Durarara!
Cockamamie
Chapter Twelve: The Dollars
It was a really bad idea… pushing Izaya in the pond that is. Rei woke up at noon the next day and haven't stopped sneezing since. Surprisingly enough Izaya was perfectly fine, as he had to wait to take a shower after her. Izaya had confined her in her bedroom with a bottle of cough syrup because 'he didn't like sick people'; Rei rolled her eyes at that thought. Yeah right, he probably just had to meet clients and wanted her out of the way.
At least Izaya wasn't as cruel as to leaving her with nothing, he had handed her one of his many laptops and briefly explained the organization called Dollars. Apparently all they do is chat online, which didn't seem too bad actually. Rei had spent her afternoon playing solitaire and going through forums on the Dollars website.
Rei's eyes darted through all the topics until she saw one that caught her interest: a forum on her.
[Has anyone heard of Nakata Rei? She lives in Ikebukuro, she has blonde hair and hazel eyes. She stopped going to school recently and the police have been looking for her.]
The replies all varied, some were genuinely concerned about the missing girl, while others weren't so nice. Looking through the replies, quite a few of them must have known Rei personally to have the knowledge of her being 'scary', 'crazy', or 'a bitch'.
Through the name Ren, she wrote a reply:
[I used to go to school with her, and she was such a bitch. I'm kind of glad she's gone.]
In no time there was a reply.
[How can you say that? She was your classmate right? She could be in danger!]
Rei rolled her eyes and typed back.
[Please, you didn't know her, and trust me you wouldn't want to.]
Rei minimized the screen and went back to playing solitaire. After winning another game, Rei went back to the forum and was surprised by all the replies.
[Nakata Rei is so scary. I saw her on the street once. She almost choked a street performer to death!]
[She never showed up to school anyway, why should it make a difference now?]
Rei chuckled at all the comments. She was about to close the window when the original poster of the forum made a reply.
[Please, if you're not going to help then just don't reply. My sister's been missing for the last few days and I'm really worried.]
Rei felt the colour drain from her face. It was Souichi that posted that? She didn't even know her brother was in the Dollars, but Izaya must have known. It took every bit of her willpower to stop herself from running out there demanding if he's responsible. Hastily, Rei wrote a reply:
[You should give up. What makes you think she wants to be found?]
[Look I don't care if you were one of Rei's classmates, but you have some nerve to tell me to stop looking for my sister.]
Somewhere deep down she felt slightly bad for worrying him so much, but she'd rather have him worry then go back. Without another thought, Rei clicked the window close and shut the laptop lid. It's already sunset, Izaya had to be done with his clients by now. Rei opened her door slightly and listened in.
"Well I'll be taking this then," she heard Izaya said.
"Do what you like with it," a woman replied passively. "I'm leaving now."
Rei tiptoed out and looked over the balcony just in time to see a dark haired young woman walk out. Rei recognized her from last night, she was the one speaking with Mikado before the phones started going. The woman looked up as well, the two stared at each other briefly as she walked out.
While the two were looking at each other, Izaya stuffed the head in a drawer with haste. Once Namie left, Rei looked back down at him.
"Who was that?" she asked.
"No one important," he replied with a smirk. "Get back in your room, I don't want to get sick."
"But I have some things I want to ask you!" Rei called across the room. "It's about Souichi!"
"Lower your voice, Rei-chan," Izaya chuckled. "I have something I have to do real quick, we'll talk over dinner."
"Who's cooking?" Rei asked.
"Can you?" he asked.
"No," Rei shook her head.
"Then we're ordering," Izaya picked up his phone. "Ramen? Sushi?"
"Ramen," she replied.
Izaya watched Rei go back in her room and dialed the hotline of the closet ramen store. He pushed the speaker button and waited. Izaya hummed along to the tone as he picked up the head from the drawer. He walked over to the jar and placed the head back in carefully.
"Mushi, mushi?" the line finally went through.
"Hello it's me," Izaya spoke as he held the jar in front of his face.
"Ah Orihara-san, the usual?" the voice asked.
"Yes, the usual, but make it two this time," Izaya said as he walked over to the bookshelf.
"Alright then, we won't be long."
"Thank you."
The line cut as Izaya placed the jar behind the books. Then he walked back over to his desk and pulled out a white surgical mask from a drawer.
