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Izaya had been a fool- a serious fool. He hadn't noticed the box filled with weapons to the woman´s left, or rather, he hadn't taken into consideration that she would actually reach for one of them. If anything then he had expected her to come rushing at him, try to hit Izaya maybe- but this situation was not what he had planned.
"I told you to move Shizu-chan," the raven hissed once more, but the blond´s grip on his wrist was firm. Just what did he think he was doing? Did he seriously want to risk getting shot?
"Seiji was bitten!" again the same sentence repeated from the blond´s lips, his brows furrowed into a tight frown as he glared at the woman, entirely ignoring the raven´s words.
Shaking, trembling in anger, the woman tried to aim at the raven- but Shizuo was too close. Gritting her teeth the woman flared," Heiwajima if you don't move away this second I will shoot you!" she yelled, the threat making Izaya´s heart skip a beat-
Only for a yelp to resound from the woman next.
"What the- get this off Dullahan!" she screamed, and it was only now that Izaya noticed Celty had headed towards the brunette.
Shadows black and thick had wrapped around the gun and both of Namie´s hands, efficienty trapping her.
Flinching softly as the woman had barked at the dullahan she started to type something on her PDA, holding it out towards her- but Namie didn't seem to be in the mood to read what Celty was typing.
"I told you to get this shit off my hands!" she screamed, flailed, tried to pry the darkness off her skin- it was then that a flash of silver caught the raven's eyes.
"Wh...at..." jerking Namie twisted around, glared at no one but Shinra, now taking a step back as he grinned at the woman. A syringe was dangling from his fingertips, a syringe that was now empty. The woman seemed about to say something, yell at the doctor, but she didn't get to do that anymore as her body suddenly tilted to the side. Her movements turning sluggish all expression was wiped from her face as she met the ground with a thump- suddenly completely limp.
"Okay, time out for Namie-san~!" Shinra announced with his usual chirpy voice- acting as though he had not just knocked out someone with whatever shit he had put inside that needle.
"Vorona-san, would you be so nice and carry her over?" he questioned next, snapping not only Vorona but also the group of three behind her out of it.
"Ah … yeah," the blonde mumbled as she crouched down.
Feeling the grip on his wrist loosen the raven glanced at Shizu-chan. A relieved sigh was leaving his lips and for a moment the raven was left to wonder just how-
How could the blond forgive him each and every time no matter what he did?
Silence covered the small group for a moment, like an unbreakable iron curtain.
Vorona was dragging Namie towards one of the shadow tents- and now, well Izaya couldn't really blame the group for glaring at him like they did.
"Well this was... " Kadota started rubbing the back of his neck as he searched for words, Yumasaki was the first one to complete it, "fucked up?" he questioned as Karisawa turned towards the flea.
"Seiji is really dead?" she questioned, her gaze directed at the raven but it was Shizuo who answered.
"... he was bitten, all over. Even if we hadn't done a thing by now he would definitely be a zombie too," Shizuo explained- but that explanation was useless anyway.
Izaya could see it, the hostility in their eyes. Even if Shizu-chan explained to them in detail just what exactly had happened they weren't going to jump in joy and forgive the raven for breaking the news to Namie the way he did.
… well, but this was exactly what he wanted. So he had no right to complain.
"...I see…" the woman mumbled, brows furrowed deeply.
"How did it happen?" feeling his own forehead dip into a frown at Kadota´s question the blond tried to chase the image away that was suddenly popping back up in his mind.
That head. That spine dangling from it still-
"You don't want to know," he answered dryly- his eyes averting for a moment as he glanced at the flea.
For a moment he almost suspected the raven was going to explain in detail what had happened, but this time he remained quiet.
Actually he hadn't said a single word since Namie lost consciousness.
"Talking about thinking, what the hell is going on on your mind?" sighing the question dropped from Kadota´s lips as a soft frown crossed his forehead.
"Me?" Izaya questioned, although he already knew it was him that was being addressed here.
"Saying it like that-" the man continued, only to be broken off mid sentence by Erika. "She loved her brother you know," she said, her usually so carefree expression distorted by a mix of anger and sadness that she felt for the woman that had just lost her brother.
A smirk crawling upon his features the raven merely shrugged.
