AN: I figured with the ending of the last chapter you guys would want a new chapter right away. So today during P.E in Theatre I started to write the next chapter. I'm going to try and get as much undated as I can this week because, unfortunately, I have mid-terms all next week. Why couldn't we have those before Christmas vacation?

I'm so excited! O I have two cons planned for the summer! Akon which is the first weekend of my summer vacation and San Japan which is at the very end.

Not a long author's note this time. Yay!

Enjoy! ^^

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Izaya opened his eyes, finding himself in a hospital room. He knew he was on the wooden floor of his apartment when he had passed out. He highly doubted and unconscious body could walk, much less stand.

He looked around the room, recognizing it as the hospital room in his friend Shinra's apartment. Having an underground doctor as a friend certainly came in handy.

Izaya sat up, removing the white blanket covering his body. He stood up next to the bed, holding onto the sides. He felt a little dizzy. Izaya figured it was from the loss of blood when he neck had been cut. He slowly brought he hand to his neck, the tips of his fingers finding an ace bandage wrapped comfortably around where he had been cut.

He walked to the door, walking into the hall way. From the lounge room he could hear Shinra and Shizuo's voices. They sounded like they were having a serious conversation. Izaya didn't like how he kept hearing his name come up as he listened to the two talk. He stood at the end of the hall way and listened.

"Yeah, he was unconscious by the time I got off work and got to his apartment." He heard Shizuo say.

"Well the good news is that he survived." Shinra said. Izaya could tell from the tone of voice that Shinra was using that there was bad news as well. .

Shizuo looked at Shinra. "And what's the bad news?"

Shinra sighed. The doctor remained silent for a while, leaving Shizuo anxious and growing irritated. "I checked the damage. Thankfully his wind pipe wasn't damaged so there shouldn't be any trouble with his breathing. However his voice suffered severe damage." He sighed again. "I'm afraid there is a ninety nine percent chance that Izaya will never be able to talk again."

Izaya's eyes widened. He decided to try and make a noise that would let them know that he was there but when he opened his mouth the speak, no noise came out.

He looked down, walking into the living room. Still, neither of them noticed his presence.

"You know," Shinra began. "You seem to be really concerned about this, Shizuo. Why are you all of a sudden caring for Izaya?"

As if on cue, that's when they noticed Izaya. The informant had wrapped his arms around Shizuo's neck from behind. Shizuo smiled lightly, turning his head and giving Izaya a soft kiss on the lips. Shinra stared at the two in shock. He had no idea about their secret relationship.

Shizuo let the kiss last a little longer before pulling away. Izaya moved to sit next to Shizuo while Shizuo looked back at the shocked Shinra. "Does that answer your question?"

Shinra nodded.

Izaya hugged Shizuo's arm tightly, nuzzling his face into the blond's shoulder. Since he was no longer able to talk, he would have to find other ways to communicate with everyone. Maybe he would use actions and make it like a game of charades. He just hoped that everyone else would be able to understand what he would be trying to say.

Shinra continued to stare at the two lovers in shock. Now he was waiting for the world to come to an end. "So… how long have you two been… going out?" He felt a little uncomfortable with the now former enemies now dating. "Did Izaya drug you or something?"

Izaya shook his head.

"Then how…?"

Shizuo shrugged. "It just happened." He mentally slapped himself for his use of such a cheesy romance line. It just happened? Bull shit.

Shinra smiled. "Well it's about time!" He turned to look down the hall, yelling down towards the bath room. "Celty! I won the bet! They are dating! You owe me two thousand yen!"

Shizuo sighed. "Why is everyone making bets on whether me and Izaya are dating or not?"

Shinra shrugged. "People have their suspicions about you two. You guys haven't been fighting in Ikebukuro anymore." Shinra looked at Izaya. "Is you throat hurting at all?"

Izaya nodded.

Shinra stood up. "I have medication that might be able to help with that. Be right back." Shinra walked to his office.

Izaya rested his head on Shizuo's shoulder as Shizuo wrapped one of his arms around Izaya's waist and he kissed the top of his lover's head. "I'm glad I got to your apartment when I did. Shinra said that if it had been any later that you might have been dead."

Izaya hugged Shizuo tighter.

Shizuo looked down at the informant and hugged him tightly. They stayed there in a tight embrace until Izaya pulled out of the hug and making a heart with his hands. Then he mouthed the words, "I love you."

