-๑-๑ஜ ๑-Chapter 22: Home time-๑ஜ ๑-๑-
-Shizuo´s point of view.-
It was… pretty damn quiet. Too quiet almost. Nervous the blond let his eyes travel around the room he was currently in- Izaya's house- the living room. Sure it wasn't like he hadn't been here before, but last time had sort of been some kind of emergency- the flea had a fever and all and Shizuo didn't think too much about it but now when he was sitting here at the tiny table waiting for izaya to return with the books he couldn't help but feel tense.
He had a feeling he was going to mess up somehow-
What if Izaya managed to piss him off actually and he destroyed something inside his house? What if he acted weird and Izaya found out that he didn't exactly hate him as much anymore as he used to?
Dozens and dozens of "what ifs" flew through Shizuo's mind as he looked at the small table in front of him.
… okay maybe he wasn't exactly going to destroy his house- but there were still dozens of other possibilities that he could mess up-
It certainly didn't help that he knew he was going so spend some time with the flea all alone now either.
Hearing footsteps approach the living room again the blond sat straight up.
With his usual grin plastered on his face the raven entered the living room with a book and... glasses?
"So, from what Shinra told me your exam was about political important historical events from 1900 to 2000, right?" the raven started right off the bat while Shizuo was still pretty damn dumbfounded by the seeing aid on Izaya's nose.
"Since when do you wear glasses?" he asked dumbfounded, already ignoring the first question Izaya had asked.
Feeling the book hit his head, albeit softly, the raven clicked his tongue.
"Concentration Shizu-chan, we are supposed to study not to elaborate on each other's vision."
"Alright alright-" the blond mumbled, letting his hand ruffle through his blond strains- his eyes were still pretty damn fixated on Izaya's glasses though. With a sigh the raven realized that the blond probably wasn´t going to concentrate on anything until he answered Shizu-chan´s question.
"I happen to be a bit wide sighted. Means it´s hard to read stuff that's too close to my face. That´s what they are for." he explained shortly, hoping the topic would be done with that, though with Shizu-chan it seemed no topic was going to be done quickly.
"Heh... I never knew," the fascination was almost visible in his face- what was he even getting so excited for? Was he seriously the type to be happy about knowing little secrets that only he did?
"I never use them at school so how would you? Not even Shinra knows I think," the raven shrugged, wondering just what had gotten into the blond as he opened the history book on page one.
"Now, show me how you would memorize this part," he continued quickly, wanting to get back to the studying part already.
Handing the book to the blond a soft grin flashed over his face when he saw the blond´s bewildered expression.
"There are nothing but dates-"
"Yeah, so?" Blinking the blond looked at the raven.
Was he serious?
"I can't memorize that- there aren't even any words or anything to you know… remember this," he complained, wondering if maybe the flea had gone insane now or something, there were like 6 different dates- maybe one or two he could remember, but six?
"Still try." Izaya hummed, obviously not giving a fuck about whether he was going to fail right at the start at their "studying".
Groaning the blond stared at the various numbers on the page. These were nothing but numbers for the blond- how the hell was he supposed to remember anything like this?
1775, 1517, 1989, 1914, 1945, 1440,
Fucking hell they all looked so similar just how was he going to-
"Now tell me what you read." Reacting too slow the book slipped from Shizuo's grasp and the raven shut it close.
For a second the blond thought Izaya was just joking because there was no way he had had enough time to even remember any of these- well apparently he wasn't because he looked pretty damn well like he was expecting to hear something from him.
Awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck Shizuo tried to recall at least some numbers.
"... uhhhh ... 1775, and uh 15…. 40?" That's it. That was everything he did remember the other were just a mix of a couple 19s with other numbers attached- he would have to guess to try and get another right.
"Nice try Shizu-chan," Izaya chuckled "It were 1775, 1517, 1989, 1914, 1945 and 1440," Shizuo swore he hadn't felt this stupid in his whole life. Izaya had seriously remembered them all without fail and that even though he had just glanced at the page for like half a minute.
