I came upon their apartment after a five minute or so run.

'Hopefully, Celty won't give me a two hour lecture. I'm a grown woman and I can make my own decisions.'

After entering the building and elevator, I waited until I got to the floor they were on.

'Nah, if she says something relatable to Shinra, I'll mention it and he can take the lecture for me. Hahaha!..Does that make me a horrible person?'

Once the doors opened, I walked to their door and pressed the door bell, waiting for one of the two to come answer the door.

The door opened, revealing Celty with her cat helmet on. Once she saw me, she crossed her arms and tapped her left foot on the floor.

"I'm sorry, okay?"

I could tell she sighed and opened her arms, wanting a hug, so I gave her one.

"It's okay, Celty. I'm fine," I said, rubbing her back since she was shaking.

"Who's at the door, Celty?!" She shouted from inside.

She pulled away and gestured me in and I walked in. She closed the door, then walked beside me.

She pulled out her PDA, ["Don't panic when we turn the corner."]

"Why is that?" I asked her.

"Oh, my. What a coincidence to be meeting you here...Sonali-chan~," a familiar info broker's voice said.

Turning my head away from Celty's PDA, I saw Shinra treating Izaya, who had earned some cuts and scratches. He must've been in a fight.

I stared at him for a while before turning around and trying to exit the apartment, but Celty grabbed my hand, prevailing me from doing so.

"Let me go. I don't want to be near him right now," I said, struggling.

She turned me back around, ["He got injured due to running in some people after trying to find you. He told us what he saw and I figured Shinra could help. Please, stay. I haven't seen you in so long."]

I sighed, "...Okay."

"So, Sonali..Izaya told us you had cat ears. Can I cut them off and experiment on them?" Shinra said and asked.

I frowned at his request and sat down on a couch, Celty sat across from me.

"No, you may not," I said, taking off my cap, revealing my cat ears.

Celty showed me her PDA, ["How did it happen?"]

I looked down at my hands as my cat ears twitched, "...Remember that head I told you about, Celty?"

She nodded, ["Is that why you said you had a reason to keep it?"]

"Yeah. I kinda, um...experimented on myself and it didn't go as I expected it. For a whole month, I was unconscious and trapped underground."

She typed quickly, ["WHAT?! YOU COULD'VE DIED!"]

I stared at her PDA...then began to laugh, "Hahahahahahaha!! Celty, th-that's funny! Oh, the irony! Hahahaha, you..you know I can't die."

"Say what now?" Shinra asked, eyes gleaming with madness.

"It's nothing, really. Like Shizuo told me today, 'I don't know where you've been, but since you're in one piece, I don't care'."

Celty sighed, ["He should. You're friends, after all."]

"Unnake kaaryon ne anyatha kaha," I spoke in Hindi.

("His actions said otherwise,")

"What?" Shinra questioned.

"Kya?"

("What?")

Celty understood what I said since she's been to India before due to searching for her head.

She nodded and I did the same, which meant 'Tell me the details later!' and 'Okay'.

I stood up and stretched, "I must be going. I have to go see Aomi-kun. Poor guy, he'll be crying all over me."

I noticed Shinra nodded to Celty as he finished Izaya's bandages and she flinched, but nodded in return, then turned to me.

["There's something you need to know before you go see him,"] she said with slight shaking hands.

I smiled, "What is it?"

She typed slowly, ["It's not my place to tell you this, so...you should ask him about what's going on...and I'm not talking about school."]

My smile faded, "I'll be sure to remember and mention that to him."

"Can I come with?" Izaya questioned.

I frowned at him, "If he saw me with you, he'll lose all sanity."

He stood up and grabbed my right hand with his left, "Don't worry~, I'll be watching from far away."

Izaya pulled me to the door, "That's just called stalking..." I said with a sweat drop on the back of my head.

-3rd Person P.O.V-

"...Potential couple. Poor Sonali," Shinra commented said, grabbed his mug of tea from the coffee table.

["I hope that will never be. Sonali doesn't need all that...drama in her life. She has enough as is."]

Shinra put the mug down, "Speaking of drama...what's with her saying 'you know I can't die'?"

["That's a conversation for another time,"] she said, got up, and sat by him, cuddling up to him.

"Ouu! Celty wants to cuddle!" He said with red cheeks and embraced her.

She chuckled, ["Shut up."]

(I SO ship them.)

~Small Time Skip~ -Sonali's P.O.V-

As I made my way down the streets of Ikebukuro, I walked with Izaya by my side.

Long before anyone we exited the apartment building, I put my cap back on and pulled my hand away from his.

'Why did he decide to come with me anyway? Eh, who cares as long as he doesn't start trouble. As for Masaomi, I wonder what's going on with him. I hope it's nothing too serious. He isn't the type to start trouble, but instead, finish it.'

Izaya turned to me, "Sonali-chan, why so quiet?"

