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ஜ Chapter 16: How? ஜ
-Shizuo´s point of view-
He failed-
That was the only thing that was currently on Shizuo´s mind. He outrageously failed-
"Shinra, I´m dead." The blond announced as a huge sigh escaped his lips, his head resting on top of his desk. The teacher was just leaving the classroom as the future doctor shuffled over.
"I thought you said you were studying at home so you would know everything beforehand?" Shinra asked, tilting his head slightly, he really did think Shizuo would be able to do this exam at least- not speaking about all his other subjects of course, but history?
"I think I just forgot everything during the trip..." It was Monday. The trip had ended the day before- it was a rather unspectacular bus drive after Shizuo had put Shinra in the front seat. As expected his friend did get nauseous after all and didn´t come back to visit him again. It was a pretty silent and boring drive afterwards.
Shizuo had pretty much forgotten all about the exam to be honest- there had been... other things his mind had been busy with.
"Ne, have you seen Izaya today?" Shizuo had pretty much expected the raven to appear in front of him in the morning right after he arrived at school, but unexpectedly the only person he met there were a few guys up for a fight. He did think it was the flea who sent them and got slightly annoyed, though it seemed that wasn´t the case, since the louse was nowhere to be spot during the fight.
There was no way Izaya wouldn´t watch something he arranged, that was for sure.
"Izaya?" the brunette boy tilted his head thinking. Since there was an exam today he had been at school fairly early, going through the different dates once more, but he couldn´t remember seeing Izaya anywhere.
"Now that you say it, I don´t think he is at school actually."
"You think he skipped?" the blond asked, frowning just the slightest- that flea was smart enough to ace a test like this, so why be absent?
"I think he might be taking care of his siblings or something actually."
Oh.
Right- Shinra had said something about that probably being the reason why he left the trip so early as well.
Taking care of his siblings, huh? Sounded awfully nice considering it was the flea they talked about. He still couldn´t really imagine the raven like that after all.
"... someone´s gotta bring him his homework and shit, ne?" Shinra blinked upon hearing that from the blond- it almost sounded like he was thinking about actually visiting the raven.
A grin spread along the brunette's expression and he was about to open his mouth to ask whether Shizuo was worried about Izaya- but when he saw Shizuo's face he hesitated and his expression dropped instead.
He didn´t really know what it was that made him stop, but somehow he felt if he teased the blond too much right now he might ruin something.
"Want me to give you his address?" he asked instead, knowing very well where the raven lived. The blond turned his head obviously a tad surprised by his question.
"Me? What for?" The future doctor had to try hard to not grin or anything as he continued. Shinra had to help his dork friends out there a bit, now hadn´t he?
"Well, sadly I have a date with my beloved Celty today!" he cheered, a lovesick smile spreading all over his face as he squealed. "There is no way I will drop by at that good for nothing´s house today~ So," he paused, hoping his plan would work as he looked at the blond with begging eyes.
"Could you do it for me, please?" He would make them become best friends, and then they would never end up in a fight again~!
The blond paused for what felt like a minute as he stared at the beaming brunette.
"Please~?" he repeated once more, folding his hands and bowing as he asked for the favor anew.
With a huge sigh the blond ruffled through his hair.
"... alright, can´t be helped if you have a date."
Shinra was a genius~
A sigh escaped the boy´s lips as soon as the blond left the scene. It was only 9am, the second lecture was starting now, but he already knew Shizuo wasn´t going to back out once he promised something. His plan had worked~!
... he wished Celty would actually go on a date with him.
That wasn´t gonna happen though for sure.
-Shizuo´s point of view. A bit later in front of Izaya´s house.-
...
Okay, so, this should be it.
Looking at the crappy description to Izaya's house the blond wondered for a second why he even agreed in the first place. Shinra could have dropped by very well before his date.
Well... if he even had a date. He doubted that Celty person actually existed, but somehow he had a feeling Shinra wasn´t lying about her either.
If anything then it was probably a misinterpretation on his part.
Folding the piece of paper and slipping it into his pants´ pocket he let his knuckles meet the door, knocking trice. It was a pretty average house- a small garden was decorating the front entrance and it seemed to have a second floor. Shizuo didn´t know why, but somehow he had always had the impression Izaya would live somewhere fancier.
With his school bag throw over his shoulder and a bag containing Izaya's things in the other hand he waited, hearing slow steps approach the door from within.
With a soft creak the door opened slowly. Not even waiting for it to open completely the blond spoke.
"Excuse me, is Izaya he-" he paused midsentence, seeing exactly the person he had come here for in the door frame.
"Izaya?" He mumbled, the flea being equally surprised as he stared back.
"Shizu-chan...?" The raven was only wearing what Shizuo identified as pajamas, and he looked pretty pale. Was he sick?
