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Chapter 3: Different lifes

-Shizuo´s point of view-

"Ah, big brother, welcome home." Surprised at hearing his little brother´s voice, Shizuo stepped into the living room. He was already sitting there, finishing his homework it seemed.

"Kasuka? I thought you had classes still." He looked at his watch- only 1pm. Usually he came home around 2pm on Mondays. The younger Heiwajima shook his head softly.

"Not today. They got cancelled because of our teacher. Apparently she got sick." The blond hummed.

"I see." Suddenly, a clatter came from the kitchen, and Shizuo made his way over to the source of the noise.

A woman with long brown hair was shuffling around in the kitchen, preparing lunch. She paused when she heard the door open.

"Ah, welcome home, Shizuo." She smiled when she spotted one of her children in the doorway, but then frowned just the slightest bit when her sight fell on the blond´s attire.

"Oh my- what happened to your shirt, dear? Did you get into a fight again?" she asked, half scolding, half pouting as she approached the blond and inspected the cuts.

"Ah, that was the flea," Shizuo answered, annoyed that he had again ruined something his mum had worked for and bought for him. He always came home with ripped shirts-

He frowned more.

Tch- good thing he would leave him alone now.

"Again?" his mother asked with a sigh. It wasn´t the first time her son had come home like this, after all. "You didn´t get hurt, did you?" Shizuo shook his head, smiling.

"No worries, I´m completely fine."

Shizuo was grateful for having such understanding parents. Others might have hated him for always destroying things, for his strength, but not his mother and father. Sure, sometimes they got mad, but they were more worried about him than the things he destroyed.

He was really lucky.

-Izaya´s point of view. A bit earlier.-

The raven glanced towards the man once more before walking into the living room. His mother was leaning over the table; a suitcase had been placed on it, and she was packing clothes.

"Ah, Izaya, did you skip school again?" she asked- not exactly worried about that, though. It wasn´t the first time Izaya had skipped classes.

"I already studied what they were going to teach us today," Izaya lied. Today he had just gone home because he was fed up with being at school.

After Shizu-chan had said all that stuff.

...

He had been careless, hadn´t he? But the brute was stupid. It´s not like he would figure anything out on his own.

"Heh, I have such a smart son," Izaya´s mother chuckled, shoving the last pieces of clothing into the suitcase before shutting it firmly. She lifted it from the table and ruffled briefly through Izaya´s hair.

"Be nice and take care of Mairu and Kururi once they get home okay? They are at a friend´s place, they will come back around 5." The raven nodded. Those two sure made friends easily.

"Sure, can I come with you, until you leave?" Izaya asked, already expecting the answer since his mother always took him with her to the airport. They would enter the hall together and Izaya would wait until his mother´s flight was just about to take off.

She would fly to whichever destination she was going to, and Izaya would walk home or take a stroll around the city.

"Sorry sweetie, not today. My schedule changed, and the flight will be leaving right away."

Wait, what?

Surprised, the raven blinked. Wait- that meant that he only came home to stay here with-

"I´m sorry. I know I´m gone a lot, but I promise I´m going to be home a lot more soon, okay?" his mother apologized to her son, seeing how he had turned gloomy.

Izaya just nodded, glancing for a second at his father, who was still sitting in his chair.

...

He was staring at him.

...

"No worries. It´s okay," he replied solemnly. His father´s gaze trailed back to his paper as his mother hurried for the door.

"Well then, see you in a week, Izaya, have a nice trip." She smiled, waving at her son before finally closing the door.

"Yeah." His tongue felt heavy inside his mouth as the word quietly dropped from his lips.

The door was closed.

She was gone.

Lightheaded, the raven turned around. The stairs that led up to his room were just opposite the door.

Just a few steps and he would be upstairs.

Just a few.

His father was still sitting in the living room. He hadn´t said anything yet. Maybe he was in a good mood.

He set his foot on the first step of the stairs as the voice broke the tense silence.

"Where do you think you are going, Izaya?"

-Shizuo´s point of view.-

"Do you need help packing?" The blond glanced over his shoulder. Currently, he was in his room, a suitcase on his bed, open and with all kinds of clothes just thrown into it.

He was sitting in front of it on the floor, the floor barely visible because of all the things covering it. He wondered what he should take with him on the trip. He was rather surprised Kasuka actually offered to help.

He was standing in the door, scanning the mess Shizuo had made.

"Ah, no it´s fine," Shizuo mumbled, throwing two extra shirts into his suitcase. Who knew, the raven had promised to leave him alone, but that sounded too good to be true, to be honest.

To be on the safe side, he would pack as if he expected the flea to annoy him.

Also, who knew what that roommate of his was going to be like- if he annoyed him too much, then Shizuo might end up rampaging and could accidentally destroy his clothes, as well.