How the hell even?
"Sorry I'm so stupid," the blond mumbled flustered, wondering if it had been a good idea to come here in the first place. Being in the same room with Izaya and all was nice, but exposing to him just how dumb he was, wasn´t exactly-
Shaking his head as if to deny what Shizuo had said the raven negated his words.
"No you aren´t, let´s try this instead, I read this to you and then you tell me again what you can remember, alright?"
Did he even have the choice to say no and just go home?
Already feeling the embarrassment grow worse and worse the bond nodded, this time gathering all the concentration he managed because hell he couldn't fail another time-
And then the raven started reading the numbers to him- and dang, Shizuo´s attention sure was elsewhere at that moment.
He had never actually paused to stop and listen to Izaya, nor had he ever paid much attention to what he said in the first place- but now that he was reading the numbers to him in what he could only describe as a reading voice for bedtime stories, the blond couldn't help but notice just how much he liked Izaya's voice.
It was smooth, elegant, slow and compassionate. Not quite like the mocking tune he used at school not did it have this certain sense of being superior in the back.
He could imagine Izaya reading bedtime stories to his siblings like that.
"Okay, so how many do you remember?"
Oh shit- he should have memorized those, he should have-
…
The blond paused.
Wait-
He… remembered? Somewhat-
"... 1775, 1517, 1989, 1914, 1945 and... uhh-" it were the same old numbers, he hadn't exactly paid too much attention to them and yet-
"Holy shit." How come he remembered this many?!
"Shizu-chan no swearing at home," the raven scolded him almost instantly, but he couldn't hide a chuckle following the burst out.
"How-?" Shizuo asked, wondering just what the hell had just happened.
The raven grinned and for a second the blond thought he was just going to tease him-
"You remember hearing things by ear better than by seeing them in front of you Shizu-chan," Izaya explained, putting the book away again. "Shinra is like that too. I saw him walk around practice for an exam- at first I thought he was talking to himself but actually he was just studying."
Just studying wrong? Really, that was all? The blond couldn't believe it. Well then again no one ever told him how he was supposed to study. None of the teachers at school seemed to care enough to tell them that.
They always just said what they were supposed to know at what point in time, but nothing on the topic of how they were supposed to learn that stuff.
"How did you know I'm not just stupid though?" Shizuo asked, although a bit quiet because he still remembered how he had failed to remember anything earlier. He must have seemed pretty stupid.
The raven just shrugged at the question.
"You don't strike me as someone who would slack off with studies on purpose and as much of a protozoan you are, you aren´t stupid." Blinking the blond looked up at the raven.
"Did you just call me intelligent?"
"Nope, just not stupid," Izaya remarked with a grin.
Feeling all warm all of a sudden the blond couldn't help but smile.
"From now on you should try reading this aloud to yourself and memorize it that way, or have someone read this to you, Shinra I would suggest," the raven informed, getting up again from the floor only to disappear into the kitchen- it wasn't hidden beneath a door or anything, rather it was connected with the living room, not even a wall was separating the two rooms so he could watch the raven easily as he rummaged around in a cupboard.
"Do you study like this too?" he found himself asking, wondering if that´s why despite never being at school the raven could still keep up with the best grades. Shinra had told him what kind of grades the raven had after all and dang that had only pissed him off even more.
Making him chase the flea around all day made him fall behind so it was unfair that Izaya didn´t.
"No, I´m more of a visual type. I read something or see it one paper and it´s just there copied into my head like that." The blond hummed, already having expected something along these lines.
"Sounds like cheating." A snort followed and the raven pulled out two glasses from the cupboard filling one with some gross looking liquid that was probably supposed to be tea and the other with milk. "Even I feel sometimes as if it is," the raven informed, while to Shizuo´s delight, carrying the two cups over.
"I heard milk is your favourite drink?" the raven asked with a smirk while placing the treat in front of the blond.
"It is- thanks." How did Izaya even know that? Must have been Shinra.
