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Chapter 11: Shock
morning. Izaya point of view.
Warmth.
Comfortable warmth greeted the raven as he woke up.
He opened one of his eyes sleepily.
What...?
Why was it so warm again? He blinked with confusion.
His eyes widened in surprise as he located the source of the heat. He shot up, staggered.
Shizuo was lying in his bed again!
"Shizu-chan, what are you doing in my bed?!" he shrieked.
Confused, Izaya looked at the blond. The day before he had just left him the bed and actually slept on the chair, so why the hell was he now in his bed again?!
An annoyed growl escaped said blond´s lips at the unexpected wake-up call.
"Shut up flea, you know just how uncomfortable that chair is?" he asked, still not intending to get out of bed.
"No, and I don´t plan on finding out." Izaya replied, trying to shove the blond away. But of course he didn´t even budge. Shizuo sighed.
"Tch, just shut up and let me sleep." he said, wrapped his arms around the flea and pulled him down again.
"Shizu-chan?! What are you doing?" Izaya asked, annoyed by the sudden action of the blond. Said man just grinned.
"You´re a nice pillow." he announced and hugged the flea.
Heat shot up his face as Shizuo held him close.
And there it was again, that feeling. Well, he did decide to just leave it since he couldn´t prevent it from appearing anyway, but still…
"Sh-shizu-chan, let go! Now!" Izaya stuttered, trying to wriggle out of his tight grasp. It definitely bugged him that he didn´t mind this feeling at all.
Shizuo chuckled, but decided to give in. He let go of the flea who immediately dashed out of bed again.
God, why did that damn protozoan stirr such weird emotions? He glared at the blond who was just stretching himself airily on his bed.
That damn brute didn´t even know how much he messed up his pace!
…
Well, but he did protect him though. Really well at that.
Because he loved him?
A questionable look replaced the glare he wore before as he thought of that possibility again.
He hadn´t asked yesterday… of course, if it wasn´t true… well, he much rather like to know what answer he was going to get before he asked…
And he really wanted to know the answer to that. Honestly. If he couldn´t just ask the blond, then he would have to observe him.
He looked at the clock. 6:30 am.
But first… he would get that damn brute out of his bed!
He smirked as an idea began to form in his head.
Grinning, he approached the dozing man.
"Ne, Shizu-chan~ " he began.
"Hm? " an annoyed growl was the only answer he got.
„Get out of my bed. Now. It´s still early and I want to sleep some more." he continued, not caring if the blond listened or not. He didn´t exactly expect the brute to just obey his order anyway. And he already had something else in mind.
As he expected, the blond only responded with a low grunt and stayed in place.
He smirked.
Perfect.
He went to the kitchen quietly. Oh, he knew just how he would get the blond to leave his bed…
He smiled mischievously as he filled a glass with cool water. Silently, trying to suppress his chuckles he approached the dozing debt collector. Oh, how much he looked forward to the brute's reaction!
"Shizu-chan…?" he whispered as he drew closer to Shizuo. No response. Without hesitation Izaya splashed the cool water in his face.
Instantly the blond´s eyes shot open and he gasped, surprised.
"WHAT THE HELL?!" he yelled, while Izaya was leaning against the wall to prevent himself from dropping on the floor from sheer laughter.
"I told you…haha, to get out of bed Shizu-chan!" the raven laughed holding his stomach.
That look was just hillarious!
"You- you should see your face!" he continued.
"That´s not funny!" Shizuo clarified.
"Oh yes, it is Shizu-chan!" Izaya retorted.
That stupid flea. Only Izaya could think of something like that.
A low chuckle escaped the blond´s lips. Okay, maybe it was a bit amusing… Time for payback!
"Izaya~" Shizuo vocalized.
"Eh? " Izaya stopped laughing at the suddenly gleeful response.
"I hope you know what you got yourself into now…" Shizuo continued and approached the raven.
"Huh?... No, eh…Shizu-chan!" Izaya tried to back away, but Shizuo already got a hold of his wrist and threw him on the bed.
"Time for payback! " he announced and began tickling the informant relentlessly.
"Eeeeeh?! No Shizu- hahaha!" Izaya didn´t get to finish his sentence, as he burst into laugher.
The blond continued to tickle the poor flea mercilessly.
"Ah, Shizu-chan! Sto-haha..! stop it please!" Izaya pleaded. Shizuo chuckled.
"Sorry, but I won´t." the blond replied, making the flea squirm even more.
The sudden sound of Izaya´s phone´s ringtone made them stop for a moment. It was laying on the bedside table right next to them.
