5:37 AM
Aoba woke up, he had always been an early bird.
Feeling like he had enough rest, he got up from bed, remembering what he had to do today. 'I get to spend more time with these freaks, great.'
He looked to the left, seeing Izaya sleeping soundly, smirking at the memory of stealing his bed last night.
Then he noticed the bathroom was right next to Izaya's bed.
Oh, how he was going to love this.
5:39 AM
PSWHHHHHHHH! PSSSSHWWWW! HHHHHHHWWW!
Izaya groaned, jerked awake by the loud noise.
He was so tired, he just wanted to sleep...-
But he had always been a light sleeper.
Sitting up on his elbows, he looked around to glare at whatever that obnoxious noise was, realizing the bed next to him was empty.
He then heard that the noise was coming from the bathroom.
SHARK BOY.
Livid, Izaya swore, 'I'll make you pay for this, you'll be sorry you ever messed with me,'
Too tired to do anything else, he slumped back into bed, yanking a pillow over his face in an attempt to muffle the noise, to no avail.
The shower lasted exactly 1 hour and 18 minutes.
He never noticed his alarm had been turned off.
7:00 AM
Beep! Beep! Be-Thwack! "Good morning Shizuo! Time to get ready!" said Shinra enthusiastically.
"Aghh...later..." mumbled Shizuo, pulling the covers over his head.
Shinra grinned. "What would Izaya say? He probably thinks you're a total mess in the mornings."
Bolting up, Shizuo growled, " Damn flea! I'll show him who's a mess!"
7:51 AM
Izaya slowly awakened, shifted in bed, and glanced at his alarm.
7:52 AM
"WHAT!?" Izaya rushed off the bed, his legs tangling in the sheets, sending him tumbling down onto the hardwood floor, kneecaps first.
"AGHHH!"
7:59 AM
Shizuo paced back and forth furiously. "WHERE THE HELL IS THAT FLEA!?" He and Shinra had arrived 24 minutes ago, and Aoba 17.
Aoba.
Shizuo glared. "You slept with that flea, why didn't you come down together!?"
Slightly nauseous, Aoba smiled innocently, "I didn't sleep with him, per say, but we slept in the same room. And, Izaya actually got up before me! He left and said he'd be back, I've no idea where he went."
Aoba knitted his eyebrows in worry. "I hope something didn't happen to him."
Shizuo actually bought it. "DAMN FLEABAG! BEING LATE AND MAKING PEOPLE WORRY! HE DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE!"
Shinra turned away, chuckling on the inside.
8:00 AM
"I'm here! On time, mind you." said Izaya with a calculated casualness as he emerged from the doors of the Lab.
He tried his best to act calm and collected, but-
"BWAAAAHHH! HHAAAA! HHHAA! HHAA! AAHHH!"
8:01 AM
Shizuo just couldn't hold it in. He guffawed together with Aoba, and Shinra wore that I-Know-Exactly smile (smirk).
Izaya was sucking air like a vacuum, gasping and breathless. His hair was a bird's nest, sticking up in multiple directions, and his clothes looked random and wrinkled, looking like pajamas instead of actual clothing.
He looked nothing like the oh-so sophisticated, well put together man Shizuo had come to hate.
Izaya's eyes darkened in anger, knowing whatever he said would go over their heads.
Shortly before, after a brief struggle with the sheets, he jumped into the shower, because above else he refused to stink.
Then he threw on the first clothes he found in his suitcase and dashed out his room, finger combing his hair on the way, dreading to think about what he looked like.
He stewed, shooting shark boy the filthiest glare in his arsenal.
He was matched with a venomous sneer.
9:07 AM
"Isn't this fun? Hiking, seeing the sites, this is nature at its finest!" Shinra exclaimed happily. They had gotten to the forest an hour ago, and since then they had been hiking up "meek" slopes.
Izaya was literally about ready to collapse.
He was sure he had done more exercise in the past hour than in his entire life, and coupled with his sleep deprivation, he was completely exhausted. And, thanks to his fall from this morning, his knees ached with every step he took.
In all actuality, he hated the outdoors. It meant bugs, sunburn, heat, lack of modern conveniences, and most of all lack of civilization. And, exercise.
But he hated Shizu-chan more. Whether or not it was an archaeologist, an animal's natural habitat was nature. Getting the chance to piss off the beast in the place where it was most at peace, how could Izaya resist?
He was starting to regret it now.
Melting like ice cream, he was worried he was going to die from heat stroke, if physical overwork didn't get him first.
His one saving grace was that he was wearing light clothing. Super short booty shorts and a tank top, both were meant for sleeping. At first he had been mortified, but all sense of shame had long since burned up, like him.
There was only one word to describe this: torture.
