The continuation of the date! And the fluff... and the relationship and... okay, you get the picture. I've been at felow author and friend randomllama's house for two days now... so relaxing~
We cosplayed for the hell of it too~
Additionally, the last few chapters were originally rped as a single scene. It was far too long for one chapter and I'm trying to find natural stopping points, but sometimes? There are none... also my calculations were incorrect it seems. I said at least fourty chapters... more like at least fifty...

Epic crossover no one understood, the cafe was from the series 'Cafe Kichijoji De' it is funny(hilarious) and yes, one of the characters does in fact have Shizuo level strength.

Also: Yes. I fucking KNOW it's Fivel, autocorrect changed it on me and I didn't notice. Bite me. I seriously don't need FIVE FUCKING PEOPLE pointing out ONE mistake. I AM GOING TO MISS THINGS. There were so many errors in the original document that SPELL CHECK REFUSED TO WORK. So seriously STOP POINTING IT OUT. I notice shit, I go back later, believe it or not I read my own stories to spot the errors I only see after publishing, I get back to them later on when I can and have time, I'm actually a pretty busy person and frankly fanfictions are not my top priority. Life is.


Izaya blinked and looked around, immediately interested in the new game.
"Is it the necklace that woman is wearing?" He asked, head tilting to one side when he looked up at Shizuo.
"Nope" he answered continuing to walk along in glowing light of the setting sun.
"Is it... the sky?" The sky could be called gold now he supposed.

"Nope, Last guess" Shizuo smirked shoving his hands into his pockets. Izaya frowned a little. Gold, gold, what was gold?
"Is it... That dog?" Izaya gave up. There were too many possibilities for gold to get it in three guesses with no additional questions being asked.
"The building" Shizuo pointed ahead of them and the large glass building reflected the golden sunset beautifully.

"Most obvious thing here." Izaya huffed a little at Shizuo's words.
"I wasn't looking for obvious," Izaya confessed. Sometimes he focussed too much on the minor details he supposed.
"Cute" Shizuo mumbled and then smirked, "...your turn" Izaya didn't miss the comment but he opted not to mention it despite his cheeks turning a light shade of pink in response. The informant looked around, frowning a little as he searched.

"I spy something red," Izaya decided and Shizuo just had to waste the first guess
"your face?" The informants face turned a much more noticeable shade of red at that.
"Of course not!" Izaya huffed cutely.

"Alright, alright~ ...mmm," Shizuo chuckled, looking around quietly for a minute.
"That little girl's hair bow" the blonde decided and Izaya scowled at him.
"You're better at this than I am..." Shizuo had gotten it correct and it irritated Izaya a little. Oh well, he supposed he couldn't win everything...

"I play it a lot with Celty at South Ikebukuro Park" Shizuo shrugged and then did something slightly unconscious, he took Izaya's hand.

"Oh..." Izaya smiled a little, allowing the hold and gripping back. He was glad Shizuo was there... this was starting to feel more natural too, steadily more like it was supposed to have been there the whole time instead of the hate he had felt before.

"So… Where do you suggest we go find a festival?" Shizuo was curious since he knew there were not a lot of shrines in or around Ikebukuro. Fortunately Shinjuku did have some and Izaya pointed west.
"That way. There's usually a festival at the shrine up there this time of the year and more than one."
"That way it is then" the blonde agreed, turning in the direction Izaya pointed.

"By the way, if there are any delinquents...I may ruin this 'date' " Shizuo warned.
"Then I really hope there're no delinquents..." Izaya meant it too, subconsciously giving Shizuo's hand a small squeeze. It was a strange feeling but the blonde cracked a small smiled as they began to climb the steps to the shrine. He heard something so assumed Izaya was right and there was a festival happening tonight.

Indeed there was one, when they arrived at the shrine there were games and a whole bunch of people in Yukata's. Izaya was tempted to go to another festival this year now wearing one... but given it was his sisters who gave it to him it had pink on it and that was not a colour he was keen on wearing. Shizuo noted the look though and smiled. Shizuo began to gaze around searching for a booth, maybe they could rent out Yukata's for the night.

None did, but there would be more festivals yet to come as summer was just starting. Izaya chuckled when he saw the goldfish stand though, reminded of when Mairu and Kururi were four and he was twelve and they cried until he caught both of them one.

"So where to first flea?" he asked and realized he'd used it a lot tonight in a kind of fond manner. It made him grimace some. Then again Shizu-chan was no longer meant in a demeaning manner either.
"Hmn... Not sure... we could wander around until something catches our eye," Izaya suggested.

