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Izaya rested his head on the desk, groaning weakly. Ever since Shizuo found out about Izaya's little habits of playing with people, he hasn't been left alone by the blonde. Shizuo has done well to keep a close eye on him and make sure that he's not doing anything he should be doing, like messing around with people's minds. Though Izaya has not been able to put people in situations for a while, which is beginning to annoy him, he was able to retain some of himself by observing humans without his interactions, at least he wasn't completely bored since he was able to gage his audience through their actions and predict what they would do next.

But right not, he was at his limit.

"Don't worry Izaya, I'm sure he's just worried about you," Shinra reasoned. He was in Izaya's classroom occupying the desk in front of his because it was after school and neither of them felt like going home at the moment.

"But's it's so boring." Izaya complained. "Shizu-chan doesn't let me have any fun."

"Then find a new hobby," a seething voice made both boys jolt. Izaya sat up straight upon hearing the voice and slowly turned around to see Shizuo standing there, glaring fiercely with folded arms.

Izaya gulped but didn't say anything. He then noticed Shizuo carrying his bag over his shoulder, which seemed weird because he didn't usually carry it with him so he must be heading home.

Shizuo sighed, slipping his bag from his shoulder and pulling the zipper back, he reached in when it was open and produced a bottle of milk, handing it over to Izaya. "Here, I got you this."

Blinking, Izaya took it questioningly as Shizuo pulled his own out. He watched as Shizuo took the cap off and placed the bottle to his lips, sculling it whole. It surprised Izaya how Shizuo could do that without needing air, but then again, Shizuo wasn't exactly a normal person. But Izaya followed suit, pulling the cap off and taking a few sips before putting the lid back on, setting it on his desk.

"So you guys want to do anything today?" Shinra decided to ask since Shizuo had calmed down a little.

"I've got homework to finish," Shizuo replied.

"I've got shopping that needs doing," Izaya said.

"Aw! You guys are no fun," Shinra's face fell, but a smile graced his lips. "Guess I'll have to spend some quality time with my Celty."

"Celty?" Izaya questioned, this was the first time he's heard the name.

"Shinra's roommate," Shizuo answered.

"Oh," Izaya nodded.

Shinra gushed and giggled, "but she's also my future wife and someday I'm gonna marry—"

"So what homework have you not done?" Izaya cut in, turning towards Shizuo.

"Hey—!" Shinra was cut off again.

"Math, I suck at it. Think you could help me?" Shizuo wondered.

"Sure," Izaya nodded.

"Cool, I'll swing by tomorrow since your busy today." Shizuo said.

"Ok," Izaya offered a smile.

"Why do you guys always leave me out of it?" Shinra sighed, shoulders slumped and head bowed.


"Ok, let's see," Izaya held a basket while he scanned his list, "eggs, sugar, 60w light bulb for the bathroom, and tissues. That shouldn't be a problem."

And it wasn't, it only took him fifteen minutes find everything and he was out of the convenient store carrying the white plastic bag. There weren't a lot of people in there so it made shopping go a little faster.

Izaya felt vibration in his pocket and he pulled out his phone, Shizuo's name was displayed on the screen, a smile appeared on his face as answered happily. "Hello Shizu-chan~!"

"Hey, what's the answer to 2x + 3 = 10?"

Izaya blinked at the question. "You're doing algebra?"

"Yeah, it's the worst. So what's the answer since your smart and know the answer to everything?"

"How about I explain it and you do it?"

"Ok, so how do you do it?"

Izaya explained the problem and formula used as simple as he could. He knew Shizuo wasn't the brightest, but he was at least able to get the hang of it after Izaya broke everything down to him. Five questions in and Shizuo was able to do the answers without Izaya's help.

"Alright, thanks for your help Izaya."

A smile appeared on Izaya's face again, this time accompanied by a blush. "No problem Shizu-chan."

They both hung up and Izaya slipped his phone back into his pocket. The road he was taking was quiet except for the occasional person or couple walking by. He kept his head down as to avoid attention since it was late afternoon when he decided to go shopping who knows what was out there.

Before he did go out, Izaya helped the staff with cleaning up the toy room along with the children's help which took up most of his afternoon and dried dishes after they were stacked and ready to be put away. By that time it was already six.

And now he was on his way back home.

But something caught his attention and he halted. Izaya turned towards a broken cardboard box where a tattered cushion laid inside and sitting on top of it was a curled up, little black kitten shivering in the late sun.

He stared and crouched before it, the little fur ball was cute with scared golden eyes that looked up at him when he bent down and pure black fur that held a light shine. Reaching out a hand, Izaya gently stroked the kitten's fur which was surprisingly soft. The kitten gave a pathetic mewl and Izaya's heart clenched.

He knew he couldn't just leave it here. Not when it cuddled into his hand trying to get warm and began purring once it was comfortable. Gritting his teeth, he began weighting pros and cons of the situation about bringing a cat home. What would he do? What would the children think? What would Mrs Yukimae do to it? but he couldn't leave it now.