"How do you know this stuff about studying though?" the blond asked, noting that the flea had the good kind of milk at home- not any low fat gross kind of milk, nope it was the perfectly fatty liquid of heaven running down his throat.
"Ah, I once read a book about human psychology, it was referring to the brain and how its processing information, really interesting I may add," the raven answered sipping from his still pretty gross looking tea.
"You read that voluntarily?" Shizuo asked, remembering all too well a time he grabbed the wrong book in the library, something about anatomy, and didn't understand shit of what he read there.
"Some people do like reading just for the sake of it you know." Izaya laughed obviously amused by the blond's funny questions. Somehow the blond really happy right now.
Having a cup of milk, a new way to study and actually remember shit while talking to a very unusually nice flea- yeah he definitely couldn't complain.
"Before we started our chases I used to hang out in the library at breaks and read every book I could find there, so I guess it's not that surprising."
"Ah- you said so on the trip-" the blond remarked remembering the conversation they had while walking up that endless flight of stairs.
"So you do remember!" the raven hummed, not bothering to his hide surprisement.
"Of course, I remember every single thing you did on the trip."
-a blink followed by both of them and all of sudden Shizuo remembered something else as well-
"Good thing Shizu-chan has such a nice memory~" the raven hummed in a way that seemed way too suggestive to the blond-
Shizuo's mind just about exploded right then and there- the very, very vivid image of a flea on top of him getting off reappearing in his mind as choked on the milk he had been given.
A glance was thrown here and there and Shizuo almost expected Izaya to say something, say more, but no he didn´t.
The opposite he just looked at Shizuo as if he were trying to see something as if he were waiting for something. Having the raven look at him this closely in this context didn't exactly make the blond feel any less embarrassed.
Izaya's lips parted as if he wanted to say something, but instead he forced them shut again, swallowing the words. The way Izaya averted his gaze and his cheeks took on the faintest hint of red after that made the blond´s imagination run wild.
Izaya was being pretty amazed at the direction his brain was moving into.
He had just been about to make a joke about how they should get drunk again sometime together- he had intended to tease the bond with it but somehow he was the one who ended up being embarrassed by the sole thought of saying that out aloud. It was just a joke for fuck´s sake and yet the memory of how he had thrown himself at Shizu-chan as way to fresh to just brush it off like that.
"Want some more milk?" the raven asked clearing his throat, grateful he had an excuse to break the silence.
Nodding quickly the blond seemed to be pretty speechless as well.
It was when he was about to take the glass in front of him that they both heard the clicking sound of a door falling shut.
All of a sudden there was a tension in the air Shizuo couldn't quite pinpoint. The raven´s expression had somewhat frozen, growing cold, way different to the one he had just been showing and he hesitated to take the glass.
"Izaya, are you home?" a cold voice asked and even though Shizuo didn't know why he suddenly felt his hair stand on ends.
"Father-"
to be continued
hello! Gosh I am so sorry, I took way to freaking long for this update I don´t even have an excuse TAT Maybe exams a bit but gah I still took way too freaking long sowy –sobs- now I will be updating a bit faster again C:
Oh and also I´m updating the word count of every single one of my stories every day xD So if I end up being late or something just check on my profile page and you will know whether I´m stuck or just a bit late or at the beginning of the chapter still x'D
Guest 2: fucking hell you are perceptive to a degree I can´t even grasp xD Yes indeed C: That izaya´s sisters aren´t home already revealed that izaya´s dad is coming home xD are you a new Sherlock perhaps? xD lmao Shizuo kinda is like an adorable puppy xd especially now that he isn´t chasing Izaya like a raging bull anymore C:
Unknown: I gues your question will be out in the open for a bit longer C':
Shufflepink: xD haha I hope this was fun enough xD Poor izaya tho, he didn´t know his father would come this early.
Well then, the next chapter will be up on 21stJuly2017~! Sorry for the kinda longish wait again but I´m having all of my exams next week x'D and after that I´m going straight on a vacation *^* xD But once I´m back I will work hard on the chapters ho ho ho C: C: C:
