Durarara!

Cockamamie

Chapter Nine: Just You


Rei frowned when she saw that her school was surrounded by police officers, all had photographs in hand and were inquiring about her. Rei was standing across the street and the officers hadn't spotted her yet, but it's only a matter of time. She watched Mikado being questioned and he was visibly shaking.

The last thing Rei wanted was to go home, so she did the only logical thing – she turned and walked away from the school. Instead of facing her problems head on, she ran away from them. That's what she has always done and she was good at it.

Going back to the apartment wasn't a choice as she had heard Shinra and Celty speaking about working early today, and Rei has yet to receive her own key to the apartment. For once, Rei actually preferred school than wandering around aimlessly and homelessly. Maybe if she's lucky she'll bump into Shizuo again, though she doubted it, he wouldn't be out so early.

Something caught her eye, the couple walking towards her. They looked no older than Rei herself, but there was something a bit off about them. The girl was clutching onto the boy's arm as if her life depended on it, she whispered something over to her boyfriend and he glanced over at Rei momentarily before turning back to her.

"Don't worry about it Celty," he whispered, but not quietly enough as they walked by.

Rei paused in her tracks and turned to look after them over her shoulder. If her hearing was not failing her, then she was certain she heard him call her Celty. Rei is no expert on names, but Celty is not a typical Japanese name. Though now that she thought about it, the girl didn't look all that Japanese either, in fact she was very pretty, in a foreign kind of way.

The girl glanced back at her anxiously, and immediately turned away when she saw Rei watching her.

That was it. That was all Rei needed, that simple little gesture put a smile on Rei's face. She had a secret and Rei was going to find out.

"Hi!" Rei called after them.

The boy stopped and turned around, with his girlfriend still in tow.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

"You look kind of familiar," Rei pretended to think. "Do we go to the same school?"

"I don't go to school anymore," he scowled back.

"Oh cool," she replied with a polite smile. "I'm Rei."

"Seiji," he nodded back. "If that's it then we're going-."

"What about you?" Rei turned her attention to the girl in Seiji's arms. "What's your name?"

She doesn't speak, but grasps onto Seiji tighter.

"Her name is Celty," Seiji steps in. "She's my girlfriend."

"Really?" Rei gasped. "I know someone called Celty too! What a coincidence! That's a really unusual name, where are you from?"

Once again, she doesn't speak but looks down at her feet.

"Seiji-san, is your girlfriend shy?" Rei asked with another innocent smile.

"Yes," Seiji replied with a small smile. "I love everything about Celty though."

"That's very sweet of you," Rei egged him on. "How did you two meet?"

"She has always been my loved one," Seiji gave the girl's hand a tight squeeze. "It was just a matter of finding her."

"Oh?" Rei mouthed eyeing the two. "That's very romantic, Celty-san you're very lucky."

Rei was getting slightly annoyed by the girl's lack of words. Every time a question is directed at her, all she does is look down nervously without a word. Seiji seemed to have finally noticed his girlfriend's unease.

"We should leave now," he nodded. "Goodbye, Rei-san."

"Bye Seiji-san, Celty-san," Rei waved with a grin.

The two headed off down the street leaving Rei to ponder on things. There was definitely something up with that girl, especially the way she eyed Rei as if she was seeing a ghost.

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Rei has been sauntering down the streets for the past hour and a half. No matter what came to her mind, her thoughts always eventually drifted back to Seiji and Celty. There was something unsettling about the couple, especially what Seiji had said to her.

Rei loved it.

She loved anything out of the norm.

Rei continued to walk down the street, doing her best to ignore the stares she was receiving from adults on their way to work. Sure she was in her uniform, and it is strange seeing a student out of school early in the morning, but who were they to judge?

Rei stopped abruptly on the busy street. She immediately grinned at the familiar fluffy-hemmed hoodie. He stood across from her with a similar smile on his face. Izaya pushed through the crowd and eventually reached her.

"Good morning, Rei-chan," he greeted.

"Good morning, Izaya-kun," she smiled back.

"Did you know that if you kept walking down the street," Izaya leaned in closer. "You'll eventually walk straight into the police?"

"Oh," Rei mouthed. "No I didn't know that. That would be rather problematic. I've already had to run away from school because of them."

"Rei-chan, you should know that it's not safe for you in Ikebukuro anymore," Izaya reached for her hand. "Come, let's speak more in my office."