Glad for the sudden interruption, Izaya managed to wriggle his arm out and grabbed the phone.
It was Shinra. Well it didn´t even matter who it was, as long as he could escape the blond´s torture he was glad to pick up.
To his relief the blond really stopped for a moment as he answered the call.
Shizuo stood still and watched him, annoyed. Who was interrupting them?
"Hello?.. Ah yeah, not yet… Now?... Okay." He hung up.
"Who was it?" Shizuo asked.
"Shinra, he wanted to know if you killed me already." Izaya replied smiling and put the phone back.
A mischievous grin appeared on the blond´s face.
"Not yet." He replied and motioned to resume his tickling assault again.
"Ah nono, stop, he also said he wanted me to visit him for a check up." Izaya quickly said trying to shove the blond´s hand away.
"Now?" he grunted. Unwillingly he let go of the flea, who was more than grateful for the doctor´s call now. Izaya stood up and began changing.
"Yeah, now. So let´s-" he was interrupted.
"Wait, not so fast… gotta dry my hair first…" Shizuo announced and brushed through his wet hair.
An amused chuckle escaped the informant´s lips again, earning a playful glare from the debt collector.
"Shut up, you damn flea." he grinned and made his way to the bath.
After Shizuo dried his hair and changed into his usual bartender clothes the two of them left the house.
Izaya was already feeling much better, but driving to Shinra´s place instead of walking still seemed to be a better option. Especially when he thought about these stupid gang members that hurt him the day before.
"I just hope that damn bastards yesterday didn´t worsen your injury." Shizuo suddenly began, as they got into a taxi.
"Ah.. no, I don´t think so. But you know Shizu-chan… " he began as suddenly a new idea hit him. Just observing the blond would surely lead to an answer someday… it was just a matter of time, but if he asked a few well-choosen questions, maybe he could get his answer even earlier.
"What?" the blond asked. Izaya smirked.
"Why did you get so angry anyway?"
Worst answer he could get: 'just because'… god how much he hated these answers from the brute.
Best answer he could get: 'Because I love you' … yeah, as if he would say that… IF it was even true that is.
He watched the ex-bartender curiously. Which would it be? Shizuo shrugged.
"Well, because they hurt you of course! No-one is allowed to hurt my flea.
"Eh..?" Izaya looked at the blond, baffled. But he just looked out of the window, seemingly not realizing what he said just now. Honestly, Izaya didn´t expect this.
Did he just-
Did he just say I was his?!
Izaya was shocked. Well, he also somehow thought the blond was his to tease and play with, but… What did he mean by that? Did he mean the same? Or something completely different…?
And why the fucking hell did it make him happy?!
That brute declared just now that Izaya was his property, no matter what he meant by it. Shouldn´t he feel offended, or at least annoyed?!
Why didn´t he?
Thank god it was only a short drive, because the following silence that hung in the air after the blond´s latest statement nearly drove the raven insane.
This was certainly the first time Izaya was glad when the doctor opened his door and instantly started asking questions, distracting him from his weird thoughts.
"Izaya! Good, you are alive, are you okay?" Shinra asked smiling, letting the two of them inside.
"Yep, everything´s fine." Izaya replied.
Except for my weird mental state that is…
He watched Celty who approached Shizuo behind him.
"No-one attacked you?" he continued.
Does tickling count as well…? Izaya thought as he turned his glance at the doctor again.
"Yeah, they did." he replied.
"Eh?! Seriously, even when Shizuo was with you? What happened?" Shinra asked the raven curiously. Sighing Izaya began to relate what happened the past days.
Initially Shizuo also intended to listen to the flea, but Celty seemed to have other plans with him. Suddenly she stood in front of him and held her PDA in Shizuo´s face.
(Shizuo, we need to talk.)
He nodded and followed her outside, curious of what she wanted to talk about. He took out one of his cigarettes and lit it. If they were outside he could at least smoke a bit.
The moment she closed the door, she shoved the PDA in his face again.
(Do you love Izaya?)
Sizuo nearly choked on his cigarette the moment he read the message.
"What?" he exclaimed.
She quickly began typing again.
(I am sorry if not, but Shinra told me a few things and at first I didn´t believe it, but he got me thinking, and please don´t get me wrong you do look like you´re getting along better and then I thought maybe it was true, I mean if it´s not please don´t be angry, but-)
Shizuo chuckled and softly placed his hand on her frantic typing one.
