Inseparable

I should have known the flea was in on this. He was never going to stop was he. From the looks of it he knew I was coming and that muscular guy doesn't seem to care about either our presence, except Vorona's. How I came to be in this situation, well I met up with Simon and Dotachin earlier today and talked with for a bit. Then I walked around Ikebukuro and figured I would run into the flea and we would this epic brawl which will end in a draw. Like our previous fights now end as. However, the moment he sent that stupid photo of the teddy bear, all I wanted to do was find him and punch him in the face.

Beside my impulses, I didn't run into Izaya nor did he message me. Celty and Shinra shown up near the park, I talked with them for a bit until Celty told me she seen Slon and Vorona head into this building a few blocks away. So I went and inspected most of the buildings. Then I spotted the flea walking into a more deserted and desolate building, at that moment I knew something was up.

Izaya sighed when I entered the building, he shook his head at me as if he knew what I was thinking. I reach my hands to this pipe attached to the wall, tearing it out and turning back to Izaya who had taken his flick blade out. It's an impulse, at least that's what he tells me.

"It's not what you think, Shizu-chan," He said, a chuckle ringing from his voice as if this is nothing but a big game. Maybe it is. Slon grunts and turns away, he begans talking to Vorona who is lying against the wall. Izaya is still looking at me with his rust colored eyes, pleading inside.

"What the hell are you doing here, Izaya?" I yell at him, my fists tighten around the metal pipe.

He placed his hand on his thin hip nonchalantly, his other hand still holding onto the knife. "Same as you Shizu-chan."

I glance over to Slon who is too close to Vorona, then he stands, places something into his jacket pocket. He looks back, nods to Izaya and heads out. I glance at Vorona and see she's perfectly fine, a few bruises, blood coming from a shallow cut on her temple.

"I can take her to Shinra," I insist, dropping the metal pipe from my hand and ignored the loud clattering sound it made with the cement floor as I hurried towards Vorona.

"What are you doing here?" I ask again.

Izaya places his blade into his jacket and shrugs with a smile. "Like I said, Shizu-chan. Same reason you're here. Just to see what Slon was up too."

I rolled my eyes and picked Vorona up into my arms, he grimaced at her appearance. "This isn't why I came here," I say, to try and convince Izaya, to be honest, i don't know why I'm trying to make sure Izaya understands my reasons.

"Is this the type of woman you like?" He wonders while heading towards the exit of the building.

"That isn't any of your business, Izaya. Not Like I ever seen you with anyone."

Izaya scoffed. "I've been with woman."

I smirked, "One night stands don't count."

Izaya grabbed my arm, I looked down as he pulled his cell out. "You can't go outside with an unconscious woman in your arms like that. I'll call a cab." Then he called the cab and we waited in silence.

"I'm heading home, Shizu-chan. Call you later," He said, waving his hand. I noticed he wouldn't even look at me, Izaya constantly changed his personalty and behavior and lately I decided to ignore him and his strange impulses.

"Sure. Whatever."

Then he was gone, just like the flea he was.

Afterwards the cab arrived and I told him where to go. He glanced at me then at Vorona, I rolled my eyes at him and said she got into a fight with her ex-boyfriend and I beat him up for laying a hand on her. The cab driver nodded, giving me the thumbs up and drove down the street. I looked down at Vorona who was still unconscious, she was breathing normally and nothing seemed different. I sighed and hoped she'd wake up when we arrived at Shinra's.

Unfortunately she never woke up and I carried her up to Shinra's apartment, I kicked the door until the small talkative doctor with spiky brown hair and wearing glasses opened the door. "Oh. Shizuo, Izaya just phoned and told me you were coming. Come in." He cleared the way as I carried in Vorona. I placed her down on the sofa, Shinra ran into the bathroom and grabbed his medical kit. He knelt down beside the couch and placed the kit down on the coffee table.

"Izaya informed me that you two found her like this is an abandoned building. What were you two doing there?" He wondered, his eyes glanced at me suspiciously.

I paused, wondering why Izaya wouldn't tell Shinra that they were both looking for Vorona. It's probably nothing. I shrugged my shoulders even though Shinra hummed to himself. "I'm going for a smoke," I muttered, walking towards the sliding door to the balcony. When I walked outside, I sat down on one of the chairs and took out my pack of smokes and my black lighter.

I lit the smoke and watched the moving clouds amongst the bright sky. The taste of tobacco oozed my frustration, but not over my wandering thoughts about Izaya's strange behavior. I already knew something was seriously up with that guy, but now it's gotten a bit stranger than normally. I tried to get my mind on something else, like why Vorona went after Slon even when she knew he betrayed her.