"It's not my brother so why would I care~?" Bewildered faces lacking any possible empathy were facing the raven as he made his way towards the small group.
"You-!" the woman started, wanted to insult the raven was but somehow the words didn't quite come to mind as her teeth grit.
There was no doubt Izaya was acting like an asshole. Even Shizuo saw as much and yet-
Even if Izaya had not liked that woman- he had a feeling there was more to what he did- Izaya never did anything just for fun- he always had some sort of plan.
"I suspect you are moving the supplies you transported into the tents?" the raven suddenly questioned, addressing his lifelong old friend that was still standing there, observing the situation with his hands stuck in his coat.
Shizuo almost suspected Shinra had more of these needles hidden within that lab coat and was just waiting to have to use them again.
"Yeah, just over there," the doctor hummed, pointing towards one of the tents as Izaya lifted one of the boxes.
It was odd because- Izaya was acting as though nothing bad had happened at all, to be more precise he was acting just the way he always had back in Ikebukuro and Shinjuku.
But there was no hint of accusation swaying in Shinra´s voice nor did he seem disturbed by the way Izaya had acted.
And with that the flea walked off- into one of those tents, disappearing from their sight.
"He was her brother god dammit," it was Karisawa who was mumbling the sentence, grief and anger still reflecting in her eyes.
"It wasn't his fault," Shizuo sighed, trying to at least somewhat save the situation- they had only just reconnected with people after all this time and fucking up right away.
"Are you actually defending Izaya?" Kadota asked, surprise and something mirroring doubt lingering in his voice.
But yeah.
"Yes." He was.
"Ah! I knew it the world is doomed!" startling the whole group the brunette had all of a suddenly just screamed the words without a warning.
"God damn it, Kishitani-sensei-" Yumasaki sighed and looked as though he had just had a heart attack. "It already is if you look around yourself…" he added cynical- and certainly he was right.
(Why?) A PDA was shoved into Shizuo´s face reading the word. It was obviously Celty who was asking-
(It's Izaya.) She continued to type, the flea´s entire existence apparently being a good argument to not defend him.
It´s Izaya- huh? It was at those words that the blond realized just how much had changed. And how much didn't. Shinra, Celty, Vorona, Kadota- they had no idea what had happened these past days. Weeks. They had no idea what the raven was like- what Izaya could be like.
Just knowing what the raven had done this morning- how he had been willing to test this antidote on his own body just to not waste a possibility of Shizuo ebing save- that stupid idiot was always thinkinging about others, yet acting as if he were only thinking about himself.
They had no idea what they had been through, all they remembered and knew of the flea was how he behaved back in Ikebukuro and Shinjuku- but after everything they had been through…
Shizuo knew better than to judge the flea for what he did or said.
"Izaya isn't as bad as you think he is." He was sure. There had to be a reason. Some kind of fucked up reason that only the flea understood.
Because that louse never did anything without one.
"Excuse me? Isn't as bad as we think?" it was Vorona who had spat the words dripping like venom from her expression as she reconciled with the small group.
Pure hatred was reflecting in her eyes and even though Shizuo understood why he just knew so much more than her.
"That's right, he isn't," he repeated, firmly, only causing the glare on her forehead to deepen even farther.
"Namie was searching for her brother ever since this mess started and that asshole had to break his death to her like that- just what makes you hold even a shred of sympathy for someone as cold and evil as this?" she barked- and honestly Shizuo was surprised to see this much anger reflect in her eyes.
Vorona had always been fairly collected, calm, even cold at times, but he had certainly never seen her this agitated. And during their shifts at work they had had to deal with various clients that certainly were behaving worse than the flea did just now.
He didn't understand- why was she mad like this? She was his kohai, but with everything that had happened the past few days he only felt his own blood start to boil at the way she judged the flea without knowing a damn thing.
"He is dead nothing is going to change that fact," he growled lowly, "no matter how Izaya said it to her, her brother is not going to return and that's it, if anything at all then Izaya did her a favour by killing him off."
"A favour?!" the blonde woman barked bewildered, "How the hell is that a favour?! He just shot him because he had been bitten! If Izaya let him live then maybe Namie could have told her brother goodbye before- before-" she faded out- whether it was anger or sadness she felt for the brunette woman, Shizuo didn't know. But what she was saying wouldn't have worked anyway.