Ah, he would need band aids.

He got up from his spot on the floor and walked over to his desk, opening a drawer filled with band aids.

It wasn´t like he never needed them, ne?

"You will be gone for a full week, won´t you?" The blond blinked, not having noticed that his little brother was still watching him.

"Yeah, we are going to some healthy countryside place. I forgot the name, lots of Sakura trees and things are supposed to be there now." His brother glanced at his half-filled suitcase.

"Is that flea-person also going to be there?" Shizuo frowned slightly at his brother mentioning Izaya.

"Probably, since his class is also coming, but he won´t be annoying me this time." At least he hoped so. Kasuka nodded solemnly.

"Good."

"You are so talkative today," Shizuo commented, a little surprised his brother was still in his room. "You gonna miss me or something?" He grinned, but Kasuka didn´t react.

"Take care." Those were the last words he said before leaving the room.

Shizuo tilted his head to the side.

Sometimes his brother really just confused him.

Oh well-

Sighing, he let his fingers trail through his hair as he looked at the mess on the floor. The trip was tomorrow and he still hadn´t finished packing. And also...

He glanced at the history book on his desk. He needed to memorize that for after the trip...

Either he would somehow manage to study everything now, or he would have to take the textbook with him...

With a groan he walked over to his desk.

This shit was so boring- but he definitely didn´t want to study on the trip, either...

Unwillingly, he opened the book to page 1.

"Kay, let´s get this shit done."

-Izaya´s point of view.-

... fuck-

Hissing, the raven squeezed his eyes shut as he sat down on his bed. A hand found its way to his sweaty forehead as he hunched over, trying to find a comfortable position... Or at least, one that wouldn´t hurt too much.

Shit-

"God damnit-" Tears gathered in his eyes as he tried to lie down. His head was throbbing. Why was it always his head?

"Is something wrong?" Izaya had asked, just as he was about to walk upstairs- he had already known what was going to come, but hope was allowed until the end, no?

"You know well enough what´s wrong. Why else did you come home so early, you little pest?" He should have known he would get even angrier, it was a stupid move.

Gingerly, he placed a hand on his stomach as he curled up on top of his bed.

Fuck... it hurt so bad.

Why did he not wait until the usual time?

He should have known his mother was going to leave earlier.

Hah... he was slacking off.

Becoming an informant huh, he wasn´t even able to properly gather information on his own family.

If he had known she would be gone to leave him alone with his dad... He would have never returned so early.

Heh, he was mad because he knew that Izaya intended to come back only when the twins returned...

Whimpering slightly, he curled up more.

That asshole was a fucking sadist.

Always aiming for the places that hurt most, but were hidden well so it wouldn´t be obvious to anyone.

... Tch...

If he hadn´t been so stupid back then he could have ended all this.

If he didn´t...

He let his eyes wander through his room. The packed suitcase was already resting on his chair at the desk.

At least he would be gone for quite a while now, a whole week.

Somehow, his feelings about that were still mixed, though. The week was going to be great; it was a chance to let all those bruises heal, but he didn´t know what was going to await him once he returned home.

It made him anxious.

Really... He wished that guy would just drop dead.

Sudden shuffling and rattling at the front door made him perk his ears, a small smile spreading over his lips as he sat himself up once more, softly wincing.

He already knew who was approaching his room when he heard the little feet trip over the floor quickly. His door was slammed open and two little angels invaded his room at top speed.

"Iza-nii!" Within a second the hyper girl had ran over to the raven, hugging him tightly- around his waist.

The raven flinched, the bruises still fresh and hurting way too much-

"Mairu, get down!" he snapped, pushing the girl away reflexively.

Wide-eyed, the girl stared at him, not knowing what she did wrong- the future informant realized his mistake a little too late as tears filled the little child´s eyes.

"Ah, sorry I didn't mean to yell-" he apologized quickly, gently hugging his little sister, who didn´t know what she had done wrong.

"Iza-nii is a meanie..." she sniffed, two big tears rolling down her cheeks as she cuddled with the raven.

"Sorry, sorry, you can hug me, see?" the raven apologized, biting back any frown or show of discomfort as he wrapped his arms around the little girl, hugging her tightly.

"You too," he smiled, taking Kururi´s hand to pull her over, as she had been looking at him just as guiltily as if she had been the one he snapped at. Really now, those two rally shared everything, even the blame.

Mairu smiled and rubbed at her eyes, hugging the raven back.

"You just hit my tummy you know. You gotta pay attention where you hop onto," Izaya explained, ruffling her hair. A little pink star-shaped pin was on top of it, but the hair was disheveled from playing around so much. He took it off and reattached it correctly.