I rolled my eyes at that question. I know exactly why she did it, I would do the same if Izaya was being a prick, I'd go straight for him just to see if the flea was up to something. I know how he gets when he's alone for too long and I have to say it was all Shinra's fault. Izaya was better off being a loner, he was fine with it, he didn't mind that everyone hated his fucking guts, but when he learned one person didn't.

He wouldn't leave that particular person alone and unfortunately that person had to be me. Lucky me to be stuck with a sociopathic prick. Always sprouting his avarice and information. I wished he'd leave me alone and now he's a part of it.

The slide door opened and Shinra stepped out into the balcony, he smiled cheerfully as he closed the door and sat on the chair next to mine. "She should be fine. Just a small head injuring and injection of sedatives."

A few long minutes passed by between Shinra and I. He doesn't leave but he fidgets every a few seconds and I get that he wants to talk about something, but is obviously nervous to bring it up.

"What is it, Shinra?" I asked him, bluntly.

Shinra flinches and looks at me right away, his eyes are filled with concern. "I was wondering about you and Izaya." Here it comes, his results on our fighting, our indifference towards our new found friendship that this little idiot created. If he's going to blame someone, he should blame himself.

"What about us?"

"Is there any changes between you and Izaya?" Now he wasn't making sense. I flicked my smoke over the edge of the railing before standing up.

"Izaya is becoming clinging and I don't like it, he's making excuses to sleep with me," I said with a groan, the thought disgusts me.

Shinra raised his brow, thickly swallowing whatever spit was gathering in his mouth. "Sleeping together?" He asked, we both walked back into the apartment. I glanced over to Vorona who had a cloth over her forehead and was breathing normally, she had a thin white blanket covering her body.

"I'm guessing not the way you mean," Shinra said as I walked into his kitchen and grabbed the milk in the fridge, "When you say clinging and making up excuses. For what exactly?"

I shrugged, "I have no idea. I noticed a few things about him that Izaya probably doesn't realize yet." His strange affection and desperate excuses is bothersome, also his twisted personality is gone.

"Like what?"

"One time I didn't contact him for an entire week because Tom had me doing a lot of work. I learned from his secretary, Izaya became a depressing mess, he stopped eating and over worked himself to the point he ended up in the hospital." I grimaced at the time I ended up going to the hospital, finding Izaya sleeping and his cheeks were sunken in and his face was more paler than before.

Shinra hummed, nodding as he took in the information I gave him. "What happened when he woke up, to find you there?" Shinra asked.

I shrugged, "He was fine afterwards, became more happy, healthier and finally he was able to go home a few days early." His smile widened the moment he woke up and found me sitting next to his bed in the hospital, I never seen Izaya so happy before. He talked a lot about work and asked a few questions, he even bothered to insult me, but I stayed with him until he ate. He was like a child waiting for his parents to come see him.

Shinra mused again, "I see."

"What?"

"Have you felt anything about Izaya ever since.. he became well?" Shinra asked, biting the tip of his finger. I could feel the tension of the room just by that simple question, instead I decided not to engage it.

I shook my head, "I don't know where you're getting at, but I felt fine. I don't yell or throw anything at him anymore, there are times when I want too, but I don't mind his company." I couldn't believe I was saying this, it was the truth though.

"Have you ever wanted to do anything else with Izaya?" He asked, more serious than the other questions.

I paused, feeling my insides coil painfully and my heart rage against my chest, my veins felt hot and I swallowed thickly. "Besides wanting to punch him in the face, nothing else."

"Don't act stupid, Shizuo," He said, I twitched at the insult. "You both seem to have this tension about each other." Now that was a laugh, Izaya and I would never happen, we cleared that just a few seconds ago and now he was saying this as if it were true.

I furrowed my brows, pinching my bridge irritatedly. My frustration was returning and it was growing heavily to the point of wanting break Shinra's kitchen sink. "We're not like that," I growled, glaring darkly at Shinra's pathetic accusations.

Shinra sighed. "Just think about it, alright. Also, get back at me if there's any other changes, and it would be wise to ignore Izaya for a few days. You'll understand when you do." He smiled sheepishly.

I didn't bother to object, so I nodded and headed out of the apartment. Leaving Vorona with him, but what was I suppose to do about Izaya. I know what happens when he's left alone for too long. I'll just have to see if whatever Shinra is saying is true.

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