-๑-๑ஜ ๑- Chapter 26: You´re the wolf, Shizu-chan -๑ஜ ๑-๑-
-Izaya´s point of view.-
"Shizu-chan I want to play theatre!" … blinking the blond gaped at the raven for a second until a very intelligent "... what?" slipped off his lips.
The raven grinned obviously having expected that kind of response already anyway and shuffled over to that one single bookshelf that still actually contained books.
"Theatre! Or Improved theater if you may~" the raven explained further only confusing the blond even more. Of all the things he could have thought of… this? He expected Izaya to start playing some kind of weird game, maybe even draw or tell weird stories about whatever- but this? Seriously?
Watching the raven pick out one of the books he had been searching for he walked over.
"We don't even have requisites," the blond informed wondering whether he was supposed to hate or like the idea of doing something childish like this.
"That´s the point of Impro, you don't need any particular requisites~" Izaya rambled on, flipping the pages inside the book with a hum.
"You are joking right?" the blond asked, deciding that he didn't like the idea. The raven didn't seem to care at all though as he stopped at one of the pages he had discovered and grinned.
"Do I look like it?"
"No."
He certainly didn´t.
"Come on it will be fun!" Izaya repeated shutting the book close again as he walked back over.
...
Fun, huh?
Well Shizuo couldn't deny the flea had the odd ability to enjoy himself no matter how fucked up their surroundings were- and surprisingly he managed to amuse him as well at times. He had no idea how Izaya even managed to stay this freaking positive- maybe it was because he had had a good night's sleep today?
Frowning just the slightest Shizuo remembered his own fucked up dream deeming tonight as one of the worst nights he had ever had. After seeing all this fucked up shit he wasn't in the mood to play anything at all with the flea… but then again….
… maybe it would cheer him up? Cause the horrifying image of a zombified Izaya to disappear?
With a sigh the blond decided to just let the raven do as he pleased.
"Okay, so what do you have in mind?" The grin Izaya was wearing should already have given away just how silly this was going to be.
"How about Cinderella~?" Raising an eyebrow at the raven the blond frowned.
"You are fucking kidding. A Fairy Tale? Seriously?"
Of all the things Izaya could have chosen- Shizuo expected the flea to choose something old and special, like… he didn´t know, maybe Hamlet, Shakespeare or something like that? maybe even something entirely fucked up, a story where everyone died or shit like that. But a Fairy tale?
"Yes~ You are Cinderella of course," the raven informed, the grin not once slipping off his face. Shizuo didn't need to be a genius to figure that the raven´s imagination of him playing a freaking princess would amuse Izaya and equally annoy the hell out of Shizuo- which was probably why he suggested it in the first place, that little flea.
"How the heck am I supposed to play a girl?" Shizuo groaned, deciding to do Izaya the favor.
"Shizu-chan use your brain. You need something called imagination for it, I do think you have at least that ability."
"Hey what's with the at least?"
"Just try it!" the raven crossed his arms tilting his head thinking, "For example, if you are the princess, and the stepmother doesn't want you to go and sort the beans instead, what do you do?"
Seriously?
"Bash her face in and go." A blink followed then a snort from the raven's part.
"No, Shizu-chan you are a nice little girl, you have to say, yes mother, and do as she says!" he informed but the blond just shrugged.
"So what, if I were Cinderella I would take those beans shove them in her face and tell her to choke on them." Izaya couldn't help but laugh at the response. It was just so… like Shizu-chan.
"Pretty violent princess," he commented already anticipating the moment they were going to start actually playing. To be completely honest he had thought Shizu-chan would just straight out say no to his suggestion, but hey, he surprised him again~
"You said I had to be her. If I were a girl that´s being treated like shit I would bash her face in, even if I´m Cinderella."
Certainly. Even if he was Cinderella- Shizu-chan as a girl?
