Welcome to chapter 12 *^*
Now, now, now xDD Will the flea wake up? Will he be dead?! Or a ZOMBIE?! Let´s see~ xDD
Guest 2: Naw, yeah losing everyone in front of him really carved some scars into his heart, poor Shizuo... ;^; But izzy will help with that C; I was really wondering in the last chapter about whether to actually make him cry, but then again, if not that then he would have needed to vent in a different way and with Izaya there being unconscious it was better this way xD Thank you C': naw
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ஜ Chapter 12: It´s fine ஜ
-Shizuo´s point of view-
... Slowly, really slowly, Shizuo started to make out the surrounding buildings again.
At night, they had been hidden in shadows, only the screaming from the zombies was to be heard, but apart from that… nothing.
He hadn´t slept a wink that night. Just sat there, staring, watching, only to lean over to the flea again and again and gently put his hand on his chest to make sure it was still steadily rising and falling.
Again and again, Shizuo had held his breath because he thought the soothing inhales of air next to him had ceased.
And now it was dawning.
The sun was coming up again- slowly but surely. Glancing over to the hospital, he could already make out the pole he had used to stab the three zombies.
They were still hanging there. Two of them had stopped groaning. They probably died- but the third was still not shutting up.
It was almost a wonder, considering how long it had survived.
The zombies that had gathered around the pole had vanished. Maybe they were intelligent enough to notice over the night that those groaning noises didn´t indicate any food.
Raising an arm to rub at his eyes, Shizuo let his sight trail off the scene for a second.
Izaya was still laying there, not moving. His chest was rising up and down just like it was supposed to.
… that was good, right?
He hadn´t died- no, not yet. But his hopes were seriously somewhere down in the gutter. So many options had swarmed through his head as he had been sitting there, just waiting, hoping for Izaya to wake up.
Maybe he wouldn´t wake up again.
Not die, yeah, but maybe not wake up again, either.
Who knew what he had done wrong, who knew if he had been careful enough?
It wasn´t only once or twice that night that he jumped at the sound of groaning noises- thinking that maybe, just maybe... he might have infected Izaya somehow after all.
He didn´t know which option was the most horrifying one- Izaya dying... or Izaya returning as one of them...
If Izaya really died... there was no way he could burn him... there was no way he could do something like that- he doubted he would even be able to bury him- just... no.
It would feel so wrong.
Izaya wouldn´t die, right?
And if he became a zombie...
Fuck.
There was no way he could just bust off his head like with all these other zombies- it was Izaya. He just couldn´t-
The thought alone made him nauseous. Imagining the flea, already pale as he was, with those dead eyes, only groaning for human flesh...
His brows knitted into a deep frown.
He couldn't do it.
He had to wake up.
He glanced at the flea once more, checking, hoping again, that he hadn´t died yet-
That he was still breathing-
"Can´t you just wake up already...?" Only barely his lips moved- they felt dry and rough- he hadn´t drunk a lot recently, nor had he eaten. Everything around him just made him feel sick to this stomach.
"Please, Izaya..." If he just woke up already- please, he didn´t want anything else other than that- just…
"Just 5 more minutes, Shizu-chan."
…
His head snapped towards the raven- who was now frowning very slightly- meaning-
"Izaya!" The blond couldn´t believe his ears- The frown Izaya wore got deeper, obviously annoyed.
Shizuo was dreaming, right? The flea was actually- Relief washed over him to an extent he would have never imagined he would feel for that stupid louse-
That stupid louse- it was only then that he registered what the flea had actually said. "You fucking asshole. How long have you been awake?!" The raven groaned, one eye barely opening to glance at the blond.
"Literally for two seconds- now, could you stop yelling, please?" The blond was mad. But only for five seconds- After all… Izaya was speaking, Izaya was being an asshole and joking, Izaya-
"You're alive-" The raven blinked, looking at the blond as if to ask him whether that was something worth being surprised over, but then his eyes widened just the slightest bit, and he looked down his body.
"Ah. I am-" It was barely a mumble as he lifted his arms, trying to push himself up using his elbows. A frown deep enough to indicate that the flea was in pain made Shizuo move over right away and support his back as he pushed himself up.
