-๑-๑ ஜ ๑- Chapter 50: Conquer your fear -๑ ஜ ๑-๑-
Everything happened in a flash of rushed events. The chairs, the tables, Shizu-chan, the nightly creature-
In a vortex of chaos everything merged into one indescribable mess.
Like a bolt of electricity the atrocious body of the monster surged into Shizuo. Chairs and arms, body and tables merged as Shizuo was slammed into the ground.
A sickening crack filled the hall and a chair screeched as Shizuo grasped the furniture and slammed it into the creature.
A scream ripped from its throat- and Izaya's body surged.
He didn't think.
He didn't panic.
It was one of the nightly creatures, one of the same monsters that had almost killed him- that had cracked his rib- and yet-
At that moment, when he saw Shizu-chan underneath the monster's grasp something in his head just snapped.
Because this was Shizu-chan. And Shizu-chan was going to die.
Adrenaline surged his body into motion, the speed his mind worked tripling within a fraction of a second. His feet were faster than his mind.
A pot, abandoned on the kitchen lady's serving tray was grabbed- and for a brief second Izaya was beyond glad that this school owned a cafeteria.
Metal clanking and teeth grinding into cold iron, Izaya smashed the pot over the monster's head.
And not too late.
Bringing down its jaw with full force it was only metal that hit Shizuo's face head on, instead of teeth biting into flesh.
It wasn't much- a brief distraction, an opening of seconds at most, and if anyone asked Izaya wouldn't even be able to tell just when his other hand had picked up one of the kitchen knives.
All of a sudden it was just there.
The pot covered the creature's head as the knife drawn was brought it down the monster's neck at full force.
But despite the weapon, a neck was still a neck. The force was missing the power too less as the blade got stuck at a few inches at most-
The creature gurgled, blood squirted everywhere-
Onto Izaya's face, hands and Shizuo's body on the ground.
It was the blond's grip on the knife, grasping the blade as though he wasn't able to feel pain, that dealt the finishing blow.
Adding the force needed the weapon moved -
And sliced the creature's head right off its shoulders.
It stilled.
Falling to the side the body met the ground with lifeless struggle.
It was dead.
Disbelieving and shaken, Izaya's eyes were glued to the creature.
The adrenaline still surged through his body like a dying man fighting his fate of drowning.
It was dead.
He had killed it.
Seconds had passed at most. The guy had wished them good luck- from the moment Izaya spotted the creature to the head rolling off its neck- what had it been? Ten seconds?
Hands shaking Izaya's eyes quickly searched the hall. Shijima was gone.
Whether he had seen Izaya kill the creature or not was something even the raven couldn't discern.
But he was gone.
The creature was dead.
Looking back at the corpse his stomach turned upside down.
The creature was mulated. Arms and legs had been cut off- only its head serving to infect people was still intact.
This wasn't just a regular nightly creature. Someone had kept this monstrosity as a pet.
Shijima had-
"Are you hurt?" It was Shizuo's voice that pulled Izaya from his shocked stupor.
"No." The word came quicker than Izaya was even able to check its credibility. But it was true.
He wasn't hurt.
He had faced one of the nightly creature's and gotten away unscathed. Hell he killed it.
It was dead.
A surge of confidence and long lost trust in his body and abilities surged in Izaya's mind.
Laughter of pure relief bubbled from his throat, "I have never felt better!"
He really did-
"Shizu-chan I killed it. It's not invincible-!" It was stupid really, Izaya knew it had never been and yet those monstrosities inflicted a kind of fear he couldn't have shaken.
But not anymore.
The corpse was dead, on the ground.
Shizuo laid next to it-
Laid.
It was only at that moment that the fact that Shizuo hadn't moved pierced his mind like a frozen piece of ice.
Eyes trailing to the ground he looked at the blond.
His face had tensed, and an expression of tremendous pain had taken over.
Snapping out of it Izaya moved. Knees plummeted to the ground as Izaya's palms reached for the blond.
"Shizu-chan-!"
All at once the impressions flew to Izaya's mind.
