*~The next day~*
Izaya awoke feeling groggy. His whole-body throbbing like his heartbeat could be felt throughout every inch of it and just the slightest movement of his limbs caused him to wince and recoil in pain. It took a while before he finally decided it was time to get out of bed and forced himself to sit up. At the sharp pain that ran straight up his spine from his tail bone, he let a whimper like groan to escape his slightly parted lips. It wasn't long before the memories of last night's activities came back into his throbbing head a little more vividly than he would have liked. He let his head fall into his hands in dismay.
"Stupid monster" Izaya sighed.
Peeking through his fingers at his bedside table he grimaced at the angry crimson numbers on his alarm clock that readout 1:00 pm. Izaya always woke up at 8:00 am on the dot naturally every morning, so he never felt the need to set his extremely underused alarm clock. This morning, however, for once he wished he had. Starting late just wasn't his thing. With a curse under his breath, Izaya sighed forcing himself out of bed, and into the shower.
When Izaya limped into his "office" he got a very curious glance from Namie before the woman shook her head and turned back to the book she was reading. Ignoring her as usual Izaya sat down gingerly in his computer chair to begin the day's work.
*~Shizuo time~*
Shizuo, on the other hand, had woken up feeling refreshed and better than he had in quite a while. A wide grin plastered itself across his face as he stretched. Looking over at the clock on his dresser his grin turned into a surprised stare as he processed the time 9:00 am. He had woken up earlier than his usual noon for the first time in about a year. The last time being when Izaya had decided to pay him a house call far too early in the morning. Since that day the flea has never dared to wake up the sleeping giant again. Shizuo climbed out of bed and into the shower. As he was tying his red bow tie in the bathroom mirror the memories of last night crept their way back into the forefront of his mind.
"Wonder if the damned louse can even walk" Shizuo chuckled to himself.
Today is his day off, Shizuo decided he would mess with the flea again. Last night was only the beginning of his plans to humiliate Izaya. He walked over to his closet where he kept the object that he was going to use to humiliate Izaya with next and pulled the large white box off the top shelf of his closet before he left for Izayas' flat.
*~Izaya~*
A knock at Izayas' front door, shortly after Namie had left to get lunch, had Izaya standing to answer the door. Izaya was surprised to see Shizuo standing on the other side. He didn't expect to have to deal with the brute so soon.
"Hey, there flea. I got a present for you." Shizuo said with an all too pleased grin.
"A present?" Izaya said narrowing his eyes in suspicion.
"Yep, here go put it on," Shizuo said holding out the large white box.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because you're smiling."
"Come on."
"No. What's in the box?" Izaya asked, crossing his arms.
"Oh, I'm sure you'll like it," Shizuo said pushing the box into Izayas' arms.