Thank you for all the feedback I got, they help me out. Sorry I haven't updated in a while, this chapter was supposed to be out before but random YouTube videos are quite distracting when you're trying to look up music.

Replies:

Delusional fujoshi: I agree, I can see Shizuo and Izaya doing that. and thank you for pointing out me mistakes as well. I do try to edit my work right so there's no mistakes.

Nameless feeling: thank you very much *bows*

Inlovewithshizaya: I also love the name Kuro for black cats as well. i do agree with you on the cuteness factor as well :3

Guest: I think I do ^_^

Punkprincess1234: it would be interesting, but let's just say that it might be something big *mysterious laugh*. I also think Izaya is cute, especially when he blushes, and thank you as well.

Anyway, Enjoy ~

"So how's Kuro?" Shizuo asked.

"He's getting used to the kids, slowly." Izaya smiled, they were both walking towards school. "And I've already got him toilet trained." He said proudly.

"That's good at least. Can he do tricks to?" Shizuo looked towards Izaya who turned to give him a flat expression.

"He's not a dog Shizu-chan. He's a cat, cats aren't like dogs." He deadpanned.

"I didn't know," he snapped. "Besides, I think it would be cool to teach a cat a few tricks."

Izaya chuckled, "somehow, I don't think that's possible. But I'll try, I mean, I might be able to teach him something?"

"Yeah," Shizuo ruffled his hair.

They entered the school gates and walked up the path towards the massive building. "See ya at lunch ok," Shizuo smiled and gave a wave.

"Ok Shizu-chan." Izaya smiled and watched Shizuo disappear up the stairs. He turned and headed down the corridor towards his class.

No matter how many times he's seen that smile, Izaya would never get tired of that smile. And now that his realised his feelings for the blonde, that smile had meant more to him even more now than ever.

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"Shizu-chan!" Izaya called seeing Shizuo standing in the hallway waiting for him to come out.

"Hey," Shizuo greeted with a smiled.

"Ready to go?" Izaya asked, rocking on his heels.

"Yep," Shizuo nodded.

The two started walking side by side up the stairs all the way to the roof in a comfortable silence. Once Shizuo opened the door and they both stepped out, it was surprisingly peaceful, usually they were greeted by Shinra though he wasn't here for some reason. And they both didn't know the reason why either, it seemed rather strange not to be greeted on the roof top by their friend.

"Where do you think he is?" Izaya turned to Shizuo who scratched the back of his head, giving the ground a confused look.

"Don't know. But knowing him, it could be anything." He sighed.

Izaya giggled, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Just as the two were about to sit down, the door opened wide and Shinra walked out with a big smile followed by someone else who they didn't recognise.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to get Kadota." Shinra said.

"Who?" Shizuo was the first to speak, confusion written on both boy's expression.

"Oh, you guys haven't met him yet," he then gestured to the boy beside him who was taller than Shinra, slightly shorter than Shizuo. "This is Kyohei Kadota, he's in the same year as Izaya and I met him yesterday. I invited him up here, please don't be mad."

"Nice to meet you." Kadota gave a wave and a smile. His hair was slicked back and a dark brown. He was wearing the same uniform Izaya was wearing as they both noticed.

"I'm Shizuo heiwajima." Shizuo gave a wave and sat down.

"Izaya orihara, nice to meet you," Izaya gave an enthusiastic wave.

"Now that formalities are out of the way, let's eat." Shinra smiled, settling down and opened his Bento box.

"So, Kadota, what class are you in?" Izaya asked, stealing one of Shizuo's rice balls, which he earned a half-hearted glare.

"1-B," Kadota answered.

"Ah, that's no good." Izaya mock pouted. "And here I thought we were in the same class. Oh well." he tried to steal another rice ball off Shizuo, who blocked his hands easily. Izaya's pout turned into a real one when Shizuo didn't let him have any more. "Meanie Shizu-chan!"

"Bring your own lunch in the morning then." Shizuo shot back, giving Izaya a wary glance.

"I don't have time in the mornings." Izaya folded his arms across his chest and leaned back on Kadota. Both Shizuo and Kadota noticed instantly while Shinra just smiled like this was a normal thing when the other two knew this was not normal.

"What are you doing?" Kadota asked before Shizuo did.

"Shizu-chan is being mean." He grumbled.

For some reason, this sight made Shizuo's eye brow twitch in annoyance at this sight and give a slight growl in detest. But he passed it off as Izaya being unfair and continued eating.

"Anyway, can you get off me now," Kadota sighed.

Izaya groaned but sat up straight, still grumbling about not getting any more food. But that stopped when Shizuo offered up his last rice ball, which he took graciously with a smile.

They carried on like normal now Shinra talking the most and trying to make conversation now with an added voice to the mix. Kadota would talk to Shizuo more than the others though, which Shizuo somehow found relief in since Kadota's attention was taken away from Izaya.

Shizuo instantly shook that thought off, where had that come from?