Izaya doubted he or rather "she" would be any less violent than the Shizu-chan he was now. And he wasn't even starting about the temper there. A Shizu-chan version of Cinderella would probably be about a girl that accidentally beat everyone into hospital and made a living on her own without needing any shitty prince to save her.
"... interesting approach. Though I thought you don't hit girls?" Izaya remarked, remembering quite well that he had never seen or heard of Shizu-chan hurting any women. The blond just shrugged his argument off though.
"But I´m a girl too so that´s okay."
Somehow Izaya couldn't help but think Shizu-chan as a woman would be the kind of girl that everyone feared but had secretly wet dreams about. Confidence was something the blond had in spades as well and what was more attractive than a strong, beautiful and self confident woman?
"Bad character choice on my part I guess-" the raven said shaking his head to get rid of a pretty disturbing crossover image popping up inside his head. "How about, Red riding hood?"
Izaya could literally see how Shizuo's face transformed into a questioning, then annoyed and then confused expression.
"I'm the wolf?" Shizu-chan asked, making the raven nod in agreement.
"It should be more to your taste I suppose?" tilting his head slightly the raven watched as the confused expression on Shizu-chan´s face increased. What was he wondering about?
"I guess that's okay, but who is the grandma and red riding hood?"
Ah- so that´s what it was.
"Well me obviously since you have to eat me," the raven grinned, already getting excited for the little fun play. Izaya would never admit it, but as a kid he really liked to play all kinds of roles. Just improvise them, act like someone from a book or from a movie- then he started acting like people he knew just because it was interesting. He had to pay close attention to everyone's behaviors to be able to copy them- maybe that´s why he got so interested in humans in the first place, who knows?
Even up to this day he used to sometimes re-act events that took place or conversations he had had, and may it just be for better memorization of the context and information he got. Namie used to spare him quite the annoyed glances when he started one of his monologues in his swivel chair.
"Wait, you are playing two roles?" Shizu-chan asked, making the raven snort.
"It´s called multitasking Shizu-chan." Sometimes Izaya wondered if Shizuo ever talked to himself. Probably not, he might get annoyed by his own conversations. "Besides I just wanna play the interesting parts," the raven informed, letting himself slump down on the couch.
The blond blinked a bit surprised.
"So we are not doing the whole thing?" Shizuo had thought for sure Izaya was going to make him act the entire story.
"Nope, let's start with the scene were the wolf eats the red riding hood~!"
A blink followed, then a snort- Izaya frowned a tiny little bit, was the blond actually laughing at him?
"Of course that's your favorite," Shizu-chan commented, making the raven get a tiny bit defensive.
"What?" he asked, "I bet tons of children love that moment!" The blond rose an eyebrow. the scene when the poor grandmother and red riding hood get eaten? From what he remembered children always screamed no at those parts. Of course Izaya wouldn't be like all the other children though.
"I believe they might like the part of them being freed more," he threw in, making the flea roll his eyes.
"Well I didn´t." Somehow the imagine of one single kid sitting on the front row of a theatre grinning like Izaya used to do it while all other children were crying and screaming struck Shizuo's mind and he couldn't help but laugh.
"You aren't exactly the most sane person I know though."
The raven just shrugged his shoulders.
"What makes you say that?"
"We are playing a theater show of Fairy tales in a zombie apocalypse."
Ah…
The raven glanced around the room, avoiding the blond´s eyes for a second.
"... Well, I guess you do have a point." Setting up his best grin he clapped his hands together.
"Anyway, you are the grand- I mean the wolf pretending to be the grandmother, so get in the bed~" he announced, pointing at the couch they both had slept on. Twisting his head the blond glanced at it. He didn't seem too convinced.
"That's not even a real bed," the monster complained and Izaya had to roll his eyes. Seriously.
"Geez just lie back on that couch Shizu-chan, really now." Slowly but surely he was getting the feeling they weren't going to start playing like he wanted them to anytime soon.
Letting himself slump down on it the blond glanced at the ceiling, rolled over, then looked at the raven.