"It's nothing, I'm just thinking.." I said in a slight daze.

"Hmmm?"

'Though I may be wrong, Masaomi has changed a lot over the years. I know he's not one to go straight home before hanging out with Mikado and Anri. If that's the case, I should watch him from a distance, then make an appearance.'

I turned to Izaya, "I change my mind about meeting him. Let's just go to a cafe for now."

"Oh? Why the sudden--hey!" I cut him off as I grabbed his left hand with my right and walked in the direction to the restaurant.

~Tiny Time Skip~

We sat in a cafe as I looked on the Dollars page on my phone, gathering info on what people were saying about the Yellow Scarves.

How ironic. Instead of looking for information on the Yellow Scarves, I could ask the guy in front of me.

"Why do you look so focused?"

Finishing up my task, I put it in my bag, "It's nothing...just looking at what people are saying about the Yellow Scarves."

He smirked, "You could've asked me."

"Ahahahaha--no. I don't know what I would have to do in exchange for your information."

He chuckled, "I wouldn't make you do anything weird, Sonali-chan~."

"Bull sh-"

"Ma'am, would you like to order yet?" A girl in a waitress outfit asked.

I replaced my grimace with a nice smile, "Double chocolate muffin and mocha latte, please~."

She wrote in on her notebook, "And what would you like, sir?"

"Just water."

She left as soon as she finished jotting down what he asked for.

"Sonali, I have a question."

I sighed, "What?"

"Which are you...sadist or masochist?"

I blinked a few times, "...Why do you want me to choose?"

He pouted, "Just choose. If it came to me-"

"Sadist."

*Silence*

He lifted an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

I nodded, "Definitely."

"Why would you want to inflict pain on me?" He asked me with a pout on his face.

I gave him a 'really' look, "...I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you over your stupidity because I'm also a realist." He chuckled at my response.

"Here's your order," the girl said and set a tray on the table, then left again.

"About that sister of yours..." Izaya began and I glared at him while taking bites of my muffin.

"What about Rupali..."

"She said she's a model in India, right? Her name's supposed to be Rupali Tommii...yet her model name is Mitali Tomori."

I frowned, "I swear, if you even attempt to hurt her or her career-"

"Don't worry. I will do no such thing. She seems too nice and innocent for trauma," he said, putting his hands up in defense.

'I'll keep more intact with her for a couple weeks to make sure she's okay and safe.'

Though Rupali's cheerful, she wasn't always like that when we were young. Constantly staying in the hospital and praying for her illness to get better, it did...

When I died the first time.

-Flashback-

I layed in my bed, tossing and turning, trying to go to sleep, but I couldn't...

The images of my parents dying in front of my eyes kept replaying in my head along with the boy I met.

I opened my eyes halfway, 'That boy. He said the leader of a gang called the 'Blue Squares' told those men to kill my parents. Getting revenge won't bring them back...but it will make me feel better.'

What could one say? I was hurting, I was miserable, I was in pain.

My thoughts shifted to Rupali, who was still in the hospital due to lung cancer. It prevented her from doing her real career...being a singer.

She would've be upset if I told her, but it would make her even more upset if I didn't tell her. I was torn on that.

Hearing a door open, I sat up in my bed and quietly got out of it to see who was in the intruder.

I knew it wasn't my parents because they were dead.

I knew it wasn't my twin sister because she's in the hospital.

I knew it wasn't my neighbors because no one's heard of the incident yet.

Before I left my room, I grabbed a knife I hid under my matress and went to quietly open my bedroom door.

While walking down the open hallway, the moonlight made it clear to see. There was a open round roof in the middle of our three floor and spacy home-..no, it was a house now.

I stood still, listening for another 'chak' of a door. I swiftly turned and blocked a bat that was aiming at my head with the knife.

"Tum kaun ho?!"

("Who are you?!")

"Sorry, kid! I don't speak Hindi!" The intruder yelled.

Swiping my feet from under with his left foot, I fell down, but made sure I didn't drop the knife.

I slashed at his ankles and fell, too. I got back up on my feet and held the knife up to his chin.

My eyes shined in the light, "State your name and your business, intruder."

The intruder had dirty blond hair and dark green eyes. I noticed that he wore a blue headband and a blue square tattoo was on his left cheek.

He cowered in fear of me slashing his throat, "I-I'm sorry! I was just told to come kill a girl by my boss!"

"Who is your boss and why did he send scum to kill me, instead of doing it himself," I demanded.

"His name is..."

A harsh pain could be felt in the left side of my head as I stumbled backwards, trying to gain my balance.

Then, I fell over the rails from the third floor.

Time went slow as all of my surroundings turned gray.

'Is...is this the end of my story? I won't ever see Rupali's smile...or tell her the bad news. God...if my death will at least cure her...then I will gladly give up my life...'

*SPLAT*

~Tiny Time Skip~

'...Wh..what's that noise?...Crying..?'