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"What did you mean by it's not safe for me in Ikebukuro anymore?" Rei asked as they entered Izaya's fused office-apartment.

"Well assuming you don't want to be caught by the police," Izaya pulled his hoodie off. "It's going to be difficult for you to stay in Ikebukuro as almost all of the police have been alerted to find you."

"Did my brother put the police up to this?" Rei asked, sitting on a large sofa.

"Your dad actually," Izaya sat across her. "Your brother came to see me yesterday, but it was your dad that filed the missing person report."

"I see," Rei nodded, her lips quivering. "What do you think I should do then? I slept overnight at… um- his name is Shinra. I slept over at Shinra's apartment last night."

"Yes, he told me," Izaya nodded. After seeing Rei's skeptical face, he quickly added: "We went to high school together."

"So you know Celty as well then," she just about figured he knew everyone.

"I do," he smiled at Rei's ecstatic expression.

"Isn't she the coolest?" Rei asked excitedly. "I mean, come on! She has no head! That's so freaking cool."

"Funny you would say that," Izaya chuckled. "Did you know that Celty has spent the last few years searching for her lost head?"

"What? Really?" Rei made a face. "Why? I think she's great without it."

"As do I," Izaya smiled. "Back to your situation: I think it is best for you to stop going to school for now. You could carry on staying in Shinra's apartment for now, but try to remain unseen."

"I wish my dad would just go home," Rei groaned.

"He is home," Izaya chuckled.

"I mean, America," Rei rolled her eyes. "It's where he's always been and he should go back."

"What happened with you and your dad, Rei-chan?" Izaya inquired, deeply interested.

"Well you know, he's always been busy with work," Rei shrugged eyeing his Go board on his desk. Rei stood up and made her way over to it. "I guess I never really got to know him, but I never quite liked him for being… not there."

"So you didn't like him for leaving you and your brother behind?" Izaya elaborated.

"I think…" Rei tapped the black queen slightly. "It's more like I've gotten so used to him not there, I kind of prefer him away."

"I see," Izaya nodded, dropping the topic.

"You play a fascinating game," Rei commented, examining his board.

"I do," he agreed, joining her by the desk.

"Am I this one?" she asked picking up the piece she's been toying with.

"Reasons to why you think you're a queen?" Izaya queried, taking the piece from her.

"I'd like to think you hold me in high regards," she chuckled with a smile.

"I do," he concurred, placing the piece back down. "Why black over white?"

"Please, I'm sure you've noticed," she scoffed.

"Noticed what?" he was genuinely bemused.

"I'm crazy!" her voice echoed slightly.

Izaya stared at her, only then did he realize how dry his lips felt. He pursed his lips together to moisten them up and grinned. Rei's expression changed from stoic to ecstatic, it wasn't long before she was laughing. Izaya watched her the whole time with an amused look.

"Black is more interesting no?" Rei mumbled after she stopped her laughter. "There's a certain mystery to it, a mystery ready for you to unravel. Where as white, everything is clear and readable."

"That's right," Izaya nodded.

"You think I'm mysterious?" she chuckled.

"Very," he smirked. "The moment I think I've got you figured out, you do something that contradicts my opinion."

"You're pretty much the same for me," Rei sighed.

"People are interesting," Izaya concluded. "Don't you agree, Rei-chan?"

"Nah," Rei shook her head.

Izaya stared back at her bewildered. She looked back at him and grinned.

"Just you."


Whooo! Took me a while to get that done. And it is now 4:06am! Brilliant! :D Haha, at least I'll get this up before I go to sleep. I hope this chapter was up to par!

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Im-Ina-Tent– lol! She's like my inner crazy xD I'm glad you do! HaHA! Well I hope this chapter filled your need for him! :)

easily1994addicted– Okay first thing's first – YOU HAVE MARUI AND NIOU IN YOUR AVATAR PIC THING! OMG! I'm like crazy fangirling! I freaking love Prince of Tennis! And and, Rikkaidai's my favorite team tied with Shitenhouji, and and, OMG YOU HAVE PRINCE OF TENNIS IN YOUR PICTURE! Okay. Okay. I'm okay. I'm done. Thank you so much for the review! I'm glad you like my story! & Also sorry for kind of assaulting you with my fangirling xD

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