He couldn't take another step, reaching his limit.
9:08 AM
"Hey, where's Izaya?" asked Shinra, looking over the group.
They turned around, and were met with Izaya, 26 feet away, face first on the dirt.
Shinra murmured to himself, "Wow, I didn't expect this to happen so fast." He turned to Shizuo. "You have to carry Izaya, since neither of us are strong enough to do it."
Shizuo sighed heavily. It made sense, but still, UGH. "Fine."
He walked over to the flea, crouching down to pick him up. Immediately he noticed the flea's skin was turning red. "Idiot! Why didn't you put on sunscreen!?" Cursing, he took off his hiking bag, riffling through it. Being a wilderness extraordinaire, Shizuo was prepared for anything, even for a little excursion like this.
He got out sunscreen, and began to lather Izaya's entire body.
Incredulous, Aoba asked, "Why are you taking care of him? I thought you hated him Heiwajima-san!" Even Shinra was surprised.
Shizuo growled, "I do! But I can't just ignore this..." After he was done, he took out a large, thin blanket, and swaddled Izaya to block out the sun, picking him up bridal style.
1:04 PM
Izaya slowly came to, and became aware that he was moving.
Confused, he opened his eyes, and saw he was cradled against a broad chest, in strong arms...
He looked up, staring straight into dark amber.
Shizuo looked down at Izaya, gazing into brown rubies.
They couldn't describe this feeling...
"Oh Izaya your awake! That's good, we're about to reach our second site!" called Shinra.
"Second? How long was I out?" Izaya was shocked, recalling how he had fainted so unceremoniously.
"It's about 1 now. You should thank Shizuo, he carried you for 4 hours!" chirped Shinra.
Floored, Izaya tore his gaze away from Shizu-chan, he couldn't bring himself to look at him.
Why Shizu-chan?
"Hey look we're here!"
1:05 PM
This second site was a large clearing with giant pine trees, and logs around the remains of a bonfire.
Shizu-chan placed him gently on one of the logs. Gently?
For the first time, Izaya found he was wrapped up in some material, even covering his head like a makeshift hood. "What's the meaning of this Shizu-chan!? Were you trying to kill me with heatstroke?"
Shizu-chan shook with anger.
Aoba quickly blurt, "Heiwajima-san! Didn't we see a river nearby? Why don't you go cool off there? I mean, only if you want to! Heh heh." He did not want to see a rampage, especially since Simon wasn't here...
Huffing, Shizuo stormed off towards said river.
Izaya watched him go, annoyed for some reason.
"Hey Izaya! You can walk now right? Be a dear, go to the river and fill up my water bottle, hm?" asked Aoba.
Irritated, Izaya wanted to flip him the bird, but he would never stoop to such vulgarities. "I just woke up, and no, go do it yourself." Bitch.
Shinra jumped in. "But Izaya, this would be a good chance to stretch your legs, before hiking to our next site. Unless you want Shizuo to carry you?"
Seething, Izaya grabbed Aoba's water bottle. "Fine, whatever." He walked in the direction Shizu-chan left.
Shizu-chan. The river.
Cursing, Izaya clenched his fists. He felt the coolness of Aoba's reservoir in his palm.
Shark boy's water bottle.
He smirked, walking on.
"Wait."
"What Shinra?"
"Don't forget my bottle!~"
1:10 PM
His anger gone, Shizuo exhaled, his feet resting in the water.
His shirt clinging to him from the day's excursion, he stood up, and in one swoop, slid the shirt off from his chest, head, and onto the ground.
He stretched his arms, a bit stiff from carrying the flea for most of the day.
1:10 PM
Mind completely blank.
Rippling muscles moving under golden skin, glistening
Perfect structure, tall, bold
Embracing the sun, face serene
Beautiful
1:11 PM
Shizuo decided to head back, and as he put his shirt on, he felt a presence behind him.
He turned around, seeing the flea.
Said flea stared at the ground, face blank.
It pissed him off.
"What the FUCK are you doing here, fleabag!"
This seemed to snap the flea out of whatever trance he was in, and he snickered, "What's it to you?" He turned his back to Shizuo, bending down above the water with something in his hands.
Light bulb blaring, Shizuo smirked.
1:12 PM
Izaya started to fill up the water bottles-
He was slammed into the water, something large and heavy clutching him.
Fear gripped him, and he thrashed in the water, swallowing and choking.
He couldn't swim.
He lunged his head up for air, quickly realizing he was sitting.
He coughed and sputtered, fear subsiding, becoming aware that someone was in the water with him.
"Hha! haa! ha! ha! ha!" Shizuo bellowed. The flea looked like a deer in headlights-
SLAP!
