New chapter! Also, yes, the two in the previous chapter were indeed Mairu and Kururi
Enjoy~
Slipping on his black T-shirt, Izaya stared at the black kitten that was sound asleep on his bed; Kuro has gotten a little bigger since he came here. It made him smile a little, but at the moment, his mind a little muddled.
The fight with Shizuo was still fresh in his mind.
The memories were still so vivid that he could point out every little thing in detail: Shizuo's hate filled glare, his seething rage, his immense strength. And all of it was directed towards Izaya. And Izaya couldn't help but feel pain as his heart clenched tightly in his chest visualising those memories again. It really hurt to feel hated by your most loved person.
Sighing, he looked himself over one last time in the mirror before walking out. Shizuo should be here any minute now.
After Izaya had calmed down enough to patch Shizuo up in the infirmary, Shizuo said that he'd do anything Izaya wanted to do this weekend to make up for the fight, since he was feeling just as guilty about it as Izaya was. And the weekend rolled around quickly, this morning Shizuo texted Izaya saying he'd be there at nine.
Time was 8:55 am.
Izaya walked down the stairs hearing hidden whispers of the children. They had been very distant since he said that Shizuo was coming over this weekend. It was probably nothing, but he'd keep an eye on them to make sure they won't do anything stupid.
A knock at the door snapped him from his thoughts and Izaya looked at the time. 9:00 on the dot. He smiled a little and moved towards the front door. Grasping the knob he opened it with an even bigger smile to see Shizuo standing there scratching the back of his head with a depressing aura surrounding him. "Just on time Shizu-chan. Come in." he stepped aside and Shizuo walked in.
"Thanks." Shizuo muttered and removed his shoes.
"So, what do you want to do today?" Izaya closed the door and turned back to Shizuo.
"I told you." Shizuo turned to face Izaya, his mood shifted to determination. "I want to make it up to you for what happened. I really regret attacking you like that, I was pissed and I lost sight of what was important to me."
Izaya opened his mouth but a voice cut him off instead. "Are you two fighting?"
They both jumped and turned to see Mr Kenshin standing in the doorway smiling. Shizuo had to blink as he laid eyes on him. Izaya was right, he did indeed have a moustache, he thought. It caught him a little off guard.
"Yukimae said that you two had met while I was away." Mr Kenshin smiled. "She also told me that you had dyed your hair to Shizuo, you look so different." he stepped forward, musing Shizuo's hair roughly. "You've gotten so tall as well, at this rate, you'll over take me."
Izaya looked at them now, they were indeed the same height and Shizuo was still growing. He definitely hadn't expected Mr Kenshin to be appeared suddenly and without warning. Izaya could usually sense when someone was close by when there trying to no be spotted.
"Um," Shizuo straightened up, staring wide-eyed at the old man. "Mr Kenshin? How long have you been standing there for?"
"Long enough," he gave a wink. Now that gave off a strange vibe between the two boys, making them blush slightly. "Besides, the children have told me about how a strange blonde man was making their big brother Izaya blush and act like a teenaged girl in love." he chuckled.
Izaya's blush increased tenfold, turning his face completely red while Shizuo just gave him a confused stare.
"What are you talking about?" Shizuo asked.
Mr Kenshin blinked, surprised by the reaction, but smiled anyway. "Oh nothing, you'll figure it out soon enough. You were usually quick to notice everything when it comes to Izaya, usually before anyone else notices."
He turned, giving a wave as he headed down the hallway.
Shizuo turned towards Izaya with an even more confused face. "What was that about? And why would he mention you?"
He's a complete idiot! Izaya's blush disappeared and was replaced by utter shock. "U-um, don't worry; he's just trying to freak you out." Izaya waved off. Thankfully he could save himself the embarrassment and play it off, he was lucky Shizuo was an idiot or his confession would be even harder to explain then what he would have liked.
"If you say so," Shizuo couldn't help but feel something strange was going on and he was the only one that didn't know, and he felt like he was supposed to know about it, which was slightly annoying him.
"Come on, I don't really feel like going out right now so how about we just—"
"Ah-ha! So you've finally returned, Shizuo-nii-chan!" a child's voice announced, cutting Izaya off. They both turned to see a large group of children standing in the hallway, all with smug faces. A girl stepped forward.
"Time to make you pay for hurting our Izaya-nii-chan!" she pointed a finger towards Shizuo.
"Huh?" Shizuo narrowed his eye brows in suspicion while Izaya could only face palm at their behaviour.
"In order for you to make it up to Izaya-nii-chan and be worthy of him, we've come up with a test to see if you are truly worthy of him." the leader of the group, Kazuki, smirked.
Izaya blushed and turned towards Shizuo, wondering if he's caught on yet. But all he saw was a smirk. Did he notice? Did he finally figure it out? Izaya flushed an even deeper shade of red at the thought. There was no way he could face him if he figured it out, especially in front of children.
"Alright," Shizuo grinned and stepped towards the kids. "What is this test about?"
Huh? Izaya's blush faded. Shizuo didn't catch on? Was he safe?
"He agreed."
"Alright, that was easy."
"Now let the real test begin!"
Kazuki smirked. "Alright, follow us." he lead the way and Shizuo followed with the other children in tow. Sighing, Izaya also accompanied them, just knowing that this would end badly.
"Now, time for the test!" Kazuki announced.
Shizuo sat in front of him cross-legged with the children siting around them, Izaya stood at the back wondering how long Shizuo could put up with these children and this test, but Shizuo's expression told him that he's determined to complete anything these kids threw at him.
A girl appeared and placed a cardboard box in front of Shizuo as Kazuki made himself comfortable opposite him with his arms folded and his smug grin widening.
"You have to beat me, if you win, we move on. If you don't, you leave and never speak to Izaya-nii-chan again, and were being serious." His eyes narrowed and his tone said that he was being serious.
Izaya sighed, "This is stupid." He whispered. He had his whole day planned out as well. Shizuo and he were going to play video games in his room for a little while, after that, they were going to go out and get a quick lunch before going to visit down town and just hang around. Then they were going to go to the park and spend time with each other before walking home by sunset which he would then confess and kiss Shizuo which would then end with them dating and cuddling at Shizuo's place since it wouldn't be right if he came to the orphanage where they could be spotted easily. And then everything would be happy ever after.
But his plans were ruined when these little monsters decided to step in and decide that: "no, were going to take Shizuo just 'cause we want to ruin your awesome date you were going to have with him that ends with you losing your virginity to him, but you can sit back and watch."
He grumbled at that thought. And another thing, why would Shizuo even agree to something so stupid? He knew for a fact that these children couldn't make Shizuo stop seeing him at school, they went to the same school after all and it was impossible not run into each other from time to time. Besides, Shizuo would never be able to stay away forever even if that was the case. This whole thing is—
"Deal!" Shizuo nodded.
Izaya's face fell. Now he was wondering if Shizuo was just playing along with these kids or if he was truly an idiot.
"Good!" Kazuki nodded and a deck of cards was placed in front of him by one of the other children. He picked up the deck and began shuffling the cards expertly which surprised Shizuo a lot.
"Where did you learn that?" Shizuo pointed to the deck, awed by the skill being presented.
"Oh, Izaya-nii-chan taught me, he's better at it than I am." He placed seven cards in front of Shizuo then seven in front of him and placed the rest of the deck in the middle.
"Alright Shizuo-nii-chan. Time to test your skills at go fish, I'll have you know that I'm the best at this game and Izaya-nii-chan even has a hard time beating me."
"Bring it." Shizuo narrowed his eyes. He wasn't about to lose Izaya over this. He'd never live it down. He had to win everything these kids threw at him, no matter what. He had to make it up to Izaya to show him how sorry he truly was.
Izaya could only sigh and face palm even more at the display.
The end resulted in Shizuo winning by one pair at the end of game, which he was very thankful for since he was just managing to scrape through that challenge.
"Well, I under estimated you." Kazuki said. "No matter, on with the next one!"
The kids then pulled Shizuo to his feet, discarding the mess they left behind and headed towards the kitchen with Izaya following behind them.
"Alright, your next challenge is making omelette on rice for Izaya-nii-chan! And not some half-assed dish, it has to be maid-café style omelette on rice." the girl said. "We've already got permission from Mrs Yukimae to use the kitchen beforehand."
Izaya stared at them a little surprised. They were getting Shizuo to cook for him? Was Shizuo's cooking even good? He didn't really seem like the type to be a chef, but maybe it was a secret talent or something?
A giggle sounded next to him, Izaya turned to see Mrs Yukimae standing there smiling. "They were so enthusiastic about it that I couldn't help saying yes. Besides, as long as I'm here, everything should be fine. So go ahead Shizuo, I don't mind."
"Ok, thank you." Shizuo bowed his head slightly and set to work on preparing the dish while the children sat Izaya down at the table. From his spot, Izaya could see Shizuo slicing up vegetables and boiling the rice before frying it, and then he cracked the eggs with one hand and beat them in a bowl before pouring the mix into a pan. Everything he was doing seemed so much like a professional that it surprised Izaya a lot more then what he was letting on. Where did he learn to do that?
Within fifteen minutes, a perfect omelette on rice appeared before Izaya. He picked up a fork and cut off a piece of the omelette scooping up some of the rice and placed it in his mouth, the children watching his movement carefully, none more careful then Shizuo as he watched Izaya's expression.
An explosion of tastes erupted from the bite Izaya took, making his mouth water and want even more, he never picked Shizuo for the cooking type, but he could definitely make one hell of a chef one day if he really wanted to. "So, how is it?" Shizuo asked, sounding a little nervous.
"It's really good!" he exclaimed with a smile, going in for another bite but the children stopped him.
"Alright, onto the next test!" the leader announced, pulling at Shizuo's arms to get him moving with the rest of the children. Izaya pouted, he wanted to eat more of Shizuo's cooking.
He felt a warm hand on his shoulder, looking up he saw Mrs Yukimae smiling at him. "I'll put it in the fridge for later, ok? You go and make sure that those children don't go overboard with their tests."
"Ok, thanks." he nodded smiling, standing up and running after them.
Kazuki pointed towards Shizuo. "Alright Shizuo-nii-chan! Listen up! You have to help Izaya-nii-chan out when he leaves one day since he's going to be busy work, so do the laundry!"
"Huh?" Izaya's face contorted into one of confusion as he stared at the display. Ok, now there's no way that Shizuo would agree to do this!
"Right!" Shizuo nodded and set about working.
"What the hell is wrong with this?" Izaya sighed.
"Damn, he's persistent. But our final test should have him beat!" Kazuki smirked.
And hour and a half later with five louds of washing done and put out on the line to dry finished, it was time for the final test.
"Have a tea party with Aimi-chan!" Kazuki gestured to the youngest and smallest of the children. "All you have to do is play with Aimi-chan until she falls asleep or gets bored and walks away. Simple."
"You devils!" Izaya cursed. He knew that having a tea party with Aimi was the worst thing anyone could ever force into. He knew this from experience. It wasn't that she was a bad kid or anything. It's just that—
Shizuo sat down at a pink table with three other pink chairs, two of which were occupied by a stuffed bear and a stuffed rabbit, sitting opposite him was Aimi with a smile.
"Welcome to our tea party Shizuo-nii-chan. would you like some tea?" Aimi held up a pink tea pot and gestured to the pick tea cup in front of Shizuo.
"Um, yes please." Shizuo nodded. After filling up his cup with pretend tea, Aimi smiled and made idle chit-chat with the bear and rabbit. At first Shizuo didn't mind it, but then aimi started offering more tea and then snacks, which she refused to let him say no.
"But, they taste good!" she jumped up from her chair and walked over to Shizuo picking up a plate of biscuits one of the staff allowed her to use, and stuffed them into his mouth without warning.
—she can be really bossy when she's playing tea parties with people other than Izaya.
After three appalling hours of tea party, Aimi finally decided that she was tired and crawled into Shizuo's lap where she fell asleep instantly.
"Seems you passed!" Kazuki announced.
Thank god! Shizuo breathed a sigh of relief. The torture was finally over. He thought he'd die of embarrassment at playing pretend with a child, especially in front of Izaya.
"Alright, we'll hand over Izaya-nii-chan to you. Since no one has ever been able to withstand Aimi-chan's tea parties for as long as you can." He pointed a finger towards Shizuo.
"Ok kids, that's enough. It's time to clean up the mess you made in the toy room," Izaya stepped in, picking Aimi up from Shizuo's arms and holding her close. "And Shizu-chan has to get home."
"Ok!" they all sang and disappeared down the hallway.
Shizuo stood and began to follow Izaya out into the hallway then to the girl's bedroom. He watched Izaya lay Aimi down in her bed.
"What did Kazuki mean by 'no one else'? Have there been others who tried to get close to you?"
Of course you pick that up but you can't seem to pick up anything else that relates to love about me or yourself! Izaya cursed in his head.
"Sort of, other's that had wanted to get close to me before had to go through the children's test, most never made it past the cooking stage, and those lucky enough to make it past that stage never make it half an hour into Aimi-chan's stage." Izaya stepped out of the room and down the hallway towards the stairs, Shizuo following him. Kuro ran towards Shizuo instantly and he picked him up with a smile.
"Why would they do that?" Shizuo decided to ask when Izaya closed the behind him as they entered his bedroom.
"Well, let's just say I was quite the catch back in middle school. Of course, everything I did was for personal gain back then and all of the people that decided to follow me, I told the children about so they could perform those tests as a means of torture. But this time, I had no idea that they were doing it. Sorry if they went a little over board with a few things." Izaya sat down on his bed.
"Don't worry about it." Shizuo sat in the office chair Izaya had which was really comfortable; kuro resting in his lap falling asleep.
"And I was hoping for a quiet weekend where we could hang out together, just the two of us." Izaya whispered, laying down and starring at the ceiling.
"Is Izaya jealous?" Shizuo smirked.
Izaya sat up. "No!" he pouted. "I just wasn't expecting them to pull something like that and put you through all that!" why do you notice some things and not highly important things!
Cute, Shizuo chuckled. "I didn't mind it, if it meant that you'd forgive me, then I'd go through with it again if I had to."
Izaya blushed at the unexpected tenderness in the comment. "It's ok, I've already forgiven you."
Shizuo smiled. "Thank you." checking the time on his phone, Shizuo stood and gently placed Kuro on the chair. "I gotta get going. My mother is expecting me home early today."
"Oh, all walk you out." Izaya still wasn't used to Shizuo saying mother and father. Since they were both orphans, it feels a little weird to say those terms.
At the door, Shizuo turned towards Izaya after putting on his shoes. "Well, I'll see you at school then, I would come tomorrow, but something's happening with the family at the moment. Sorry."
Izaya shook his head with a smile. He was a little disappointed about that, but it couldn't be helped. "It's ok. We can still talk and text each other right?"
"Right," Shizuo nodded. But he noticed the sadden look in Izaya's eyes despite his smile was trying to cover. To be honest, he had a lot of fun today, even though the kids taking up most of the time. He got to see Izaya show emotions he wouldn't normally show, like emotions he used when they were still children and he was still so naive of the world around him.
Reaching out a hand, Shizuo brought Izaya's face closer to his, surprising izaya as Shizuo brought him in for a one armed hug. "Don't look so sad ok. I'll see you again. Ok?"
Izaya blushed, "ok," he whispered and Shizuo backed away.
"Anyway, see ya." He waved and left while Izaya clutched his chest, his heart beating a million miles an hour as he watched Shizuo's figure disappear down the street, and he couldn't help but smile for real this time.
Ok, for anyone who's wondering (and I probably should have included this in earlier chapter) anyway, the reason why Mrs Yukimae and Mr Kenshin have Mrs and Mr in front of their first names is because it's a cute childish way that the kids say their names, they are a couple and other people don't use the Mrs and Mr in front of their names. Izaya and Shizuo still put the Mrs and Mr in front of their names since they grew up saying it as kids. also, if I don't put in the lines to show a break or something along those lines, it means that I forget and I'm too lazy to go back and correct it.
If you've figured that out, that's fine, I just thought that I'd throw that in if you guys had any confusion over that subject.
Anyway, leave a review of what you think, that help me out a lot. And next chapter will show Mairu and Kururi meeting there big brother Iza-nii for the first time.
Until next chapter.