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Chapter 2: Confrontation. Keeping it. ஜ

-Izaya´s point of view-

"Telling, huh? You plan on ratting me out, is that it?" The voice was deep, confident as it spoke the words overly amused. It didn´t seem like he was fazed by his son´s words at all. Did he not believe them?

No. Don´t do that. Don´t say it.

Brows furrowed while the eyes were still closed in sleep. The owner of those eyes wished the boy would just keep quiet.

"Yes, telling. I will tell it to everyone I know!" A much smaller voice retorted, full of confidence just like the first. Determination was in his eyes because he finally knew now that these things were not normal-

Shut up, please.

"You sure you won´t regret this?" The nonchalant voice had taken on a dark timbre. The expression morphed into an annoyed, if not an angry one. But there was something else in the man´s eyes that the boy could not identify.

Fear. The boy felt fear-

What was this look on his father´s face? Was he going to do it again? Despite his threat?

No, wait.

"... what are you doing?"

The raven barely flinched in his sleep as the dream continued.

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You should have kept silent.

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"HEIWAJIMA IS COMING!" Startled, the future informant´s head snapped up from his desk-

"... what-?" A hand was lifted to his warm face, lazily rubbing at his eyes. Slight red patterns were marking his cheek from lying on the open history book.

Screaming reached his ears and he heard his classmates, suddenly all shuffeling to the front of his classroom, whispering and yelling about the arrival of the beast.

"Shizu-chan is on his way here?" Izaya quirked an eyebrow in mild surprise as he finally managed to make sense of his surroundings. Really now, sleeping in class always kinda confused him, so it took a while for his brain to actually process the information properly.

It was rare for Shizu-chan to come to Izaya by himself. In fact, this might even have been the first time. Why would he do something so out of character?

"Izayaaaa-!" The raven perked his ears as he recognized the all too familiar yell.

Nope, no mistake; it was Shizu-chan´s voice that was thundering through the halls.

He couldn´t remember planning anything like this for today, but maybe the brute found out about something else he pulled and that´s why he decided to pay Izaya a visit. Quickly, the raven straightened himself, pulling his favourite flickblade out of his right pocket- getting ready for a fight.

Just in time.

A smirk spread across his lips as the blond finally appeared in the class´s entrance. His blond hair was standing up in various directions, as usual, and that glare was settled under his furrowed eyebrows.

He was fuming with anger.

Interesting.

The students had backed away to the front of the class, and some of the girls were squealing as Izaya quickly scanned the classroom to assess the situation and his options.

How rare for the monster to come out by himself.

"Shizu-chan, what brings you here?" he asked with a smooth voice, playing with the flickblade in his right hand, but it only made the blond´s frown deeper.

"You know why I'm here, flea," he growled dangerously.

He knew it?

Izaya tilted his head slightly, thinking again of everything that he was currently influencing in a bad way, like his bets and stuff.

...

Nope.

He was certain nothing directly involved Shizu-chan at the moment.

"I´m sorry to inform you, but I don´t have a clue what you're talking about," he cooed, pointing the blade at the brute.

What happened then did more than just surprise the raven.

Shizu-chan seemed like he was about to retort something. Probably something along the lines of: "You know exactly what I´m talking about!" and then fling a chair into his face or something like that.

Instead, however, Shizu-chan paused and blinked, all anger suddenly vanishing from his face as if he had realized something.

To be honest, he actually looked pretty dumbfounded.

Silent, he just stared at the raven for a second.

The raven lowered his knife a little, taken aback by the odd reaction.

Shizu-chan was still standing there in the door; his grip on the frame had lessened considerably, and he just gaped at the raven.

As if he was thinking about something.

"Nevermind."

The raven blinked as the blond suddenly spilled the word.

"Nevermind?" A little irritated Izaya´s brows furrowed, trying to make sense of the brute´s reaction as he repeated the word.

But that was the only thing Shizuo said and with that-

He left.

He simply turned around and went back.

The raven just stood there gaping, for once utterly confused.

The doorframe was empty now. Izaya blinked once, twice- before he walked over, looking down the hall. Shizuo was returning to his class.

He knew the blond was unpredictable, but this was really a new level altogether.

Why would he come all the way here, obviously angry, and then just return, suddenly all calm?

Students were moving to the left and right, making a path for the brute so no one would end up getting in his way.

Shizuo was really returning to his class.

What the hell?

A frown formed on Izaya´s forehead as he glared at the blond´s back.

As if he would just let him leave like that-

"I´m borrowing this-" he mumbled, suddenly twisting around to face the class.

A student´s desk with a history book on top of it was what got in his reach first and he grabbed the object quickly, leaving the student the book belonged to stunned. He was only able to nod quickly before Izaya grabbed the book off the desk and stepped out of room.

A grin flashed over his face and he lifted the book-

Throwing it-

The book rotated around its own axis, pages flipping open with a rustling noise. The other students saw it fly past aiming at Shizuo Heiwajima´s head- and just one thought crossed all their minds.

Why?!

THUD

The blond turned around, a death glare set-

WHY?!

