"Hmm?" Izaya paused in mid keystroke as he listened to Shiki.

"I need someone to look through the files in the Nara office."

"Ah, Shiki-san. You have others who are more than capa-"

"They don't know the contents of some of the files, which I'm sure you do." Shiki responded quickly and decisively.

"I see…" Izaya looked over at Tsuki and mentally cursed. "Fine. I suppose a couple days couldn't hurt. I'm sure my sibling would hav-"

"No guests."

"Hmm?"

Shiki's voice went low. "my group in Nara is already suspicious with me sending one person up. They will attack if there's more."

Shit…

"Fine."

"Ja nee, Orihara-san."

"Ja nee."

Izaya hung up and dialed hurriedly. "Namie-chan!"

"No."

"Hmm?"

"I know what you're doing and my answer is no. I'm not babysitting. Find someone else. That doctor friend or delivery person."

"Ah~ but no one else can know about my little one."

"Then have that brute babysit him since your kid likes him so much."

"He doesn't anymore~" Izaya thought back to last week and giggled a bit.

"Then put him up in a shelter for a few days or have the neighbors drop by to feed him and let him out so he can take a leak."

"Namie-chan, don't be comparing him to a mutt."

The woman wasn't listening as she spoke to someone in the background. "…actually, you can bring him here."

"I won't stand for him being experimented on."

She paused. "Don't be listening in on my conversations."

"I will if you so graciously force me to~" he sang.

"You know that kid is developing mentally and physically at somewhat astonishing levels. It's why you don't have your doctor friend babysit him."

"Hmm…"

"I wouldn't kill him."

Izaya hung up and looked at the boy laying in the living room. This was going to be a rather large blow to his ego. "Tsuki…"

"What?"

Izaya really didn't like himself too much right now. "I have to go on a little trip so I'll need you to spend a couple nights with an acquaintance."

"I don't have to stay with Namie-san, do I?" He stared over in fear and shock.

"No no." Although you probably would prefer her, "I'll need you to stay with Shizu-chan."

"With dad?"

Why did he still call him dad? "Yep! But I'll only be gone a couple days and then I'll pick you up immediately."

"…do I have to?"

"Aw~ I know. I don't want you near Shizu-chan either."

"…" The brunet boy bowed his head in disappointment. His hands fumbling with the edge of his scarf, he mumbled. "I don't want vatti to get hurt. Can't your friends back home come and watch me?"

"Tsuki~" Izaya clicked his tongue in disproval. "You know Japan is your home. Besides, the guys back in Bavaria are too far away. I have to leave within the next couple hours."

"Oh…"

That feeling overwhelmed him again as Izaya looked at the small boy. Just a couple days… He would run up there, go through the files, and then be back before the monster could ruin his son. With this in mind, Izaya stood up and crossed the room, hugging his young charge. "I'm going to call every day and you can still call me whenever you want."

"…vatti." Little arms wrapped around him as the boy shook, crying.

"Shhh~ Tsukishima~" Izaya pulled the boy onto his lap and wiped his face clean, "don't cry. I promise this will not take long. When I come back I'll even take a day or two off so we can play games and go play in Ikebukuro."

Sniffling, the boy looked up at him, "…y-you pr-romise?"

"Mhmm~ You are my little prodigy. My work will always come second to you."

"I love you, vatti."

Again with that statement. Izaya hugged the brunet back and felt something stir inside at that declaration. Maybe it was just the fact that someone was dependent on him, but… "I love you too, Tsuki-chan." He beamed down at the kid before pushing him away. "Go pack~ I have to get back to work."

"Okay." Tsuki took off to his room and Izaya pulled his phone back out.

…

He really didn't want to do this.

…

The phone rang on the other end, uninterrupted by anything except the sound of the informant's breathing.

"Hello?"

"Ah~ Shizu-chan!" Izaya felt himself smirk like old times.

"…what the hell do you want, louse?"

"Oh, I was just calling to chat. You ran off so quickly the other week."

"Shut up."

"So mean~"

"…I'm hanging up-"

"Oh Shizu-chan! You want to see Tsuki-chan, don't you?"

"…" The phone went silent before- "keep talking."

"Oh, how different~" Izaya forced himself to remain on the line, "You heard me, Shizu-chan. I have to make a quick trip north and have to leave my sweet Tsuki here in the safety of Tokyo."

"Tch…"

Silence remained quiet for several minutes and Izaya waited for a response.

"…Am I coming over there or are you bringing him here?"

Looking about the place, Izaya shrugged, "I'll bring him to you."

"Fine." The man hung up and Izaya stood up, eventually going to help his son pack.

~.~

A/N: "You update fast."

…Yeah… about that…

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