A/N: Chapter 21! This took longer than expected, sorry for that. Anyway, enjoy reading it and please review.
Summary: Six years have gone by since the birth of Hikari and everyting seems to be going fine with the family of three, but will it last? Or will something happen that threatens to tear them apart?
Disclaimer: I don't own Durarara!
"Hikari, are you done packing you stuff?" Izaya asked the girl while he walked into her room. Today was the day they would finally leave for the beach. They would go by car, even though they normally didn't really use it. They had bought one just after Hikari was born, but using it inside Ikebukuro just didn't work, so it was left unused most of the time.
Shizuo had even gotten a driver's license just after they had bought the car since he didn't have one and Izaya was glad for it now. He really didn't feel like driving to the beach himself, so he would leave that to Shizuo.
"Yes, mama! I've got everything packed." Hikari said while she tried to pick up her suitcase. Izaya thought that there was no way that she would be able to lift it and wanted to help her, but suddenly she lifted it off the ground like it was nothing.
This suddenly reminded him of the fact that she had Shizuo's strength after all. He had never seen her use it before, but that suitcase should have been too heavy for a girl her age to carry.
"Be careful with carrying that. I can carry it if you want." He tried, but it was clear that she wasn't planning on giving it to him.
"You shouldn't carry anything heavy mama." She said and then walked out of the room while carrying the suitcase. Seems like Shizuo had at least told her that Izaya shouldn't carry anything too heavy. Which meant that those two were definitely not going to let him carry anything this vacation.
Once downstairs he saw that Shizuo and Hikari had put all the suitcases at the door. "Do we have everything?" Shizuo asked him when he walked over to them.
"We should have, I packed everything we might need and Hikari packed her stuff too, so I think we're ready." He said, going over everything in his head. He wasn't wearing a dress yet, but once they were there he would. He had booked a hotel room for the three of them, so they would go there first before they would go anywhere else.
"Alright, let's get these into the car then." Shizuo said and grabbed as many stuff as he could carry. Hikari picked up her own suitcase and started to follow her father. Izaya looked at the stuff that was left and decided that it couldn't hurt to carry one of the lighter bags.
"Izaya, you don't need to carry anything." Shizuo's voice suddenly said and Izaya scowled at the bag he had wanted to carry.
"I should be able to carry something light." He pouted, but he knew Shizuo wouldn't let him carry anything.
"Just leave it to me, I will be back in a bit for the rest." He heard once more before it got silent. The blonde had probably gone into the elevator with Hikari, leaving him alone to wait for them to come back.
A sigh escaped his lips while he walked back to the living room and sat down on the couch. He knew he shouldn't help carry the stuff, but he couldn't help but want to help. When he had been pregnant with Hikari he didn't really feel like this, but now it was different, since he let his daughter carry the stuff he couldn't and it made him feel a bit guilty.
He buried his face in his hands while he closed his eyes. It was too silent in the apartment while the two of them were gone. He felt helpless, since he wasn't allowed to do anything and he really wanted to help.
While he kept his face buried in his hands he heard footsteps coming back to the apartment and he expected them to stop and pick up the rest of the bags, but when they started approaching him he looked up to see Shizuo looking at him with a worried look.
"Are you alright?" He asked and Izaya could see that Hikari was standing behind her father where the bags were.
"Yeah, just tired." He lied with a fake smile on his lips. Shizuo looked at him skeptical, so he decided to push the blonde to carry the rest to the car. "You should carry the last of the bags to the car, so that we can leave." Izaya said and he saw Shizuo hesitating before the blonde finally picked up the last bags and carried them down to the car. Hikari stayed behind and walked over to her mother.
"Are you really fine, mama?" She asked and Izaya just nodded.
"Yeah, don't worry. I'm really only tired." He said and then slowly stood up when he saw Shizuo walking back into the apartment. "Shall we go then?"
He didn't wait for the other two to answer and just walked out of the apartment. Hikari followed right behind him and they waited till Shizuo had locked the door before they headed down with the elevator.
In front of the building, the car was already waiting and Izaya smiled a little. They were really going on a vacation after all, even though he wouldn't be able to do everything it was still a vacation with their family.
He noticed Shizuo walking in front of him and watched as the blonde opened the door for him on the passenger side.
"You didn't need to open the door for me." Izaya said, but said down in the car anyway. He couldn't deny that he was tired, but he would still have been able to open the door on his own.
"Just let me do this." The blonde answered before closing the door. After this he heard the blonde help Hikari into the back of the car before he headed to the driver's side and sat down.
