-๑-๑ ๑- Chapter 27: Are we dating...? -๑ ๑-๑-

-Shizuo´s point of view. At home.-
Light. Ah the blond felt so light.

Dropping the school bag next to his desk he could do nothing but grin while closing the door to his room. Kasuka had been looking at him as though he wanted to ask why he was smiling so broad, but he didn't even notice as he threw himself on top of his bed.

Face buried inside his pillow he just recalled the prior events.

...

He did it.

He kissed Izaya

He confessed.

Sorta- well it wasn't like he actually got to say what had been on his mind for a while now, but it was clear. The flea was smart, Izaya understood, he got what he meant and the bond felt as though he was in a daze, in a dream like haze.

Reaching up towards his lips countless questions were racing through his mind, why the raven had kissed him first- he hadn't expected it at all. And what did Shinra have to do with all of this?

What did Izaya's kiss mean?

What did their second kiss mean?

At first he had been worried, thought that maybe Izaya was just fooling around for a second but the moment he wanted to ask he only threw his mind into even further confusion as his lips met the blond´s once more.

He had no real idea what was going on, but if Izaya was kissing him like that, without being drunk - it had to mean something right?

The blond felt as though his chest was going to melt with all the heat that was collecting as his heart thumped fast.

The door to his room opened with a soft creak and the blond rose his head to look at a pretty confused brother who was tilting his head questioningly.

"Why are you in such a good mood today?" he questioned, and Shizuo could really do nothing but grin broadly as he responded.

"I'm just looking forward to school tomorrow."

He really was- and unknown to him he wasn't the only one thinking the exact same way.

"Iza-nii~!" cheerful laughter reached the raven´s ears when he entered his home- the twins were rolling on the floor- it looked as though they were fighting but judging from how wide they were smiling and laughing it was just one of their silly little games.

"Welcome home, Izaya," his mother suddenly said, coming heather from the kitchen- a pleasant smell was filling the entire floor as she was already cooking dinner- or rather nearly done with it judging from the smell.

"Iza-nii, play," Mairu suddenly said, running over to the raven to grab his hand and tug at it softly.

A grin spread across Izaya's face at the surprisingly sweet gesture from the usually so silent girl.

"Sorry you two I have to study."

"But Iza-nii," Kururi pouted while being pushed into the kitchen instead.

"So who wants to help me peel the potatoes?" Izaya's mother asked, taking care of the kids as Izaya made his way towards his room.

A unified "me!" was being heard as the door to the raven's room slipped shut.

Silence welcomed him with gentle arms while his heart was hammering against his chest.

Ah, he almost felt bad for lying there a little bit but gosh-

Leaning against the door he couldn't help but grin even wider than he had when he had entered the house.

Shizu-chan had kissed him back- it was odd Izaya had already kissed the blond, hell, back on the trip they had done even more than that and yet- feeling a hint of embarrassment flush his face the raven touched his lips. A step was taken back and the raven leaned against the door, head thudding softly against the wood as he looked up at his ceiling.

This- he had no idea what he had started there, hell for once he wasn't even sure whether he could predict anything that was going to happen from now on- after all Shizu-chan was involved and yet, he couldn't remember ever having felt this awesome before.

Snorting to himself the raven found himself thinking that he was actually looking forward to school tomorrow.

To school, heh- sighing deeply the raven let himself drop onto his matress. He felt so content, so warm and happy. He didn't know what do do with this feeling.

He could still feel the warmth lingering on his lips- he wanted to do that again. Kiss Shizu-chan that is.

Somehow he had this intense urge to met up again with the blond again as soon as possible. Pausing in his thoughts the raven grinned, realizing that he could do exactly that first off in the morning.

And so the thought was executed.

"Shizuo, wait for me!" looking up the raven glanced towards the school ground, a few leafes blocking his vision as he looked towards the source of the voice. He was at school again- after not having been able to fall asleep after yesterday's incident it had taken him ages to find some rest, only to end up oversleeping as a result and running late for school.

By the time he arrived at the building Shizuo and Shinra were already gone for their lessons and the raven decided to act upon his wishes.

Why he was currently sitting in the only tree placed in the middle of the school´s training grounds and watching Shizuo and Shinra as well as the rest of the class that was absolving their PE lesson, he didn't really know. He had intended to simply meet up with him- so how come he was observing him from here instead?

