Title:- Dangerous confessions

Rating:- M

Pairing:- Izuo, Shinra x Celty

Warning:- Izaya, language, violence

Disclaimer:- I don't own Durarara

Summary:- They left it too late

A/N:- The next one will be for Komuko.

Shizuo stared into the mirror glaring bitterly at his reflection. He wanted to reach out and smash the full length expensive bit of crap but then he knew Izaya would take it out on him and his body would suffer. See Izaya was a master in inflicting pain making it almost pleasurable. No he wasn't a masochist or into any of that abuse crap. Hell he didn't know why they had got together in the first place.

That wasn't the point. They were together- living together and sleeping together as copulating adults did. That wasn't the point. The point was the stupid tie he was trying to put on. The suit that had been freshly pressed so he could still feel the heat against his skin and the guilt in his eyes that betrayed him.

Today was supposed to be a happy day. His best friend was getting married to the love of her life- even if it was Shinra. Izaya had given the dullahan her head back and her first wish had been to get married.

"Shizu-chan~" Izaya called skipping into the room. "Aren't you ready yet? I thought you'd be the first one escorting Celty down the aisle." Shizuo's hands froze his reflection staring back at him accusingly. "This explains why your bow ties are clip-ons."

Shizuo dropped his hands to his side letting Izaya take over. It made a change from the usual plain v-neck and the fur trimmed parker. It was surprising enough to find out the raven even owned a suit.

"...Izaya. You need to stop the wedding." Shizuo uttered closing his eyes. Ruining his best friend's day was not his intention. Izaya paused chuckling softly.

"It's the bride that's supposed to get cold feet. Not you, protozoan. Shinra and Celty have worked hard to get this far. I've given them my blessing."

"You don't understand. Shinra could get into a lot of trouble." Shizuo urged his lover to understand. One slim ring finger was placed against his lips.

"Of course he will. They'll be married. The two of them have been living together for years. They'll have arguments and make up like any other couple." Izaya hummed letting his tie go. "Done. Makes a difference from the bartender uniform."

"You've seen me in other clothes." Shizuo grumbled. There was no choice. "I have to make a call."

"Do it in the car." Izaya kissed his cheek pulling him from the room. "If we're late, we'll be the ones in trouble." Shizuo sighed reaching into his pocket. Hopefully Shinra had more luck.

x-x-x

It was worse in the car. In the small space he shared with Izaya there was no privacy. Any change in his breathing was picked up. Shizuo sat nursing his phone flat in his palm so he didn't accidentally crush the device.

The blonde took his chance when Izaya's own phone rang and judging by the tone and efficiency- the call was important.

Shinra picked up on the first ring as desperate as he was. Will he do it?

"No. I'm on my way with the flea now." Shizuo gave his lover a side glance. "What about you?"

"Celty looks so beautiful and happy. I can't do this to her." Shinra whined guiltily down the phone. "I shouldn't have peeked in on her. It's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding."

Bad luck indeed. Shizuo sighed running a hand through his hair. "You only had to wait another week."

"I know. I was busy at the time and Celty accused me of not caring. She's very touchy about the wedding. She wants it to be perfect. I let her arrange everything. I want my beloved to be happy."

"Let's see how happy she is when you get arrested." Shizuo grumbled. Gasping softly he turned to look at Izaya. It looked like the call was over and now the flea was listening to his. The hand on his wrist moved to the phone taking it away.

"Shinra, not getting cold feet are you?" Izaya chuckled. "Why would you get arrested? I'll keep Shizu-chan on a tight leash today so don't worry about any damage."

"Hey!" Shizuo growled taking offence.

"Lighten up, Shizu-chan." Izaya winked childishly sticking out his tongue. "...hm? Of course I know what bigamy is. Are you saying you're already married? Who to? You've been making doe eyes at Celty for years."

"Flea, we're here." The car slowed stopping outside the venue. Shizuo took a deep breath staring down into his lap.

"Hang on Shinra, I'll come and talk to you in person." Shizuo took his phone back dropping it in his pocket. "Shinra already told you, didn't he?" Izaya questioned with a sigh.

"Mmhm. He's already divorced." Shizuo explained quietly. "The six month mark is in a weeks time. He'll be able to marry Celty then."

"Looks like we need to stop the wedding." Izaya sighed following him out of the car. "Celty is going to hate us."

"What's worse?" Shizuo closed the door watching the car drive away. "Her two friends having a lover's quarrel and destroying her big day or finding out she wasn't her first love's one and only?"

"Fair point. Let's confirm things with Shinra first." Izaya decided stepping away from him. "What should we fight about?"

"What do you we usually fight about?" Shizuo grumbled. "You don't usually have a problem pissing me off."

"True. You were easily provoked back then. Now you take everything in your stride." Izaya sighed. "I have been out late without calling."

"I'm not your keeper. You can handle yourself. If there is a problem you call." Shizuo shrugged walking into the venue. It was beautiful. He could picture Celty gliding down the aisle.