My vision was blurry, but I managed to open my eyes to a familiar face.

It was Rupali. She was crying over, cupping her face with her hands.

I was a bit shocked to see her and confused on if I were dead or not...

"Sonali! S-Sonali! Dee-mee nahin chhodo! *Sisakana*...Main-main akele rahoonga! Em-maan, Deed-daid! Va-app kahaan hain?!"

("Sonali! S-Sonali! D-don't leave m-me! *Sobs*...I-I'll be alone! M-mom, D-dad! Wh-where are y-you?!"

"...R...Ru..pali...sent-stop...rona..." I said with a weak voice.

("...R...Ru..pali...st-stop...crying...")

She immediately stopped and removed her hands from her face, "So..Sonali?...Sonali!" She exclaimed happily and gently hugged me.

With weak arms, I hugged her with a small smile. I felt warm liquid underneath me and looked down to see blood.

'...I didn't die?...H-how? From a fall that high..it's possible to die. I-I'll worry about it later, I have to see to Rupali for now...'

"Rupali, va-kya...kya app hain...yahaar kar rahe hain. Kaise...ka-kyon?"

("Rupali, wh-what...are y-you...doing here? How...wh-why?")

"Main-main bahar nikal gaya aspataal se baahar nikal raha tha...tum, man aur pitaajee ko dekhane aao...bee-lekin mainne vahee dekha-yah. Ka-kya hua? Ka-kahaan maan aur pitaajee?"

("I-I snuck out. I snuck out of the hospital...to come see you, mom, and dad...b-but I saw th-this. Wh-what happened? Wh-where a-re mom and dad?")

My face contorted to sorrow, "Ham...kal raat kood gae the. Ve mare gae..em-mee kee raksha karane ka prayaas kooe mujhe aaj raat ko maarane kee koshish kar raha tha, bee-lekin main jinda hoon."

(We...we were jumped. They died trying to protect m-me. Someone was trying to kill me tonight, b-but I'm alive.")

What I told her made that hopeful and relieved smile fade away and turn back into a painful, torn expression again

Rupali cried in my arms as I sat up, running my hands through her medium long hair soothingly.

'She snuck out the hospital, wanting to return to a happy and surprised family to see her in their doorway, but returned to see one halfway dead and hear her parents are dead. She must've had the strength to come here. Though I fell from the third floor, I'm not dead. Why? Is it because of EL-Infinity? Must be. Does this mean...I can't die?'

As I processed these thoughts, stillholding a crying and grieving Rupali, I saw the blood around me slide its way back into my broken bones and scars.

A ripping sound could be heard due to my bones reforming to their original places if you blocked out Rupali's wails.

It didn't even hurt as it did this. It just felt warm and kinda ticklish, but now wasn't the time for laughing.

That morning, Rupali and I went back to the hospital only to find out her cancer was cured.

I did die and disappeared the day after this from Rupali's life until Aurora Oriana collapsed the second time...

Where she found me 'dead' once again.

-Flashback Ends-

"Sonali-chan?"

I came out of the memory, "Huh? Oh, sorry...I was just thinking."

He sighed, "You say that, yet you tend to zone out sometimes. I worry about you. You can tell others what's bothering you."

Were my eyes deceiving me...or did he just say he worries about me?

Izaya Orihara? Worry about a inhuman unbeknownst to him?

Let me rephrase that...

Izaya Orihara? Worries about someone in general?

I stared at him in shock, "...The world must be coming to an end."

He tilted his head a bit, "What?..And no one told me?"

"You just said...you worry about me..."

Izaya placed his right hand over my left one, resting on the table, "Of course," he said.

'What is he trying to play at here? I know he isn't the least bit worried about me. He's saying that, so he can get a reaction out of me. If I did that, I'd be playing his little game.'

I sighed, "Yeah, right," I responded and moved my hand from under his, then began to eat.

~Tiny Time Skip~

After leaving the cafe, Izaya decided we go on a stroll.

'As long as I don't play into his hands and submit, I'll be fine. Wait, why am I thinking this when I already know what I need to do? Oh, well...'

"Say, Sonali-chan.."

"Hmm?"

"Would you like to come visit Shinjuku?"

I glanced at him, "Give me a reason why should I."

He chuckled, "I was just asking. I'm sure you'd get along well with my assistant. She has a similar personality to yours."

'Should I do it? He mentioned this assistant before, but he could be lying. He could be attempting to lead me into a trap and lock me in a cage and love me crazily...What did Erika call that? A yan..yandere? Yeah, yandere. Hm, I guess I'll go, but I'll be extremely precautious...It is his domain, after all...'

"Alright. I'll come with you."

Izaya made a closed eyed smile, "Excellent, Sonali-chan."

(I think it's about time I upload this story because I think I've created enough for reader-chans/kuns to be satisfied.)