to say and stopped midsentence. He likes me now? Right…why am I so relieved? A smile grew on my face, but it wasn't my usual smirk, it felt different.
"I'm sorry…" I mumbled while I sat up and leaned over Shizuo giving him a light kiss. He didn't expect it and I felt him jerk in shock, I parted and had a quick glance at his face before standing up and walking back inside, his eyes were wide, his face was flushed and his hand was covering his mouth. He quickly sat up and turned to watch me as I went to the sliding door.
"S-STOP DOING THAAAT!" I couldn't helped but laugh now, his reactions were classic.
I'm not even sure myself why I keep doing that but it's quite entertaining. I definitely don't want to leave anytime soon, I'm having way too much fun.
Thankyou for reading! And I apologise for that whole character mix-up. Next time I should check beforehand. I'll try and publish one more chapter before my exams but in the meantime please review! :P