"What about the laundry?"

"What about it? You have your secretary come round to do it."

"And you don't mind that?"

"No. Most of the time I'm not even there and when I am she's good company. We discuss how much people hate you."

"...I'll start doing my own laundry. What about the dishes?"

"Dishwasher." Shizuo shrugged walking past the row of chairs. It looked like the dressing rooms were at the side.

"The bath? I don't wash it out after I get out."

"We always bathe together. Anything else you can think of?"

"...why did we used to fight?" Izaya asked looking confused.

"Does it matter?" Shizuo sighed. He'd rather not dwell on the past.

"Well it needs to look authentic or Celty will believe we sabotaged her big day."

"Izaya!" Shinra hissed standing at the open door. The two of them went into the dressing room, Shinra grabbing Izaya desperately. "Tell me there's a way out of this? I only need a week."

"Why did you let it get this far in the first place? Why did you get married in the first place?"

"...I- we were drunk. We got divorced as soon as we realised what had happened." Shinra confessed. "You have to help me. You're my friend, right? I'm your only friend."

"We'll help." Shizuo told the illegal doctor. "Not sure how much time it will buy you."

"Or you could tell her the truth." Izaya suggested. "She'll likely only be mad for a while."

"No way!" Shinra exclaimed shaking his head fervently. "If she knew she'd never forgive me."

"Then sabotage it is." Izaya smirked eyes calculating- formulating a plan. "Now then. How to ruin a perfect wedding..."

x-x-x

Shizuo felt like shit for participating in such a stupid scheme. Celty was his best friend and here he was conspiring with Izaya and her soon to be husband.

The guests invited weren't exactly normal. Not on his level of violence but adapt quick thinkers. Three teenagers, Kadota and his gang, Simon and a bunch of others. Kadota would pick up on if anything was wrong.

The music started and there was Celty looking gorgeous in her gown. The only clothing not made from her shadows. Shizuo stood beside her arms linked. The dullahan was glowing with happiness, a bouquet clutched in one hand.

At the end was Shinra standing before the podium. Shizuo closed his eyes forcing a smile. "What's wrong?" Celty spoke in a soft whisper. Shizuo shook his head.

"...nothing."

"It's never nothing." His friend chided. "Just because I can talk now doesn't mean I'll tell everyone your secrets. Nothing has changed."

"You're right. I'm a dumbass." Shizuo's nose twitched smelling the smoke before it showed itself. Looking down he could see the shadows shoot out from beneath Celty's wedding dress. The fire was doused before it even had a chance to start.

Izaya's first plan had failed.

Behind him he could hear a raucous. Glancing behind him was a group of angry looking teenagers and adults alike storming up the steps to start trouble. Shizuo watched as the doors were pushed closed by Simon. The big russian raised a thumb.

Izaya's second plan had failed.

At the altar he moved to the right standing out of the way. Celty was smiling looking down nervously cheeks flushed. That left one more. He and Izaya would have to destroy everything. With a sigh he looked over at his lover.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..."

"Ne, Shizu-mmph." Shizuo blinked seeing a shadow covering Izaya's mouth, a much smaller one curled around to point at his throat in warning. Looking down he could see his own feet were secured. Celty wasn't taking any chances.

Izaya's final plan had failed.

"Dear-" or not. Shizuo eyed the balding man behind the podium seeing how unsteady on his feet he looked. The man was saying the same line over and over getting worse each time.

"Hey, are you okay? I'm a doctor-" Shinra began. The man paled falling back in a heap. Shinra crouched down beside him. "It's okay. He just fainted." Shizuo looked over at Izaya suspiciously. The raven merely smirked.

x-x-x

Shinra was gone. The illegal doctor had taken responsibility for the unconscious priest calling an ambulance and going with him. The guests had left with the knowledge there would be no wedding the day.

Celty sat in her dressing room crying. Shizuo knocked on the door before going in. "Hey. Looks like you're not getting married today."

"No. Maybe we're not supposed to."

Shizuo shook his head resting a hand on her delicate shoulder. "That's not the case. These things happen. You can try again."

"How? You're not happy with this wedding. The whole time you've looked like you didn't want to be here."

Shizuo closed his eyes taking a seat opposite. Staring down into his lap he sighed. "I support both of you. You deserve to be happy. I was thinking of myself. I was going to propose to the flea right before we broke up. Weddings are a bit of a- it still hurts."

"Oh. I understand." Celty gave him a warm smile. "You can try again, though? If he says yes maybe we could have a double wedding?"

Shizuo smiled in return. "Maybe. I can't really see the flea being tied down."

"Then it's settled. I'll ask Shinra if we can wait for you."

"It's fine. Give me a week. You can get married after that regardless. I'd rather Shinra and Izaya not know about-"

Celty smiled putting a hand to his lips. "Your secret is safe with me."

x-x-x

"Shinra called. It looks like Celty doesn't want to get married any time soon." Izaya told him leaning back against his chair. Shizuo looked up from the movie he was watching.