The way Shizuo's shoulder seemed only bent, the way his chest stuttered with each breath he took and no sign of a smile ensuring the raven that he was okay, appeared.
This was bad-
This was really bad-
"Izaya," Shizuo mumbled, his voice sounding strained and forced. "It hurts."
Izaya's guts hit the ice cold floor.
He never thought he would hear Shizuo voice the feeling of pain. He never had. He was indestructible- had always been.
A truck hitting him dead on had not hurt the man in the slightest. A stab with a knife hadn't brought him to his knees-
Swallowing hard Izaya looked at the blond, his chest, his shoulder- he had no idea what to do-
The sickening crack that had resounded upon the creatures charge suddenly replayed in Izaya's mind over and over again-
Shizuo was hurt.
He was seriously injured.
And Izaya couldn't do shit-
Frustration of unknown kind overwhelmed the raven as he could do nothing but stare at the blond.
His medical knowledge only exceeded that of a regular person-
All those studies on microorganisms and blood cells were worth nothing when compared to an injury!
"We need Shinra. But to get to Shinra we have to get you walking." Izaya announced as a matter of fact, his mind on autopilot as his head turned. They needed to find something to support the blond. This was a school. There was surely an infirmary, maybe it would proof to find anything useful. He would get Shizu-chan off the ground, just outside the school into a car. The distance wouldn't be far and then-
"Izaya-" feeling the blond's hand grasp his own, the raven jerked.
Izaya hadn't noticed just how much he was shaking. "Calm down. When you give me that kind of expression it makes me think I'm going to die." Shizuo hissed softly, trying to keep his breathing straight.
He had meant it as a joke. He wanted to cheer the raven up.
But Izaya didn't reply anything.
He was shaking.
Shit.
"I'm not that easy to bring down, flea," Shizuo wheezed, his brows furrowing. Each word felt like iron branding his skin.
Clicking his tongue, Izaya reached for his shirt. Not bothering to undo the buttons they went flying as he ripped the fabric open.
Shit-
The sight wasn't pretty. Sure there was no blood. No bone sticking out anywhere, but what he saw was even worse.
A hematoma was starting to form underneath Shizuo's skin. It was a surefire sign of internal bleeding.
Fuck-
Tearing his eyes away from the sight, Izaya glanced at Shizuo's expression.
His eyes were drawn in pain.
It was Shizu-chan they were talking about here- it had been the first time he had seen him wearing such an expression
It was horrifying.
Chilling to the bone.
And suddenly the blond moved.
Bewildered, Izaya's arms shot forward, grasping the blond's shoulders left and right.
"What are you doing?!"
The blond wheezed, the faintest hint of a forced smile on his lips.
"You said we have to get to Shinra, no?"
Izaya halted.
He was right.
He was completely right- but moving like this-
Moving forward the raven took hold of Shizuo's arm, his back- "Okay, but slowly-" he mumbled, his voice feeling as though it was fleeting.
This was a bad idea- with every movement the blond executed he could be worsening his condition considerably- and yet just staying here was no option either!
The blond moved, slowly as he tried to sit up. It seemed fine, it really did.
Until his eyes shut in pain and his hand shot forward grasping Izaya's arm.
"Wait-" Pain defined his voice as his knuckles turned white. Izaya did, immediately his body stilled. Shizuo's breathing came in short stuttering breaths.
"Does it hurt that much?" Izaya asked, but received no answer. "Shizu-chan?"
But Shizuo couldn't reply. Something in his body felt just so very very wrong right now.
It made him feel dizzy and confused.
It was hard to breathe-
"Shizu-chan!"
Feeling his body shift it was only a moment later that he realized Izaya had laid him back down.
But the uneven breaths didn't stop.
Eyes locked with Shizuo's chest, Izaya felt his blood run cold.
The hematoma was growing.
Fuck-
Fuck-
Fuck-
And suddenly Izaya was just very, very, very aware of the two being the only humans around alive.
No one.
There was no one else.
Izaya felt himself thrown back to when he strolled the city alone. To when there was nothing except himself and his laptop.
