Izaya came running down the street. It was 12:08 and he was supposed to be at the station at 12. However, due to his two sisters who suddenly decided to pay him a visit the minute he was about to leave his house, he got a little late.
Izaya was wearing a grey long sleeved shirt with a little hoodie, along with a pair of black jeans. [Almost there, almost there!] To be honest, he wasn't even sure Shizuo would be there. And now that he was late, he got even more nervous. What would he do if the blonde decided not to show up? Or maybe he thought that Izaya was just kidding and messing around with him as usually since Izaya had yet to show up at the meeting place. [Please be there, Shizu-chan!].
His sisters had wanted to hang out with him today and Izaya had simply told them that he had other plans. Of course they had to throw a minor fit. Luckily a minor fit. If they got really into it, those two could keep going for hours. But fortunately for Izaya, he made it in 20 minutes.
[Almost!] Izaya turned around a corner, almost running into some lady, he ran backwards for a second; "Sorry!" he yelled and turned back around running further down the street. [Please be there!] He stopped, panting in front of the station, looking for Shizuo. [He's not here... Maybe he left? Or... Maybe he didn't come at all...] but if he went by train it could have run late. Or he could just have stayed home…
Izaya sat down on a bench anyway. Shizuo might show up if he waited long enough. [He must be by train and its run late!] He decided.
The train was a little late and Shizuo felt a bit annoyed about the decision he had made. [Jesus, I shouldn't be doing this..] A passerby in the train bumped into him, making him forget what he was thinking about and stared at the man. "S-sorry.." the man said as he passed by Shizuo. He sighed. [This is gonna be a long day..] The train was rather crowded with all sorts of people. Some seemed suspicious and others seemed normal and relaxed. Were they working on a Sunday or just paying their families a visit?
Shizuo hoped that he wouldn't meet anyone he knew when he was with Izaya. He didn't want anyone to start any rumours about him and Izaya.
The train stopped and he got out with the crowd. The station was filled with people and travellers. Shizuo headed for the exit to get out of the crowded station. The moment Shizuo stepped outside he regretted wearing that plain white t-shirt and loose black jeans. [Cold..] The sun was shining but that was just there to fool you. It was damn cold. It was autumn after all. [Where's that flea] he looked around. The place was so crowded and you were easily fooled by the people walking past you. They all looked the same!
Izaya took the time to just watch what other people did. There was this little girl who didn't want to go into the station and this guy who hugged a girl. Boring. Between the mass of people Izaya spotted a high blonde guy walking by. "Shizu-chan!" he yelled as he rose from the bench and waved a hand up high in the air for Shizuo to notice him.
Shizuo stuck both his hands in his pockets. "Tch.." [So many people..] He looked around and noticed a black-haired guy waving at him. Izaya. He sighed lightly and headed towards Izaya.
Izaya waited patiently for Shizuo. "Hey, y-you came."
Shizuo opened his mouth but shut it again. He replaced the lack of words with a smile.
[Eh? He's smiling?] The smile made Izaya happy and he couldn't help but smile back at him with a shade of pink forming on his cheeks. "Shall we?" Izaya had chosen to try not to mock Shizuo too much and act friendly like he did yesterday. He wouldn't like to have an irritated, angry brute destroying his house anyway.
"You can just start walking.. I'll stay back a meters or two" Shizuo nodded.
"Eh?"
"You heard me.."
[Ouch...] A little disappointed, and hurt, Izaya didn't say anything and walked past Shizuo, heading home.
Shizuo smiled as Izaya walked past him.
Izaya's house wasn't that far from the station.
Now that Izaya thought about it, he hadn't given any thought to what he would say to Shizuo if he asked why he lived alone. It was weird after all and he didn't want to seem stranger than Shizuo already thought he was.
Shizuo kept an eye on Izaya. Scanning every inch of his back and legs and neck. Pale white skin was shown at his neck though the hoodie covered up most of his neck. [I wonder if.. his skin is soft or rough?] Shizuo found himself thinking as he stared at Izaya's neck for too long.