"Pretty uncomfortable for an old lady don't you think?" The Raven groaned.
"You are the wolf!"
"Pretending to be the grandma." Biting his tongue on another remark the raven decided that he would probably get what he wanted easier if he just played along.
"Forget it, how about we play the part where the wolf eats the grandma? I will be laying down and you run around," he suggested, figuring the blond couldn't complain about anything then.
Shrugging the blond pushed himself off the couch again and walked over to the bookshelf.
"It´s your play you know, I don't really care."
Finally having gotten what he wanted the raven cleared his throat while he let himself slump down on the grandmother's bed.
"Okay let's start~!"
…
A few seconds of silence followed and the raven looked at the blond.
"You are supposed to knock Shizu-chan."
"Oh-" the blond responded intelligently, knocking on the bookshelf next to him.
"Red riding hood, is that you?" Izaya asked in a creaky voice, which he imagined the grandmother might have talked with, but oh he only earned a snort for that.
"You suck flea." Ignoring the comment with a slight frown the raven went on.
"What are you talking about? What flea? I´m just an old grandmother waiting for her grandchild."
"The granny doesn´t know that red riding hood is coming in the story." Sighing the raven sat up on the bed.
"You are no fun Shizu-chan." Izaya declared guessing this was the end of their play. This wasn't going to work out at all. Should have expected it.
The blond was still standing next to the bookshelf- and to be honest, now he almost felt guilty, the flea had looked so happy over this childish little game. He hadn't really intended to ruin his fun.
Taking a step back he knocked against the shelf once more.
"It´s me grandmother, the big evil wolf," he announced, trying to imitate a girl voice, which was pretty damn difficult and probably sounded shitty anyway. The flea was grinning already.
"Shizu-chan the wolf does not announce himself-" blinking the blond looked at the flea.
The wolf- oh.
Oups he had said he was the wolf right? Ruffling through his hair the blond groaned.
"Ah, bloody hell don't confuse me- It's me grandma, red riding hood," he tried again, this time saying the right text. Quickly the flea let himself slump back into the "bed".
"Come in sweetheart~" Now it was the blond´s turn to laugh.
"Seriously? Sweetheart?"
"Shh It's called improvising!" the flea informed with a quiet hiss as if he didn't want any audience to hear them.
There was no one anyway so it really sort of amused the blond. They were only doing this for themselves, right?
"Can't we skip to the part where the wolf eats red riding hood after all?" the blond suggested, making the raven's expression grow just a tiny little bit irritated. He had to say that expression wasn't even bad to look at.
"Huh, why?" Izaya complained.
"Well, that´s what´s your favorite in the first place isn´t it?"
"Can you make up your mind?" the raven mumbled with a sigh, getting out of the bed again.
"I just did."
"Okay, then there you go." Glancing at the flea and then the bed again the blond rose an eyebrow.
"I have to lay down?"
"Yes, Shizu-chan, you are the wolf, come on get in the bed," Izaya grinned, patting on the couch.
"You are enjoying this aren´t you?" Shizuo asked, while doing as he was told.
"Way too much," the raven agreed, getting to order Shizu-chan around wasn't something he was able to do every day.
Getting into position he cleared his throat once more before knocking at the shelf.
*Knock knock*
"It´s me, grandmother~!" the raven chirped, entering the room with the sweetest smile he could manage on his lips.
"Red riding hood?" the blond mumbled to Izaya's satisfaction, even trying to sound sleepy as if he, no, "she" just woke up. "Come in sweetheart~"
Stealing phrases I see.
The raven thought to himself approaching the bed.
"Oh granny, why do you have such big ears?" the raven chirped, trying to sound shocked.
"So I can hear you better~" the blond replied with a grin that almost had an animalistic touch to it.