No Shizu-chan, no help, nothing.
A disgusting feeling settling in his stomach.
With horror Izaya realized Shizuo wasn't able to walk anywhere in his condition.
Not now, not later.
He was only bound to get worse.
He had to act- and he had to do it fast-
Turning his head he looked around. Shijima was still nowhere to be seen. Had he run? Or was he waiting somewhere like a spider in a trap?
It would take a while until he returned- if he saw them taking out the creature he would know they were out to kill him. Had he not then there would be a nightly zombie running on and about to bite him as well.
But what if he returned?
With dread Izaya realized it didn't matter. Nothing did, because if he lost even more time the guy wouldn't even have a job to finish.
"Shizu-chan." Izaya whispered, feeling his voice crack as his eyes narrowed in desperation. "I-"
"Do it."
Choking on his words the raven swallowed. Nothing but love reflected in Shizuo's eyes as he looked at the raven. "Whatever you planned. I trust you."
Fuck.
Swallowing the hot sting of tears biting his eyes the raven shed off the coat he had been wearing.
like a blanket he used it to cover the blond to at least keep him from freezing.
Shizuo's eyes were glassy and feverish from pain.
"I will get Shinra," he assured, trying to sound as convincing as he could muster. "I don't know if this guy will return, I don't know if there are more zombies nearby but-" Ah.
He failed.
Feeling a tear drip from his lash he choked.
Shizuo heaved, nodding softly.
"Alone?" he asked, and honestly he couldn't have made it worse with any other question.
Of course Shizuo was only worried about Izaya. He was the one hurt and yet-
Izaya swallowed hard, hugging the blond softly as his expression hid in his neck.
"I will return. I swear," he breathed, the familiar scent of shizuo and tobacco only making it so much harder.
One arm was lifted loosely as Shizuo hugged the raven back.
"Be careful," he haved, "If anything´s off, leave me."
As if.
Izaya knew Shizuo hadn't given up, he was just being realistic.
Swallowing the tears, Izaya brought his face to Shizuo's in a soft kiss.
"Don't you dare die on me until I return."
to be continued~
Hahaha yooooo- sorry it has taken a while to get an update out on this story xD But here I am! xD And hey, if everything proceeds to run smoothly I will be right back updating again on Friday next week~! *0*0*0*
And every Friday that´s to come basically xD I´m trying to make writing my "job" at the moment which leads me to the following:
I have some Shizaya news~! xD
I'm pulling the 50 Shades of Gray move xD For those who don't know:
That book?
It was originally a fanfiction of "Twilight" xD The author "originified" the story aka swapped names, appearance (kinda not so much lol) and yah some general Twilightish-stuff xD
Cuz who likes being sued for copyright infringement?
Right, no one xD
SO
Why am I telling you this?
Because I´m doing the same with my Shizaya xD
Starting November 10th 2022 I will be releasing MONTHLY shizaya BOOKS xDDD
What does that exactly mean? Well, for instance, Behind closed doors has been reworked by me, aka I swapped Izaya/Shizuo/Shinra´s names and I deleted/reworked some very obvious DRRR stuff, like "Ikebukuro, Shinjuku, "Izaya" is no "informant", (but something equally sly lol) etc xD Shizuo has no inhuman strength, Celty is no Dullahan, you get the gist :3
But the plot, the dialogues, the gayy all stayed the same :3 I came up with slightly tuned versions of their characters so everything made sense and in general overhauled the story xD
"Originified" if you will xDD I'm also going to draw a cover with the new appearance haha
As to why I'm doing this:
#1 Honestly I just wanna hold some real book versions of my stories lmao
#2 Not gonna lie, just in case I make enough money to live of this, I might just quit my job and become a full fledged writer lmao
Shizaya, original reworks/ children's books (already have 700 pages of that at home too xD) No matter what, my mind is a constant stream of plotlines and I need to write them down anyway so it would be kinda awesome to have more time for that xD
So if you ever wanted to support me in some way, or just love one my stories so much you wished you had a real life copy of it - well this is your chance xDD I just hope you don't get eye seizures from the name swap xD
I plan to release the books on amazon via self publishing per following schedule:
(I will give you a rough schedule for now, but I should be able to release on those exact dates)
An entire Volume of Behind closed doors has been released on 10th November 2022~!