Suddenly Izaya stopped in front of a small apartment and approached the door, searching for a key in his pocket.
Shizuo stopped too. "Eh, it's here?" he looked up at the building.
"Yes, this is it" he smiled as he found his key and pressed a code on a small machine that opened the door and went inside with Shizuo following as a bib sound was heard. They walked up some stairs and passed the two doors on the floor. Walked up some more stairs and then Izaya stopped by a door. He brought the key to the keyhole and unlocked the door. Taking the key out, the door was opened revealing a small hall and you could see some of the back of the couch too. "This is it" he moved a little for Shizuo to walk in first.
"Aha.." Shizuo glared at the entrance and then walked in. He put his shoes in the entrance and stepped inside and looked around.
Izaya did the same and put his key on a little table beside the coat rack and followed Shizuo. "T-this is where I live."
Shizuo tiptoed around in the apartment, looking inside every room there was. "Eh, this is kinda huge" he was now in the living room.
"You think so? Well, I guess it's not small" It was a nice sized house and his sisters did sleep over once in a while. Sometimes they even stayed for a weekend. He must admit it was nice to have them over once in a while but really... They could be a pain in the ass. He sighed softly when he remembered how they showed up this morning, throwing a minor fit right as he was about to leave.
"Yeah... So I noticed that you only have one bedroom" he paused and looked at Izaya. "Do you live alone?" he frowned.
"Well... Yeah" he smiled wryly.
"Hm? That's... unusual"
"I guess so... I don't really mind."
"Why do you live alone?"
[Just tell him the truth...] "I feel better living alone" he shrugged. [Liar]
"Ah, I get ya.." he chuckled. "Sometimes.. I wanna live alone too"
"Trust me, you don't want that" he whispered.
Shizuo didn't hear or notice Izaya say anything. "So.. Were you, well kicked out or?" he looked at Izaya.
[Ouch...] "Wow, Shizu-chan, thanks, that's not rude at all" he said sarcastic with a nervous smirk on his face.
"What? I'm just asking" he shrugged. "It would be understandable if your parents kicked you out though" he chuckled.
"Ahaha, I figured you'd say something like that." [Just tell him... It won't matter even if he knows.] "I moved out by myself, because I wanted to" [Idiot...]
"So.. You hate your parents?" he frowned. Not quite sure if he understood what Izaya was saying.
"I don't hate them." Izaya said walking towards the couch and sitting on the armrest with his feet resting on the cushion, still facing Shizuo.
"Then what?"
"Are you that curious, Shizu-chan?" He mocked [Well.. I do admit it was me who was trying to get all personal...]
"What? Geez.. Sorry for asking" he sighed. [I guess I am a bit curious]
He chuckled a bit at the frustrated reply. "It's alright. I don't hate them." [Come on!] "Let's just say that... She doesn't quite like me.." he said facing the other way. [You did it]
"She?" he frowned. "What do you mean by that?"
"What do you think, Shizu-chan? My mother of course, ne?"
"Your mom only? What about your dad? What happened to him?"
"I already told you..." he paused, gaining confidence. "He already passed away."
"Well.. Guess I wasn't listening at that time" Shizuo tried to remember if Izaya had told him about his dad.
"Impossible. You were all over me trying to make me tell you what was wrong..." his gaze turned back to Shizuo.
"Eh.. Oh, at that time" he said as he sat down on the couch. Back against the armrest and almost lying down he looked at Izaya. "Well. How did he die?"
"He..." he paused. It really hurt to think about and to say it was even harder.
"He what?"
"He... Umm..." Izaya started playing with the hem of his shirt. "We... Got into a car accident."
"Okay.." Shizuo kept quiet for a while. He really wasn't the type of person who could sit down and talk to people about their problems.
After a long silent moment Izaya began to speak again. "It's a little over a year since it happened... He didn't survive the night at the hospital... but I did..."