"Rei-chan!" Izaya called. "The food is almost here!"
As soon as Rei entered the room, Izaya tossed the mask over at her. Rei just managed to catch it before it landed on the ground. She examined it in her hands and looked back up at him.
"What's this for?" she asked.
"You're sick," he said. "Don't come any closer until you put that on."
"Whatever," Rei rolled her eyes throwing the mask over her shoulder.
Izaya eyed her and rolled back on his chair slightly. Rei stared at him with a smug grin and feigned a cough. He winced and rolled back a bit more. She stood up and inched over step by step, with every step she took Izaya rolled back more.
Thankfully before Rei could get any closer, the doorbell rang.
"Could you please go get the food while I get my money, Rei-chan?" he asked, sounding almost too pleased.
"Yeah, sure," Rei glared at the door.
She slammed the door open and grabbed the two bags from the stunned delivery boy's hand. Izaya waited until she was out of the way before walking over to pay him. He sent the boy on his way and shut the door behind him.
Rei was busy fumbling through the bags in dining room. Each polystyrene container was opened set up with the disposable cutlery. She glanced back down at the two steaming bowls when an interesting idea came into mind. Rei sniveled slightly as she tried to get herself to sneeze.
"Don't you dare," Izaya said.
Rei looked up and saw Izaya standing by the door, still a good few meters away from her. She pouted with a cross of her arms and sat down in front of her bowl.
"Come on, the food's going to get cold," Rei looked over at him.
Izaya took a reluctant step forward. Rei groaned and pushed his bowl across the table right in front of him. He sat down thankfully and snapped his wooden chopsticks down the middle.
The two ate quietly for most of the time they were at the table, but Rei finished her food rather quickly having skipped both breakfast and lunch. Across the table, Izaya was just finishing up as sipped his soup.
"Hey Izaya?"
"Hm?" he looked up from his bowl.
"Do you think I should go home?" she looked up at him.
"No," Izaya looked at her strangely. "Why? Do you?"
"Well, no… not particularly," Rei shrugged. "But I was on the Dollars site, right?"
"Okay," he nodded.
"I found a forum on me… made by Souichi," Rei explained.
"…"
"You knew didn't you," Rei sighed. Izaya didn't reply. "Of coarse you knew. Were you the one that invited him to join?"
"Yes," Izaya crossed his arms.
"Why wasn't he there yesterday though?" she asked.
"I guess he had better things to do," Izaya smirked. "… Like looking for his little sister. You know I was actually hoping he'd show up."
"Stop trying to make me feel bad Izaya," she frowned distastefully. "That's below you."
"You're right," Izaya chuckled. "I'm sorry, Rei-chan. I should have guessed you wouldn't be bothered over a little taunting."
"Just how much do you know about me?" she asked resting her elbows on the table.
"… Well, let's see…" he recalled, thinking back to the information he gathered on Nakata Rei. "I have copies of all your medical records, therapy manuscripts, school records and all your official documents and records. I know that you're allergic to nuts, broke your leg twice, and had on-off therapy sessions for the last three years, dropped out of school twice but always went back a couple of weeks later, and you've recently been arrested."
"… And how did you find out all that?" she asked.
"Trust me," Izaya hid his smirk. "I have my ways."
"Don't act so smug," she rolled her eyes. "You haven't said anything about my parents yet."
"… Your parents?" he repeated.
"My mum more specifically," she tilted her head sideways.
"Your mother?" he almost frowned, he had no information on her apart from the fact that she's dead.
"Yes," she nodded. "What do you know about her?"
"She passed away in a car accident when you were four, and your brother was twelve," he replied immediately.
"I don't remember my mum that well," she admitted. "I was hoping you'd know something about her."
"I'm afraid not, Rei-chan," Izaya shook his head. "But perhaps I can look into it for you."
"I would like that," Rei nodded appreciatively.
"I don't usually give out information for free, Rei-chan," he said. "But for you, I'll make an exception."
"Why?" she asked with a smirk.
"Because this is also something I'm interested in personally."
Dunduunduuunn! A filler type chapter. I promise it'll get good the next one. And I don't know what's going on with Rei's mum, if anyone has any interesting ideas about her please send me a review or PM, cuz I'm literally making it up as I go along.
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