"Don´t worry I won´t get mad at you." he smiled and took another breath of his cigarette.
"I already guessed that doctor knew it." Shizuo noticed the surprised shrug of Celty´s shoulders as she began to type again.
(So it is true?)
He nodded.
"Yes. It´s true. I love the flea."
The dullahan quickly went on typing.
(How- when did that happen?)
Shizuo shrugged his shoulders. That was a good question. When did he start liking the flea? He did hate him before, so when…
He remembered vividly that day when he first observed the flea. He smiled. Ah… yes that could be it.
"Probably since the moment he said he wasn´t scared of me." he answered honestly.
Well he didn´t love him immediately after that statement, but it sure made the blond think a lot. He grinned as he remembered what followed after that. God he really had been in denial, he followed the flea around to protect him and cared for his well being and still didn´t get what was going on with him…
(He said that?) Celty asked. Shizuo nodded.
(Does he know you like him?) Shizuo stared at the words a few seconds.
Did he know?
He sure was acting weird recently and he did ask him strange questions about having had a girlfriend or not… but…
"No, I don´t think so." he replied. If he really did know, then he would act different.
(Are you gonna tell him?)
Shizuo frowned at the next question.
"No." he answered. He couldn't do it.
(Why?)
Sighing he blew the smoke into the air and watched it disappear.
"I can´t. If I tell him he would either avoid me, don´t even believe me or even make fun of my feelings… I am sure you understand I don´t want that." Celty nodded.
(I do. But… what if he likes you back?) Shizuo laughed at that statement.
"You are really optimistic Celty. He hates me and there is no way that would change." he replied, a bit sad.
(Don´t say that! You hated him too, right? But now you love him! Isn´t that the same?)
Shizuo shook his head.
"Stop. It´s not going to happen Celty. I know that." Shizuo noticed the way her shoulders dropped sadly at his response.
(But… is that okay for you?) he smiled.
"Yeah. Don´t worry. As long as I can stay by his side like this I am content."
He really was. He decided he would protect the flea, no matter if he loved him back or not, so be it. He finished his cigarette and looked at Celty. She just stood there silent after his latest answer. He smiled at her.
"Come on, we should get inside again." She nodded and followed him.
"Izaya! I am serious!"
Shinra´s yelling greeted them first as they entered the flat again. Shizuo eyed both of them curious about the commotion. Izaya was sitting on the couch seemingly unaffected by the doctor´s yelling.
"So?" Izaya replied shrugging. Shinra sighed.
"What´s going on?" Shizuo asked. Instantly Shinra´s face lit up again.
"Ah, Shizuo, help me here, this stupid guy here doesn´t get that he only worsens his state by running around so much!" he announced while pointing at Izaya. The raven shot him a glare.
"Shinra, I am definitely not going to just sit around and do nothing, and it doesn´t even hurt that much anymore, so-"
Shinra groaned frustrated.
"Shinra?" Shizuo raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"Izaya´s arm healed really well, I removed the splint." Shinra said and Izaya waved happily at Shizuo with his now free hand.
"Also the wound on his shoulder made a lot of progress. I left it bandaged just for safety but the wound on his waist is in almost the same condition, when he left! All because he is running around way to much!" An annoyed sigh reached the blond´s ears from the direction of the couch.
"Stop nagging, I can walk without it really hurting, so it´s fine." Izaya grunted.
"See what I meant?" the doctor asked frustrated. "Please Shizuo, prevent him from moving to much if you can, okay?" the doctor asked quite upset, seemingly not willing to argue with the raven further.
Izaya groaned.
"Please Shinra, I have had worse, don´t act so overly dramatic now." he countered and got up from the couch.
Seriously.
Shinra was a good doctor, there was no denying that, but that constant of concern and scolding that followed his treatment sure got on his nerves.
He took his coat and went to the door.
"Come on Shizu-chan, let´s go." He said ignoring the doctor´s protests as he slipped out of the apartment.
"Wait." Shizuo followed him down the stairs.
"Oi, you should really listen to Shinra you know." Instantly Izaya stopped in his tracks and turned on his heels.
"Not you too Shizu-chan!" he exclaimed annoyed.
"But he is right, you shouldn´t walk around." Shizuo stated. Amused, Izaya raised an eyebrow as he leaned onto the wall in the staircase.
"Okay, I won´t walk, and how exactly do you expect me to get home now?" he teased not expecting what the blond did next.
Before he could even say another word Shizuo picked him up in his arms.
"Shizu-what are you doing?!" Izaya asked surprised.