"Izzzaaaayaaaaa-kuuunnnn-" the blond growled under his breath as he turned around slowly, glaring at the not so innocent flea who was tilting his head.

"Shizu-chan, you look so angry, did something happen?" Only barely he could hide a smirk to make his expression seem as clueless as he could manage-

That´s how it was supposed to be. Fuming with anger, the blond glared at the raven before finally starting to dash towards him-

"You are dead, flea!"

Izaya turned on his heels, running down the hall as the grin settled back on his expression.

This was how Shizu-chan was supposed to behave-

Only barely, he managed to avoid Shizuo´s grasp as he slipped back into his classroom.

The students were still in front, shuffling farther away from the two, if that was even possible, as Izaya headed straight for the window-

Doors went flying, along with a desk, which he barely evaded as he jumped out the window-

Wind whooshed past his head as he made himself ready for the impact- his classroom had been on the second floor, after all- but for someone like Izaya, this was no problem. He mastered parkour well enough.

Landing gracefully on the school ground, he twisted in the spot, running towards the school´s practice fields, the cement making his shoes screech as he dashed on.

Not quite as gracefully, Shizuo thundered after him- a loud crash followed and Izaya didn´t even need to twist his head backwards to know that Shizu-chan had ripped out the flagpole of the school again-

Bright colours were reflected by the sun- catching Shinra´s attention.

The future doctor was sitting in class, his head in his right hand´s palm as he saw the strange object pass his window-

Blinking, Shinra looked out of the window. He was pretty sure he just saw Izaya run by-

A flying bike and flagpost later Shinra sighed in confirmation.

"... Seems next class I´m going to be alone." The teacher entered the room and the door closed.

Shinra´s attention focused on the front of class as they students got up to greet the teacher.

The teacher´s head flew around as she scanned the room.

"Shizuo Heiwajima?"

Wordlessly the students pointed out of the window.

A knowing smile flashed over the woman´s face and she started her lesson.

"Well then, let´s move on with last time´s topic."

Shinra cringed as she started writing down new grammar rules.

Shizuo was so going to fail his exams here-

-Izaya´s point of view. 2 hours later.-

Smirking, the raven dashed past the soccer field- he didn´t know how the brute did it, but he had managed to rip the goal off of its supports and still not lose any distance to him-

The sun was gleaming from the sky as the raven suddenly twirled around, throwing a couple knives in Shizuo´s direction.

Two missed- the third got stuck in his shoulder. The blond hissed, throwing the goal towards the raven-

"Izayaaaa!" But he didn´t hit the flea- gracefully, Izaya jumped on top of the iron rods and slipped to the side, letting the goal fly past him with a whooshing noise.

Panting, the blond stood in front of him- Izaya slightly out of breath, as well.

Their chase had been going for more than an hour-

It was time they finished this-

Quickly, the raven turned on his heels, running to the backside of the gym´s hall- an overhang was close and so he swung himself on top of the roof before Shizuo could catch up to him.

A few chimneys and skylights were the only thing that disrupted the otherwise wide and clear roof.

Grinning he turned around- the blond was coming up the roof- just as he expected him to.

On the other side of the roof, there was the front gate of the school- running out of there into the city, he would be able to lose the blond quickly enough.

His escape route, you might say.

His trusted knife in his right palm and his sworn enemy right in front, he stood there for a second, smirking as the brute came to a halt.

"Well then, Shizu-chan, I think we played enough for today," he cooed, slipping the knife back into his black jacket´s pocket.

The blond growled, his eyes narrowing to slits as he glared at his enemy.

"Yeah. Just playing, as usual," he grumbled, obviously annoyed. "You are just playing around with me."

The raven perked his ears, a smile forced itself on his lips and he laughed.

"Wow, the monster finally got something right! Congratulations on evolving!"

Seriously, the way the blond stated that just now, it almost sounded like he only realized now that this was all nothing but a game to him.

Shizuo just kept glaring, amusing the raven more.

"Seriously, I didn´t think you were that stupid, Shizu-chan." He shook his head, putting on an almost sad expression as he sighed theatrically.

"Who was it that managed to actually get you?" Izaya blinked, the sudden question confusing him for a second.

He blinked, not getting what the blond was talking about.

"What?" he asked, stopping his mocking behavior for a brief moment.

"Tch," the blond grit his teeth in annoyance and shoved his hands into his now partly ripped white shirt´s pockets. "Must be one hell of a monster," he growled.

Izaya raised an eyebrow in amusement.

"Are you talking about yourself or something? Funny how you use third person speech, did your brain revert back to that of a child´s?"

"No, you fucking flea," Shizuo growled. The raven rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Shizu-chan, I have really no idea what you are babbling about. But I guess that was to be expected of an amoeba that tries to speak human language."

"Shut up, Izaya," the brute barked, the frown getting possibly even deeper on his forehead.

"I´m talking about the guy that managed to bruise you that bad," he could still remember how surprised he was when he spotted the blue marks on Izaya´s body.

...

Barely noticeable, the raven´s eyes widened.