But those feelings were soon gone as lunch was over and they headed back to class.

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"Hey, good morning Shizuo, morning Izaya," Shinra was already waiting at the gates for the two of them the following day.

"Morning Shizuo, Izaya," Kadota gave a nod standing next to Shinra who was waving.

"Morning," Shizuo gave a lazy wave while Izaya beam.

"Good morning everyone!" he smiled.

"We already have one energized annoyance, we don't need another." Shizuo groaned, running and hand through his hair.

"But I'm just so happy." Izaya smiled. The reason being for this sudden glee is that Izaya had a dream about Shizuo the previous night. Everything in the dream was like puppies and rainbows and everything seemed perfect and just when Shizuo was about to kiss him, it came to an end when the dreadful beast of the alarm clock woke him up.

"Right," Shizuo gave him a suspicious look as Izaya hopped off with Shinra. Kadota decided to walk next to Shizuo towards the building.

"Geez, it's too early in the morning to be dealing with people this hyper." Kadota sighed.

"You got that right," Shizuo bowed his head, too care at the moment. "So you finish that homework you were talking about yesterday?"

"Yeah, I was up until midnight though." He yawned, indicating just how tired he really was.

"Why does homework even exist anyway? Don't we do enough work in class? Why do we need to learn shit outside of school?" Shizuo growled, folding his arms. Great, now he was in a bad mood.

"Take it easy," Kadota placed a hand on his shoulder, Shizuo turned towards him. "The day's just started; you don't want to get angry right now do you?"

"No," Shizuo growled, turning his attention to the ground again.

"Try not to worry so much ok." Kadota offered a smile which made Shizuo sigh.

"Thanks man, I'll try to tone it down a little."

When the both arrived inside, they looked around and noticed Shinra and Izaya waving them over.

"Hey Shizuo, Kadota, about time you guys came." Shinra smiled as they neared. "Class is about to start."

"Shut up," Shizuo growled.

"Come on Shizu-chan, cheer up. You can't be grumpy this early in the morning," Izaya claimed, offering a sweet smile.

Shizuo groaned, slipping both hands into his pockets and turning his head away.

"Anyway, let's go!" Izaya tugged on Kadota's arm. "We're going to be late so you have to walk me there. See you guy at lunch." He waved, still not letting Kadota's arm go despite the protests.

There was that feeling again, his eye brow twitched and his hands clenched in his pockets, a growl slipped past his lips. But his face remained calm, despite the deepening frown. Deciding that was enough, he turned around and headed for the stairs, not bothering to wait for Shinra as he waved the two others good bye.

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"And then she made me dinner," Shinra beamed. "It taste different, but who cares right? My dearest made it especially for me. Even though . . ."

Shizuo was more focused on how Izaya kept staring at Kadota a blank expression, and Izaya wasn't even trying to hide the fact that he was staring. It's been annoying him ever since he sat down. Even though Izaya still sat next to him and still tried to take his food. The staring was beginning to annoy him and he didn't know why.

This was pissing him off more than before when Izaya latched onto Kadota's arm when they were heading to class. He began eating quicker to take his mind off it, but that only made it worse since it brought the thought back faster. And Shinra's babbling wasn't helping at all.

It was pissing him off even more.

"I know!" Izaya suddenly piped up, gaining all their attentions. He then pointed a finger towards Kadota. "I'll call you Dota-chin!" he said with a smug grin, Kadota froze while Shinra covered his mouth with his hand to muffle his giggles. Shizuo snapped his chop sticks at that and balled his hand up as he gritted his teeth.

"Please don't call me that." Kadota said a little deflated.

"Why not? 'Dota-chan' sounds cute." Izaya said a little too innocently.

Shizuo began packing up his lunch, since he finished. Taking deep breathes to cam his already raging self. He doesn't give anyone else nicknames apart from the people he likes. That's why he had the nickname 'Shizu-chan' but Izaya likes him. Why the hell was he giving nicknames to other people he just met?

"Just don't call me that." Kadota said.

"But I want to." Izaya pouted.

Shizuo stood up, heading towards the door. This was stupid, why the hell does Kadota have a nickname? Why did Izaya feel it necessary to give him a nickname like 'Dota-chan' anyway? This was confusing, this was so confusing, and it was pissing him off.

"Hey Shizuo, where you doing?" Shinra asked, noticing him walking away.

He paused at the door. "I've got something to take care of. Catch ya later." He didn't turn around and instead gave a wave as he disappeared behind the door.

Izaya blinked at Shizuo's strange behaviour. There was something about his voice that didn't sit right with him. it sounded off somehow. Like there was something heavy weight on his mind and he had to clear that weight away.

"That's weird." Shinra popped a piece of fried chicken into his mouth.

"I'll go see what's up." Izaya stood up and headed towards the door. When he was gone, Kadota turned towards Shinra.

"Those two seem close." He said.