As it´s the first book I released there were some issues- (no page count for example xD and also i found someone to draw me professional covers haha) I will be re-releasing the book this week with evrey issue fixed haha
as for the rest:
Sinful Desire volume 1 of (2 I guess, might be 3 or more lol) will be coming out 10th December 2022
The wish to disappear the complete story with over 500 pages will be on amazon on 10th January 2023 (Yes this one is getting an originified version as well xD "Izaya" is a doctor in this one lol)
Survival of the doomed Volume 1 (of 3) on 10th February 2023
I want to stay with you forever (New title: Forced Contract) part 1 of 2 with 500 pages on 10th March 2023 (Yes this one is getting an originified version as well xD I'm cringing so hard at my writing style xDD this needs a HUGE overhaul hahaha)
A single touch the complete story on 10th April 2023
Shingeki no Shizuo (new Title: Voluntold) (1 of 2) will be released on 10th May 2023 (For those wondering about how the hell I "originified" DRRR and Attack on titans: It's now a military thriller in a warzone with Izaya as the stationed captain and Shizuo being one of his soldiers, just so you get a feeling how I switched things up xD)
Survival of the doomed part 2 (of 3) on 10th June 2023
Impostor (Volume 1) 10th July 2023
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
✨✨Yultesra ✨✨ Volume ⅓ on 10th August 2023
And this my friends is the heart of all this, it's the 1st volume of an original fantasy Trilogy that I have been writing on for 10 years xD I thought up an entirely new world, a magic system, curious cultures, 48 different creatures of various kind, a staff of like 25 main characters and creepy pastas along with some horror elements at times xD And of course a healthy spice of romance and drama xD
This is the reason I have been writing fanfiction. To practise for this Trilogy xD And after having written 1.000.000 words- (yes really) I started writing this story down xD
I will give a more detailed Update on this once it's truly published on amazon haha 3
Might even do a reverse "originify" and convert it into a shizaya story afterwards and post it here lmao xD Just for the hell of it xD
Shingeki no Shizuo (Voluntold) part 2 on 10th September 2023
10th October 2023 will be the rework of a new Shizaya story Go to hell (Volume 1 of 2) which I'm starting as soon as bcd ends xD (aka in a month xD) it's got a demonic theme and takes place in well… literal hell xD I'm so digging this haha just think of it, Shizuo with demonic eyes~ COUGH anyway xD More to that later hahaha
Yultesra Volume 2/3 on 10th November 2023
Sinful Desire Volume 2 on 10th December 2023
That's it for 2023, there is more planned ahead for 2024 as well, but let´s discern that when the time comes hahaha
For anyone who's interested, Yultesra 3/3 will be released on 2nd March 2024 (My siblings birthday) :3 And after that I will be writing the Prequel to the story xD But I don't have a fixed date in mind for that one yet haha
Oh and just to be clear, all of this stays gay xD Like, a relative asked why I don't make Izaya female in the new "originified" versions so it would be a straight romance and more "mainstream" and like, "bought more often"- and I was like dude
no xD
I might hope to sell a few copies to be able to write more, but not at the price of my soul xD
That's not how the stories were written. I may have to adjust the characters´ names and looks a little for law reasons, but that's it x'DD
Besides, the world needs more gay romance stories 3 I have been binge reading "Scumbag villain system" ever since it got released on amazon I can only recommend this soooooooo hard
xD I love it - I'm so hyped for season 2 of it´s animated version and the final volume 4 hahaha xD
If you guys have any good recommendations I'm all ears C; Also non gay, I'm reading Patrick Rotfuß "Kingkiller chronicles" at the moment for example and god fucking damn- I'm digging this so hard xD
So see you people next Friday! and on 10th February when volume 1 of sotd will be released 3 I will make sure to drop a link to amazon xD