Izaya had seriously forgotten about it for a second… how that creature attacked him, how it … it cracked his ribs right? That hadn´t been a dream-
And Shizu-chan-
"...did you really cut me open?" Disbelief was audible in the few words he breathed as he took a look at the messily sewn wound on his chest.
"... yeah, I did... like you told me to. I think…" The stitches were uneven, but not poorly done. No, actually, they looked like Shizu-chan had sewn him over and over a few times just to make sure he really did it well enough.
So Shizu-chan actually fixed his rib-
Shizu-chan had actually cut him open and he was still alive.
"...wow." It was a mere breath, but honest.
The blond frowned, thinking the flea was trying to fuck around with him- "Don´t mock me the second you wake up." He knew himself that the stitches didn´t look anything like Shinra´s did- it looked like an amateur did it, alright, but... he tried his best, right?
"I wasn´t, actually. It´s not like just anyone can pull that off in a situation like that." The seriousness in Izaya´s voice caught him off guard.
A shiver ruptured through the raven´s body and he wrapped his arms around himself protecting.
"Fuck, it´s cold."
"Ah-" Shizuo had forgotten. It wasn´t exactly cold outside- but staying in the tree all night long with not wearing more than a torn up shirt… well, it was no wonder he was freezing. Unbuttoning the white shirt Izaya had gotten for him in the shower, he took it off- all while the flea was watching with a raised brow.
"... stripping so early in the morning Shizu-chan? Sorry, but I think the zombie women are not really interested in your abs." This time the blond actually had to snort at the joke.
"Maybe they like scrawny fleas that get cold easily." Actually chuckling he threw the shirt over the raven to try and make him feel a bit warmer at least.
To be honest, usually he wouldn't have given a fuck about the flea freezing, he would have gotten way angrier over stupid comments like that, too, but right now, he was just glad the louse was even spouting them.
Gratefully pulling the shirt over his shoulders, the flea put it on- the stitches were tugging as he moved, hurting more than he thought they would, but then again... he could be dead. It could have been worse.
Talking about worse… he still couldn´t believe that brute actually… fixed him.
Cringing, he pushed himself up more. Only now realizing where they actually were.
A tree.
Heh, he couldn´t blame Shizuo for not staying inside that hospital room- or inside the hospital at all. Whatever that thing was... he had never seen anything like it before.
The usual creatures, yes, but that?
Taking in their surroundings for the first time, he looked around only to see… well, how would he describe it?
Ah, yes.
Destruction.
Tons of dead creatures were sprawled on the ground, not moving anymore, obviously dead- and in front of the hospital, which was nearer than he thought… there was a pole.
Standing up firmly, with three of them stuck upon like a rotisserie. What had Shizuo done? It was only now that Izaya noticed the blood on his face.
"Shizu-chan... did you, like... go on a killing spree?" What did he miss there?
The blond simply shrugged, obviously avoiding talking about it.
"... kind of." There were dead bodies everywhere- and torn up pavement, broken signs and buildings- their surroundings looked as if a hurricane had just come through- or as if they had had one of their usual chases.
It was a miracle the tree was still standing-
"Jesus, you killed half the town´s zombies." Laying there, one over the other, almost building piles of dead human flesh…
"What happened? Did you get attacked?" But the blond just shook his head.
…
Izaya frowned.
He was way too quiet for his taste.
What happened? Did he get mad at the creatures for existing? For causing all this shit? It wasn´t their fault, it was the virus.
He hadn´t freaked out like that before, when Izaya was there, so it had to have something to do with him passing out.
Or was he that scared of being alone…?
"...you could have just searched for someone else, you know. I doubt I´m actually the only other human left. Now you have to go search for someone new anyway, since I´m kinda immobilized." The glare Shizuo sent him almost made him think he had said something wrong-
It was just a logical consequence, no?
"I don´t plan on leaving. Put too much effort into saving your petty ass." The raven snorted.
"Pretty?" The irritated glance he earned for it was definitely worth it.
"I said petty!"
But still.
Something was off.
Really.
Izaya wondering what the hell happened.