"Screw it," he muttered and scooped the little kitten up, holding it close to his chest as it snuggled into his jacket. This was going to be hard to explain and hopefully Mrs Yukimae didn't mind the little guy.

Hopefully.


"Izaya-nii-chan! What took you so long?" Saya, one of the older children of eleven years old, stood at the doorway with hands on her hips. She was always there to reprimand him if he were late coming home.

"Maybe he was out seeing his boyfriend." Daisuke smirked, a few other children behind him hide their chuckles behind hands giving him a cheeky look.

"B-b-boyfriend!" Izaya stuttered, blushing bright red.

"Yeah, that blonde guy that was here. You were playing hanky-panky with him weren't you?" Rika smirked standing next to Daisuke.

"S-S-Shizu-chan's not my boyfriend! We're just friends!" Izaya snapped. But then a little black head of the kitten hidden away in his jacket popped out, almost like it was assessing the situation, but it did answer the question of why he was so late.

The children's eyes softened and a beaming smile appeared. "A KITTEN!" they all crowded around Izaya who sighed.

"Well, that cat's outta the bag," he chuckled at his own pun.

Then Mrs Yukimae came out to see what all the noise was about. She instantly noticed the black kitten in Izaya's arms as he scratched the back of his head trying to think of an excuse but nothing came to mind.

"I found him out in the street; I couldn't let him be so I took him with me. Sorry," he avoided eye contact with her.

She took the plastic bag from his hand and gave the kitten a pat. "As long as you look after it, I don't mind. Besides, I saw a mouse the other day in the kitchen, so this might save me money on buying traps." She shivered thinking about it, but smiled. He remembered that Mrs Yukimae didn't like mice at all, so this would be a good thing then.

Izaya's face lit up. "Really? You don't mind at all?"

"No," she shook her head. "But take care of him ok?"

"Ok," he nodded happily and began walking towards the toy room with the children following him.

Izaya sat down on a cushion and let the black kitten settle down into his lap while the kids sat surrounding him. The kitten eyed them curiously but made no move to leave Izaya's lap.

"What do you think we should name him?" Izaya gently pat the kitten's head.

"Naira!"

"Lala!"

"Chika!"

"Hashi!"

"Jin!"

"Kyo!"

"I think Izaya-nii-chan needs to name it," Aika, the youngest of the group, said.

"Yeah," the others were nodding.

"Alright," Izaya looked down at the same animal in his lap. It was purring and sitting comfortably. "I think I'll name him, Kuro."

The children nodded approvingly and Izaya smiled. At least Shizuo will be off his back about getting a new hobby, he'd be to busy taking care of a kitten to worry about that sort of stuff now, or at least for a little while at any rate.


The following day, Shizuo was walking with Izaya towards the orphanage after school since he promised to help Shizuo with his homework.

"You've been in a good mood all day." Shizuo noted as he saw Izaya's smile widen as the orphanage came into view. "Well, better than yesterday."

"Let's just say that I've picked up a new hobby." Izaya replied, giving a little giggle.

"That's good," Shizuo said.

They passed through the gate and towards the house.

"Welcome back Izaya-nii-chan!" the children greeted Izaya as he walked through the door.

"I'm back," Izaya smiled. "Also Shizu-chan's here to do work so don't disturb us ok?"

Shizuo followed Izaya towards the stairs; he could feel the children's eyes on him. The stares seemed to drill into his back. Then the whispers began to sound, it sounded like someone had a boyfriend or something but he didn't seem to take notice. Unlike Izaya who shot the children a glare and they ceased whispering and hide giggles.

Once Izaya made it to his room, setting his bag by the door and walking in, he sat on the floor by his bed in front of a table with Shizuo across from him.

"So, what do you need help with?" Izaya asked.

"Math," Shizuo grunted, pulling out his text books and a note book, setting them on the table. Izaya leaned over and stole Shizuo's note book, looking through what he had done which Shizuo didn't mind.

"So far, you've got a general understanding of measurements and basic algebra." Izaya past Shizuo's note book back to him. "But let's work on the stuff you're having trouble with ok?"

"Yeah," Shizuo nodded, opening his text book to the page he was on last night and Izaya started his explanation of the questions, which Shizuo was able to understand pretty well and complete the questions he was having trouble with.

"Nyaa!"

The sound made Shizuo freeze and look up. He noticed a small black kitten crawl out from under Izaya's bed and look around curiously. Izaya chuckled, "I was wondering where you were Kuro." Izaya lifted the kitten into his lap with a smile, patting his head gently.

"When did you get a pet?" Shizuo asked, all concentration he had before was lost.

"Yesterday after shopping, I found him in the streets and couldn't leave him there, so I took him home with me. Shizu-chan meet Kuro," he gestured to the animal. "This is the new hobby I meant."

"Oh," Shizuo nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, he's a little cutie." Izaya stroked Kuro's fur with a gentle smile. The sight made Shizuo smile as well.