"Hear? But grandma just because you have big ears doesn't mean you hear better. It´s the sound waves that enter the ear canal and make the eardrum vibrate causing the ossiciles- malleus, incus and stapes to transfer the sound wave to membrane window of the cochlea and make the fluid inside move so the brain can analyze the sound that make you hear."
The face Shizu-chan made at that explanation was definitely worth it as the flea burst out laughing.
"What the fuck flea?" Trying to stop the wheezing the raven looked at the blond again who still seemed pretty damn puzzled.
"Your face was worth it-" Shaking his head the blond frowned.
"How do you even know that stuff?" Oh, he would like to know that wouldn't he?
"You might or might not believe it but some people possess a skill called reading. Makes you smarter, you should try it~" the raven purred, making the blond roll his eyes.
"Ha ha," he commented dryly.
"Anyway," Izaya said, clearing his throat once more as he reverted back to his serious acting mode.
"Oh granny, why do you have such huge eyes?" he asked with the most innocent expression he could manage.
"So I can see you better~" the blond hummed in response, making the flea grin and his expression form into a small frown, "if you say now that´s not true I will kick your ass," he informed, making the raven snort.
"What a violent grandmother."
"I´m the wolf," Shizuo pointed out, crossing his arms behind his back as he got more comfortable.
"Pretending to be the grandma." Snorting the blond looked at the raven. Hoh so he was being a smartass again, huh?
A grin spread over Shizu-chan´s face and the raven rose an eyebrow when he rolled on his side.
"Okay," the blond smiled at him with a smile that seemed more like he was some sort of predator than enjoying their little game. "then do go on, the wolf is waiting." if anything the grin on his lips looked as though the blond had something planned.
It was a pretty rare expression the raven hadn't quite seen on him so far. Somehow it stirred something inside him.
"So malicious all of a sudden?" the raven purred, feeling inclined to tease the blond some more. The grin didn't drop and instead it just grew wider at his question.
"Do say the last line, red riding hood~"
Hoh the blond seemed to be getting into it, he had something predatory to his smile.
The raven cleared his throat, way too curious to see just how this was going to unfold to just stop right there.
"Oh granny," he chirped, slowly, seeing a glint in the blond´s eyes. Almost provocating the blond leant forward some more and the raven finished his line. "why do you have such a huge mouth?"
"So that I can eat you better!" to be honest the flea had already sort of seen it coming, but when the blond´s hand suddenly grabbed him and pulled him on the bed he couldn't help but feel a squeak escape his throat. He tried to get away, laughter on his lips, but oh the blond was faster already having both his wrists trapped in a tight grip.
Suddenly they were flipped around and Izaya found himself trapped on the bed, the blond at his neck, actually biting him-
And just for a tiny second the raven felt as though he didn't even mind- hah, no that wasn´t even it, for the blink of an eye he felt something that he was not actually willing to decipher and he pushed at the blond with nervous laughter.
"What are you doing? Eating me alive?" the words bubbled from his lips real quick, still laughing awkwardly as the blond backed off.
"You should have seen it coming flea," the blond mumbled a smile on his lips as well as he backed off, moving up just the slightest bit- and for a second he just sort of froze.
Nothing had changed, nothing was putting him of and Izaya didn't do anything to cause hi brain to just shut off for a second.
Shizuo had only grabbed his wrist, he was pinning him down, like he expected a wolf would when trying to eat his prey and yet somehow now that he looked at the flea trapped underneath him like this he couldn't help but be mesmerized by the sight.
Sure the flea was still not really looking the best these days, having lost some weight and being covered in bandages and yet he had something to him that made the blond go crazy for a second. thoughts invaded his mind that seriously didn't belong there right now and he pushed himself up again.
Laughter filled his ears within a second before he could start to wonder about what the hell he had just been thinking about there was suddenly a pillow shoved into his face making him squeeze his eyes shut in surprise.
"What the-"
"You should see your face Shizu-chan," Izaya wheezed, laughing so hard a tear drop started to form at the corner of his eye. "Did I catch you by surprise?" the raven snorted, making the blond throw the pillow right back at him.
