Well, did you get it back?" Izaya hissed, arms folded over his chest and expression scowling.
"Nope." Namie replied, her tone uncaring. She organized some of the pens that were scattered on the desk in front of him. "I had my guys drop into his apartment last night after he left, but they didn't find it."
She stood on her toes and closed the window blinds, shutting out the morning light from the office. The bright sunshine was much too cheery for her tastes.
Izaya snarled in discontent, leaning back in the leather office chair.
Well fuck you, Namie. This is all YOUR fault."
She cocked one of her sculpted eyebrows.
" MY fault? Oh, PLEASE. YOU were the one who planned that whole elaborate scheme to mess with him. There was NO reason for it; you didn't make ANY money and you didn't gather ANY information we could actually USE."
He stuck his tongue out and made a face at her.
"I should FIRE you, Namie."
"You won't. You said so yourself. You need my connections to Nebra and Yagiri Pharmaceuticals. Without me, you'd be nothing but a stank-ass information broker living in a shit-hole."
He glared at her, deeply angered.
"As if YOU would be off any better."
She only rolled her eyes.
"Freak."
He narrowed his eyes then spun in the chair and began typing on his laptop. She walked over to the coffee maker and scooped some of the grounds into the brewer.
"Would you like a cup?" She asked, voice still hateful.
"I have tea. And you would probably spit in it, anyway."
"Probably." She took a seat on the sleek, black leather love-seat on one side of the room and pulled a book out of her purse.
"Question." She announced after a few minutes of listening to his rapid-fire clicking and keyboard typing. He logged into his favorite chat room. It was nearly empty; only two people were online, and one of them was Setton. He bit his bottom lip. Surely they had already seen his username show up in the Online box.
"I'm listening."
[KANRA:/ Hey everyone~ Did you guys miss me? ]
[TARO TANAKA:/ Oh, hey Kanra. ]
[SETTON:/ I didn't think you would be online today, Kanra. I'm surprised. ]
"Why?" Namie inquired.
"Hm? What do you mean, 'why'?"
[KANRA:/ And why is that, Setton? :) ]
[SETTON:/ You're smart enough to know. ]
[TARO TANAKA:/ Uh, did I miss something? What's going on? Is it still in the chat records? ]
[SETTON:/ So, did you see the news last night, Kanra?]
[KANRA:/ No, no I did not. If you may recall, I was a bit preoccupied. I was WITH someone. ]
[TARO TANAKA:/ Uh, how about you two take this to PM. Let's change the subject; it's really awkward for me... :I ]
[SETTON:/ You're so disgusting! ]
[TARO TANAKA:/ Ugh, you know what. I'm just gonna log out. I'll check back in later. ]
[SYSTEM MESSAGE: TARO TANAKA HAS LOGGED OUT OF THE CHAT ROOM.]
[KANRA:/ Oh, I suppose I'm in trouble now. :) ]
"Why did you do it, Izaya?" Namie asked finally.
[SETTON:/ What the hell is wrong with you. ]
"Why did I do it? Because it was fun. That's why. Why so curious all of the sudden?"
[KANRA:/ Oh, ouch. That's mean, you know. ]
"Because I think there's more to it than just 'fun', Izaya."
[SETTON:/ Taking advantage of people like you took advantage of him, is mean. ]
[KANRA:/ I don't know what you're talking about. ]
[SETTON:/ Liar. ]
[KANRA:/ What is it to you, anyway? ]
[SETTON:/ He's my friend. ]
[KANRA:/ Oh, I forgot. Monsters have to stick together, now don't they? ]
"More to it, you say?"
[SETTON:/ If anyone is the monster here, it's YOU. ]
[KANRA:/ Wow, harsh.~ ]
[SETTON:/ How could you DO that? ]
'Yes, more to it. Izaya, you are OBSESSED with him."
[KANRA:/ It really wasn't hard. ]
[SETTON:/ I don't think you understand what you've done to him. He's absolutely torn apart. ]
[KANRA:/ So I finally brought the brute down, huh? Haha~! Fantastic! Guess that means I win~ ]
'I'm not obsessed."
[SETTON:/ You're horrible! He's over here, distraught and heartbroken, grieving and absolutely convinced he' s in love with you. And you don't even care. ]
"Then prove it."
[KANRA:/ Oh, he's over there with you? Good. Tell him I want my ******* jacket back. ]
[SYSTEM MESSAGE: WARNING. PROFANITY IS PROHIBITED WITHIN THE CHAT ROOM.]
"And how would I go about doing that?"
[SETTON:/ Alright. I took the keyboard from her. This is Kishitani. ]
[KANRA:/ Shinra-san? ]
[SETTON:/ You know, this is low; even for you. ]
[KANRA:/ You wouldn't understand... ]
"Figure it out yourself."
[SETTON:/ I understand that your actions were disgusting , malicious and cruel. ]
[KANRA:/ But you know how I feel about him. ]
[SETTON:/ That I do, but that still isn't any excuse to use someone like that. You're my friend, yes, and even though I disagree with a lot of the things that you do, I still stand aside and keep my nose out of it. But this is different, okay? This time you are hurting one of Celty's friends. She doesn't have many of those. This time you're not just hurting some stranger, you're hurting Celty, too. And I cannot let you do that. No matter how you feel, or how close of friends the two of us are. ]
[KANRA:/ But you know that's the only way I can get close to him! He hates me! ]
[SETTON:/ That's not true and you know it. ]
[KANRA:/ Wait, what do you mean? What's not true? That that's the only way I can be near him, or that he hates me? ]
[SYSTEM MESSAGE: SETTON HAS LOGGED OUT OF THE CHAT ROOM. ]
Izaya slammed the laptop closed and shouted in frustration, then banged his head repeatedly on the black ivory desk.
And Namie said nothing at all.
[[Argh, sorry about the late update, guys. :/ The season's been changing over here, and I came down with the worst allergy attack I've ever had. My eyelids hurt like a son of a bitch, my sinuses are swollen, my nose is streaming and stuffed, both of my eardrums are popped, I lost my voice, I'm getting bad headaches, my neck is all stiff and I was having a hard time breathing. I had a hell of a time getting up out of bed this morning, but I forced myself to get up anyways. After I struggled through breakfast and got to moving around the house some, I began to feel a little better. So I went ahead and started typing.
Its a little after lunch right now, and I'll try to keep on typing for a bit longer. Maybe I can get another chapter up. Not sure, though. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this one, at least! ^-^'' ]]