"Mmhm."

"You didn't tell her the truth, did you?" Izaya stood up skipping over to the sofa where he was laying in his jersey and sweatpants eating snacks. It had been a long day.

"No. Maybe it was the priest mysteriously collapsing."

"Maybe. She didn't seem so upset after you spoke with her. Don't get crumbs all over the couch again."

"I clean up after myself." Shizuo shrugged. "It's getting late. I'll be going bed soon."

"Good, I'll join you. Think you can take a couple of days off?" Izaya purred leaning down to kiss him.

"Don't you have work?" Shizuo asked reaching for his phone.

"Nothing that can't wait." Izaya soothed mussing his hair. Shizuo typed out a quick message sending it to Tom.

"Done. I have the next two days off. That enough for you?" Shizuo sat up putting the snacks on the table and turning the TV off. It wasn't like he was watching the film anyway.

"Plenty of time. Why don't we start?" Shizuo pulled himself up stretching his arms above his head. "Shinra will be relieved when the week is up."

"Yeah." Shizuo agreed in the bedroom. Sitting on the bed he tugged down his sweatpants hoping to preserve them for future use. Izaya grinned locking the door and joining him on the bed.

The blonde barely had his boxers down before Izaya was straddling his hips. "I've been quite busy myself today."

"Setting fires, arranging gangs and poisoning priests." Shizuo recited pulling his jersey over his head.

"Amongst other things. I managed to get a copy of marriage registration from Shinra's first marriage." Izaya grinned leaning over. Clink. Raising his eyes Shizuo stared at the handcuffs binding him to the bed. "Whose name do you think was on it?"

"I thought we agreed you wouldn't chain me." Shizuo growled tugging at the bed frame.

"Why did you marry Shinra?" Izaya shot back. Shizuo froze averting his eyes. Ah. He should have known this would happen as soon as he had asked for help. The damn flea didn't let anything go.

"We were drunk." Shizuo regretted looking back seeing the glare Izaya was giving him intensify.

"You slept together?" Shizuo stayed silent. It didn't matter what he said or did. Izaya had it all worked out in his head. "Shizuo!"

"No. Maybe. I don't know." The blonde gasped eyeing the blade pointed at his throat.

"You don't know?" Izaya asked slowly with a mocking tone.

"...no. We'd just broken up-"

"For two days."

"-I didn't know that, did I?" Shizuo scowled tugging at the handcuffs. They wouldn't give way easily. "I went to see Celty but she wasn't there because Shinra had upset her."

"So the two of you get drunk, sleep together and decide to get married?" Izaya scowled. "How quaint."

"It wasn't like that- I think. We woke up in a wedding suite in a hotel. That was it. As soon as we realised what happened we arranged a divorce."

"Then you came back to me and Shinra back to Celty as if nothing had happened. Did you think I wouldn't find out you cheated on me?"

"You said we were finished!" Shizuo growled.

"Who paid for the rings? I assume you didn't use sweets or toys."

"I did." Shizuo mumbled recalling how many extra hours he had put in for Tom.

"Where are they now?"

"Izaya- ugh." Shizuo shrank back away from the sharp blade. "In the drawer."

Izaya blinked cackling madly. "You brought them back here? In the same drawer we keep the condoms and lubricant?" Shizuo stayed silent watching Izaya lean to the left flicking open the drawer.

The small box was right at the back looking plain and unimportant. Izaya had bypassed it a number of times figuring that it was something from Kasuka. An unwanted gift but kept close anyway. Now that box was in Izaya's palm, the raven tearing it open to uncover his dirty little secret. "Hm, you didn't spare any expense with these? Did you?" Izaya scowled bitterly taking the rings out.

"These are engraved. Too bad. Looks like Shinra will have to have it ba-" Shizuo turned away closing his eyes. "...this is my name. Shizu-chan, when did you buy these?"

"The week before we broke up." Shizuo sighed giving up at trying to escape. For what he had done to Celty he deserved to be punished.

"You were going to propose?"

"...what's it matter? Just do whatever you're going to do." Shizuo grumbled.

"I will. Don't worry about that. I guess we'll have to wait a week too." Izaya murmured sliding the ring onto his finger.

"Huh?"

"Don't play the fool, Shizu-chan. There's only one way to make sure you don't run off with someone else. In one week you're mine."

"Oh." Shizuo found himself smiling like an idiot. It looked like he and Celty would be having a double wedding after all. His grin slipped seeing the frosty look Izaya was giving him. The knife hadn't vanished either.

"That's after I forgive you for your current transgressions." Izaya smirked down at him. "You didn't think I'd let you off easy, did you?" Shizuo swallowed shaking his head. "Two days. You'll accept everything I inflict on you. Do you understand?" Izaya whispered against his ear. Shizuo shuddered nodding quickly.

End