Shizuo was behaving strangely, but he couldn´t put a finger on what exactly was off about him. And he honestly didn´t plan on leaving him behind, it seemed.
Another strange factor he had to consider, though the moment they met pretty much anyone that was still alive, he bet Shizu-chan would choose to go with them.
"We need a car," the raven sighed, glancing around their surroundings once more. With all these dead zombies, there probably weren´t many of those creatures left, even, but no matter where they went, there would be more of them.
"We have one, you know." Seriously? The raven shook his head.
"No, we need one that we can actually use. I want to look around the city, a cabriolet isn´t especially suited for that." Thinking about how those creatures could get in there just fine or how they could become trapped inside the car once they got surrounded, no thank you.
Sitting inside a sturdy car and waiting for the creatures to go away because no sound reached their ears anymore was a more tempting option.
"Why the hell do you want to move on already? You should stay here and rest." Izaya blinked, not having expected an argument that... caring?
"Aw, how sweet. Is Shizu-chan worried?" It was a joke; of course Shizu-chan had only saved him because he didn't want to be alone, but the answer surprised him.
"Yeah." Yeah?
Heh...
Trembling, but very much curious, the raven stared at the blond. It was odd. Every single cell of his logical thinking brain told him that Shizu-chan was just scared of being alone, and that´s why he was so ... protective.
And yet he couldn´t help but feel he was actually worried about him. Not in a sense of being left alone if something happened, no, actually worried about him, Izaya Orihara.
The way he had freaked out when that abnormal creature attacked him, and the way he had been looking at him, it didn´t look like he was just scared of being left alone.
That had to be nonsense of course.
Shivering, the raven sneezed.
Ah, it was cold after all...
"Okay, I get it, we can go look for a car." Blinking the raven glanced at the blond-
"What brought about the sudden change of heart?" he asked, tilting his head questioningly.
"Nothing, now let´s go." Shizuo simply couldn´t watch how the flea seemed to be freezing still. He just cut him open and all, and he hadn´t looked in exactly the best shape before, either, so... he had a feeling leaving him here to freeze would only make everything worse.
If they found a car that was actually closed, he could get warm in there- which was definitely a better option than to let him sleep here.
A soft groan made him look back at the raven- who was now actually standing up.
"Oi- what are you doing?" Izaya just glanced at him with an expression that nearly spelled how stupid he thought he was.
"Walking? Or do you expect me to stay here and wait until you get a car when you don´t even know how to hot wire it?" ... he was kinda right with that.
"No, but... doesn't that hurt?" Standing up just like this and trying to walk around surely wasn´t pleasant- the raven merely shrugged though.
"It´s bearable." Bearable, huh?
"How about, you know... I could carry you." Disbelieving, the raven stared at him.
"Carry me?"
"On my back."
...
To be honest, it was a tempting offer. Izaya wasn´t stupid, he knew walking around like this wasn´t exactly smart- but then again, he didn´t expect the brute to offer that sort of thing.
"Okay." As odd as it was, the blond didn´t even hesitate or complain as he let the raven slip on his back. And neither did Izaya. Thinking about how he even got into the tree, it was obvious the brute had carried him before- and he didn´t feel like walking around anyway, so-
Why not?
Shizu-chan had ... saved his life; as much as he disliked that fact, he was also glad he did, and it really spoke for the brute.
Ever since they had met, there was still this little shred of doubt in the back of Izaya´s head, warning him that Shizu-chan could flip out any time and try to kill him for whatever reason, or go insane like all those people- and yet, now he found himself trusting the blond.
And Shizuo... Shizuo was just glad.
Shizuo was really, really glad that Izaya was there. Neither dead, nor zombified.
He just woke up and Shizuo felt like everything was going to be alright again now.
He would take care of him
As long as Izaya was here, he didn´t fucking care if there were zombies. He would kill them all.
As long as Izaya was there, it was fine.
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End of chapter 12 C:
Now, now this was a rather calm chapter I think~ But ohoho don´t rest assured yet C; C; C; xD I planned for some Sweeeet and scary stuff ahead~ xD
What I mean? Well you will see~ xD
See you on Sunday the 4th September~! *0*