"She could have told him nothing," he mumbled, "that guy was crazy."
"What do you mean?" This time it was Kadota who had asked, genuinely curious it seemed as he approached the blond.
Eyes narrowing just slightly the blond averted his gaze.
"He went insane, seriously nuts, what he did-" honestly, just thinking about what the two of them had to witness at the gas station was making him feel slightly nauseous again, "You should be glad you didn't have to see it."
Without Izaya- who knows what this guy might have done. If that woman found her brother, who knew, maybe he would have showed her the head- had the head even been alive still or- oh god just thinking about it made his stomach lurch.
If Izaya hadn't taken out that guy he wouldn't have been able to do it- not while he was still somewhat alive- crazy maybe but still-
Izaya had helped him, defended them and protected both their lives by quickly asserting the dangers that were surrounding them nonstop and terminating them one by one.
It had always been Izaya who had watched out for them.
Somehow, looking at the small group in front of him Shizuo suddenly felt lost- alone. Like something was missing. Izaya was missing- not literally, he was inside the tent not too far actually and yet- Shizuo just had this urge to just take the flea and head back to their library. Leave these guys behind despite them being his friends.
He wondered why.
"My, my that was quite the entrance you presented there." Looking over his shoulder the raven glanced at the entrance of the tent he had entered before. A certain brunette haired old friend was entering and speaking the words in his usual chirpy fashion.
"What are you talking about, Shinra?" Izaya sighed, carelessly kicking the box he had carried in here into the corner of the black tent.
"Oh nothing, just how you are still so awfully you," the doctor announced- and even though the words sounded almost like they were carrying an insult, Izaya knew they were not. Honestly he knew the guy for way too long now to know that this wasn't what he was trying to say.
"Aren't you getting tired of me yet?" he questioned, crouching down as he inspected the contents of the box he had carried in here- the shadow of a certain friend suddenly looming over the box was making the raven look to his right, though.
Crouching on the ground Shinra was just there, grinning at him, but not with one of those teasing annoying excited grins, but one that was just genuinely happy.
"You know I'm really glad you didn't die." Izaya couldn't help but smile at the sudden unexpected honesty as he dismissed his earlier gaze on the box.
"I'm glad you didn't either," he responded, turing to the doctor.
"But I was really surprised to see you coming over with Shizuo, did you shoot him with a tranquilizer or something?" the doctor gasped theathratically, making the raven snort in response.
Certainly, seeing them both enter this place without busting it up after five second had to seem like a miracle.
"No, you are the only one who would pull that kind of stunt," he snorted, pointing at the lab coat´s pocket he had seen the syringe disappear into.
"Like with Namie just now?" the brunette questioned with a grin.
"Yeah, like that, seriously it's creepy," Izaya announced- only receiving a shrug in return.
"I can live with that~" the doctor hummed, a moment of silence covering the scene as Shinra glanced towards the entrance of the tent, "So you and Shizuo, huh? Were you traveling together?" he questioned, and Izaya couldn't help but smile at the question- well maybe not the question, but the memories it called forth.
"Yep, sort of, he just followed me around." Certainly.
ON the day they first met after all this shit started- he did just that- like a dog, he was running after him, chasing him on the rooftop and announced he wanted to join the raven for a while.
"You know, you say he just followed you around, but it sounds like way more than that happened," Shinra suddenly threw in, snapping the raven out of his thoughts.
Blinking once, then twice the raven gaped at the brunette, not quite knowing what the doctor was trying to point at.
"What makes you think so?"
Grinning Shinra hummed.
"You are smiling while talking about him~" he explained, his own radiant smile suddenly taking on a hint of teasing, "Could it be-" but before he could even finish that line the raven interrupted him quickly.
"Oh, shut up," he groaned- only causing the brunette´s expression to grow even more amused.
"Well I already knew you two would make great friends so~" Shinra hummed and with that he got up from the ground. A pat to his white lab coat was given as he wiped the dust off the fabric and moved towards the tent´s entrance. "It explains why Shizuo is defending you so persistently~" he purred, and with that he was gone- disappeared back to the outside.