"You asked me about a way to get home without walking right?" he chuckled, amused by the flea´s surprised look. The raven looked at Shizuo dumbfounded.
Shit, I should have expected this!
"We are not going home like this. Shizu-chan, let go!" But Shizuo of course didn´t intend to listen at all.
"You heard the doctor´s orders..." he grinned and started walking down the stairs despite the flea´s protests.
Izaya looked at the blond, embarrassed.
He was fine for god´s sake! He sighed with frustration. He refrained from trying to push the blond away, even if his hand was healed by now, he knew he didn´t stand a chance against Shizuo´s strength.
If he had a knife with him it would be different of course. Too bad he left it home…
Damn it!
"What´s wrong? Why so silent now?" Shizuo asked amused as he looked at the trapped flea in his arms.
He seemed to be quite pissed off. Shizuo sighed.
"Don´t be mad now, 'kay? I just don´t want you to get hurt." he explained and looked Izaya in the eyes.
Mocha eyes locked with crimson ones as the raven looked up.
…
Well... he wasn´t exactly mad… it´s just…
He paused.
Why did it even bother him? Nobody saw them in the staircase, and he knew Shizuo would let him down once outside. His pride also wasn´t a matter, he lost it the moment he told Shizuo he needed help anyway.
It didn´t actually bother him, it was just… weird.
Since that weird feeling appeared it got more and more awkward each time Shizuo decided to just carry him in his arms. He didn´t want that.
He felt the heat rush to his face again as the blond leaned closer.
"You get that, right Izaya?" he asked, a slight smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.
Too close!
He nodded, not confident enough to reply something decent without sounding weird.
Shizuo was just too close again. He hated it when he did that, making his mind unable to concentrate, without any particular reason.
His heart almost stopped, when the blond leaned in even closer and brushed their foreheads.
"Sh-shizu-chan, what are you doing?" Izaya gasped in surprise af the sudden closeness.
"Checking if you have a fever." Shizuo replied while watching him with those dark mocha eyes of his only centimeters apart.
"Huh? W-why?" Izaya managed to ask.
"Well... your face is really red."
…
Oh shit…!
Izaya tried to calm down again, but after these words escaped the blond´s lips that was sheer impossible. Rendered speechless, he could just feel the heat in his cheeks rising even more when the blond still didn´t move from their closeness.
Shizuo looked at Izaya. He was totally flustered, he would have smiled at the face the flea was making, but somehow... he didn´t.
Izaya was trapped in his arms.
No word was spoken.
Their faces were only mere centimeters apart.
He could feel Izaya´s hot breath on his lips.
Their gazes still locked to each other.
A sudden thought crossed the blond´s mind.
…
… how would it feel like to kiss the flea…?
…
Almost in a slow motion Shizuo began to lean forward intending to find out.
Izaya´s eyes widened at the almost imperceptible movement.
Is he-
A sudden noise coming from the flea´s pocket startled both of them. For the second time of the day Izaya was more than glad that phones had been invented.
Time seemed to freeze as Shizuo paused, only the ringing of Izaya´s phone filling the air.
"Sh-shizu-chan I-I need to answer that..." Izaya managed to mutter, still too close to the blond for his liking. Immediately Shizuo snapped out of it and let him down again.
"Ah, sure." Shizuo almost dropped the flea and Izaya nearly stumbled as he walked away a bit. His thoughts racing like a rollercoaster.
WTF?! I thought he was going to kiss me!
Shizuo wasn´t doing any better as he quickly lit one of his cigarettes.
WTF?! I almost kissed him!
With his mind still shaking Izaya flipped open his phone. It was Ryosuke´s number.
"H-hello?" he asked, cursing himself for the unstable sound of his voice. But his counterpart didn´t seem to notice at least.
"Ah, Izaya-kun, I have got some information for you. I would like to talk with you about it in our old meeting place in let´s say, 10 minutes?" he asked. It took a while for the flea to process the new data, his mind being occupied with quite different thoughts.
"S-sure… but why the old meeting place?" He asked.
"I will tell you when you arrive." Izaya nodded even though Ryosuke couldn´t see it.
"Got it." He closed his phone again.
Nervous, he glanced at Shizuo. He was leaning on the wall, smoking a cigarette.
Again Izaya´s mind made a backflip. Was he- was he really going to… kiss him before?! No way…
That must have been his imagination… he wouldn´t just-
"Who was that?" the blond suddenly asked, looking away. Izaya did the same as he answered, not that the blond would notice it.
