Chapter 1 They Didn't See the Black Hearts in his Eyes
A/N: Alright, back again with another chapter. I really hate writing on computer but I kind of have to because my phone gets slow when I try to do it on there. Too bad for me xD
Just so you all know, I am still trying to manage around . It's been years since I wrote ANYTHING in here. Theres bound to be a couple of mistakes. I already noticed that there were a couple of spelling mistakes in the prologue, but oh well. I'm only human :P it happens. But I keep it down the best I can.
Another important fact about my stories/how I write is, that my chapters normally aren't thaat long, because I'm really busy everyday and It's hard to deliver chapters. But I've always thought that short and good chapters were better than long and boring. But It also meeeans that I update more often because of the shortness. Good for you, ne? xD Hope you'll enjoy this chapter~ see ya!
Shinra stood in his own world as he sorted papers. The doctor had no idea about the horrors he was about to witness in one... Two... Three—
"Boo!"
Shinra jumped at the sudden sound and threw the papers into the air. He turned around with a loud gasp and was met with a grinning face.
"Haha, very funny Orihara-kun.." Shinra fake laughed and picked the papers up. The raven haired man snorted at the after reaction. "You looked like you could use a good scare." He chuckled.
"I guess I deserved it. I was in my own world." The young doctor groaned. Izaya raised an eyebrow. "You sounded exhausted on the phone yesterday, if not a little bit annoyed too." Izaya took the office chair out from under the desk and made himself comfortable on it. Facing Shinra as he rested his head on the backside.
"Theres this patient whose a childhood friend of mine, and I honestly think sometimes, that he's more trouble than he is worth.." Shinra sighed.
"It can't be that bad, you have a thing for overreact—"
"Izaya, he killed two kids yesterday. Because they killed a random bird." Shinra interrupted the informant and looked at him with a stern expression. Izaya might have asked if he was joking or something, but Shinra's expression clearly told, that he was not fucking around.
"Oh.." was all Izaya squeezed out.
"I just want to be in the arms of my lovely Celty and relax with her~!" Shinra whinned. Izaya rolled his eyes.
"You said I could help?" Izaya asked. The doctor had turned back to his papers and were almost completely out of reach. Izaya whined at not getting a response. Then he noticed the plate with food on the table. He noticed the number on the plate and guessed that It was for a patient.
"Hey, can I serve that food?" Izaya asked in boredom. "Eh, yeah yeah." Shinra mumbled without tearing his focus away on the papers. The raven haired informant could see that he wasn't even listening, so Izaya just picked up the plate and walked down the hall to the cells.
Izaya had been visiting the asylum a lot of times before. So he knew exactly where he should go, and he was used to serve food. Shinra usually wanted company when he worked so late. Because if Shinra fell asleep on his job, it meant bad news. Luckly for him, Izaya liked to stay up late.
"Room 13.. Room 13..." Izaya muttered as he looked at the numbers on the doors as he walked.
"Ah, room 13." He smiled to himself when he noticed the room. His hand rested on the handle for a second. He felt something weird twist in his stomach. But he brushed it off and opened up the door.
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Shinra was quickly finished with his paperwork. He leaned back in his chair and whistled a melody. He accidently glanced to the right side of him, and he noticed that the steel plate with food was gone. His eyes widened fearfully.
"Hey can I serve that food?"
"Eh, yeah yeah."
The brunette immediately jumped up from the chair as cold sweat shot down his back. His heart sped up and could run miles if it was set free from it's prison behind his ribcage.
He ran. He ran as fast as possible down the hall. He ran faster than he had ever done back in school. He ran so fast his legs were screaming at him to stop for a break. But Shinra knew the consequences, he knew that It would be too late then if he slowed down. He could still save his friend from a cruel death. He believed he could.
It wasn't long before the brunette could see the shine of light coming from an opened cell by the end of the dark hall. Shinra couldn't hear pained screams yet, so he hoped for the best.
He gribbed onto the door frame when he got close enough and slowly peeked into the white cell. Immediately expecting the worst possible.
"Say aaa~!"
"Aaaa."
Shinra blinked. And blinked. And he continued to blink in confusion. Where was the blood covered walls and ceiling? Where were the screams in agony? The pain? The disturbing images of a body ripped apart? What the hell?!