"I came to bring you your homework and stuff that you missed at school." The blond announced, still looking at the flea, who didn´t really seem to be listening. His eyes looked glazy and hair was sticking to his sweaty forehead.
The raven blinked a few times, wondering if he was dreaming or if Shizu-chan was seriously only bringing him his stuff. He was feeling hot and dizzy, holding onto the doorframe. He wanted to say okay and take the bag so he could close the door and send him away again, but somehow his limbs didn´t act accordingly.
He was feeling heavy, and tired-
Barely in time the blond noticed how the flea´s body tilted forward-
He was about to fall-!
The suitcase and bag dropped unceremoniously to the ground as Shizuo took a quick step forward, clumsily snaking his arms around the flea´s frame-
"Oi- Izaya-"
Even through the clothes Shizuo could feel how hot the raven was. The raven still seemed to be conscious, though his eyes were barely open and a red flush was decorating his pale cheeks, making him look even more feverish. He wasn´t even trying to get away or say anything, making it all the more obvious just how sick he had to be feeling as he went lax in his arms.
Carefully snaking his arms tighter around the flea´s body he stepped into the house. The bags were kicked into the entrance and the shoes thrown off as he closed the door with his back, the flea still half leaning half hanging in his arms.
Hot puffs of breath blew over his neck as he heaved the raven up completely.
"Jeez, ... hold on, okay?" he mumbled, only weakly he felt Izaya´s fingers tighten on his shirt.
"Sorry," the sick male whispered softly. Shizuo didn´t think he had anything to apologize for, he didn´t want to go on about that right now though.
"Where is your room?" he asked instead, as he looked around the house. He had thought there might be someone at home, but the disturbing silence and the fact that Izaya himself had opened the door made him believe otherwise.
"Last door on the right," came the quiet response and blond tightened his grip on the flea as he walked on. There was a little corridor on the right of a staircase, leading to just one door. Carefully, not letting the raven fall he opened it, stepping into what seemed to be Izaya's room. A desk was standing in front of a window, dozens of subject´s books spread all over it. It almost looked like the flea had been studying.
A cupboard, filled with books and another, closed one, which he suspected contained clothes were standing in there, accompanied by a pretty huge bed.
Gently he bent over said piece of furniture, pushing the blanket away before letting the flea slip onto the soft mattress. A soft but content sigh left the fleas lips when the blond covered him with the blanket. Shizuo pulled off his jacket, throwing it in some corner before he sat down on the edge of his bed.
"Where are your parents?" The raven glanced at the blond, trying to focus his sight as he left out a small sigh.
"Work. Probably until the evening." He already suspected it, but knowing it for sure now the blond could only frown angry.
"And they leave you alone like this? Tch, shitty parents you have." Who knew, maybe Izaya would have just passed out somewhere on the house, maybe on those stairs he saw before- walking around like that, were they stupid?
"Nah, it´s my fault for catching Mairu´s cold." He heard the raven respond, his voice sounding way too weak compared to his usual cocky and confident way of speaking.
The raven blinked softly, a bit surprised when something cooler than his skin found its way to his forehead.
"Damnit flea, you have a pretty high fever." It was the blond´s palm that was checking his temperature.
"Wait a second." The raven blinked again, barely able to comprehend how the blond left the room. The usual silence was interrupted by a couple of swears and the sound of someone rummaging through cupboards. If it weren´t for the flea being so sick he might have been able to guess what the blond was doing, but like this it was nothing but a great mystery to him-
It was only about a minute that it took until he returned, now holding one of his mom´s baking bowls in one hand and a small towel in the other.
"Sorry, hope this is fine, didn't find anything better." Still confused the raven frowned.
"… what are you doing-" Shizu-chan sat down again on his bed´s side, leaning over as he put the towel into the water filled bowl.
"Trying to make you feel better a bit."
Cool and soft, the wet towel was placed on his forehead, making the raven slip his eyes shut for a second. He was feeling so hot, the blanket was making it only worse, but this towel was just amazing.
He had been having a headache ever since he got up to open the door before, but now slowly but surely the thrumming pain subsided as well.
"Does that feel good?" The blond asked, hoping he did at least something right. A soft nod was given and the blond sighed relieved.
"You are being awfully nice. Still because of the friends deal?" Izaya asked, for once his eyes opening just a bit more than just the narrow slits as he glanced at him.
"Yup. You better get used to this because I´m pretty confident I can endure your teases now." Shizuo answered, using the towel to wipe over the flea´s sweaty skin before dunking it into the cold water bowl again.
The raven grinned softly at the confident response. Endure his teases, huh?
"We will see about that." The blond loved to announce promises like that- didn´t mean he would really be able to keep them.
"So, your sister was sick?" A little surprised by the change of topic Izaya remembered what he said before. Right. The trip. He just left without saying a word, didn´t he?