Shizuo let a smile crawl onto his face. "I love you, too."

Shinra came back into the room just they were about to kiss again. He held a bottle of pain killers in his hand. "Some pain killers should help for now." He hands the bottle to Izaya. "The pain should go away over time. Take about two a day. One in the morning and then one at night.

Izaya took the bottle of pain killer medication, giving Shinra a thumbs up as a thank you.

"If you want you can go home, Izaya," Shinra said and Izaya perked up.

Izaya didn't want to be bed ridden in a hospital bed. He'd much better spend his time with Shizuo.

Shizuo stood up. "I'll take him home…" He took Izaya's hand, leading him out of Shinra's apartment.

Izaya didn't have his jacket with him because he left it in his apartment, so he stuffed the bottle of medication into his jean's pocket. As they walked, he didn't look ahead. Izaya kept his face down, his dark bangs covering his eyes from Shizuo's vision. He listened to everyone talk around them. Izaya was going to miss being able to talk.

Even without seeing his face, Shizuo knew Izaya was sad. Izaya would usually being skipping down the streets with Shizuo following close behind. He stopped walking, and Izaya stopped and looked at him. Izaya tugged on his arm.

"Don't be so sad, Izaya…" Shizuo pulled him into another tight hug. "I'm sure your voice will come back. Shinra said there was a ninety nine percent chance. That's leaves one more percent. It's not impossible."

Izaya looked up at Shizuo. He didn't know how to portray what he wanted to say with actions and gestures, so instead Izaya fetched his cell phone from his pocket and opening up a new text like he were going to send one. He typed a message on it, like Celty would with her PDA, and showed it to Shizuo.

[You finally believe in that last remaining one percent.]

Shizuo nodded. "Yeah…" Shizuo kept his eyes locked on the ace bandage around Izaya's neck. He wanted to know what had happened to Izaya. He wanted to find whoever hurt him and kill them dead. Even though they were dating now, no one was allowed to kill Izaya but him.

Izaya erased the message on his phone and types another one. [Do you still want to help move my stuff over to your place?]

Shizuo nodded, taking Izaya's hand and leading him back to his apartment so they could get his stuff. At least the stuff he would need like his computer and cell phones for his job and he clothes. Shizuo was able to carry all of the boxes with no problem at all. It only took one trip to get what Izaya needed to Shizuo's… correction, their apartment.

Shizuo had a spare drawer in his dresser, which is where he put Izaya clothes while Izaya set up his computer in the longue room. Thankfully Shizuo had a desk in his apartment that he never used. After he had hi computer set up, Izaya walked into what was now his and Shizuo's bed room and flopped down on the bed.

Shizuo looked over at him from the dresser, closing the drawer as he put the last bit of Izaya's clothes in the dresser. "Are you tired? You've practically been asleep all day." He walked over to the bed, lying on his back next to Izaya. He saw Izaya type another message on his phone and read it once he showed it to him.

[No. I just feel like lying down.]

"Oh, alright."

Izaya typed another one. He buried his face in his pillow as he showed it to Shizuo. [But stay was from that Russian girl whose always throwing herself at you…] He ran out of character, showing it to Shizuo once he had reached the character limit. One he was sure Shizuo was done reading it, he erased it and typed another one. [She was who I was supposed to give information, too, but she just wanted to get rid of me so she could have you all to herself.]

"You know I won't let that happen, right?" Shizuo asked, looking Izaya in the eyes.

Izaya reached over to set his phone on the bed side table. When he turned back he buried his face into Shizuo's chest. Shizuo wrapped his arms around him, lightly rubbing Izaya's back.

"Get some sleep, Izaya." Shizuo said before he reached over to the lamp and turned off the light, leaving the room dark and almost pitch black.

Izaya nodded against Shizuo's chest. He moved his face up and gave Shizuo a goodnight kiss. He pulled the covers over him and Shizuo, bringing it up so it went to Shizuo's shoulders and completely covered his own body. Izaya let his arms snake themselves around Shizuo's torso.

Shizuo smiled, letting his eyes close as he pulled Izaya closer to him, kissing the top of the informant's head and stroking his hair.

Izaya let himself drift off to sleep.

Shizuo smiled slightly. "Goodnight.."

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AN: I hope this chapter answered some questions for you guys.

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