The girls aww'd. Shizuo looked from Kasuka to Izaya, then from Izaya to Kasuka. His brain made a connection it should never have made and he was on his feet thundering.
"Shut up! They don't look anything alike! What the fuck, that'd be like incest!"
"Shizu-chan, you don't deserve to be a big brother! Swearing in front of Kasuka-chan, letting him incur great danger-"
"My house is two blocks away…"
"-and saying such horrible things. I decided that you must learn how to become a proper Onii-chan. So you're going to watch Grave of the Fireflies with Yagiri-san and me."
"Alright! Hot date! Ha, sucks being you Kadota! No wait…Yagiri-san?"
Clearly Shizuo's brain was on a lag of sorts. Izaya adjusted his ruffles with Kasuka's help.
"Thanks, Kasuka-chan. On second thought, why don't you just drop by my house on Saturday? I have the DVD. And I'll just keep the appointment with Yagiri-san on Sunday."
Shizuo blinked.
"Oh, you and me, home alone…?"
Kadota would never allow that.
"Izaya, I've wanted to watch that movie for a long time now. Mind if I join you?"
"Of course not! Shinra, want to come as well?"
Shinra shrugged.
"Why not. But are you really going to watch the same movie twice back to back like that?"
"Sure am!"
Izaya clapped, his outfit becoming all a-bounce with its many ribbons and bits of lace. Shizuo banged his head on the table.
"No! Why all the people!"
Kasuka played with Izaya's headpiece.
"Izaya-nii, I want to watch it too."
"Sorry, Kasuka-chan! It's a movie for grownups. When you're older we can watch it together."
Izaya patted the child's head. Shizuo perked up.
"For grownups? You mean, like porn? You're watching porn with a girl- hey, what was that for!"
Without further ado Izaya poured a parfait over Shizuo's head.
"Serves you right for insulting such a masterpiece! And how could you even imply such a thing about Yagiri-san!"
Kasuka nodded. He disliked girls who got near Izaya just as much but was too smart to blab about it.
"Dump Onii-chan in Tokyo bay."
Shinra chuckled.
"Oh, he only needs wings alright. Angel Kasuka, heh."
Kadota steered the conversation back on track.
"So Izaya, how are things going with Yagiri-san?"
"About that, I was wondering if maybe I could…you know, hold hands…that kind of thing."
It occurred to Shizuo at this point that Izaya and girls counted as hot lesbian action. Before he could quite share this insight, however, Shinra shoved a crepe into his mouth and asked,
"Just how long have you been seeing this Yagiri-san?"
"Let me see, we've been to the movies ten times and then had some ice cream together, so that would about a month."
"Please tell me it wasn't the same movie every time…"
"Of course it was, Shinra!"
"…of course. But wait, ten dates and you haven't even held her hand?"
Izaya blushed again, this time to the shade of the strawberry on which he now nipped.
"I don't want to be too forward. Yagiri-san is a very serious girl. With her family business, and taking care of her little brother, she is smart and pretty."
"By the way, I've been wondering about this for the longest of times but do you people have parents? With all this 'taking care of my younger siblings' talk."
Then Shinra remembered his own father's oddities and added,
"Okay, just forget I ever asked."
Izaya turned to Kadota.
"Ah, Dotachin! Sei-chan isn't an easy child, I can tell. I feel Yagiri-san's pain! But do you think it would be okay to maybe give her a present?"
"That kinda depends, do you have anything in mind already?"
"This!"
Izaya skipped to a nearby rack to get his jacket and produced a ring.
"She'll think you want to marry her…"
Izaya gasped dramatically.
"I hadn't thought of that! Dotachin, I'm so glad I can talk to you about these things!"
Shinra shook his head.
"Just what kind of world do you live in, Izaya?"
"Hmm…what will I do with this ring now, it's so pretty. Oh well! I guess I'll wear it myself, then!"
Izaya twirled around some.
"Why on Earth would you give her a ring anyway?"
"Well, Yagiri-san isn't very girlish so I wanted to get her something along those lines. But really, this is all so complicated. Children are so easier to deal with! Especially nice kids like Kasuka-chan!"