Sure enough Izaya's eyes blinked open a few minutes late, though they were hazy and lacked their usual vibrancy.

"Izaya? How do you feel?" Shizuo immediately asked.

Izaya blinked at Shizuo, his brow furrowing a little but when he tried to move the mask off to speak Shinra stopped him. "No, you've still got some of the anesthesia in your lungs. You need to be on oxygen for a while yet Izaya."

Shizuo huffed slightly. What was the point of Izaya being awake if they couldn't even talk? Still, if it helped Izaya get better, than it was alright.

"How'd I get here?" Izaya managed to mumble despite the mask. He could talk, it was just muffled badly.

"You were brought here." Shizuo answered. Well, he was brought there.

"How? What happened?" He remembered the man in his apartment and then...nothing. It all went very blank.

"I came over and found you before calling Shinra."

"Yes but what happened?" Izaya asked. Shinra frowned, "Ah, this isn't uncommon. You were shot in your apartment," Izaya blinked as though this were indeed news to him.

Shizuo grabbed one of Izaya's hands. "Do you feel alright?"

Izaya nodded slowly. "Shizuo, it's alright. It's called Acute Stress Reaction. His mind blocked out a traumatic incident. You know who you are and who we are right?" Izaya nodded again. "I remember everything except what happened..." He mumbled.

Shizuo cursed in his mind. If Izaya didn't remember what happened, how would he be able to find and kill the man who did this?

But he remembered the assailant. "Shizu-chan... that guy that owed you an' Tom... you gave him 'till today to pay right? Assuming I was only out for a day," His normally perfect speech was slightly slurred from exhaustion and pain.

"Yeah. But I told Tom I wasn't coming in today. ...Why?" Shizuo had a slight idea about why. And if so, that man was dead and he should probably go help Tom.

"Mmn... thought so... he's th'one who shot me. Wanted my money t'pay you..." He couldn't stay awake longer than that as Shinra had him pumped full of morphine.

Shizuo growled and turned to leave. He also flipped open his phone in order to text Tom that he was coming in today after all and to ask where they'd meet.

'The south park?' was his response.

Shizuo left Shinra's place to meet up with Tom before Shinra could say anything to stop him. Shizuo met up with Tom with a very noticeable frown on his face.

"What's wrong Shizuo?" Tom asked, concern showing. It was rare for Shizuo to start in a bad mood.

Shizuo just mumbled something under his breath that sounded like 'I'm gonna kill that guy. Why couldn't I have just beaten the shit out of him yesterday?'

"Err... Shizuo?" Tom asked again.

"What?"

"You, you're in a bad mood showing up. Is everything alright? I mean not everything is alright obviously, but..."

"I'm gonna kill that guy you gave an extra day to pay up yesterday."

"...I hope you don't mean literally..."

"I do mean it literally."

"Shizuo... that's illegal. I doubt Izaya wants you in jail," Tom pointed out.

Shizuo growled before huffing. "Fine. But whatever money he tries to use to pay his debt isn't his. It's Izaya's."

Tom blinked and nodded, "Got it. We won't consider his debt paid then."

Shizuo nodded and followed after Tom.

Sure enough the man happily paid them the full amount including the interest he owed.

Shizuo glared at the man the whole time.

He hardly knew though. Despite the fact that neither Shizuo or Izaya were trying to hide it no one seemed to have figured it out except Erika and no one paid her any mind as she rambled about these things all the time.

"This isn't your money. Your debt isn't paid."

He blinked. "Huh?" Tom sighed and nodded.

"Shizuo is right. We have information you stole the money from Izaya Orihara. Bye the way, you are aware of Shizuo's strength and temper, I'm sure... but did you know he and Izaya are a couple?" Tom let that sink in with the man.

The man gulped. Oh this was not good. But, he was fast. And he had a gun. Maybe...

Doubtful though. Shizuo had been shot before after all, and unlike Izaya he would be expecting something to happen.

Shizuo growled and took a step towards the man. Even if he wasn't going to kill this man, he could still injure him. A lot.

And the man was far too panicked to draw the gun. For once Tom didn't try to stop Shizuo wounding someone though.

Shizuo roared and ran after the man, who was now fleeing for his life. He easily caught him and beat the living shit out of him before returning to Tom.

Tom sighed and at least made sure an ambulance was called before fishing Izaya's wallet out of the man's pocket. "I'm sure Izaya-san will be instigating his own revenge later. I think then this guy will wish you HAD killed him..."

Shizuo just shrugged. He figured that anything this man had done to him was too good. Shizuo took the wallet from Tom and stuffed it into his pocket. "Anyway, anyone else today, or was he it?"

"Pretty much...he was it."

"Then I'm leaving. Bye Tom."

Tom nodded to him and went his own way.

Shizuo made his way back to Shinra's, seeing as that's where Izaya would be.

Izaya was asleep when he got there but the heart monitor had been removed and the oxygen mask switched to a nose piece which would make it easier for him to speak when he could.

Shizuo smiled, glad that Izaya was on less equipment and sat down. Izaya shouldn't have to sleep much so he should be up soon. Maybe. And Shizuo was gonna be there.

Shinra frowned though "Shizuo, the morphine will keep him asleep for a while, the night at least. I'm reducing his dose tomorrow though so he'll be more alert but you should sleep too,"

"Fine. Get me the cot I used yesterday."