"Yeah, he is. You always did like cats," Shizuo then shifted over, sitting next to Izaya. His work completely abandoned as he to touched Kuro's fur. The kitten looked between Izaya and Shizuo then back again before climbing into Shizuo's lap, which seemed to surprise Shizuo as the kitten sat comfortably, purring loudly.

"Seems he likes you," Izaya chuckled.

"Yeah," a small blush appeared on Shizuo's cheeks as the animal cuddled closer. Izaya began stroking the kitten behind the ears, luring it off to sleep.

Outside however, prying eyes peeped through the creak in the door and focused in on the pair, quiet snickers covered by hands were muffled but went undetected by the two in the room.

"Izaya-nii-chan does have a boyfriend." A girl whispered.

"Looks like we're going to have to put blondie to the test to see if he's capable of being Izaya-nii-chan's boyfriend." Another girl said hushed.

"Yeah, we can't let him steal Izaya-nii-chan from us." a boy said.

"We gotta think of something though." another said.

"Right," a girl nodded. "And when he comes over next, we'll put him to the test to see if he's worthy of Izaya-nii-chan's love."

"Yeah!" the cheered quietly as to not alert the two in the room as they both silently crept away.


Shizuo stepped outside the door turning towards Izaya with Kuro in his arms. "Thanks for the help Izaya." He smiled.

"No problem," Izaya smiled, rubbing Kuro's cheek with his thumb as he slept peacefully in his arms.

"Even if most of the time was taken up by playing with the little guy," Shizuo reach forward and rubbed the kittens head, smiling.

"Sorry about that," Izaya scratched the back of his head. "He is a little distracting, huh?"

"Yeah, but as least now you'll be more occupied. Anyway, see you at school," Shizuo waved.

"Yeah, see you at school." Izaya smiled, returning the wave as Shizuo began walking away.

Izaya stayed a little longer, watching Shizuo disappear down the road. And when Shizuo was no longer in sight, he sighed and turned around, heading back in.

Once the door closed, Izaya rested his head on the wood. He closed his eyes and Shizuo's blushing smiling face came to mind when Kuro tried to climb into his shirt before he had to go. It was so cute that it made Izaya wish that expression was directed to him. But the thought of wishing made his chest hurt and he sighed.

"Shizu-chan." He whispered.

The kitten looked up at Izaya, meowing in what seemed like concern but it made him smile sadly. He turned around and jumped, not expecting a group of small children to be standing there waiting with sly smiles and hands clasp behind their backs.

"Um, hi," Izaya said almost hesitantly, blushing slightly that he showed such a weak side of himself in front of these children.

"Hello~" they cooed. The cheeky tone they used usually meant they were up to no good.

Izaya narrowed his eyes in suspicion, "what are you guys up to?"

"Nothing," they each gave a chuckle.

Now he was even more suspicious of the bunch, they were definitely up to something and it was usually bad. But before he could press the matter further, they all disappeared, leaving Aika behind.

Izaya stared down at the girl, wondering why she stayed behind. "Something wrong Aika-chan?" he bent down in front of her.

"Why do you always seem sad when Shizuo-nii-chan leaves?" Aika asked. since Shizuo thought it would be good to come over more offend to help break Izaya's 'habits', he had grown quite close to the children and they began calling him 'Shizuo-nii-chan.'

"What do you mean?" Izaya was generally confused by the statement.

"You seem so sad when Shizuo-nii-chan leaves. And so happy when he pays attention to you, and when he compliments you, you blush really red. And when no one is looking, you act like a school girl in love when you're thinking of him and whisper 'Shizu-chan' a lot." she said almost innocently.

Izaya blinked, "is that so?" he ruffled her hair before standing and heading up the stairs. Once in his room, he placed Kuro on the ground and collapsed onto his bed, staring at the ceiling.

He's sad when Shizuo leaves. He's happy when Shizuo pay attention to him. He blushes when Shizuo compliments him. And when no one's looking, he acts like a school girl with her first crush when thinking about Shizuo.

Just thinking about this made his cheeks heat up.

"Don't tell me—" he cut himself off, blushing a deeper red and covering his mouth with his hand. "I'm in love with Shizu-chan?"

The kitten mewled and climbed up the bed, creeping towards Izaya and curling in close to his neck.

Izaya almost didn't realise the kitten was balled up next to him. He was more focused on his discovery. Although it did make a lot of sense that he was in love with Shizuo, who else would miss someone like that for so long and feel like a little kid whenever he was around? Who else made his heart flutter when they paid attention to him? Made him flush bright red at being complimented?

It brought a smile to his face. He was in love; he's been in love with the same person for most of his life. Just thinking about Shizuo now was making him blush and giggle and act like a school girl with a crush.

He nuzzled the kitten next to him which purred in response.

It felt nice to be in love.


*Doesn't really know what to say here.* But I think I'm gonna add in Kadota in the next chapter? What do you guys think, should I or shouldn't I? Also, does anyone know the answer to the math question that I put in when Shizuo called Izaya? I really hate math so I'm asking.

Anyway, leave a review of what you thought, they help me out a lot.

Until next chapter.