Waking up seemed very unusual, wait… I shouldn't be waking up. I blew my brains out; I'm supposed to be dead. Pulling myself into a sitting position I blink and take in my surroundings. White walls, light wooden floor and a blue ceiling. I was in a corridor? Where was I?
I stood up and walked toward the double doors at the end of this corridor and was surprised to see a large room with chairs, some occupied, some not. Upon entering the room, a lady ushered me over to a seat and pushed me down into it. "Wait here until you're called." That was all she said before she left. Wait until I was called for what? I waited as told, for a short while anyway.
I had no idea how long I had actually been waiting but I was growing restless so I went for a walk. I politely stopped a man walking past "Hey what is this place?" he laughed a little before realising I was serious. "You're in purgatory lad, waitin to see if yer sent to fly or to burn" he walked away after that. "So I am dead then, huh… this is so strange." I wondered what time was like here in relation to time when alive. I wandered about noticing there were quite a few people around, how long did I have to wait before I learnt my final fate?
There seemed to be some form of garden here too, I headed outside and took a peaceful walk. Which happened to be cut short when someone jumped onto my back, I thought about throwing them off but froze in place when I heard a quiet yet familiar voice. "Shizu-chan…" Izaya: he sounded sad yet relieved. Wait if he was here…
I pulled him off my back and stood him in front of me. "Izaya what the hell!?" Izaya being here means he died, and why had he come to me, after what I did to him. "Why are you here?! What the fuck happened?!" He looked at the ground, a little saddened. "I… I couldn't take it. Even after what happened, I realised I need you." What? He needed me? He was terrified of me, why isn't he now? "We needed each other to function properly. You could take your anger out on me, I never felt lonely because I could count on you to find and chase me every time I set foot in Ikebukuro. I'm just disappointed I didn't realise it sooner…"
"What did you do..?" I now knew he had taken his own life, like me. "I actually began self-harming a little while before you left. Figured why not go out the same way…" I hugged him; I hadn't wanted him to do anything like that, ever. "We're both a little messed up aren't we?" He relaxed a little in my hold and I heard a small laugh come out of him. "Only a little Shizu-chan?" I rolled my eyes "Oh shut up flea, you weren't supposed to die… you were supposed to live without having to worry about where I was. You were supposed to get better…"
"We both know that would never happen. What you did was seriously bad Shizu-chan. However, I know you didn't mean to…I pushed you too far…" He sounded guilty; it was my fault though not his. "Flea, don't you dare blame yourself for what I did. I fucked up, big time..." Least that got a chuckle out of him.
"We both fucked up, a lot. I wonder what would have happened if we had gotten along that first day…"
"I dunno what it's worth, but we could try now? I dunno how long we'll both be here but we could try and get along"
He looked up to face me, a small smile slowly showing. "…I'd like that."
Surprise!~
Guess what, I'm not done with this yet. This is just a little bit to hint at what will happen. This tiny chapter will have a long one-shot to follow it which will then lead to a new fic. The oneshot will be posted on this as a new chapter. I have not written in well over a year due to depression and losing motivation to do anything. I'm trying to get back into writing again and figured why not start with this idea I had long ago. It will still be angst and pain but there will be fluffy moments in the sequel fic.