So he was defending him, huh?
Sighing softly the raven got up from the ground. Seriously, Shizu-chan should just fit in with this group of his old friends and forget about him- and yet Izaya couldn't deny this little part inside his chest that felt all warm at the thought of Shizuo standing up for him without a second thought.
to be continued~
Sowy people! For taking so long xD I had uni exams and just- lol again tried to write simultaneously while studying and failed x'DDD but now I'm back! Summer vacation wohooo! *0* xD
For now I will staph the double update routine tho because- I'm noticing I'm starting to have a hard time coming up with enough plot for two chapters within a week on sotd xD
So for a while I will be getting back to one update again till I got some plot stocked up again xD
Also people at the moment I absolutely love writing "Shingeki no Shizuo" the most! *0* Really I love this story so much, if you haven't checked it out yet pretty please this- THIS- you have to read xDD
for anyone that's scared for spoilers, I have only seen the first season of Attack on titan and I'm certainly not going to dig deep into the storyline there xD This is a shizaya story after all haha
if you know there is a wall, and titans that want to eat people thats about everything you need to know to understand this story xD
just imagine~ Izaya in his straped uniform~ …. helping shizuo dress up in that shit cuz he tore the belts in frustration lmao xD
So, if you don't have anything to do~ C; xD
One more thing~!
Check out "Kandisman" and "fantakoi" on tapas! They draw two amazing -coughs- gay -coughs- comics xD They are my absolute favourite and they deserve more love for their precious art omg Plz spread the love-! Cx I would love you for it xD
Oh and I started a Shizaya doujinshie today called "Trapped" on tapas xD I will be finishing the "Falling" one I started a year ago now as well xD So feel free to check that out too if you wanna Cx A link to my tapas profile is on my fanfiction profile xD If the link doesn´t work or show up- cuz ff likes to fuck with me lol- just google "Shirohimesstories tapas"
Lol and if you want some early spoilers for the doujinshies you can look at my twitter too if you wanna xD that one should be linked to my ff profile haha xd
Well then enough ranting for today, see you on 5th July 2018~
Twinsisters: xD ahaha awww okay from now on you are the Orihara twins in my eyes haha xD awww you think it was taht romantic? xD haha daw thank chu 3 you will be glad to hear there will be a lot more of these moments from now on hehehehehe C; xD awww xD i love Namie too haha xD and her sassy banters with Izaya xD well let´s just say for now she will ahte him a little longer- but hey who knows what the future will bring~? C; xD oh a jelly shizu-chan huh? xD well what would you say if i told you you will get a fully blown posessive and jelly SHizu later on because of someone crushing on izaya? xDDDDD this will be so fun to write lmao xD awwww in all of them?! gosh that makes me so happy -hides blushing in a corner- ;/; hehe guess i shoud get back to update all of my stories so you have something to read again xD
unknown: awwww it´s finey haha xD Shizu is gonna be even more fo a cutiepie from now on hehe, casting tiny kisses here in there~ xD xD lmao and of course there is also ging to be more smut xDDDDD awwww hotpot sounds so sweet tho- i might make them have one once everything calmed down xD and then izaya can snuggle to Shizuo while sitting arounmd it hehe and karisawa can get a nosebleed screaming about SHizaya being confirmed lol xDDDD
duhllahan: xD haha indeed chu werer ight all along~! awwww , well as a smol hint, nuh, he didn´t actualyl intend to die, he did what he did for another completely different reason C: xD one that´s gonna make Shizu hug izaya and tell him everything is gonna be finey kyaaaah~! xDD awww -blushies- ;/; thank you!
Guest 2: haha Kadota is just like, the most sane and calm dude here xD next to izaya lol, but he is behvaing kinda crazy and childish sometimes so i guess Kadota is like the daddy of everyone now trying to protect everyone lmao xD hehe Shizuo is going to protect izaya with his life 3 he is not going to let him get hurt again xD oh? and again you little perceptive cookie xD I love how you always logically conclude what everyone´s reasons were or why stuff happened and I´m like- YAS so i didn´t fuck the logic up! xDDD Thank chu for helping me finish this chappy xD I would have rewritten it five more times without you x'DDDD