"My informant, he said he got some information and wants to meet up with me." he replied.
"So we are gonna go there now?" he asked, finally looking at the raven.
Izaya just nodded.
Silence overtook the scene again, driving the informant almost insane as they both walked down the stairs.
This time Shizuo didn´t try to carry the flea and he was glad for it.
His thoughts were still mixed up.
He really thought Shizuo wanted to kiss him before, but that… that couldn´t be right?
…
But he did lean forward, or didn´t he?
Why should he do that if not for that exact purpose?
That would mean he loved him!
Suddenly another thought crossed the raven's mind.
Wait, if he really loves me, then it would be natural for him wanting to kiss me, right?
The next thought startled Izaya so much he almost missed a stair.
Does that mean he wants to do... more?!
His eyes widened at the thought. Until now he had been so fixated on just finding out if the blond really loved him, that he didn´t even spare a single second to think about what this would actually mean.
No way…! Did the blond really…
Quickly he shoved the thought away.
Nonono, he doesn´t love me, stop imagining strange things!
But even though he managed to chase off that thought, he couldn´t stop thinking about what happened just now.
The more he pondered on it, the stranger his thoughts became.
What if he had kissed him?
That would mean Shizuo loved him of course, but how would he have reacted?
Would he have slapped him? He really would have liked to say yes, but somehow it was the opposite.
Shocked by his own thoughts he stopped walking.
What the hell was he thinking?!
"Izaya? What are you waiting for?" Shizuo asked, looking at the flea. He had just stopped in his tracks and looked at him with wide eyes.
He hissed as the end of his cigarette burned his fingers and dropped it. He stomped on it and drew out another one. Which was it? 3rd in a few minutes? Didn´t matter, he needed the nicotine now.
He sighed with relief as he inhaled the soothing smoke.
The flea continued walking and Shizuo followed him.
God damn it! What was he thinking before?! He sighed, frustrated.
Well, that was pretty clear. Nothing.
He was simply not thinking that moment. Shit, what would have happened if that phone of Izaya´s had rung only a second later?!
Fuck, he was really glad for that interruption, Izaya would have.. would have…
Argh! He didn´t know, he just would have done something, maybe slapped him, run away, he didn´t know…
He glanced at the flea.
Did he realize I wanted to kiss him? He thought anxiously. He did lean forward really slow, maybe he didn´t notice.
He frowned as he remembered the flea´s reaction after he let him down. No, he definitely noticed something. But he didn´t say anything so… if he was lucky Izaya himself didn´t realize just what he tried to do before…
And there he went seconds ago and told Celty he was content just protecting the flea, and then he tried to kiss him?!
…
Who was he even trying to fool?
Himself…?
He sighed.
Maybe…
…
Maybe he should listen to her.
Maybe he really should tell Izaya…
He drew another smoke when he noticed the flea was staring at him.
"What?" he asked nervously. Izaya pointed at his now empty cigarette pack.
"Shizu-chan you smoke too much. Last time I checked, which was this morning, there were about 7 cigarettes in there." the raven said.
Shizuo looked at the flea, surprised. Not even he remembered how many cigarettes he had in there this morning…
"Oh, really?" he asked. The flea nodded.
"Shizu-chan, you are smoking too much." the flea stated. A relieved chuckle escaped the blond´s lips. Everything was okay, he was acting just like before.
"What? You care flea?" he asked jokingly.
"Cut down on them, I should be the one to kill you, not those stupid cancer sticks." the informant announced.
"Eh…?" Shizuo blinked, surprised.
Wait, was he… angry?
Why was he angry? It wasn´t as if he started smoking yesterday, he had done that for years, so why…?
Now Shizuo was utterly confused.
Annoyed, Izaya went on walking. Before he didn´t really pay attention because he was busy thinking about what happened before, but that brute smoked about 5 cigarettes in 7 minutes now!
Not that he minded, it was his business, but still, didn´t he care about his health at all?
He was glad when they finally reached Izaya´s old meeting place. The blond was occupying his mind way too often now.
Just like the new one it was in an alley, but no stairs led down to it and no code was necessary to open the door.
Izaya really was curious just why Ryosuke wanted to meet up here…
"Well then... I am going down there." he announced, already pressing down the handle, when he heard the blond.
"Izaya, wait." Surprised, Izaya glanced at the debt collector. He brushed through his hair and avoided to look him into the eyes.
"…what?" he asked.
"I-" he stopped, this time turning his glance to look at him.
Izaya noticed with surprise, that Shizuo seemed to be… nervous? No, he must be seeing things.