"Oh sure, now who was the one that actually squeaked at being grabbed?" the blond asked, remembering quite well that he had heard a pretty funny noise escape the flea´s throat when he pulled him down.
"You surprised me!" the flea complained instantly, only making him grin more.
"Surprised my ass, you knew what was coming." Something like a pout crossed the raven´s expression and he let himself slump back into the sheets.
"Oh, did I? The wolf is supposed to eat me, not pull me into bed," he argued, thinking he was going to win the discussion with it, but he was wrong. the predatory smile on Shizu-chan´s face returned and he grinned at him.
"Well if you insist-"
"Wha-" the raven´s eyes widened, "No, no, no, no-" he repeated laughing awkwardly as he tried to get his wrists out of Shizu-chan s grip.
"What´s wrong? Caught~?" A snort escaped the raven´s lips and the blond backed off again, finally letting go of his wrists.
"Took you long enough to catch me." And then there was suddenly this feeling again. Something warm inside him. Making him feel cozy.
"Well, it's not easy to catch fleas."
He was almost feeling nostalgic at their little bicker. it had been so long since he could actually forget about everything that was happening outside. But here with the flea, in the library he felt as though everything was back to normal.
Except of course that he would have never been able to stay in the same library as Izaya without throwing every single bookshelf inside the building at him to get rid of the flea.
Sighing he rolled to the side letting himself slump down next to the raven on the makeshift bed.
Actually he missed those chases.
"Wanna run around the city?" blinking in surprise the blond titled his head to look at the raven. It wasn't Shizuo who had said the words but rather the flea, seeming as though he was thinking about the same thing.
"Do you have a fever or something?" the blond asked, letting his eyes slip shut with a sigh. "There are zombies everywhere now, just in case you forgot about that," he reminded the raven. But he didn't quite get the answer he wanted to hear.
"No, seriously," Izaya mumbled, turning towards the blond, "I was thinking about getting some fresh clothes, maybe look around for other useful things."
Humming the blond looked at the ceiling.
"Right, there are no zombies out there, are there?"
"I won't be relying on the fact but yeah, it seems we are pretty much alone there."
…
The idea didn't seem like a bad one actually. Sure they couldn't be entirely sure that there would still be no zombies outside, but from what they had seen the outside didn't look too bad actually. And yet-
"I´m not so happy you want to run around again already," the blond mumbled, looking at the raven´s waist. His shirt was riding up just the slightest bit revealing the bandages beneath it. "That shit needs to heal properly. What if, you overdo it and get a fever again? Or rip it open on accident?"
"Nah I won't get a fever. And besides it's not looking bad." Shoving up the rest of the shirt the raven tilted his head. "Want to see?" Without waiting for the answer the raven started undoing the bandages. "I need to change this anyway."
Remaining quiet the blond just watched the raven unwrap the bandage. Red and raw skin was starting to surface from underneath and then the last layer got unwrapped. To be honest Shizuo had so cringe a little bit at what a shitty job he had done.
Sure he had sewn Izaya shut, but from the way the stitches were looking this was going to become a huge scar…
"Despite your belief the stitches didn't actually rip open or anything when we crashed. I guess you sewed it up pretty damn good, ne?" Izaya continued, not really realizing how guilty Shizuo actually felt for the shitty job he did.
"Still, you already got a fever once, what if the temperature doesn't go down this time?" the blond threw in, not wanting for something like that to ever happen again.
Just the thought of zombies out there waiting for him was making him feel uneasy.
The raven looked up from wrapping himself with the fresh bandage and sighed.
"... okay then I will stay in this dimly lit coffin," he argued with sarcasm, tightening the bandages before tying them up with a knot.
it was only at the sarcasm that Shizuo started to notice that maybe Izaya wasn't exactly saying the truth.
"Hey, why do you really want to go outside so bad?" the words had slipped off his lips with more easy than he expected them to, making the flea blink at thim in surprise.