Izaya currently sat on the floor with a certain blond. The raven was feeding the monster the food from the plate, and the blond looked completely fine with it. Not annoyed. Not angered. He just opened his mouth up like a baby bird, welcoming the bread and fish into his mouth.
"Ah— Shinra." Izaya glanced quickly at Shinra before turning back to Shizuo.
"Izaya, I don't think that's a good idea..." Shinra muttered fearfully and stepped a little closer to Izaya, just close enough to be able to yank him back in case something happened. Shinra knew that the blond patient could rip the jacket off easily when he was angry.
"What do you mean? He's almost done." Izaya muttered back in reply and fed more of the fish to Shizuo.
Shizuo just looked strangely at Izaya while he chewed, and he didn't tear his stare away from him. He didn't even look at the brunette doctor. Shinra had never seen Shizuo stare at anyone like that, it made the brunette both tense up yet feel at peace. But that didn't make the situation any less weird, why wasn't Shizuo lashing out like he normally would?
"All done~!" Izaya smiled at the blond and out the empty plate aside. The informant got up from the floor and brushed some of the dust off from his knees.
"Erh.. I need to have a word with you Orihara-kun." Shinra put his hand on his friend's shoulder. But Izaya could see he wasn't looking at him, he was looking at the blond behind him with a tensed up face. And the blond was only looking at Izaya's back.
The raven nodded and followed after Shinra and closed the door after him.
As soon as he closed the door, he was turn around by rough hands and his friend began to violently shake him.
"YOU'RE NEVER DOING THAT AGAIN, DO YOU HEAR ME?!" Shinra yelled in the raven's face. He grimaced at the loud voice. "YOU'RE NEVER GOING IN THERE AGAIN!" He continued.
Izaya broke free from the brunette's grip and stumbled a little back. "What the hell are you so mad about? You said I could serve the food, and I've done it before so It's not like I don't know how to act around these nutcases." Izaya groaned in annoyance.
"I know what I said, and It was so dumb of me to not pay attention because you almost got killed in a brutal way!" Shinra said and threw his hands up in the air. Izaya raised an eyebrow. "What the hell are you talking about? I wasn't close to even getting a wound at the size of a dust corn!" The informant argued back. Now the brunette was getting ridiculous, but then again, he always had a thing for overreacting.
"He's the guy!" Shinra pointed at the door while grumbling at Izaya. "He's the guy I told you about. And he's the worst of them all. He's not like the other patients Izaya, you can't predict what he's going to do! Theres a very good reason behind why It's only me who treats him!" Shinra explained. Izaya just stood there quietly and listened to the brunette's angry words.
"The moment you stepped inside that cell you could have lost your life in a brutal way! Just... I know It's my fault, but just don't go in there again..." The brunette breathed out and patted Izaya's shoulder. The only thing Izaya could do was nod as Shinra made his way back to the office. The raven watched his friend go, but couldn't bring himself to move after him and stood glued to the cell door.
He had no clue he had been in danger the entire time. The blond was so calm and looked so relaxed at him while eating. He didn't seem like the person Shinra described to be.
He just needed to.. Just quickly..
He opened the cell door and peeked his head into the white room.
"Psst, what's your name?" Izaya whispered to the blond who was leaning against a wall. His emotionless face lid up in surprise at seeing Izaya's face once again. "Shizuo." Was all he said, his weird stare back on Izaya like when he had eaten. But the raven didn't seem to notice it. "My name is Izaya." He grinned friendly.
"ORIHARA-KUN!"
"Okay okay, calm down! I just wanted to know his name!" And with that, Izaya shut the cell door. The loud slam creating a faint echo in the normally silent room.
Shizuo sat there in silence. His stare was glued to the cell door. The ghost of Izaya standing there, smiling at him still lingered in his blank mind.
He hadn't felt so relaxed around another person than Shinra in a long time. It was strange. It was new. But he just knew that he didn't mind Izaya stepping into his safe space. He actually minded Shinra more than Izaya if he had to be honest.
"Izaya..." The name stuck itself to his tongue. He felt like he could say it all day and never get tired of it.
He hoped he would see him again soon.
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A/N: Again, I apologize for any possible spelling mistakes, as I said, I'm pretty busy. It's hard to edit when you don't have much time :P hope you enjoyed and I'll see ya next chapter~!