I love you!
Dammit, why couldn´t he just say it? It were only three damn words!
Only three. He gulped.
Yeah, it were only three words, but it sure would make a big difference if he said them or not…
He looked at Izaya again and sighed.
"... nevermind... come back safe okay?" he said instead.
Now wasn´t the right time for that.
Izaya nodded and went into the room.
Other than the stairs and lock, everything looked just like it did in the new place. Except for a second door, that lead to some second exit.
"Good morning." Ryosuke greeted him with a smile.
"Good morning." Izaya mumbled back and seated himself opposite to him, thoughts still not calmed down.
What was Shizuo going to say...? He wasn´t dumb, he did sense that the blond wanted to tell him something important. Something that managed to make him nervous. He grinned.
What could that be?
"You´re in a good mood I see." Ryosuke suddenly announced, chuckling at the smile plastered on Izaya´s face.
"Huh... ah, maybe… either way, you said you found something out?" he asked.
Business.
He had to think of business now.
Ryosuke nodded and pointed to one of two files that laid on the table in front of him. Izaya opened it.
"I found out who it was, that placed the bomb in Shingeki´s company. His name is Kitsurugi Oda, 30. He has no family and lives in a small apartment in Shinjuku. For why he wants to kill you we have no clue. He found you through observations."
Izaya browsed through the file. Right, he remembered the guy. He was responsible for him losing his job or so…
"However, till now we couldn´t exactly find any connection to Shingeki or someone who could be our mastermind." Ryosuke continued. Izaya sighed.
"Well, that´s nice and all, but that´s not exactly the information I asked you for, Ryosuke." Izaya clarified and placed the file back on the table.
"I know, but… I think this will be of your interest." his informant said, pointing at the second file that laid on the table.
"Izaya, how well do you know Shizuo Heiwajima?" he suddenly asked. Izaya twitched at the sudden mentioning of the blond´s name.
"What do you mean?" he asked, eyeing Ryosuke curiously.
Suddenly, he leaned forward and opened the file. It was filled with photos. Photos of Shizuo.
"These photos were taken from surveillance cameras on the street in front of your house."
"Wha-?" Izaya looked at the photos, staggered. They showed Shizuo, outside his apartment talking to some strange guy, face hidden under his hat. One showed Izaya himself and Shizuo in the background- No, now that he looked closer, every single one showed him and the blond.
Ryosuke pointed at the first one that showed Shizuo with the strange guy.
"Shizuo was being hired by that person. He was ordered to observe you and get information about you, however he was told to not kill or hurt you in any kind of way. The goal of this person was to find out your weakness. Through a few researches in your apartment we found out, that the apartment on the floor right above yours had spies to look into your apartment, and even a little door, to get down to you without you noticing. Additionally we found several of his fingerprints on seemingly secret documents."
He showed Izaya even more photos. This time it were the cut up ones of his sisters. His informant continued.
"You told me before how weird Shizuo was acting, and I guessed, he would be likely to observe you. Now we know it´s true. "
Izaya stared at the pictures with disbelieve.
That´s a lie...
"But as I know you, you surely were cautious around him, when I told you about this possibility. That´s all I could find out, what you do with that information is your problem."
That can´t be true…
That´s just…
Shocked, Izaya took one of the photos.
…
No mistake, that was Shizuo.
He took another one, and a second, and third, and fourth…
No matter how he looked at the large variety of pictures, it was unmistakably clear, that Shizuo was tailing him.
"The reason I wanted to meet you here was this door behind me." he pointed to the second door.
"This one is just another way outside. I guessed Shizuo would accompany you here so I made sure you could escape without being seen by him." he got up from his seat.
"Well then, that´s all. You can keep the photos. I need to go now, just let yourself out." Ryosuke said, grabbed his coat hanging on a hat stand and left the room.
Now Izaya was alone.
He looked at the photos again, stunned.
That´s a lie… right? He frowned.
It has to be… there is no way Shizuo could act like that.
He remembered the time Shizuo first began to act weird. He borrowed Izaya his phone, so he could get home.
Why did he do that? He thought he did it because-
…
Because…
Because he wanted to make him believe he was a friend, he suddenly realized.
No, that can´t be-
He jumped down a building to save my life! If he was hired to find his weakness, then-
Wait, he was hired to find his weakness… not to kill him. Did that mean… Shizuo wasn´t allowed to kill him, but also not to let him die either?
That´s it, that bastard that hired Shizuo was that mastermind. He probably wanted to see his death with his own eye-
No, that couldn´t be true.
