AN: I passed almost all of my mid-terms except for my History and Geometry one. I'm honestly not all that surprised about my Geometry grade. I got a 97 on my Theatre Arts mid-term. So close to a 100! Damn those three lines of the monologue that I didn't have memorized. But I passed all of my classes for the second semester, so I'm very happy about that.

Biology is going to be interesting on Tuesday. We're doing a lab and it's going to be outside and we're apparently going to be acting like birds. I want to be a penguin! I love penguins! They're so fluffy and adorable! It's going to be an interesting lab.

Enjoy! ^^

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After his meeting with Mother, Izaya continued on his way back home to his and Shizuo's apartment. He kept his hands on the pockets of his fur trimmed jacket; his switch blade sat in one of the pockets of his jeans. He was ready to bring it out if he ran into anyone who wanted to attack him.

It was a strange thing to be on the same side of the same girl who had cut him with the original Saika, but Izaya was glad for it because this meant he was getting closer and closer to getting rid of Shizuo's stalker. Though Anri didn't exactly want to wipe her off the face of the earth, she just wanted to get her to stop. Both of them believed that she was the one slashing innocent people in Ikebukuro.

Izaya looked to his side as he walked down the side walk, seeing the former bartender walking on the other side of the busy street. He wanted to call over to him, but since he was unable to talk, that wouldn't do anything. He smiled and skipped across the street to him.

Izaya walked up behind him and placed his hands over the blond's eyes from behind. If it weren't for the fur that Shizuo could feel on the sides of his face, he would have assumed that someone was trying to mug him. But who would be stupid enough to mug Shizuo Heiwajima, especially in broad daylight?

Shizuo side, turning to face the flea. Some people walking by saw them together, and expected a fight to break out any second, but the fact that they both looked happy to see each other said otherwise. They looked at the two former enemies confused. "What are you doing here, Izaya? You're supposed to be over at Shinra's."

Izaya brought out his phone and typed a message. [I didn't want to stay there until you came to get me.] He showed it to Shizuo so he could read it before typing a new one. [Plus, I have good news.]

"Good news? What is it?"

Izaya looked at the blond and smiled widely. He typed another message happily. [Shinra ran a few tests while I was there. And the chances of me getting my voice back have gone up a little. ]

Shizuo read the message and smiled. "That's great." He wrapped his arms around Izaya's waist and gently pressed his lips against the informant's. Izaya blushed lightly, returning the kiss and placing his hands on Shizuo's shoulders. This earned them stares from bystanders. They were supposed to hate each other after all, at least they used to.

The blond took the brunette's hand in his once they broke apart and started to walk to their apartment. They pretended to ignore all of the stares they were receiving from people as they walked by on their way home.

Izaya rested his head on the blond's shoulder as they walked. The flea continued to show a smile on his face, happy to be with his protozoan.

Bystanders stopped what they were doing at stared at them. Since when were Izaya Orihara and Shizuo Heiwajima dating? Since when had they finally stopped fighting in Ikebukuro? Hell must be fixing to freeze over if the two of them were now in love with each other instead of trying to kill each other. As disturbing as it was to them, they were also really thankful for their newfound relationship. No more fights where they would have to flee for their lives. This was going to be a nice change. Minus the Slasher going around, it seemed Ikebukuro was finally at peace.

Still, Izaya kept a cautious mind. He had his knife still in his pocket, ready to defend himself if that psycho blond Russian girl came around. He didn't want to think of what'd she do to him if she found out he were still alive. She'd be even more determined to kill him. Though Izaya felt more safe knowing Shizuo was with him now.

Once they had arrived at their apartment, Izaya went over to his computer, wanting to check the new on the Dollars website. The forum there was full of new about what was going on in Ikebukuro. Then members of the Dollars would talk about what went on in the chat rooms. He sat in his chair and logged into the chat room. Shizuo walked up behind him and leaned over the top of the chair, watching what he did.

Nothing was going on. Izaya sighed silently, so he checked the forums. They were just filled with news that Izaya had already read several times before. He closed the internet browser and leaned back in his seat. The blond reached his arms down and hugged the flea from behind and kissed the top of his head.

Izaya let out a yawn. It wasn't late at all, but he hadn't gotten much sleep the past few nights, so he was exhausted.

Shizuo looked down at him. "Are you tired?"

Izaya nodded. He turned his chair around.

"Then go get some sleep…" Shizuo had unwrapped his arms from around the chair.

Izaya reached his arms towards Shizuo like a child who wanted to be picked up by one of its parents. Shizuo blushed lightly and picked the brunette up bridal style, having his rest his head on his shoulder. Izaya quickly fell asleep in his arms.

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AN: I'm going through Writer's Block right now, yet I'm still trying to update about once a week. I'm going to try and finish this fanfic before I turn 16 in March.

Please review! ^^