"More yours then mine but sure. Though he did stop to grab a couple of ninety-nine yen paper fans. The weather still merciless in its heat after all and they needed something. Yukata's really would be more comfortable in this than heavy clothing but Izaya didn't over heat easily. In fact he had trouble holding on to his body heat half the time, hence the constant presence of a jacket, though he lacked it this evening.

"How good is your aim when it's not a vending machine and the target isn't me?" Izaya asked when he spotted a cork shooting game.
"Pretty good… My aim with a vending machine is better when It's you I'm throwing at though" he chuckled almost sadistically remembering a couple months back when he'd successfully nailed Izaya with a newspaper dispenser.

"I think you had 'Daily Metro' imprinted on your back for a week." Shizuo smirked. Izaya chuckled, but he winced in memory too.
"More like two... wanna see who's better aim though~?" Izaya's was deadly when he wanted it to be after all.
"Sure" the blonde agreed, grinning as he walked up the booth owner seeing Shizuo's grin though and blonde hair flinched; a common reaction for most people when meeting Shizuo and shakily handed him a riffle and corks. Izaya too grabbed a gun, though the reaction for him meant the man had no idea who Izaya was.

"I bet I can outshoot you Shizu-chan~" Izaya smirked at the blonde.
"Making a competition huh?" Shizuo asked and popped a cork into the barrel and took aim.
"Naturally~" Izaya chuckled, popping a cork into his too and taking aim. He preferred knife throwing, but he had perfect accuracy with these too. Shizuo aimed for something simple first and shocked at a little stuffed bunny that had red eyes. The cork hit its belly and bounced up striking the ear before falling behind the rabbit. Shizuo watched it wobble but it didn't fall. Izaya smirked and took aim at a similar item, a small teddy bear. He aimed and fired hitting it square in the middle of its eyes and it fell over onto the ground easily.

"Show off" muttered Shizuo, taking aim at the bunny again and shot it. This time the small creature fell off its post and Shizuo began to scan for what he'd aim at next. Izaya chuckled and aimed for the largest toy they had though he loaded both his corks before firing one in the animals head, followed by the second before it could rebalance forcing it off the beam it sat on. Shizuo thought that was just low and then saw something, one of the larger more expensive prizes.

Though he was sure he'd regret it somewhere in the long run he loaded three corks since the prize looked heavy. Taking aim he shot once, twice, and the third hit as well and effectively knocked the box down and the items clattered noisily. The items were two switch blades with gold lines incorporated into the blades. The handles looked to be made of a hard metal with a leather binding and a plate across each handle for someone to engrave their name.

Izaya blinked when he saw those knives too. Screw the stuffed horse -even if it did remind him of Shizuo with those angry looking golden eyes... those knives were stunning. Shizuo took the prize from the man running the booth and glanced sideways at Izaya before holding out the carefully packaged knives awkwardly.

"Present" he said simply turning his head away so he didn't have to look at Izaya. Izaya grinned sheepishly and took them. Then he stood on tip-toe and kissed Shizuo's cheek.
"Thank you~" He mumbled. He wound up giving the horse to some kid in a paper crown and prince get up crying about something. Shizuo kept the white bunny with the red eyes. It reminded him of the flea to extreme extents, the fake fur soft like the black hair atop Izaya's head and the eyes red that looked mischievous. Izaya wasn't sure what to do with the bear though... maybe Mairu or Kururi would like it. Still, he felt the need to get something for Shizuo now since he had given him those knives...

Shizuo really didn't need anything. Izaya was paying off his debts, helping him with university, and now his lover, he couldn't really ask for more... except perhaps a good-night kiss. Suddenly though Shizuo began to laugh. Somewhere in his brain he'd been putting together how their relationship had progressed, and the result was absolutely hilarious. They had gone completely backwards.


Seliphra: How awkward are they?
Shizuo: Ugg...
Izaya: Ngh...
Seliphra: Wow... they can't even recover in the post script... HEY LOOK HIBIYA MADE AN APPEARANCE!
Hibiya: Hmph, how dare you mention me in this pathetic excuse for a story you commoner!
Seliphra: Hibi-chan is so mean ;; and Alfred showed up and all too!
Roppi: Right, well that's about enough of this nonsense... Review readers, if you can stomach the fluff...
Seliphra: What are you two even doing here?
Roppi: Why does it matter?