Well he knew why he had chosen the tree- he hadn't had the best view from the roof so that's for that. Letting his back thud against the tree trunk the raven let his eyes slip shut for a moment.

He had no idea what he was supposed to do or how he was supposed to act now. He had never been in the position of actually not wanting someone to hate him again.

It had always only been games and fun, no matter what the result of his deeds was it always proved to be amusing, but now?

He was curious beyond a level he had ever known.

Watching his two objectives he could spot them walking over, right towards the tree he was sitting in.

"No more laps?" Shinra questioned following the blond right behind. Shizu-chan had stopped exercising, breaking out of that row of other students. He ruffled through his hair while he glanced at the brunette.

"You think the teacher would complain?"

As if. The raven muffled a chuckle at the all too obvious question.

"Don't think he got the balls to," Shinra agreed lifting his arms above his head to stretch his muscles.

"So, what's up?" he suddenly questioned catching the blond a bit off guard. Lowering his arms having imitated Shinra's actions he lowered himself into the grass instead.

"What do you mean?" he questioned, and Izaya was curious about that as well."You have been acting a bit off today," Shinra added going into detail and suddenly there was this smirk drawing alongside his lips seeming as though he already knew everything anyway. "Did anything happen with Izaya perhaps?" he purred causing izaya to blink in surprise.

Hoh- what did Shinra know?

"Oh shut up, Shinra," the blond groaned merely as he let his back thud against the tree trunk behind him. Izaya's curiosity was growing more and more intense- what was Shinra talking about? Why did he think something could have happened?

For a tiny moment Izaya remembered Shinra telling him that he should give Shizu-chan a shot- what did the brunette know that he didn't?

"Come on, tell me!" Shinra whined, but to Izaya's disappointment the brunette didn't have much more time to question the blond as the familiar voice of the teacher's reached his ears.

"Kishitani-kun!" The teacher was looking over at the two, he had obviously realized that Shinra wasn't exercising like he was supposed to.

"Ah, nooo, I don't wanna…" the brunette complained groaning as he thruded back to the sports ground. Of course the teacher hadn't called for Shizu-chan. Be it strength or speed the blond was exceeding even the teachers by far in both of those categories. If anything the teachers should be hoping for Shizu-chan's strength to decrease.

Remaining quiet, not wanting to be spotted yet the raven looked at the blond from above. He was still sitting in the grass, his eyes following the friend that had just left.

Judging from the conversation Izaya figured he hadn't told Shinra about yesterday's events yet. What did Shinra know?

Not being the one handling the strings and controlling everyone from behind the scenes was surprisingly exhilarating. he wanted to know what Shizu-chan was thinking, and hey that was a first in all the time he had known him so far.

And so it was the moment Shizuo got up from the meadow below that he heard some kind of rustling right above his head.

Swinging down the flea´s legs were wrapped around the branch he had been sitting on efficiently surprising the blond as he found the flea swinging in front of his face mere centimeters apart.

"Good morning~" said flea chirped, looking at a pretty baffled Shizu-chan before letting himself fall down the branch and land on the grass instead.

Okay- Shizuo had definitely expected anything but Izaya jumping from the tree out of the blue.

"Izaya?"

"You should see your face Shizu-chan," Izaya snorted quite satisfied with his little surprise.

"Flea- what were you doing in that tree?"

"I have just been hanging around a bit," Izaya responded with a shrug, only to snort about his own little unintended pun, "Quite literally."

"In the tree?" Shizuo repeated, tilting his head so he was able to glance at that branch above.

"What? Don't want me around?" Izaya questioned already turning on his heels as he chirped playfully, "Guess I should leave then~" That certainly made the blond snap out of his surprised daze as he lunged for that flea.

"Oh no, just you wait-" before he knew it Izaya found a pair of arms wrapping around his waist and pull him back to the tree.

Surprised the raven blinked- if anything he had expected Shizu-chan to start chasing him or run after but grabbing him around the wasit was an action he hadn't quite foreseen.

"Hoh, taking the offense are we?" he laughed.

"I don't know what you are talking about," the blond mumbled feeling a hint of embarrassment surface as he realized how bold his move had been.