He saved me from that warehouse!
That was Shizuo´s decision alone, right? What sense would it make if he saved him from a trap the 'mastermind' himself created?
Wait. If that mastermind wanted to kill him he could have just done it before he even woke up. He could have done it while he slept if that apartment over his really existed.
His eyes widened in realization.
That guy didn´t exactly want him dead- he wanted to find out how to torture him before he killed him!
That´s why he hired Shizuo! That´s why he ordered Shizuo to save him from the warehouse. If he trusted the blond, the possibility to find out just what made him really squirm would be much higher than just doing the ordinary stuff.
A frown appeared on his face.
So when Shizuo protected him from those 2 bastards that attacked him on the way to Ryosuke, he was ordered to save him to gain his trust.
When he said he wouldn´t leave him alone in that burning building that was just to make him believe he was safe with him.
When the blond acted like he cared about him he just wanted him to believe he was his friend.
When they played chess.
When he jumped out of the window to 'save' Izaya from being shot.
When he cooked breakfast.
When they were in the park with the kitties.
At Simon´s.
…
Shocked, Izaya grabbed his head.
Suddenly it all made sense.
The reason why Shizuo had no explanation for his behaviour and always avoided the question by saying Izaya had to find it out himself.
When he thought he wanted to kiss him…
I thought…
Izaya gritted his teeth.
He had been fooled.
The. Whole. Time.
Suddenly he laughed.
"I am so stupid! I really thought that brute wanted to kiss me! That he loved me!" he clapped his hands slowly.
"Great. Simply great Shizu-chan, simply great. I didn´t even suspect a thing. You got me Shizu-chan…" Suddenly he remembered that game of chess.
…
"What´s wrong Izaya? I thought you wanted to show me how incapable I am?" Shizuo teased.
"It´s not over yet."
Izaya just moved his bishop, when he stopped in his motion. Maybe… if he knew, why Shizuo was acting to weird… if he really loved him… or if he just knew his reasons…
" Shizu-chan…" he started.
"What…?"
"Why didn´t you leave me behind?"
"Huh…?" He stared at Izaya and this time he didn´t look away but stared back.
"Yesterday …why didn´t you just go by yourself? After all, there was no guarantee that the building would hold out long enough to take a second way. You could have died because of your try to save me… so why?"
Pause. Shizuo blinked. Once, twice-
Still holding his stare, Shizuo leaned forward, waving him closer.
"Huh?" Izaya leaned forward as well, highly curious, as Shizuo whispered into his ear.
"Figure it out yourself, if you are as smart as you always say you are."
"HUH?!"
"Ha, got ya. Check Mate!" Shizuo pushed his queen one field forward. Izaya looked down, confused.
...
He lowered his head, sadness stinging him.
"You really… got me this time Shizu-chan… you really…"
…
"That bastard! But wait, didn´t you get the name that way? It was Shingeki right?"
Izaya shook his head.
"No, it wasn´t. It´s true the mail was sent from his phone again, but Shingeki is dead. It wasn´t him." he sighed.
God damn, this was complicated.
"Tch, just so you know flea, we are going to stay here from now on."
"What?"
"You heard me, who knows what traps that bastard set up for you outside. We are going to stay here, till your informant figured out just who this asshole is so I can protect you better."
…
"Damn, that was really unfair… Shizu-chan…that was just…"
…
"How the hell do you know that?" Shizuo asked annoyed.
"Well, that´s easy to explain actually. That guy only cares about money, and nothing else in the world. So as long as I pay my part he won´t ever touch me." he said.
"That´s it? That´s the reason you trust him so much?" he asked. Suddenly Izaya began to laugh.
"Trust?! Don´t make me laugh Shizu-chan, where did you get that idea?" he continued laughing.
"Listen Shizu-chan, I don´t trust him, I just happen to know that Ryosuke has, let´s say, a little health problem, he wouldn´t be able to scratch me, even in my current state. Really, he is just a greedy bastard. That´s all. That doesn´t mean I trust him, I just know he can´t do a thing. You understand~?"
Izaya chuckled. What a reaction. He looked actually relieved.
Almost made him believe what his informant said was true...
And again, what if it was...?
Izaya smiled.
Well, he did seem to care at least a bit about him...
"Only about 15 minutes at the latest, okay? That´s how long I will stay there, if that relieves you~." the raven continued.
"Tch, 15 minutes... In 15 minutes he could still kill you just fine." Shizuo grumbled annoyed.
"But I already told you he won´t-" Izaya began, but Shizuo didn´t seem to let this go yet.
"You don´t know that." he hissed.
Woah! For real? Why was he so overprotective? Really now...
"Don´t worry Shizu-chan, if something really happens, I will call for you. I know you will come and protect me, I trust y-"
Shocked, Izaya slapped a hand over his mouth.
Shizuo´s eyes widened.
Did he-
Did he really say that out loud just now?
That he trusted Shizu-
"Forget it!" Embarrassed, Izaya turned around and dashed to the door.
"Izaya."
Izaya turned around, staggered.
Shizuo smiled.
"Call me, and I will come to save you."
…
-outside Shizuo point of view-
…
He is late…
Uneasy, Shizuo leaned on the wall opposite to the door that lead down to Izaya´s informant.
He took another glance at his watch. It had been almost half an hour now… What was he doing?
Did something happen?
Shizuo shifted his weight nervously from one leg to the other.
What if something happened?
5 minutes. That was the most he endured before he decided to check up on the flea.
He went to the door and knocked first. If he just barged in the flea´s precious meeting he surely would rip his head off.
But to his surprise no-one replied. He tried to open the door. He paused.
The hell? Why was it locked now?
"Izaya!?" he called rather loudly.
No answer.
Okay, he knocked, he called, now he wouldn´t wait anymore.
Without thinking twice, Shizuo crashed the door open. Only to find the room behind it...empty? He looked around, confused.
Where is Izaya?!
He spotted the second door in the room and already approached it intending to search for the flea there, when his sight fell on the table.
There were photos, and a lot of them. Staggered, he stopped as he recognized himself on one of the pictures. He looked closer at them.
He realized with a shock that he appeared on all photos. And not only that, it were exclusively photos shot from when he observed the flea.
A bed feeling crept up inside him as he realized just what this meant.
Shit…!
He hastly dashed to the second door.
IZAYA!
But Izaya wasn´t there, this door was just another exit, it lead to the outside.
He looked around, sligthly hoping to have missed the flea for only a second, but he wasn´t there.
Damn it!
He turned on his heels and ran home. Izaya still had his laptop and stuff there, if he was fast enough maybe he could catch up with him.
Shit, why didn´t he tell him!
He thought if he told the flea he wouldn´t trust him anymore, well he wouldn´t blame him, but still he should have told him! Now that that stupid informant told him, Izaya surely thought he was still working for that guy!
Shit…!
He was so god damn stupid!
Finally he reached the apartment and stormed into it.
"Iza-!" He stopped, shocked.
The flea wasn´t there. Neither his stuff was. But he sure left him something.
TRAITOR
That was the word Izaya had written all over the wall.
Shit. Shizuo let himself drop on the bed.
Dammit, he was too late! He was-
The sudden sound of a ringing phone startled him. Stunned, he realized it was a suppressed number. But he still picked up.
"Hello?"
"Traitor." Shizuo´s eyes widened as he recognized the owner of the voice.
"Izaya?! Where are you?!" he asked. Weird laughter was heard on the other side.
"Somewhere, were you won´t find me you traitor." Shizuo frowned.
"No, wait, that´s a misunder-" but Izaya didn´t let him finish.
"A misunderstanding?! Don´t make me laugh! I suppose you already saw the photos, no Shizu-chan, that´s by no means a misunderstanding… say, was it fun?" he suddenly asked, all former amusement in his voice vanished.
"Huh?"
"I asked if it was fun to fuck around with me that long! You sure must have laughed your ass off, over my trusting you." he explained, audibly angry.
"No that´s not-" Shizuo tried to explain.
"Shut up. I don´t wanna hear any more lies… You know, you really managed to achieve your goal. I congratulate you. I really trusted you there..."
"No, wait! Izaya! IZAYA!" Shizuo looked at his phone with anger, the flea had hung up on him.
Damnit, what should he do now?!
What should he…
He threw a punch to the wall next to him.
"SHIT!"
…well... you didn´t see that coming right? XD But oooohhh, I assure you next chapter is gonna be great. The second one of my favourites… *0* You wanna know why? ;D Because… Chapter 12: I love you!
Due to: Sorry! Soon! Tomorrow maybe! ^^' I know I am late... ^^' Sorry!
PS.: Just for those who are interested, chapter 2 of What happened Izaya?! Is now due to 1.8.2014 ;D
PPS.: Maybe you noticed, but I have a new profile picture made by me of course~ Link for better quality is on my profile-page. ;3