"Of course." he smiled. "They've known each other for a long time. See, they both grew up in an orphanage down town ten years ago. They acted more like brothers back then from what Izaya told me. But a couple adopted Shizuo ten years ago and they haven't seen each other since, until a few months ago that is. Thanks to me," he gloated, holding his head high.

"Oh, they must have been pretty close then." Kadota smiled.

"They still are." Shinra sipped his juice box. "it's surprising actually. They haven't seen each other for ten years; you'd think there'd be some distance between them. But that gap was quickly covered and now there like that."

"Well, hope all goes well with them."

"Agreed."

Izaya had managed to find Shizuo picking up his bag from his classroom. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Shizuo talking to someone.

"Need anything else?" Shizuo's voice sounded calm, and strangely happy. Now that was strange since it was rare to see him sound happy, Izaya had made him happy a couple of times, but not that happy. He could tell the difference between when he made Shizuo happy and those were the only times he was happy. But this was definitely strange.

"Ok, eggs, milk, butter and . . ." there was a pause. "Right sugar, sorry." Then he laughed.

A happy laugh.

One that Izaya hadn't heard for a long time. But what the happy laugh? From his experience Shizuo only laughed like that a few times and it was always shown to have so much love and care in the tone that Izaya knew Shizuo would show to someone he loved. So does that mean the Shizuo loves someone? Does he have a girlfriend?

Izaya paled.

That was one of the things he didn't ask. What if he's rushing home after going shopping to be with her? Skipping school to be with a girl. This shouldn't be right. This cannot be right. There was no way in the world that this could be right.

Right?

"Alright, I'll see ya later Kasuka." Shizuo ended the call and tossed his bag over his shoulder. He turned to see Izaya standing in the doorway with his eyes cast down to the ground. He opened his mouth—

"Who was that?" Izaya spoke first. His tone seemed firm.

"Who?" Shizuo asked, walking past Izaya. "Look, I gotta go. You can walk home by yourself today ok. See ya."

Ouch, that was a cold blow. But there was something in Shizuo's tone that told him he wasn't happy about something. and that made his heart clench and his hands ball up tightly.

The bell rang, signalling the end of lunch.

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Shizuo had gathered the stuff he needed. He was lucky Kasuka called when he did otherwise he wouldn't have a valid excuse for ditching school like he did. He hoped Izaya was alright walking himself home, and he hoped he wasn't too harsh on him earlier since he practically gave him the cold shoulder.

But who could blame him? He was pissed off about something and he didn't know what and that just pissed him off even more. And when Izaya came to confront him, he was pissed off because it reminded him of that stupid nickname he gave Kadota.

BAM!

He kicked the wall beside him, a large crater beneath his foot sending cracks spreading across the surface. And now he's pissed again. Just great!

Shizuo then stomped his way home growling and muttering about something incoherent, hoping his mood would change.

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Izaya lay down on the bed, tickling the kitten that lay on his stomach who swiped back. He's very playful at the moment since Shizuo hadn't come over, usually he'd play with the kitten so Kuro would be all tuckered out by now and sleeping.

Mewling each time Izaya's fingers pulled away only to attack again brought a slight smile to his face. But his mind was clouded by thoughts to do anything important at the moment so playing with Kuro was all he could do. And all those thoughts were about Shizuo and his strange behaviour.

Had he done something wrong to make Shizuo like that? Was it because he called Kadota 'Dota-chin'? He had considered that a possibility because Shizuo didn't get worked up about Shinra being close to him, probably because Shinra had Celty. It all started when Kadota came. Is he a possible threat to Shizuo? is Shizuo protecting him from something? He was acting like a child earlier with a little hint of guard dog. But, when they were eating lunch, Izaya noticed the look in Shizuo's eyes that practically dripped with possessiveness.

Izaya's eyes widen.

"Could Shizu-chan be . . . jealous?" a hand flew to his mouth to cover the gasp that escaped.

"Is Shizu-chan jealous because I'm showing Dota-chin attention?" He didn't know why that made him so happy. It made him very, very happy. But it could just be him reading too much into the situation.

But this morning when he was pulling Kadota towards the classrooms, he could have sworn Shizuo gave a growl. It was almost like he didn't like that fact that he was showing more attention to Kadota them to Shizuo. Could Shizuo also like him just the same way he liked Shizuo?

He giggled again. "This is so cool!"

"Izaya dinner's ready!" he heard Mrs Yukimae call from the stairs.

"Coming!" Izaya stood, placing the kitten on the ground and heading out the door, Kuro following close to his feet.

Now, he couldn't wait for tomorrow, wonder he jealous he could make Shizuo? And that was a game, he was willing to play.

That night, Izaya dreamt about Shizuo being a little more intimate.

Yay! Kadota is here! I also have a surprise in store for later on, maybe in a few chapters time.

Anyway, review! Tell me what you think because they always help me come up with ideas for chapters as such.

Until next chapter.