He was about to loosen his grip on the flea again and let him go, but it was just at that moment that they heard voices. two from what izaya could hear and hell the people they belonged to were turning around that corner of the building way too fast for the both of them to react.

Well or maybe one of them was quick enough to act because suddenly the blond´s grip on the flea tightened and with a short yelp the raven found himself being pulled down into Shizu-chan´s lap- hiding behind the tree trunk Shizuo had been leaning on.

A snort escaped the raven´s lips at the unexpected action and he had to slap a hand in front of his face as to not start laughing and give their position away.

Was Shizu-chan seriously just hiding with the raven?

Shizu-chan´s brain must have had a reflex reaction or something, because pulling the raven into his lap behind the tree was definitely way more suspicious than Izaya running away.

Both his arms having grasped Shizu-chan´s shoulders the flea couldn't help but chuckle softly while looking at Shizu-chan´s expression. He had obviously realized his mistake, but hey now it was too late.

Hearing, what Izaya ought to be two boys from Shizu-chan´s class, walk by he noticed they weren't exactly hurrying to get away. if anything they were chattering and probably going to stay from what the raven could determine.

Ah of course, the teacher was down on the field, they had probably sneaked away in an attempt of skipping the lesson.

But that also meant they wouldn´t walk away anytime soon.

"And what now Shizu-chan?" the raven questioned quietly with a low whisper. Shizuo hadn't failed to catch the amusement in his voice.

"Oh shut up-" he groaned softly but he couldn't deny finding the situation a bit fun as well.

The two boys behind them didn't seem like they were going to leave. Great, now Shizuo was sitting here, in the grass, leaning against the tree, with izaya sitting in his lap. The blond didn't even know where to start- not that he didn't like having the flea this close, he could basically hug him without it seeming weird since they were this close, and yet it was also kinda driving his mind insane.

Like- okay so Izaya kissed him but honestly speaking Shizuo had no idea what he should be doing now-

Like, were they dating? Or still just friends? What did Izaya think about that? And holy shit he was sitting in his freaking lap.

Turning his head and simultaneously facing Shizuo once more the blond cleared his throat.

"Say," he started, figured that asking the flea about yesterday was probably the wisest option. "...about yesterday-" he mumbled already struggling with how the hell was supposed to phrase this.

But hey, Izaya saved him the trouble.

"You mean the kiss?" Biting his tongue the blond felt his lips zip up- oh yeah, right that yeah, that was what he was going to talk about. But hell why was the raven so casual about it?!

"Yeah, uhm, I was thinking like…" Okay, now or never. He had to ask. "What are we now?"

To be continued~

haha sowy I know I was a tiny winy bitty latey xD Anyway~ hehe things are getting cuter and cuter between those two awww and gosh shizu-chan pretty gutsy question you are asking there xD

On a different matter, people! I am curious!

I had the feeling the Shizaya fandom was growing smaller and I haven't been updating a lot recently so I was wondering how many of you are still reading or interested in this story/the pairing so I asked in sotd and dang xD

I was pretty surprised how many people were actually still there reading and all xD

Lol now I got curious which of my stories is the most popular at the moment C: So:

/ if YOU are reading this story/

/leave me a "Still there buddy" in the comments x'D /

I decided that the story with the most readers on both ff and Ao3 will be getting DOUBLE updates from now on! xD

On "Survival of the doomed" it were 53 people- (holy fuck?! O.O) so far

Well then, see ya in the next update on 7th February with the result~! :3

PS.: I have been thinking of starting a little doodle drawing sketch shit thing on my instagram account, (in February) so if ya wanna check that out (again in february lol there is still time till then xD)

thefeather_shirohimesstories

that's my name on there xD

PPS.: Nope i did not forget about let it snow but my last exams are tomorrow and the day after aaaaaahhhhhh- afterwards i will get to that xD !

Unknown: Awwww thank you 3 3 3

Guest 2: xDD izaya loves the adrenaline xD aww nyu it would ahve never been deadly xD Shizuo wouldn´t have actually hurt the flea ever C: maybe give him a bruise or two but he wouldn´t have gone that far even hen he hated him xD this time i have been taking it a bit slow lol but you know that best haha xD Couldn´t decide how to make this chapter work out but i think this turned out both funny and cute xD and next chapter there is a really adorable and cute conversation waiting C: 3