"I guess you're lucky.." he forced a weak smile on his lips. [What am I supposed to say? In the first place I don't really care about his feelings...]
[Is he trying to comfort me?] He smiled a little at Shizuo. "Not really" he heard himself say. "A..Haha... N-never mind! Let's talk about something a bit more cheerful, ne?" he tried to smile.
Shizuo shrugged. "Guess so.." It was getting a bit awkward sitting there and 'talking' with each other.
"Anything you'd like to tell me about you?"
"Like what?"
"Like.. Have you ever tried loosing someone dear to you?" he asked. [Wow, that's really cheerful, idiot.]
"What? I lost my pet cat a few years ago.. Does that count?" Shizuo frowned.
"Eh? It's not really the same but I guess it does count" he laughed a little and crawled over to sit beside Shizuo's torso only barely fitting there on the edge of the couch.
"You sure you wanna sit there?" he looked at Izaya. "I can push you off the couch easily if I want to" he pointed at the floor.
"You wouldn't do that. That'd be mean, ne?" he smiled at him. [Just forget about dad... And mom.. It doesn't matter...]
"Who knows" Shizuo shrugged.
"Don't do it, Shizu-chan" he placed a hand on Shizuo's head and patted it.
[Oi, what're you doing..] Shizuo frowned at Izaya's actions.
"Don't look at me like that..."
He gently pushed Izaya off the couch. "Whoops" was all he said.
"Ah!" he yelled as he hit the floor. "Ow..." He sat on the floor and rubbed his behind.
"I told ya.." he placed both his hands behind his head.
"How cruel" he said as he sat on his knees with his elbows placed on the couch and rested his head in his hands.
"Yup" Shizuo smiled.
"Right... So, would you like some tea?"
"Tea? Eww... No thanks" Shizuo wrinkled his nose.
"Hm? You don't like tea?" he asked a little surprised. Though he really shouldn't be surprised when it came to Shizuo anymore. He never did as Izaya expected him too anyway and it would probably be the same with everything else, like for example the blonde's taste.
Shizuo shook his head as an answer. "Coke?"
"Coke?" Well, he did have a few left from Mairu and Kururi's last visit. "Yeah, I think I have some." Coke wasn't really his thing. He didn't like such sweet things after all. Though once in awhile he did enjoy some sweets. Izaya rose from the floor and went to the kitchen, searching for a coke in the fridge. "Ah, there you are!"
Shizuo thought about what he and Izaya could spend time on doing. [Watch a movie, maybe?] He thought it over. "A horror movie.." he whispered to himself. [Wonder if he hates horror movies]
Izaya came back into the room with a coke can in his hand. "I had a few" he stood in front of Shizuo and held the coke out towards Shizuo. "Here"
"Heh, thanks" Shizuo took the can and opened it. "So.. Do you like horror movies?" he drew circles on the top of the can as he waited for a reply.
"H-horror movies?" he stuttered a bit. [Wha-, I hate them! They're... Too scary!] "S-sure, why?" he smirked a bit.
"You wanna watch a horror movie?" he smiled as he took a sip of his coke.
"Eh? Why a horror?"
"I think there's one on TV this afternoon" he looked up at Izaya. "We could watch that?"
[Watch a horror movie?] He remembered last time his sisters had convinced him to watch a horror movie with them. He was so scared he hadn't slept properly for about a week. At least his sisters stayed the whole weekend because they had vacation, so it hadn't been all bad. "You really wanna watch a horror? Isn't there something better?" he tried.
"Eh? You are scared of watching one then?" he grinned.
[Yes!] "Ahaha, of course not, Shizu-chan! We can watch it if you want to" [Idiot]
Signe: Uhhh… I wonder what might happen :O
Izaya: Not. Funny.
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Shizuo: *sigh* scaredy-cat? ;)
Izaya: Shush blondie…
Shizuo: *Chases after Izaya*
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