Shizuo barely registered the pain in his face, that he'd just been slapped.
Enraged, Shizuo pinned the flea's wrists into the water, trapping the flea between him and the river.
The water lapped at Izaya's back, his wrists pinned behind him, which were the only thing holding him up as Shizu-chan hovered over him, 6 inches separating them.
But he was too infuriated to care. "You idiot! I can't swim!" He screamed into Shizuo's face.
Anger melting, Shizuo looked into Izaya's red rimmed eyes, his grip loosening.
He said softly, "I'm sorry."
Izaya felt all the fight leave him, breath hot on Shizuo's face.
They peered at each other,-
"Oh! There you guys are, you sure took your time!" called Shinra, materializing out of nowhere. He had come to check on them, worried that Shizuo had done something to Izaya. He couldn't have one of them killed, he would execute the plan perfectly, he had to.
Shizuo and Izaya burst apart from each other like a popped balloon, faces flushed.
1:15 PM
Izaya handed back the water bottles.
He cursed himself for forgetting to do what he intended with shark boy's.
8:09 PM
"Um Kishitani-san? If you don't mind me asking, didn't you say this trip was only going to be a few hours? When will we be leaving?" asked Aoba for the 3rd time.
"Oh? But I don't remember saying anything like that. Well anyway, we're staying the night! Look, that's our campsite!" Shinra said happily.
Aoba felt he was at the end of his rope with this freak show. At first, he had thought Shinra was a normal person, whom he could stand, but now...
Clearly he was the sole sane person in this bogus troupe.
At least he didn't starve, what with Shinra's outrageous amount of food he brought along. "Anyone hungry feel free!" No doubt he had this all planned.
By Shinra's side, was Shizuo. Even he remembered Shinra stating the trip would be short, but he didn't mind.
He loved camping.
With the pack leader, Shizuo wouldn't have to walk near Izaya, whom was trailing at the end, purposely.
They had been avoiding each other all day.
Finally at the campsite, it was yet another large clearing with large trees and logs around a dead fire. How exciting.
Izaya plopped onto one of the logs, while Shizu-chan sat down on another one, the furthest one away.
They had a silent agreement: act like nothing had happened.
He should have been outraged at being forced to sleep in the wilderness like some animal, but at this point, Izaya was bone-tired, he just wanted to sleep, and hopefully forget about-sigh.
Exasperated, Aoba tried to keep it together, "But Kishitani-san, how will we sleep? We don't have sleeping bags, a tent, or anything! We should head back right now, who's with me?"
Shinra chuckled lightly. "Go back? It'll take hours! And in this dark, you'll get mauled by a bear if you don't get lost first."
Giving up, Aoba sat on a log. 'Why did I come?!'
In fact, Shizuo knew they had circled back towards the beginning of the forest, and were actually right by the entrance. It wouldn't take 5 minutes to exit if they went in the right direction. Of course, Shizuo kept this knowledge to himself.
He loved camping.
Shinra started a fire with a match, then frowned. "This fire will go out soon without any wood. Aoba, Izaya, could you go collect some?"
Izaya was about to refuse, but he wasn't weak, and he especially didn't want to seem like it in front of Shizu-chan.
He got up, pointedly going in the opposite direction of shark boy.
8:13 PM
Izaya was lost, irrefutably so.
He had been collecting fallen branches, walked around aimlessly, and when he went to go back, he couldn't find the campsite.
His mind on overdrive, he thought about all the ways he could die like this, bears, frostbite, falling into a trench-
He saw a figure in the distance.
Hurriedly, he ran towards it, "It's Izaya!" He hoped it was Shinra, the only person he could handle right now.
As he approached it, he saw light, which he discovered was from the campsite fire, relief cooling him.
But the light flickered onto the face of a shark-like boy.
Izaya glared, marching towards the campsite.
"What's the matter? Afraid?" came a sneer.
Growling, Izaya whipped around. "As if. You better watch what you say, shark boy. Just drop dead."
Aoba tensed, snarling, "Not if you're first."
Not understanding, Izaya wasn't prepared when Aoba shoved him.
Now, it was just a harmless shove, and it would have just made Izaya stumble, if not for the shallow rock cliff.
Izaya's foot landed on nothing as he stumbled, tumbling off the ground as he smashed head first into flowing water.
SPLASH!
"What the hell was that?" wondered Shizuo, puffing out smoke. He had stepped away from the campsite for a little while, in need of a good smoke.
He walked towards the sound, finding Aoba.
The boy was cackling, "Izaya fell into there!"
Shizuo heard the sound of running water.
"You idiot! I can't swim!"
Shizuo plunged into the abyss.
That Aoba, why must he be so cruel?
As for Shizuo and Izaya, let's see what'll happen!