Shinra nodded and returned with it but he did tell Shizuo to at least pick some clothing up as Izaya wasn't waking up any time soon.

Shizuo rolled his eyes. "Fine. I'll be right back." And so he quickly left to go back to his place to grab a change of clothes before returning.

Sure enough Izaya remained where he was, unaware of the rest of the world in a drug induced sleep.

Shizuo soon returned and got settled into the cot.

Come morning Izaya did wake, though he did so before anyone else did as it was four in the morning. He smiled at Shizuo sleeping beside him in the cot though, unbelievable happy to have the blonde there. Shizuo was so cute when he was asleep too~

Shizuo slept, completely unaware of Izaya's eyes on him.

Izaya even managed to sit up and watch him, aware that most would consider this totally creepy but he had nothing else to do and Shizuo was very good at holding his attention.

Shizuo grumbled in his sleep before his eyes slowly fluttered open.

"Morning Shizu-chan," Izaya mumbled happily.

"Hm. Izaya, you're awake?" Shizuo was still half asleep, seeing as it was four in the morning.

"Seems so... you can go back to sleep though~"

Shizuo yawned and nodded. it was early and Shizuo was not a morning person, so he was still tired. He rolled onto his side and fell back asleep.

Izaya chuckled and wet back to admiring Shizuo. Come real morning though he gently poked the blonde awake.

Shizuo grumbled and swatted Izaya's hand away before going back to sleep.

"Aww... Shizu-chan~~" Izaya whined, poking him again. "Shizu-chan I'm hungry!"

"Go bother Shinra then." Ya. Shizuo wasn't a morning person. If he had it his way, he'd sleep till noon every day.

"Shizu-chaaaan! I can't walk yet!" Izaya whined.

Shizuo grumbled. "Then yell for Shinra. I'm trying to sleep."

Izaya huffed, "Mean Shizu-chan. I got you breakfast twice, your turn now!"

Shizuo groaned and sat up. "Fine."

Izaya smiled happily at that, but he wasn't kidding either. Shinra had left a note for him in case he woke up and it said no walking... or yelling.

Shizuo grumbled to himself as he got up and made his way into the kitchen. Time to make some eggs. He soon finished and brought two plates over to Izaya. One obviously for Izaya and the other for himself.

Izaya ate ravenously as he had nothing in his stomach and hadn't eaten for nearly 48 hours.

Shizuo smiled and ate his eggs. "Want me to make some more?"

Izaya nodded, "Yes! I'm starving!"

Shizuo laughed. "Alright. Give me your plate. I'll just use the rest of Shinra's eggs."

Izaya chuckled and then winced and clutched his side. "Sh-Shizu-chan! That would be so trollish of you~" He managed.

Shizuo frowned. "Rest. I'll make you some more food." Shizuo took Izaya's plate and headed back to the kitchen.

Izaya settled back and waited for Shizuo to return with a sigh. He didn't mean to worry Shizuo, but laughing really hurt like hell.

Shizuo soon returned with more eggs. "Here you go."

"Thanks Shizu-chan!" Izaya ate again, but a little slower this time. "Not bad you know~" He said happily.

'Really? I actually only know how to make simple things."

"Yeah, but you make simple things really well~" He said happily polishing off every bite.

Shizuo smiled. "Well, I'm glad you like it."

"Psh! I love your eggs~" He grinned and patted his no longer empty stomach happily, "Much better~"

Shizuo laughed.

Shinra's shriek was heard two hours later with a 'where are my eggs?' Izaya blinked, "Did you really use all his eggs Shizu-chan?"

"Well, he didn't have that many left. I figured it be alright. And if not, I can just go out and by more."

"Oh don't do that... I'm so proud of you~!" Izaya said happily. "You've just done something trollish~!"

Shizuo blinked. "Huh? How was that trollish?"

"Using up all his eggs and not buying more? It's trollish Shizu-chan,"

Shizuo shrugged. "in any case, they're just eggs. How mad can Shinra get?"

Not mad... devastated apparently though Izaya accused him of over reacting and he stopped soon enough.

Shizuo just rolled his eyes at Shinra's behavior. "Oi, Shinra. How soon can Izaya get up and move around?"

"Ah, today he should walk a little, but it'll be a couple days before home. Shizuo, you have to stay with him for a while too," Shinra warned.

Shizuo shrugged. It wasn't like he was planning to leave Izaya anytime soon.

"I mean you'll be living with him, at least for a couple weeks," Shinra added but Izaya seemed pleased by the prospect.

"Well, uh, then...Alright." That wasn't really displeasing at all. Just unsuspecting.

Sure enough Izaya was able to walk a little, though he needed support from Shizuo to manage it.

Shizuo resisted the urge to laugh the whole time. Though his lips did twitch upwards into a smile. It was just so weird to see Izaya Orihara needing help with something.

Izaya hated it too. But at least he knew he topped Shizuo, and that was enough to get him through needing to cling to Shizuo's arm.

Shizuo smiled as he helped Izaya get back to the bed. "Ya know, it's strange seeing you so helpless, unable to walk by yourself."

"Sh-shut up," Izaya mumbled, frowning a little.

Shizuo laughed.