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AN~This is going to get really emotional but bear with me. My character reminds me so much of myself! I wonder why...? :)

Chapter 10-The revelation

I woke up with a killer headache and my vision was slightly blurred. I groaned and grabbed my head, checking to make sure I had no injures or anything. Well...everything felt fine.

"Glad to see your finally up now",I recognized that voice to be Shinra's.

"Shin...ra?",I asked. Why was he in my apartment? And why didn't the room look very familiar? My voice was slightly scratchy from what I could hear. When was the last time I had anything to drink?

"Yes. I really hope your head is okay. Shizuo didn't mean to bump your head on the door, he was just in a hurry",Shinra said with a goofy smile. Shizuo? Why was he carrying me...? That was when it all came rushing back into my skull. The fight with the flea, walking home, the fire...the fire. It wasn't just a dream? That was all real...

I felt my body freeze before it started to shake horribly. My eyes started to swell with the water running out and my face scrunched up. My mother...was really dead? I saw Shinra's smile turn down and he sighed before he opened the door to call Shizuo in. I curled up on my side on the bed I was on and held my knees to my chest.

I heard the door get pushed open and some footsteps before the bed sank down and I felt arms around me and a form protecting me. I moved towards the warmth and the comfort before hearing my own sobs break through my once closed tightly mouth.

"What the hell did you do to her?",Shizuo asked the doctor angrily.

"Nothing. She just got her memory back is all",Shinra said in a sad voice. I looked up, for once not minding my horrible face and saw Shizuo looking more than worried about my.

"Shi-Shi...",I said. His gaze turned even broken-er and he frowned before pulling me closer to him. I shock my head and continued to sob there. My world felt cracked now. I'd never felt this broken before. Even after everything Izaya had put me through...my parents divorce...leaving...more crap from Izaya, I'd never been broken. Only temporarily out of it. But this...this was too much.

"Aki...calm down",Shizuo tried. I could hear the uneasiness in his voice and new he was at least trying to calm me down a little. Too bad it wasn't working.

"Maybe she needs you Celty",I heard Shinra say. I looked up from my place with Shizuo and noticed that Celty was indeed in the room now. The smoke was coming out low now and I knew she was feeling for me. She came over to sit next to me and Shizuo and I sat up only to lean my head against her. After that it was quiet, just my sobs and heavy breathing.

The room being this quiet was almost a tragic silence. It had a sort of peace to it. After all, the saying is, silence is everything. Which means its depressing, sad, shocking, surprising and flea infested.

"Shinra!",came that damned sing-song voice that we all knew by heart. It made them tense up and my tears to fall more rapidly. By now, I would've stopped crying, tried to make my face look clean. I would've straightened out my clothes and put a worthy smile on for him. But this time it was different. Today I just didn't care what I looked like to him. I didn't care if he would use my broken state against me.

So when I heard footsteps into the room, I looked up to see that cocky smile and attitude around him was now gone. In their place was a frown, almost a straight line of his lips and no attitude. His eyes that would always gleam looked down right depressed and his arms were open, inviting the giant, tear filled hug I gave him.

I couldn't believe I was in his arms. The same man that hurt me a million times, and devastated me earlier today. I just couldn't help it. It was still as silent as before, I'm sure everyone was trying to get a feel of what the hell was going on in my head now. That is, before the expected outburst from Shizuo rang through the room.

"What the fuck are you doing here you loose?",he asked clearly pissed off. at the moment, my face was buried in Izaya's chest and his arms wove around me, so I could only picture Shizuo's face. Which, considering I'd seen him royally pissed a thousand times, wasn't that hard."you did this to her didn't you?".

Was he really saying these things? Did he really just accuse Izaya of murdering my mother and burning down the only place I had to live down? Even if he was a bastard at times, that would be a low that Izaya just wouldn't hit. He did things to people yes, fucked with their heads yes but never would he kill a mother. Especially someone he knew.

"Now Shizu-chan, is this really what she needs right now? Hearing you accuse me of those awful things?",Izaya asked, teasing tone in his voice. Only I could hear something underneath it, I just couldn't make it out.

"Shut the hell up! What she doesn't need is you flea ass here!",Shizuo snapped back.

"Then why, oh why, would she jump in my arms so quickly if she didn't need me here? Did you forget her feelings?",Izaya asked. I couldn't tell if he was actually just talking or egging Shizuo on farther. It kind of sounded like both to me. Either way, I didn't need them getting into a fight. Anything but that right now.

I looked up at Izaya with a wet face."Please...don't fight now...",I said. My sobs had calmed slightly but I was still very much like before. At least I could speak properly now.

Izaya looked down at me with a small smile, unlike anything I'd ever seen on his face before."Aw, I'm sorry Aki-chan. I didn't mean to make this worse for you",he said. I just made a sort of blubbering noise in my throat and leaned my forehead back against his chest. I felt one of the hands that was previously on my back now on the back of my head. It lifted my head to face him again.

"Aki-chan...you should calm down for me. You aren't as pretty when your crying",he said. I really didn't know if he was trying to make me feel better or worse about the situation. I liked that compliment, but he did just insult me in the same sentence.

I knew he was right. That is, the message he was giving me under that sentence. I shouldn't be crying now. Yes, my mother died and I should morn her, but I was always the person that said you shouldn't morn the dead, or waste tears. Sometimes you just couldn't take things back. This was just one of those times, and it just so happened to be happening to me at the moment.

I calmed my breathing by taking deep breaths and finally after a few minutes was only a sniffling mess. Izaya was still smiling and I had to admit it was cute on him.

"That's better",he said before moving the hand that was holding my head up to my chin,lifting it with his thumb and forefinger. Since we were already so close, that just made things even closer. But unlike before, I wasn't going to pull away or hit him or yell at him. I looked deep into those red eyes and saw something there..."Lets go out now Aki-chan, so you can get some more air".

I just sniffled and nodded, letting him walk us into Shinra's living-room. We didn't sit down or anything, just stood there. I heard steps from the room we were in before and looked to see Celty trying to hold back an very, more pissed than ever before if that was possible, Shizuo back.

"You stupid flea! Stop leading her on! This is the last thing she needs right now!",he yelled. I frowned deeply and did the one thing I hated doing with anybody.

"Please...don't Shizu-chan..",I pleaded. He looked at me and became less angry before he backed up from the door. I looked back at Izaya and realized he was smiling, wholesomely now.

"You look so broken now...what happened to the girl I fell in love with Aki-chan?",he asked making my heart stop and my eyes to widen.

HAHAHAHA! Cliffhangers are always amazing! Although it really isn't one, but I guess it is. Now, do you think Aki's going to believe him or hit him? Review please!