"What?"
"You wouldn't just run around sightseeing if it weren't for a good reason." Now that he spelled it out aloud that actually made sense.
…
Silence hovered over them for a second as the raven's lips remained shut. A sign that he had really hit the nail on the head.
"So?" he repeated. With a sigh the raven let himself slump back into the bed.
"I hate it when I don´t know my surroundings."
Gesturing towards the window the raven continued explaining.
"These things they are lurking around out there, right?" Turning back he looked at the blond again. "What if one day we end up, I don´t know, being trapped outside in the dark or, one of them comes in here or I don´t know-"
The raven faded out. But Shizuo understood anyway.
"We would have to run," he finished the sentence.
"Exactly, but this isn´t Ikebukuro or Shinjuku. We don't know the streets, the alleys, the pathways, we don´t know how to best escape whatever is following us."
… that actually made an awful lot of sense.
"That´s why I want to go out, so I can map out all the streets in my mind."
Izaya was worried. Well he couldn't blame him for it. Be it his justified fear of the fast zombies or just the danger in general waiting for them, what he said was true to a point it made the blond realize the raven was right.
"Okay," he sighed, not really liking the idea, but he knew Izaya was right.
"Okay?" the raven repeated, blinking at the one worded answer.
"We can go," the blond finished, a smile on his lips, "But I have one condition-"
To be continued~
GAHHHHH IM SORRYYYYYYY -cries forever-
I know I haven't been updating regularly TAT None of my stories actually -bows in apology
I don't even have a good excuse geez because the reason is fairly selfish x'D
Anyway peeps, no worries xD
First off: I´m not dead, I didn't drop mah love for Shizaya, I didn't drop mah love for writing nor am I stopping any of my stories xD
The reason I'm so late is because I´m trying to fulfill a dream of mine C':
You know peeps, I allllllways ever since I first started typing little stories on a keyboard when I was 8 years old, dreamt of one day writing a book xD
My own book series to be precise C:
I´m not sure whether it´s gonna be a trilogy or more books but the thing is I have been working on the plot since 5 years ago (holy fuck that long?!)- on a plot xD Of an original book C: no fanfiction, just me and mah old brain coming up with the most fucked up fantasy/love/friendship/mystery/adventure story I could think of xD
As some of you might know from various authors notes or stuff I only started writing fanfiction stories in the first place because I wanted to train writing and get something like a writing style before I start writing down the story I came up with C:
And over the course of time over those 5 years (Fucking long time omg) lots of you lovely wonderful encouraging cookies started gradually but surely saying not only nice things about my story but also mah writing itself xD Which is like the ultimate compliment for me gosh -squeals in joy at all those encouraging words- And I myself noticed too that my writing changed and it's way easier for me today to write and describe scenes than it was 5 years ago xD
And that grew and grew and you all encouraged me so much that by now I finally gathered enough to confidence and experience to actually start writing my book C: xD (lol after 5 years xD)
So to put it simple: I started writing my book two weeks ago xD
Now I'm on chapter 5 with the whole shit and got 19.481 words so far x'D
I'm writing between 1000 and 2000 words a day, if not more because I wanna get it done before December C': Looking at the pace I´m going at, considering a book of 600 pages, counting roughly 300 words per page, roughly equals an amount of 150.000 words, I should be done with the first book of the story somewhere between October the 8th (earliest possible date lmao) and December the 17th (latest possible date) x'D -coughs- you might have noticed I like making plans and calculating shit lmao x'D -cough-
Anyway, So actually that´s the reason I'm so late with all the updates x'D C':
I´m so immersed in mah book´s world and shit and working on it all day there's barely any time left for ma precious shizaya -cries-
I'm sorry for updating so sparingly gah, but at least for today I got my ass up to finish at least a few updates for the shizaya x'D
I also wanna update Bcd either today or tomorrow C': Imma give mah best xDD
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