Man, sorry I've been so behind in getting back to your guys' reviews. D: I've been so scatterbrained because school started this week. But I will be able to reply to all the reviews this weekend so hopefully you'll see something from me soon enough. XD In the meantime, enjoy the update!

This chapter was betaed by Sunny so a shout out to her for being a wonderful beta~

This is a deanon from the kink meme. Prompt is in previous chapters if you want to see.

Disclaimer: I do not own Durarara or any of its characters.

"Whew," Izaya sighed in relief as he finally got the chance to sit down and rest his feet. Why were amusement parks so damn big and crowded?

"You okay, Izaya-kun?" Shizuo asked as he looked at his companion with a worried expression. Izaya gave him a small smile of assurance.

"I'm fine; I just need a quick break."

"Oh okay," Shizuo murmured, sitting next to Izaya and looking around curiously. He then spotted an ice cream stand and stood up, pulling out a coin purse out of his backpack. "I'll be back, Izaya-kun."

"Hm…alright then." Izaya curiously watched as Shizuo ran off to the ice cream stand and talked to the vendor. A disappointed expression then entered the brunette's eyes before he seemed to accept something. Then Shizuo handed some change to the vendor and took a vanilla ice cream cone in return.

"Here, Izaya-kun," Shizuo held out the ice cream cone to the raven as he came back to their spot. "I didn't have enough to get two, so you can have it."

Izaya blinked in surprise, trying to recall the last time someone had ever bought anything for him. He was so used to providing for himself, given his well-paid job. And he never really received presents, considering he didn't have many friends, so he was touched by Shizuo's action. "Thanks, Shizu-chan," he said, taking the cone into his hand. "Hey, I know! Why don't we share?"

"Share?" Izaya held back a laugh of amusement at how red Shizuo's face turned upon hearing the idea. "Uh—I—Um—I dunno…"

"Come on, Shizu-chan~" Izaya teased playfully as his smile curled up like a mischievous cat. "It's just ice cream."

Shizuo looked at the ice cream cone in Izaya's offering hand hesitantly and his ears were completely red with embarrassment. But he did take a small bite out of the ice cream, and Izaya smiled wider when he did. Though still embarrassed, Shizuo was relieved to see the happy look on Izaya's face.

"Aww, how cute," a girl's voice reached Shizuo's ear. He turned, seeing some girls sitting at a table as they giggled and looked at him and Izaya. "They're such a cute pair of brothers, aren't they?"

Something about her words struck something in Shizuo. It just felt wrong—so totally wrong. They weren't brothers! They didn't even look alike! Sure, he liked Izaya-kun, but as a brother?

Shizuo didn't notice that his hands had clenched into fists and his body started to tremble with silent frustration.

"Shizu-chan? You okay?" Shizuo looked up at a concerned Izaya, shocked that he had almost lost his temper again. Shizuo glanced back at the girl. Why had her words affected him so?

Izaya followed his line of sight, seeming to piece it together. "Are you bothered by the fact that she called us brothers?"

"Huh?" Shizuo looked up, wide-eyed with fright over the fact that Izaya had known exactly what he was thinking. Shizuo then looked embarrassed and stared down at his feet.

"It doesn't matter what other people think, you know?" Izaya reassured him.

"I-I know," Shizuo muttered as he gripped the fabric of his shorts. "It's just that…well…you're so much bigger and older than me and all… Isn't that weird?"

Izaya couldn't help himself when he burst out laughing, making Shizuo blush more furiously. "What's so funny?"

"You are, Shizu-chan," Izaya said when his laughs subsided, ruffling the young boy's hair. "Don't worry about stuff like that, Shizu-chan." Izaya smiled softly as he thought about the future. "You're going to grow into a fine man eventually."

Shizuo looked at ease, smiling back at Izaya and seeming more cheered up. And Izaya wondered how he had never noticed these things about Shizuo before—all these little facets of his character that Izaya was only seeing now. How was it that he missed all of this in the future Shizuo?

'Because you never took the time to actually to get to know him before,' a voice spoke in his head.

And Izaya guessed that the voice was right. He never really did bother getting to know Shizuo. He had just hated him. Izaya hated Shizuo because Shizuo got angry at him and declared he hated Izaya first. Who wouldn't hate a guy like that? But now…

Izaya looked at the content kid sitting beside him with a sly smile stretching out in his face. "Shizu-chan's so cute."

Shizuo turned, ready to chastise Izaya on calling him cute again but the words never left his mouth. The brunette kid froze with shock as Izaya leaned downward and placed a quick kiss on Shizuo's cheek.

'Ah, he really is cute~' Izaya thought with a smirk as Shizuo's entire face turned red and his mouth sputtered incoherent words.

In the back of his mind, Izaya wished that this day would never end.

"Step right up!" a man bellowed as he motioned to the targets behind him. "If you get a bull's eye, you get a prize!"

Shizuo looked at the game booth with interest, his coffee eyes stuck on the particular prize. It was a stuffed black cat with red beads for eyes with a white thread mouth upturned in a Cheshire-like smile. 'It's so much like Izaya-kun,' Shizuo thought as he stared at the prize. He looked at the game and frowned. It was one of those knife throwing games—which he was never really good at. His aim wasn't really that good unless he was throwing a heavier object. However, he really wanted that cat!

Izaya stopped when he noticed Shizuo wasn't following him anymore. He looked back and saw the brunette stare at a stuffed black cat doll with a frown. Did he want the cat? Izaya studied the booth, noting it was a knife throwing game; his specialty. Without even thinking further, Izaya walked up to the booth and asked, "How much for one game?"

"250 yen," the guy answered. Izaya handed over the amount and took a knife from the vendor, flicking his wrist in the next second and watching as it slammed straight into the bull's eye. The vendor looked shocked, seemingly not having expected Izaya to do it in one shot. Shizuo looked at Izaya with amazed eyes as some onlookers, who had stopped to look, applauded with awe.

"I'll take the cat," Izaya said as he pointed to the prize. It took a second for the vendor to respond before he handed the doll over. Izaya nodded his thanks before walking over to Shizuo, holding the cat out to the child. "Here, you wanted this, didn't you?"

Shizuo looked at the cat dumbfounded for a moment before a shade of red colored his face again. He looked shyly down at his shoes again as he spoke in a quiet voice, "I wanted to win it for you…"

Izaya blinked in surprise again, opened his mouth to speak but then closed it as he realized he didn't know what to say. That warm feeling filled Izaya's chest again as he tried to fight back the blush that wanted to color his cheeks. Shizuo had really been sweet as a kid, wasn't he? "I see. Thanks, Shizu-chan." Izaya smiled as he looked at the cat. "I'll make sure to treasure it."

Shizuo smiled back at him. "It looks like you, doesn't it?"

"Eh, does it? How so?" Izaya laughed as Shizuo began to point out the similarities between him and the stuffed cat.

Worry prickled in the back of Izaya's mind though as he looked up at the sky, the sun slowly lowering.

The day was ending. And time was running out.

Two more chapters left! :) Still debating about adding the little extra, but I'll definitely let you guys know soon if I do plan on adding it.

Also, sorry I haven't updated 'A Little Thing Called Love' yet. T_T I'm still writing up the next chapter. I'm really hoping to finish it this weekend, but there's this particular scene that's been giving me trouble. :/ But I'll try to finish it soon for those of you who are anticipating it.

Thanks for reading and reviewing as always everyone. :D

-Xaleria