"Oh. I´m sorry," Mairu said guiltily, realizing she had hurt her beloved big brother. Izaya smiled. "It´s okay. Did you two have a nice day at your friend´s place?" An even wider smile spread over her lips and she nodded enthusiastically.

"Yeah! We played hide and seek, and Kururi was so good at it! We tried to make her laugh in her hiding spot, but she just wouldn´t give her position away!" The girl in question smiled, nodding.

"Fun."

"That´s good." Izaya smiled. For everything that was wrong in this family, he was really glad those two weren´t involved in any of it.

"You were gone longer than allowed, though. It´s already eight," he stated, pointing to the clock in his room. The twins gaped at him.

"But we called you and told you that we would come home later!" Mairu announced, a worried frown on her forehead, thinking her big brother had forgotten-

"Did," Kururi stated as well, nodding quickly. The raven snorted.

"Haha, I know, don´t look so shocked, I was just joking." A pout formed on Mairu´s face and she stuck out her tongue.

"Meanie!" The raven just grinned.

"Now, it´s late already, who is going to sleep?" he asked, looking at both of them.

"Not us-!" Mairu instantly cheered with a smile, running through Izaya´s room. The sister followed, laughing as they stumbled around in Izaya´s room, accidentally knocking the suitcase off the chair, not that Izaya minded. There were only clothes and some other unbreakable things in there anyway.

"Oh? Well, I´m tired though, so I will head to bed." And with those words he laid back on his bed, closing his eyes quickly. "Good night."

The twins stopped in their run and gaped at their brother.

"Eh?! No! Stupid brother, you have to bring us into bed!" Mairu announced, running over to poke at Izaya´s cheek. "Don´t be lazy!" Kururi shuffled over as well, softly pushing Izaya´s shoulder.

"Iza-nii. Wake up."

push push

The raven opened one eye, acting sleepy, and yawned, before a grin spread over his lips.

"Well then," he announced, sitting up and raising his hands in a cat like manner. "You have to get into bed quick before the grumpy, tired Iza-croco gets you two-!" Mairu laughed and screamed playfully as she ran away from her brother, dashing out of Izaya´s door, towards her own room- her sister quietly following close behind.

The raven chuckled, pushing himself off the bed to hurry after them, only to hunch over slightly as his new bruises reminded him all too gladly of their presence.

He wrapped his arms around his stomach gently, trying to ease the pain again.

"Iza-nii, hurt?" Surprised, his head snapped up, only to see Kururi standing in his doorway, looking at him worriedly.

"No, no, I just stepped on something." He assured quickly, dropping his arms to his side as he walked up to his calmer sister quickly.

"Why aren´t you running to your bed, like Mairu?" he asked, ruffling her hair. She smiled and let her hand slip into Izaya´s.

"Iza-croco, like. Not scary." Izaya smiled. Little angels. Just as he said.

He wrapped his hand around her much smaller one.

"Well if that´s so, then let´s have the Iza-croco read you a bedtime story, would you like that?" The girl smiled brightly and nodded as they made their way over to their bedroom where Mairu was already giggling and waiting for them while hiding under her blanket.

-Father´s point of view-

"What do you mean, profit?" The man frowned as he listed to what the other side of the call had to say.

He was sitting in the living room again, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He could hear the annoying pests upstairs. Couldn't they be quiet for once?

A couple minutes passed, and the expression the man wore seemed to get brighter and brighter.

"... I see what you are getting at." He hummed, blowing away some smoke.

"No, I don´t think Izaya will object. Don´t worry about that." Finally, that annoying pest was going to be good for something.

"Two weeks from now it is. I expect the money at your arrival."

To be continued cx

Awwwwww, Izaya is such a cutie bro xDDD

Sowy if it´s OOC, but it´s just so awwwwwwwwwwwww

I couldn´t resist. XDDD That asshole father though. I don´t think this cahpter turned out oo well... but heyyyyyy

next one is gonna be better I promise :3

Also, please do check out my other story, survival of the doomed- it´s a zombie story, but not as scary as you may think- it´s actually gonna turn really sweet and shit cx It´s really cute xD But somehoe only 4 people are reading it ;-; even though I give my bestttt-

xD oh well

I hope you still liked this chapter :3

See you next sunday~! (ノಠヮಠ)ノ:・゚.*

Ps.: You know what minna-san? xD I finally got enough confidence to actually write my book down ;/; well not everything yet, but chapter 1 got done yesterday *0* Perfectly done, it´s gonna stay just that way cx Now on to chapter 2 xDDD If I keep going like this it will be done until October 2016 ;/;

I kinda always doubted that I actually can write anything apart from Shizaya- but you guys gave me so much confidence over the course of time about my writing itself so, that the lil insecure me actually gained enough confidence to start x'D Thank chu ;/; Imma keep you updated in little Ps.:- notes how my book is going x'DDD