Izaya closed his eyes as soon as Shizuo had started the car and while the blonde drove he soon fell asleep.
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"Izaya, wake up!" He felt himself get shaken softly, but the only response he gave was a groan. He wanted to sleep a bit longer. "Izaya, wake up, we have arrived." This time he slowly opened his eyes and blinked a few times while looking at Shizuo.
"Already?" He mumbled while he turned his head to look out the car window and immediately he was greeted by the beach. There was no doubt that they were already here.
"Yes, we are, let's check into the hotel, alright? Hikari really wants to go to the beach." Shizuo said and Izaya nodded before getting out of the car slowly.
He had made sure to choose a hotel that was close to the beach, so it would be easier to get there from the hotel.
He walked into the hotel, followed by Shizuo and Hikari. Once inside he made his way over to the reception desk.
"Hello." He greeted the man behind the counter.
"Good afternoon." The man said. "What can I help you with?"
"I reserved a room for a week under the name of Orihara Izaya." He said and saw as the man started looking on his computer.
"That's right, a room for three people with two bedrooms, right?" He asked as he looked at the two adults before him.
"That's right." Izaya answered and looked down at Hikari for a moment, since it was clear that the man behind the reception desk hadn't seen her.
"Alright, your room number is 506. This is your key and we hope you have a pleasant stay here." The man said and then gave Izaya the key.
Izaya turned around to the two who had been waiting and he smiled. "Let's get to the room first and then we can bring up the luggage." He said while he walked to the elevator and pressed the button.
"Mama, can we go to the beach after that?" He could understand why Hikari couldn't wait to go to the beach.
"Sure, but today we're only going there to watch, alright? Tomorrow you can start swimming with your father if you want." Izaya answered. It was already later in the afternoon after all, so it was better to not do too much today. At least for him that was. Even though he had slept in the car he still felt tired.
Once at the room he opened the door and the three of them walked inside. They arrived into what would be like a living room, with three doors leading to other rooms. Two were bedrooms and the last one was the bathroom.
"There are two bedrooms and one bathroom. Besides that this is like a living room and it even has a tv if you want to watch something." Izaya said. He could see that the two of them were looking around and soon Hikari went over to a door and opened it to see that it was the bathroom.
It was quite a big bathroom. It had a bath and a shower, so you could choose which one to use.
"The bedrooms should be about the same, so it's fine if you choose which one you want Hikari." He watched as the girl nodded and opened the two other rooms, before going back to the first room she opened.
"I will take this one, you two can take the other one." She said and then walked into the room. Izaya smiled while he saw her looking around the room.
"I hope she will like it here." Izaya said while he walked over to the sliding doors that led to the balcony which was attached to the room. From the balcony you could watch out over the sea.
"She will, don't worry about it." Shizuo said while he walked up behind Izaya and slid his arms around the raven from behind and let his hands rest on his stomach.
"You should get our stuff from the car." Izaya said while he turned around in the blonde's arms and gave him a kiss on the lips. "Since you won't let me help, you will have to carry it." He said with a smirk.
"I know and this time I will do it myself, just make sure to keep Hikari here." Shizuo said and then let go of the raven while heading over to the door. "I will be back in a bit." With those words he left the room.
Izaya decided that it might be a good idea to go see what Hikari was doing in the bedroom she had chosen.
She had left the door open, so Izaya walked right into the room and saw the girl lying on the bed fast asleep. A soft smile appeared on his lips while he walked over to the bed quietly. Hikari must have been tired from the car trip and she might not have slept well last night from the excitement.
He sat down on the bed careful not to wake her up and started to stroke her hair. He watched her sleeping till he heard a knock coming from the door opening.
He turned his head from his daughter to see Shizuo standing there. Slowly standing up from the bed he walked out of the room together with the blonde. He could see that Shizuo had brought all their stuff here, but hadn't put it away yet.
"Was she sleeping?" The blonde asked.
"Yeah, she must have been tired." Izaya said while he grabbed one of the suitcases and opened it. This was the one where he had put the dresses in that he was going to wear while being here. It would make things easier and it would give them less questions.
"She didn't sleep in the car, unlike you who slept as soon as we had left." The blonde said with a smile.
"I was tired, alright?" Izaya said while he started to put the clothes into the closet in their room. Shizuo grabbed his own suitcase too and started to do the same.
"I know, you can sleep as much as you want." Shizuo said. He walked over and embraced the raven while kissing him. "You carrying my child after all, so it's more than normal to get tired."
"Yeah, yeah, just finish packing and then we can see what we will do." Izaya said while he got out of the arms and started placing more of his clothes in the closet.