The guy... that managed to bruise him-

"Must be one hell of a fighter. Stronger and faster than me."

He felt lightheaded.

Shizuo did not just say that.

Nauseous.

What was he talking about?

Cold.

"... repeat that?" Izaya asked, his tongue barely moving inside his dry throat.

"You heard me," the blond growled. "I saw all those bruises and I know I have yet to actually get you. There were old and new ones, so I guess you have been playing around with that guy a lot, haven´t you?"

It pissed Shizuo off for some reason. That fucking flea was just joking around.

He knew that, of course, Izaya had always been joking around- but...

He didn´t even know why he was that pissed off.

It just annoyed him.

He could leave him alone if he had others to annoy the shit out off.

Only now he noticed that the louse actually had not said a single word in reply.

He looked at the flea; he was still standing there, not moving, not talking.

Just staring at him.

"Wow. You shut up. Didn´t expect me to find out huh?" Shizuo asked, but the flea still kept quiet.

Heh.

"I always wondered why you aren´t scared that I might just get you one day. But seeing that your other playmate gets you quite often I guess you like getting caught."

Tch. And judging from the various colours of the bruises it wasn´t even that rarely.

A vein popped on his forehead.

"Sick. If you ask me you need some help in that department."

The flea was still just looking at him.

A quiet sound tore the ensuing silence- it had been the bell that announced the end of the period.

Realizing that he had missed a couple lessons, Shizuo looked towards the school. He could see his classmates coming out of his class.

Shit, he was going to be late again.

One last time, he glanced towards the flea.

"Just leave me the fuck alone," he growled and turned around, hopping off the roof.

Softly, he landed in the grass of the soccer field- but then the raven´s voice reached his ears once more.

"Keep that to yourself." Blinking, the blond twisted his head, looking up. The louse was standing on the edge of the roof.

"What?" he asked, not quite getting what the flea was talking about.

"The bruises," he snarled. "I won´t bother you anymore in exchange." And with those words, he turned around.

A minute passed.

The blond was still standing there, slightly surprised.

He wasn´t going to bother him anymore?

It almost sounded too good to be true.

Was he that keen on keeping this second play-guy a secret?

A frown forced itself on Shizuo´s forehead as he stomped back to class.

How annoying.

"Shizuo! Where were you?!" Startled, the blond turned into the direction of the voice.

He had just entered the school building again as Shinra called him.

"Last lesson, we were talking about the trip tomorrow! We were supposed to arrange everything."

Oh.

Shit.

"Did you fix everything for me?" he asked, hoping that Shinra had dealt with his stuff and kept whatever was meant for him.

The brunet sighed.

"I got everything for you that you need to get signed for tomorrow and tried to get you into the right groups." Ah, Shinra was a friend he could count on. "But I couldn´t arrange the sleeping matter."

Wait what?

"What do you mean?" he asked, as his bespectacled friend adjusted his glasses.

"It means that we won´t be sharing a room on our trip. Instead, you will have to put up with whoever is going to be left over."

Shizuo groaned. "Great. A full week sleeping with some annoying guy that probably snores or some shit."

Shinra waved him off.

"I don´t think so. I bet they will give you a single room or something, since I guess they wouldn´t want you to destroy the hotel because you got annoyed by a snoring person."

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"True." Shinra grinned.

"Now, why did you go pick a fight with Izaya? That´s not like you at all, did he do something?"

Shizuo looked at the brunet for a second, then shrugged.

"Doesn´t matter, Izaya is never going to annoy me anymore anyway." Shinra blinked, then his expression turned a tad serious.

"You... didn´t kill him right?" The blond nearly choked on air-

"What the fuck, Shinra? No."

"Eh, but then why would he stop annoying you?" Shinra asked, curiosity rising. Shizuo frowned as he crossed his arms.

"He didn´t want me to tell anyone that someone managed to beat his ass." Okay that answer surprised Shinra even more then the news of Izaya stopping annoying Shizuo.

"Someone did?" The future doctor repeated the astonishing news. "Is he hurt or something? Who was it?" Who would even managed to get Izaya? But the blond shook his head.

"Sorry, I won´t say more. Or he might decide on annoying me again."

"But, Shizuoooo-" the future doctor whined.

"I´m not surprised he didn´t tell you. You ramble too much."

"That´s not true!"

-Izaya´s point of view-

...

How stupid of him.

Hah.

Of all people, Shizu-chan had to see.

That brute.

Weary, he put one foot after the other as he walked along the pavement.

He passed a house.

One, two.

Then he was standing in front of it.

He glanced at his watch. It was barely 12pm.

Early.

Should he have been more careful?

He didn´t even know how Shizu-chan saw.

Quietly he opened the door to the house, pulling off his shoes and jacket as he stepped into the living room.

"I´m home."

There he was.

"Welcome back, Izaya, you are back early." That dissatisfied look.

Too bad, huh? Mum was still home wasn´t she?

"Hello, father."

End of chapter 2 C: C: C:

Look forward to the next chappy~ Cx xD I hope you liked this one :3 And things are gonna get really... bittersweet soonish hehe cx

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