[Izaya's POV] (There's been lots of that, huh?)
Izaya groaned as he was roused from sleep, eyes barely wanting to open as tried to put together what was happening. "5 more minutes.." he mumbled, trying to roll away from whoever was near him, thinking it might be Kasuka sleeping over again and he was just too out of it to remember.
"You have five seconds, flea." was all Shizuo needed to say for Izaya to jump out of bed. Really, he fell straight on his ass and nearly hit his head on the floor but he was too distracted with crawling away to care.
"Why the fuck are you in my house!?" he shouted, awake enough to move but his mind being suspiciously fuzzy. When had he fallen asleep? Oh yeah, after taking all of Shinra's prescribed medicine and never having asked the side effects of them. One being that it put the taker to sleep within an hour. Fucking great.
Shizuo stared at him blankly with a scowl. "I told you over the phone, you have some fucking questions to answer."
"And I hung up on you for a reason, Shizu-chan. Get out of my house! And how did you even get in here?" Izaya demanded, leaning forward again to grab his flick-blade before Shizuo could realize it was on the bed. He knew he'd probably screw up while using it until the drugs wore off a bit more but he could at least look capable of a fight.
"Flea, it's a door, not a fucking brick wall. And even if it was, I can punch through it." the blond said, moving around the bed and making to grab Izaya's arm, who quickly jumped away after slashing at his hand. "You fucking pest, I'm trying very hard not to punch you as it is! Now hold still or fucking follow me!" Shizuo growled, teeth gritting as he said this.
"Like I would trust you after you literally tried to kill me. AND broke into my house after failing to do so." Izaya huffed, watching the beast as he stayed where he was, not having a comeback for that one. They stared at each other for a few minutes before Shizuo took a deep breath, obviously still trying to control his temper.
"I'm going in the living room. Trust me or not, you have to go out there sometime." Shizuo decided, turning and walking out the door while Izaya watched him in surprised silence. That.. was almost too easy.. Maybe he does actually want to talk.
Even if he thought that, he couldn't bring himself to go out there quite yet. The informant sat on his bed instead, looking at the door and listening for any sounds that would tell him Shizuo is coming back. Nothing happened.
Why does this happen to me? I have a beast in my house, it hurts to fucking breathe, I'm scared to even go in my own living room! And if I go down there and just deal with him, I'm going to have to sit through his protozoan-like questions and probably get strangled again... I could just call Shiki.
Izaya almost beamed at the idea, wanting nothing more than to get something in return for all the extra work he'd been putting in lately and having Shizuo get transported to Siberia or somewhere like that where he would never be a bother again. It would be lovely.. Izaya even glanced back at his phone, wondering if he should turn it on and call, just like that.
But then, he couldn't. If Shiki takes him, he'll probably die and then Kasuka would hate me just as much. There's never an easy answer, huh? ...
Izaya sighed again, taking one last moment to himself before gripping his flick-blade and walking out of the room, standing at the top of the stairs to see Shizuo waiting... patiently, he supposed, on the couch. Sure he still looked incredibly tense, but at least he wasn't stomping back up the stairs already. He spared a glance at his door and, thankfully, did not see a huge hole in it like he'd imagined. The door was hanging open a bit, the lock obviously broken, but it was a much easier fix than getting a whole new door.
The informant rubbed his eyes as he composed himself, walking down the stairs with a neutral expression and sitting on the chair furthest from Shizuo. Even if they were going to talk like civil people, he didn't trust the man one bit with obvious reason. "Alright, Shizu-chan. I'm listening, what do you want?" he demanded, not wanting the blond in his home any longer than necessary.
The debt collector looked like he didn't want to be there either. "What the fuck did you mean by 'I didn't steal your brother, I stole Kasuka'?" he asked, glaring at Izaya the whole time. Izaya couldn't even stop himself from letting out a sound of disbelief.
"All of this, and that's the stupid question you wanted to ask me? Really?" He spat out, too tired from being injured, taken care of by an idiot and a headless horsewoman, then being woken up from his sleep and terrified to even care if Shizuo slowly got angrier. "I meant, I can be here and you still have your precious little brother. I have Kasuka, the one that laughs and tells jokes and smiles and is freakishly sassy when he wants to be - and you have your little brother, the Kasuka that sits there and nods and keeps you from getting yourself killed. I'd say you can keep that side of him, but you don't even deserve that." Izaya finished, the last sentence slipping out in a whisper as he actually felt himself getting angry.
He was burning a hole into his own hands at his point, childishly pressed into the back of his chair as he ranted, and he didn't look until Shizuo was already standing. "What was that, flea?" the blond growled, getting no response as Izaya stared at him. He slowly started walking towards the ravenett. "You think you're better than me because you can trick my little brother? Is that fucking it?"
"I never said that Shizu-chan." Izaya stated, surprisingly calm even with the anger in his voice. Shizuo just kept walking towards him until he was towering over him.
"Then what the fuck did you just say?" "I said you don't deserve any side of him!" "And why would that be, huh!? You think you deserve him!?"
Shizuo lunged forward and picked Izaya up by the front of his shirt before he could dodge, making them equal with Izaya barely touching ground. "You think you deserve him after all the shit you've pulled!? You got people killed, you've caused people to kill themselves, you're causing a fucking war in Ikebukuro for your own entertainment and you think you deserve to be anywhere near my little brother!?"
"At least, I make him happy Shizu-chan. He came to me for comfort after that little argument you had." Izaya announced, glaring at him and gripping Shizuo's wrists so the blond wouldn't think to move them unexpectedly. "He came here and started crying, all because of you. I haven't done a damn thing to him this entire time and you're blaming-"
"I don't care what you say. You must have done something." Shizuo interrupted, looking like he was about on the brink of not being able to hold back his anger anymore. Izaya was just glad he had a hold of his shirt this time instead of his throat. "I know you, I have since high-school and I made it perfectly clear that you're evil. You're a pest and you deserve to be killed, he knows that! So you must have done something, fucking anything, because there's no way my brother would ever love someone like you without being tricked into it!" With that, Shizuo released his hold on Izaya and dropped him back into the chair, pulling his arm back.
Izaya barely registered the yell from behind Shizuo and someone else running into the room before he shut his eyes and waited for the blow.
Chapter 26!
I'm really beginning to think it's just Shizuo, cause I only do cliff-hangers when he shows up...
Shizu-chan's mystical magic everyone~
I don't have much else to say for this chapter other than it's really fucking intense.
Also, you guys got a little insight on why Shizuo is so upset about this. In his mind, getting rid of Izaya is the best solution even if Kasuka ends up hating him for it. It's just to help him, in a way.
PS. I am not trying to antagonize Shizuo completely, I love him to death but in his point of view, this whole story so far from their perspectives is pretty fucked up. If he knew that Kasuka had liked Izaya even BEFORE all of this, his head would explode.
I hope you all loved, loved, love this chapter! Favorite, follow and review to see more!
PSS. Merry Christmas you guys! I'll try to update tomorrow, but I can't promise, just like Christmas day as well.
Have a happy holidays!