"Mairu got sick, she had a cold, and since my parents weren´t at home all that much someone had to watch over her that´s why I left so quickly," he explained, giving the answers he knew Shizu-chan wanted to hear. Not that he felt obliged to tell him anything, but he didn´t intend to hide it in the first place.
"So that´s why you left." Shinra had been right after all, regarding the flea. He had said right away that his disappearance was probably connected to his sisters somehow.
"You can go, I can take care of myself now." Blinking the blond paused, the wet towel hovering over the raven.
"Go? There is no way I will leave." What was Izaya thinking? Was he getting delirious now? He had a pretty high fever and couldn't even walk straight and he suggested he should just leave him alone like that?
"I said it´s okay." That flea was actually serious, wasn´t he?
"But you´re sick, and I on my part hate being alone when I am sick. I am always bugging Kasuka to stay around, you would feel lonely too, aren´t I right?" the blond countered, placing the wet towel now on Izaya´s forehead to leave it there.
Izaya just looked at him, seemingly thinking about what he said, but he wasn´t denying it.
"I´ll take that as a yes."
"... but I will fall asleep." A soft mumble met Shizuo´s ears and he rubbed his temples with a sigh-
"Then I will be here when you wake up." Somehow he couldn´t distinguish which Izaya annoyed him more, the one that ran away from him smirking forcing him to chase after, or the one that wanted him to leave.
"Maybe the whole day." Izaya tried again, only earning a shrug from the blond who was obviously not giving a fuck about anything he said.
"I can do some of my homework."
...
He was already dead set on staying wasn´t he?
Why even? He was alright, he just had a fever. He could just leave already, and yet-
"... you will stay?" Izaya mumbled once more, and by now Shizuo was seriously starting to get annoyed.
"Yeah. Deal with it," he announced, turning to look at the flea again as he opened the eyes he had closed before. At the sight his breath got caught in his throat, however.
There was a tear drop running down Izaya´s face.
He could only stare as the clear liquid rolled down his face almost in slow motion. The raven seemed to notice as he quickly wiped at his face.
"Ah, got something into my eye-" he mumbled, and Shizuo couldn´t really decide whether the flea was saying the truth or he really just cried-
…
Reaching forward the blond pulled the wet towel off once more, dropping it into the cold water bowl, refreshing it.
"You should sleep now." He mumbled upon placing the towel back onto his still moderately feverish forehead.
"… kay..." Letting his eyelids flutter close the raven turned on his side.
It might have been due to the fever or just general exhaustion from walking around too much, but it didn´t take even a minute until Izaya´s breathing had evened out and he had fallen asleep.
So peaceful...
The flea looked totally different when he slept. Not scheming or evil at all. During the trip Shizuo didn´t notice since it was always dark, but now like this-
Unwillingly the blond´s sight trailed to Izaya's lips.
His brain just loved to file him in on just how soft those felt and what they had done-
A slight flush tainting his cheek the blond slapped a palm in his face, trying to get rid of the annoying thoughts.
His brain was almost as annoying as Shinra.
Did you like it?
That stupid ass doctor had asked something that caused him way more headaches than the doctor might have thought.
It, huh? He certainly did think about that time instead. And the scariest thing was- he actually did.
There was one thing that bugged him even more than that constant train of thoughts though.
The way he looked at Izaya. For fucks sake he was sitting here taking care of the flea- and as much as he could lie to himself, he couldn´t deny being too worried to leave the flea alone.
Looking at the flea again he noticed the towel had slipped off a bit. Carefully he bent over the raven, pulling the wet texture back in place.
...
A sigh left his lips and he sat down on the edge of the bed once more his hands finding their way to his temples.
He knew exactly what he was trying to ignore.
... shit.
How the hell did that happen?
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End of chapter 16 C:
Well then~ What do you think Shizuo noticed~? xD eheheheh
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Guest 2: xDD definitely xD haha Shinra jsut stuck his nose in business that wasn´t his to begin with C': haha and yesh, mairu was just sick, no worries 3 as you can see no one is at home, so Mairu was fine enough to go to kindergarden/ elementary school- I´m not sure yet just how old these two are xDDDDDDD any suggestions regarding exact age? xDDD hah Izzy seriously is the sweetest brother ever C': but more to that next chapter C; C; C;
Unknown: awwwww thank you dear 3
Guest: hah no worries xD as you see, izzy is "okay" he just caught the cold of his sis C': and shizzy is there to take care of him as well hehe 3
Akaimetsukitr248: I kept watching you haha xD You literally left the same comment on every single chapter x'DD Thank you haha C': Tho I do update regularly (COUGHS except I´m a bit late sometimes COUGHS) so anyway you can see when the enxt chapters will be up for each story on the very top of my profile C: 3
Shufflepink: Haha kawaii izzzy had to take care of his siblings C: tho- that is not ALL to what it was C; but more to that later on hehe cx next chapter you might be able to guess just why he hurried home like that C: 3
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